JohnTPT17

Got the first half of my Bestsellers order in today - all there, but I also somehow ended up with 12 extra cows! Doesn't quite make up for having my Lion Knights' Castle cancelled on me, but it's at least a nice Christmas surprise for me!

The Friends Pegasus shield is up now as well - must have been a few late parts trickling in. I'll probably wait until the next big wave hits in January - hopefully we do get the Gumball Machine minifig parts then.

Ended up spending more than I should have on cows, lambs, gorillas, tigers, red pandas, bardings, pigeons, and a few other odds and ends, but I suppose getting them now is better than what the aftermarket will be on them - so, thanks for the FYI!

Yup - I'll be logged in and ready to go right when the sale starts that night and check out as quick as I can.

Between the 20% off, double VIP points, and two different GWPs, now is the time to get it... Especially with retirement at the end of the year! Hopefully the website stays up and I can get my copy before stock runs out...

Of recent CMFs, I think D&D has probably been the most popular. They all disappeared very quickly, and despite regular restocks from several different stores, continued to sell out regularly. Non-IP - maybe Series 10 has a bit of an edge due to the Mr. Gold chase? Don't know if I would put money on that, though. There's definitely been some notable IP bombs, though - Simpsons 2 wasn't good, F1 still hasn't been able to sell near me, and Looney Tunes also struggled near me. Series 23 was also not super popular.

A Bridge set (and potentially a Promenade, or even just Quark's from DS9) would be my ideal future for Star Trek sets. Not only could the cost easily be about half that of the entire Enterprise, but you could get all of the associated minifigures and give all of them something to do in a much more "playable" role. I'd love to set up some scenes of a crew with my Muppet minifigs, for example - not near as easy or fun to do that when all of the minifigs are just statically standing to the side of the ship. Zelda seems to potentially be going down a somewhat similar path (starting with a large model, then going to something smaller a few years later), so it could potentially be in the cards.

My initial thought was that Ro could potentially share a head with Major Kira from DS9, so Ro was chosen to "get ahead" on prints. However, Kira wears her ear piece over the opposite ear from Ro, so that might not be the case...

The ball of yarn is at least new. Turkey legs have been around for, what, nearly 20 years now?

Lion is my favorite of the bunch. I'll grab one of him, even if he arguably has the worst accessory. Might get one or two others, but I didn't need a full series of animal costume to begin with.

Just had my two Mushroom Villages dropped off for me. I haven't ordered any BDP since... Kinda weird to think I don't have anything else coming in the pipeline for a bit!

I was also a long-time lurker. I was first brought in due to @WhiteFang's CMF reviews - the detailed photos and scenes with other minifigures did wonders for my imaginations, and knowing the rarities and suggestions of what to feel for were very helpful for a poor middle schooler who might only be able to get one or two at a time if I got lucky and was with my parents when out shopping. I think Series 10 was the first one I remember reading when it was new, and that was published in 2013! I also remember following the leaks of Lego Dimensions through Eurobricks a few years later - good times. I didn't make my account until 2023 - specifically, it was to discuss the recently leaked Disney 100 castle. I had a few thoughts I wanted to share about it and I didn't see any other places that were discussing it, so I made an account to finally start talking about a few things. I suppose that's what finally got me to make an account - having something that I thought I could contribute that other people might not have thought about or noticed. Since I was only a spectator, my observations are only anecdotal, but Eurobricks used to have a lot more active and new users. There's potentially a few reasons why - closer Lego ambassador ties (some members getting review sets and posting them here), less sites being open to discussions on specific topics (other older sites like Brickset are more blogs than forums), etc. It was also a good place to ask questions, and leaks could be discussed more freely (there's still leaked photos up if you dig into some of the older threads). Nowadays, a lot of the Lego discussions have been a bit "Walmart-ified" into bigger sites. Why visit smaller forums when you can get all of your Lego news from, say, Reddit, and also get news for the other hobbies you're in to all at the same place? That's partly a generational things of convenience, and partly due to shorter attention spans from a lot of people - Eurobricks can discuss a topic for weeks on end and still have things to say about it, while most other social media posts rely on a "flash in the pan" style of news, not to be discussed again after 48 hours. And as far as questions go - why make an account, post a question, and wait for a possible response from a human, when you can just do a quick Google search and get an answer in seconds? Lego broadly also became a lot more vigilant about images of leaks, which could have turned people to other sources for info. Again, though, that's mostly just based on trends I've seen as an outsider - the reality could be completely different!

