Brickset Awards 2019 - Nominations

I can only base my opinion on sets I own and therefore have experienced the build.

Favorite minifig: great year for collectable minifigures, with the exceptional Disney CMS, my favorite out of this year has to be Jafar, I feel like TLG captured him perfectly in LEGO form.
Favorite set: a toss up between 20th anniversary Slave 1 and the Avengers Ultimate Quinjet. But I think for playability the Quinjet trumps and has to be my choice here

Favourite set has to be emmets dream house and my favourite fig is Jack from hidden side

Definitely the Stranger Things Upside Down for best set. The unique aesthetics and minifigures and amazing. Will vote Will Byers for best minifigure - they got the likeness spot on. Dustin as a close second - he just looks a bit uncanny to me.

My favorite set of the year was probably Emmet's dream house

And my favorite minifig of the year was probably apocalypseburg Abraham Lincoln

Wrecked Shrimp Boat; 211906-1: Batman

Stranger Things Upside Down was a truly unique set. Really cannot think of a favorite minifigure. Maybe Jack from Disney series 2.

Best Set: The new Imperial Star Destroyer
Best Minifig: The new Batman

75810 Stranger Things Upside Down and 76139 1989 Batmobile!

Best set: NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander; honorable mentions for Ideas Tree House, 1989 Batmobile and Imperial Star Destroyer.

Best minifigure: Dennis Nedry from Jurassic Park T-rex Rampage, partly because no one else will nominate him, but also because I think it perfectly captures Wayne Knight's appearance in the film. I haven't got the set yet, though, because I'm still waiting for a discount. Honorable mentions for 1989 Batman, 1989 Joker, Scrooge McDuck.

76139: 1989 Batmobile and minifigure: TLM163 Dorothy Gale

Best set: 75243-1: Slave I – 20th Anniversary Edition
Figure selection and overall build are exceptionel.

Best mini figure: 71024-16: Jack Skellington
Unexpected theme, special pieces and intricate prints.

10266 Apollo Lunar Lander
21320 Dinosaur Fossils

Minifig, dunno. All the same to me.

Tree house
Fright Knight

Best set: 75252 , 76139 , 70840
Best minifig: The Mandalorian (set: 75254)

Has to be 10265 Ford Mustang for me.

10265 Ford Mustang

I have to agree, the best minifig this year was the Monkey King, I thought he was absolutely brilliant.

There were some pretty good sets, particularly at the back end of the year. I loved Lloyd's Titan Mech, but the Hidden Side Ghost Train Express, and the Limited Edition minifig-scale 89 Batmobile, were all pretty amazing.

I nominate 31097 Townhouse and Toy Shop Cafe

75938 T.Rex vs Dino-Mech Battle. A rather fun looking set with a highly creative idea. Also four baby raptors in one set. Can't go wrong.

I think Gingerbread Woman is the best Minifigure I got this year so far. Great simple print design with an excellent re-use of parts and just plain fun all around.

So many awesome ones this year!
I am going to say the Stranger Things set for how brilliant and creative the build was, being able to have upside down LEGO is a brilliant idea.

For minifig I would have to say the Demogorgon for it being a scary minifig and it also has great recolour faun legs and new moulded head piece. But the gingerbread family from this years Winter Village set are absolutely amazing too.

Top 5 sets:
76139 - 1989 Batmobile
70840 - Welcome to Apocalypseburg!
21318 - Tree House
75810 - The Upside Down
10265 - Ford Mustang

Top 5 minifigures:
Akita (from 70678)
Batman (from 76139)
Monkey King (from 71025)
Dorothy Gale (from 71023)
Jack Skellington (from 71024)

Best set - 21320: Dinosaur Fossils
Best Minifigure - Jim Hopper (75810: Stranger Things)

Set : Shrimp Shack Attack from Hidden Side.
It sums up what I expect from a LEGO set : original content, nicely detailed figures, realistic front, furnished interior, can be either played with or exposed, perfect ! And the AR integration is a nice bonus and works really well !

Figure : the new Scout Trooper from Star Wars.
Such an incredible work on this one, especially with the new mold for the helmet. I hope to see it used soon in a better set than the small one it went with...

Best set I'd say is 70419 The Wrecked Shrimp Boat. Very well designed and great figure selection at a very reasonable price. Though Hidden Side is something of a failure of a theme overall for me with the app.

Best Minifigure... Battle-ready Batman from 70836.

