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The sheep makes sense, as does the cow or horse; I can also see the Smowl getting a recolour, as though it was not shown in the prelim, it would be an easy reuse of a new part.

What about 4+? Rex's 501st Y-wing would be fantastic! Minifigs that I can see are Rex, Mandalore Ahsoka (with the T-6 headpiece and maybe mid-legs), R7-A7, and a 332nd Clone. About the set being random, while we did get a 332nd ISP, the commanders have all been in sets that make sense (Cody in the AT-TE, Fox in the Coruscant Guard Gunship; and even pre-redesign, Gree appeared in Kashyyyk sets).

Ah, BrickLink has it listed under a different entry. 👍 BTW, are we sure about Selvig? I do not see him on the box.

I think that he was insulted by Star Wars fans - A common problem, unfortunately!

He was posting about bring insulted, though, so I assume that he was paying attention.

OK, who scared @Renown away?! They were posting fairly regularly, then just vanished a few days ago after posting this: Star Wars fans and bullying people offline; name a better duo. 😠

It is our first version of his suit from the first movie since 2012. I agree; even if the person who found it did not want to buy it, I am surprised that they did not take any other pics of the box.

Seconded!

I could see us getting the MK.85, since it only appears with the new style helmet in the Advent Calendar. I believe so! Also, this is our first Avengers Hawkeye since 2012!

I just finished watching the second half of the season; overall, it was quite good (the ending fights against Empress Beatrix's mech were excellent!), though I have a few pacing and story complaints: Cutting between three teams each episode instead of having one episode for each team made the middle of the latter half of the season feel very disjointed, and I often wondered if I had missed something. Dorama overstayed his welcome; I liked him in the first half of the season, but here he just seemed too goofy when the stakes should have been getting progressively higher, and by extension he made Imperium feel less threatening than they were in the first half (also, barely having any fights against Claw Hunters did not help that either). He should have stayed dead with "Aaand, scene.". Not enough LaRow. She was interesting in the first half, but got relegated to "generic scientist lady" in the second; cutting Dorama would have given her more time to develop, along with fleshing out Jordana's ambitions. The series really seemed to want to wrap up the Imperium story, so a lot of things happened way too quickly; I am fine with the small resistance group, and even with Rapton opposing the Empress, but the speed at which most Imperium citizens turned on Beatrix was unrealistic and a bit jarring. Realistically, most people would have the same position as Sora's parents (and why would anyone believe things being said by a group who has been made out to be lying enemies??), and none of the guards should feel lied-to, as Beatrix monologues in front of them all the time! Also, having New Imperium immediately be a democracy after historically being a monarchy feels forced as well; Rapton should have gathered some of his most trusted Claw Hunters and set up a military government after Beatrix was deposed. Finally, after repeatedly showing the prison and mentioning how many people Empress Beatrix had arrested, I was expecting a "One way out!" charge of prisoners fighting back against her after the loss of power released the locks on the cells (and these people could have taken the place of the regular Imperians in the final fight). Some new and confirmed lore: Wu is dead; he seems to live on as a Force ghost of sorts, but he is definitely not alive. Source Dragons are the source of Elemental Powers (I called it!). The Merge caused new Elemental Powers to emerge (I suspected this as well, as both Wyldfyre and Sora got their powers immediately post-Merge). The Administration is part of the Realm of Madness, not a separate Realm. The Land of Lost Things seems to be part of the Realm of Imperium. Ras is from the Wyldness (which may or may not be/contain Chima), and he travelled between Realms pre-Merge. Djinjago is both the source of wish-magic, and also sustained by it; I hope that we get to see it return at some point! Also, Nadakhan is still out there. . . Questions: Is Riyu a baby Source Dragon? He has control over Elemental tech power, and the trapped Source Dragon said that he (Riyu) is very special - Maybe the first Source Dragon born in eons? What happened to LaRow? She just got taken away by guards and then never seen again; I wish that she had either gotten a death/arrest scene, or was shown obviously escaping. What happened to Zeatrix (Beatrix's sister), and what was her power? While it is implied that she died, this is never confirmed, and having her turn up later hoping to reclaim her rightful place as ruler of Imperium would be a good story for a future season (especially since Dragons Rising seems to be far more serialised than its predecessor). What is the timeline?? Ras showed up in Imperium sometime before the Merge, and then helped Beatrix assassinate her father and seize the throne; this had to have happened before Sora was born, since Beatrix was in power when Sora was a child. More confusingly, however, was the presence of hover-chariots and modern technology when Ras arrived, as Sora said (in the flashback) that Dr. LaRow invented hover-chariots and figured out how to harness dragon energy. Either LaRow was a child prodigy (which is possible), or this is just more propaganda and those things were done before LaRow took over the Advanced Systems Lab.

