Mandalorianknight

I actually could see ATLA at least starting out with just the one 18+ set. Unlike Spongebob, ATLA's had a much more difficult time staying popular with kids, I could 100% see lego deciding that a 18+ Appa with the main cast would be the way to go to start out. I don't know how popular they are among kids here, but they're certainly beloved enough by plenty of adults. If you're suggesting a line of playsets I don't know that they would do well, but a line of 18+ or an Icons subline would both do just fine.

Wise Vanth's speeder and the 332nd pack are enough to make him reliable for me. The rest are understandable guesses (though maybe not all at once), but nobody could have guessed Cobb's speeder, and NOBODY could have guessed lego would throw a SECOND 332nd battle pack out 2.5 years after the last one. Yup- Thanks- sort of like how you adjust your profile picture for your next desired character, I've been trying to keep it updated to represent my next MOC project. The last one just got really delayed so I stuck with the old PFP for almost a year. You never know, Pershing did canonize glasses... but fair to assume he'll have his own print. He is the main character in a star wars movie, so re-using prints ideally wouldn't be a budgetary necessity anyway.

I'm surprised that meme hadn't been used yet for your crusade. The quantum mechanics that go into PAB pricing elude me- the standard captain america helmet is nearly $7, and there are plenty of unprinted, smallish parts at multiple dollars each- but regardless of any PAB clues, I'm sure we'll see a lot more of the pauldron. Plenty of characters wear it, and it's usage on the sandtrooper implies lego views it as not era-specific and here to stay. (I'm still the old man yelling at cloud about this- I prefer cloth pauldrons- but given how cheap they are I'll probably PAB some to try them out.) I have been awfully tired recently... and I did wake up covered in ABS pellets and the remains of a round-trip ticket to Denmark... plus there's this weird alter outside covered in aurebesh and hieroglyphs. (I've been trying to keep my profile pic updated to point towards my next project, it was just stuck on the anniversary stand for so long because of how delayed my progress was on that wave.)

I looked it up to see how ridiculous the price was... and it's 31 cents in the US? I thought it would be multiple dollars each. Next time I have a lego order I'm adding 10 of these if they're still in stock. That's a great price.

You're right that it's likely some kind of nickname. There's a run of the Vader comic set 1 year after ROTS that shows the inquisitors (invading Mon Cala) and they all already have their -brother or -sister names. I haven't investigated myself but I heard the trailer shot was cut weird so that it LOOKS like maul's slicing Marrok when really it's someone else. With how expensive Lego Star Wars is at this point, I don't know if I would. Probably adds $5-10 to whatever the set would have cost.

I get that, but at the same time wouldn't it be considered more of a waste if you kept collecting something you didn't want to collect? Sort of a Sunken Cost Fallacy issue. The good news is that legos keep their value extremely well, and you could recoup a pretty big chunk of the original cost put in by selling off the collection you no longer want. It won't be (my guess is it's a Venom bust, maybe Hulk or Groot?) BUT how awesome would a Magneto bust be? You could have his actual face obscured by shadow with just white eyes showing like a lot of his aura farming panels do. This remains the most interesting one to me, just because of how far ahead of the other doomsday sets it is. Exactly. There's no obligation to pour X amount of money into legos every year.

Drumlaquer is a whole different- and more expensive- process than standard parts, so it's got a similar issue to chroming, just without the super dangerous byproducts. The issue then also becomes a higher-level version of the reason they aren't just pearl silver- not enough parts currently exist in that color and single sets don't typically have the budget to recolor dozens of parts. If they could start slowly rolling out more pearl silver parts, eventually we'd have a good base built up for an N-1 or Crest in that color. They've done this with Pearl Gold and are now able to produce mostly pearl gold sets like the golden ultra dragon. It would speak to what @BrickPrick was saying if us not forcing or pressuring lego into swapping the bag material means they don't do it here. Which I don't have an issue with, I'm OK with lego not being pressured into changing their packaging material. (Though we are starting to get the paper polybags in so I think it's more likely they just chose to start in europe and are now expanding.) I do think there's a good chance we get Anakin's Delta this year, but Giant Fig Vader could easily be a 50th anniversary set. I wouldn't say that a set being based on a single movie would really count as evidence that it's for the 50th anniversary- most sets are based on specific single movies or shows. Death trooper helmet is a good idea, and I think it would do pretty well. I can see it having some pop to it if it's got dark green lenses. A midi-scale Zeta or something could be a fun build too.

