The road to spooky season begins!FAQ:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YVt-4sibEMFOU8H484MpB-K6rNla5SIYdHZG8lyCHLQ/edit?usp=sharinghttps://www.brickeconomy.com/https://www.bricklink.com/https://brickset.com/https://rebrickable.com/>/lg/ Flickr Group:https://www.flickr.com/groups/legogeneral/>LEGO General Archive:https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/Lego%20General/>Third Party Information:https://pastebin.com/YHYxy2Ze>Retiring Sets Data:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rlYfEXtNKxUOZt2Mfv0H17DvK7bj6Pe0CuYwq6ay8WA/>General Resources:https://lgfaq.neocities.orgPreviously:>>11562955
>>11567503Lego needs to do more spooky sets like this but I'll take a Creator spooky set per year too
I am new to buying Lego. How long do I have to get this haunted mansion set before its impossible to find? Does Lego stuff tend to be available for a while or do I need to jump on stuff the second I see it?Also what's the deal with this Forestman set and the Scary Pirate Island? They look like stuff I had as a kid but they are expensive as fuck on Amazon.ca. is it just milking boomers for nostalgia?
>>11567503Zelda bros... we are so back... we are winning so much it hurts
>>11567516Set will be in production until 2027 so you have time, though from my experience, sets tend to have the best deals during their first year of production. Personally I'd get the set ahead of Halloween because it will be expensive then.
So, tldr:>those three 18+ sets are for adults, wave 1, releases February 27th>next we will have 17 more sets, spread through 2 waves in the summer (guess June and August/September)>those later waves are for kids and use the new smart brick for Pokemon to battle>all brickbuilt Pokemon, no minifigures, no locations, sorrySo yeah, tired of winning yet?
LotR under Icons will continue with Minas Tirith and more sets
>>11567541Among the other sets will be a Sauron bust like the Marvel or the upcoming Star Wars ones. It may or may not include a minifigure of Sauron.
>>11567542>busts can't sell on their own so they have to add a minifig with it
>>11567542Why is Lego obsessed with retarded shit like busts and F1 cars lately? Does ANYONE care about slop like this at all? I know it's passe to call things slop these days but shitting out busts of characters from every property you partner with is absolutely pouring slop into a trough.
Lego got the TMNT license back so I expect it to show up under Icons in the summer...I also expect Avatar: The Last Airbender but this is great news, we might see Spongebob back. And with more Star Trek sets coming... 2026 might be kino.
>>11567548Adult market, did we need a $400 Enterprise D set? No, could have made one for $150. Kre-o made it for less than $100 and it could put kreons inside it with some interior. The $400 one won't even have microscale interior...
>>11567522Thank you. I am just waiting for payday. They had a pallet of them at the local Costco but they disappeared quickly so the whole situation was giving me FOMO.
>>11567542I've noticed lately that they include minifigures in all the buildable character sets. They usually didn't, but now they do. Does this mean the sets can't really sell on their own anymore without an exclusive minifigure? Has the minifigure become more important than the bricks?
>>11567554>disappeared quickly There was a sale, I think it was like $60 at Costco. Scalpers could have attacked too.
>>11567536>all brickbuilt Pokemon, no minifigures, no locationsFucking called it. That one /vp/ tourist who insisted this will be the next coming of Christ can suck my nuts (swag)
>>11567536>>11567549Jesus. 2026 is looking rough. At least my wallet can rest for a bit.
>>11567536No cards in sets?
>still no new info about the next original themeI start to think Lego is done with doing original themes after Dreamzzz...
>>11567558Maybe they will get some back in. Thanks for the info.
>>11567567Oh for sure they will restock, with pleasure
>>11567549The $300 icons set might be another castle themed set, although the initial predictions was summer 26'. As the discord recently revealed some leaks, and we know of Two og the new shields and the gwp.
>>11567518What could the price be? $150?
>>11567552I'm an adult and I don't give a shit about busts. Why would you ever buy a Lego bust, it just inherently makes no sense to me? They fall into the same category as buildable figures for me where if you want that you can just buy that instead of a Lego version of it and it will probably be cheaper and better quality. If you collect busts then just buy actual busts, what is a Lego bust going to do for you aside from look barely recognizable as the character it's supposed to be?
