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Yes, especially that hospital!

Maybe Lego really is 'squatting' on the license and needs to come up with a release, albeit small, every so often. Just a random guess.

I'm with you on more molded Pokemon in minifig scale!!! But I think Lego is perhaps testing the waters since the theme is still new???

As long as they don't pull a Disney. (Lego released a Main Street ~ really thin/ shallow, open-back, for US$400!!!) Hopefully it is substantial enough that only a few parts would be needed to MOC it into a full modular.

Do we know all of the movies that Lego plans to make into those 6x8 tiles? Looking at the leaks out there, it seems we only have Ep. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and Rogue One accounted for. And Ep. 4 appears twice? Will they make an Episode 3 tile??? Completely agree!! It should have been a full modular!!! This would be a missed opportunity ~ the Palace Cinema has long been discontinued and making a theater based out of the Grauman Chinese Theater would get modular fans buying this and making various MOCs on RB! I think perhaps they were keeping this to a 'smaller' size to keep it within budget?

I think there have been several zombies in the CMF line that kinda represents mashup between some traditional Lego themes. And a beached pirate shipwreck would be great for the zombie pirate! (Series 14) Perfect for the Monster Hunter from Series 29... hunting vampires and zombies!

1) Ooooh, a fairy village would sell well... look at Jonas Kramm's collections! 2) DDLM is within the season. I am secretly hoping for something easy to MOC for a couple of Disney CMFs.

One thing that immediately came to mind is that there are other 'holidays' or seasonal traditions that Lego celebrates such as Easter. I have to admit, it is harder to come up with a long list of buildings that could be populated by minifigs for that line, but they could always get creative. At any rate, I'm hoping that with the "Christmas/ Winter" and "Halloween" themes, that there will be more! They could possibly even look towards other Halloween traditions like Dia de los Muertos for inspiration for some of these vignettes and buildings.

Looks like Minas Tirith temporarily sold out. Did it go on backorder since release? Comparing the previous sets, I think Rivendell went on "backorder" and "sold out" several times. I think Barad-dur may have gone on "backorder" but I don't remember it selling out.

Those are just amazing especially with the lighting!

Agree. Self-fulfilling prophecy from the Lego Disney team.

This! This! This!!! The irony! They could possibly have rotated castles/ locations one after another. The anniversary castle had a good selection of minifigs but not great. I remember when it came out, rumors were "at least" 8 figs but it was released with "ONLY" 8 minifigs! And then the early retirement, being replaced by the smaller set that they feared would steal the limelight. Also, didn't the cinderella cottage go on backorder several times? And yet it retired (maybe because the movie it was trying to tie in with was quite controversial. ). At any rate, it seems Lego is 'lost' with its Disney castle/ minifig strategy. Good for them the buildables are selling well, supposedly but not for me.

Are these buildables populating Disney stores in place of a flagship castle? Currently, it is just that stunted BATB castle, together with Main Street (which is obviously a non-castle), as the big 'flagship' sets.

I think they could probably release a small-ish set with many figs engaged in a battle. Oh, that would sell well! Wonder if the tan feather making an appearance might mean something for LOTR? Or they just badly needed that part in that color for the technic line?

The vignettes on that Pokeball look really good and I want them and the minifigs, but not really that massive build!