The Stud

This sounds great! My dream is to one day have a line-up of each version of Batman with a minifigure-scale of their Batmobile, so the 60’s one would be a good one to go with my 2019 Batmobile and the one from The Lego Batman Movie. I just hope that the set comes with Robin in addition to Batman and Joker. It’s not a huge loss if it doesn’t though, as I don’t think the figures from the 60’s Batcave go for too much since the set didn’t perform super well.

I’ve been binge watching all of the Batman movies recently (never seen any of them). I have to say that I’d really love it if Lego did “Legacy” sets for those older movies, similar to what Marvel is doing this summer. We’ve got the two ‘89 D2Cs, but I’d love it if they did nostalgic throwback sets at a lower price range, especially for more casual fans such as myself. I just watched Batman Begins tonight and thought that it was a very good movie. I can think of a few cool sets we could get from it as well as the Burton/Schumacher films.

I picked up the new Tauntaun vs AT-AT Microfighters on a whim. They’ll look nice on my new desk.

I miss going to conventions. I had gone to Brickworld Indy, Chicago, and Fort Wayne all in the same year before COVID came and wrecked everything. Going to these conventions again this year were one of the things I looked forward to most. ): Edit: Apparently Indy is just getting pushed to October rather than being cancelled outright. That’s some good news at least!

Any bricks with the clips on the side. I’ve actually cut myself on them before. https://img.bricklink.com/ItemImage/PL/30237.png

I mean it’s not really an “argument”. The ANH Vader helmet’s eyes just happen to look more red than they do in the other films. It’s an easy way to differentiate Vader’s appearance in each movie, especially since his look changes so little. Anyway, the Lego Vader helmet is too blurry for me to have a stance on, but the Scout Trooper actually looks pretty good. Not sure if I’ll get it, since I sorta have buyer’s remorse for getting the Stormtrooper one from last year.

My unpopular opinion is the opposite. I think the hate for stud shooters is overblown. Stud shooters may be lame to collectors like us, but kids have fun playing with them and they don’t look that bad. If anything, I appreciate them giving more of a “Lego look” to minifigures or builds using them. Of course, being a stud myself, I’m not sure how I feel about the name though.

Tile pieces feel smooth and are more likely to get stuck to my feet, rather than cause them any pain. Stepping on minifigure capes and cloth accessories doesn’t hurt too bad either haha.

I mean Star Wars is also getting a great, fan-service wave this summer too so I don’t know what you mean by it “not looking so great this year”. If anything, the two lines are going to be neck and neck because they’re both really catering to fan desires and coming out with a lot of great stuff. That being said, I’m planning on buying as much of the Marvel and Star Wars summer waves as I can to show Lego that these are the kind of sets I want. The new Rocket figure looks great. I can’t wait to see more of the figures from these sets. While we’re talking about Marvel Legacy sets we want, I would love to get the London Bridge Battle from Far From Home. I guess that the rumored 4+ set will essentially be recreating that scene anyway. I also second wanting a Civil War Airport Battle remake.

Wow, this sounds like an amazing wave for Lego Marvel! Talking about the sets from smallest to biggest: -I’m not expecting too much from the 4+ Captain America set. The Hydra goon will be nice to have, but I expect Cap to be a reuse from either his recent mech or the preferably new figure that comes with the Final Battle set. I’ll definitely get it though. -The Sanctuary II news is very... interesting. I’m not sure how they’ll be able to capture the set at a $30 size, but I look forward to seeing it. Interesting that it comes with what is presumably a new minifigure version of Thanos. It’ll be nice to get Mark 85 Iron Man in another set and I’m hoping the Captain Marvel minifig is based off of her look in Endgame. -The Dragon Flyer set sounds cool. I may end up getting two of it to create a really cool Endgame display. I look forward to seeing the new Black Panther and Shuri minifigures. -I’m a lot more interested in the Marvel Advent Calendar if the minifigures are MCU based like the rest of the wave. I’m hoping the “college” jacket Spider-Man is the yellow jacket he wore in Homecoming. If the figures are decent, then this will be the first year I pick up two Advent Calendars! -The Iron Monger battle sounds great. I’m excited to get a Mark 3 Iron Man minifigure and I’m interested to see how the rest of the set turns out. -Interested to see how the Infinity Gauntlet turns out. I can see myself picking it up if it turns out well. -The Endgame Final Battle sounds like an amazing set. Now I am a little disappointed because I must have misread the list I was looking at earlier, because I thought it was saying the build was going to be the giant Ant-Man, rather than just the van (which I also wanted anyway), and that we’d be getting a new Ant-Man minifigure, but it’s no biggie. I also wish we could have gotten another character in place of a Black Panther repeat, but the set is so amazing that I can’t be bothered by these minor qualms. Getting new versions of the big three in one set is amazing enough, but we’re also finally getting a bald Thanos bigfig!? And on top of that, we’re also getting a new Scarlet Witch figure!? Absolutely fantastic. -The Benatar also sounds amazing to me! I’ve been very close to buying the Infinity War version the last few months, but I’m glad I held off! This set sounds like a wide-release Marvel UCS set and I’m 110% down for that. The figure selection is pretty good, but I’m disappointed by the lack of Nebula and Drax, assuming that the last figure is indeed just a Chitauri grunt. I can understand not including Gamora, but not really the other two. Again though, this set sounds so amazing that it doesn’t bother me too much! I’ll probably end up Bricklinking past versions of any missing characters anyway. Anywho, there’s a small list of characters that I’d still like to see: -Black Widow -Ronin Hawkeye -Iron Patriot -Valkyrie (and her Pegasus if I’m really dreaming) -Nebula -Slightly different versions of the Bricktober Bucky and Wong minifigures. -Wasp -Ant-Man minifigure as well as a brick built Giant Man. -Another Hulk big fig. Still, I’m still very grateful for what we’re getting as it is! I fully take back all the pessimism I had when I assumed that these were just going to be more mediocre Square Enix based sets. I can’t wait to see pictures of them and I hope to see or hear details about the CMF series and any remaining sets here soon!

