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Never mind lol. The new Hulkbuster model looks fantastic but I don't see where the rumored $50 price is justified. More Outriders is eh, the updated Bruce Banner is neat and that Okoye looks fantastic, but otherwise I don't really feel the need to acquire this set for myself.

Good times. I was shocked that there was two $100 sets, let alone what the two sets themselves ended up being. The Galaxy's Edge set was a very pleasant surprise and I remember thinking people were reposting preliminaries for the 2015 DS Final Duel for some reason, because of how similar that 2020 model was. I'm shocked that we haven't seen the January sets yet. This might be the smallest window we've had in recent memory between seeing set pictures for the first time (leaked or revealed) and the sets' release date. We've had a few leaked possible 501st figures/parts here and there but that's it. I guess Lego really did crack down on leaks.

Unfortunately, yes. I even have a spot open for Mark 7 next to the Mark 6 but it's going to look a bit odd for them to have completely different helmet molds.

I think Lego can pretty easily avoid the Soviets. I still doubt that the biggest set in this wave will be dedicated to most people's least favorite film out of the existing four. If Lego was going to do a set for each movie in this initial wave, they would have probably just dedicated the smallest one to KOTCS. Since they didn't, I doubt we're getting any sets from that film unless they do more Indy sets in 2HY 2023 or beyond at least. I still think the most likely option for the $150 set is the temple from the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark, basically a giant, more detailed version of 7623. I just don't see Lego bringing this theme back and not representing the most iconic scene in the whole franchise. Maybe it's even an 18+ styled set and details surrounding it could be a bit more secretive.

I definitely wouldn't be mad if that ended up being the case. We did get the Endgame Final Battle for $70 last summer and that came with a Thanos bigfig, an Ant Man micro fig and six normal minifigs, one of which was a Chirtauri that could be reused here anyway.

These look great! I think rebooting the theme to something like this would be the best of both worlds. Lego gets to sell Batman to kids and we get more interesting characters from the wider DC universe. I like your thinking with including a Dick Grayson Robin in wave one too. I think a new classic style Batgirl is all that'd be missing here.

I mean, you're probably right that it's too late for set leaks. In-hand factory leaks of minifigs are sorta inevitable and are actually some of the only 2023 leaks we've gotten thus far. The new Captain America figure looks fine. For 2012 Avengers Cap, I feel like he should be a lighter shade of blue than the other MCU versions. Still, I am excited to have confirmation that the 2023 Quinjet is based on The Avengers version. That massively increases my anticipation for the set. I'd guess that it also comes with Loki, a Chitauri reuse, Black Widow, hopefully Hawkeye (I still don't have a Hawkeye minifig) and ideally Mark 7 Iron Man (I need that one for my Hall of Armor).

1) I want to say we started getting a list of set numbers and prices around late November/early December and we got a proper set list sometime around when TBOBF was wrapping up. I’m surprised we haven’t gotten January set pictures yet but those will be coming any day now. 2) Nope, no clue.

I’m essentially trying to collect every CMF now (that’s the long term goal anyway) so no real “skips” or “wants” for me. I’ve really enjoyed just about every CMF series since the change to 12 figs a series and this one is no different. Not as strong as 21 or 22 in my opinion, but there’s a lot to like here. The newspaper boy is probably my favorite figure. The hat piece is cool, I like the silly facial expression and the Series 18 Classic Police Man reference is a nice touch. I’d say I like the Conservationist about the same though because of that adorable Koala, plus I like seeing that curly hair/hat combo being used more. The brown spaceman is fantastic as well of course, though my one nitpick is Baby Benny having pupils in his eyes instead of just plain black dots. I’ll have to get a second one to go with my classic space display. The not-Marie Antoinette is charming enough and the T-Rex guy is one of the better costume figures in my opinion. Gundam Boba Fett looks rad and the Potter is fairly unique. Though it’s not super interesting or unique, I do kinda like the ref lady for some reason. The rest are ones I would skip if I wasn’t trying to complete all the CMFs. The goblin dude and carrot costume guy are just fine to me. The most interesting part of the Black Falcon lady to me is the falcon accessory itself. The “Rockin’ Horse Rider” is one of my least favorite CMFs in quite some time. The trope of generic kids with neat accessories annoys me more than the costume figures, as those are at least unique. This figure uses a massively overused face print (for some reason), a hairpiece that’s a similar color to the Series 18 party girl and the detailing on the torso and legs are no better than an average City figure. The rocking horse itself is neat but overall, very weak inclusion here. Overall, this is another solid series for me. Nothing really blows me away but I still like a lot here. I look forward to looking for these, I’ll probably buy a couple packs at the Lego Store on January 1st and then hunt for the rest. It does kinda bum me out that this will be the second to last series I “hunt” for. I’m buying complete sets online henceforth once they change to boxes.