I suspect that Egalt is the Source Dragon that Imperium had trapped, and the "Master" title is due to Source Dragons being the source of Elemental Powers (those who have powers are often referred to as "Masters" of their respective elements). Aaaaaaaa LEGO Theory!

Neither would make sense; Harumi would have no reason to recruit Ras to travel to Imperium pre-Merge in order to trap a Source Dragon, and the Crystal King (Overlord) is done; he was the final villain of the original show, so he is not going to appear again (especially so soon!). Something interesting is that The Administration was actually part of the Realm of Madness (rather than being a Realm unto itself), so this gives a bit more credence to my Wyldness-is-Chima hopium theory (Chima could be the area around Mount Cavora, while the entire Realm itself could be the Wyldness). Also, we now have five unknown Realms. “Jordan” is definitely Jordana, and it makes sense now why she would be described as wearing a fur collar piece. I do hope that we get Dr. LaRow, scientist Jordana, maybe Dorama, and at least one random Imperian in the next Ninjago modular. BTW, do we know what happened to LaRow? She just got taken away by some guards and disappeared. 🫤

This looks amazing!! He only thing that stands out to me rn that I dislike about the exterior is the lack of a grey first floor. The Minifigs that I see are: Ultron MK. 1, Wanda (seems to be a reuse), Vision, Hawkeye (A1), Nat (A1, I think, making the AoU version still exclusive to the bikes set), Falcon (brickbuilt wings instead of the Falcon Cap wing part, unfortunately), Tony, Fury (reuse), Loki (reuse), Wasp, micro Ant-Man (likely a reuse), War Machine (possibly a reuse), Hulk (with Thanos head!!), Thor (new hair, it seems), Cap (A1 reuse), Pepper (reuse with different hair), Helen Cho, and four Chitauri. Total: 21 (one Microfig and one Bigfig). Since we know that Kevin Feige and battle-damaged MK.VI Iron Man are in the set, that brings the confirmed total to 23.

I think that Autumn’s hair (from Friends) would actually work for Jean.

$215-$230 would be good, but I hope that LEGO does not cut any buildings or animals seen in the prelim. 🫤

It looks like one of the Minifigs in the Orient Express has dual-moulded medium nougat/brown legs! Boots for NR officers finally?

Fondor with Luthan, Saw, and Tubes hopium! S3 Moff is a pretty safe guess, though; we got him before, and his Mando Dark Trooper suit is too cool for LEGO not to make. I am not sure that Lifebricks actually knows anything. 🫤

He literally said:

I feel like moulded shrimp would be too large, but a printed 1x1 round tile would work quite well!

Torsos and epaulettes are still out of stock for me in the US. 🫤

They referenced basically every pre-2000 faction, so I would not recommend taking those notes as any kind of hint towards upcoming sets/Minifigs.

Consistently not. Why we keep giving him attention baffles me.

Exactly! 👍 Back on-topic, the Animal Crossing sets that are releasing in March 2024 have just been revealed, so we can probably expect some leaks soon!

Even this is not really correct; “Disney stuff” really only seems to mean the ST (and maybe some of the shows that fell a bit flat) when it is criticised.

Good point; things like Maul deflecting blaster bolts with the Force, Ahsoka’s “I am one with the Force and the Force is with me”, and the use of “Fulcrum” as a code name/encrypted channel by both Saw and Ahsoka were definite Disney-era additions. Which part? Anakin’s false surrender? I feel like that is pretty in-character for him per the rest of the series.