JohnTPT17

Checking through the Bricklink catalog, not counting clone and droid recolors, the only other named character is Gasgano - another background podracer alien. There have been more releases of K-3P0, Count Dooku's pilot droid, Paploo the Ewok, the buzz droid, and Luke in a bacta tank than Zam. It's kinda sad.

That made me laugh way too much. Bravo. I don't think having the same voice actor is an issue, though - no one's had an issue with Paul Dobson voicing Wu and Neuro/Flinklocke - though I don't think any combination of those two were ever in a scene together. But I trust the voice actor will be able to do differentiate the voices if they do share a scene (for all we know, Morro is just a cameo or in only in one episode - there's a lot in the air).

I maintain that the best Lego dragons are the Fantasy era/Kingdoms molded dragons. Big enough to be imposing, poseable in a lot of ways, able to have wings damaged or tails chopped off if the stories called for it but still easy to put back together, room on the back to easily put a rider, able to breath fire and hold minifigures in their claws... Great things all around. Only sad thing is how expensive they are on the aftermarket nowadays, and how unlikely they are to come back exactly like that due to all of the specialized pieces. I'll miss the days you could get one of them, a castle, and a few knights for $50... I'll also give a shoutout to the small, single-piece dragons that have been made for Ninjago, D&D, and Harry Potter in the recent years. they make for good little characters, and the printing goes a long way in giving them character. Same with the molded Elves baby dragons - though most of them are also absurdly expensive. I do think that the brick-built dragons have gotten a lot better over time - I've really only handled the older Ninjago and Elves dragons, which have largely not aged very well, but the newer Ninajgo ones seem to be a lot better. I don't have a huge opinion of them since I haven't build or interreacted with any of them much, but I do see why they're so prolific: you can have a lot of different body shaped and designs if you're building from scratch than if you're forced to work with molds. I do wonder about their playability, though - are the stickers an issue? Is there an issue with small parts falling off during play, and not knowing where they are supposed to go? I genuinely don't know. And, finally, the old molded dragons... I only know them as a relic from the past. I respect them for their historic value and recognize their iconography, but I do think they're largely outdated in terms of design and size. That, and I've found that a lot of those dragons are also pretty fragile - maybe that's just the ones I've interacted with, but it could be that the connection points and clips in general are just weak, which would be another point against them coming back. No, so I don't think that these ones will come back - I think the future is brick built large dragons, and specialized molds for small/baby dragons.

That's about where I'm at with it as well. I want to see pictures/videos of what the product looks like in great detail, as well as hear about the building process/any major issues that aren't apparent from just general photos. Size comparisons, or maybe showing what it looks like with other similar sets, is also quite helpful for me. This has been especially important for something like the Bricklink Designer Program sets, which have to be bought on preorder, and are often very expensive. CMFs can also be this way, since they can sometimes be difficult to find after an initial wave, and the reviews can include the identification guides for these sets. Heck, what first brought me to Eurobricks years ago (long before I made an account) was Whitefang's CMF reviews, where I could see all of the parts, know how rare/common a figure would be, and see how it might look with other characters/other scenarios - all things that can't be done just from looking at a picture in a catalog. Most other sets are out for at least a year, if not several, and are relatively easy to get, so I'm not as concerned about early sponsored reviews about them. I'm usually satisfied with some of the written/pictural reviews of sets from a few of my to-go sites for AFOL news, aided by in-hands reviews from other AFOLS (including what y'all post here). I'll usually only look for video reviews if it's something that is going to be limited, or will be very expensive (or both) - and even then, I'll usually go out of my way to try to find a review that's more positive, and one that's more negative so I'm sure I'm getting a range of opinions and not just being swayed by "popular opinion" on a particular set.

Unikitty didn't take a usual CMF slot - it was supplemental, like the Mario ones - and the German soccer team (and GB Olympics) were regional exclusives. I think if the F1 series were like either of those, then there wouldn't be too much fuss about it - it's the issue of taking a standard CMF slot (and they're not minifigs), especially when the iron seems hot for other licenses. Broadly speaking, I think that most licensed series tend to skew more towards adults/those who want a complete series than kids. "Normal" CMFs are usually split pretty evenly. I think the only series that really went towards kids more than adults would be specific licenses like Unikitty, though I could see arguments for The Lego Movie/2/Ninjago also going that way (though those still have more adult ones like The Wizard of Oz).

