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Hill is yet another glaring omission.

While not as easy to spot as the light grey helmet Mando, the Loyalist can be seen in a variety of Death Watch scenes (including many of the same scenes as LGH Mando). The Fleet Commander Minifig is just based on a random guy who took command of the light cruiser during the retaking of Mandalore after Axe Woves went to the surface. There is nothing particularly special about him (and he is still currently unnamed!).

I am surprised at Banner's exclusion as well, but I think that is the AoU party scene (which still makes his absence weird). Note Mjolnir on the table.

Better image of the back shows a surprisingly sparse interior; visible floors are the lobby, lab, Cap vs. Cap bridge, Iron Legion/Iron Man storage, and a few others that I cannot make out; the party scene is most likely in the top section (by the A), as I cannot see it in any of the lower floors. There also is an elevator door on each floor, but insufficient space to actually include an elevator in the set; frustrating, as the lobby is the only floor that needed to have an elevator door, so having one on each floor highlights the absence of a feature that I would have been fine without had it not been suggested by the doors. 🫤 "Puny god!" is the floor under the curved section of the roof.

Loophole: @Mandalorianknight's exact wording was that he would eat the plushie if the only KOTOR "LEGO product" is a Malak plushie; as Malak is appearing in a buildable R2-D2, I would argue that he would not count as a "product" (since the entire set is the product, not just a single Minifig/bonus plushie). Had Malak been released alone, or had @Mandalorianknight said "KOTOR representation" (or something of that nature), he may be in trouble! Yep; new mould confirmed, then? I really cannot see Malak looking good with just a printed head. To be fair, that version was quite uncommon in the show; the Mandalorian Fleet Commander is a better approximation of the generic TCW Death Watch Mandos.

Her torso (with arm printing) appeared in the Quinjet, so it is a reuse; her legs are new, but they are used on her, Hawkeye, and Falcon. Especially for the Caps and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

I fully expected that, and it is a good choice! Back of the box is out: It looks like eight floors (five in the lower section); scenes highlighted on the box are "Puny god!", America's megablocks, party with Mjolnir, and stealing the Tesseract (Endgame).

The top of the box has leaked! The Minifigs are as follows: Tony Stark (reuse) Iron Man MK.7 Iron Man MK.6 (damaged, including helmet print) Captain America (without helmet) Captain America (with helmet) Thor (Mad-Eye Moody's hair) Black Widow (possibly reused from the Quinjet, but with printed legs!) Wasp Ant-Man microfig Hawkeye (printed legs, seemingly the same as Nat's) Wanda (reuse) Falcon (Falcon Cap hair, Clint/Nat printed legs) Vision (green head (not sure how I feel about that), phasing legs and cape print) War Machine (reuse) Pepper (reuse, different hair) Wongers (reuse) Fury (reuse) Helen Cho Hulk Selvig (appears to use existing parts) S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent (3x, different heads (one is Tony), new torso print but no leg print, aviator caps sports/fighter pilot helmets with snow goggles recoloured in black) Alexander Pierce (appears to use existing parts). Chitauri (4x, reuse) Loki (reuse) Ultron MK.1 DUM-E Feige Those S.H.I.E.L.D. torsos and the Clint/Nat/Sam legs had better show up on PAB at some point, because I will need a lot of them!

Ah, OK.

How so? We only got two recently (501st battle pack, Bad Batch shuttle), and neither were the standard red-markings one.

I know, but I feel like LEGO could have included the falcon in the A-frame cabin or a City set if they intended to keep it around. I do hope that I am wrong, though! Most Minifig-scale HP sets are not $215-$230, though (and Diagon Alley had at least three, IIRC). A hare is possible, but a bit too much of a wild animal for a town square set.

The spooky pirate island, maze, and other GWPs have leaked, so I expect this one to as well.

The falcon mould may not exist anymore (as it has only been seen in a CMF); maybe perched owl, flying owl, and Smowl?

The outfits are actually quite different, warranting a new Minifig. As for Carson, I would prefer to get him in a new X-wing set with parts/stickers to switch between his and Luke's fighters (Minifigs: Jedi Luke (hood and cape, alternate hair), Artoo, Carson Teva, Carson's droid, and maybe Grogu). That would be really cool! Also, it would not take away from the desirability/value of the existing Revan Minifig.

With Grogu's escape coming, we are not getting another set with a BARC. We actually might at some point in the future, but likely not next year. 🫤 Good point.

I could see Rex being a magazine gift, but not in a mech or other <$50 set. Actually, he appears in the TIE Bomber and Throne Room Duel diorama (with spongy cape; he is technically exclusive, as the mech version has a stiff cape).

A new Gauntlet would be great! We would probably see Bo (Mythosaur pauldron print), Gideon, Din, and Grogu with IG-mech included. Maybe a generic Mando or Beskar Imp commando as well. Fair, but he does fit. Also, where else would we get him, aside from a Republic Police Gunship? I would love that, but we need the Imperial version first! Doubtful, since LEGO knows that they can put Rex in a large set and squeeze more money out of TCW fans!

It is from a very iconic and pivotal scene. As to your second point, Coruscant Guard Gunship says hi. True; I was just trying to follow the pattern that LEGO had set with prior Clone commanders.

Another City space set!

More City space!

Ah. I still doubt that he would appear, though. 🫤

Fives is in an ANH set and Malak is in the Artoo model, so I doubt that we will get a TCW anniversary Minifig in a set with Rex. 🫤

The 2022 suits (here and here) were obviously based on the real-world Artemis Mission suits; I am guessing that we will get this suit in the 2024 sets (which also could be designed to fit with this year's exploration subtheme Minifigs 🤔).

How did you not know about it???! 🤯 Carson is both too simple to make (needing only new head and helmet prints) and too easy/inevitable to include in a regular set (even an Advent Calendar) for me to see him as likely for an anniversary 'fig; the Incinerator, however, I can see. IMO S3 Greef Karga would be a better Mandoverse pick than Carson Teva.

LOTR is here, rather than in Licensed Themes (same with POTC and Pirates), so I would assume that D&D would be placed here as well.