Gorilla94

I don't get what the middle section of the first sentence means ("that are on same right now"). I know there is no Vader in most sets. Because of that he is a selling factor to those who don't have one. I know that you can buy old ones with a bit of luck on flee markets - some in terrible condition, some very overpriced... i got most of my cmfs second hand. It makes some time finding what you want, but you can. Because of that Lego tries to update the figures from time to time - like my Han solo example with the red stripe. That is the reason why i dont think there will be a cmf. If it isn't a very poorly done cmf the quality will be much higher than standard sets will ever get- printed arms and sides of legs, fitting moulds. Except something like the printed Boba with printed arms most sw-minifigs are below the quality of cmfs. Think about what type of obscure characters were used. Giraffe suit Guy, "Where are my pants?"- guy, villain in a calculator-suit or the Pencil-Eraser-Guy from Batman 1? Compare that for example to Shmi Skywalker or Owen Lars or the two gangsters from the cantina scene.

I don't believe there will be a Star Wars cmf line. Lego Star Wars became more and more about the figures. If Lego releases a good selection in the cmf - including Vader, Storm Trooper, Maul, Yoda, Clone Trooper and so on - it will effect the set sales dramaticly. Imagine a standard set like Yoda's hut standing next to a cmf bag with him. Or the most pathetic SW-Set ever released - the Walker with Phasma as it's only selling argument next to a cmf with her. I was shocked when heared Afols owning the slave 1 with Bobas printed arms already say they bought even cloud city just because of the red sripes on Hans legs while hating the whole build. (Good) Battlepacks or Micro Fighters sell. But they have lower detail, no Cape or Kylo Ren without helmet. So there will still be People buying a larger set with the deluxe version. The cmfs are superior to most of the "deluxe"-Versions. If they make a series just with random unreleased side characters like some AFOL fan lists these AFOLs will be happy to be able to complete their collection. But children wont be interested as well as the "i don't play with Lego anymore but love this character, so i want to put a small Figure of him on my desk at my workplace"-buyers that bought lots of Disney cmfs.

I think Lego movies are different. Of course Lego had a short time producing for example the hobbit sets with only a few artworks avaiable. But if i understood it correctly from an Interview to tlbm1 most of the stuff like the Batmobil or eggheads Mech was actually build in the beginning. So i think, it is indeed possible.

I think it could be real. The names sound like something Lego would write. It also sounds like they could be somehow connected by a movie plot and not just random set names. If there was a Lego Batman Movie 2 we can assume there will be a Batmobil. Deathstroke is a logical choice not beeing included in the first movie. Riddler is one of the most well known characters. I see some potential if there is a new Robin (Damian i guess) and the one from the first movie becomes knightwing. Becoming the older brother and so on. But if this list is real it's maybe a if not the reason why we didn't hear anything from the movie for a while. The closest thing to making babies in the lego movies was holding hands until now. If Bruce now has a baby without being in a relationsship with the mother (seems to be Damian and Talia from the amount of Ra'as in the list) - probably back from the days when he wasn't able to connect emotionally with anyone before the first TLBM... or cheated on the creepy Alienmonster it would be quite different from what we saw until now. I especially can't see something like this produced at the same time the Billion brick race privilege and gentrification movie was.

That is in my opinion the biggest problem with todays minifigures in general. 2019s Catwoman is by far my favourite design of that character, but her face isn't looking good with the pathetic print quality on a black head. I think the Lego Batman Movie's designs were mostly great because they were making "minifigure versions" to beginn with taking isome inspiration from different versions and not trying to squeeze an actual costume into minifig form. For example the lovely Killer Croc with an retro krokodile head.

Great review! I think it is a good set for Ninjago fans and sci fi builders. Personally i am dissapointed. Ninjago was the last theme except Harry Potter and the CMFs that delivered good castle parts. I made a bunch of very cool Orcs with prints and accessories from this theme. This time there is nearly nothing for me. The only thing i could maybe use from this set is the new bodywear piece for holding 2 swords... I´d wish it was at least dark bluish grey or brown instead of black or white...

It is a stupid question, but what would you use as material for minifigure play sets? Princess sets are mostly Friends sets with a licence put over them. That works. But minifigure playsets for boys and girls seem different to me. They need a more specific scenery or a brickbuild creature. Most include a villain and play features. A Scrooge money bin and Donald's 313 would be nice. Maybe Gyro Gearloose's shelter? What else? I was crazy about Donald's Comics as a kid and love them still today but they offer very few well known buildings. Disney's Hercules is a cool movie. A Playset with him, Pegasus, Meg, Phil and the Hydra would sell, if it is done well... but that means: New legs and hair for Phil, new Hairpiece for Meg, new mould for Pegasus if he is supposed to look not awefull... plus a new one for the Hydra. I doubt Lego will be able to make good one with standard bricks. There aren't many good scenes for sets in this movie so i really doubt you could reuse them. Oh and Lego would produce a Set for a movie released long before their core consumer base was born. Mulan: Probably possible with one new mould for Mushu and a new hairpiece Shang You. A scene from the palace would be possible. Maybe one of the training with Tent and the arrow climbing challenge. Maybe Stitch could get the escape pot? I can't think of a good Tarzan sceene...

