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What are the odds of Lego ever doing a set based on the Black Knight? (shooting for the stars here)

Wouldnt it be a good move to make a new Spiderverse set for the summer? Seeing as it could capitalize on the CMF and a new Spider-man movie coming out. Honestly I'd wish for the Spider-verse subtheme to become as prevalent as the MCU sets, it totally deserves it and the universe shows no signs of stopping. Aside from that it's been a looooong while since I've had this much fun collecting a CMF and displaying these colourful and unique figures.

And then watch the most accessible set in the range be a buildable triforce and Master Sword without any minifigures I also dont get this dripfeeding technique they got going on, same with the D2C's for Mario and LOTR for example. Wouldn't it be way more logical to release 3 sets at various pricepoints to entice several spending groups? Make a 50 euro set with Link and a Guardian for those who just want a simple diorama from BOTW, then make more expensive sets from 2 other Zelda games that people want for nostalgia reasons. If the new release will be say for example based on Ocarina of Time, you'd still completely neglect the groups that want BOTW/TOTK, Wind Waker, Majora's Mask etc.

Not to mention that a simple set of Link + a guardian would, 8 years after the fact, still defenitely sell like hot cakes. Lego truly shot themselves in the foot with this, wouldn't it be wise to get the most out of an IP that probably cost you a fortune to get a hold of anyway? I'd argue Lego didn't release an actual Zelda set for the general consumer but rather an exclusivity for the rich middle to upperclass. The stupid part is it feels like a me problem for not being able to afford it, yet I do prefer to spend that 300 on actual food and rent instead of a Lego set, call me crazy.

Still absolutely insane that the Link and Zelda figurines are locked behind such a huge paywall one year after the fact. I've been looking forward to getting a Link minifigure for so long but it's impossible to get him + the master sword and hylian shield for under 60 euros on Bricklink, I'd be insane to pay that for one minifigure. Lego has got to step up here and give the fans with a smaller budget for these sort of expenses some room. You can not expect every fan to dish out 300 euros for a set of their beloved videogame series.

So happy to have a minifigure series where im tempted to pick up every character, spiderverse and Lego was a match made in heaven imo. If we could get Noir, Peni and Ham down the line it would be great to recreate this:

Actually thinking about it, we've already seen that Gwen does indeed have 2 expressions, so I'm assuming its the same for most of the rest if indeed the hairpiece covers it

The one thing I dislike about getting leaks that early (the Spiderverse CMF) is that the wait until release / more info is agonizing :'( really curious to see all of them up close and in detail, I wonder if we have secondary faces on the maskless heads!

Maybe the wrong place to ask but has anyone seen any good MOCs of SP/DR from the end of Across the Spiderverse? My goal is to re-create the Spider Band from the end of the movie but am still looking for a good SP/DR!

I can only speak for myself, but I have skipped over plenty of Marvel sets purely because of a seeming lack of effort and on the flipside have considered buying sets from themes I wasn't even a fan of purely because of the love and attention that was poured into it. Recent example: I skipped out on the Spiderverse set despite being a HUGE fan of the movies. The spiderman minifigures (Miles and Gwen) were lackluster and I couldn't understand the need for a set based on the least exciting part of the film (not even talking about that atrocious price) They're rectifying this effort with the Spiderverse CMF, which looks excellent. However, I am considering buying the new Ninjago Legends sets, despite having outgrown Ninjago for 8 years now, purely because they look incredible. Effort and care shows, and I don't think the designers are to blame at all, they must be as frustrated with these restrictions as we are.

Big fan of OP so naturally a big fan of this!! I think they nailed what was presented in the live action show, and even made it so that fans of the manga / anime could enjoy it too. Does irk me a bit that the sets are being made based on the netflix show instead of the far superior anime, but maybe this leaves the door open to seeing those down the line.

I think a movie like this remains in the zeitgeist a bit longer than say the most recent Marvel movie, it's quite iconic but next to that also visually stunning. It's like lego releasing Endgame sets way after it's release, it's memorable. No need at all to wait another 2 years for the (probably) final Spiderverse movie. I'm also so glad we get diversity in sets / series this way, Lego shines when it does stylized / animated imo.

Woahh these are all wonderful!! Love that you can almost create the full Spider-band this way as well. So glad they didn't spare any expense! Pav, Gwen, Hobie and Margo having new hair molds and in Hobie's case even a new spike mold, so cool! The only one that doesn't quite work imo is Webslinger, the cool factor with him comes from the grey hair sticking out from the back, but they had to save up somewhere I suppose!

