JohnTPT17

Three licensed minifigs, which would all need fully new prints, in a $20 set seems pretty optimistic. Not impossible, but I wouldn't count on it. I think the most likely place to wring out more minifigs will be the restaurant. Beef Boss seems pretty likely, but I think another 3-4 minifigs is within reason. I'm also hoping that we don't get more "all-black filler characters" like some of the Battle Bus minifigs, since the restaurant doesn't inherently have "conflict."

It's probably because they're either much taller or much shorter than the average person - ergo, they would look odd being the same height as the other figures if they were printed as a microfigure, and I dought it would be worth it to make a new mold for either of them. Hagrid maybe could have worked as one of the Lego Games microfigures, but I don't know if that part is still in production or not.

One of the Lifestyle photos also shows the inside of the monster's book.

From a designer interview, posted on Brick Fanatics. https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-dd-elf-bard-aarakocra-ranger/

Does there really need to be another Harry Potter set with another owl, though? I feel like they're just as common as Harry! Plus, with the lobster, then you can have a dinner with Voldemort and Nagini that's not a fresh Charity Burbage corpse. It actually feels like a gag they could have in a Lego video game, actually.

If we're taking bets about highly requested characters that haven't shown up yet, I'll take Duchess Satine, please! Though if the image included Jedi, I think that would be very unlikely... Probably Kit Fisto, then. As far as "named clones" goes, I think it could maybe be Jesse? He would be new, and any Clone Wars set that could have him could pair indirectly with the Maul mech.

Cough cough colored eyeballs getting the black pupil removed cough cough

I wonder if Balloon Marge would be fully brick built, or if they would make a new mold? And if they make a new mold, could they use it for other minifigs?

That's a bit of a bummer, honestly. We already had a cheap Maul with the Duel on Mandalore set recently, and he's currently on shelves in the Sith Infiltrator. Easy skip for a lot of AFOLs, might be tempting to kids.

I personally like Bigfigs. Whether they're the correct "cannonical" size or not, I just think that the look and feel very Lego. It's not like most minifigures are exactly to scale with their vehicles/each other, so I think having a bigfig to bring some variety and more playability is an overall good move.

I'm sure some people are going to be mad at that news, but let me just say I'm happy about that! The only thing that it could mean is that Plo could be missing his cape, which would be a downer, but I could take more of these "in-demand minifigs in a microfighter" sets. I also wonder if it'll be a retailor exclusive for a bit, like Rex was? Probably the best way to go with this - good to hear it's confirmed. Max Rebo mech confirmed?!

I'm on Team Ringwraith - if just for the fact that they could be the only minifigure with regular legs in the entire set (Gandalf will probably have the skirt piece again, Hobbits have short legs, and dwarves (if they're there - I personally doubt it) would have midi legs). Plus, it would be an easy side build to have the Ringwraith looking for the Hobbits by that tree, like how the Mordor rock outcropping was a way to display Frodo, Sam, and Gollum with Barad Dur. My real pie-in-the-sky inclusion, though, would be Saruman and Wormtongue, from The Scouring of the Shire. But I think getting them would be extremely unlikely.

I imagine the actual set will be smaller - but, yeah, they're big boys.

Clearly the Millennials who grew up reading Animorphs have now grown up and are working for Marvel... Still, that Spider-man raptor is so goofy I might try to pick him up.

I mean, lots of buildable figures or statues include minifigs, even if it's not in scale. The Sorting Hat and the micro Hogwarts Castles come to mind. At a $100 price point, I think Klombo could actually be roughly in scale to a minifigure, so that could increase its chances it gets a few. Based on the first wave, though, I don't think the chance it high - but I'm not going to rule it out jsut yet.

I would have preferred no printing, honestly. Though the best solution would be a baby harry from the first movie, so you can also avoid the weird macaroni limbs and neck holes.

Ahsoka's Interceptor looks like a great $30 set - that is NOT a $50 set, though. I'm also very much in the minority for this, but I also have never really liked the midi-sized legs on 99% of figures, and I wish Ahsoka just had normal legs. And I also still don't like the pupilless eyes - I've gone as far as to get the old Clone Wars head to put on my Ahsoka. Still cursed, but at least now I feel like she can see...

Oh... My goodness. I think in isolation, the bike looks decent. Even Hagrid doesn't look completely awful - with a little modification, he could be used as a generic giant for most fantasy settings. But Hedwig looks like a drone, and Harry looks like a bad, blind animatronic with holes in his neck. I think this might be the new Rabbid Racoon set.

I cannot fathom the logic as to why these take the CMF slot, and why they aren't just their own side series like the Mario ones. They're not even minifigures - you know, the name of the series?! If they were on the side, I'm sure no one would really mind them - but they really feel out of place here (not to mention the fact they squander a usual CMF printing and mold budget - there's like, two printed tiles and one printed helmet for each one, and maybe the car chassis. Bad, bad call.

