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Dual moulded Hobbit feet as well as Dual moulded printed arms for Boromir. That's two of the 3 things I really want and can't make myself. The third is Faramir with silver belt buckle. Personally I think Rivendell is likely. Winnie Pooh was a huge success. The tree house seems to sell well until this day. The ewok village was a hit and exploded on the second hand market. Well made trees/nature sceenes work. The sceene also features the whole fellowship, which would not be included in Minas Tirith.

Well, he has this new jaw piece and arm printing. I can't see much difference to the cmf 13-Goblin, which pretty much everyone liked back then. To be honest that is why I like him. In my opinion the Middle Earth Orcs looked terrible. Especially the mouths are really creepy, so they compelety lack the goofy/cute vibe a minifigure should have to some degree in my opinion no matter what character it is supposed to be. Nexo knights had in my opinion great orcs. I'd have preferred them in olive green, but they still work in red. They are quite cartoonish, but well... like I said: minifigs should be like that in my opinion^^ They look good next to Castle trolls. If the chima aligators die not have these strange blue or yellow symbols ok their chest I could see them as pretty orcs, too. My little orc horde consists of completely unique figures and not a single one shares a piece with the next one - except for a few elite Uruk-Hai. I will certainly add that little guy. For people less picky than me It is a great chance to combine him with different chima legs, which are very cheap and get at least a bit of varriation. There are also some olive green heads available to give him different eyes. That was a huge problem with the Sand green Castle Trolls.

Nope they are still bags (info by Promobricks). They will switch to boxes in Autum 2023, which is the day I stop buying them xD

I need Baby Benny. I am not into classic space at all but I love that character in the Lego movie. I always wanted do build a modular Comic store. He'll be perfect sitting there on a shelf! Marie Antoinette is fabulous. The dog is boring and a printed air wheel ( is it called that way?) would be much cooler, but I am still amazed :D I also will get at least one archer. Gorgeous prints, usefull bow, awesome falcon! I don't mind the strange hair. It is easy to switch out the head. The news Boy is wonderfull. A bunch of usefull pieces, a cute figure we would not get in a set... I love the printed medium legs. Sadly the orc's accessories suck hard :/ the knight shield mould does not fit at all. Only the smaller knight shield would be even less fitting... a little round shield with damaged wood print would have been one of the most gorgeous and in general usefull accessories Lego could have done for him. Well ... the figure is still gorgeous. I really like the T-Rex. It is the kind of costume my little cousins would love. The Koala is great... i don't know where I could use him and the figure is boring... maybe, if I get the figure on sale. I need that rockig horse, but the minifig coming with it is a soulless filler even worse than the violin boy :/ A kid dressed in another knight costume would have been much more interesting and fit well with the one in the last series as well as the big castle. The carrot is funny. The shield can be usefull for a City moc. I don't need him, but he is nice The space monster is not my Cup of tea. If the head beneath the mask is black this piece could be very usefull. The referee is insultingly boring xD But I'll admit she is well executed. Lego should make a new soccer game - not that ridiculous kicker table, but like those old play sets. The potterer is one of the worst CMF-minifigures I've ever seen xD except for the bowl in dark orange there is litteraly not a single piece I'd like to get for free x'D All in all an "ok" series. Can't compete at all with stuff like Series 13 but it is getting better again after Series 20 being the worst numbers cmf in my opinion.

I haven't watched the Batman yet and am no fan of him at all, but in Pattinson's defense it must be said that he said several times he detests twilight himself. He said, he wanted to play a monster that struggles with all the people he killed, while the books writer allways just told him to "smile more" and was into the characters in a creepy way, which made him uncomfortable... I believe him that he suffered making these movies as much as me watching them with my girlfriend back then^^'

There is s new Ninjago dragon for 35€. It has a new mould for horns... Those in black would be the perfect ones for a Balrog.... if they made the jaw piece black they could use the dragon head, too. It makes me quite optimistic.

They could easily make an evergreen modular building line based on super heroes. Add an exclusive villain in each set and it will sell like sliced bread. They could have given us after the minifig Version of the 1966 batmobil and the Tumbler an Arkham knight Batmobil. They already have the perfect helmet for the Arkham knight thanks to firefly. If they really do not want to basically print money, they should give us at least a D2C Wayne Manor instead of something like that pathetic Black Panther bust or ridiculous Hulkbuster one year, and a big Akham Asylum combined with a cmf series featuring characters fitting into it... then they can end the theme if they have really no interest and creativity left.

