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If you slightly adjust the placing of the light it doesn't actually look bad, definitely way better than a 2D stickered light imo. Here are 3 builds with different variations to the main build of the bike's front:

Ideally Ock would look something like this: But he wouldn't be that playable so I don't see it happening.

I've got no issue with part reuses, I'm just tired of LEGO retroactively retconning more and more snake (or snake-like) factions into the story. We started out with 5 unique and very interesting tribes but since then we also got snake-cultists, a snake pirate, the Vermillion, the Pyro Vipers, the Maaray Guards and now probably either a repeat of the Pyro's or yet another new tribe. LEGO has proven time and time again that Ninjago can be almost everything you can think of, we've gone from "classical" sets to steampunk, swamps, dungeons and most recently even underwater. The creative freedom this theme has is virtually endlesss so it just becomes annoying how often they return to the concept of evil snakes. It's time for something new.

It does make the front a little less sleek but if you really want to get rid of that blockiness it would also really help to replace the stickered light with a brickbuilt one, roughly like this:

Might be misremembering things but the name "Hydro Whipper" was never used in any official material right? They're called Maaray Guards so I assume Maaray is the name of their species, which is really just a lame way to try and justify the head reuse without them literally being yet another group of snakes.

68416 from the Haunted House set.

It was originally made for Bo Peep in the Toy Story 4 sets, City then reused it in the same color.

Glad to see the leak-experts who kept saying this set was completely made-up are wrong Can't wait for more pics of the movie so I can integrate the basement into a future Sanctum MOC

People still pay attention to Rotten Tomatoes?

That still doesn't say anything though, it's not exactly groundbreaking news to say Sony Pictures is pretty much incompetent when it comes to preventing leaks.

If it's not official it's irrelevant. Just because something leaked doesn't mean Sony told LEGO.

If it were partially based on Endgame they could even finally give us figures of Pierce, Sitwell and (pre-Crossbones) Rumlow. Highly doubt we'd ever get them elsewhere.

I really hope whatever we get for Infinity Saga next year will include a new TWS or updated IW Falcon figure with the new CMF wings.

I could see them doing at least 2 sets, probably a standard set and a more gimmicky one like a brickbuilt Niffler. Definitely hope the franchise will get more coverage soon, LEGO is sleeping on it even though it has so much potential.

Empire released 2 new promotional images for No Way Home, giving us a full look at Doc Ock. Gotta say that image of Peter and Ock has to be one of the worst looking promo shots I've ever seen, can't believe Sony/Marvel approved that

Or skip So am I. It looks quite alright on yellow figures but pretty much every single time they use it on a licensed fleshy fig (Draco, Lucius, Luna, Legolas, Elsa, etc) it's really off-putting and using the standard tan color would make the entire figure infinitely better.

I'd argue the Batmobile would benefit greatly from a reduced piececount. Don't get me wrong, it looks great, but it's windshield and height make it look obnoxiously large next to minifigures.

The "eyes" you see when you put the cowl on the Demon Batman head are actually just 2 of the dots on his forehead, not it's actual eyes. The Tom Riddle/Pattinson head won't line up with the eye holes in the cowl as usual.

Doesn't the 20th anniversary logo appearing twice on the picture answer that question?

Official statement on Cole's recast: https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-ninjago-fate-of-coles-character-announced/

Pairing the announcement of a delay for an upcoming product with a brand new trailer to soften the blow and reduce backlash isn't unusual. Black Widow and Shang-Chi may not have performed as well as Marvel movies usually do but given the circumstances they did really well. There's just no real reason I can think of that would prompt Marvel/Disney to move such a large part of their movie slate again, other than Sony forcing their hand with a NWH delay. It may happen, it may not happen. I'm not going to be surprised if it does.

Calling it now: these delays are happening because NWH is gonna get delayed, which will be announced in the 2nd trailer.

Hardly news and definitely far from exciting but there's some kind of activity book coming next year with 2 Dominion figures.

Can't wait to get that Batman Beyond as the only new figure in the $150 Ultimate Batmech

That's debatable. I love that set to death but every time I look at it and take some time to admire how beautiful it is there's always that nagging feeling that something very prominent and important is missing.