I’m late to the discussion but I’m excited to see how this turns out. I’ve wanted some sort of Pizzeria Modular Building forever, and pairing it with a Jazz Club should be really fun. I think this will be a cool one.

Which is a shame because that Water Dragon is one of my favorite (non-Movie) Lego dragons and Ninjago sets in general. The build is just so well done and the figures included are pretty fantastic, but it just didn’t catch on for some reason. The Fire Dragon Attack was a solid set too, just kinda uninteresting. The Legacy Ultra Sonic Raider deserves to flop though, it’s one of the few Lego sets I straight up regret buying.

I just hope they don’t skip out on a Mads Mikkelson figure here like they did for Star Wars, Marvel and Wizarding World. I’m really looking forward to the movie, and in a weird way, I’m almost more excited to see what those Indy 5 sets look like even though I’m more excited for the classic remakes. They could be anything, whereas we kinda have a general idea of how these original trilogy remakes will look. Ideally, I’ll be going to the Lego Store on April 1st to pick them up but we’ll see. (I’ll possibly get the GOTG sets then too, I’m pretty sure they come out that day as well.)

Damn, next year is going to be an expensive one for me, particularly when it comes to Lego. Retired and new Star Wars sets, Marvel stuff, collecting all the CMFs, getting caught up on some D2Cs, the return of Lego Indiana Jones and this Disney 100th Anniversary thing. Finally getting the Up house is very exciting for me, thought the rumored price and piece count worries me. I’m guessing it’ll either be at a similar scale as the mini-Disney Castle or Haunted Mansion, or it’s going to be a somewhat small playset, comparable to something like Emmet’s House. As long as we get some versions of Carl, Russell, Dug and Kevin, I’m content. The Peter Pan book isn’t super interesting to me but I might get it since it’s so cheap. This is of course assuming that it comes with minifigs, not minidolls.

Saw Wakanda Forever the other day and really enjoyed it! Besides No Way Home and Loki, this was easily the strongest thing Marvel has put out for Phase Four in my opinion. Still, I’m not especially interested in any of the Lego sets. A lot of the figures feel underdetailed or inaccurate or both, and though the builds for Namor’s Throne and Shuri’s Sunbird are neat, I just don’t really have any interest in actually owning them. I also watched the GOTG Holiday Special last night and enjoyed that as well. Kinda ironic that Marvel’s two big Christmas-themed releases (not including Iron Man 3, which was also set around Christmas, but wasn’t really a Christmas movie), the GOTG Holiday Special and Hawkeye, came out exactly a year apart from each other. It got me even more excited for Volume 3 and its Lego sets. The sets for the previous GOTG were mostly all pretty solid but I wasn’t really into Marvel until around Spider-Man Homecoming came out, so I don’t own any of them. As for the NWH set discussion, I still think Lego will do something for it next summer, especially without a new MCU Spider-Man movie coming next year. I’m a lot less worried about it at this point though. I recently bought a custom Andrew Garfield Spider-Man figure and am considering getting some of Firestar’s custom versions of the villains. Getting figures of some of the characters was the big thing I was worried about. Side note, but I did go to the Lego Store last weekend and I was somewhat impressed by the size of both the Hulkbuster and Black Panther bust. They’re both still bad, overpriced sets in my opinion, but they’re a *marginally* better value than I thought they would be.

Oh yeah, I forget about the possibility if getting a large buildable B2-EMO. That’s definitely an option on the table as well. Lola from OWK too.