Hey! I remember reading Clone OPatra's review back when it came out and being impressed by what was essentially an objective upgrade of an alt-build to the U-wing. This mod is excellent as well, though honestly I think your username is the best thing in the post. Radmiral Thrawn is hilarious.

With "most" of that wave being moved to 2027 -and "most" being a bit vague in terms of how many exactly, the possibility had opened that it would just be an 18+ set or two in that september/october D2C area. But if there's some system sets still coming, that august wave has to be real. I'd assume Anakin's Delta and hopefully the Ewok Village are 2026 as well. Given there were a number of celebration-y sets on there, it's possible those are all the 2027 ones and Bounty Hunter Pursuit is this year as well. Got it. He is pretty reliable so if he says it's coming I'm sure we're getting it. I absolutely agree with you in general on the environmental stuff rarely being what we're told it is, but like you say, in this case lego probably did the right thing. (Though I want to make clear the actual chrome elements are perfectly safe. The carcinogenic/mutagenic chemicals are a byproduct of the manufacturing process and are not in the actual product, if you have a chrome part in the collection it poses no risk to you. It's sort of like how when you finish building a set you have a few extra parts, if instead of some 1x1s they were dangerous chemicals. So no kid would be injured by the finished parts, the risk would be to factory workers. And even them I'm sure lego's safety codes were up to standard and it was more about the cost/risk associated with disposing of all those chemicals.) This has to be a regional thing- I have yet to see a single paper bag inside a cardboard-box set. We've started to get the paper polybags in, but it's just Botanicals and I think a city or friends one at all the stores around me.

I still can't find this- do you happen to remember where they said it? There are situations where that's definitely true- even with lego specifically-, but in the specific case of chrome parts it's not so much vague environmental reasons as an actual toxic byproduct of the manufacturing process. It can release some pretty nasty carcinogenic and mutagenic chemicals- definitely something I could understand a toy company re-evaluating the risk on and deciding isn't worth it. Even if they didn't encounter any accidents in production, that type of thing is an expensive nightmare to dispose of, trust me. If the shuttle really is an august set, that's great news as it would seemingly confirm an august wave as you say.

This is my preferred option (Though I think Tahu Mata would be more accurately represented with red and trans-pink since most of the back of his head is transparent. Most of the grey head piece is covered by his mask or the transparent brainstalk) Given how accurate the body is, I think there's a really good chance we get a near-perfect molded helmet (For figure reasons, it has to be a helmet- Tahu's mask extends over the top of his head, and since neck attachments- well, attach- under the head, you can't get the shaping right without making it a helmet. As for the torso and legs, man, those are beautiful. Absolute perfection, I really couldn't ask for anything better. If the helmet and sword can keep it up this might be one of my favorite minifigures ever. I really, really hope they manage to get us the other Mata somehow- they did their best with the GWP style but only managed to get Onua's mask snuck in.

Thank you! I made it intending for it to hit that $160-180 price point, so it'd be comparable to the Dark Falcon or... well, the price of the turbo tank if not the contents. Don't worry, my avenging brother, despite a few of the character designs included in the one interior shot to fill it out, I intend the MOC to be fallen order based. Nobody included would be aware of tanalorr yet and therefore able to take it from you... or me. Because, clearly... Tanalorr is mine. It was my discovery, my home, and they just expected me to throw it away?!?! Thank you! I did my best to replicate as many parts and details of the interior as I could at that size. Thank you! I get it on some level- it's a video game, and I could see lego viewing that as riskier than products based on the saga films or The Mandalorian, but the games have also sold millions of copies- I don't think it would be a CRAZY risk.

