Wicked 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

[EdWebhead]

That is a massive disappointment if they indeed are minidolls. I get that Wicked skews more female, but girls like normal minifigures too! Only hope is if we get a larger D2C set with normal minifigures as well like the live-action Little Mermaid did.

[TeriXeri]

I wonder how LEGO is gonna deal with Fortnite sets, since the LEGO is not shown anywhere outside special LEGO game mode, avoiding any usage of minifigs with modern guns.

I doubt they'll make anything related to battle royale locations, at the very most the bus.

Of course that does not mean they have to avoid characters, as they clearly converted over a 1000+ skins for the LEGO game mode already.

I wouldn't mind seeing a set with like a battle scene of some fortnite characters vs a Brute (a monster in LEGO Fortnite).

Or if they want some minifig opponents, it could be one of those special treasure chest / campfires where groups of enemy minifigs spawn (pancake head guys in grassland, pirate/cowboy hats in desert etc)

I doubt they would recreate like the buildable buildings from the game, as they are quite complex with thick walls and would require a lot of pieces at scale, and would be much larger then even modular buildings for a regular house, the starter shack is like 16x16 but it looks very basic.

Edited February 15, 2024 by TeriXeri

[BrickBob Studpants]

5 hours ago, Lion King said:

Sir, what did you just say? :P 

Time to eat humble pie

Too bad, as I was looking forward to the Wicked sets. Oh well…

[Lion King]

13 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Time to eat humble pie

Too bad, as I was looking forward to the Wicked sets. Oh well…

Agreed with you, ah well…

[Virdenemt]

Minidolls = I won't purchase.

I really wanted Wicked sets. Darn.

[Lion King]

When Dreamzzz arrived last year, there is one minifigure that caught m attention it’s Mr. Oz.  Why? HIs name automatically make me think of Wizard of Oz. It made me suspious that Lego is doing Wizard of Oz sets? But Mr. Oz has nothing to do wiht Wizard of Oz/Wicked at all. I mean, he is all about space. So I shrugged this thought off my shoulder. 

Now we are going to get Wicked sets. 

[Murdoch17]

16 hours ago, Lion King said:

When Dreamzzz arrived last year, there is one minifigure that caught m attention it’s Mr. Oz.  Why? HIs name automatically make me think of Wizard of Oz. It made me suspious that Lego is doing Wizard of Oz sets? But Mr. Oz has nothing to do wiht Wizard of Oz/Wicked at all. I mean, he is all about space. So I shrugged this thought off my shoulder. 

Now we are going to get Wicked sets. 

His full name is Oswald. Oz is a nickname.

[Lion King]

1 hour ago, Murdoch17 said:

His full name is Oswald. Oz is a nickname.

He dones’t have a known full name….  Just let name, just pointing out! 

But yes Oz is his nickname. 

Edited February 19, 2024 by Lion King

[LaytonsApprentice2]

I just found a Reddit comment dating back to September last year saying that we're getting Lego sets based on Wicked: https://www.reddit.com/r/Barbie/s/5yU2Qdie25

Turns out we could have known much earlier haha.

 

I'm so excited for the first pictures and I'm honestly hoping the mini doll rumors aren't true.  

[Jarreth2]

With the announcement of Peter Dinklage voicing Dr. Dillamond in the movie … does this mean another new goat ?? Hopefully in minifigure form 😂🤞🏼

[Jarreth2]

The trailer dropped yesterday and I’m looking forward to seeing what Lego produce for this movie .. just please please please don’t be minidolls 🙏

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 hours ago, Jarreth2 said:

The trailer dropped yesterday and I’m looking forward to seeing what Lego produce for this movie .. just please please please don’t be minidolls 🙏

We already know it’s gonna be minidolls though  Same as Wednesday. Unless the leakers got it wrong, which is possible, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up

[Agent Kallus]

10 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

We already know it’s gonna be minidolls though  Same as Wednesday. Unless the leakers got it wrong, which is possible, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up

I mean TBF we already knew that the star destroyer was gonna be a death star. It's probably still gonna be minidolls but until we see it I'll have a sliver of hops ( I mean more hope for Wednesday rather than Wicked as that's what I'm more interested in.)

[Jarreth2]

@Agent Kallus me too .. although for me it’s Wicked .. but I have the same sliver of hope that Wicked ( only my opinion ) has a very much more adult fan base .. not saying kids don't love it too .. but fans have been waiting, very roughly, almost 10 years since rumours of the Wicked movie first began to appear, I’m leaning more towards the use of minifigures .. literally just thought too that when Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin-Man and the Cowardly Lion appear in Wicked part 2 Lego already have the moulds for these minifigures, sure they’ll have to alter some of the printing ( ruby slippers will need changing to silver ) I doubt they’d reuse the existing flying monkeys though. Time will tell I suppose. 😁👍🏼

[Murdoch17]

The Wicked sets are being revealed soon, as LEGO posted a theme teaser on Facebook, and Brickset posted an article with the official press release. Minidolls are confirmed as well as a release date - October 1st.

