>>11807664 The 'authentic sounds' are nonsense, Lego has lied. It's not Pokemon sounds, they even claim to have been unable to replicate the original sounds despite those being 8-bit sounds on less complex devices than the slop brick.
They need to be sued for false advertising. This is illegal.
And prices: LEGO Pokemon Smart Play All-in-One (sets with Smart Bricks)
>72164 Training House with Pikachu – US$69.99 / £59.99 / €69.99 >72167 Charizard vs. Jolteon Ultimate Battle – US$119.99 / £109.99 / €119.99
LEGO Pokemon Smart Play Compatible Sets (no Smart Bricks) >72155 Berry Bash with Bulbasaur and Bidoof – US$19.99 / £17.99 / €19.99 >72156 Trainer’s Buggy Adventure with Squirtle – US$29.99 / £24.99 / €29.99 >72157 Charmander and Geodude’s Cavern Clash – US$19.99 / £17.99 / €19.99 >72158 Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly Battle – US$34.99 / £29.99 / €34.99 >72159 Jigglypuff Concert – US$14.99 / £12.99 / €14.99 >72161 Drone Search for Mythical Mew – US$49.99 / £44.99 / €49.99 >72162 Eevee and Lapras’s Treasure Hunt – US$59.99 / £54.99 / €59.99 >72163 Mewtwo’s Lab Break – US$69.99 / £59.99 / €69.99 >72165 Umbreon vs. Garchomp Championship Battle – US$79.99 / £69.99 / €79.99 >72166 Cubone and Gengar’s Spooky Showdown – US$89.99 / £79.99 / €89.99 >40887 Ditto as Squirtle Movie Night (Gift with Purchase)
Rumoured Smart Play sets such as Eevee Evolution pack, Scorbunny Evolution pack, Riolu Dojo and Croagunk Bus Station are coming in 2027.
We are yet to get pics for 4 final 18+ sets for this year (Munchlax, Arcanine and two minifigure centric sets such as Rayquaza and Pokeball). There are atleast 2 or 3 Brickheadz packs also coming this fall. And possibly more 2027 minifigure centric sets since leaker Aclaybricks said minifigs were originally intended to start coming in 2027 but are coming earlier now.
>>11807685 You know Super Mario lasted 7 years before the switch to minifigs in 2027, why should this be any different? The sets got way more praise than expected, most of them anyway.
>>11807686 Is the GWP already out of stock or not available yet? I can't find any info about it the UK lego site. >>11807715 I think I'd like it more if it wasn't for the overpriced and shitty smart brick.
Why don't they make the real pokemon sounds? There's no technical limitations, the smart brick is capable of the exact same types of sounds as the original gameboy
>>11807664 Bought the Notre Dame pre-owned and got it on thursday and thought "well, can't take that long" and then sat for three days straight building it. Literally >wake up >build lego >eat >sleep repeat probably was because the previous guy simply threw it all in one big pile in the box so i had to sort it out to make any progress, but i did it and i love it. I'ts actually growing more and more on me by the day. Thought about getting the neuschwanstein too. Got the notre-dame for ~144usd+shipping, saw there's a guy selling his neuschwanstein for ~162usd, sendt him a message a couple days ago, but was left on delivered. Thinking of sending a new one now, but i'm unsure. Any thoughts on the prices?
Yup, it's actually fucking kino. The building is so beautiful and uses some crazy building techniques i never thought of before. Minifigs are beautiful and there are so many nice accessories i also never had before like dumplings and tea leaves. The best part is that this particular shelf of mine gets hit by moonlight shining through my window so somewhere around midnight it will be an actual moon gazing inn. If i wasn't shit at photography with my phone i would take that pic as well.
>>11808291 >ackshually im the good poster post one fucking lego set dude. I dare you. you fucking larping gay faggot just kill yourself. nobody appreciates you being a bitch for the sake of being a faggot bitch. it isn't ironic or edgy. make it suicide coded and jump headfirst off an overpass.
