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The Arkham games’ version has a cowl that is quite similar to this part, albeit with slightly more pointed ears. I think that it could work, especially if LEGO does not want to make a new mould or revive an old one.

I suspect that it will - especially since there will be no shortage of material for LEGO to draw from!

It was first used for the DC CMF Cheetah.

The Mouse does not mess around; I doubt that they would be able to be circumvented by just labelling a set 18+ (or making the set exclusive, or calling a space fighter a "jet", or showing a spaceship launching vertically instead of cruising horizontally, or having a city in the background instead of a starfield, or whatever)!

I just got the Advent Calendar, and the 212th Clone is the same as in the AT-TE (the helmet print is not fixed). The STAP is good, though; LEGO's best thus far, and hopefully this will drive down U.S. prices for the 212th Trooper a bit.

Do you have a Catwoman Minifig? I would like to see how the cat hat looks on her.

I doubt that. Additionally, if all LEGO needed to do to make a true Space them were to have it be a LEGO/Amazon exclusive, I suspect that they would have exploited that loophole already! Also, the Galaxy Explorer was available in regular stores (Walmart, etc), so somehow that is exempt as well?

The codes for the same Minifig are visibly different, though. 🫤

I said that Monkie Kid is different from Ninjago in its content/story and target market, not that it is subject to different rules per some license with Disney.

Legacy ghost head: Note the difference in the jaw and nose between that and the Bone Warrior's. I suspect that it may be a spirit from the Departed Realm, since all Realms combined during the Merge.

By releasing the episode in Japanese?

The nougat barrels are not new. Agreed. Also, the fact that the same pattern is used repeatedly across the model suggests that these are printed (since if LEGO were going to use stickers, why not make different designs?).

I would not consider the Dreamzzz set designs/concepts "tired"! He was asked about it on Twitter (which I cannot see, because Twitter suX now!); also, Monkie Kid went to space.

I saw it.

Absolutely! A new faction that utilises the full range of modern colours would be amazing!

We do not know that the foosball pieces are being reused, though. Additionally, if LEGO did intend to reuse pieces, I think that they would just retire the sets that are selling poorly instead of keeping them for sale and parting them out.

Ninjago and Monkie Kid are similar, but they differ in a very significant way - Monkie Kid was developed to tap into the Chinese market, and it is based on Journey to the West; ninjas are Japanese, and Ninjago has its own lore independent of any existing story. Additionally, while MK is a LEGO/Amazon exclusive, Ninjago can be found in practically any store. Dreamzzz is quite different and unique, with far more whacky and fantastical elements than any other theme; it is basically Time Cruisers X Elves X Hidden Side X drugs! Nexo Knights is what happens when you play with your Space and Castle sets together, and Chima had animal-vehicles (rather than the more traditional ones found in other themes). Blame Tommy Andreasen. The Hagemans wanted to do a space season (hence the Arcturus rocket episodes in Rebooted), but Andreasen was adamant that the Ninja stay planetside. I do not think that Nexo Knights failed; sales might have fallen off later, hence the truncated third year, by that is not uncommon for Big Bang themes (Hidden Side, Chima, Ninjago itself when they tried to end it).

The timeline also works: GoT’s final season flopped in April of 2019, then almost a year later (Feb ‘20), the Ideas blacksmith was announced; a year after that, it finally released (Feb ‘21), and the Creator 3-in-1 followed in August of the same year. The Lion Knights’ Castle, Viking ship, and Forestmen’s Hideout GWP all followed in 2022. Now, we are getting the Viking village in October of this year, and the Medieval village probably sometime next year. Once it became clear that GoT would be remembered more for its failed ending than for its actual content, LEGO began producing proper Castle sets again.

What would a "vintage" Octan/Town set look like, aside from just another City set? Basically everything from classic Town has been remade under City (6594, 3180), so the only way to make something "vintage" would be to revert to simple construction and printing. 🫤

Update: I saw some more pics on IG, and the blacksmith is definitely female (she has lipstick, but no eyelashes/eyeliner) - This is actually a first! 👍 Additionally, the blacksmith’s hammer is printed, and there are printed 2x2 round tiles with a dragon and braids pattern! Thus far, the new parts that we are getting: - Two printed torsos. - Four printed legs. - Two new heads. - Two printed shields. - One printed 1x4 tile. - One printed Nexo shield tile. - One printed 2x2 round tile. - Printed Mjolnir. - Recoloured classic Vikings helmet in PDG.

And Aquazone began development as the Space subtheme Sea-Tron. Also worth noting is that Rock Raiders takes place in space, but is not technically a Space theme.

The haunted house is retiring in December of this year (2023). Eldorado Fortress just released, so you can hold off on that for easily a year.

I am curious to see if it can be expanded nicely (without too much repetition) by purchasing multiples.

Really? What else is filling that niche? Harry Potter has a castle, but it is not a defensive structure, and no other theme has European knights. My personal theory is that Game of Thrones changed the public perception of Medieval fantasy from LOTR, Robin Hood, jousts, etc (that inspired LEGO Castle), to very family-unfriendly themes! GoT was becoming a global phenomenon around 2013-2014, which is when LEGO decided to end the Castle line for the first time in decades (a few off-years notwithstanding); when we got castle-style sets back in 2016, it was via Nexo Knights (which leaned so heavily into sci-fi that it could not be confused with GoT!). We can, but I am not sure what it could bring to the table that other themes cannot (in the eyes of children). Ninjago and Monkie Kid give us colourful jets/ships, sleek ground vehicles, and cool mechs, while City space gives us the exploratory and scientific research elements; aside from aliens and nostalgia, what else is there? Additionally, both Ninjago and MK have weird non-Human species, so that sort of covers aliens as well.

Japanese for me, as well. It is odd that the 2013 fire helicopter was used, especially when all of the Minifigs (JustJason and Wanda About aside) are currently-available. I am wondering if we will get JustJason’s Stuntz bike faring and helmet in a 2024 set, since those are new parts. 🤔