Khargeust

I don't consult the website or use their application (I use MinifigScan which is better) but I really like listening to the analyzes of the person present in most of their YouTube videos which are of quality and which have the merit of developing interesting subjects.

So true, big display sets are delightful to see but play sets are the best ! Come on LEGO, you can do it !

You're right, it would make more sense to directly include Gandalf with his cart but I'm doubtful about a GWP including a Nazgul again. It needs to be something different and exclusive to maximize sales upon release of the set.

Which GWP could accompany the future Bag End set ? A remake of 9469 Gandalf Arrives ? But it would be weird to have Gandalf as an extra figure as I don't see how he could not already be present in the Bag End set. This is without taking into account the fact that the Gandalf minifigure should automatically be present in the June Booknook set. That's a lot of Gandalf and it's hard to see how LEGO could release a exclusive figure in each set given that he is always dressed the same.

Wow, well seen ! Could the future castle in the Creator 3 in 1 range be based on this set? Or is it just pure coincidence? What makes me doubt is the fact that the animals in this theme are usually brick built animals, look at the birds in 31120...

Me too. Having missed the Hobbit sets from 2012-2014, I would love to see Thorin's company as minifigures, the characters are so unique and endearing. I'm pretty sure we will have instead a quite boring selection of figurines from LOTR...

Sorry, I mean the exclusive torso from the 40601.

As mentioned earlier in this thread I think the faction that will be present in the next 3 in 1 castle will be Dragon Knights because the mold already exists and this allows LEGO to make it profitable. Also the release of the dragon in the creator 3 in 1 range from January is a hint that this will be so, but I might be wrong. With all these recent faction reboots (Lions, Falcons, Forestmen, Dragon Knights, Wolfpack), we should conclude easily that the same treatment will apply to the Black Knights. It would be unforgivable otherwise. In what set and on what occasion do you think this could be done?

And why not a Dragon Knights castle ? They could put the new minifigure introduced in the 40601 and make it profitable. Also it would paired well with the green and red dragon from the new 3 in 1 set that will be released next january.

Could the ghost minifigure be reintroduced in the 31167 Haunted House ? If it is the case I hope it would be a real new one unlike the 10273 ones...

Dioramas like the ones from Star Wars line with premium prices maybe, but playsets no. Simply because there is currently no demand from the young audience. The hype aimed at children for The Hobbit trilogy is dead. The children of 2012-2014 are now adults. There would never have been LOTR playsets if the Hobbit trilogy had not seen the light of day. LEGO has today obviously so much more interest in producing large, expensive and collector sets, because potential customers are exclusively adults. I sincerely regret this and hope that there can be a renewed interest from the new generation so that we can have playsets. But in this perspective one has to generate demand. How ? Maybe thanks to future films? I doubt it because they will never have the popular impact of Jackson's trilogies. I hope I'm wrong.

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Hope we will not get stickers. It would be a downer. By the way, it is strange those pieces in 40580 were not printed since this upcoming set was certainly anticipated at that time and could have been recycled from this perspective.

Very surprising that the wolfpack guy does not appear on the front of the packaging because it will definitely e the best seller of the serie.

Very surprising to me that he does not appear on the front of the packaging because it will definitely be the best seller of the serie.