>>11808295 >Obsessed with rape >Obsessed with pedophilia >Uses "french" and "frog" as insults >Has violent fantasies >Has low impulse control >Lacks the critical thinking and introspection to help him realize that his repetitive behavior won't change anything >Probably too poor to afford any Lego sets He's totally from the third world.
>>11808299 it doesn't even make sense, its already hardcore corporate coded to be buying shit you don't need like lego, but he's doing everyone a service by trying to make sure new sets don't get posted? its so dishonest and retarded its clearly not from anyone interested in lego any more, just some faggy purist who grew up with Chima or Bionicle or some other failure theme and is mald they don't make more lore for Hooplondia the Herpsheet.
>>11808381 Hasn’t updated in 3 years and his last video was about him looking for deals in Mexico. He got tricked by a sweet senorita into looking for boxed deals from the 90s and ended up dead in the Mexican desert.
The road sets came in the mail today. So, here we are with the beginnings of a small lego town. There's several sets I could add yet like that one retired green grocery store.
>>11808479 anon... Those look no better imo. I knew you were talking about these I just wanted you to take a second and consider if you actually believe what you say. I sure as hell don't see the hype of those old functionless plates I still see the repercussions of to this day (bases made out of this garbage I have to elevate with tiles)
>>11808486 You didn’t know shit and you’re seething and coping. Those “roads” you posted look like ass. I was being nice before but not pointing out your retarded “town” and trying to offer some helpful advice since you build and act like a toddler. Keep posting your Mocs but also maybe accept some constructive criticism without being a dink about it?
>>11808508 Good tastes anon. There’s one of these at the center of my town and the one next to mine, they both have yields in different directions and everyone just kinda says fuck it and floors it through. >Merca
>>11808492 >call someone a “fucking child” unprovoked >they give mild reasoned pushback >whine like a baby and say they’re being a dick maybe retrospection would be good for you bud
Can we finally get a set that's entierly centered on sora/arin now after wyldfyre got her transforming dragon? For new characters they really got shafted, nothing above 50$ since they got introduced. I'd love to see a sora titan mech or something simmilar.
And these, of course. Suprised we aren't getting a small scale Pokemon in polybags, I legit expect some small scale brickbuilt pokemon polybags like when we had that sort of cmf like series of Super Mario brickbuilt enemies.
>>11808486 >Those look no better imo in what way? there are no eyesore rectangular joints every 1.5 inches, there are manholes, and a grass verge with yellow lines that break the mold. it's objectively better in every way lmao
>"It wasn’t launched globally, as LEGO SMART Play is a major transformative company-wide initiative that spans our entire value chain, from R&D to manufacturing and retail. Owing to the complexities of launching this innovative new platform we’ve phased launch to ensure the best customer experience we can.
>"While we can’t share more information right now on further market availability, our teams are working really hard to get LEGO SMART Play to fans and builders across the world. Please stay tuned and we’ll share more information as soon as we can."
>>11808871 >>11808872 >>11808874 $5 for something that should have been included in >>11808880 How the fuck has Lego completely missed what made Lego Mario popular? >>11808932 What's gonna be first, smart brick global launch or Lego gives up on smart brick?
>"Every time we speak with children and fans, what they want to be are Pokémon trainers," the LEGO Group’s Design Director Siddharth Muthyala told Polygon. "And then when you dive a little deeper into that, what does it mean to be a trainer? It's finding Pokémon, catching them, nurturing them, training them, and of course, you go into a battle with them.
>"The intentionality goes so deep that we don't have any minifigures in the assortment because children are the trainers. So it's a Pokémon world you're entering and all the children out there in the world, they are the humans, they are the trainers who are catching these Pokémon, bonding with them and battling and training with them. So that was also a choice."
>"There’s also the small matter of scale: pop a minifigure next to any of these brick-built Pokémon and you’re looking at a sort of inverse scenario where the animals send the humans into battle. Minifigure-first playsets would have been a completely different proposition, like an arena filled with minifigures and tiny moulded Pokémon, which might have looked neat on display but probably wouldn’t have been as much fun to play with."
