On 7/4/2017 at 2:35 AM, Tragic Banjo said:

I'm sure they're selling fine. But - Merchandising 101 here - you can't increase sales if you're not reaching new customers. Other toy companies have driven themselves into the ground by exclusively catering to the people who were already buying their stuff anyway, and making no effort to branch out. Like it or not, licensed series help recruit new customers in ways that "regular" series simply can't. Someone who's not already a LEGO fan sees no appreciable difference between Series 16 and Series 17, but they will notice - and potentially become a new customer! - if they see a series featuring Batman, or the Simpsons, or Disney characters, or 

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whatever this next series is. (Made you look!)

 

Can it be also the reason why they won't do Disney series twice?

  On 7/7/2017 at 9:34 AM, VaderFan2187 said:

Back on topic guys...

I made a mammoth hint in the S18 thread and no one noticed 

What, the 4th July thing?

  On 7/7/2017 at 1:05 PM, MAB said:

What, the 4th July thing?

The "it's used on birthdays" hint?

  On 7/7/2017 at 9:34 AM, VaderFan2187 said:

Back on topic guys...

I made a mammoth hint in the S18 thread and no one noticed 

Oh, the ivory!

  On 7/7/2017 at 9:34 AM, VaderFan2187 said:

Back on topic guys...

I made a mammoth hint in the S18 thread and no one noticed 

'Mammoth'?

Ice Age?

  On 7/7/2017 at 5:55 PM, LEGODalekbuster523 said:

'Mammoth'?

Ice Age?

I'm thinking he means a mammoth or elephant costume for S18

But Ice Age did come to my head... lol

  On 7/7/2017 at 5:58 PM, JGuy said:

I'm thinking he means a mammoth or elephant costume for S18

But Ice Age did come to my head... lol

I'd love a Scat the squirrel minifigure. 

  On 7/6/2017 at 12:43 PM, Robert8 said:

This doesn't make sense for me

There are only a few ways how this can work with what we know so far

1. Batman Movie S2 was cancelled and replaced with a regular series

2. They changed their minds and Series 18 wont be costume themed

3. The mysterious licensed series rumor was fake and Series 19 will be released instead

3. There will 4 series next year: Batman, S18, S19 and the licensed series

4. Batman Movie S2 will be released on december this year (therefore having 4 series on 2017) and 3 series next year: S18, S19 and the licensed series

In times like this I miss CM4Sci more than ever. He would drop a hint. 

All I know is:

Batman 2 - January 2018. The Batman sets release in December but these are considered 2018 releases. This is how it always works, like the Joker's Limo/Batcave/Batmobile releasing November 2016. Those were 2017 sets.
Series 18 - May 2018

License one - Aug/Sept 2018

Edited July 8, 20177 yr by just2good

  On 7/8/2017 at 1:31 AM, just2good said:

All I know is:

Batman 2 - January 2018. The Batman sets release in December but these are considered 2018 releases. This is how it always works, like the Joker's Limo/Batcave/Batmobile releasing November 2016. Those were 2017 sets.
Series 18 - May 2018

License one - Aug/Sept 2018

Thanks for the info @just2good 

  On 7/8/2017 at 1:31 AM, just2good said:

All I know is:

Batman 2 - January 2018. The Batman sets release in December but these are considered 2018 releases. This is how it always works, like the Joker's Limo/Batcave/Batmobile releasing November 2016. Those were 2017 sets.
Series 18 - May 2018

License one - Aug/Sept 2018

@just2good Do you know whether or not the licensed series will be based on a theme featured in LEGO Dimensions?

  On 7/8/2017 at 3:15 PM, MatthewRC said:

@just2good Do you know whether or not the licensed series will be based on a theme featured in LEGO Dimensions?

Since Dimensions was a hint I would have thought so.

Edited July 8, 20177 yr by J4ck
Grammar

It could be also Red Dwarf. It was featured in Dimensions, too.

  On 7/9/2017 at 10:57 AM, Pop Star c o said:

It could be also Red Dwarf. It was featured in Dimensions, too.

