BrickBob Studpants

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I forgot that one of the upcoming bracelets will be monster-themed, so that at least explains the yeti-looking prints I wonder where the halfcircle tile with the • ̮• face is from though... Maybe the new blind bag series? I suppose the third series will continue the trend of including one specific type of 1x1 tile, so maybe it‘s a series of 1x1 halfcircle tiles? Or maybe it‘s 1x1 quarter-circles, which would also make sense considering the other „leaked“ tiles That‘d be my guess too. I can‘t imagine the seller withholding pictures of the sets themselves if they got their hands on them, so they‘re quite likely parts that accidentally got into circulation too early

I thought we were talking about Marvel as a whole, not just the MCU In the MCU, it‘s clearly these three, I agree.

Who exactly are the Trinity in Marvel though? Iron Man, Spider-Man and Cap? I mean it‘s obvious which heroes make up DC‘s Trinity, but I think it‘s up for debate in Marvel‘s case. Iron Man for example wasn‘t even an A-lister before the MCU

I want it too, but this is going to be an expensive one I'm afraid... IIRC, it was supposed to be a SDCC exclusive, so it was probably produced in limited capacity only (plus it says 'limited edition' right on the box).

Good point. In that sense, the phoenix setup in the beginning of the film might be a red herring then, in order to add credence (pun intended) to Grindelwald's claims. Either way, FB3 has some 'splaining to do: If Credence is not Aurelius, who is he then? Is Aurelius completely made up or did he exist after all? Why is Yusuf not dead? How did Queenie not realise what Grindelwald was up to? Is he that good at occlumency? How come there are this many unanswered questions?

Exactly. If the bootleggers knew how well each individual set sells, they'd know exactly what to copy and capitalise on. Plus I can't imagine the licensers being happy that everyone knows how well a specific set / vehicle / character sold since that sort of thing could easily generate bad publicity. You don't see many companies outright stating how well (or poorly) individual products did, except for movies and video games that is. I agree with your points, it's just the phoenix that confuses me. Why would a phoenix come to him if he's not a Dumbledore? I hope they can explain that without having to resort to retcons (like CoG did in other places).

To be frank, this discussion is entirely pointless. A set being sold out or not is a useless indicator of success if we don‘t know the production capacity, which is the case. We‘ll only know once the set goes EOL, and even that one is not a flawless metric. TLG doesn‘t want the success of individual sets to become public knowledge, and rightfully so IMO

If what he says is true, it does break book canon because the timeline doesn‘t add up (which CoG is guilty of anyway, if the McGonagall we‘re seeing is Minerva). I‘m also of the persuasion that he‘s lying in order to rile Credence up against Dumbledore, but then there‘s the phoenix thing... I hope FB3 explains it well

This is obviously a regular TIE Fighter, so why should it include Gideon? I wouldn‘t expect anything other than a pilot + one or two other imperials. Don‘t set yourselves up for disappointment

It's been the opposite for a lot of people but I can easily see someone souring on it (even more) after repeat viewings. I think it definitely suffers from being mostly setup for things that won't pay off for a while. Being an early chapter of a multi-part story is not a thankful position since it still has to work on its own, which CoG not always succeeds at. However, I think public opinion may change a bit once the third part contextualises a few things (especially the controversial ending). The stuff they keep posting gets more ridiculous every time They've definitely entered parody territory now

Declaring a theme a failure after less than two months (and before Christmas) based on the vast dataset of N=1... There's extrapolation, and then there's this Hm, it's almost as if you desperately want this theme to fail

The user is crikital.hit. All of their „rumours“ are hilariously fake To my surprise, none of the reposters have picked them up yet. Maybe they‘re too obvious, even for them I agree, it does get better with multiple viewings. It‘s still needlessly convoluted, but the story flows a bit better

Just a heads-up: a new fake leaker has decided to haunt IG, posting incredibly stupid lists for many themes, including a HP set (CoS). Right now, it’s just them, but beware of the regurgitators who will surely uncritically repost that nonsense once they catch wind of it

Two are rumoured, 80106 for $80 and 80107 for $120

I think it's tricky either way. If they enter production alongside the other 1HY Marvel sets, they will have to store them until next fall like the missing Minions sets, which won't be cheap, as you say. Plus there's the VERY high risk of sets or parts leaking, which Marvel wouldn't be happy about, considering we don't even have a trailer and barely any promotional material. LEGO has been known as a good source for movie spoilers (not necessarily plot-wise, but design-wise) in many fandoms for a long time, but this would be on an entirely new level Postponing the production might be costly too though, depending on the state of pre-production. I'm no expert, but I imagine they can't just reschedule the machines at the factories to produce other parts that quickly (or maybe I'm wrong and they are this flexible).

Bricklink has listed a couple of Dots I haven’t seen before, are these from 2021 sets or have I missed something? https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=24246pb006#T=C&C=1

Personal preferences I guess For me it's just easier to get my mind off something I haven't seen yet compared to something that's "out there" which I can't get my hands on for what feels like an eternity

I’m sort of glad nothing from the Eternals sets has leaked. Imagine seeing leaks of cool sets and/or minifigs, only for them to get pushed back an entire year It’s frustrating either way, but at least this is the less annoying option IMO

Yeah, this sucks. I wonder why Shang-Chi and Eternals switched positions

Thanks I need to rewatch the film at some point, it’s been a while since I’ve last seen it

Joker’s great, but I’m gutted it’s not Bob after all Who’s this doofus? Can’t recall him from the movie Exactly

Called it Let’s see if Bob reuses the Butch Cavendish hair/hatpiece, like I predicted Of course, he’s our number one guy!

The description mentions a “sand pedestal”, so it’s either a direct reissue of the 2018 version or at least very similar to it. Even if it’s a different piece (e.g. the Hidden Side ghost effect piece), chances are it’s going to be a sandy torso

The Batman vs Joker set is 4+, according to promobricks: https://www.promobricks.de/lego-super-heroes-2021-neuheiten/109095/ So not a single regular set so far I hope this means they have a lot of sets planned for The Batman