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That puts me at 85 actual sets from the original line up to the most recent Batmobile (not BTAS), including Dimensions.

What's the threshold for set? Are we counting the CMFs and the figures in polybags?

Ahem, you might want to invoke the powers of Mirror Master, if you catch my drift. That's one of the most on topic comments here in all fairness. And yes, it is host to several characters, scenes and vehicles that would look good in brick.

I'm a big fan of Jack Kirby, his work, and the characters he created, but sometimes you find moments when he should have been supervised.

Is Doctor Light more unknown than the Challengers of the Unknown?

I was talking about their acting in Justice League being the responsibility of Snyder, and how I'd like to think that Gunn won't make his characters so unnecessarily edgy when you responded to me though. Their acting ability didn't just manifest in a thread (loosely) covering DC, it was pertinent. It's this particular part that baffles me. The detached, corporate belief that one adaptation in one form of media bombed, therefore anything else slightly related must be binned also. This is the example given when asked to expand on the meaning of cutting off your nose to spite your face. Almost entirely, but I have dipped into Speed Champions when the well is dry and a nice classic car appears. Outside of sets I'll buy parts to make my own DC figures and builds though.

Frankly Justice League was so lacking in redeeming features that arguing about Cavill's range is akin to rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. He was passable in the role, moreso than many others. That series was beautiful and it baffles me how it got binned so hard.

What a strange thing to do. How does his popularity affect his ability to do his job?

I'm not the man's biggest fan, nor am I some nutty Snyder geek who can't get over his departure, but his role in The Tudors was well played and he wouldn't have been cast in a film by Ridley Scott if he couldn't act, especially when you see who else he was on screen with. Considering that Gadot is untrained as an actor she has won a surprising number of acting awards from various bodies. Personally she may not be the best fit for Diana but she handled the role well in Wonder Woman. Like I said, it's the director's job to oversee the acting and being happy with it. The beef you have lies more with Snyder and, to an extent, Wheddon.

They can both act, it's the directors job to be content with how. Bloodsport and Ratcatcher's relationship was played out very well. To me the film satirised the futility and absurdity of conflict in a vibrant way, but that's only my opinion. And with TSS Gunn was let loose and having fun, not really knowing the future of the franchise. Now he's got overall control over various character types who can't all be goofed up.

The trick is keeping what endeared the character to fans (namely the writer/director) in the first place, and homing in on the parts that will endear them to new/casual/potential fans. Gunn will almost certainly adapt the characters somewhat, but he sure as eggs is eggs won't make them so edgy we get a paper cut from watching. For my two pence worth Cavill was as good as Reeve, not better. Superman wouldn't kill Zod though, and certainly not in that way or for that reason. Affleck himself was good, but the character direction was off. The Martha thing was one of the most ridiculous things I've seen in film and I've seen the Blair Witch Project. Gadot was the best of the three. I didn't see the need for the time jump in her story though. Mamoa is brilliant and if he gets the Lobo gig it'll be some absolutely on point casting. He's not the King of the Seven Seas. Fisher had so much potential but Snyder decided that Cyborg needed to be the moodiest teenager on the planet and yes he got some redemption in the directors cut, but I prefer Jovian Wade a lot more. Ezra Miller portrayed a fun character who in no way, shape or form was Barry Allen, and as an actor he can get in the bin. On the other hand I find it hard to criticise the characterisation of The Suicide Squad. All of them.

Something of a vicious circle, methinks. The output was so inconsistent that keeping a rapt audience was almost impossible. I really want Superman to succeed, but I just don't want the same thing to happen as happens to so many other licenses. Too often you can see fandoms nuking their own favourites and the studios and production companies are left holding the burning wreckage.

Red Son everyone, Justice Riders everyone, Death Metal trinity. Bit difficult to guage anyway, let alone when there's very little output outside of the comics at present. What are you basing this against, out of interest?

Completely. Perhaps it's an Indiana Jones set. I jest, but I think this is incredibly prescient of Lego to know that a set will sell so poorly that they retire it before they release it. If only they applied that logic during the design stage.