>>11808937 >How the fuck has Lego completely missed what made Lego Mario popular? What worked in the past won't work in the future, the company needs to change that's why we get endless dust collectors for adults and kid-focused sets focus on customization through rearranging pre-built modules rather than completely pulling apart and rebuilding all the increasingly smaller parts
We know its the lego company who pushes for so much tech integration into lego bricks and nintendo want normal sets... but why? Why do lego want to change what worked for close to 70 years or so?
>>11808013 >>11808016 >>11808036 It's based on the NES sprite. I hate how modern games call it a "Retro" sprite or "Retro" console because they to write NES/Nintendo. I doubt that has anything to do with licensing. You can just write "Nintendo Entertainment System is a trademark of Nintendo" in the fine print without licensing anything.
Some good news: >lego sonic is not ending There will be new sets in 2027 for the theme. >lego animal crossing The theme will have a soft reboot next year, more brick built stuff coming. Less sets.
>>11807790 Just check brickset and check the MSRP of the set and then ask yourself how much over MSRP are you willing to pay? For me its usually 10-20%
>>11808979 >>11808982 McFucking Yikes. Honestly there is no future for Lego if they don't start hiring actual autistic people who just want to create affordable fun sets.
>>11809025 The problem with Animal Crossing is that most of the sets were half assed. None of the houses ever really looked like AC New Horizons houses.
>>11809025 > theme will have a soft reboot next year, more brick built stuff coming. Less sets. Finally we’re getting what everyone wanted: FEWER villagers
I like pokeymanz but I gotta say most of them don't look good in lego form Really underwhelmed with the sets so far, the new smart play ones aren't much nicer
Part of my Pick a Brick order arrived. Pretty neat. If Lego is too woke for Western sets they should just put that stuff up on Pick a Brick. Also I'm guessing it's much cheaper to just Bricklink pieces right? I checked one store but their prices in huge bulk were mostly for used pieces. For PaB it's nice getting brand new pieces (even tho some pieces are chipped, wtf where is the quality control?)
>>11809106 I miss the era that huge slop sets like these were released once every few months. Now it's 10+ every month. Having a negative impact on regular sets, because this shit also needs shelf space in the stores.
>>11809092 I love Gaudi and visiting the Sagrada was a genuine transcendent experience, but the set designers seem to have forgotten the most distinctive feature of the building: the cranes that have been hovering over it for decades.
>>11809136 Lego is a very small family owned business. They have a budget to work with and adding the cranes would made it too expensive for them not being able to make a profit, please understand.
I ordered 40 :) heads and only got 39. They also added 5 1x1 tiles extra and a 2x6 white brick I didn't order. Is it even worth complaining for 1 extra head?
>>11809182 It's probably an AI background and I'm guessing they take a photo of the set but most likely a 3D render of the set and they send it to the AI to paste it onto the background so the lighting and shadows match.
>>11809208 Just fucking dump all the leaks in a text file or an image hoster and post the link once instead of CONSTANTLY FLOODING THIS PLACE WITH SHIT.
>>11809136 Actually, you are supposed to build those yourself when you add the set to your city, they are meant to be strategically placed to hide the connection points.
>>11809212 >all the leaks in a text file or an image hoster and post the link once LMAO at pic #6!
What's that in pic#8??? Is that a [thing?!]
I can't believe they thought pic#15 was a good idea?!
oh neat! that thing from pic#22!!!! it's a [thing!] you have to click on that text line, right-click "copy"... open a new browser tab... paste the link... scroll down and find the pic!!!!
OR the pic can be HERE and we can all easily look at it
>>11809233 >no you must accept half the thread being taken up by reposted goyslop leaks because I said so no you cannot just put them all in a folder of the month my paycheck would be neutered then Fuck off. >>11809219 Yes, (you)
>>11809246 >>no you must accept half the thread being taken up by reposted goyslop leaks because I said so no you cannot just put them all in a folder... 70% of this thread is your meltdown and other people trying, in futility, to calm you down.
you're trying to be "le hero" by crafting the discussions the way you think it should be, free of Lego-company-manipulated dialogue (if that's the case or not, it's impossible to argue a conspiracy theory, as... that's what they want you to think)
WE are all trying to be YOUR good friends in counceling you that there's no way to yell at a wall and make it move. the images WILL be posted. you are indeed powerless to stop it, and the more you struggle, the worse your downward spiral into madness (if you're not there already)
let go. or move on. the sooner you realize that, the better off you will be. you think you are trying to save us, but it's not your place to do so. if we are being manipulated by propaganda, that's our own fault. you fail to realize that WE are capable of "knowing it's a [fake] leeeeaaak!" and judging our reactions accordingly. you clearly know what's going on, don't assume we don't.