>>11567579Thing but legoWhy do lego flowers sell the best with normies? Could buy real flowers and would be cheaper and better
>always thought they should have released the dnd dragon as a seperate set >realize pic related is basically just that ive been sleeping on ninjago cause the dragon minifig dude is rad as hell
>>11567590That's crazy that they still have the orc sword mold from the castle line kicking around. I had no idea it was still in use.
If i want to use stud.io to mod a finished set (Lion Knight Castle), do i need to manually build the set in the program? Is there some site with built sets already?I want to add the thing to a baseplate but i dont have enough spare pieces as is, how is this normally done?
>>11567518Could be kino if they don't fuck it up. They better include his organ.
>>11567626>they better include his organI bet you’d love to see his organ.
Holy shit
>>11567351>>11567313>return to thread after a good night's sleep>80 posts on last thread since last read>The Pokemon sets are just as bad as everyone thought >8 freaking funko pops statues>those smart bricks everyone knows is going to flop hard>seriously, a freaking $650 set that's statues of the three kanto starters?this Pokemon theme seems like be an unholy union of the worst aspects of both lego and nintendo behavior
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>>11567505I long for a new theme, but this is the best year for spooky sets we've had in a while. Which...isn't great, but it's still an improvement over almost nothing at all.>>11567566There's something in the pipeline for next year but the leakers aren't saying much beyond the set numbers. Pisses me off because no one gives a shit about overpriced licenseslop, we need some actual creativity injected into Lego again. Like it's great, I'm not buying many sets anymore, but it feels like the company's just rotting on BS rather than trying anything fun anymore.
oh great, it looks like TLG's already fucked up the integration of bricklink accounts, making BL unusable (for me at least). time to go on ebay and amazon just to look for cheaper prices
>>11567702Lego is way too cooperate I wish they left bricklink alone
Has anyone tried Zuru Max? Just wondering what the quality is like compared to Lego and if its connecting is just as satisfying to clip.
>>11567579I extend this attitude to any set that comes in the sleek black 18+ boxes. I don't want busts, figurines, or huge Lego builds, I like small and medium size playsets that I can rebuild or join together if I so decide.I just assume that anything that has a black box is meant to be displayed rather than played with.This has saved me an enormous lot of money, naturally. Combined with frequent sales, I hardly spend any money on Lego despite getting dozens of sets and brick tubs.
>>11567585Real flowers don't last. Also you don't have to get butthurt every time Lego makes something that doesn't cater to your interests.
So what's the verdict on that train piece? Is it actually 3D printed?
>Build the new Spider-Man 2 train set>No doors>Weird bench seating interior that doesn't make logical sense>Odd choice of minifigures, no driver despite having two driver's compartments>No buffers and couplings so it can't connect to other trains unlike the previous oneOverall pretty cool, I use it as another carriage for my Hogwarts Express. I really hope they make more Sam Raimi sets, I'd love a set of the wrestling scene where Spider-Man says a homophobic slur.
>>11567564>lego x pokemon card scalpingpeople would fucking die
>>11567735He simply asks if bonesaw’s husband made his outfit. How is that homophobic?
>>11567549>$300 Icons setLego please
Any chance of more Toy Story sets? It's the 30th anniversary.
>>11567549TMNT sucks. All the turtles look the same and the only way you can tell the difference between them is with their color coded masks
>>11567767Did you ever own one? I did, and it was amazing. If it is on its way, I do wonder what updates it will get.
>>11567768doubt it
>>11567536>20 sets in the first year>1st wave aimed at adult buyslavesAbsolutely nightmarish and dystopic, what lego has become.
We won zeldasisters
>>11567768I would assume this one was meant to be for that. Seems like they just make whatever they want for the Disney theme without much rhyme or reason most of the time, like the 101 Dalmatians ones they've been pumping out, so it wouldn't be surprising to see more Toy Story stuff come up randomly.
>>11567785So fucking what. Lego's catalogue of choice is enormous compared to what it was twenty years ago. It appears you're more bothered about the Lego adult market existing than there being choice for children.
>>11567785Well considering there's no way the rest of the 20 sets are black box adultslop, it seems like the idea is to release the biggest, most expensive sets first to entice the adults (and kids with rich parents) who just can't wait to get their hands on it, and then going ahead with the smaller, more affordable stuff. Someone who can get their fix with the small sets is less likely to buy the big ones later on, so it makes sense to limit the selection at the beginning to the fuckhuge dust collectors. They did the same thing with Fortnite to a lesser degree, with the only minifig set being 100 bucks. It's pretty brilliant on Lego's part, but also cynical, bleak, and somewhat hellish.
