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I wonder if one of those unknown sets could possibly be a dual microfighter set? This would be the first year since 2017 that we haven’t gotten one I believe.

I'm sure the conflict between Bo-Katan and Din Djarin will be a major plot thread in Mandalorian Season 3. I think that'll be more interesting in the long run. I agree that the finale, and season as a whole, played heavily into nostalgia, but I don't feel that fan service is inherently bad as long as the storyline isn't compromised (which I don't feel was the case with Mando Season 2). Luke is technically the only Jedi around anymore (barring exceptions like Ahsoka or Ezra), so his appearance was sort of inevitable. I don't feel like Luke's appearance compromised the emotional goodbye between Din and Grogu, but I digress! I'm honestly surprised that we're getting a Mandalorian set with Luke Skywalker before something with Cobb Vanth or Ahsoka. Luke's appearance was definitely the biggest surprise of the whole season, whereas Cobb and Ahsoka's appearances were widely reported by insiders for months in advance. Not that that would affect Lego's decision making of course, but I feel like those characters were kept less under wraps and other brands got out Cobb and Ahsoka merch a lot quicker in general. I suppose it comes down to this Dark Trooper set being pretty easy to make on paper (three of the figures are the same and already in production, Luke is an easy reuse or minor redesign, and the build probably doesn't re-invent the wheel.) I wonder if we'll have to wait for Ahsoka's show to get a post-ROTJ/Mando-era figure of her, and I strongly suspect that Cobb Vanth will play a role in at least one of the upcoming shows, so I guess it's just a matter of time.

I'm not a fan of the new Hogwarts system personally (the girls' bathroom is the only set that I got and plan to get from it), so while this doesn't really affect me, I think it's strange that a whole section of this new Hogwarts system is locked behind a GWP. I'm sure they won't include this set in pictures of the full castle in the future, so where would this even fit in at?

There's the Batman Caped Crusader animated series coming out. BTAS co-creator Bruce Timm is involved and the font on the poster looked the same, but it's otherwise unclear if it's related to BTAS or the DCAU yet. I'd love BTAS sets too for the record.

It’ll probably be a “battle pack” the same way that the AAT or Imperial Marauder are Battle Packs. They’re more expensive and come with a named character each, but are otherwise very massable. Though this one most likely won’t have a vehicle build, so that makes it even less of a Battle Pack. That’s a deep cut. I’m excited for this. I imagine the build would have to be that elevator and hallway that Luke fought the Dark Troopers in, so buying multiples might be a good way to get a bunch of parts to do a MOC of this scene. Hopefully the Luke figure is a little updated and not just ROTJ Luke again.

It’s not real, just a fan concept, though I wouldn’t be surprised if this is close to how he appears in the film. No Way Home Gobby will make for a cool Lego fig regardless, especially if we could potentially get a Willem Dafoe face print under the helmet. (Assuming the figure has a helmet of course.)

If he was a part of a DC CMF Series 2, there’s no way we’d be hearing about it yet. The first two series next year are Series 22 and The Muppets, so a potential DC Series 2 wouldn’t come until 2HY of 2022 at the earliest. And honestly, I don’t think we’ll get a DC Series 2 for a while, so I wouldn’t count on it personally.

They could make it a promo you pay extra for like that Ninjago Brickheadz set if they aren’t selling it on its own.

I have a feeling that these Minifigure Accessory Sets are just going to include named characters or at least less massable characters. Like instead of getting battle packs like the ones with the Bounty Hunters or Ki-Adi Mundi and Barriss Offee; we’ll get accessory sets for things like that. Now that they’re bringing back battle packs after such a hiatus, I don’t think they want these Minifigure Accessory Sets competing with them, even if they are Lego Store Exclusives.

I think the movie cast is hilarious and honestly makes me more interested in the movie. Surely Lego sets will coincide with this release since they already have a good relationship with Illumination and Nintendo. Looks like we might be getting yet another Lego Chris Pratt character to add to our collections!

It’s probably going to be pretty similar to that Amelia Earhart set from earlier this year. If that’s the case, it’ll probably pop up in March. That Amelia Earhart set is also one of my favorite Lego promos ever so hopefully this one has the same level of quality.

To be honest, a Star Wars CMF series wouldn’t really interest me. We already get tons of sets and the figures sell quite a few of them anyway. Whether they can make one or not, I’m okay without one. I feel like this debate over whether or not they can make one pops up a lot and it always ends up at the same “who knows?” conclusion.

If it’s Book of Boba Fett based, probably not, unless they’re really trying to keep some of the other characters in that show under wraps. I’d imagine we’ll get three new figures along with possibly new versions of Boba Fett and Fennec Shand if Darth Vader’s Castle is anything to go off of. I could see them throwing in a new Gamorrean Guard. The way they treated fans lately? What? Having a couple errors in the UCS Gunship promotion doesn’t mean that they’re mistreating fans or something like that.

I'm not a Simpsons fan, so I'd be down with a Modular Convenience Store equivalent to Kwik E Mart. Maybe they could include some more apartments on the upper floors. If Lego were to do a Modular Hotel, I wonder how they could go about it. It's not like they can include tons of hotel rooms, maybe one or two for each floor. I would still love to have one someday.

I'm not sure about the Santa Front Yard but I could see the Living Room being similar to a much smaller version of Bro Thor's House. I saw the Santa's Visit at two Lego Stores recently. I was super tempted to pick it up but I'll wait until November most likely.

