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  1. mantax
    No, this is should be everything for the summer wave, and I personally think it has everything it needs, also the flagship set should be the landbounty. The Zilvar, and Wyldfyre sets are easly my favorites here, I would consider both of these as perfect(both great for play and display, plus some really great minifigures for a good price) that makes them must haves for me. However for the other sets I've got some issues in regards to the minifigures . For example the Fire monster only comes in the Landbounty, and for some reason the Acid monster is in 3 different sets, while the other january wave monsters don't show up here at all. I feel like the mech battle packs just keep getting worse with each wave, since this one has the worst possible antagonist, and 2 incomplete versions of the ninja. Kai and Cole's combiner vehicles look solid, but it's just not something that I'd be interested in. New land Bounty feels like an amazing play set, but I would say that the 2019 one looked much better to me. It just feels very empty, especially without some big sails. also weak minifigure line up for the price. I absolutely adore that Wyldfyre not only has a new torso, but also a new face. Also the dragon ninja getting the claws is such a neat inclusion. All the new legends sets look absolutely stunning, especially the ultra dragon set. But I don't want to spend that much money, so this makes me apreciate the Battle on the dragon blade set, and that one I think I'd most likely get.
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    It's very interesting to be getting Mosasuarus set based on Rebirth again(but I guess only in spirit, as that's a different boat, and also the wrong Mosa design), but I don't have any problems with that, as this new set is simply great. The builds might not look too special, but this set has just so much play value. They really cramed as much to this as possible, and I love it for that. Minifigures are also great, with Duncan being one of the best looking figures from this theme in general, I might even say it's the best one. Also Zora with the hair/hat combo is also a massive improvement from her previous version. I don't have much to say about Mosa itself, but that's because I think it is as good as they could have possibly made it. Now the price of it looks fine for Jurassic standard. The price per part at least is better then usual, as the $100 sets usually don't have more then 600 parts, but I really don't see the 700 pieces in this. With all that being said this set is certainly a must have for me. The baby pteranodon looks cute, but I'm personally not interested in this baby dinosaur subtheme.
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    I did have a prediction that this set would include the Empress mech(but it was either this or the Land bounty as the other sets are too small). The transformation feature seems predictable on how it's going to work, but because of it also being a mech, the dragon is going to be a lot more poseable, as it even gets elbow articulation(and the only other ninjago dragon to have that was Grief Bringer, and except for that his articulation was very limited. The build itself so far looks solid in my opinion, maybe not as great as other recent dragons, but there is a reason for that. Also I'd need better pictures to fully judge it. The minifigure selection here is amazing, as there are almost all of the new ninja except Frak. I can't tell if that's a new Wyldfyre or not, but she definitely has an armor piece so at least she isn't going to be 1:1 with her 2025 design. It's also nice to know that the wave 1 elemental monsters are going to return for the summer wave. Now the Twin titan mechs look just amazing. I absolutely love how unique they made each one, with their proportions and neat weapons/accessories. The minifigures are also great with both Nya and Kai getting new pieces for their hoods, also I've always wanted there to be a sword holder piece for the waist, so it's really nice to be getting that. The Oni Warrior is a big surprise, but it sure is a welcome one, and that also means we are going to get more of them in the other 2 legends sets. And don't even get me started on the stand, as that's going to allow so much options to pose these mechs.
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    I wasn't a big fan of the Spinosaurus set at first, but after looking at it for some time, I have to say that this does actually feel really great. Thanks to the Spino being brick build, not only is there more poseability, but also it's able to have a lot more details. Since the lack of paint on the dinos has been a huge problem for me with this theme recently. Like for example the Rebirth spino has so much detail on the body and head, but the legs and arms are one solid color with zero details. For the 4+ sets I don't care at all. But at least we finally have a set based on TLW. The Triceraptos skeleton looks solid, but I never buy sets that are just statues for display that don't do anything. Also the other 4+ set isn't that $30 Baby Pteranodon set(as It's 100% confirmed that it is a $30 373 piece 7+ set). like I've seen some people say. This is simply the same case as the Mosa boat set from Rebirth, since we didn't knew about that sets existence until the official reveal as well. From the sketch there isn't much to say about the Mosa set, but it just looks like a typical fun Jurassic World playset. And that's exactly what I want from this theme.
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    This does feel a bit like what we had last year, with us only knowing how the dinosaurs would look, only this time it's just text, and not good quality images. I think that the reason for mosa being moulded this time around might be because they ran out of new part budget for the Rebirth wave, so they could have only made it brick-built then. For the spino on the other hand I have no idea why they don't just reuse the one from last year, since they only really need to change the tail to make it the JP3 one. But I guess we still don't know how these new sets will look, or even what exactly they are. So maybe there is a reason for it.
