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Sand blue as a main colour goes well enough with grey that it could look ok. I agree they'd likely do the troll as a built-up figure and not something moulded like the first time around.

Those new leaked venomised figs and Magneto looks weird. Why is LEGO so obsessed with venomised everything? On Magneto, it's nice to get a different look I guess, but I prefer the classic ones. Edit: whole X-jet/Blackbird image is out. Its design looks quite good! Better than the first one.

The figure selection is objectively great in the BP for consumers now. Not only has the P2 shiny not appeared for ten years, but it also only ever came in two sets, and the turbo tank set was a bad deal for the figure when battle packs at the time gave you four figures for around the same price. Now we get three, plus the new version of the shock, plus five droid figures - very good by today's standards! I'll submit that the speeder is pretty bad and the set should have had an accessory pack thrown in (and I'd like to have seen a complete overhaul of the B2), but still on face value it's fantastic to get the figures in a very massable set that exists to give people what they want.

Reminder not to turn ugly against a good natured and genuine person here. If Falcon had wanted to reveal the figure he would. Stop needling him now.

Not enough phallus in that set design. Totally inaccurate. The lifestyle photo with it lined up alongside Agrabah and the Disney Castle is hilarious - no figure, Minidoll, Minifigure. Just why.

True. Vampire Lord would've been an appropriate nod if they really wanted Vampire, or even Bat Lord to get closer and still be descriptive.

Well it's not like they called the obvious remake of Johnny Thunder by his real name. We all know who this is. Have they in fact ever given a non-licensed, non-tie-in CMF character a name, or do they always only have descriptive names? Goatherd: am I a joke to you?

Only good considering what it is, or actually looks like something you'd want to display (or just see regularly in general)? For me there are plenty of LEGO sets that fall into the former category, like good considering they're made out of LEGO but obviously not a great replica of what they're trying to represent. If they still look good themselves despite being a bit blocky or having that LEGO effect, that's usually ok with me. This Rocket's face just looks off-putting, so I can't justify it on the basis of it being LEGO, because plenty of LEGO things still look aesthetically pleasing.

That Rocket looks no less ugly and horrendous in their out of box, real life build pictures I'm afraid. The face is just so gnarly and freaky, like a horror version of Rocket.

I thought the previous prints were just standard over-ear hearing aids, though to be honest I do not know much about the available technologies. Of course there are pros and cons to both prints and moulding. With prints you can use any hairpiece, while with moulding you can use any face - though the option to expand into Minidolls is great. In fact one of the 2024 Friends sets does use the short hair cochlear hair piece.

Ah thanks! That's great confirmation. Some interesting tidbits there about Hagrid's Hut too. It can connect with the sections of the Forbidden Forest set apparently, and there are references to all the Houses in the hut - is that something from canon or just something they felt like doing?

JB posted part three on their Instagram. The dog groomer does indeed have a long ponytail. I don't really care about the body or face of that figure to be honest, but the dog and hairpiece sell it for me! The barbarian woman is also looking good. Unlike the bright red hair on the Black Falcon archer that just looked totally out of place to me, this figure has a wilder look and style that makes the red hair more ok. I get why others don't like it though.

Who is it or on which account did the designer comment this? Not doubting - I'd just like to see it myself.

I'm really eagerly awaiting part 3 (or a YouTube version) of JB Spielwaren's CMF overview so we can get a better look at the cochlear implant!

Plus there's nothing "accurate" about the battle pack - it's based on LEGO's own made up speeder design and includes Clones that would never be seen fighting together against an Octopurra droid, so having an accessory pack to accessorise the clones would be extra fun for kids. I don't care for myself as I've got plenty of those extra accessories, but it would have made good sense to include to heighten the product.

Just saw in-hand pics of the BP on Instagram, though now can't find the account again. It had tagged Bantha Bricks but isn't on their account, I suppose because they're a Facebook community? Anyway, the B2 still has pretty much the same back, so while the cosmetic detail on the torso piece is now a bit sharper, functionally it's still very much the same as the old B2s. The clone helmets also do look oddly square, like all ones with the helmet holes. Curious LEGO couldn't be bothered throwing in like a standard black or grey accessory pack for people to customise their clones.

Yep, on the kids side of the site here. That's where I found the Crooks' Hideout too.

I wasn't going to buy any either, but then I found BL sellers selling the Marvel CMF brand new for less than full retail price, so figured I might as well. Hopefully it'll be the same with this series. I guess that's still supporting LEGO's deplorable move to true blind boxes to some degree, but at least it isn't gambling or wasting money on my end.

Yeah on closer inspection, the two are different and the hair swoosh goes a different direction on each. Just interesting both pieces have such a similar sort of style of hair to them!

Also, a new colour for that little bulldog with collar in crooks' hideout set I hadn't yet seen - white with a teal collar!

In 42617 Animal Sanctuary And in addition to the space fat cat, there's an orange fat cat in 42612! I love that piece!

So I think the hound-trimmer's new hairpiece incorporates something like a cochlear implant, though you can only see a tiny hint at it on the CMF images on the right side of the head. What's weird is that the hairpiece looks the same-ish as the one I'm seeing in the new Burger Van, except they seem to be mirror images of each other, so I don't know what's going on.

Ok, you're right, I didn't notice. I guess my bigger gripe is that they are functionally the same and a little bit of cosmetic difference on the body hasn't helped the main issue of how unplayable and unposeable they are. That arm does nothing to convey their arm rockets in my opinion, and the B2's whole thing is turn its hand. I'd take a bulkier 2-piece arm with a joint in the middle to at least add some poseability. They've also always felt way too tall to me, even if B2s are a bit tall.

Where did any talk about the newly revealed sets go? That fuzzy character in the 4+ set is giving me hibbyjibbies but dang if I don't want the new hairpiece on the other one. I'm a little disappointed in the battle pack to be honest. That Super Battle droid was never a good mould, and to see it back after such a long hiatus completely unchanged is sad. Star Wars really seems like it tries to do the bare minimum in some cases, and then over-deliver with new moulds in stuff like 4+ sets. It's great to get all the shinies and the Shock on the Clone side though, and in general great to have a way to mass generic CIS at the same time, so I do think it's a good set, but I'm still personally a wee bit disappointed.

Hagrid's Hut is completely what I wanted out of the set. Fang and new Norbert. Different outfit for Hagrid. Fairly compact size for the set itself. Having a lift off roof was a good idea, and I love the reclining chair that fits Hagrid. Yeah it seems quite expensive and I shudder to think of the Australian RRP, but good things come to those who wait. The Owlery looks very charming with a good level of detail. Two owl recolours is ok and it's good they used the new small one. The set isn't for me personally since I just don't feel any need for it, but I like it. The Boathouse set looks fine. Ok model, and I guess this scene hasn't been done at all for a long time, so it makes sense. The figures seem dull to me, though since they're in pre-sorted robes, it wouldn't have made a difference to include students from other eventual houses. I really like the colour direction they went for the Forbidden Forest set, but it's such an odd collection of things. They could've at least include a centaur, or preferably Firenze himself, to make it more exciting. The price of $30 also feels egregious if that's correct. The Anglia is the Anglia. Decent small impulse set idea for kids. The Hedwig set also seems like a good idea. I like to see affordable display things on the market, especially something a bit cutesy like this.