For sets, I'd go with either the Tree House or the Dinosaur Fossils, both from the Idea line. They have amazing shelf presence, both of them.

For minifigs, I'd go with either Tracer or Widowmaker, both from the Overwatch line. They're the most accurate of the Overwatch minifigs, and they have quite unique components.

Set: Lloyd's Titan Mech 70676
Fig: I would say probably Lenny (pink classic space fig)

My Top Picks:

Set that I don't own: 75244 Tantive IV
Set that I own: 75243 Slave One
Minifigure that I don't own: SW1036 Princess Leia
Minifigure that I own: SW1020 Zuckuss
Total favourite set: 75244 Tantive IV
Total favourite minifigure: SW1020 Zuckuss

https://brickset.com/minifigs/sh579/firefighter Lol Just kidding!

Favorite set: 1989 Batmobile
Favorite minifigure: The Mandalorian

Overall, my favorite theme for this year would have to be Star Wars. A solid winter lineup, a decent spring release, an epic UCS set, delightful Tantive 4, and a superb Force Friday wave!

From my point of view it has to be the treehouse (21318) for this year! no hesitation at all!

The batmobile is not so far behind but the price made me put it in second place.

For the figs, the year was astonishing! my number 1 is Akita - NJO521

But not far behind I chose :

Harley Quinn - Apocalypseburg - TLM134

Ice Emperor (Zane) - NJO522

Iron Man Mark 1 - SH565

Jack Davids (Red Jacket, Open) - HS001

Monkey King - COL344

Mummy Queen - COL347

Tin Man - TLM166

Jack Skellington - DIS039

For the set it's got to be the 21318 Tree House, such a spectacular build and the final esult looks fantastic.

For the Mini-figure for me it's got to be sw0981 Darth Vader (Bacta Tank) from set 75251.

set:emmet's dream house/rescue rocket

minifigure: jungle explorer/johney thunder

Best set Corner Garage

Best minifigure pink austraunat “lenny” from bennys squad

21318 tree house and sweet mayhem

Tantive IV for the best set.

Batman minifig from the Lego movie 2.

Best Set (of those I own): Lunar Lander

Best minifig: Madame Maxime (because everyone needs a giant Frances de la Tour in their collection)

set-70423 paranormal intercept bus (or maybe 75976 wrecking ball)
minifigure-dis029 scrooge mcduck

There have been a lot of great sets this year, but personaly I have to vote for the 1989 Batmobile (76139) and the included batman minifig.

Favorite set: For me it's gotta be the 70676 Lloyd's Titan Mech, love the design, colour scheme and overall look of it, as well as the generous amount of minifigs to accompany it.

Favorite minifig: col352 Galactic Bounty Hunter from CMF Series 19, absolutely love its menacing appearance and awesome design.

Best set: 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg

Jurassic Park T-Rex Rampage!

Set- 10265 Mustang, minifigure- scrooge mcduck

My favourite set of 2019 is: 76139 "1989 Batmobile"

My favourite minifigure of 2019 is: njo521 "Akita" from Ninjago

Set - 1989 Batmobile
Minifigure - Galactic (Blacktron) Bounty Hunter

41379: Heartlake City Restaurant was best set I got. Great details while still being playable and well priced.

Fav minifig? SWEET MAYHEM! Our first Space Friendfig!

Set: 10265 Ford Mustang, it really took the creator expert vehicles to the next level.
Minifigure: Lenny from 70841 Benny's Space Squad, I mean, a pink classic space minifig, does it get any better?

10265 and Roadhog

Set: Tree House
Minifigure: Dustin from The Upside Down

@Hobbythom said:
"The Overwatch wrecking ball set. Affordable set with a great build and plenty of play features. I don't play Overwatch and neither does my son but I enjoyed building it and he played for hours with it. "

Absolutely. I could have written exactly the same thing!

10265 Ford Mustang = fun interesting build, looks fantastic (and realistic), extras with engine build, steering, jacked up rear wheels. Best Creator Expert car so far!

(col350) Dog Sitter / Walker from Series 19. It comes with poop! And two great dogs, but, c’mon, poop!!!

While I don't own it, my favorite set is the ideas treehouse, with a close second being Benny's space squad.

Favourite set: 75810 The Upside Down.
Favourite minifigure: dis038 Sally.

Runner-ups, for me, would be 21046 Empire State Building, 70839 The Rexcelsior! and 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer for the sets and st003 Will Byers, ow017 Roadhog and tlm134 Harley Quinn - Apocalypseburg for the minifigures.

