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I'm excited to see HP get another run, and would LOVE to see more LOTR based sets. But even if that's not in the cards, more pirate or castle sets would be welcomed by me. I DID enjoy classic space themes when I was young, but not nearly to the extent I liked Castle and Pirates. I've always understood why Lego keeps pumping out massive SW sets (obviously they sell), but honestly how many MF and DS to the fans need? It just feels really redundant, and those resources could be used for other themes. So ya, if I'm honest I DO hope the controversy regarding episode 8 results in lost interest in the SW brand as a whole, forcing Lego to make great sets that are NOT another Millenium Falcon or Death Star.
Killing off LEGO SW will probably kill off that portion of LEGO sales, unless they can find another licensed franchise to replace it, which is highly unlikely. It is definitely not generic Castle and Pirates.
I think the other piece... Lego has really been focusing on Licensed lines, or trying to recreate the next megaline like Ninjago, instead of some of the really different cool 6 set in-house lines like they used to.
I realize the success of SW doesn't STOP Lego from doing MORE classic themes. What I was implying was that success of SW has given Lego that "for sure" evergreen theme that Lego can count on to make money. Which that used to be Pirates and Castle back in the 80s and 90s. But if SW no longer becomes the sure fire seller that it used to be, then Lego will be FORCED (pun intended) to look in other directions. Which with the new LOTR tv show in development, it could possibly be that. Or, maybe really try to push POTC (in order to keep Disney happy). Which both of those themes, along with HP I would prefer over SW.
Of course, I would really prefer the return of the in-house Castle or Pirate themes. But I realize it IS a different time, and I find LOTR, POTC, and HP to be acceptable substitutes. As long as SW is the most popular franchise on the planet, than that's what we are going to get the most (and best) sets for. So a dip in popularity for SW, could open the door for a different franchise that appeals to me more.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE SW (only the Lucas films though). As a Lego fan, it was just too massive of a theme to really occupy me. On top of that, I have always found "space" type build a little boring. They never excite me like Pirates or Castle does. Same goes for modular building and City type sets. Even though I DO collect those (and have quite a large Lego City myself), I find building those sets a bit tedious. While building sets from Castle and Pirate type themes I find exciting. Heck, I just built Mill Villiage Raid the other day and I found that little 600ish piece set far more fun to build than Assembly Square (for example). Tower Orthanc, Helms Deep, Bag End, and ANY Lego Pirate ship I JUST plain enjoy more than even like the GB firehouse or Kwik E Mart.
Of course this is all just my opinion.
Thus, I would love to see a return of LOTR sets, even if it was just in a D2C set and a couple of small ones, like the Hogwarts castle and Harry Potter sets this year.
Even though the Last Jedi made a ton of money, it very much DID divide the fan base. So much so, that unless episode 9 fixes this divide, I DO believe this is the beginning of the decline of SW. I foresee episode 9 doing far less business (unless it redeems the franchise). Those that defend the film like to claim the "haters" are a vocal minority, but that's simply not true. Once a franchise gets severely damaged, I can't think of ANY examples of it ever recovering. While I can name TONS of examples of how severe the backlash is when hard core fans walk away. Ghostbusters 2016 anyone???
For those of us that just didn't think #9474 or any of LEGO's LotR theme was big enough.
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However that might just demonstrate that there's a sustained demand from existing Harry Potter fans. Not sure that those attractions/shops bring in as many new fans as a new movie/book might to support the launch of several Lego HP sets.
CMF maybe? I hope?