>>11809279 Soon there will be no lego on the board, that’s how it’s gonna be, but you continuing to defend the spam is how this suicide goes on, seems like it got autosaged here early even so there’s a definite crackdown on this shit now, maybe soon we can be free of this place
>>11809294 >I'm stealing these if I ever see them in stores Had the same thought. Why would they ever think it was a good idea to sell a single 2x2 tile in a polybag?
>>11809359 Yeah, I finished building it before I realized the colour was off, and I feel like the medium azure or whatever just doesn’t capture it, even if you can use the takua masks as claws
>>11809423 I care. I’m a pokemon autist, and my niece and nephew both like Hello Kitty. I’m prepared to be massively disappointed by the Rayquaza though. Would be astounded if our first pokemon minifigure is some Literally Who? pokegirl no one gives a fuck about
>>11809339 >but you continuing to defend the spam for the record, I'm not "defending the spam" I'm aware of it, and dealing with it by leaving it alone. which is what everyone should be doing
that's different than defending or promoting it. I do slightly agree that it's easier to discuss things with visual references, so in a way it is helpful, but that's all.
and if it IS a --Lego Employee-- doing it, it gives us an opportunity to counter-manipulate the company itself by making comments on the pics. I will gladly make that trade. (if that is indeed what is going on)
for example, can the Lego Employee lurking here please sneak some Light Nougat legs into a freaking new set already? we need fleshie bare-leg options and these Harry Potter sets are from sooo long ago!
>>11809760 There’s to point trying to reason with the thing. If you aren’t engaged in spamming counter-spam, then, to him, you’re as bad as the so-called spammer. You’ll also catch strays if you, say, comment on the “leaks” with anything other than undifferentiated disapproval, or if you post/ask about new sets.
>>11809646 I ordered 40 :) heads so I'm gonna replace all my City sets with them. I just don't know what I'm going to do with the Nufaces. Are any of them worth anything?
>>11810171 I was practically looking at my classic black dragon when I posed that question, so I guess I don’t know what I was thinking. But apart from specific wing elements, has Lego designed any decent brick-built wings?
>>11809810 >Lego dumps 1.7 trillion USD on Shart Bricks >They can't make star wars sounds >They can't make Pokemon sounds >The make sets bulky to build >They need Bluetooth and a lithium battery that will eventually explode if not charged When will Lego Group, a small private family run business, understand that their business is PHYSICAL TOYS and not software?
>>11809810 It's so garbage. Why the fuck did lego spend half a billion dollars on this trash instead of increasing their quality control? You literally have to give yourself carpal tunnel for him to shoot his lightning.
>>11810193 probably when this wave of 'afols welcome!' nerds get purged in a couple of years for costing the company millions in wasted money and damaging brand accessibility/ longevity whether they like it or not kids are the lifeblood of the brand and if they lose them, the money will dry up sooner than they expect due to no new customers
>>11810231 >Kids love toys until parents slap a tablet in their hands to shut them up >Kids would be content with more toys BUT an evil company named Lego keeps making $600+ sets that no child except Trump Jr can afford >Fewer kids playing with toys >In the future fewer adults that will want to get back into Lego
>>11810232 kids always have and always will like toys, tablet or no the trick is finding something that appeals to them, and by the looks of it all these attempts at shoving app related electronics aren't doing it
>>11810234 Because they're too expensive. >CAN I HAVE THE DARTH VADER TIE FIGHTER WITH SMART PLAY?? >Son/Daughter, it's $90 and you ALREADY have the Darth Vader Tie Fighter at home (the parent is thinking of the Tie Bomber that is still available that ALSO has Darth Vader in it)
>>11809399 Itsjustajoe said its probably a 4+ theme like Bluey
>We don’t have full confirmation yet, but this seems to be a 4+ oriented theme like Gabby’s Dollhouse or Bluey from what we’ve heard from sources
Also, we will get more 2027 leaks in the upcoming weeks... apparently lots of new licensed themes are coming, we might not get a new original theme in the first half of 2027!