My favourite set has to be something I have, and I love the LEGO Ideas 21316 Flintstones set.

Just like the set I must own the figure to be my favourite and my favourite figure has to be one of the 71023 LEGO Movie 2 CMF's Wizard of Oz figures and after a long hard though Tin Man is my favourite of the 4 though Dorothy very closely follows.

Favourite Set = Ideas 21316 Flintstones
Favourite Figure = Tin Man (LEGO Movie 2 Collectable Minifigures 71023)

If I had every set of the year my favourite set would be the 10267 Gingerbread House but sadly I don't own this set yet, so for now the Flintstones is the best.

20th anniversary slave 1 fig the mandalorian

Set: Party Bus
Minifig: Sweet Mayhem

Set: 70841 Benny's Space Squad

Minifigure: SH566 Iron Man Mark 5 Armor (Trans-Clear Head)

The Flintstones and Mando from the Mandalorian

UCS Batmobile is my favourite, with the Ford Mustang a close second

Set: Ideas Treehouse
Minifig: not sure

Really strong year!

Best Set:
20318 Treehouse

Best Minifig:
COL350 Dog Sitter
COL348 Jungle Explorer
(Sorry couldn't choose just one!)

Favorite set: Stranger Things The Upsidedown
Favorite Minifigure: Scrooge McDuck (with Huey, Dewey, and Louie of course)

Col 348 Jungle Explorer (not just because of the chameleon)
21045 Trafalgar Square

Best set: Ideas Dinosaurs Fossils; Honorable Mention: Tantive IV (don't own it).
Best minifigure: Bail Organa.

There is a long list which I have... But to be able to choose only one... I would choose 21046 Empire State Building from Architecture series. Totally love it!!!

As for minifigures, I would choose the 3 nephews - Huey, Dewey & Louie as they were a big part of my childhood Donald Duck cartoons...

Set: 60228 Deep Space Rocket and Launch Control. If I was still a child I'd struggle to imagine a more fun play set

Minifigure: sh580 Mysterio

Set:
21319 Central Perk

Minifig:
njo521 Akita

Set: Lego ideas treehouse

Minifigure: gingerbread woman

Set: Monastery of Spinjitzu 70670
Minifigure: Demogorgon ST008

SET: Tie between "Welcome to Apocalypseburg!" & Stranger Things "The Upside-Down"

MINIFIGURE: Zuckuss (because it's about damned time!) Hon. Mention: Roadhog (BigFig)

20th anniversary edition slave I

Ideas tree house and Gingerbread Woman

I can't be bothered to evaluate all the sets I'm familiar with on a more qualitative and objective basis so I'm just going to say that my favorite set this year, by far, is 70825 Queen Watevra's Build Whatever Box! — that's right, no other set this year has managed to delight me quite as much as the first set I purchased all year, if I go by just the wow factor.

If we're counting minidolls then Mia as she appears in 41369 is my favorite this year. I love her outfit. And that set is up there among my other favorites this year. Sweet Mayhem comes pretty close. Banarnar would be my favorite (if we're really going by that list) if only he appeared in his peeled form seen in the movie. His unpeeled appearance just looks boring.

Sticking to regular minifigures my favorite is Reaper as he appears in 75975.

I really enjoy the 42100 Liebherr R 9800 set. That was fun to play with and is massive!

Best set 10266 Apollo 11

Best minifig: jungle explorer

Road-hog big-fig for the minifig nominations

This was very difficult to decide, given the amount of sets released and the overall quality. This was a good year to be a LEGO fan!

Favourite Set: 70835-1: Rex's Rexplorer!
(Alternatives: 10266-1: NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, 76125-1: Iron Man Hall of Armour, 70839-1: The Rexcelsior!)

Favourite Minifig: SH565 Iron Man Mark 1 Armour (Trans-Clear Head)
(Alternatives: OW006 Soldier: 76, OW008 Reaper, TLM145 Rex Dangervest - Spacesuit with Jet Pack)

10265 Ford Mustang

Fantastic challenging build that looks so good when finished! Based choice on a set that I have built, second place would be 75936 T-Rex and 76139 Batmobile based on reviews, haven't got those two yet :D

Set: Hogwarts clock tower
Minifigure: Major Elrik Vonreg

Yeah, without a doubt the Stranger Things set was the highlight of 2019 for me. It came out of the blue as I was not expecting such an “adult” themed set to be released based on a Netflix property. Here’s to more surprises in 2020!