A leak for the Smart Brick X-Wing (and Pikachu) are floating around now.

Answered a little earlier in the thread.

Those are some slick looking minifigures - especially with relatively inexpensive parts! At first glance, I thought they were the ghosts of Uncle Vernon and Ant Petunia from Harry Potter

Another wrench to potentially throw into the "will certain minifigure parts be available or not" discussion... I was checking out some reviews for some of the BDP Series 6 sets (I will probably pass on this wave and get Lion Knight's Castle before it retires instead) showed some prototype designs for some of the Series 7 and Series 8 sets. The Alchemist's Workshop set got a complete overhaul of the minifigures, and now features minifigs with one kraken knight, one griffin knight, two horse knights (from the Creator set), and the new ghost piece from the haunted house. Additionally, one of the upcoming ships has the pirate and soldier torsos and the desert castle had the snake knight torso/shield from the Minifig Dispenser as well. There's also a few parts that I recognized from Medieval Town Square (specifically, the goat and the dark red skirt piece), even though MTS is supposed to be retiring at the end of this year. We've already seen some funky parts being added to some of these BDP sets, as the grey wolf has only been released thus far in the January CMF and is supposed to be retired now. I do wonder, though, if the BDP might be able to give a few hints as to what we might be able to expect being available on Pick a Brick in the future, or if certain parts might be "saved" and be included in more sets in January. I can't seem to come up with any definitive rules or trends from what I see, though, so it could all just be nothing...

New parts for the holiday have leaked!

Though it would allow for those of us with smaller wallets and shelf space to get a few small things a la carte as we have room for them. That does lead to another con of duplicates between sets, though - but, LoTR has that issue sometimes anyways, and more duplicates would bring down loose aftermarket prices on Bricklink for those just wanting figures.

Just got done with Rebuild the Galaxy Season 2. It still floors me that I can get more entertainment value out of the Lego spin-off shows than I did from the Disney Sequel films (aside from that Servo gonk droid - that's what people think Jar-Jar is actually like, and I hate almost every second that droid is on screen). I wonder if at some point was considered for a set - we got several sets with Season 1 and only one with Season 2, and that could have easily fit as the "big set" to match the Dark Falcon. There's a lot of cool minifig designs I would love to add to my collection...

To be fair, Series 25 and 26 were back-to-back series, while 27 and 28 will be a year apart. It's not quite a straight comparison. They're already included in the Chinese New Years sets, and get released one at a time. Most of the headpieces even end up on Pick a Brick (though they are quite expensive). I'm sure Lego including them there gets more sales than they would doing them all at once - especially when some of those animals might not be New Year's relevant for over a decade.

Here is what they looked like (guy from 2021, girl from 2022): The guy overall is a pretty good upgrade (much better face, legs, and guitar, though the old hat has printing). You could argue either way for the girl, but I like the outfit and gold facial highlights on the new one more.

Huh - Minifig Scan has always worked just fine for me. Did you give the app permission to use the camera? And were you for sure scanning the dot matrix code (the one that looks like a QR Code), and not the bar code?

Second vote towards Minifig Scan. I've used them since Series 25 and I've been happy every time.

I was able to find the Spider-Verse CMFs at my Wal-mart today. I ended up getting six: Gwen, Peter B, Spider-India, Spider-Byte, Spider-Punk, and 2099. I was on the fence about Miles and Cowboy Spidey, but decided against them for the time being - I don't think I like the electric power printing on Miles and Cowboy doesn't really match with the other stuff I have. If I see them on a sale, I might get them. The other four are a pass for me, though.

This short was far weaker than the first one. The 2023 one had a ticking clock to complete the quest, each princess contributed something meaningful, etc. This one felt far more generic and boring (though I did at least appreciate the jokes about not knowing who Sir Hiss is and acknowledging Jasmine being missing). It could have been any mix of princesses, or even just one of them, and it wouldn't have changed the plot much. Bog Monster did look a bit Friend-ified and I don't know if I like the face just being a printed part like Molten Man, but at least it's a possibility. I do wonder under what circumstances they recorded Pat Carroll's lines, though - have they been sitting on these lines this long, or did they get repurposed from something else?