After looking over the new sets that have been shown on the website, there are a few that seem really cool to me.
5484 Armoured Dragon - This, or one of the other smaller sets, might be one of the only sets in the Asia Drachenland theme that I anticipate buying. Some of the figures aren't that bad at all from a fantasy view, but I'm not really interested in any of the buildings or the dragons. The dragon's faces are sort of strange to me, and their wielding weapons and such is also a bit weird, but it might turn out to be cool. I'd have to see one for myself before determining that. I definitely want a selection of the new weapons - the dao, composite bow, and pole-arms for sure.
5448 - Forest Fae Diana with Moon Horse - To me, this is by far the coolest of the fairy sets. First of all, the fairy is cool - though she could do without the skirt and wings. Also, the set comes with some great pieces. The horse is awesome, the fox is a great piece, and the staff and hooded bird are awesome! Forest Fae Diana is definitely the best of the fairies so far. The only thing that I am a bit worried about is the strange face, but, again, that has to be seen before I can really make a decision on it. It could always be swapped out too.
5409 - Axe Knight with Weaponstand - This knight has a lot of great weapons, and his armour (aside from maybe the printing on his helmet) is cool too. I really want to see how that cape works too. If it fits securely, I hope it will be made use of in different colours, since there aren't many capes that can be used with arm and chest armour pieces. The top part looks a bit off sticking out like that though.
5408 - Wolf Knight - He doesn't really seem like a knight, but it's a great figure! And I think the sleeves might be new pieces too. The high boots are cool too.
5295 - Magician with Genie - This is another cool figure, with nice clothing and details.
5293 - Celtic Warrior with Weapons and Fire - This is another cool figure, but the style of belt and repetitive green Dragonland styling aren't so great. The headband is really cool though.
And a few general comments:
- A lot of the instruments and pieces in the Fairy theme would be great if they weren't transparent yellow or pink. Hopefully they will show up in more realistic colours soon!
- The Fairy sets have a ton of cool forest creatures and great plants. I am hoping for some more great trees like the old Magic theme had!
- As I've said before, the Asia Drachenland theme doesn't seem that great to me, but that probably really is because I was hoping for an historical theme (though I am still more interested in European historical themes). There are some interesting looking figures and pieces in the sets, but overall, I probably won't be buying much of it.