I don't think it's really "too political" but a kind of politics you can't put in a good childrens movie. The Simpsons episode "Last exit to Springfield" handles for example the concept of unions, striking and health care in a very good way (i know that the Simpsons isn't mainly targetet at children. Even in the beginning of the episode there is a very violent Schwarzenegger parody. I just meant that these politic themes are presented very understandable offering potential for discussion without becoming propaganda. It is even usable to talk with the kids about oportunities and problems of technological progress in the workplace. Like "what do you think would have happened if the robots replacing the striking people would have worked fine?""maybe some could work IT-Experts? But that needs a higher degree"). I won't write a word about my personal opinion about identity politics. This is just meant as a comment about movies. The classical heroes journey, which was the main plot in every kids movie i ever saw, is about overcoming his internal and external challenges. I don't see how identity politics can be integrated into that. This is just an example. If a company offers a product for most people and a minority feels discriminated because that product isn't what they want, a classical heroes journey would be the heroes making their own company selling the product they want successfully. But if they do that they would prove that there is no systematic oppression and everybody with enough talent can be that successfull. So if the Movie makers really want to show this privilege it has to be a real tragedy or use a big part of the film to show that the other company owners don't deserve their position, which they just have because of their privilege. I never saw a tragedy movie for children and i can't imagine the second option becoming an entertaining movie. I really don't want to offend anyone. If someone has an idea to make a working plot with this political content i'll take back what i wrote.

There are some really nice ideas put into that Moc :) I really like the print designs and the way the window is done. And i love the way you present it like an official set! I hate the fact that there are still no dark green Bricks with wall design available in 2019... It is the only Piece without any acceptable alternative for when building an Androids Dungeon Moc :/

Ok, that explaines the skin colours.

Thank you for the clarification :) I am a bit confused why they aren't yellow ? Are these some licences i don't know?

I don't know much about that project. I read somewhere Billion Brick race became TLM2. If it is a completely canceled project that indeed speaks for an end of this movie line. Do you have to own a licence to use a characters name? In that case they could let Bruce be somewhere with his alien queen (it is so awefull they made him marry her... ) and make a new Movie with Finn as an adult playing with his own kids - i hate that idea but could it imagine as a possible movie.

I think Jurassic World should be discontinued. It is all about the dinosours. You don't need a licence for that. Cavemen or an adventurers reboot with Johnny Thunder would be just as nice or better and both could be done without the licence costs.

Like it was said before: I wouldn´t use the price per piece count of regular sets on this one, too. These battlepacks are more like 4 cmfs in a box - without special dual moulding on arms and legss or new accessory. This level of quality was 2€ for each bag. If we add to the 8€ minifigures the licence costs, the few cents the buildings costs, the infation and the fact that we know what we get (something many cmf-collectors pay for) the price of 14€ still hurts but for the first time since quite a while it is still enough value for me to buy it for that price, which means it is by far to me personally the best star wars set of the last years. How good it is also depends on what people want. I loved the fact, that we got Ki Adi Mundi in a cheap pack. Army builders hate the set for including 2 unique characters instead of just 4 clones. In this pack we don´t have something generic like storm troopers. But at least you can combine the parts to new mandalorians quite well. As someone who doesn´t army build at all i love this set. Are the capes shorter than normal? It seems so on the box art.

Thank you :) Hm... "How to Train Your Dragon" could be interesting... New castle parts

Me too. What popular IPs does Universal even own? I have problems searching for a list and I doubt they have something that popular in mass media like Avengers, Star Wars, Batman, Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. The Lego Movies were a wild mix of big properties everyone knows, old classics like Wizzard of Oz and sweet little ones like Gremlins. There was something for everybody. I doubt it can be a success at mainstream consumers without some big ones.

To be honest i don't know what a tlbm2 could be about. The references of the first one already used nearly every aspect of Batman's history. Seeing a strangely dancing batman in a cheap costume wouldn't be as funny a second time. The development of Batman seems finished. He overcame loosing bis parents and is now part of a family again. I don't see much more potential for the characters delevoping. The only cool thing i'd expect from a TLBM2 would be Hush, Black mask and Mad Hatter minifigure form... just because there aren't many B-List-Villains left. But that could be done in regular sets, too. I love the Lego Movie and the Lego Batman Movie. I think it is better if we don't get a terrible Sequel like TLM 2 for Batman.