>>11567536There's so much about this that I don't understand.First off, why the fuck are they STARTING with the adult sets? Pokemon is the biggest property in the world and highly popular with all ages. The expensive tentpole sets being all that there are in the first wave basically means children, who are the largest demographic for Pokemon (and the most easily influenced demographic for initial product hype, might I add), are not going to have these bought for them. Smaller sets in the 30-60 dollar range would yield a greater profit for the first wave, not to mention the bulk mould manufacturing from the start would mean cheaper production costs for the entire theme over time. It's less money for each set, yes, but a far greater number of total sets sold AND a greater production saving, by several orders of magnitude. It's obvious to me, so it should be obvious to Lego and TPC.Secondly, frontloading 18+ like this also sends the wrong message to parents, who when asked in FUTURE for the more reasonable sets, might assume that every set is hundreds of dollars. Before you say "this is a false concern, exaggerating, etc", this actually happened to my friend back when the Death Star came out twenty years ago when we were children. His family basically refused to buy him any Star Wars sets because they didn't understand that the small sets are not even in the same league of piece count, let alone price. They thought that the "small" sets weren't actually "small", just that they were just slightly less expensive. That was several hundreds of dollars of worth of sets that Lego completely missed out on through no fault of their own. Now imagine that in a preventable situation like this, except multiplied by at least one thousand. It's such a terrible thing to communicate to clueless parents!It's so strange, and such a bizarre strategy for a property like Pokemon. Do Lego not realize that the release format they have for UCS Star Wars isn't optimal here?
>>11567804Sadly i think the yield they get from fleecing a small number of rich consoomers for over 1000USD worth of black box pokemon builds on top of the smaller sets that they will also buy means that its perfectly viable to do all the big sets first. I hate that this is now the norm. Star wars fanboys ruin everything once again who voted with their wallets that this is acceptable time and time again
Any more info on the ATLA sets?
Captain Rex all over againHahahahahahahahaha
legos so dead. i thought we were getting a good lotr build again finally. nah.. only more "display"-go.
Trek bros... our time is coming
>>11567804"targeting" and "adult" are just buzz words Lego is using to help make those customers feel more comfortable spending hundreds of dollars on Lego, and perhaps deflecting the obvious eye-rolling money grabbing tactics, almost could be considered abuse, of charging hundreds of dollars for children's toys that are not being bought by the children, but instead by adults who can afford hundreds of dollars sets.it's funny that the age limit on the boxes used to be for determining if your child was developed enough to handle the brick-connection complexity (young kids got more simple builds) but that got butchered into the adult "pandering" (for lack of a better term) to make the grown ups feel less shame (?) for spending money on kids toys for themselves.SEE? it says so right on the box! It's FOR adults! Gosh! Leave me alone!
>>11567828https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-inVvjyE7Fg
>>11567828Did Worf chimp out and rip their heads off?>>11567829This looks like a fun set. I would buy two and do one up to show what Sesame Street looks like after they moved in a bunch of refugees.
>>11567745I'm meming, I love the Raimiposting meme.
>>11567804I also felt the same about the crazy overpriced botanics and architecture sets however those fly off shelves so clearly there is a market for it that is both large and quite silent. Most people are not going to be broadcasting their guilty LEGO shopping spree especially if its anything more than what you might make in a days work of an average wage.Working class and middle class indulgence is still very shamed by normies. /lg/ and enthusiasts of other toys often forget thisLEGO/Nintendo have done the market research and are clearly confident that this is going to make all parties involved a fuckton of money.The problem is when you make expensive sets of cheaply manufactured plastic upmarked for sometimes 400% you have to find new ways to justify the price tag.LEGO have been doing this with expensive moulds. designer behind the scenes videos where they talk about their "budget" and "design constraints" in simple language. Having the manufacturing team go on record showing how """premium""" the bricks are. So on and so on.Will it work with Pokemon? Yes because it is Pokemon.
>>11567804Oh this is gonna be a good thread
>>11567536>>11567804So is it confirmed that, like, there are no minifig sets at all?? No trainer minifigs??
>>11567862Yep, only brickbuilt pokemon and gimmicks
>>11567863Wow. What a fucking waste. They had the chance to please stupid consumers like me, happy to splash eighty big ones on a set just to get three little plastic figures. But theyre doing this brick facsimile and smartphone tie in bullshit AGAIN!