I am thinking about that, too :)... one problem is the skin colour. Another is the shape with ears not allowing to combine it with at least 99% of hair pieces - which makes them quite similar looking and does not let me hide a second face print. I found a very good paint for red and light bluish gray parts, so I could use some Nexo knights and Zombi faces with the jaw piece if painted. With some polishing I am also able to remove face prints from the backside of the heads, wich allows to use for example Moria orcs... in the end it would be quite an effort and not cheap but there should be some cool orcs :)

Seems like it is fixed now :D I just adore this jaw piece :D I really didn´t like how the Middle Earth orcs were executed by Lego. Especially their mouths were for my taste by far not cute/cartoonish/goofy enough. I build my very little orc horde of unique characters with parts from castle, Nexo knights and many other themes as well as custom accessories. This orc will fit in wonderfully. It looks in fact so great I was thinking about getting more than one, but I don´t want a clone army.

@Itaria No Shintaku I made sure every transaction was perfectly legal in my country. In fact it would be illegal calling someone a criminal just like that ;) I guess we should get back to topic. This "discussion" won't lead anywhere.

In most cases it is just being obnoxious that makes people look obnoxious... I have serious doubts that people making huge Mocs that are only possible thanks to a few third party/modified pieces (Like Gondor Mocs) with tons of bought Lego bricks inspirering other builders are less valuable to Lego than someone who praises purism hoping for discounts and free sets... should we also remove the possibility to give an average rating or worse in reviews?

My simple approach is that I want the best result so people smile when they stand in front of the display. My projects are allways small enough so money is no issue. Some of my figures are a mixture of original pieces with quite some value for collectors and other pieces that are simply better... some are custom printed original Lego, some from small customisers, some from chinese figures... What I care about is quality. If Lego has the best product, I'll buy that. If not, I'll choose alternatives. I was dumb enough to buy more than 3 times the amount of "dark green" bricks I needed for a project until I was able take those which have at least a similar colour. That was a terrible experience. In the future I will buy chinese dark green bricks for my projects. Not because of the price, but because they are able to produce all their dark green bricks in one shade of green. I am in fact sad that Lego pretty much forces me to do it.

Did you see the figure and want to discuss what it is meant to be or do you want a description? :) am I the only one who only gets the few recommended images shown when searching for legoleaks and can not scroll through all posts? Every hashtag without legoleaks works fine.

Hm... I don't know. You are right. There are terrible decisions and sets these days... but for every poorly executed UCS Gunship in a scale worthless for playing or displaying with minifigures is something like a 501 battlepack. While there is a terrible Black Panther bust many stores did not sell a single copy of, there is also the minifig Tumbler. There are definitely some people with common sense left who know for example that people like cool minifigures of beloved characters. I think it isn't too optimistic to expect at least a solid 300€ set with a delusional 500€ price tag. I don't expect some complete rubbish like a brickbuild 1:1 scale sword.

I'd have liked an official Sauron, but the intro figures like Sauron and Isildur are the ones i can accept not to have the easiest. It is not like he appeared later. Now there are gorgeous customs available, so the AFOL willing to spend 500€ has him already quite likely. Witchking, Faramir and Eowyn would make more people buying a Set, I guess. If this D2C is just a one time thing I could see it being Barad-Dur with different iconic scenes from the movies inside like the Jusassic Park gate.

Wow... I DETEST every brickhead I have seen until now, but, but those have something about them. The hobbits are adorable and Gimli is just gorgeous :D

The Hobbits need those Dual moulded short legs like Dobby got them in brown and dark tan to represent their feet. The dwarfes are difficult. There are some that look just as good with short legs as they do with medium sized ones on their own, some that really need the medium ones (like Thorin) and Bombur's body shape requires short legs unless he gets a much larger special torso. The problem appears when you put them next to each other and they are supposed to be as tall as each other. The Chinese dwarf minifigures look just gorgeous with medium legs but thanks to armour moulds and beard pieces as well as large helmets they are taller than regular minifigures.

I am very surprised we did not see clay face as a minifigure by now. Vidiyo introduced the perfect headpiece and there seems to be lots of people waiting him. I am not that much into the comics. Is clayface in human size a big deal in some iterations? I just know him from the Arkham City game as a huge Monster pretty much perfectly represented in the TLBM set.

Thanks for the information. I really hope that employee is wrong. Seems like a cmf 24 figure leaked. This orc is gorgeous. Promobricks clarified it was fake. As far as I unterstand it the rumor came from the same person, who claimed the next modular building would be a certain club for adults.

That orc is no Lotr character, but he rocks.

Did it happen before that Lego paused on a theme for a year and then made a new wave? I can't imagine Lego is dumb enough to not make at least a hand full of sets like Wayne Manor before canceling DC.

The Lego store employee I talked with a week ago said Disney will be in boxes. That surprised me, too. I read on promobricks a while ago that Lego would start using them in the end of 2023. The only thing I know is that I won't buy them blind... ^^'

So we are getting series 24 this year already in boxes and then Disney as the first 2023?

I have never seen those triangleshaped traffic signs used that way. It looks phenomenal :D May I ask for some pictures of the tower roof and sign wall so I can understand how they work? :)

You mean like the trash compactor display model from Star wars? That could work - especially if the ones for lotr would also have printed arms and so on.