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I think that was because of COVID, but the B-bay was sold out more or less a half year before it retired It is nice to see the set in its full glory for the first time and not a bad picture taken with a potato-camera I guess a lot of LAN influencers have gotten the set and kept it secret as they should, the focus group was apparently not under NDA (even if I find that strange) and we do not know it we get any sets from that survey. I hope we do at least the amazing medieval village, but could have just been sketch models they do not plan to release anyway Captain Redbeard is one of the all time best Lego minifigs however he is very distinct and in the first original waves he was almost like Harry Potter and showed up in most sets. While great it is not a very good army-builder since you only need one, the bluecoats was much better in that regard with normal soldiers or lower officers added in smaller sets so happy they did not include him in the set I do not see much of a problem since they never choose any of them anyway. I guess the creators miss out on some money when it hit 10 000 but the BL program do not take any sets directly from Ideas anymore (I have no interest in the BL sets so do not follow it closely)?

My hope and guess is that it will return in the medieval village set maybe next year

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I doubt it , normally Ideas set has very low budget so they "steal" where they can. B-bay had a pig several months before the HP set that used the budget to bring it back showed up. City on the other hand has a very high design budget, but they cost a lot as well Over to this weeks goat news https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-designers-conspiracy-long-lost-lego-goat

In addition to new animals I want a Castle and Pirate set every 3 years (to be generous add Space in the mix) and maybe 2 GWP from the themes every year, and what do Lego do they deliver! Now 3 years after the fantastic B-bay set we get this a recreation of one of my all time favourite sets with my favourite fraction the bluecoats (always liked those best even more than the pirates) I will of course buy this set and I am sure I will love to build and display it however I have some early comments just looking at the pictures with some pros and cons. The minifigures are great, the new hat/hair piece is perfect and we get 2 different. I like that none of the pirates are Captain Redbeard. There are 8 of them like the original, but 2 more civilians for the boat would have been even better. It is very similar to the original, that is both good and not so good so I might display it as the alternative model that looks excellent. If I can choose I probably prefer in the future something like B-bay or the 90th year castle way of doing it, that take inspiration from the classic themes and make something new, but do not make a modern copy like this and forestmen GWP. They have added a cannon, 2 palm trees and animals the original did not have so that is nice. The crane looks very big, but that could be more realistic or it has some nice functions maybe The boat is nice to get in this set, maybe it looks a little odd, but the original did as well so they are similar. Both this and the forestmen GWP (and three in the castle) has black parts where they normally should have been brown because the originals had it, I am sure Lego have tried with brown parts instead and preferred black, but will be interesting to see them swapped out at least with brown.. I like the stone path. Not so sure about the doors especially the top one probably liked the original part better.. I knew we would not get the chrome gold coins back, but would have been great and the palm tree trunk as well The most important is that Pirates and especially bluecoats are back

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Yes, but those sets where developed together at the same time so if we get a medieval village later this year that would be true, but a CMF next year I do not think would work I hope not Chima knights

I agree and believe the prelim picture of the set had that as well, but apparently a chicken/hen cost almost as much as a horse on the budget to include However there seem to be a evolution going on with more budget spent on those sets, so I guess if we got that set next year alt least a rooster mould would be included. 2021: 60300: Wildlife Rescue ATV (74 parts and 3 animals, 2 new small monkeys that come in almost every set in the wave and one small unprinted scorpion. "Zero" from the budget used on animals in the set) 2022: 60344: Chicken Henhouse (101 parts and 2 animals, 2 small hens in a new color that do not come in any other set in the wave. New color of the part needed to use from the budget) 2023: 60394: ATV and Otter Habitat (90 parts and 4 animals. 2 small otters in a new color and with a print for the first time that only came in that set in the wave, in addition one frog and a fish unprinted. New color and print was used from the budget) 2023: 60376: Arctic Explorer Snowmobile (70 parts and 3 animals. 2 new moulds for seals, one small and one medium plus an unprited fish. 2 new moulds means a lot of the budget was used on the set It is difficult to compare small with big D2C sets, but maybe it is the best set we have gotten so far this year I would say

Do you have any picture of them you can post so it easier to compare?

https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-explains-delayed-summer-sets

I think the trading post is to big for the number of parts this has according to rumors, the Eldorado fortress is possible to do, but have me worried about the low number I must say. If we get a Pirate set every 3 years maybe next time will be another ship

The corn piece smell of goat, something wrong with that I think. The crazy PAB price, even sold out with that and did not return. The sets had only half a year on shelf's, with such a great part it should normally be in several sets this year, but it is gone it seems

Since the GWP do not have any new parts I wonder what they will do with the plumes, there is no CMF series that can come to the rescue either Unless it is 6020: Magic Shop without any soldiers

I see some of the Marvel movies and series, but forget it 5 minutes later so can not remember any owl. Do the rumors say what kind of owl? There are more owls in other sets this year than HP, so they should up their owl dropping game and gulp up a pellet or two Something else, here is a nice picture of the seals compared to other animals from Jaysbrickblog another Lego animal fan (decent size on the adult I must say): It is a fantastic year for small City sets with animals, first the otter- and now the seal battle-pack. I am sure they will sell a lot both to adults and kids and expect to see more of those sets next year

The black cat is back among witches once more

I see Promobricks has a short video about Gringotts some days ago so I assume the latest rumors come from them?

I do not count those as Pirates, the same with HP or LOTR as Castle sets

There are 3 ways to get pirate sets realistically these days: We get a D2C every say 3 years like B-bay and hopefully "Eldorado fortress" this year, maybe a GWP every 2-3 years as well. We get a wave of the normal sets every 5-10 years We get a Creator 3-in-1 every 3-5 years If you can choose only 1 what will it be We are not in golden 1984-1994 period any longer when there is plenty of small and medium sized Pirates, Castle and Space sets to choose from, but one D2C every year from one of those themes will probably be even better

They are on PAB for a decent price if you want to fill your coffers

You are still in Europe Just not in the European Union any more it is not like you have moved the country to Asia

They probably want you to buy the sets they have on marked now instead of future sets. If we knew every set that came the next 2 years a lot of people would buy less since they would save the money for a even better set coming later. Mostly the pictures that are revealed months in advance are aimed at shops so they will order the sets. In addition it is not like every customer follows leaks and news as closely as we do.. Think of it as e.g. buying ice-cream, either you have it on your shopping list, see it in the store and fancy it or it is a gift for your kids you buy it if you have the money. Maybe it is a new flavour, one you remember from your childhood or one you usually buy. Either way you probably do not follow a ice-cream forum, look for leaks and news months in advance, but you may have seen a commercial about a new flavour the day before..

I assume it is just a moc, plenty of those around. When this set is revealed it will be on every fansite if it gets leaked it will be on every leaker site..

LEGO Disney 43220 you mean?

Something else I did not notice before this came out: https://www.newelementary.com/2023/06/what-are-new-lego-parts-for-june-2023.html The Koi print is new (we got 2 previously) and the snake is without print for eyes in a new colour

The new coin from HP could be useful at least to dragon knights