Black Falcon

The Airtanks are still avaiable on Pick a Brick (they were used for the city underwater theme) but I don´t have much hope for the torso, unless it would be included elsewhere since it would be very rare that a GWP-Minifigure shows up in Pick a Brick (the blacktron pilot actually is the only one I remember)

Wouldn´t make sense to have the Elder wand sitting around on Display in Olivanders Shop IMO.

I don´t. Why should there be one included if the sets are not based on the films? We didn´t had one last year either though ;).

To me it does look more like a render than an actually brickbuilt eye. That beeing said I woulnd´t be that sure that they eye in the Set looks exactly like this, aside that even if it would be the same it would still look totally different without all the effects. Well, I guess just 3 days till we find out.

I would guess we would rather see more minifigures in new outfits than really new minifigures anyways. And I could especially see them doing outfits and minifigures where it would be very unlikely to ever get a set of. That for sure. I don´t think the number of new minifigs (and the troll) in the great hall is there for no reason. Those clearly are supposed to make the decision to buy it easier and especially also for people to start a second or third Hogwarts wave. I wouldn´t mind if they would keep doing dinos, I am just not sure, how long it will be till they think it would be time for something new. I do wonder, if they were to include those, if they would try to sneak in a little chima reference. Sure it would, but on the other hand then they couldn´t depict anything like it was shown in the films, as they wouldn´t have the rights for it. And I doubt Harry Potter Sets that don´t look like the Film characters and especially Hogwarts looking totally different would sell well.

I wouldn´t wonder if they are not meant to be used in regular sets but only in the Olivander one.

That one was clearly included to appeal adults, yeah. Still I think the set as such is more kid-oriented. I actually was afraid they could limit it to certain themes only, which they thankfully didn´t.

I do wonder however how long they will keep doing those Dino Costumes. I mean, I don´t think they will keep doing one every normal series now. But we will see.

I was hoping that it would be around that price point, since those kind of sets usually are more aimed for kids and come with smaller RRP. For a 200-250$ Range it would also be to small IMO.

I don´t think there is any system behind whether it is a licensed Series, though I would say they won´t make 3 of either after another. That being said we had an unlicensed now and will get a licenced after, so next one could be anything really. I would love a castle series, though I agree it doesn´t seem that likely. Wouldn´t wonder if we see a 3rd Harry Potter Series at least one normal one of course. My guesses would be Brachiosaurus and after that the Pteranodon.

My bet would still be a Triceratops-Skull. Likely one of the most iconic dinosaurs and quite easy to recognize. Raptor claw seems unlikely to me since, I don´t think it would be recognizable.

As said two pages earlier, I don´t think that the tenth anniversary is that much of a thing to happen, especially with the new Film coming out. I would guess we get Six Sets for the new Film, two for Chaos Theory and one Fossil Set. Not complaining if they do it, but personally, I don´t care much about the hybrids - not much more than for the vehicles really.

I would rather have more orks in there than another Sam and Frodo. They are just more usefull to have more of them, and more than 4 orks would do the tower good anyways.

If they plan to do one Set every year now, I would say more than one. Sounds really great (if it does look great at least ;)) I do wonder however, if the GWP will be exclusive to Barad-Dûr only, or if it is possible that it goes for Lord of the Rings-Sets - that way it would be possible to get it also with buying Rivendell. Rumours so far said it will be Barad-Dûr, and while that surely will be the most likely option, there might still be a little chance to get it with Rivendell too.

Not successor of a former Space theme, but to former City space. Like the old city space sets were clearly playing in todays time. So I consider the 2024 Space sets as a future spacecraft developed from those old sets, likely with the help from those crystals they found in that no limits episode and are mining in distant solar systems now. As for why I don´t think City fits with historical Sets or sets playing in the past at all, to me City is a modern theme, depicting nowadays life with Police, Fire department, Hospital, and just normal city life. This years space line works well with it IMO, because it is also modern theme, whicht historical sets are just not. That beeing said, while I don´t think it fits the theme, and that Lego would do it, I wouldn´t mind if they actually would do. In the end, I don´t care which label they put on it, as long as it will be cool sets.

Jurassic World is still missing too ;). Both will very likely be revealed next week though, so not much time left to wait. To much pixel to see anything there lol. Actually if it were real, in this quality the leak wouldn´t give us much more than the info we already got anyways. Anyways, the watermark alone would make it look fake to me already.

I wrote, I probably would have said the same thing about the theme going into the future - which obviously meant before it actually happened ;). However since for me it is just the successor of the former space theme it does make sense anyways. But if it would go back in time, it wouldn´t have much to do with City anymore IMO.

I don´t know, but to me it looks like they are normal plates, where the slope is just places on with the stud (if it had one) on top. Though it does look like the slope actually is 45 degree instead of 30, which would mean it would be a new part. Edit: Nevermind, it actually is that 1x2plate with a slope on one half. That one Slope 45 2 x 1 with 2/3 Cutout : Part 92946 | BrickLink

With Freends theme having their Bed and Breakfast-Castle introduced this year, I would say that this is pretty much proof that they won´t be doing a castle cross-theme thing next year, since then that set would have been part of that (and also released next year) I belive. Also it still seems unlikely to me that they would go back into the past with City, as that is pretty much a nowadays theme, though probably I would have said the same thing about the theme going in the future, so who knows.

I don´t think so. The leaks already revealed that before as it was said that it would contain a secret way out of the castle (such as Harry used to get to Hogsmeade for instance) Yeah, very likely they would make a brickbuild version. The only way I would see a moulded version happening, is if they would need one for another set and would just recolour it for that set then.

Yeah, I never understood why people bought them, since you never know which minifigures you are going to get. Same thing I never understood why they don´t do the 12 packs everywhere. Or even better make a pack which contains only the parts but not the packs, that would help people that just want a complete series and also save packaging. That one looks really great.

I think it is way to early for rumours about next years sets. The only reason we had the leak of Barad-Dûr that early was because of the leaked survey.

Well, but in the end, after how many generations do you stop speaking of them beeing close related?Also, If we belive the church all beeings are descendants of two individuals anyways ;). I wouldn´t call one less likely than the other and actually both even could come in the same wave. In the end you never know when it will come anyways They could just decide to make european forest Sets for City, or Sets for a Film that needs them to be made. And actually we have the reindeer mould, so getting a female deer doesn´t seem that unlikely to me. Though of course the reindeer mould would be a bit to big to be used as a normal stag.

It is a bigfig.

That would mean no reveal next week and another week to wait. I am really curious why they would reveal it that late. I mean at this point all shops will already have it delivered and it will leak anyways. Well, still possible he is wrong and we will get a reveal next week though.