Mandalorianknight

I agree in part- maybe not the art style per se, but the animation itself is the weakest link for me. The plot looks good, Batman's VA is great, and I like the tone, setting, etc, but the actual animation seems a little basic. There's that shot of batman running after catwoman that looks particularly weak to me, especially for something you're gonna show off in the trailer. That's just Alfred smoking a cigar in reverse. The bit with the pirate dude's face is Batman showing alfred an anti-smoking PSA. I am cautiously optimistic about this because 1: Hal is at least a main character again and 2: I do think earth is the right way to start a GL story, and I like that they're letting it start on earth but we also don't have to try and cram the entire Hal-Jon-Guy-Kyle-Jess-Simon timeline into one live-action continuity. I do, however, share the parallax concern. Hal has been seen increasingly often as "the one who turns evil" and I'm not super confident Gunn will care enough about Hal to let him be the hero he's supposed to be.

I'm gonna need a UCS one now. I think you may be right- there aren't many other good options. I'm pretty sure that mold's gone unfortunately. However, a new Enoch mold could be pre-molded to also work as a Tank Trooper mold if we were ever going to revisit them... or if Enoch was gonna have a new mold. :(

Turtle I need your thoughts on the trailer you can't just post it with no comment. What do you think? It's batman, it's Alfred, no laser eyes in sight!

Purple shirt Lois is not in any way something I would have thought of for a detail I wanted in a superman film but it's completely a detail I needed. Wait did Returns or the Reeves films have much of that? I don't mind the Jesus imagery- while it feels a little egotistical on the director's part (and I say that as a fan of the Snyder cut movie), in-universe it does kind of make sense for people to have a similar reaction, especially if he's one of the first heroes around. Though given there seems to be an established amount of heroes in this movie- even if they're not a league yet- I think it won't show up this time around, which is also perfectly fine by me. I dunno why we aren't talking about Caped Crusader. That trailer and poster are both absolute peak-in-the-making. If it sticks with the TV-PG/light TV-14 tone it seems to have (It seems to be a fairly mature story and they use realistic-if not modern-guns, but I don't see any blood), and kids tune in, it's got the potential to be the cartoon that brings DC back.

Exactly. Hence not enough left for a new Enoch mold (In lego's mind) I feel bad saying this but this is a set I can't wait to buy at 40% off. As fun as it is I just don't know that it does well at all among the general population. Wait is the R2-KT anniversary fig not coming in the Oa D2C set then? To your last point, as yoda once said... "you will be... you will be" (Because you'll fear how much I love a fictional character that hasn't been relevant in some time) First of all, Mara not only CAN be somewhat easily slotted in, but SHOULD (IMO), as having her die shortly before Ben turns would make Luke's decision at least slightly more sympathetic. You can easily put her into Filoni's loose Thrawn adaption he's cooking up, have her die before ben's turn like I said, etc. Only thing that'll bump into is any books or comics taking place between where Mara should show up, but doesn't, and Lucasfilm clearly has no issue soft-breaking books and comics. (Nor would I be opposed to "Luke just didn't bring her up to other people much") Second, in the scenario where Mara never IS relevant again, would it not make more sense to put her in as an anniversary fig, seeing as it'd be the only way? A c-3po microfigher that's just the UCS figure piloting a larger C-3po would be an instant buy from me. I don't even care about the figure. Oh, and this C-3po set looks fine. Nothing especially interesting but it's well done and seems to have a very solid amount of pearl gold.

He said something along the lines of "they had to cut corners somewhere", which implies to me that it's not a new mold, since the figure doesn't need arm printing or really need dual-molding, and a printed Kama is more or less to be expected.

Oh yeah. As other knockoff companies "go legit", new ones slink out of the shadows to take their places. In the US, not a huge deal. But in some other markets, either where official sets are tougher to get ahold of as easily, or knockoffs are based anyway, they can take a pretty big slice out of the profits. IIRC part of the benefit of Lego's attempts to break into the chinese market was one of the big Lepin facilities finally getting raided by the chinese government. I remember seeing the pictures a few years ago and friends of mine who knew I was into lego kept showing me them. Edit: here it is: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48076505

Preface- while it's not my actual job, I do some reselling so I can afford to buy sets. Primarily things I used to own, or purchasing bulk ebay lots and building the sets within them. I don't think reselling is dark side, I think it's if anything beneficial to the community. Scalping by buying a ton of copies of a currently-in-production set to try and force people to buy scalped copies instead of retail ones is scummy, as is buying up all the supply of a secondhand item to artificially inflate the price, but generally speaking, reselling helps fans get sets they missed at the time. I know I'm happy I was able to get sets like the 2014 star destroyer years after retirement. Even when prices go up, if they do so naturally, I don't see an issue. I personally try to have my sets and figs be the cheapest ones listed on BL in my country at the time (though many sellers do, so oftentimes I'll have to go back and reprice a shelfwarmer), but if someone wants to list a generic stormtrooper for $50, it's a pretty dumb move as it's probably not going to sell, but unless you buy all the others to make yourself the only option, I don't think it's dark side. I only have one currently built! What's funny is as much as I want to see figures of the leaguers made, if I buy a set, it'll probably just be a cheap one with Supes and Lex or something.