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    First I would say that it can't be the May 18+ set, as that one is said to be $200, that just feels like too much of a budget for a set like this. Other then that I really don't see them doing an 18+ set based on the boat scene. It simply doesn't feel too iconic or memorable to me. If they did a diorama set from JP3 it would have most likely been the plane crash, or the Spinosaurs vs T-rex fight(as these scenes are what most people remember from the film). Also we are said to be getting another boat in the same wave, and that just feels like too much Jurassic boat sets on the market, especially when you add the one from Rebirth. But with all that being said this is still a really nice and thought out set idea you made, and also thanks to it I got my own idea on what one of the 18+ sets might be. I see it being a diorama with the Spino and the plane on the tree. With that the Spinosaurs escape set could be based on the scene where Eric Kirby is reunited with his parents. The build could be a part of the large fence and the small building they escape to.
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    I feel like both of these sets could be based on JP3. The Spinosaurus escape could feature the plane scene, and the other is the boat from the end of the film. The reason why it has a mosasaurs might be because they didn't wan't to repeat the dinos, so they just included the one that fits the most with the build. Other then that I could see 3 more things 77983 could be: 1. The boat scene from Rebirth, but this time the boat is a lot bigger and better. With it we might get Nina, who was the only character missing in the sets. 2. The boat from Camp Cretaceous. 3. It's based on Dominion, as there was one scene of the Mosasaurs attacking a boat.
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    I really don't see that being the case. From what I remember back when the set released most fans were satisfied with it. If there was a set for which the legacy version didn't do enough justice, then that would have been the Ultra Sonic Raider. That one was missing so many features that the original had, that it felt more like a remake of the 2016 one.
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    The X-1 ninja charger feels like the worst option for the last 15th anniversary set. The previous legacy version was a perfect improvement from the original in almost every way. While this doesn't look that great on paper I feel like they could add some things to make it a lot better. I would really love to see it done in the style of a diorama. This new version will have 92 more pieces, so I'd actaully see them making the car a bit smaller, and with it they could include a part of a road to which you could attach the car plus some nindroid hover vehicles to make it more dynamic. I don't see this set having just the car when it's targeted at older fans. The Land Bounty on the other hand sounds really great to me. It shouldn't be a legacy version of the 2019 one, but I always love mobile base type sets, so this immediately has my interest.
  10. mantax
    There's also going to be the Old Town, which is weird that it hasn't been revealed yet, as it is also going to release in January. I didn't think about that before, this actually seems like the only logical explanation for it.
  11. mantax
    These new sets are a bit of a mixed for me, I definitely wouldn't call any of them bad, but most of them aren't anything special to me. Kai's mech - For sure the best looking mech from these $10 battle packs, but it also has the worst minifigure selection. Riyu - The head just looks wrong , but the rest of the build looks as good as it could have possibly been at this price point. I especially love how you can give him the weapons from Cole's mech(for that set and the display I have nothing new to say). Jay's car - It just feels very boring compared to what you had with other ninja cars at this scale. The function to change the front just doesn't make that much of a change to the car, and you even have to do it manually. It does look good, but that I can't say about the price. Treehouse - This just feels like an amazing playset with so many things to do. So I'd say that this isn't really something for me, but I can appreciate it for what it is. The Arc dragon - From the leaked image I wasn't really a fan of it, but now I can say that it is just an amazing set all around. It's got a great minifigure selection, a nice villain build, which is relevant to the show. It doesn't look to be that much smaller then the Source dragon of motion, while it also has a high level of detail almost everywhere. I've seen a lot of critique for this set on different places, and maybe expect for the wings, I can't really understand why. The spinners are also great, The Nya one is a must have for me, as the mutation monster has the best design from all of the new villains in my opinion. It's also funny how the Earth monster somehow has a unique hat piece there. We know that the monsters come from corrupted elemental powers of the Ninja. There are also going to be 3 more in the summer wave. and I'm really curious on how they could represent the corrupted versions of Ice, lightning and Fire. With that I expect that the same Loyalist minifigures are also going to show up in the summer sets, but I think that the Monsters are going to be all new. Also the monsters are going to grow in size later, So it would be nice to see one maybe be around the scale of a Titan mech, and that to be a set itself(or at least one slightly bigger then an Elemental mech)
  12. mantax
    There are some low quality images of most of the sets. I thought that Kai's bike in the Treehouse is going to be in the same scale as his previous one, but it's about the size of the original Blade Cycle. At least the design is a lot diffrent from his previous Bikes, but still the parts from it could have gone to expending the treehouse. The actual Treehouse here doesn't really look like a treehouse, but it still looks really nice from what I'm able to see. I'm mixed on the Riyu set so far, and I think I'd need better images to fully judge him. For now the head looks too small, and he doesn't look worh $45. But now I can at least say that I really love how he has a sword in his jaw, with that I also would like to see that done with other ninjago characters, as there is a piece for that in the new One Piece sets. Now this set does hove some really nice minifigures, With it being the only other set to have that Loyalist, and the new Arin. Also this is our first official look at the Green Monster, who now has regular legs, but I feel like that makes the design a lot weirder, and that's a good thing. It looks like you'd be able to connect the 15th anniversary stands to the Ninjago character display set, so that's neat. There's also an image of the Kai mech, and it feels perfect for what it is. It would definitely look great alongside Jay and Zane's mechs in this scale. Now it's nice that Kai has the mask piece, as you could make an almost complete dragon Kai, since his wings are the same color as the ones the Dragonians use, that armor piece you can get from any other set, and with that you are only missing the tail. I'd also say that it's great for Ninjago to be featured in Fortnite, as that shows how big this theme is, but other then that I don't care about this one bit.