I've never been into the games, but they seem enjoyable. I am surprised they cancelled Sands of Time with how well-known of a franchise it is. A last airbender set would be pretty cool. I know Avatar notoriously struggles with spinoffs and adaptions, but they at least keep the IP in the public consciousness, and the combination of that and how beloved the OG show is would definitely let an Appa set sell well. I had failed to consider video games- I would love some Smash Bros content, though it's sort of an amalgam of other IPs, many of which have started to show up in lego form (though somehow only Zelda at figure scale). I'm not huge into video games, but many of my favorites are part of IPs we have sets for and yet little to no coverage for the game itself, which I guess is part of more what I think about with dream themes at this point- dream subthemes. Jedi: Fallen Order/Survivor: We got one statue and a minifigure in an unrelated set, but between the Stinger Mantis ship, tombs and other iconic locations, and all the giant creatures, it would make an awesome subtheme. Not to mention all Cal's ponchos where you could get unique, desirable minifigures just by swapping out the pattern on a piece of cloth. Marvel Rivals: PLEASE, lego, you give me Rivals waves and I'd never ask for anything again. This is the only game I've played multiplayer on in years. It's got some of the best designs most of these heroes have ever had, and it has so much set material between the convoy vehicles and some of the more iconic locations. It even has a prime option for the buildable characters lego loves with Jeff the Land Shark. You could fill endless CMFs with all the characters and skins, and sets at varying price points with all the vehicles and temples. You've even got a giant mech with the Vampbuster suit. Moon Knight: The two MCU minifigures we've had- much like the show itself- aren't bad, but really aren't who Moon Knight is in the comics. MK himself would be great for sets, as in the modern era he consistently runs with two outfits simultaneously, has a fun group of supporting characters (Former avenger Tigra, vampire receptionist Reece, essentially his own henchman/goon in Soldier, his spiritual brother Hunter's Moon, and so-bad-at-being-a-villain-he-gave-up-and-joined-the-good-guys 8-ball), and unlike many marvel heroes, he actually owns stylized cars, jets, and planes. And not even just sci-fi VTOLs like his newer mooncopters- MK used to run with a stock white helicopter called the Mooncopter, and as recently as a few years ago drove the Moonmobile, which would fit right in at that $25-35 superhero car set slot. The Justice League: There's this little known group from a small indie company called Detective Comics. Lego technically owns this license for their small Batman line, and so the door is open to making sets based on these really obscure but fun heroes like "Wonder Woman", "The Flash", or "Green Lantern".

It was absurd that Jessica and Scarlet Spider both got snubbed, but we got werewolf and sun-spider. At least the spider-cyborg seems to have been intended to have more of a role in the movie at one point (Though given the series released two years later, I guess that excuse doesn't really work.) I bet he'll be a sandwich board like the Ewoks.

In my last MOC wave thread I had mentioned there was a project intended to be part of it that I ended up leaving out as it was becoming more complex than a standard set. Here it is: It's 1504 pieces without minifigures and, where the complexity comes in, actually has functional wing movement. The complexity, as you can probably already see, comes from the fact that the main wing/gyroscopic cylinder rotates around the fuselage, and that the third engine outrigger can rotate independently of both, clipping into a slot for either landing or flight mode. It's also got an opening ramp on each side and a set of spring shooters. Here's a look around the back And here's a look at the interior. Seating for a pilot, copilot, and navigator, the holotable/mission select, the living area with couch, table (and the holocron placed on top) - and while, it's difficult to see, some 1x1 flower and plant elements built into the wall-, and a tiny kitchen at the rear. And here's a look at the interior filled up. This is my second attempt at a system Mantis, with the older one being made at around 810 pieces- here are the two of them together. The Mantis is a ship I really wish lego would make an official version of, but I'm satisfied with my current one. I'll be bricklinking parts for a physical rendition soon and will show it off here when I'm done.