Rocket was a tragedy on its own really, for all the clever mold usage Lego has done in the past years, they could've come up with something far more appealing for him... It actually stopped me from ever buying a set with him in it, despite him being one of my favourite characters. Barring Miguel's height, I'm also curious to see how they will tackle his arm swords. Lego is not necessarily known for arm attachments, so I fear we might be missing out on those as well... The rest of the characters seem fairly easy to accomplish, Spider-Punk's spikes might be an issue but if they follow the Fortnite design they'll be good. Despite Pav being my favourite, I'm mostly looking forward to Webslinger, what a fun design that could be!

Has there been any more news about the Spiderverse CMF? Seems to have been quite a while now... Regarding Thing, I think it's time for Lego to introduce a new piece or mid-sized minifigure mold to adjust to these kinds of scale differences. Too many times now there have been characters who don't require a bigfig size but are clearly larger than a regular human. I think simply a piece that buffs up the torso (Azog from The Hobbit) will get you a long way, add slightly bigger arms (Hagrid's) and you have a character that can utilise minifigure legs but still looks overall bigger without looking out of place. This also ties into my concern on how they're gonna adapt Miguel O'Hara, a character that is bigger and buffer than the other characters, but not by too much. I think making a simple minifigure out of him will make him look to small compared to the others, so a piece to make him slightly bulkier would do the trick. EDIT: Quickly drew something up, you wouldn't really need a lot, a simple change can go a long way here

Of course all of this is a matter of personal preference. The Spiderverse movies are very beloved and characters like Punk, Pav, Miguel etc. have become recognisable to a lot of people. I'd agree that the line-up, relating to the movie, could be more interesting. But the vibrant and unique designs of these characters are probably very appealing to kids. In a perfect world we'd make everyone content, but saying this would have been better as a comic Spiderverse or Raimi Spiderman CMF is disservice to the amazing Spiderverse movies. Barring the whole discussion that imo these Spiderverse movies are very deserving of being properly represented next to the, for the past 5 years, very lackluster MCU movies (I agree X-men 97 deserves more love). I'd say more options than just the live-action movies is always a good thing.

No Peni, Noir or Spiderham? Very strange... anyway I'm content with the line-up, just would've been cool to get the full Spider-band that we see at the end of the movie. Sooo excited to get India and Punk, those designs are so good. Also Cowboy Spiderman?? Sign me up dude.

Sorry to budge in but I was wondering about the status of the supposed Spiderverse minifigure series releasing this year, have we already heard a list or any part leaks? Thanks!

I don't think that would be the case... Miles could have his hooded / jacket version. Spider-Punk has a mohawk and a guitar, Pavitr has a headband / hairpiece and a diabolo, Jessica Drew has an afro, Miguel could have arm attachments for his blades, Spider-Noir has a hat and trenchcoat, Spider-Ham probably has a fully molded headpiece, Peni would be a completely different figure altogether. These figures are distinct enough to each be exciting in their own right, just look at the Marvel legends figures.

Man this is such a no-brainer. All these colourful expressive characters to choose from, based on these amazing movies. I'm so excited for this, it's sad that we have to wait almost a full year for it! To the people who consider this a loss, I understand you might want a series 3 of live-action Marvel movies, but consider that you've already had 12 years of sets and 2 minifigure series, it's nice to let us fans of Spider-verse have this! :)

Hey is there any news on Legend of Zelda getting regular sets next year? I'm trying to see if I should bite the bullet on Bricklinking Link (I mainly just want him) or if I should hold out!

Wow so the Miles and Spot set is actually from the SpiderVerse movies huh?? I didn't see that coming... I'm really glad they start to make Spiderverse sets, actually makes me want to buy this set, I haven't bought an actual set in like 5 years...

Wait that's actually crazy! Either they didn't anticipate this or THAT many people just bought the set? I'm personally holding out for a set that's easier on the wallet, but if that's gonna be a ways away I might bricklink Link and Zelda, so cool to finally have this after all these years...

These sets could make great D2C's, however the second question I'd ask is would some of them look right? Avengers Facility would, imo, be a lackluster set. It's a drab, chrome society-esque building, Marvel movies have a lot of those, same with the Raft. Unless of course they manage to break the mold a bit and add a lot of interesting sections like with Avengers tower. But for example a Asgard, Wakanda type D2C would visually be much more interesting! Or a Marvel Street set, where you have Fisk Tower, the Law office and Peter's apartment in a street diaroma type set.

Now THAT would make this a whole different deal! If the set included 7+ minifigures I could get behind the pricepoint. Defenitely would like to get Ganondorf in some form. And Zelda mainstays like Beedle or Tingle? Or a Hyrule guard of some kind? Bokoblins? Buildable Moblins? Daruk? Rivali? Sidon?