>>11567863That... that doesn't sound right. Wait, what? The more I think about this, the more insane it sounds.>>11567536I assumed LEGO Pokemon would be closer to a City/Friends theme, with lots of little/medium sized sets aimed at kids, featuring Poke Centers, Pokemarts, random routes with an assortment of Pokemon in minifig scale. One or two huge sets featuring landmarks from the most iconic cities and towns in the series. Pokemon minifig series featuring trainers AND one Pokemon in bag (so they can charge a huge premium for them).It sounded so perfect, and like such an obvious moneygib for LEGO. An actually infinite money glitch.So, why... why is it brick only? Do kids actually like building brick figures to play with? Am I just being dramatic and behind the times?
>>11567866There are no smartphones this time, bricks are electronics and make sounds
>>11567872that sounds like too much fun for modern l*go who seem more interested in the production of statues for a few thousand rich collectors instead of making toys that can be enjoyed by millions of people
>>11567536I'm guessing the Kanto starters will have the smart bricks with voices and sfx. Can't believe we're building furbies.
>anons thought cheap ass lego company will make new molds for pokemon which are expensive as fuck to make and store let alone minifigs when animal crossing has no human minifigs in itLmao
>>11567862>>11567863absolutely nothing has been confirmed other than prices
>>11567872Lego is doing some kind of bizarre dominance posturingMega Bloks has DONE Pokemon, for years. and all of their brick-built sets are amazing. the small ones, the big ones, they can do everything... except "the minifig"that's the one thing Lego can do, that Mega Bloks can't touch. but instead of doing that, Lego chooses to make the same type of sets, just to thumb their noses at the rip-off competition, in a bold move to prove people simply "like them better"
>>11567885I'll just let you pick whichever one you like: >>11567469
>>11567886Leakers are pretty reliable though >>11567536Do we need to have this talk every time about reliable leakers with proven track record? If they say so it is pretty much 95% confirmed
>it wasn't lego mario, animal crossing or one piece that buck broke /lg/>it was fucking pokemon
>>11567892Leakers are gay and retarded. I don't care if they're 100% accurate, I'm not giving them any credit whatsoever.
>>11567862>>11567863>>11567866>>11567872I don't know why they're experimenting with gimmicks for the first year of a theme that has the potential to be the most important IP license since Harry Potter, but if it's any consolation, it's basically a given that normal sets will be introduced year two and onwards, if not from the start. Nintendo forced LEGO to do the classic "Nintendo twist" (IYKYK) with the Super Mario sets and while successful enough to have many waves over the years, they haven't exactly set the world on fire in the way that everyone hoped they would, and the electronic element of the builds has been met with ridicule from day one.Everyone in charge has picked up on this which is why Super Mario is all but confirmed to be switching to minifig scale next year, the same year that Pokemon is starting... what a coincidence!This will also give TLG stronger leverage when it comes to renew the license(s) or cut their losses early (not the latter would ever happen, it's too profitable, but executives love when they have coverage, so this is still an import factor).
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>>11567900and they'll still be 100% gay and retarded.
>>11567894People just dont want electronics in their bricks desu. mario somehow escaped the humiliation that vidiyo got scapegoated for even though its all equally stupid. One piece is too expensive and sucks shit because its based on the live action show that nobody liked. Animal crossing is overpriced however it wins by default because it has some good builds/figs and no stupid electronics
Apart from Creator, which is amazing value in both pieces and instruction, does ANY theme have good value in 2025? Asking for a friend, of course...
>>11567898there are plenty of other Mario figures, from other companies, and none of them have Nintendo-enforced electronics. none. and they could have. easier than Legoit's gotta be LEGO that wanted another "style" of set on the shelf. (I'm too lazy to re-type all the reasons)
Talk about Lego and not each other.
>>11567932So? Am I not supposed to because someone posted Lego leaks? Why do you continue?
Welp, back to lego discussion, or something, like which color should be revived
Based mods
>>11567941They need to kill off some colors. There are way too many and we don't need that many blue shades.
>>11567945Bring back trans medium blue and kill off most of the others
>>11567948Translucent colors aren't the problem. There are far too many opaque colors and the way they make them doesn't keep them consistent. Take lime, for instance, if you grab one type of piece in lime and a different piece in that same shade, there is a significant chance that they don't match. If they can't be consistent with the shades they currently use, they shouldn't be adding new ones.