I know, that's why I said "The film version- even if the film's not that good". The panels with Flash are the only favorited comic panel in my camera roll on my phone. My guesses for 2025 Superman sets: Option 1: None Option 2: Superman and maybe Lex and Lois in a batman set Option 3: A superman construction figure Option 4: A wave of three sets- a construction figure, a small set with Superman, Lois, and the Engineer (Or Lex), and a larger set with Superman, the Engineer (Or Lex), and at least a few leaguers.

I'm not big on Dragon Ball, so I might be wrong, but didn't it air on cartoon network in the US or something? I don't remember it being any more adult than, say, more mature Star Wars projects, or Dune, or some of the newer Marvel/DC films.

Joker 2 wave! Let's go! It's Jonkling time! Aside from money and space (space moreso than money- I'm sure you've got a good job, but I can't imagine anything less than some sort of mansion holding what has to be over a thousand sets given the number of themes I see you in- even people like Jang sell/donate pretty big chunks), You've really never looked at a DC set and gone "nah, I personally don't think this is worth $____ to me"? Absolute peak suit. This is just actual Superman chilling downtown. Mr Terrific isn't quite doing it for me- the face/mask is fine, I always just imagined him looking older and having shorter hair- but getting him at all is a win, especially getting one with the T mask. I'd love him (The chess scene in injustice is one of my favorite scenes, and it'd be cool to have the film version- even if the film's not that good), and I feel he's fairly likely if the film gets more figs than Supes, Lex, and Lois. But that's a big if.

These are great, but which figure tastes the best?

I mean Joker is also implied to have committed that particular crime once or twice. But he's done so many things that it's not going to be the first thing that shows up when a kid googles "jonkler batman villain" or whatever. It's probably the most well-known Dr. Light story at this point, which is why it baffles me so much that they were like "yeah, let's put him in our lighthearted, borderline brainrot kid's show" ... dude. I'm only seeing one post about that, and while immature and pretty bog-standard turtle strangeness, I don't know if it's right to just go around implying a member of the forum is that. If you cut through the turtleness of it, there's a little bit of something there. Lego has been trying to add more figures with more skin tone colors, and if they remain adamant that they're just going to do batman- and primarily movie batmen at that- there's not a ton they can do there. Now, that's probably not even a contributing factor to why we get so few DC sets, but it is kind of ironic that lego could get more diversity in their sets if they'd actually do something with the theme. (And far from turtle's first random guess as to why lego isn't making more DC sets) Anyway, you made me look back so I saw this and have to comment on it: I think it would fit somewhere within that tier, along with the final panel of Invincible, "it's you"/"the one and only" from superior spider-man, the Hellbat reveal, and "fear and dead men" from vader down. But this is, of course, the purest form of peak fiction:

It is indeed, but it's easy to print on, and we don't have many good options. I'm guessing it will either be this, or the new trooper helmet with some gold splashed on the face. The new tomato soup color would be pretty nice for a jedi starfighter, I'd be down for your idea- though I agree it's unlikely. Actually, I'm not as confident that the FO helmet is gone. It's an important enough piece that even with the lack of FO troopers in the past few years, I could see lego paying the maintenance fees under the assumption they'll do at least one or two sequel sets in the next few years. I don't think they'll use it for Enoch, but I do think it's possible it's still kicking. Range Trooper helmet is 100% not going to be it, though. Used in one set 6 years ago for a trooper type we never saw in any real capacity again? It's gone, and I don't see why lego would pay to revive it when it'd be about the same cost as an enoch helmet. I agree that the OG trooper helmet is the least likely, though. They aren't returning to that helmet for the stormies, meaning there's no reason to revive it. blank minifigure head with a sticker for the helmet detailing.

Had to respond to these -Is this new info for this thread? -What is a msicar? I cannot find anything on google. Is it like a psi car? Why is turtle's car backwards? Is he on the wrong side of the road? Is he British? (But seriously, I can't figure out what this means) -This one is correct you heard it here first. -Actually, I'm not quite sure if that's the case. I only have one built right now- the 2021 tumbler- but I feel somewhat confident that at some point as a kid I bought a DC set or two, and they just got disassembled or lost over time. Generally speaking, with the superhero themes I'm more interested in figures and/or scene representations rather than vehicles. My only currently displayed marvel sets are the Bugle, NWH final battle, and a few Halls of Armor (2019) for an iron man display. As a result- and since I don't really want to buy multiple similar and increasingly expensive batmobiles, I don't have much of a DC display. He does show up in both Teen Titans shows IIRC, so while he's not super well known he's not unknown. (Though it's crazy that they put him in Go after what he did. You do NOT want kids googling that guy, it's like his most famous comics moment)

I think there have been 3 so far- $55 system set with Cap, Rulk, Sabra, and Falcon ll, supposedly a jet for Sabra. $35 (I think?) Cap construction figure with wings $20 (assumably) brickheadz Rulk and Cap 2-pack.