There’s at least two Red Hood figures that I know of: one from 2016 and one from the first TLBM CMF series. Still, I too would like to see more stuff with the Robins and extended Bat Family. And while we’re talking about things we want from Lego DC, I as a casual fan want more stuff from the DCAU. There are so many great character designs there that would make for awesome Lego minifigures.

Doesn’t sound particularly interesting to me personally, but I’ll reserve judgement until we see final pictures. It’ll probably be something I pass on, but kudos to the comic fans who have been craving a D2C.

I still can’t decide whether or not I want to get the Corner Garage. It’s easily one of my least favorite Modular Buildings, but it’s still a Modular Building so it’s assuredly a quality set. Besides, I’d like to own most of, if not all of, the Modular Buildings someday so it would be wiser to get it now rather than pay reseller prices. Speaking of Assembly Square, I hope we eventually get a Modular Building with a similar footprint someday. I really love how it’s set up with the fountain in the center and would love to see Lego do an outdoor mall or something at a similar size. Maybe in 2027 for the Modular Buildings’ 20th anniversary?

Now this is 18+ Lego. Seriously though, great job. I like the intricacy you put into this MOC.

I’m cheating here, because I’m talking about themes rather than individual sets but here are my picks. The entire Lego Ninjago Movie line exceeded my expectations. Ninjago sets have always been really good in my opinion, but the Movie line took the theme to the next level. All of the mechs, vehicles, and playsets were stellar, and we got plenty of great minifigures from that line. None of the sets felt overpriced and I felt like I got a good value out of each of them. Some specific sets that stand out to me were the Fire Mech (I believe that was the first set we saw from the theme), the Temple of the Ultimate Ultimate Weapon, Ninjago City Chase, and my two favorite sets: the Destiny’s Bounty and Ninjago City. To this day, I still believe that TLNM theme is the greatest line of sets Lego has ever produced. Conversely, the following Lego Movie (The Second Part) somewhat disappointed me in retrospect. I enjoyed the movie itself, though that enjoyment has waned a little bit, but the sets have lost their luster for me. Outside of a few cool sets, Apocalypseburg, and the amazing Minifigures series, the rest of the line isn’t as appealing to me and doesn’t stand up to the previous Lego Movie lineups. Most of the sets don’t feel like they have as good of a value or offer as diverse of selections as the original Lego Movie or the Ninjago one.

I guess this was technically yesterday since I’m posting this at 1:30 am, but whateves. I finally got my hands on Ninjago City Gardens and also bought the Overlord Dragon at the Lego Store today! I was able to get the Amelia Earhart promo and a leftover Lloyd Quad polybag for free.

Man, this is a great Lego day for me! I just picked up Ninjago City Gardens at the Lego Store and we’re getting all this Marvel news!? Another FFH set is awesome, the Iron Monger set sounds great, the Black Panther set seems cool, and I’m dying to see what figures are in the Endgame Final Battle set. Kudos to the Lego Marvel team for turning things around!

That’s exactly what I was thinking too lol. This is great news for Lego Marvel fans! More MCU sets is exactly what me and a lot of us have been wanting. I really appreciate that details of this wave are trickling out instead of coming out all at once. I’m really excited for the Star Wars summer wave, but all that info dropped and now there’s not much hype or speculation around it. The way the Marvel leaks have been coming really builds up the anticipation. However the Endgame set(s) turn out, I just hope we get builds for Giant Man and Luis’s van. The minifigures are definitely the main draw for us, but I’d appreciate more interesting builds for Lego Marvel.

I watched both of the Michael Keaton Batman movies for the first time this week and I definitely wouldn’t be mad if the unknown D2C was the Batboat. It could come with a slightly updated Batman and new figures of Catwoman and Penguin. I know that this is an unpopular sentiment around here though.