>>11810325 sorry chud, you didn't support the star wars buildable figures 7 years ago and that means lego will never make another figure line ever again
>brickarms still a thing >brickforge still a thing >their stuff from late 2000s and early 2010s deemed classic. Lads I’m not feeling good about the passage of time.
>>11810231 I think they're adjusting the strategy with the larger sets to maximize purchases from each customer, they're not as large as before so you can spend even more filling the same amount of space with more bricks (because they're 20-30% 1x1 pieces). The Spanish church doesn't even have the same width footprint as 2 base plates despite being 12000 pieces, and it isn't very tall either.
>>11810362 They're all right. Picked up some P90-ish guns and vests for my SG-1 figs a while back at a Brickmania. Haven't gone back to that store recently though, they started stocking some cringe hohol propaganda conversion kits for their overpriced military bootlego sets and I just won't be party to that.
>>11810234 Kids by nature prefer physical toys. My son fucking loves trucks and building blocks. Our house is filled with die cast cars and legos for this reason. Sure he finds lights and sounds cool but at the end of the day if the batteries are dead he'll still play with the damn trucks and legos because it's not the lights he loves, its the lights on the toy he loves. I'm just lucky my mom saved my legos so I could give them to my son, buying the new shit is a pain even if he prefers the city stuff which is generally cheaper than the IP slop.
>>11810221 >Why is this literally who getting a minifig instead of, you know, the actual franchise main characters? this could be solid concrete evidence that some of Lego's decisions are based purely on DESIGNER-FAVORITES. it's simply someone's favorite character, that's it and that's all
you kinda think they do that (like say, with their choice of Animal Crossing characters? or Soccer Team stadiums?) I mean, the Ideas Review process for the sets that make 10,000 votes seems only based on opinions of a few instead of surveys of many (otherwise they'd ALL be made into sets, as they DID get the 10,000 votes!)
>>11809359 Wtf? Really? >>11810175 I liked the og ninjago dragons, same system as they used for the current 3-in-1 creator dragon. "Technic scaffolding with cloth" is also good when it's actual cloth that can fold in and not this bullshit on charizard.
I just realized there is little reason to buy new legosets to open and build them. You'd mostly be better off buying bootlego unless you want to flip them later, in which case it would be better to leave them unopened.
Reminder Mega didn't touch any Legendaries other than Mew and Mewtwo so Lego already doing Mew, Mewtwo and Rayquaza! Because Rayquaza is a big thing. It means Lego will do thing different. Rayquaza opens it up Lego plays long term and will do lots of leegndaries.
>>11810805 this is the one character that simply MUST BE "somebody's (designer at Lego) favorite"
it's the ONLY horse-with-horn in the entire game. if they made a regular horse head mold, it could have been re-colored into dozens of other horse characters. there's logically no reason to have done the only one with a horn
they even used it twice! in a polybag! that could have easily been a new character, instead we got somebody's favorite twice.
and if Julian was somebody's favorite, that means it's likely that ALL the Animal Crossing characters were based on [designer favorites]
>>11810814 I can understand Julian, he’s by far the most popular horse villager (actually he’s the only horse villager I see, I don’t think people like the horses). The lack of cat villagers is crazy to me, though. Ankha, Raymond, Bob, they’re some of the most popular villagers full stop.
>>11810838 >>11810832 >>11810818 Let’s say you could add two figures: one using an existing mold and one with a brand new head mold. Which two would you choose? I’d do maybe Del and Mira.
>>11810876 >Let’s say you could add two figures: one using an existing mold and one with a brand new head mold. Which two would you choose? who else is shocked that Lego has not yet done a Festival set featuring Pave? he seems like the perfect character for them.