>>11567950I was talking about killing aqua and azure to bring back some of the normal old colors, old purple is consistent and bringing back just sand red at the cost of a lot of other colors is a worthy one I feel
>>11567945i dont want colors to be removed from the pool. it gives designers more options. id prefer if we went back to more standard bricks though. i don't like all these weird brick shapes only used for one star wars ship or all these horrible corner pieces. and if you insist on scaling back colors make it so that special modifier pieces can only be red black etc
>>11567952>>11567950Also theres WAY too many ugly skin tones that are just being used for friendsshit that NEVER get used for anything, but meanwhile instead of bringing back dark yellow as a funny minifig skin color they just keep on making shit worse, its awful
>>11567956On that problem with >>11567957, who the fuck would use “Umber” colored bricks for something, like DID WE NEED 47 fucking heads in this stupid color, and yet ZERO bricks to build in it?
>>11567952Yeah old purple was consistent back then. They bring it back now and who knows?>>11567956Too many options. Lego should scale back on colors and details and focus on quality. Same thing with the details on minifig printing. They're way too specific to the point that the parts are detailed for one body only and it looks ridiculous swapping them around with other figs. >>11567957It's too late for that. Once Lando was released as a brown minifig, they had to either step back from that decision and make him yellow or make all the flesh tones for all their licensed figs.
>>11567960Bulk buying generic pants for figures is an artform, mainly due to how awful the hyperspecifics prints shit has gotten, the fact they can’t use any of the skin color only ones for regular bricks or something like mud/weird rocks is super annoying, just make a 2x4 already you stupid fucks
>>11567964>>11567960Theres sadly likely not gonna be an official leg piece made in solid reddish orange for example even though much shorter lived colors got that honor, theres never anything interesting with the new colors for cool parts or anything, its just suffering
Regarding minifigs, how easy is it to add your paint your own designs on to blank black and white torsos? What kinds of ink/paint and tools do you need?
>>11567967Pad press (mini)
>>11567967Come again?
>>11567964It's not so bad if you avoid most of the licensed Star Wars and Marvel parts. They're designed to be exactly for the character they made them for and that's about it. Every other theme is pretty decent about being swappable. >>11567966>solid reddish orangeAre you talking about the newish color that came out around last year? I think they made medium sized legs in that color. I wanted to get regular sized ones for the brick costume torso they made in that color recently, but that's all they had so far.
>>11567972I got Greedo’s OG legs at some point and trying to think what would go well with them being sky blue, and yes I am talking about the newest Orange color, same with Neon Yellow, that color is fuckugly but give us SOMETHING to work with besides teasing us about neon trans yellow never coming back damnit
Hello. Fresh Lego returnee here. I'm just wondering what the veneration around Bionicle is exactly? I used to see ads for them on TV back in the day but they never particularly captivated me and I'm wondering why/how they have this mythical status nowadays? Are they really that good? I read that lots of pieces are incompatible with standard Lego too. So what's the big thing I'm missing?
>>11567901Ok bro
>>11567972The older SW stuff can be useful, I want to mix OG Bib Fortuna (have) with one of the Lockhart torsos and legs and give him an orient express hat (and also make his hands match the head) to make a space chinaman, but getting everything in place is a big hassle
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>>11567975Just you wait. With the rate they're making classic space minifigs, they'll have a neon yellow fig and reddish orange as well. >>11567978That was back when they weren't as detailed.>but getting everything in place is a big hassleAre you talking about getting the parts? OG Lockhart parts are probably pricy.
>>11567984I’m frankly surprised they haven’t made an uber rare chrome spaceman or some shit, them bringing back the pearl colors of rahkshi or stuff like C3P0 pearl gold just for those fuckers isn’t even out of the range of fireI can technically find them they are just super duper expensive, unless its the orient express hat which no, green Lockhart is funny enough looking like the better decision to do with how I have a suit theme of green and red for all the employees, also for SW parts doing something, I managed to use one of the Vader hat pieces for a breather on the demon alien guy here
Why is it hard for lego to make molded pokemons and minifigs? They are a multi billion dollar company ffs
>>11567986Apathy
>>11567986It's not. They're going to do it.
>>11567986Lego execs practice dark magic that feeds on disappointment and frustration. Now with vitiligo.