Eh, as long as it has colorful characters and a cool build, I’m sure kids will be happy. Even if they don’t comprehend the narrative of WandaVision, they are most likely aware of the titular characters based off their appearances in the films. Also that Shang Chi set looks great! The reuse of minifigure face prints is pretty meh, but the rest of the set is phenomenal. I hope Lego Marvel sticks with making great, unique builds with plenty of minifigures. I have high hopes for the quality of the theme going forward.

I didn’t even think the movie was that bad. It’s worthy of a lot of the flak it gets though: There are serious issues with the pacing, editing, and characters that could’ve been mended if the film was pushed back again, or maybe if they had stuck with some of their earlier ideas. It’s easily the worst Lego Movie, and a poor representation of the Ninjago show, but I still think it’s still an okay movie. Don’t get me wrong; there are some truly awful scenes, like the live-action scenes that bookend the movie, the footage that is obviously reused from earlier in the movie, and some of the cringeworthy meme montages. At the end of the day though, it’s still a much better movie than anything from Illumination and most of Dreamworks. Lloyd and Garmadon carry this movie, which is fitting because they’re the only non-two dimensional characters. In my opinion, their relationship is the most compelling of all the father/son relationships found in this series. Kudos to the actors for giving their all with some of the more sentimental moments between the two. Garmadon is arguably the funniest character in any of the Lego Movies thus far. The animation is just as gorgeous as the other Lego flicks, there is some good jokes to be found, and the soundtrack is actually pretty decent. Really it’s a shame that it came out so half-baked, because if the movie had more time in the oven, it could’ve been on par with the other Lego spin-offs/sequels. Again, some of the earlier ideas they had for this movie (based off the deleted scenes and concept art) were great and could’ve saved the movie if they came to fruition. Come to think of it, forget the Snyder Cut. I want the original draft of The Lego Ninjago Movie made!

No Way Home is a great title! I’m very hyped for this movie and hope that it doesn’t get pushed back until next year. I also really hope that we end up getting more than 2-3 sets for it, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

I definitely agree. A lot of people seem to think that they’re creepy, but I really like them. They’ll go really well with the Lego Disney display I plan on making this year. I think I’ve decided that I’m going to get the Plane and Fire Station sets and then maybe Bricklink the figures from the other two. I just hope that they’re not too overpriced or anything.

This is my outlook on current Ninjago as well. It keeps Ninjago fresh (even if they may be straying a little far from its roots) and allows Lego to do waves based on other tropes. Whether it be because of lack of interest from consumers or bad decisions on Lego’s part, Lego has not had the best of luck with most of their in-house themes the last few years. Chima, Galaxy Squad, Ultra Agents, Nexo Knights, Elves, the last Castle theme, the last Pirates theme, and Hidden Side were all far from big hits, which has led to Lego largely sticking with what has reliably sold well: Ninjago, City, and Friends. At the end of the day, I personally care about the quality of the set more than what theme it’s a part of. Some of the recent Ninjago waves don’t entirely fit my vision of what Ninjago sets should be, but there have still been some stellar sets in spite of this.

I don’t have time to share my full wanted list right now, but I’m just going to say once more that I want Lego Jedi: Fallen Order to happen! I was lucky enough to attend the panel for it at Star Wars Celebration in 2019 and loved the game when it came out. It’s also the only major piece of Star Wars content within the last few years to not get any Lego sets. I also don’t buy that the game was too violent for Lego to make sets off of, which is what some of the designers claimed. Briefly going off of what I said in the previous thread, my tinfoil-hat-theory was that the Death Star Cannon set was originally supposed to be a Fallen Order set that got cancelled and replaced with a random OT set at the last minute. No evidence to back that up, I just find it weird that Lego was the only brand to not do products for all three properties on Triple Force Friday and in my eyes, that $20 set is the only one that could have possibly been related to Fallen Order in my eyes. Anyhow, I still think a Stinger Mantis is possible whenever the sequel comes out (rumored/speculated to be sometime next year), but I don’t expect much else based off the game. Still, I got a couple ideas for a few other sets that I still dream of. TIE Interceptor ($40): Finally, a new Imperial TIE Interceptor! This one would be at the same scale as the 2021 TIE and the minifigures would include the Second Sister (New!), a Purge Trooper (New!), and an Astromech Droid (New!). AT-ST ($50): A remake of the RO/Mando AT-ST, maybe a little scaled better than those two. The minifigures would be Cal Kestis with his Bracca poncho (New!), Saw Gerrera (New!), electro baton Scout Trooper (New!), and an AT-ST Driver (same as last one with new helmet mold). BD-1 ($60): A set just like those brick built BD-1 MOCs. It would be scaled with those BB-8, R2-D2, etc. sets. It would come with a BD-1 minifigure (New!). The Stinger Mantis ($130): Like I said before, I still think this one is still a big possibility. The build would have a similar scale, price and piece count to Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle and the Razor Crest. The minifigures would include Cal Kestis without a poncho, BD-1, Nightsister Merrin (New!), Cere Junda (New!), and Greez Dritus (New!).