I'm not even teasing, Pave would be fun to get. his dialogue is funny and he gives out all kinds of neat prizes for the event. maybe they can have the [Smart Brick] play his little tune and light up like crazy. it could be the first instance of the [Smart Brick] being exactly what you'd want it to be.
and Tiffany they already have the rabbit head mold
>>11810876 Coco using an existing mold and Roswell for a new mold. Coco is pretty populat, I'm surprised we haven't seen her yet. I hope the Animal Crossing theme isn't dead. As many others have said a CMF line would be perfect for them. Maybe I'll come up with my dream Animal Crossing CMF wave next, just for fun.
my idea for an Animal Crossing CMF wave. Probably not the most realistic to get both Roswell and Drago as they would require similar but different head molds. Cephlobot would probably have a specialised leg piece, making other octopus villagers likely in future waves.Erik might be a stretch as well due to his head being too unique. Ankha's head piece could be an attachment on the small pin hole in the existing cat head piece mold.
I invite others to come up with an Animal Crossing CMF wave, this was enjoyable.
>>11811106 she was a popular character long before the goonbait video. Most people don't associate her with that anyway. I don't see it out of the realm of possibility to get an Ankha minifigure.
>>11810221 She's highly associated with Rayquaza. There also seems to be some sort of weird internal divide in Game Freak where they don't like acknowledging the anime. The last Pokemon game that significantly featured anime elements IIRC was Pokemon Puzzle League on the N64, which wasn't developed by Game Freak. Later games have had pseudo-cameos, like Ash Cap Pikachu or Ash-Greninja, but the former is iirc untradeable between gens and the latter has been outright retconned, which is wild. Lycanroc-Dusk is the only particularly Ash associated thing you can still use in modern Pokemon.
Anyway I'd love minifigs of S1 Ash Brock and Misty but I wouldn't hold your breath.
>>11810362 Brickarms was my introduction to 3rd party weapons and that rabbit hole just keeps spiralling deeper with every year. Sadly though Brickarms themselves hold little interest anymore, their new stuff is sporadic and mostly Mandalorian-based or overmolded and all overpriced. Brickforge also used to get regular interest but has also largely stagnated and is a poor value for international buyers like myself. Minifigcat (Sidan), Brick Tactical, various AliExpress sellers and (more rarely) BrickWarriors have been my small arms suppliers in recent times.
Hard to believe pic related is 14 years old and was the near-entirety of my arsenal at the time.
>>11811039 >>11810977 Mew is female. Mewtwo is male. Apparantley they made another movie where a second Mewtwo is female. In a third movie Mewtwo is voiced by a male and a female at the same time.
>>11811099 Wtf did you use AI for this? They look great.
>>11811215 You guys are so autistic. It's funny that the most autistic Lego people are realistic minifig gun guys and World War 2 Lego guys. With that said I want a set of those star wars guns that actually look like star wars guns.
>>11811142 Played since Red and exclusively collect vintage cards — Zinnia is absolutely a Literally Who? She’s in, what? A single post-game “episode” in a decade old remake? If you asked me to name ten or twenty trainers, I’m not sure I’d come up with her. It'll be astounding if we get Zinnia before Red or Misty or any of the actually known game (or show) characters.
Did you get the biggest Hogwarts Castle ever? I wish I was a HP nerd so I would've been obsessed with it and get all of it but I'm not and don't intend to now. But it's nice to look at it, I wonder what's next after this? I doubt they will do it again for the show, probably we get something smaller scale and cheaper for the show.
>>11811648 Honestly tempted to start buying these before they all retire and get crazy expensive. I doubt they'll do another Hogwarts castle modular so this is probably the definitive one.
>>11807664 I went back to that place to get a second Animal crossing bag and i saw this. damn Harry Potter is the richest of lego themes. literally even polybags are super filled with stuff. Just fucking look at this.