  13. mantax
    The Blacksmith shop is simply amazing. There is just so much attention to detail (like with the weapons being the same as in the old Kai and Nya spinners, or the hidden 2011 cards). It looks a bit small for the price, but I think the level of detail justifies it. The aniversary minifigures are the old elemental masters, and from the back of the box we know at least who 6/7 of them are . This set is definitely a must have for me. The minifigs list for The Old Town looks that great that I'm not sure if it's real. I remember seeing this leaker as the source of some other set leaks, I can't remember any of them, but I think he's reliable. Now with this set having 3 15th nniversary minifigs, then that means that there is only going to be 1 more set with an aniversary minifig in the summer wave. That makes it easier to collect them all, but that also means less aniversary sets(unless there could be some without aniversary minifigures).
  14. mantax
    The life dargon(or Arc dragon of the whispering wood as it is called in that text on top) looks very odd to me. There's just too much different details going on there, especially the back legs being almost all gray and rock themed, while there is only little bits of that on the wings and tail. But we only have this image so far, so maybe with more angles of the build my opinion could change. Either way from this wave I'm most likely going to just get Jay's car and Cole's Mission mech. Which combined just like this set have 2 dragon ninja, 3 regular ninja, and the same 3 villains for like $20 cheaper. Sora is in her previous suit, but at least it's not 1:1, as now she has a half mask and a golden shoulder armor. Arin is all new, there isn't really a great look at him, so I can't really judge this design now. I only predict that this Arin would definitely be reused in the summer wave. It's probably going to be in the Riyu set and in one of the spinners.
  15. mantax
    It's neat that the 2 sets that I was the most interested in got revealed first. There's some changes with the minifigures, one is great, while the other isn't. A loyalist is also included in the Cole mech, and in Jay's Car Nya isn't in her dargon suit. Jay's Car - For me this is the best looking Jay car that we got, although I didn't find the other ones too interesting, but this one indeed looks great. It does feel a bit overpriced, but it's not too bad. I think that the transformation feature is going to be like in Tormak's Shadow Blazer from Chima, so only the front part of the car rotates to have the dragon details from the bottom be on the top. Cole's mech - I don't see how it has more pieces then Jay's car. It looks to be the size of Kai's elemental mech, which for the same price and similar piece count also had a villain mech, but there isn't that much of a great look at it, so it could feel more like the price with better pictures. Other then that It does feel like a great representation of Cole's golem form. I love how many weapons it's got, especially the blaster, as you don't get much of this type of weapon from Ninjago. Zane's helicopter is weird, as we didn't know about it before. It might seem that it's in the vehicle battle at Treehouse, but that set now has bike in it's name. So I think that it's actually a new set, which is a lego store exclusive like Lloyd's elemental mech, and we also didn't know about that set until it got officially revealed. Also this would eat up at least 100 pieses(It might even be 200) that could have gone to the treehouse. Now the vehicle itself dosn't interest me at all. The ninja using the same torso and legs both in their regular and dragon versions, feels expected, as there are already so many new minifigure designs for this year. That's also nice as the dragon ninja are just upgraded versions of the regular suits, so you could only get the dragon ninja to have all the new ninja suits. I don't feel like Euphrasia needed a new suit, but that's still a welcome inclusion. Now this 2 sets combined feel like such a great value for only around $80. As there are all the originall ninja except Lloyd, plus all the new villains except that green one.
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