>>11567536>>11567986it's super-possible.but like the Mario sets, they want to sell you big things rather than small things. and no, they don't think people would buy a $100 mountain of bricks just to get the little critters and minifigs all over it (except... they would) and with the big things they don't NEED to waste time or money on moldsplus they can fall back on:b-but Mario doesn't have minifigs, and this is also Nintendo! n-not everything needs minifigs, c'mon guys!!!(???)>>11567995dang that's not a bad deduction. there's lots of facts that lead to that conclusion
>>11567936Post MOCs
The $650, 6838-piece set is now rumored to be sculptures of Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander. Why in the world aren't they releasing those as three separate sets?
>>11568015Custom capes, since nobody is checking in over at biog
>>11567936Remove the 14 day autosage here damnit
bought this set on a whim, its pretty neat I like these little building sets.Will probably end up buying more to make a little street, which will lead to me blowing tons of money on the Daily Bugle eventually.
This time it's gonna happen... r-right?? R-right??? Minifigs???
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>>11567986They will but they will be 3d printed
>>11567828The absolute worst thing about this is that I cant buy multiples of this set to add tons of people to the crew. You know...like the whole purpose of Lego. Adult sets are just fucking 3d models now
>>11568067Pretty sure the purpose of Lego isn't to army build.
>>11568070A crew isn’t a soiwars clone army retard. Do you want a pirate ship without pirates?
>>11568067>>11568070>>11568084lol i dont know why but this interaction made me chuckle thanks anons i needed cheering up
>>11568093Everyone needs a pick me up these days. If you’re not miserable you’re not doing it right.>>11567995>ludere bene
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>>11568067What do you mean? Of course you can buy multiples of a $400 set to get a few minifigs. You're not poor are you?>>11567936Ban spammers and not the people who report them.
>>11568112He would if only they doubled the salary.
>>11567599yea i apprechiate it as someone who missed the orc castle stuff during my dark age
>>11567536Its over
Point is: nobody gives a shit about Pokeshart, just talk about something actually interesting instead of the same leak drivel, just show off some bricks you got.
>>11568202But everyone cares about lego pokemon. What's your problem? Come up with a discussion then
*chirping noises*
>>11568112Its all so tiring
>>11568218>everyone cares about lego pokemonBwahahahaha.Oh wait you were serious. Let me laugh harder.BWAHAHAHAHA!
Was never into Pokemon, all the games are boring and slow as shit. Wont be picking up any of the sets myself
Why does everyone glaze Nexo Knights? I've always thought it looked kinda gross.
I can’t wait to watch them get scalped by Mexicans. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qahLKInuEDA
>>11568256Pokemon is the worst type of thing to merchandiseeven if you WERE "into" Pokemon, there's 1000 different ones. the odds of them making the character you want, is terrible odds!which is a strange thing to say about a product that encourages you to build your own thing, somehow, I think Lego will "design" the sets where that WON'T be possible, and you need Lego to make it for you (and pay for it)
>>11568265Nexo never had rizz you broccoli headed retard.Fr no cap.
so we are all in agreement that lego nintendo has been really bad right?mario - shitzelda - lol, lmao evenanimal crossing - mehpokemon - megablocks 2.0 except x10 the pricei hope it all gets cancelled asap. at least everything except pokemon gottta go so theres room for another maybe good product lineup in the license lottery
>>11568274if each Animal Crossing set had ONE more minifig, it would qualify as decent.as they are, they really feel over priced.the Abel Sisters shop coming with only one of the titled "Sisters" was the best worst example of that
>>11568274>>11568283Animal Crossing has been good. Every set I've found in stores has been discounted by 30%. They must not be doing too well because they're permanently on sale it seems. I'm guessing the target demographic is mostly female and they're generally more interested in Friends or the flower builds?
>>11567536just buy the Keppley ones if you really want Pokemon minifigs that badly.
>20 pokemon setsPlace your bets on how many pokemons we get and which ones for year 1
>>11568316all Kanto nostalgiaslop
>Sauron minifig in a $70How big will the seething be?
>>115677687 Toy Story 5 sets in 2026
>>11568274What's wrong with the Zelda set? Seems cool to me. The Mario stuff seems like it's aimed at kids and not manchildren
>>11568325Poorfags hate it.
>>11568218>But everyone cares about lego pokemon. What's your problem?You can't be serious. I don't give a rats' ass about any licensed Lego set, least of all Pokemon. Projection like this is fucking nuts.