Huh. Odd. Yeah- my guess is it's the Invincible Iron Man helmet, purely because the rest of the figures sound too good to be true. Yeah, but that's gone. Reduced to atoms.

I'd be down for that. Almost a Red Squadron coloration. I keep forgetting about Peridea, but I'm excited for that one too! Didn't know Luke was rumored to have a new hairpiece. Do they mean the one from last year, or another new one? I've decided not to get the ISD. I was interested until I saw images- it just really doesn't feel like enough of an upgrade to the 2014 set to me, and Cal, who was similarly a bigger draw for me than I normally allow figures to be, was somewhat of a letdown- in a number of ways I prefer my purist customs, so why would I shell out $160 for a star destroyer and figure who don't feel like better versions than the ones I have? That's not to say it's a bad set- it seems fine, if a little light on imperial figures- but for me personally, no sale.

Sure, new things can captivate audiences, but for a franchise on the ropes, especially when the best way to reinvigorate the brand is a children's cartoon, you either need to come in from SUPER off the wall (Transformers with beast wars) or come out with your strongest asset (batman). I dunno what sort of complete reinvention they could do for DC, as the supehero genre is so well-populated that the superhero PARODY genre is starting to get a bit crowded. An Ambush Bug series with immaculate writing could probably outdo a mediocre batman one, but if I wanted to try and get a new generation of fans into DC, and I didn't have Timm or Dini on deck, I know which hero I'd choose. That latter paragraph is something I agree with and was actively attempting to point out- continuing previous works isn't a exactly the best way to draw in a new audience. No, it'll be marketed as a batman show with no hint of green lantern. At the end of the first episode, Bruce is killed by a crashing spaceship... one that pilot Hal Jordan finds.

Funnily enough, one of the only ones left- the skiff- is the one I'm most likely to buy.. though the X-fighter is definitely a bit tempting. Still not a fan of the two civilian figs or the generic pilot, but L3-GO is fun and the fighters themselves look good.

That's another thing- it feels a lot more aimed at that random senator and the government in general than at the people, who cap's speeches are normally for. I'm not asking for Sam to deliver the speech from Winter Soldier every time he shows up, but I need more than the "do better" speech. I mean.... so is the Bugle, isn't it? Oscorp arguably has more to work with design-wise as you can throw some more sci-fi esque architecture onto it, sleeker angles, black coloration, even some tinted green windows around the penthouse if they want. 'Do better' is one of my main gripes, because it sort of just exemplifies the speech in general for me. It feels like something some random guy would say if he confronted a politician he didn't like, not like a captain america speech. The message also just seems to be "hey government, you should help people", which again, just comes off more like Sam lecturing some jerkwad politician than the inspiring speeches Cap is usually giving out.

But this falls into the same issue- things us fans would love, but ones that aren't as likely to grab a new audience of kids. I think it's really important to start a new universe, and it's probably best to start with Batman. I quite literally only have one built set from DC in my collection- the most recent system scale Tumbler. It's that and <10 figs.

I feel bad for Anthony Mackie. He was a great falcon and I feel he would do well as captain america (though I thought the TFATWS writing for him was pretty weak... especially that end speech. It feels like someone remembered last-minute that Cap gives great speeches and just made something up on the spot for him to say), but man, I have no faith in this movie. The random assortment of Hulk elements, the fact that they've chosen the controversial concept of "captain america fights the sitting US president" which is way beyond MCU writing's current ability to pull off, the fact that it's probably one of the most extensively reshot marvel films for a "solo" film at this point- allegedly due to test scores, the amount of delay after the start of filming- I just don't think this is going to work. My main want from the marvel line right now is Oscorp, so I'm crossing my fingers the january wave has a solid number of spider-man sets with new figures, because otherwise I don't think we're getting it unless the fig count is drastically lower than the bugle.

The funniest turn will either be a turtle part/build showing up in a batman set, or it being revealed that Turtle is actually one of the designers. But what? There's not a ton we have the power to do. Lego knows us fans want the wider universe. Lego also doesn't believe there's enough of us for those to sell, and they're likely correct at this moment in time. The only way to save lego DC is to save the DC Universe. Which means... A new animated series. Even just batman to start. But you need SOMETHING to get the kids involved. Afols alone can't sustain playsets- hence why we get so many non-playscale batman sets, it's because they're cashing in on the general batman market in adults, not just adult fans of lego. "Trillionaire, actually." Apparently inflation is pretty bad in Ham City. That's true, I do hope Man paid for The's method acting as Reverse for his role in the critically acclaimed and universally loved "The" (2023) Actually Soup usually has some wealth or tech or what have you- not from his reporter salary, which Man is sometimes the one ultimately paying anyway, but from various kryptonian doodads. It's also been a joke in a few DC continuities that Woman merch outsells both Soup and Man merch in universe (which makes more sense for Man when you consider in-universe most parents probably wouldn't want their kid dressing like him), so she probably does well Man's had a bin or two with parents, hasn't he? All I need to do is dye my hair black and wear reggae colors. I completely agree- she's by far my favorite wonder woman.

Also, what's even going on in this set? Is he fighting Hulk? Are they working together to... demolish a building? What's going on?