Some curious takes here in my opinion. The schools guarantee one boy and one girl with a third child being either. The tournament only happens every two hundred years, so it's not like anyone has to worry about it too much. I would argue that there are several strong female roles in the books, but for the same reason that boys appear more favourable than girls, we see it that way because the narrator (Harry) is unreliable and a boy. Love potions are an incredibly important deal because anyone conceived under one is incapable of actual love, hence Voldemort and his biggest weakness. Marriage after school isn't the pinnacle of achievement when so much stock is put in O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s. James and Lily's relationship is only held in reverence by Harry, and then he's conflicted about it after the events of HBP.

I enjoyed the originals, probably because of how they hark back to Saturday matinees, but never enough to go and buy some merchandise. Then Lucas meddled with his own work and started adding bits and I didn't feel that it improved them. The prequels didn't pull me in that much and the sequels were much further removed. Clone Wars got me because I'm a fan of Genndy Tartakovsky's Samurai Jack. Other than that I'm not sold on it I'm afraid.

Yeah, you say that. But we didn't get to 104 pages because the theme has turned to megablocks, did we? I like to consider myself straight edge when it comes to Star Wars, and have no intention of falling off the wagon.

It absolutely has been. The inaugural Batman sets gave us Alfred, Robin, Nightwing, Catwoman, Two-Face, Joker, Croc, Freeze, Ivy, Scarecrow, Penguin, Riddler and Bane. 28 figures over 12 sets in three years. The current lineup has all of those characters in sticker form. Don't get me wrong the skyline is gorgeous and the shadow box was an interesting concept, but it's by no means the pinnacle. The only set of 2022 was a Juniors set. As long as the visual media is well received, which is the only way Lego will enact change.

Isn't that the scenario which has led us into this current hellscape?

I refer you to the Indiana Jones thread, circa January. Not Lockjaw, but a ridiculously obscure character from the Harley Quinn New 52 run, called Arthur. Can't really comment on his power set but for the sake of argument he's a pug so he can definitely fly and talk.

Kudos for the deep cut aside, I write the character off because he's probably the weakest link in Jack Kirby's chain and for the weird direction they went with for a character revamp. My personal choice would be Eclipso with Despero in a close second.

https://why-i-love-comics.tumblr.com/post/625085740931497985/dc-cybernetic-summer-1-catfish-crisis-2020 I think the purpose of the ancillary suits was more to do with Batman being prepared for any eventuality, and surely it's obvious to even the most casual reader that Batman had to become the Easter Bunny because Lobo had killed him. To me this was an intricately worked out meta joke about Batman's prep time, rather than a different disguise.

Super Cyborg Cyborg Superman. All of the other disguises used have been without the Batsuit. It could be argued that as he sees Bruce as a disguise, therefore every persona that he's taken on has been a disguise. @legoturtleputting all three lists in one post was not in the original rules

What did I miss? Heroes ten, villains ten, sets ten. Random villains also ten. BrickHeadz eight but that's because there's only eight options.

Alright top ten sets 1. 7783 Batcave. Don't own it but of the first sets that's the one I would like the most. 2. 75996 Aquaman and Storm SDCC - underrated in my mind. 3. 70907 Killer Croc Tail-Gator. Love all of it. 4. 70908 The Scuttler. A really imaginative build. 5. 70922 Joker Manor. I forgot about this set when discussing missing from the collection. It's mental and I love it. 6. 77906 Wonder Woman SDCC set. A really good diorama based on an iconic cover. 7. 76239 Batman Tumbler: Scarecrow Showdown. A really nice model for the scale. And we got that Scarecrow. 8. 76025 Green Lantern Vs Sinestro. When there was hope for the theme. Two non-Trinity characters in one set! 9. 76040 Brainiac Attack. I got Brainiac! Apparently quite rare. 10. Lex Luthor Mech Takedown. A really well designed mech that was very stable. Minifigure selection was great and the hope was back again.