Lego released a Scooby Doo set. Look at what characters are left out. They ALWAYS do this. — Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) September 15, 2015 Where would the Scooby Doo team be without Velma and Daphne? Investigating a sandwich, apparently. The Mystery Machine set from the LEGO shop includes a torch, a tape recorder, and a giant sandwich but no female minifigures. The Mystery Plane Adventures set similarly only has Shaggy, Scooby-Doo and a Headless Horseman figure. Jinkies, are Velma and Daphne on vacation? Oh wait, there they are; if you pay twice as much you can get the Haunted Lighthouse, which has Daphne, Shaggy, and Scoobs. Now, if you basically double that, you can get the gang at the Mystery Mansion. Yes, I get that you can’t expect to get as much from a smaller set, but why are Velma and Daphne the ones that they chose to exclude? (That was a rhetorical question, btw). Velma is the most useful member and, no offense, they’re both way more interesting than Fred.
I vote Fred “Let’s Split Up Gang” Jones off the island. @pcgamegirl Girls are always limited to the expensive sets. It’s erasure, and it sends message male is the default, female in the exception. —Please make note of The Mary Sue’s general comment policy.— Do you follow The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?The Australian version of the 2015 LEGO Summer Catalog is now available online and it lists all of the currently available sets as well as many of the sets that will be coming out in the near future. You can view and download the catalog here: 2015 LEGO SUMMER CATALOG, and below I will list some of the highlights so we can discuss. ➡ 2015 LEGO SCOOBY-DOO SETS: The LEGO Scooby-Doo website is now up and running (see here). It only includes a teaser-image at this point and the caption “We got a mystery to solve!” and that updates and the news sets will be coming in August. In the meantime the catalog has this nice spread of all of the upcoming sets.
➡ 2015 LEGO NINJAGO SETS: As we already know, LEGO Ninjago is getting a large wave of sets in August, along with flying spinners. The catalog has several pages dedicated to the theme. ➡ 2015 LEGO STAR WARS SETS: Although LEGO is very careful keeping the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets under wraps until September, they did include a teaser-image in the catalog, along with a nice spread of the LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figures. ➡ 2015 LEGO SUPER HEROES SETS: The LEGO Super Heroes section of the catalog includes the #76035 LEGO Super Heroes Jokerland set we have heard so much about from the toy fairs earlier this year. ➡ 2015 LEGO BIONICLE SETS: The summer LEGO BIONICLE sets are also listed with skinny skeleton looking characters that can also be combined. ➡ 2015 LEGO TECHNIC SETS: LEGO Technic is getting some very impressive sets this summer, including the #42043 LEGO Technic Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 and the #42042 LEGO Technic Crawler Crane. ➡ 2015 LEGO FRIEND SETS: The theme for LEGO Friends this summer is pop stars. “
Come join the Friends as they meet their Pop Star idol Livi! Help record her new song at the Recording Studio, style her in the Dressing Room before cheering for her on the Show Stage, then join Livi at the after party on her Popstar Tour Bus! Together with your Friends, you are the star!” And there is also the epic #41101 LEGO Friends Hearlake Grand Hotel so many people are looking forward to. There are many other 2015 LEGO sets listed in the LEGO Summer Catalog and it is a pleasure to flip through the pages. It is also a great way to plan ahead for purchases this year. Some of the sets featured in the catalog are coming later this summer and some are already out. You can find them under the What’s New section of the Online LEGO Shop. So what do you think? Did you look through the LEGO Summer Catalog? Which LEGO sets are you looking forward to the most this summer and fall? Is there a full theme that you are planning to collect, or you are going to get a bit of each? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉
And you might also like to check out the following related posts:finally has an air date in the U.S.! The show will premier on Monday, October 5, 2015 at 8:30/7:30 on Boomerang. This confirmation comes from TV Guide magazine. Thanks to scoobydoomaster on my forum for the information!This was posted on the ToonZone forum the other day, but we wanted confirmation before spreading the word. It's nice to see that we have a date and it's only a little over a month away!It is coolest van a bunch of meddling high school kids ever had! The minifigs are awesome too. Complete with Fred, Shaggy, Scooby and a zombie to chase them, this LEGO set is pretty damn awesome. The van looks just like the iconic 'mystery it even runs!' machine from the classic cartoon. The set is missing Velma and Daphne, but they're probably off catching the bad guys. LEGO Scooby-Doo 75902 the Mystery Machine Building Kit via Amazon This is the first jazz record /watch?v=Um4xhfwYnvgThis week marks the 100th anniversary of the first jazz record ever released, or rather “jass” record.
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