Here are the two most likely Andor sets I can see Lego making: Imperial Ferrix Patrol Battle Pack ($20): The build would be that new Imperial speeder with the cannon that showed up in the finale. They could also do some crates or Ferrix scenery as side builds if necessary. Figures would be one Stormtrooper, one Imperial Officer in black uniform with the cape (New!) and two Imperial Army Troopers with riot batons and shields (New!). Luthen Rael’s Haulcraft ($170): The build would include all of the details and bells and whistles you’d expect. I imagine the model would be comparable in size to Cad Bane’s Justifier. Minifigures could include Luthen Rael, Cassian in another outfit (New!), Mon Mothma (New!), Kleya (New!), Bix (New!), Dedra Meero (New!) and a build for B2-EMO. Unless Lego has another battle pack in 2023, we could potentially see this hypothetical one in early 2024 and Luthen’s Ship could be a set anytime in the next two years.

As much as I’d like for this to be indirect confirmation of at least one more Andor set, I’d guess the actress is either referring to the Skywaker Saga DLC or a custom minifigure. Unless there’s a surprise set along the way, possibly a store exclusive even, I don’t know how likely it’d be for her to already see a minifigure that’ll come out in summer 2023 at the earliest. Overall, I really liked Andor season one. When it comes to Lego, I still only see Luthen’s Ship being made, and possibly also that new Imperial Speeder thing from the finale as a battle pack build. Whereas a lot of the previous Star Wars Disney+ shows had a lot of set material, this follows along the lines of the Marvel shows where there isn’t much they could release as a desirable set aside from the figures.

Picked up another 75337 AT-TE and 40577 Defense of Hoth (my fifth one) for double VIP weekend to help reach the threshold for both of the promo sets.

Count me in for wanting Luthen’s Ship. The Fondor is just so cool and Lego could incorporate so many cool play features into that thing. If they can do something like The Justifier, why not this ship too? I also would really like to see Saw (finally) and Two Tubes in Lego form, and I think this would be the best set to include other characters like Mon Mothma and Vel too. Hell, I wouldn’t mind a model of the Arrestor Cruiser, especially because of the history behind that design, but that’s admittedly far less likely.

I saw a really great MOC of Ventress's Starfighter on the Lego Star Wars subreddit, though that did use a cloth piece. That's one of the few Clone Wars '03 sets I'd be especially interested in. I don't think a Jedi Shuttle would cost quite that much either, I think it would be comparable in size and price to last year's Mandalorian Starfighter. I also think a Jango Fett Slave 1 is unlikely in the near future, since Boba's isn't retiring until next December. I'd imagine that a new Jango model would probably just be a recolor of that set anyway, rather than a $110 set. Some of my predictions for next year are as follows: Ahsoka's T-6 Jedi Shuttle, with new Ahsoka, Sabine Wren, Huyang and one additional minifigure. ($60-80ish) The Mantis, either from Fallen Order or Survivor. It'd probably come with a reuse of the new BD-1 figure and new figures for Cal Kestis, Merrin, Cere, Greez and maybe Second Sister/Trilla. ($120) I also think a $160 Republic Gunship, possibly with some Siege of Mandalore figures, is fairly likely. If Rex doesn't end up coming in the Gunship, I could absolutely see Lego doing Captain Rex's Y-Wing as a Bad Batch set. Speaking of The Bad Batch, I expect it to get at least one more set next year since the Bad Batch themselves are getting new outfits. If we don't get the whole crew, I'd at least expect Season 2 versions of Hunter and Omega with that new Avatar bow piece. I could see Lego doing an Imperial Commander Cody as an enemy figure as well. Speaking of Cody, I think we could very well see a new Phase One Cody figure at some point next year. We're getting a Phase One Cody helmet in the spring and it would be weird if that was the one helmet set that didn't have a corresponding minifigure available somewhat close to the same time. I could see us getting one more Andor set as well, probably Luthen's ship. It'd ideally give us some of the noteworthy characters we're missing, like Mon, Bix and Dedra. One of the D2Cs will be ROTJ based.

