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I think the viking ship comes out in august here in the US.

And the cape is nice too. The other Kenobi set has the Kaminoan that could be useful for some custom figs, even just the torso and legs are really nice The fifth brothers head will be useful along with the grand inquisitors head. Really all the figs have useful parts.

I get what you are saying but as with Maple it's nothing to get that worked up about. I'm sure we will find out details soon enough. If not there is always bricklink for now.

Very nice build. Looks amazing and looks like it has some good articulation.

Yeah I remember that. I wish they would do that with the small bird that is now in white, red, and blue also chickens would be nice. Even fish would be good to stock up on. Really any animal, bird or fish in a PaB wall would be great.

Yes you can just not all the parts there used to be is up on the site. I think it's coming back in June.

Do you know of any knockoff brands that sell individual pieces like Lego does? Lego has always been expensive even when I was younger. My parents couldn't afford the big sets when I was a kid. If you want other brands have at it and Lego didn't say it PaB wasn't coming back.

Yeah I only have on black visor. They are hard to find. I got mine from my old black knight set.

The visors were in the Cmf with the good knight in grey. I can't remember which series though. I think it will be $160 like last time I believe in the US. I really didn't think we would get a goat to be honest would have been nice but I will take a cow, I just hope it's a different color from the city one for some variety. That's a possibility. I'm sure there will be some castle stuff in there and space to go with the new spaceship. I get you on the gift with purchase but there are some sets that I still want to pick up so that will be as I will be getting the viking 3in1 and some other sets. I think this set is a great deal with the ppp ratio and the minifigs and animals plus looks like new flags and possibly capes with printing.

I actually have the original can't wait for the new one.

The guy with the crossbow his helmet is custom. The guy with the large hammer the hammer is custom The flag spear is lego At least it looks like to me.

Ok but it doesn't have to be based off the game like I said it can be based off the books or like sir blake said the new movie. Even if they did base it off the game there are several guides they could pull characters from. But let's go your root and do it game like and give the set a multitude of minifg parts to make your own character and a map or a board. Then they could expand from there like a tavern or ruins or castle. Yes or like I said any of the books would be fine like Forgotten realms or Dragonlance.

Are you saying the WOT show was fantastic or the books? I like the books and the story is good. I would take WOT sets absolutely even if based off of the show but I doubt we will get them. As for your point with D&D that goes for any form of game or art, If we both read the WOT we will both get something different from the stories or if we both look at a piece of art we will both have different views of what it is. everyone will not have the same experience with lego sets either so I'm not getting what you are trying to say. We each see things differently and that's the great thing with Lego you can make it whatever you want.

Yeah Darkwalker on Moonshae by Niles was just so bad I never finished the trilogy. I did like Niles dragonlance the emperor of Ansalon book. I'm reading the way of kings by Sanderson now from the stormlight archives.

Yes I liked Forgotten Realms as well. Drizzt would be a must if we get D&D. There are some bad Forgotten Realms books though the moonshae islands books were really badly written. Another Character I liked was Geran Hulmaster from the blades of moonsea books.

Definitely more minifigs. I really hope we get some more info soon like an actual piece count or minifig count.

Yes there are many books to pull material from also. I would love stuff from the Dragonlance chronicles I loved those stories when I was younger and the parallels to LOTR were so obvious but I still liked the characters. And the Dragons in Lego form would be great. I actually think if they used Dragonlance as an inspiration it would be great and kids would love the characters and the dragons.

Yeah that's my main complaint as well the regular minifigs are just more posable especially the legs. As for the rest of it there are people in every forum on here that complain about their favorite or non-favorite themes it's just something that some people like to do.

That would be interesting. With the recent success of Critical Role and the Legend of Vox Machina and how adult oriented that is I don't know if lego would touch it. I think they would be better off with WOW or raid shadow legends or even tap into the Elden Ring/Dark souls hype right now. Personally I think they should do something that has some bigger media presence. If they still had the Middle Earth license that would be great although I think the show might suck. I think the biggest thing fantasy wise coming this year will be House of the Dragons on HBO but lego won't touch that. D&D has some great lore and characters. Lego did a Ninjago wave that was basically like a D&D game and that seemed pretty well received. The witcher is out of the question too. WOT was bad and season 2 doesn't sound much better. The only things left would be something like if they adapt mistborn or stormlight archives that would be interesting. There is also a Magic the Gathering show coming maybe they would go that way also. Maybe even pathfinder. Really if they did anything like D&D I would be all for it I just don't think It will be D&D. If they did do D&D we might get some Baldur's Gate stuff that would be good. Fantasy Properties are being adapted all over now they need to see this and they could really make some great sets if they get the right design team and a good property to work with.

This is interesting because there are some Afol's here that really liked the Elves line including myself and have several sets. I think a lot of the complaints with the friends line is the animal molds being to cartoony and they don't fit in with the city or regular system lego. Also the minidolls aren't as customizable as minifigs so there is some complaints about that. I do find that friends have some nice parts and some of the animals are ok. This just isn't a theme I am personally interested in but do find that it works really well for their target demographic. Anything that brings new parts and colors is a plus in my opinion. Those people you speak of are probably just a few that don't have anything better to do I wouldn't worry to much. As I've said in the past you can't please everyone. I really enjoy castle/fantasy and there a lot of fans not happy until recently with blacksmith shop and the 3in1 castle about lego's willingness to make castle sets. But I've actually found interesting parts and minifigs in other themes to fill in the several year gap between castle sets. Like I said before Elves had some nice dragons and parts. I even have the Elvenstar tree really nice build. I take a lot from Ninjago and Monkie kids especially the dragons and a lot of the figs are useful. Even some of the super hero stuff especially the Marvel side has great figs that can be used for customization for fantasy like green goblin, outriders, chitauri, sakarran, atlanteans, etc. Harry Potter even has some great elements and figs. I know from what I've seen many don't seem to mind friends theme at all I think more of the complaints are with the friendified animals and the lack of overall customization and moveability of the minidolls. There are some nice minidolls from the elves line unfortunately I don't have those figs. But I really think it's a small number of people you are encountering that probably post a lot more often.

I agree with all the Ninjago sets but one, Heavenly realms and the 90th anniverary castle August is going to kill me.

The friends set with the giraffe has sand green leaf parts I didn't see that earlier. Those will be useful.

Pick a Brick has the black falcon torso and legs back up for the US

Some parts are showing back up in the US site.

Yeah some sets are expensive. This year looks like I'm going to have to prioritize sets and pieces off of pick a brick because there are so many large and expensive sets I want this year. It really comes down to the build and the minifigs. Definitely picking up Heavenly Realms and a bunch of the ninjago sets, The Hungarian horntail and maybe another HP set, and of course the castle coming this year. I'm really hoping that pick a brick comes back up so we can get the farm animals and pieces we need.