Okay, we have to admit new NEWS has been SLOW on this blog lately, but we think it is time to sum up some LEGO 2012 confirmations from numerous websites...
- LEGO City: SORT OF a hospital theme involved because a "Great Vehicles" subtheme is coming in January, as well as the return of Fire & Police, with the twist. That twist is it being a "Forest Rangers" subtheme. Smokey the Bear dejavu, anyone?
- LEGO Ninjago: Confirmed on eurobricks.com, the storyline behind next year's Ninjago sets will involve Lord Garamadon joining the ninjas, and his evil brother Llyod Garamadon trying to defeat them with his army of snake people! Also brand new monsters and a new form of the trading card and spinner game! Ohh!
- LEGO Girls: Pics of the new "girl-oriented" minifigs are leaked all over the Internet, and I have to say, it's better than those clunky Belville characters, however, I still think LEGO could of just did standard minifigs! We'll just have to see the sets to judge!
- LEGO Star Wars: A new line called "planet sets" will be in January, which include a hollow, sphere-shaped planet enclosed with a minifigure and vehicle. Also, some re-vamps of classic Star Wars ships and vehicles, with the focus turning heavily on The Phantom Menace. Also, look out for a new Queen Amidala minifigure in August 2012! Rumors are also lurking of a new, less expensive Death Star (similar to what TLG did with the Falcon this year) and an EXCLUSIVELY new Jabba's Palace! If this is true, that would be super COOL!
- LEGO Super Heroes: Along with the January and May waves of Marvel and DC Comics sets, come some of your favoritie heroes and villians in Hero Factory-form! So far, Hulk, Batman, and Iron Man were confirmed at SDCC, however Captain America and Joker will be joining them as well!
- LEGO Pirates: No confirmation on wheter or not the story a LEGO store employee told a fellow Eurobricks member that Disney's POTC sets will continue next year, but because of the mixed reviews that followed the 4th film, the chances seem unlikely. However, anything is possible with LEGO. We might even see the return of classic Pirates, which has been rumored for a couple of months now...
- LEGO Disney: Marvel is already coming, but could sets based on Pixar's Brave movie come as well? There were sets for Toy Story 3 and Cars 2, why not this one? Hmm....we'll just have to wait to find out!
- No indeed confirmation on a new action theme, YET...
- LEGO Minifigures: 10 of the 16 minifigures from Series 6, which is coming in January, have already been released. We'll be seeing a Minotaur, B-movie type alien, butcher, and even the Statue of Liberty soon! Brickjournal Magazine also broke the news a couple of months ago that there WILL be Series 7 and Series 8, and because of its popularity, probably even more!
UPDATE: Darn, just before posting, famed site Eurobricks just said that more Cars 2 sets are coming in January, Disney Princesses will become new DUPLO sets, and that there will be a new Dino theme by LEGO! Wow, news travels fast!
Credits go to Eurobricks and other numerous websites!