I certainly hope we get more Zelda stuff... And the wording from Aonuma makes me think that the chances are there. In either case, the Deku tree isn't set to retire until the end of 2026 right now, so there's time to mull it over.

If we're getting any Sequel-based sets next year, I think they will probably be from The Force Awakens - it's its 10 year anniversary next year, and it's overall the most well-regarded of the Sequel films overall. And I think most of the locations and vehicles listed - Poe's X-wing, Rey's speeder, and Takonda - are probably what would be focused on. I don't think Ilum/Starkiller Base will make the cut unless it's another outdoor duel scene. Then, if those sets (and the buildables) are popular enough, they might be willing to do more sequel stuff with The Last Jedi/Rise of Skywalker.

I don't think that attachments in Star Wars are inherently good or bad. Sometimes, they are good - like Leia keeping hope alive that Kylo will come back to the light. Sometimes, they're bad - like Sabine giving up the map to Thrawn in order to see Ezra. And I don't think that attachment as defined in the Jedi code forbids any and all relationships of friendships (such as Obi-Wan and Satine - there was some kind of line there that Obi was toeing, but he didn't want to cross it due to the Jedi code, for better or worse). As with a lot of things, if they're taken to their extreme on either side of the spectrum, there can be issues, which I think was one of the main points from the Prequels, as seen with Anakin and the Jedi Order. I think that Rebels is one of the better showcases of what the balance between them could look like - you can have deep relationships with others, but not to the point that they supersede your own personal convictions or duties for the "greater good" - which informs how both Kanan and Ezra ended their arcs in that show. Overall, though relationships, friendships, and attachments are all central themes to pretty much any piece of Star Wars media, and different movies/shows portray things differently, so I think it makes sense why there's be a wide range of opinions on the matter. Also, thanks for everyone for sharing your opinions - opinions are cool, and Star Wars doesn't come with an instruction guide saying how we should or shouldn't view certain things. I've gotten some good insights from y'all about the Sequels - I don't agree with a lot of them, but I do understand those viewpoints more. I think we're all rational people who are seeing things clearly-not the same, but mostly reasonable overall. So, thanks! Um... Sorry, but no. Yes, having a cool minifigure that has some rarity to it can feel pretty neat, but that's overall not a great outlook to have - especially with a character who is massable with army-building. I think out of all of the minifigures in that set, the Night Trooper is probably the most likely to be put into other sets, and for that exact reason. Morgan Elsbeth is probably the most likely to stay exclusive to that set - seeing how she only has that look in that one scene, and she's now dead.

Even if it does appeal to kids more than adults - adults are the ones who (for the most part) are getting complete sets, if not entire cases, of the minifigs. Kids getting two or three randomly with their allowance with an occasional super fan getting a full set is probably a much smaller audience than an adult's purchasing power.

Well... There's your chance, Sequel fans! It's obviously not what everyone would have wanted, but I'm sure Lego will be keeping an eye on those sale numbers and compare them with the Invisible Hand and other prequel-oriented stuff from this year - especially as it relates to a non-kid, non-playset demographic. That's where I'm at with it as well - at absolute worst, the toys would have been a lot more cool. I think one more script rewrite to iron out a few flaws would have made for a great movie. If we're going to rank the movies, here's about how I would rank them off the top of my head: Best of the Best: Empire Strikes Back, Revenge of the Sith, Rogue One Really Good: A New Hope, Phantom Menace, Return of the Jedi Okay Popcorn Flicks: The Force Awakens, Attack of the Clones, Solo, Clone Wars Movie Don't like: The Last Jedi, Rise of Skywalker And if we include TV shows to those categories: Peak: Rebels Best of the Best: The later half of The Clone Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Revenge of the Sith, Rogue One, The Freemaker Adventures (yes, seriously) Really Good: A New Hope, Andor, The first half of The Clone Wars, Phantom Menace, Return of the Jedi, Tales of the Jedi, Mandalorian (weighed down by Season 3) Okay Popcorn Flicks: Most Lego Star Wars media, The Force Awakens, The Bad Batch, Tales of the Empire, Attack of the Clones, Solo, Clone Wars Movie Don't Like: Book of Boba Fett, The Last Jedi, Rise of Skywalker, Kenobi, Ahsoka Haven't and Probably Won't Watch: Resistance, The Acolyte When it comes to how I like Star Wars, I think that the characters are my biggest draw. I like to be inspired by their struggles and triumphs, choosing and doing good, and overcoming one's flaws (or, conversely, how one might not overcome). Rebels nails that with all of its main cast and one of the primary villains, and I feel like my Top 3 movies balance these the most. The Freemaker Adventures isn't really on that level, but all of the protagonists have an active role to play and we see a lot of unique locations and ideas from a "civilian" side of Star Wars. Other movies either have weaker stories, weaker villains, or have characters that act out of how I think they would behave (looking at you, Last Jedi). There's obviously a lot of subjectivity to it, and I know people appreciate these movies/shows for very different reasons (or have different opinions on the stories/characters) but that's mostly where I'm at with it. Also, hot take on Andor: When it hits, it REALLY hits, but the beginning of the series with the heist is far too slow and plodding for my taste. Shave off about and episode and a half from before the prison arc, and it's above Rogue One on my list. It might be bad so say... But a location based shop with at least two girls in cute dresses could be a draw for some younger girls in a way an X-wing wouldn't be. Not that it would need to be pink of anything - and it can obviously have the secret back room for more play, and I can easily see some of those same girls using it either for spy stuff or for a simple back room - but I think a set based on that location actually has a lot of potential.

