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Good to know Bad to know The film has also been pushed back to summer 2022. So if the set list is shorter the next time we see it, we know why

Well, LOTR has a distinct anti-war message, which should be kept I think Messages are fine with me, just don’t turn it into a second GoT... Anyway, back to topic: Which minifig are you hoping to see getting leaked next? I hope for Sprout as I’m really curious how it differs from the CMF minifig. Her second costume from CoS would be a nice variant

Not to get off-topic too far, but there allegedly has been a consultant on set usually required for explicit scenes, if you catch my drift. Could be unfounded though, at least that’s what I hope The last thing I need to see are nude elves (or dwarves) doing it

The level of detail in these sets never ceases to amaze me One of my personal highlights are the koi prints. So much to appreciate here

Dang, these keep getting better and better And I see they still rely on banana pieces in funny colours, has to be a running gag among the design team by now

I think the possibility of that piece being reused for Death Eaters / Voldy is definitely on the table. After all, it's not a licensed piece, so there are no issues when it comes to repurposing it for other themes. It'd just be perfect for the smoke effect as seen in the films, no matter how you feel about its canonicity

That'd be awesome, but I highly doubt it. If the rumours are anything to go by, the Amazon series will (sadly) try to appeal to the GoT crowd, which doesn't bode well for a potential tie-in

Are you sure it's real? The one I've seen on IG a couple of hours ago looked pretty photo-shopped to me

That colour works very well for Mysterio, even better than the milky one used in the Sesame Street set Speaking of colour: I hope the power blast pieces will actually be trans-bright green in the set itself (as seen in the catalogue) rather than the trans-light blue one in this picture Accessories don’t usually leak, so at least it makes sense why a replacement part was used

Well, the old one’s still around on bricklink, so shouldn’t be that hard to replace the new one if you don’t like it Personally, I take an update/redesign/variant over a repeat any day, even if the old one’s superior. It’s just the collector in me

Ever played Twilight Princess? They easily could have repurposed the old Ghost Rider head and didn’t. Even if you don’t like the result, at least effort was put in

I neither love nor hate the new Ghostrider minifig, it’s just ok to me. However, the face reminds me too much of something... NOT TAKE MIRROR!

Ashnflash properly gave Guyon2002 credit, which is all he had to do You don’t have to share money you made on a video or publication based on somebody else’s information, otherwise newspapers, TV stations, news sites, and 99% of youtube would be in huge trouble

@Balrogofmorgoth: “Officer, there he is!” I knew it would come to this when a Balrog becomes a parent Next year is going to be expensive, that’s for sure. However, that’s still preferable to the way the theme fizzled out in 2011. Good sets, don’t get me wrong, but pretty weak selection for the grande finale to say the least

Agreed. The only thing that‘s missing is the hair, but they didn‘t have much choice there without resorting to a new mould Yeah, that common „santa“ piece wouldn‘t have fit at all. Glad they went for a recolour of the Dwalin/Dain beard piece instead

The Creator Expert branding as such doesn’t exist anymore (except on s@h) Every Creator Expert set released after the Fiat 500 was just part of the 18+ range, where the set’s name in fancy fonts replaced that logo. So it’s hard to tell what the branding would have been if the 18+ branding hadn’t been introduced, but the lack of minifigs certainly points in the Creator Expert direction

I’m also happy how this minifig turned out New head and torso prints plus a recoloured version of a beard piece we haven’t seen since the Hobbit sets is more by than enough for me, anything additional (like a hat) would be a bonus

@Fenghuang0296: Wasn’t there an exclusive Batman keychain like that once? Can’t really remember Speaking of leaks: A somewhat new 2021 minifig has leaked, namely a black protocol droid similar to the one included in the 2016 Death Star set, just with more colourful wirings visible Not too exciting, but with this wave we probably have to count our blessings minifig-wise

Sure, customer feedback is important, but they don’t have to take EVERYTHING seriously As fans, it’s natural for us to express what we’d like to see, which sometimes leads to sets or themes we requested becoming a reality (e.g. the Harry Potter reboot or the 501st Battle Pack). However, we need to keep in mind that us AFOLs and TFOLs are still a (vocal) minority. A set (or theme) has to appeal to as many potential customers as possible, not just us. That way of thinking is a fatal flaw in many fandoms since a vast majority of the revenue comes from casual fans, not diehards

That was sarcasm, TLG already is the number one toy manufacturer and has been for a couple of years The set looks great, but the lack of minifigs is really bothering me more and more, especially since we’re not sure whether there will be regular sets as well. The rumours were always very unspecific in that regard. We only knew that there’d be at least one set, so this might be it

If the piece count is hardly enough for a decent ITT in your estimation, how in the world would it be enough for that boat?

Agreed. My priorities are almost in the same order: 1. Death Eaters & cohorts (generic OotP-style masked ones, Yaxley, Narcissa, Crabbe & Goyle, Scabior, maybe Thicknesse) 2. Order members (OotP Tonks & Sirius, Bill) 3. Other characters (Karkaroff, Skeeter, Pomfrey, Aberforth, Kreacher) 4. Variants (e.g. the trio in various disguises, one of the other two outfits for Sprout, second/third task outfits) 5. Another Dobby 6. A new Hedwig with one open and one closed wing 7. Some other random stuff 8. [redacted] ... 173. Generic students

It looks stunning I wonder when it will be released though since the movie has recently been delayed. And judging by the dirt marks and the pictures on the back of the box, it’s definitely based on Afterlife... And why aren’t there any minifigs

Not much of a loss, given the frequency of actual leaks under that hashtag Feels like 1% of the content can actually be classified as leaks, and that includes reposts

Am I the only one who couldn‘t care less about more robes / students regardless of house? We finally got school AND quidditch uniforms for all four houses, which is a lot more than what I was expecting back when the reboot was announced. What we need is more Death Eaters and adult side characters rather than useless, bland students