Hey all,
It's Toy Fair time again, where we get news about the upcoming sets for 2015. They don't allow people to take photos, but they can take notes, so we have a few reports:
Brickset part 1
Brickset part 2
Brick Fanatics
Lots of cool stuff, but no castle theme seems to be forthcoming, nor is there a continuation of the Lord of the Rings sets (as we already heard through rumors). There is the Elves theme that we have discussed, and a couple of sets are castle-friendly (i.e. some of the Scooby Doo stuff, also the Hydra fortress that's coming out in a couple of months, the Disney Princess-friends sets have lots of useful pieces). Of course, the newest Collectible Minifigs line has lots of castle-friendly figs, and maybe future CMFs will as well.
Anyway, thoughts? Personally I'm not hugely concerned. First, I don't spend a lot of time building actual sets, and all sets are MOC-fodder. If they keep giving us great figs like the most recent two lines of CMFs I'm just as happy, and it also might be good for my wallet. However, no new sets in a line mean that new fans are not being brought in to the theme. However, I'm hoping that a pause in castle will mean a stronger line to come out next year, or hopefully before Christmas this year.
Bruce