Yeah as a cameo room, no minifigures or anything, I seriously doubt know that Lego won't do Red Dwarf, no children are gonna be interested in that!

  On 7/8/2017 at 5:50 PM, J4ck said:

Since Dimensions was a hint I would have thought so.

What if we got minifigs from the Arrowverse?? 

  On 7/9/2017 at 3:04 PM, JGuy said:

What if we got minifigs from the Arrowverse?? 

1. The clue is a licensed theme.

2. Another clue is an old theme.

3. The final clue is something to do with dimensions and since the Super Flarrow Verse (you can quote me on that) has nothing to do with dimensions.

4. We've had a TLBM series in January and another in January with potentially DC super heroes.

Not happening.

  On 7/9/2017 at 5:46 PM, J4ck said:

1. The clue is a licensed theme.

2. Another clue is an old theme.

3. The final clue is something to do with dimensions and since the Super Flarrow Verse (you can quote me on that) has nothing to do with dimensions.

4. We've had a TLBM series in January and another in January with potentially DC super heroes.

Not happening.

Well true it isn't an old theme but it's not impossible because it is licensed and actually STAR labs is in Lego Dimensions (albeit an Easter egg)

  On 7/9/2017 at 8:44 PM, JGuy said:

Well true it isn't an old theme but it's not impossible because it is licensed and actually STAR labs is in Lego Dimensions (albeit an Easter egg)

STAR Labs existed before the comics and if you're talking an Easter egg that references the show doesn't mean it'll come true, it's an old theme, the super flarrow verse hasn't had a theme so it can't be.

Harry Potter seems to be the most obvious answer. We'll see though!

Hogwarts castle is confirmed to be in the next FB film.   I vote for that to be the the big direct to consumer set, with the individual fig packs allowing you to populate it from the era of your choosing.

  On 7/9/2017 at 9:53 PM, J4ck said:

STAR Labs existed before the comics and if you're talking an Easter egg that references the show doesn't mean it'll come true, it's an old theme, the super flarrow verse hasn't had a theme so it can't be.

*shrug* worth a guess anyways

it helps distract me from the fact that it's probably HP 

Edited July 10, 20177 yr by JGuy

  On 7/9/2017 at 11:50 PM, greenalfonzo said:

Hogwarts castle is confirmed to be in the next FB film.   I vote for that to be the the big direct to consumer set, with the individual fig packs allowing you to populate it from the era of your choosing.

Just like the disney series in a way. Yeah, why not?

I have a lot of the minifigs from the most recent wave as well as both Hogwarts sets and Hagrid's Hut. Both the sets and the figures are brilliant so I would welcome more! (In other words I'm going to be a little bummed if it doesn't turn out to be a Harry Potter series)

While I've said before I personally would not be interested in a HP/FB CMS, there is one good usage I could see coming out of at least a FB CMS, and that is plenty of characters in 1920's period set attire.

One thing that was great about the sets from Disney's Jerry Bruckheimer film themes (POTC, The Lone Ranger, and Prince of Persia), was that their minifigures were in a very realistic, gritty style that otherwise would not have been seen in figures from an original, similarly period set theme. So if we were to get a FB CMS, you certainly would be able to exploit some great period set torsos/legs for reusage.

  On 7/9/2017 at 10:57 AM, Pop Star c o said:

It could be also Red Dwarf. It was featured in Dimensions, too.

I like Red Dwarf, but there's no way in hell. 

  On 7/11/2017 at 3:26 AM, Digger of Bricks said:

While I've said before I personally would not be interested in a HP/FB CMS, there is one good usage I could see coming out of at least a FB CMS, and that is plenty of characters in 1920's period set attire.

I hadn't thought about this possibility but I'm liking it. I just hope if that's the case there isn't too much fleshie showing. Not that I really mind fleshies, it's just that my current (and foreseeable future) collection has a lot more customizing options for classic yellows.

Now all we need is some one who knows to confirm or deny HP/FB.

Edited July 11, 20177 yr by rodiziorobs