>>11568320I'm sure the $70 newer version will have more, better details. the old one will still retail its value as "different" even if it's "worse"
>>11567661Where the fuck are the pips LEGO REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>11567661Please god don't be one giant fucking $500 Enterprise D set please have some affordable way we can get these minfigs god PLEASE
>>11568293Dude same here, I was at the grocery store just a couple weeks ago and they had 50% off these sets. I picked up a $15 Animal Crossing set for $7
>>11568400they probably tried putting the pips up near the top of the torsos but I bet they looked lame.(I don't have the program, or desire, to mock one up) and also, now they only need to make three colors instead of like, red one with 4 pips, red one with 3 pips, yellow with 1.5... etc.I'm more REEEEEE'd with the blue torso apparently missing the boob lines. Wasn't Dr. Beverly Crusher the only main character with a blue uniform? she is clearly a woman. putting boob lines on Troi's costume, and not Beverly's?? FAIL! I don't even want the thing anymore, argh! why make it almost perfect and then mess up on a detail like that?! it's not like it's cheap or anything! y'know what? for $400 they should have printed multiple color torsos with the dang pips. boo hoo, Lego trying to save pennies by not having to print separate torsos for Picard and Riker. do you realize we are spending $400?! print the damn pips!!!!I riled myself up into a REEEEEEEE!!!!!
>>11568402Are you unable to save up $50 a week over three months for big purchases or something? Lego isn't stupid to flood the market with tons of the same theme, because pricing out customers just results in them not buying anything, which is a loss for Lego in the long run.
>>11568402duh, if they made a small set with Trek minifigs, they would not sell as many $400 ships. they did the same thing with Zelda. we all thought Lego made molds and would make more sets, but nope!the best we can hope for is glued-together keychains 3 years from now
>>11568402>>11568410whoops forgot to post my ultimate-frustrated-Sisko gif
>>11568402>please have some affordable way we can get these minfigs god PLEASEAhem
>>11568407The lack of pips and booblines means you can reuse them for new characters, which is something Lego doesn't seem to hold as a priority these days. However this is useless because no one sane is buying a second $400 set just to get a few extra mooks to add to the first one.
>>11568268>there's 1000 different ones. the odds of them making the character you want, is terrible odds!Some are much more popular than others though, you could probably cover 90% of people's favourites with a few dozen.
>>11568415>no one sane is buying a second $400 set just to get a few extra mooks to add to the first one.exactly. one of the biggest criticisms of the multi-hundred dollar sets is that you DID spend a lot of money on it, so you don't dare break it apart.the irony is, that destroys the core point of Lego, to make your own stuff. (Lego would rather have the profits, of course, screw the core values)I would very much like to have torsos to make my own crew with, but that's not going to happen. at all. and I have to come to peace with that.>>11568413>>11568402Is my MOC crew good enough? or do I really NEED to spend the $400?
>>11568416>you could probably cover 90% of people's favourites with a few dozenwhich is WHY we won't get any of anybody's favorites. it's the same reason Lego makes X-Wing #20 instead of IG-88's ship. they would rather make "smiling Pikachu" and "angry Pikachu" and "winking Pikachu" instead of more different ones, simply because they don't care about covering the characters, they want to sell the sets.
>>11568033Nice. Good up cycling for your used boxer shorts.
>>11568428bought some really cheap 96% polyester 4% something else fabric for them, shit was a pain to cut with how stretchy it was, and obviously didn’t match up with bottom left’s clear lines pattern and more stable stretchiness, no info on the exact materials online
>>11568429Ironic coming from you
We got age ranges for the Pokémon theme, thanks to the reliable JJPsLeakssite. It seems that 18+ sets are only included in the first wave for now. The list is said to be incomplete, so there might be more sets coming. Any expectations?
>>11568456>6+>7+>8+>10+>12+So this is difficulty, right?
>>11568422Designers will fight to get their favorites made tho
>>11568418We recently heard news of a Sauron minifigure coming in a $70 set, after he was included in the $400 Barad-Dûr set.Similarly, Captain Rex was in the Venator and then later appeared in a microfighter. Maybe we'll get the bridge or transporter room down the line with the minifigures. My ideal idea would be to make midi-scale ships with minifigures, where each ship comes with a minifigure so they can reuse the molds.I am more curious if we get a ToS Enterprise in 2026 for the anniversary.
Why is the multi billion toy industry leading company so fucking cheap when it comes to making new prints and molds?
>>11568456I am scared of the lineup of mons
>>11568445Maybe try spraying some starch on the fabric and ironing it flat first then, draw and cut the pattern out. Use some good sewing scissors as well for sharper cuts.