I agree on other themes delivering good parts. For example there are pearl dark grey ninjago armour legs just perfectly fitting with the Uruk Hai armor and the Sword mould that came with the Ninjago Movie sets, which makes a decent Orcrist. Witcher 3 was celebrated even in mainstream media news. Game of Thrones was THE big thing for years world wide now. I can't imagine two other serieses only avaiable by streaming services can give Lego an idea they didn't get until now. On top of that it is still uncertain how good/successfull both shows will be. Everything i read was terrible until now. It begins with "little" things like Gerald being ugly as hell in the books and looking like a top model in the show. It will be funny if they are true to the books like they said, where most people are disgusted by his appearance. The fact that the Lotr-series tells the adventures of young Aragorn is almost a guarantee, that it will be bad. Tolkien wrote very, very little about that time period and nearly everything ever changed about or added to Tolkien's work by media interpretation was pathetic with very little exceptions like Peter Jackson giving Boromir a death scene with a few final words instead of letting the fellowship just find his corpse. Shadow of war was the worst making a noble legend like Helm Hammerhand without any reason a psycho murdering his own daughter.

I am no lawyer but if Lego could be attacked for giving people the possibility to trade licenced action figures... wouldn't be ebay or amazon be affected by that, too? I don't see a difference.

The discussion is allways quite the same when that topic comes up. If you thought a figure "made in a shoddy Chinese second rate factory" was worth 4€ the increasing quality is surely worth the new price. That's fine. For the people complaining it's about 3 aspects: - what are we getting? - how is the quality? - that's the price? The really old serieses had neat figures with very few "special" parts. Things like the Lizard man with two moulds specificly made for that character still exclusive today were very rare. The quality of the figures themself and their printing was great. The price was 2€ Simpsons 1 had more moulds that were just done for this series. They had tons of dual moulded arms and even short legs made with 3 Sports of plastic. Still produced in Europe with the same quality for 2,50€ including the licence fees. The step to 3€ didn't seem justified by anything but Inflation. Most people swallowed it. Then came the price raise to 4€ for both - licences and nonlicenced serieses. But the number of crazy moulds in regular serieses increased so it was acceptable in terms of what we get. But at the same time the production was moved to China resulting in terrible quality. I had a Cat man unable to stand upright and nearly every figure was misprinted. If i had no Lego store at my City where employees take back the rubbish and allow you to feel for a new one - it took parts from 3 bags to get one Ducky-Batman without terrible moulding or printing errors - i would have stopped collecting at all at that point. So i kept getting at least the few that i really love because of their design... At that point many lost their Joy in the theme. Series 19 was a big step back. The firefighter for example abused the cmf moulding budget financed by the higher price to introduce a headgear for this years City sets. Now we have to pay 5$ in America and probably soon 5€ in Europe... and because you don't need Lego to survive it is a good depending in the buyer's feelings. If he feels like the price is ridiculous and maybe even starts to dislike the company behind the product it will have consequences in sales.

I like technic in general but the sets this year were just extremely bad and/or overpriced in my opinion. I don't like some lines but they can give me cool prints or moulds like Nexo knights did at least with a lot of Orc body parts and Friends does every year with accessories. Technik didn't do that so it ended up on my last spot. If you had fun with this years sets i am happy for you :)

Best Theme: Hidden Side Best Minifigure/Figure: Donald Duck's 3 nephiews... I think they should count. I mean it is the same figure in three different colours. Best Set: Hidden Side School Bus. Worst Theme: Technic Worst Minifigure/Figure: Rainbow bear from cmf 19. In my opinion the worst Minifigure ever created. Worst Set: Big wooden Minifigure Most Anticipated for 2020: Mandalorian Battlepack!

If you don't need the box and the sign with the big Sticker on it you can do a rebrick. At the moment just one piece (it's used twice) is exclusive and from what i have read Lego never makes new colors or pieces for such giveaways. That means the piece should be used soon in regular sets.

I would have never thought about these getting critisized for being "too much".. they were my favourite pieces as a kid. Used them for every Castle i build. They gave children with a limited amount of bricks the possibility to build really nice sceneries to play with back then. In fact the one thing i dont like about HP sets today is that they don't have such pieces anymore.

I think it depends on the single part. If a part is formed like some existing parts combined it is often useless. On the other hand -especially if it comes to small parts and models it can help the stability and i sometimes don't have enough connection points for the smaller ones. The big Ship-parts on the other Hand look great (never saw a brickbuild ship looking that good) make Pirate ships much more stable for playing. Every piece works great in the correct situation. My Lards Donuts -Guy from the Simpsons which is build in a much smaller scale than the ones i saw on the Internet and meant so look as clean as possible without studs showing has a vehicle mudguads on the back of his head. Minifigure parts are something completely different than building bricks in my opinion. As long as it doesn't loose the simplified Lego cuteness they can't have too specific accessory and Prints. For them all that matters is the result in my opinion. I don't want to creativly reuse an "ok" part to make a character slightly recognisable. I want them to look perfect.