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The issue is that those technically would have to be new in all likelihood. The old moulds were likely destroyed a coupla years ago and recreating them still costs a lot, even though they’d result in (near-) identical parts in the end! Expect the GWP not to feature any minifigs and you won’t be disappointed ^^

To me, the size and design of the Balrog look great, but I do wish they had used more trans-orange pieces throughout the build to make it look more as if it’s on fire. Also, nice to see the Ninjago dragon horns being used, just like everyone expected when that piece was introduced two years ago

If the entire castle was only focussed on those two movies, they'd run out of characters pretty quickly I don't mind the two big expansions so far being based on PS because of how well they executed it, but variety is where it's at. The other movies deserve some love too

A drawing of the CTT has leaked! Looks pretty decent in my opinion ^^

The Balrog book nook has finally leaked!! Personally, I love it, but I’m not sure what the general reception will be like!

It’s a D2C set, so it taking longer to leak / be revealed is no surprise At least the minifigs have all leaked already!

The Krusty Burger set will get a GWP, albeit one of the cheaper yellow-boxed ones It depicts the Simpsons’ living room! Don’t expect any new characters tho, it’s only a GWP after all

Not sure why people fear it‘s gonna be a disaster Yes, the set‘s undeniably overpriced, but the piece count is comparable to previous models. I‘m cautiously optimistic!

The Luxo Jr Ideas set has leaked! I like it quite a bit, even though I wish they added some minifigs! Still a neat model.

The events of Rebels are still 100% canon, as they did a really good job making sure to align with that. As for a certain comic: wellllllllll… (Saying new episodes of a show are still canon with another show isn‘t considered a spoiler I hope )

As for the best, in no particular order: 2015: A lot of variety, great BPs, and then there was the amazing first TFA wave. 2018: They cooked with the two Solo waves, which are still among my favourites. Snoke‘s throne room and the Sandcrawler are other stand-outs. 2023: The Ahsoka sets alone make this a top-tier year for me. Love the dioramas and the TIE Bomber too! 2024: Saw, Cal, Nien, and the Mando S3 sets make it a top contender for me 2022: The Scythe and the AT-TE are just fantastic sets, plus finally a Kaminoan, great Kenobi minifigs, the first Andor set, and much more! 2021: While I found the 1HY stuff to be lackluster, the 2HY wave was awesome, especially the Mando S2 and TCW S7 sets! 2012: Jabba‘s Palace, Gungan Sub, the Malevolence, the Senate‘s failed arrest, need I say more? As for the weakest, I‘d say: 2004: I have fond memories of the Falcon and the Cantina with Greedo, but looking back, it’s pretty unimpressive otherwise. 2006: Not a bad year at all, but the waves were really small, and everything was redone much better later on (the same goes for 2001, but that had more of an excuse, being only the third year!) 2007: I have very fond memories of the summer wave especially, but man, that AT-ST was NOT good and some of the others have not aged so well either, like the Belville Hoth set, the Landing Craft, or the single-piece-winged Sith Infiltrator Still a significant year for introducing BPs! 2025 is no longer anywhere near the „worst“ list thanks to recent developments HEY HEY!

I haven‘t seen the third arc of Andor S2 yet, but since we can now talk about the last arc, I gotta say I have to apologise to S1 a bit Some of the issues I had before are still there (like the „show don‘t tell“ rule being broken A LOT where character‘s fates are often only talked about or being implied, rather than actually being shown), but S2 finally justifies why we spent so much time with certain characters whose plotlines didn‘t really go anywhere that season. Guess I was a bit impatient S2 is a lot more focussed and also delivers a lot more in the action department! Still some weaknesses here and there (like some characters‘ deaths being rather random and some subplots being too drawn out for my liking, looking at you, jungle idiots). Also, where‘s K2? I guess he’ll only show up in the final arc? Boooooooo! And while the chances for a TIE Avenger set are still in the toilet, I‘m joining the lobbying group here anyway

Don‘t undersestimate him. He could easily sing them all to death!!

Not betting on it, but what I‘m the most curious about regarding the August wave is whether the minifig lists are entirely accurate. The CTT‘s is for sure, but maybe there‘s still more to the MTT than just Bly, Aayla, and 10 BDs. A green Duros in the RTG set also sounds strange, unless that‘s a new character in S2 Probably wishful thinking tho!

To be fair, there‘s a chance Arkham will actually be good, but the DC theme just can‘t catch a break, can it?

Can’t wait for people to twist themselves into pretzels to defend this horsesh*t Apparently we have Jon Voight to thank for this. He’s probably mad nobody watched Megaflopolis and now wants to burn the entire industry down. Tariffs on movies? Good grief, what next, tariffs on air?

Nope, the MK D2C is 72037 and the Gameboy is 72046. Also, the two unknown sets are 20€ and 50€ respectively ^^

Any, I would say Look at other themes, where even the most obscure and random characters are treated as selling points! I think a set with let’s say Sonic, Knuckes, and Cream would easily outsell the identical set with Tails instead of Cream. Having recognisable characters is important, but new ones increase collectability and might even introduce casual fans to characters they weren’t familiar with before!

Personally, I don’t mind the made-up vehicles and locations, but they should at least come with some new minifigs here and there! I can’t think of any other licensed theme that only introduced one new non-brick-built character across 5 sets It’s a smaller theme, sure, but so is Fortnite and that gets tons of new characters with novel specialised pieces! Maybe next year

Given the team’s new name (which has been made public so we can finally talk about it), I’d say now it’s a lot more likely for the Thunderbolts to show up in Doomsday sets Too bad they won’t have the same costumes tho. Especially for US Agent, Red Guardian, and Ghost, I vastly would’ve preferred the costumes seen in Thunderbolts*. Oh well

Leave it to SWT to come up with unhinged takes that almost make Mike Zeroh look like a well-adjusted human being Am I the only one who doesn’t really want Army Troopers, unless they have their visors down like the Mudtroopers in Solo? Purely for aesthetical reasons, mind. Imperial troops that don’t wear fully-enclosed helmets just seem a bit phony to me. I know I know, Stormtroopers and their variants are supposed to be elite forces and not that prevalent before the official start of the Galactic Civil War. But I’ll take a Stormie over random extra #5 with the same overused faceprint any day Sure, they likely share their faceprints, but the Stormies’ are at least hidden

Scary to think that it's not even the tallest part of Hogwarts! If they do the Astronomy Tower, I might need to drill a hole into my ceiling!

I’ve just come to the realisation that the Main Tower is too tall to fit in my display cabinet I was planning on removing a shelf to give it the needed space, but it’s still like 4cm too tall and I don’t really want to remove the top section! *sigh* On top of the cabinet it goes I guess! It’s almost too high for that even!

They’re both listed on brickmerge (including prices and piece counts), so they should still be coming, unless they happen to be cancelled

Between the new snail, pigeon, and fox pieces, the recoloured puppy / wolf cub, plus the bulldog with new printing, we’re again eating pretty well this summer! Fingers crossed for orange foxes and more pigeons next year It’s amazing that the introduction of new animals has become a yearly staple. Kid me would be over the moon with the selection nowadays since that’s the only thing Playmobil had that LEGO didn’t, back in the day. The only LEGO animals I had as a kid were two cats, a small handful of crocodiles, some parrots, a few horses and sharks, and that’s it