I guess they call Miles that so that they don’t have two Spider-Man(s) in the show but also aren’t referring to him by his secret identity. Spin is kind of a random name for him, though I get what they’re trying to do there. (“Spinning a web.”) Solid detective work, though I worry that Wong will be left out of the $30 ITMoM set as LEGO tends to only include three minifigures in $30 Marvel sets, and on the occasions they do include more than 3 (like in the Shang-Chi car chase set) they’re usually non-exclusive ones that come in other sets, which wouldn’t work since Doctor Strange is only getting one. (Unless Strange himself is reused from the NWH set, then maybe new variants of the other three could be included.) Otherwise, I see your theory being pretty on point. Also, count me in on hoping that one of the series next year is a Marvel one. I know it didn’t work out the other times Lego has done a Licensed Series 2 a year after the first, but with how well this year’s Marvel series has done already, and with all the hype for the numerous D+ shows, it would make sense for them to do an annual Marvel CMF. (Though of course, by the time Lego was planning next year’s series out, they had no way of knowing the Marvel CMF would perform so well, so we’ll have to wait and see.)

Well, next year is shaping up to be an even more interesting year for CMFs than I had already been expecting. A week ago, I would have guessed the series would be 22, Disney Series 3 and Harry Potter Series 3. Now I’m very unsure about the latter two. Hopefully Series 22 keeps up the quality that Series 21 had this year, as that was the best non-licensed series in years in my opinion. I’m very excited for the Muppets series and those other two series could practically be anything. I have a feeling that one of the other series will also be a new license or series that they’ve never done before. Wild guess, but maybe they could do something with their Universal Music partnership in place of Vidiyo? (Not that I think this will happen necessarily.) I wonder if the hype toward the Marvel series is what pushed Lego to make an entire fourth series this year. Not that they would have known this when they were planning next year’s series out obviously, but I’d wager that Marvel is one of the most popular series they’ve done to date. Maybe this is a pipe dream, but an annual CMF series representing each year’s Disney+ shows would be amazing. As for the prospect of having four series a year, I find that very exciting. To me, it makes a lot of sense to do a series for each quarter of the year, though it will be interesting to see if stores like Target will end up having multiple series on shelves at once which already happens at some locations. What’s nice is that we’ll be getting the same number of minifigures as we would have when we were getting sixteen figure series.

Ooh, I hadn’t even thought of that. That would be a terrific set and would go really well with the Bespin Duel and Vader Meditation Chamber. Luke, R2, Yoda and possibly Darth Vader are safe bets, but this could also be the set that we finally get a Force Ghost Obi-Wan in. It would be especially disappointing seeing as how we still don’t have an Exegol playset, which needs a set far more than the Kef Bir duel.

I wonder if this new Boba's Palace could be the 75326 $100 set. It would be similar to their approach to The Bad Batch, which was also a new D+ show and has only gotten one $100 set so far. Boba and Fennec are practically guaranteed regardless, though it’s a question as to whether it’ll be the same figures we just got or new variants. I hear people guessing that the 75329 Death Star set could be based off the prison escape and trash compacter scenes. I would love it if we got a LEGO version of this old Kenner playset: Regardless, I'm interested to see how these sets turn out. Personally, I think people are being a little too harsh on these sets when we only have names, prices, etc. I like that we're learning more about this wave over time like we did with the Summer 2020 sets.

Hopefully one of those sets is some Hawkeye tie-in. And hopefully that 18+ set is a buildable Spider-Man mask. I’ve been wanting one of those for a while.

Also, arguably Nya’s return makes more sense than Zane’s. Nya didn’t even truly “die”, she just become one with the ocean. I’m sure the showrunners can come up with a logical way to bring her back, while keeping some lasting consequences, as they did with Zane returning and Cole becoming human again (though I do think that could have been done better.)

I’m of that all-too-uncommon breed of fan who enjoys each era (OT, PT and ST) and am content with enjoying them for what they are. Digging down into the nitty gritty and classifying which movie/show fits into which era and which era is getting the most representation is all superfluous to me personally (not to discredit anyone who’s interested in such things) because it’s all Star Wars at the end of the day. There’s sets I want Lego to make from each movie and show.

I suppose you’re right, though this show seems like it’s aired even more so for a Duplo market. (Could be wrong about that though.) At the very least, we’ll get new minifig designs rather than more retreads. I guess this is a spiritual successor to those Mighty Micros sets from a few years back. I just think it’s funny that people have been discussing hypothetical Infinity Saga and No Way Home sets, and then this is the first piece of Marvel 2022 news we hear.

Bruh. Well, that’s going to be super disappointing if that Juniors Spidey show is what the rumored set list of four 4+ sets is based on. EDIT: Spoke too soon. :/ Oh well, winter wave stuff usually doesn’t excite me nearly as much as the summer/fall stuff anyway.

Technically, the Kai and Skylor stuff could be the summer season as that would still fit in with Tommy Anderson’s tweet to Vincent Tong about Kai “experiencing great love in the next year” or something along those lines. I think the set list as a whole is very interesting. Not good, not bad, just interesting. The EVO stuff all sounds super lame to me to be honest, especially since a lot of those sets sound very similar to ones that have come out within the last few years, especially the Fire Dragon. Another Lloyd Dragon also has no interest to me since I already the Green NRG Dragon, Green Ninja Mech Dragon, Legacy Golden Dragon and the Jungle Dragon (which was shown to be thought of as a Lloyd dragon on the box.) The other larger sets are where it gets interesting. The big combo mech sounds very interesting to me. I’ve been wanting a set like that ever since the days of speculating about The Lego Ninjago Movie. It seems like it could be pulled off well but we’ll just have to wait and see. The stuff related to the modular temple also sounds pretty interesting to me. It kinda reminds me of what Lego is doing with their new Hogwarts system. Hopefully the dojo temple is based off the one from the official Lego website. I’m not sure what this wave means for Legacy or Season 15 but hopefully answers present themselves soon.