[JohnTPT17]

Shame it's minidolls - unless they're going to try to use this to make minidolls more appealing to adults/teens? Even then, I don't think it will work.

Hopefully the builds follow the trend of recent Friends sets and has solid builds, even if there's no traditional minifigs to go with them.

[Murdoch17]

11 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said:

Shame it's minidolls - unless they're going to try to use this to make minidolls more appealing to adults/teens? Even then, I don't think it will work.

Hopefully the builds follow the trend of recent Friends sets and has solid builds, even if there's no traditional minifigs to go with them.

Agree on your minidolls points.

What does everyone want from this theme? I want that train from the movie trailer so badly... an Art Deco streamlined steam loco? Yes please!

Edited May 20, 2024 by Murdoch17

[El Garfio]

[Jarreth2]

Oh well .. worst fears confirmed .. I’ll see what the sets look like and see if I can make some custom minifigures to go with them .. Elphaba’s hat and Glinda’s haor look quite good. Just been reading all the comments on falconfans post about these and practically all ( not 100 % but not far off ) the comments say ‘why minidolls” .. “should be minifigures” .. roll on October. ☹️☹️☹️

[Jarreth2]

Just a quick thought .. and I know Lego would never ever do it .. imagine if they included the parts to give you the option of having minifigs instead of dolls .. like the hair / hats accessories are universal ( mostly ) Lego .. you listening ?? 😂🙏🏼

Edited May 20, 2024 by Jarreth2

[Classic_Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Jarreth2 said:

Just a quick thought .. and I know Lego would never ever do it .. imagine if they included the parts to give you the option of having minifigs instead of dolls .. like the hair / hats accessories are universal ( mostly ) Lego .. you listening ?? 😂🙏🏼

The problem with this is that it would basically double the number of new prints (and probably some recolours) needed for the theme!
The only way that I can see this happening is if we got yellow Minidolls (or Minifig torsos with fleshie hands), and Minidoll version of existing Minifigs pieces. 
 

[Clone OPatra]

4 hours ago, Jarreth2 said:

Just been reading all the comments on falconfans post about these and practically all ( not 100 % but not far off ) the comments say ‘why minidolls” .. “should be minifigures” .. roll on October. ☹️☹️☹️

That's representative of a certain segment of LEGO fandom, but not consumers broadly. Minidoll themes are obviously successful, and LEGO (probably with input from Disney) made a calculated decision to do a Minidoll line for this film.

As an adult fan who also doesn't really care for minidolls themselves, I still feel that sets containing them are some of the best LEGO is producing at the moment (Botanic Gardens, upcoming Victorian BnB for my personal tastes, but the rest of the Friends line and Wish sets are on par or better than every other line of playsets).

These days, I think anybody who is completely put off by the mere fact that a (good) set contains minidolls rather than minifigures isn't thinking about it quite enough. I'm a huge minifig fan so I get that not having minifigures for a new property is a drag, but a good set is still a good set, if these turn out to be good.

[RichardGoring]

18 minutes ago, Clone OPatra said:

As an adult fan who also doesn't really care for minidolls themselves, I still feel that sets containing them are some of the best LEGO is producing at the moment (Botanic Gardens, upcoming Victorian BnB for my personal tastes, but the rest of the Friends line and Wish sets are on par or better than every other line of playsets).

These days, I think anybody who is completely put off by the mere fact that a (good) set contains minidolls rather than minifigures isn't thinking about it quite enough. I'm a huge minifig fan so I get that not having minifigures for a new property is a drag, but a good set is still a good set, if these turn out to be good.

Absolutely. I've thought for years that Friends is probably the best theme LEGO does, as it encapsulates everything that LEGO is good at so very well. 

From purely anecdotal personal experience, my three year old seems to find it easier to play with and pose minidolls, perhaps because the feet are fixed, so it's easier to place on studs. Although they bend more easily at the waist, so it's not quite that simple. Attaching them to seats with the foot grips is also easier, possibly. Maybe this is a reason for choosing minidoll if they expect younger fans to be into the sets?

Also, does the more human-like proportion of minidolls make it easier to build real-world settings to a more accurate scale/proportion, which is important to IP owners and model appeal, or am I overthinking it?

[EdWebhead]

My only hope is that we also get an 18+ set with minifigures down the line like The Little Mermaid remake did. Minidolls are fine, but why not make sets with normal minifigures as well? Surely an Oz-themed set with minifigures would be incredibly popular. I understand making minidolls since this is a female-centric property, but it's just frustrating when we're not even given an alternative. Why does it have to be one or the other? I'm just hoping the sets are at least on par with some of the recent Friends stuff rather than the very simplistic Disney Princess line.

[BrickBob Studpants]

I‘m sure the theme will provide some nice-looking sets if they‘re on par with the recent Friends offerings and we‘ll likely get quite a few interesting new parts out of it if the teaser‘s any indication, but it‘s still a bummer it‘s a minidoll theme  I get why they went this route tho