>>11568481Why are you like this dude?
>>11568489Because, this place was never great but it wasn’t ever this bad. I don’t visit Reddit or instagram and don’t want that content reposted here.We used to have threads up for weeks and now it’s every 48-72 hours. Any actual discussion gets lost in the constant spam and often a huge wave of reposted “leaks” get posted just as a decent discussion is popping off (4% Gaussian blur so you know it’s legit and not a pre approved Lego promotional image). Hardly anyone posts anything they own anymore and any creativity gets shit on.My autism doesn’t allow me to ignore it and I wont be because it’ll just continue as it has.I gave it a shot and after the last meltdown and kept quiet and we had a nice thread for a week or so and then butthole mcgee started up with the obvious spam again.We are creatures of duty… in another reality I could have called you friend.
>>11568494You are mentally ill dude, seek help. Get a life, touch grass. Buy lego, dunno.
>>11568505What part about anything I said implies mental illness? >>11567469The retard even admitted it before he put up 37 Lego threads over labor day weekend.
>>11567536>lego acquires pokemon license>shit out brickheadz>SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY US FUCKING DOLLARS>aimed at adultswhat the fuck are they thinking? just make affordable playsets and minifigs that children can afford you fucking cunts jesus christ
Um, what i'm actually trying to say is, i freaking love building stuff with lego?
>>11567536>650 dollarsPfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.
>>11568325But it's not even that bad considering every other set is like 500 dollars now
>>11568553unfathomably based
>>11568293Most of the first wave sold out and the discount thing isn't unique to animal crossing, that's just lego selling things with a big markup and other retailers selling them for closer to cost.
>>11568560apart from creator and 4+ sets i never see lego on sale ever. where can i get these discounts you speak of?
>>11568456I don't get the hate for the smart brick stuff, seems like a good use of the license
>>11568468That's basically what happened with animal crossing I think since we got fucking Julian before any of the more popular villagers>>11568456this has got to be replacing mario and animal crossing right?
>>11568562basically anywhere that isn't the official lego shop here in the uk
>>11568519Not robbing manchildren blind is leaving money on the table at this point. Their sets for onionsboys funds their ability to make sets for kids and normal people
>>11568564it's a gimmick that's barely gonna be used by anyone apart from kids, and lego are gonna use it as an excuse to overcharge even more than they already do
>>11568507>What part about anything I said implies mental illness?nta but if you don't see it then you're probably beyond help, get off 4chan for your own good.
>>11568564It's the latest example of LEGO trying their darnest to force smartphone integration into bricks because they think modern children are incapable of playing with toys without some sort of digital tie-in.It's focus tested slop, basically.
>>11568568>apart from kidsPokemon is for children, you will purchase the 650 genwunner slop
>>11568519...But I'm not. I ran out of crazy pills, I need to buy more!
>>11568570It fills a niche in their product offering. They still have plenty of regular sets for kids. Younger kids who are too old for duplo love the Mario stuff
>>11568559Thanks.I have loads of pieces in my stash lying around so why not use them and make something neat?
>>11568562>apart from creator and 4+ sets i never see lego on sale ever. where can i get these discounts you speak of?>>11568566>basically anywhere that isn't the official lego shop here in the ukIt has been a long time since I've travel to this store, but Smyths is like the biggest retail place for Lego after Toys "R" Us closed down.
>>11568494>this place was never great but it wasn’t ever this bad.It was this bad since covid
>>11568619Getting this bad* Forgot a word It just keeps getting worse.
>>11568619Anon, ignore that nutbag and filter the words he uses that have fuck all to do with Lego.
I'm not paying 700 euros for the pokemon set.
>>11568494>actual discussionIronic you talk about actual discussion while derailing the thread yet again. >>11568507>If I predict what people call me it excuses my shitty schizo behaviorIt doesn't, pal. Quit while you're behind. >>11568565>replacing mario and animal crossingI doubt it. Both have been producing sets pretty frequently. I don't think anything is going to be replaced.
>tried to fit in in other online communities (discords/telegram channels/forums)>all failed bros...i missed you all so muchi feel like 4chan is the only place where such underdog-outcasts can fit inlet's shitpost...
Told ya that the cleft lip minifig head in the Pharrell Williams set was a sign of things to come - say hello to the latest addition to the Friends cripple colony.
>>11568647And you care because you buy Friends sets?
