The most recent set leaks have me reeeeally suspicious/hopeful about minifigs for the summer waves. I know some people say that they could just be ditching the weird boxes for starter courses, but the most damning piece of evidence to me is the PPR. 71423 and 71425 both have the around the same piece count as Peach's castle (1,321 and 1,157 respectively), but they're ~$30 less than it. Why? Especially after the recent price increases. Not only that, but they also seem like sister sets in a way? They're both $99.99. That makes me think that *maybe* they could be Mario Movie sets (maybe one of, like, a section of Peach's castle with Mario + Peach + Toad? and the other Bowser with Luigi + Kamek, etc.), but it's a little late to be releasing those tbh. I dunno. That combined with the lack of the buildable minifig series (arguably their bestsellers? Why get rid of those unless you knew you had something that would sell better than it?) is...sus at best. I think this is the most likely minifigs have ever been so I'm cautiously excited!
Another situation I guess is Mario Kart, but...how fun is Mario Kart with only 3 players to choose from? Not only that, I feel like it would be weird/counterproductive for LEGO to do Mario Kart stuff considering Hot Wheels has been pumping out Mario Kart stuff for years and doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon.
