I think the lack of new Classic sets in 2016 can be chalked up to much of the 2015 launch wave still being current and widely available. Even now as we enter 2017, the original "Creative Supplement", "Creative Supplement Bright", and "Large Creative Brick Box" are still available at shop.LEGO.com. I understand that to us as AFOLs it's easy not to think about sets that aren't genuinely "new", but an average parent looking for a generic bucket of bricks isn't going to care so much whether it came out this year or the year before. So flooding the market with more Classic sets year after year without regard for what's already out there fulfilling its function in that category would've probably been a bad move.

Ragana's Magic Shadow Castle was definitely my favorite of the sets you have listed for user voting, but it's in close contention with another Elves set, Queen Dragon's Rescue. Other than perhaps the "awkward teenager" Water Dragon, I feel like the LEGO Elves dragons are anything but goofy-looking, and Elandra the Queen Dragon is the most elegant and majestic of the lot. Her set also sets a new standard for complexity in the girl-oriented themes with its 9–12 age rating. Not sure why LEGO won't bump that upper age recommendation up to 14 like they do for boy-oriented themes like Ninjago, though (it's rare to see sets with a recommended age range so narrowly defined).

Great read while waiting for my Lego Store to open to get the new modular.

It has to be Krennic Imperial Shuttle, that beast is both amazing and great prized.

I voted for Big Ben as its not got the love it would have had in other years, cant see how it didn't beat the brick bank!

It's nice to see Architecture and the Big Ben set get a mention.

Spiderman bridge battle for me! I love all the classic villain designs

Ghostbusters HQ for me will mark 2016.