I think it's just the easiest, most common solid fur colors for cats (besides black). I imagine they skipped brown to keep them visually distinct from the puppy released around the same time, and anything with stripes/a tortoiseshell pattern would be tricky to print.

So, if we're going to get two LoTR sets next year, they're both going to be a bit cheaper, right? Right?!

More Fortnite leaks for next year: A $20 Peely & Sparkplug Brickheadz A $60 Durr Burger Resturaunt A $100 Klombo All set for a June/July 2025 release. From Bricktap/Blockid

Best Set: 910037 Mushroom House, from the Bricklink Designer Program. Adorable, and the Mushroom Village is probably going to be my winner next year. If that doesn't count, then the D&D CMF - and if that does count, then probably the Fortnite Battle Bus. Best D2C: I haven't bought any this year, but probably 10332 Medieval Town Square. The X-Mansion, Barad-Dur, and the Deku Tree are also contenders, but I'm probably more likely to buy and enjoy MTS. Best Set under $50: 75391 Captain Rex Y-Wing Microfighter - not only for finally giving us Rex again at a fair price, but also opening the door further to desirable, seemingly exclusive minifigs at a cheaper price point (I still want a Max Rebo or Sauron mech). 60404 Burger Truck, 75572 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack and 71431 Bowser's Muscle Car also get a shoutout for sets I bought, and I'll give a nod to 71805 Jay's Battle Mech for providing four minifigs for only $10 - I imagine a lot of kids love that one. Best Theme: Video Games, but specifically, Animal Crossing - lots of new prints and minifigs, generally cheaper price points for the sets. Fortnite also deserves a nod, as does Zelda for finally existing. I'm excited for what all three could bring next year! Botanicals, Creator 3-in-1, and CMF also get a nod. Best Minifigure: Very tough call... Mr. Pale, Halfling Druid, Dragonborn Paladin, Euphrasia, Fives, Sauron, Meowscles, the Choir Ghost, The Fat Friar, Bill and Charlie Weasley, Mushroom Sprite... If I include accessories, I would probably give the edge to Adult Link with the Master Sword and Hylian Shield. Fives and the Halfling Druid are a hair away, though. Best GWP: 40698 Books Are My Passion. Shoutout to 40681 Retro Food Truck, and 30662 Maple's Pumpkin Patch (though that was also a retail set). And if I were to pick the worst ones: Worst Set: 41839 Message Board: For $100, I feel like most people would rather just get something at Hobby Lobby - and save at least $50 in the process. While not bad itself, I'm also going to boo the Disney Advent Calendar for giving me false hope of getting Disney minifigs in an advent calendar, only for it to be minidolls (it's fine for what it is - it's just a me thing). 76282 Rabbid Racoon is also not a great set, but it makes me laugh. Worst D2C: 41838 Travel Moments is a baffling miss - there are so many ways that set could have been better, but every wrong choice seems to have been made in the design, pricing, and presentation of the set. 31211 Mccaw Parrots is also poor. Worst Set under $50: 30679 Venom Street Bike: Venom is way too overdone in Marvel - a dedicated polybag to him is not only laughable, but almost repulsive. I'm also not a fan of 43248 Inside Out 2 Mood Cubes and 76287 Iron Man and Hulk Beat Up a Wall, if polybags don't count. Worst Theme: Peppa Pig. Should've been Bluey. Worst Minifigure: Star Wars characters with colored eyes - it ruined Ezra, Ahsoka, Darth Rey, and a bunch of others. Give them their black pupils back, Lego! Also, anyone outside of Jack, Zero, and The Mayor in 21351 The Nightmare Before Christmas. Sally's a downgrade from the CMF, and Lock, Shock and Barrell are all big misses without their masks. Worst GWP: 5009086 Gasgano's Podracer - almost no publicity, very odd way to get it. 40686 Trade Federation Troop Carrier, 40730 Luke's Lightsaber, and 40693 Fell Beast will also be booed by me not for being a bad sets, but for me wanting them to be regular retail sets.

For a playset I think Lego could actually make, I think a set centering around the Spider-Man T-Rex (apparently named Pter Ptarker?) could work. Throw in 3-4 other minifigs of other spider-people, and boom, easy way to get a few more. And it wouldn't even be the first weird Marvel Spider-Man T-Rex set, thanks to the Venom Rex. That being said, Peni's mech is such a no-brainer I'm flabbergasted Lego hasn't made it yet. Maybe it'll come out in the fall to compliment the CMF.

The current GWP image is just a MOC to give an idea what the stand will look like. I imagine most of those prints won't be used. It would also be extremely odd to tack on a licensing cost to a non in-house theme set for a single tile - especially a free GWP.