I think that was said in response to Alexandria saying that The Force Awakens is one of the best Star Wars films from a technical standpoint, but noted that Empire wasn't a contender because it has timeline issues (I think the argument basically boils down to the question of "How long did Luke train on Dagobah? If he had to spend several weeks/months working on his skills, then how did Leia and Han not starve, or Vader just give up the hunt? And if it was only a few days, how did he progress so quickly?). As far as what Renny was saying, though, I do agree - story issues and technical issues are two different things. The Sequels do have some things that, from a technical level, so look good - I'm not a fan at all of The Last Jedi, but I can't deny that The Holdo Maneuver and Crait look really cool. From a story perspective though - I don't like those particular scenes (If the Holdo Maneuver works, then why not send droid piloted ships into the Death Star, or into planets? And if it really was a one-in-a-million shot, why did the First Order freak out so much when they realized what she was doing? How was Rose able to catch up to crash into Finn's ship - and, how did they both get back to the base fast enough to escape, without getting shot by all of the ships looking at them/stopped by Kylo?). Conversely, while the technical depiction of most of The Clone Wars and Rebels isn't my usual cup of tea, I really like those stories and characters. Bringing it back to Lego, as far as what I buy goes, I do think that there's a balance of "I think it looks cool" and "I like the characters/scenes that come from this set." I own some minifigures and sets just because I think that they look cool, even if I don't fully like or even know their story - I know nothing about BB-9E from the movies, but I have him just because I think he looks cool. Other times, I'll get a set just for the character even though I don't like the way the set looks - the Rex microfighter being a recent example (not that his ship looks bad, I'm just not a Microfighter guy). Ideally, most of my purchases will check both of those boxes, but that's not always the case. I'll usually put more emphasis on connections to characters, locations, or vehicles over just the visual appearance, though - but I know some people buy very different than that, which is totally fine! And since we all can enjoy the same thing for very different reasons, I think arguing about it is all just rather silly.

Ultra Agents >>> Agents. Way more variety with the minifigures and far more creative builds with the Ultra line. Most of the base Agents line has the villains in the same orange jumpsuits and the agents in the same uniform, and the set builds have aged far less gracefully than Ultra. And the Agents line also had several future-esque mechs, laser sharks, and spider-legged cyborgs anyways. And as far as the buildable sculpture versus playset discussion goes - frankly, a lot of the "playsets" that I get end up on a shelf anyways. I do get them down and rebuild and "play" with them on occasion, but they're up on a shelf just as much. Obviously, that's more of an adult thing that something most 8 year olds would do, and I don't see many 8 year olds zooming around Shadow the Hedgehog's head like they would a helicopter - but as far as targeting a more adult audience, there may be a smaller difference between the X-Mansion and the logo set as far as "keepability/display" than a lot of AFOLs may admit (notwithstanding differences in price, minifig desirability, stickers, etc - I think my point is there though?). Obviously, there needs to be a balance there, and certain themes are more for "display" (Botanicals) and some that are squarely "play" (Duplo) - but I think having options for both is totally fine for a majority of themes, even if not every one of them appeals to me. Interesting... I hadn't thought about it that way before, but that does make a lot of sense. i do think that I agree with you, though. "Oversized" minifigures are even present in a lot of other places, like video games (Galactus in LMSH, Vortech in Dimensions) - they keep minifigure proportions as they get bigger, and it adds to the overall visual Lego style. I think that in some instances, the slimmer, non-minifigure proportioned builds look good (like with the new Sentinel or Arishem) - but I do like the charm of the older Ares and Giant-Man. Maybe that comes down to what the testers are noticing kids want to play with more nowadays?