Look at that awesome sword. At that red bird (it's a baby-phoenix after being reborn) and etc
>>11811648 >Did you get the biggest Hogwarts Castle ever? I wish I was a HP nerd so I would've been obsessed with it and get all of it but I'm not and don't intend to now. But it's nice to look at it, I wonder what's next after this? I doubt they will do it again for the show, probably we get something smaller scale and cheaper for the show. yeah i'm buying every big set + additions but i didn't build it yet. Will have to buy this year's edition. I will build it after all parts will be released because i don't have space for a final Hogwarts. At first i will need to see how actually big it is. Then i will put it somewhere it will be protected from dust.
>>11810171 >>11810141 >>11810028 I feel like complaining /v/-tards and /lg/-tards are the same AI or bot. they always complain in the same dumbass manner. But maybe its literally the same type of person (incel in school...lonely retarded/autistic) whatever
>Pokémon CMF (separate from the CMF theme!) in the works for FALL 2027 release >Most characters are opponents of Ash (like gym leaders, gary, team rocket, etc, but also Ash’s mom) >each character comes with their own Pokémon >Ash’s mom comes with Mr Mime >instead of disposable boxes like other cmf they come in large multi part Poké Balls similar to how Vidiyo came in their own little carrying case >there’s two additional series in the works >it’s not cmf 1 or cmf 2 but the first one is Poké Ball cmf series and the second is Great Ball cmf series >price is estimated $18 USD each >10 characters in first wave with their own respective Pokémon in the first wave >depending on demand this could be a lot more waves (though series 2 is guarenteed) >more minifig scale sets are coming at different price points, including a Pokémon Center and dioramas in development (some are minifig scale some aren't) >Smart Play sets will continue in 2027 and should have better distribution >more 18+ brickbuilt Pokémon (such as Groudon and Psyduck), including a Pokédex set with an exclusive Pokémon and minifig >this theme is positioned as a multi generational theme and Lego are handling it long term as an evergreen theme like star wars
Apparently, all three upcoming Pokemon 18+ sets for August will be revealed next week and made available for preorder. They did not want to reveal them at the same time as Smart Play because they did not want to take away from the hype.
The Poke Ball will be revealed separately at a later date, but it will probably be teased before the official reveal. LEGO expects it to be a huge seller, which is likely why it has been delayed. They are producing more copies ahead of launch because they know it will be on backorder within 30 minutes.
>>11811115 You're outing yourself as a terminal gooner. That meme was from years ago now. Most people see Ankha as a cute Egyptian cat and most people don't sexualise animals, you freak.
>>11811370 I figured realistically they might want to save costs by reusing some molds and I figured cats and dogs would be among the more popular choices. Realistically though I just chose some of my favourite villagers who I'd like to eventually see as minifigures. In hindsight a real CMF wave would likely have a 50/50 gender split, and not have so many creepy looking villagers. It is made with AI, I don't have the 3D modelling skills required to make an authentic mock up like this. I think using AI to visualise quick rough concepts like this is what the technology is best used for.
>>11811132 I always hated this bitch. Tried bullying her out of my town in City Folk.
>>11811220 Just chatgpt. I was quite descriptive about making sure it stuck to the established lego animal crossing style, and didn't change the designs of the villages ect. I also fed it an image of all 12 villagers I wanted so I think that helped. At first it gave me this image, some of the names are funny (dribble lol), and the heads look a bit like they're made of clay so I got it to redo it and cleaned the image up a bit on photoshop. I think it turned out decent for AIslop.
>>11811648 something like this but for Lego Castle would be rad. Imagine a modular castle series, you could build up a whole little village and make the castle as big as you want.
>>11811404 Cute moc, I agree as others have said it doesn't really fit the Cute Witch much but add some contraptions, inventions and weapons inside and it would make for a great home for the Monster Hunter.
>>11811675 that shield piece was the best thing to come out of Nexo Knights. I love using them as floors. (picrel)
>>11811736 I think the shart brick lego pokemon sets will actually sell pretty well. They're not as overpriced as the Star Wars ones and a kid could convince their parent to get it because they won't already have lego Pokemon stuff at home. As far as I'm aware the Mario sets did well enough with kids.
>>11811674 >Nerds always laughing at us Star Wars chads about all our sets being boring grey brick slop >Lego releases one of the most wanted sets in boring grey