I just assumed that the aliens were kept in a separate location. You can see other prisons on the horizon on Narkina 5, so maybe they have different locations for different groups. The one Cassian went to was obviously the one for human males. Same here, especially with there being so much demand for army building in general these days. It's like Lego got scared off from doing multiple battle packs in one year because they made some questionable decisions with some of the recent ones they were making (Jedi/Clone battle pack, Tatooine battle pack, etc.) that probably resulted in them not selling too well.

That’s exactly what they should be used for, packs of characters you only really need one or two of. Let the wide release battle packs be the army builders. The fact that Lego threw away so much money by not making that Phase One Clone pack a normal battle pack continues to astound me, especially since it’s retiring this December and apparently isn’t getting replaced by another accessory set in 1HY 2023.

November 27th was when we learned about the Defense of Hoth and Clone Command Station Accessory Sets, so if we're going to get more Star Wars accessory sets next year, we'll know within the next few weeks. Even though, personally, I'd rather Lego just make more wide release battle packs... The bad thing about having the Lego Star Wars sets so spread out for the first half of next year is that it feels like it takes forever to see everything. I also feel like Star Wars usually get more and more interesting as the year goes along so it makes that wait feel even longer. The bright side is that it's more affordable to buy everything on release day. Like I'll be able to buy all three new Star Wars sets, the Morbius set and a few Series 24 packs at the Lego Store on January 1st without completely devastating my wallet. The Boba microfighter won't blow my mind but I'm very excited to see the TIE Bomber and new 501st Battle Pack.

I think a Gunship is likely for next year but I don't see it being the Munnilinst 10 version. Excluding the UCS version and miscellaneous polybags or Microfighters, it'll be the first Republic Gunship released in 10 years. It'll probably be the standard version because the Muunilinst 10 version is very niche and technically isn't even canon. (Even though I'd consider the 2003 Clone Wars show to be loosely canon with how much it's referenced elsewhere.) I'd expect a modern Gunship to cost around $160-170 and because of that, Lego is probably going to go the safe route with a standard Gunship with minifigures from either TCW or the films or both. I can definitely see us getting a random $40ish '03 Clone Wars set though. Maybe a retail exclusive like this year's Fighter Tank. Your Hailfire Droid has merit, and I'd love to get Ventress's Givinex Fighter to go with Anakin's custom fighter from 2015.

As for the potential Andor set discussion, I don't see us getting much more for Season One sadly. As others have said, the show doesn't really lend itself over to merchandise as well as something like The Clone Wars or The Mandalorian. The Ambush on Ferrix set covers the first three episodes fairly well. The only other things I could potentially see us getting so far are Luthen's Ship and *maybe* Mon Mothma's speeder. If Lego were to start making more traditional battle packs again, the Imperial Army Troopers and Officers would have been a no brainer. There's some characters I would like to see in Lego form (Cassian's Niamos outfit, Luthen's Coruscant disguise, B2-EMO, Bix, Dedra, Mon, Saw) but a lot of the characters in the show wear basic clothes that should be fairly easy to recreate as purist customs. The "Clone Wars 20th Anniversary" thing Lego and Hasbro, and likely more of the toy/merchandise companies, are doing is kinda odd to me. Obviously we got the original micro-series and the first EU books, comics, games, etc. in 2003 but it's just kind of a random anniversary to celebrate. Especially because Star Wars didn't even really do much for the AOTC 20th anniversary. Also, Hasbro did some '03 Clone Wars throwback stuff in the last year already. Most people would associate a "Clone Wars anniversary" with the 2008 show, which is actually turning 15 next year. From what we've heard and seen so far, most of these Clone Wars 20th Anniversary toys seem to be based off the more famous show anyway so why not just make this a "TCW 15th Anniversary" instead? It doesn't really make a difference to me though; this is clearly just these companies looking for a reason to make more Clone Wars-related merchandise because it sells well. I love The Clone Wars, and its merchandise, so I'm not mad! I'm sure Lego is happy too; just about every TCW-related set with clone troopers has sold really well in the last few years. I'd expect more throughout the second half of next year, particularly a new Gunship and the Phase 2 Rex design from The Skywalker Saga. Plus we'll get indirect Clone Wars tie-in stuff with the Ahsoka series next year, which will be a love letter to TCW and Rebels fans.