Thanks for keeping is us the loop over here! Either one of these makes sense... There's several new Marvel projects in the works (and a bunch of old ones) that could be used, and Fortnite's an untapped gold mine for minifigs. I'd probably get a full set of either. The only downside is that none of the leakers are putting anything on an Animal Crossing series... Ah, well.

Oh, wow... The first glimmers of HTTYD sets were at the tail end of Lego Dimensions nearly eight years ago... It's worth noting there's a good chance it will be based on the live-action version coming out next year, so it may look very different from the animated movies. Still, at worst, I imagine there will be some good viking parts - heck, they already have Hiccup's leg ready to go. I do hope that the dragons themselves look good - I feel like a Toothless made with some molded parts will be better than recent offering that are more brick-built, especially if it's at minifigure scale. Also, the source is from Brick Tap / a.clay.brick, so it's very likely to happen.

No judgement! Just trying to describe it for anyone who may not have noticed, or even seen, that first photo.

The book was a lot more visible in the first leaked photo. It has a classic dead tree on a hill with a full moon in the background, and the word "BOO" at the bottom.

That's a great setup! They really fit together. Wonder if I should add those sets to my list...

Stats in the last minute of closing: The Art of Chocolate: About 29,262 sold (about 738 "unsold") Harbormaster's Office: About 28,580 sold (about 1,420 "unsold") Lost City: About 8137 sold (about 21,863 "unsold") This was taken from numbers about 30 second before closing, so they're probably going to be pretty accurate to the "actuals."

By my count, there's roughly 715 more Art of Chocolate and about 1,860 Harbormaster's Offices to go. I don't think either one will quite make it - but Art of Chocolate could be close. I've also gotten shipping information for my two Mushroom Houses (one for me, one for my sister), but they're still not in transit yet.

Not to mention the muscular yellow male torso, if that's also included! And if they keep this up, that will mean the dark blue space torso, the Halloween witch... I'm excited.

The initial leak's name was "Hamster Costume Fan" - so that's probably the most accurate description we have right now. Colloquially, though - I don't think there's going to be much different in a minifigure costume version of either of those. Heck, if you put the two in from of me, I don't think I would be able to pick up on many meaningful differences besides size.

New Elementary is reporting that the sheep is retiring from Pick a Brick at the end of the month - but I find that odd, since there's going to be a tractor and sheep set coming in January. Does that mean we're getting a new mold, or new color, for that sheep? Or maybe the sheep will be brick built?

Photos are out in the usual place for the new Christmas parts - nothing too exciting. What is exciting, though, is that New Elementary has the summer BAM parts listed as coming to the online Bick a Brick service at the beginning of next month. If so, I think that's a very exciting development - I've been able to stay up on most of the parts thanks to a friend who can get the parts for me, but being able to get them online in larger quantities is a major plus.

It looks like the BAM parts that had stock difficulties are being added next month, even though a lot of parts are being taken out. If that is the case, that's a major development - and something that I happily applaud!

This is probably too reductive of a statement overall, bit I would rather have more (and more new minifigures) with less printing, than less minifigures with more printing. Using the Spider-Verse set as an example, I would rather have Jefferson included than use the new prints to him to give leg printing to Miles and Gwen, or cut Gwen to give side arm and leg printing to Spot and Miles. Heck, there are a few minifigures that I think are even a little over-printed, and too many details are crammed into arms and legs to the point it becomes distracting. Plus, I think it is also probably good to note that the largest audience for these $30-50 sets are probably going to be kids. That's not me saying that I don't think that kids don't deserve quality, but I think most kids would rather get more minifigs to play with than have arm and leg printing on a smaller number of minifigs - even if adults might want more detail on their minifigs. Obviously, Lego could devote more budget towards including more prints or more minifigs into sets like these (and the 4-minifigure $10 Ninjago set 71805 from this year proves that is is possible, if the cards are played right), but I think the balance for these three specific sets is reasonable - even if not completely ideal. I do think that more could have been done for the X-Mansion for some of those minifigs (where the primary target is going to be adults, who are going to have stronger opinions about printing, and the cost per minifig is much greater) - but I am, overall, honestly okay with the minifigs and their printing for the new three sets. Also, if we are going to talk about printing - I wonder what the chances are we get a new printed bagel piece with the Spider-verse set?