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2 more set names have leaked. There's going to be a Monkie Kid Team Hideout and a Yellow Tusk Elephant, which will probably be a large creature like The Demon Bull King, so the Elephant could be the main antagonist of season 4? Or at least the biggest.

I love the dragons! Will definitely get Zane's dragon and 2 of Cole's awesome dragon. Jay's mech looks great, I know we only just had a blue mech in the crystaltarded wave but I'm sure I'll get this one too. I'll probably get the brick box where Kai has a red car, so I won't need to pick up the other set that's just another red car for Kai. Well, unless a review sways me to pick it up for Macy from Nexo Knights. Same with Jay's jet, will pass on it unless I feel it'd be good for Clay from Nexo Knights. The mech riding a bike is a bit WTF?! But I'll reserve judgement until I see a review, I'll probably end up giving it to MK from Monkie Kid since a bonkers idea like a mech on a motorbike fits that theme so well. The mech battle set is a bit meh when we have so many better Marvel mechs. I like the villains. Not sure I like them enough to keep them as is, I'll probably cannibalise them for parts to make my own characters. They'll probably turn up in my Hidden Side webcomic at some point or be minions for The Lady Bone Demon in Monkie Kid. The bone spider in the Ice dragon set looks interesting. Shame there's no villain location set, a bone themed tomb that they could originate from would have been awesome. I'm imagining something like the Super Naturals playset from the 1980's. I may have to pick up the Skull Sorcerer's dragon for them.

OMG!! This is so amazing! I love the build of the Golem and all the little details in both scenes. I love how the kid with the broken wrist has a character with a broken wrist. Is that Ninjargon newspaper from an actual set? The only improvement I would make would be to have a domestic dog next to the girl playing the Ranger that's represented as a Warg or some other fantasy animal in the imagined scene.

Regarding set 60347, The Grocery Store; In the UK the ASDA chain of supermarkets are getting a version of this set with different stickers to make this set an ASDA brand store. ASDA is owned by Wal-Mart, so I wonder if the US will get a Wal-Mart version?

In the UK the ASDA chain of supermarkets are getting a version of this set with different stickers to make this set an ASDA brand store. ASDA is owned by Wal-Mart, so I wonder if the US will get a Wal-Mart version?

In the UK the ASDA chain of supermarkets are getting a version of this set with different stickers to make this set an ASDA brand store. ASDA is owned by Wal-Mart, so I wonder if the US will get a Wal-Mart version?

I've been thinking about the last wave of Nexo Knights where Monstrox awakened a race of ancient vampires from suspended animation/hibernation and turned them into cyborg CyberByters. I know it won't happen, but imagine a castle theme set in the past where more traditional knights were going up against that Vampire race. Thinking of Adventurers and Monster Fighters, I think if Lego were to rip off the character line up from this video game, it'd make a pretty fun theme

What?! Anyway, love the designs. Reminds me of the last Ultra Agents theme where the villains were mostly themed around environmental disasters

It reminds me of Pigsy's Noodle Tank from Lego Monkie Kid

The UK Ninjago magazine at the end of this month will have a Vengestone Guard minifigure included. I'll probably buy 4 issues to add to my army. The leak of the bottom half of Zane's Ice Creature reminds me of this year's Crystal King set. Excited to see what the full thing looks like. Regretting buying Core P.I.X.A.L off Bricklink now that she's coming in this new set, since I'll likely be picking it up. I wonder if the new Core villains will have a side build vehicle in the set?

Here he is. I'll probably improve him at some point, but he's my placeholder until Lego makes one that matches how he looks in the show.

Thanks The author of that video has some really well researched and presented videos on how the symbolism in JTTW affects the Monkie Kid toys and the show. She's convinced me pretty well that Macaque is a Sun Wukong hair clone gone bad similarly to how MK's Party Clone went bad and made his own clones. In the context of the original novel, Macaque is a part of SW, representing his dark thoughts that need to be overcome. The 6 ears thing is more symbolic, so it makes sense that he has 2 ears in the show. He looks like SW, seems to have the same powers as SW and MK (SW references SEM has a trashy version of his own powers in season 3).. Can lift the staff (even when MK is pushing down on it) but he doesn't have the same power level as SW; hence needing to get a power boost from MK. Not sure why SW can't poof him away if that's the case though, it'd be cool if we get an origin story for Macaque someday. I think there may be some weight to her theory that MK is descended from one of SW's children from the sequel novels. We never see SW bestow his powers on MK, MK is able to lift the staff before he ever meets SW, so it's likely he was born with Sun Wukong's abilities. The original concept art even shows MK with a tail, suggesting that Lego were considering having him be at least part Monkey at the character development stage. Maybe MK's eventual power creep will allow him to access a simian "final form" eventually? Some of his minifigures have a similar face marking to SEM and SW. I love how deep the lore goes, and Lego are aware of it all too. There's so much potential.

Hope you like my Noodle Shop? Just found this video online that delves into Time Travel in Monkie Kid, Oracle Bone Script, The 4 Pillars of Destiny and the Zodiac symbols on the scroll.

I don't recognise the scroll from the novel, unless it's one of the Scripture Scrolls the pilgrims were fetching. Some of the symbols could represent different animal demons maybe? I heard one theory that it's to do with the Chinese Zodiac, but I don't know. All we know about MK's real name is from the Sleep Bug episode where we find out that it's long and hard to say. I've taken some pics of my expanded Pigsy's Noodles;

Just brainstorming... But... Mooseknuckle Cameltoe/Cameltown Bulgeburg Pouch Place BangC0ck Dong Kong Londong Istanbulge San Pantscisco Crotch Angeles @rsecelona Pantsterdam Skidney Long-John Locale Boxers Down Y-Front Falls Pantsdown Parish Chode Abode Private Parts Drawersden Bloomersberth Bananahammock Bridge Winklehold Schlongsack Suburb Thong Kong Hong Thong Buttfloss Peckerpack Place Trolleyton Kecksico City Trolleywood Hong Dong Underoosalem Jocksford Skid Row Package Peninsula Wangdorra Baggiesdad Reykjadik San Hose' Panto Domingo C0ckholm

Haven't built mine yet, but can't wait. Friends has some amazing builds, especially in the last year or so.

LOVE IT! Are the instructions available? I'd have loved to see something like this in Lego's Hidden Side or Vidiyo themes

I just picked this up for £60. Can't wait to build it

Monkey King's Tiger loincloth and gold headband, the animal demons and Tang's monk garb make me wonder if this wave of sets involve MK and Mei going back in time to witness the events of the original JTTW? It'd be pretty funny to see the original pilgrims reaction to a mech! Or to see MK meet the Demon Bull family before DBK and LBD's imprisonments and Spider Queen's original defeat. Sun Wukong time travelling was a theme in Xiyoubu, the sequel to JTTW. I passed on the original Monkey Mech. But I bought the stickers on BL and made a bigger version of Pigsy's Noodles/MK's Apartment. I'll get the new Mech though for the Minifigures. I find it weird that set 80045 doesn't have Tang Sanzang's iconic staff, since the character is represented in the set (can't wait to see the new Lego piece for it though). Maybe each set will only include 1 collectable weapon? Shame it's not like Ninjago Crystalized where we got all the Golden Weapons in almost every set. I'm surprised The Rhino Demon King isn't in the new set, since he's kind of been in the show; though I made my own with the minifig parts in set 10782. I hope we get some of the various Buddhas in the other sets since they were important sources of Deus Ex Machina in the novel. Lego likes making Chinese deity minifigs, we've had Caishen, Erlang, Laojun and Nezha so far, I'd love to get Guanyin, Gautama and The Jade Emporer minifigs. Looking at the box art, it looks like Pigsy's rake is missing 3 prongs, it had 9 in the book. Still, the red 3 pronged Lego pitchfork we've had previously didn't cut it lol. I wonder if the new design of the gold parts on MK's staff will replace the gold sections on the staff that we've had for the last couple of years? Glad I have plenty of that gold piece from various MK sets and my many 30562 polybags I picked up during that promo. I predict that Red Son will appear in this wave, since he's such a fan favourite character. It'd be cool if we got a Ninjago style white dragon build for Bai Long Ma/Ao Lie, The Original White Dragon Horse. Or even a minifig representing his human guise from the old Journey To The West TV show, or even a new minifig scale white horse animal. Maybe we'll get minifigs of Sandy and Pigsy in their traditional outfits from the novel. I hope a trailer for season 4 drops soon.

It took a minute to find the Monkey lol. I recognise the winged Gargoyles from the Arkham Asylum set from about 8 years ago

I wonder when we'll see leaks of the 2023 MK sets?

A Fox would be so awesome! I still can't believe Lego hasn't made a Wolf yet, they're a super popular animal. Akita and the Wargs don't count.

I've read the detailed character descriptions on Jay's Brick Blog and Autumn and Aliya are described as enjoying each other's affectionate company. Make of that what you will. Also, with his interest in sewing, designer labels and fashion shows etc, I feel like Olly is being coded as gay. Anyway, I'm so excited for these new Friends sets! I've always loved Lego Friends, but this new direction is so much better than the theme has ever been. I love how inclusive 2022's Friends sets were with the child with 2 dads, wheelchair users, a blind character and more people of colour (remember when Andrea's House had to include Stephanie because Lego didn't think a set with all black mini-dolls would sell? We've come a long way since then) etc. I'm so excited to see even more diversity in 2023's Friends sets! Can't wait to get the dog in the wheelchair, all the new animals, all those amazing new hair pieces, rocking chairs, differently abled characters etc.. I'm looking forward to seeing the new cartoon based on this theme as well. I've never seen the set descriptions for Lego Friends on the Lego website say things like "girls can build"; It's always been "children can build" in anything I've read. Yes, the sets had stereotypically "girly" colours (which is a flawed concept. Colours, like any product not operated by a person's genitals, don't have genders) and no male main characters a few years ago, but in my experience Lego never defined Friends as a "girls theme". I really hope the new Friends theme is even more successful than the old one and that we get more mini-doll themes. Mini-doll scaled Unicorns are so long overdue in Lego. Also, I like that one of the main characters has a dead mother. Children with only one parent will be able to identify with that.

I'd love new characters purely because we all have like 50 variants of the same 6 Ninja. Give us new colours and elemental powers already. Actually it'd be interesting if a new set of heroes weren't all Ninja. Ninjago is the name of the world, so it'd still be Ninjago even if the main characters weren't Ninja. Imagine a team made up of more diverse fighter classes like a D&D adventuring party, there'd be potential for loads of different story directions if the main characters all came from different cultures and had differing abilities.

Maybe Nya will break up with Jay? She'll be his Samurai Ex I'll get my coat....