Favorite set: 70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu
Favorite minifig: njo501 Overlord (Legacy)

Set- Treehouse

Minifig- take your pick from the ice samurais, amazing level of detail and moulding across the theme.

Stranger Things, The Upside Down. Fantastic set!

Oh and the Dustin mini-fig is absolutely perfect.

Too many good sets to just pick one, but my number one is not diffcult to choose, it is the "Welcome to Apocalypseburg"!! Then "UpsideDown", "Paranormal intercept bus" and the "Scrimp shack". As for the minifigs it will be Dustin Henderson from UpsideDown and Harley Quinn from Apocalypseburg.

It's either the Stranger Things set or the 1989 Batmobile.

Really enjoyed Wrecking Ball in terms of sets
CMF Explorer minifig for me

21319 Central Perk. It's a great treat for those who've seen the show and a great deal of useful and interesting parts and minifigs for those who haven't. The fact that people from multiple countries reported that the set was in such high demand that it quickly sold out speaks for itself.

An excellent year, but after careful consideration, I say 1989 Batmobile, Empire State Building or Lunar Lander.

Best Set: 76139 Batmobile
Best Figure: Roadhog (75977)

70825 Queen Watevra's Build Whatever Box!

Sweet Mayhem! (aka Mimi Katavasiya in Russia)

Best set: 21319 Central Perk ... never thought we'd see Friends in Lego!

Best figure: Zuckuss from 75243 .. now we have all the bounty hunters!

21318 Ideas Treehouse!

Set: Benny's Space Squad

Minifig: Fox Costume Girl (or if it has to be from a regular set, D.Va from Overwatch).

Best set: 70676 Lloyd's Titan Mech for its stunning build and looks!
Best minifig: I am torn between tlm117 Lucy and CMF Monkey King
Best minidoll: tlm116 Sweet Mayhem

I don't own it myself, but I'd like to add a nomination for 21318 - Tree House as the set. Not sure about minifigure, I'll get back to you on that one.

Set- either the UCS star destroyer, or the Ford Mustang

Fig- either the Mandalorian or Scrooge McDuck

Definitely Benny’s space squad.
Minifigure would be the bounty hunter from the CMS.

Stranger Things Upside Down; Princess Leia with dress from the Tantive IV

Oh man, this year has been crazy on many level! Also in the LEGO World. Of course we have to mention the new scout trooper (helmet) and hope to find him in a battlepack soon. And not in an overpriced "whatever-action-madness-set" like this year. Zuckuss is great, but the policy "buy an overpriced set an say hooray" is not my way. Speakin of ways: AT-ST Raider with the first rendition of the Mandalorian rules in terms of good figures and "source accuracy". More of that quality in 2020 please!! I like the treehouse, but dislike the "we save the planet" hype concerning the plant-pieces made from sugar! Sustainability? Hell No! And I favor the original version a lot more.
So long speech, short conclusion, the winners are: Junkrat & Roadhog for being a pure sculpture of madness and violence (and therfore a total contradiction to the LEGO Ideology), and the Monkey King for being a brilliant hommage to a great character of the myths of mankind.

It’s close between 10265 Ford Mustang and 75810 The Upside Down. The best mini figure would have to be the mandalorian from the battle pack. (If baby Yoda was included we all know what would win)

Set 76139 - 1989 Batmobile

Minifigure - The Joker (from set 76139)

21318: Tree House

Set: 31088 Deep Sea Creatures
Minifigure: 71024 Hades

21318: Tree House
1989 Batmobile (both)

Best Set: 10267 Gingerbread House

Best Minifig: Lenny (Pink Space Man) from 70841 Benny's Space Squad

Best set: 21318, Tree House
Best minifig: Goofy from 71044, Disney Train and Station.

71044: Disney Train and Station and Best Minifig: 71025: Monkey King (kakarotto)

Best set: 75244 Tantive IV
Best minifig: SW1051 D-O

The Upside Down, and the 1989 Joker minifigure

Slave I

Vintage Mickey Mouse CMF

Set - 10265 Ford Mustang
Minifig - sh565: Iron Man Mark 1 Armor (Trans-Clear Head)

76115 is my pick, something about just having a Very Big Venom speaks to my inner child. I also enjoyed the Benny Squad and the Legacy Ninjago sets this year too.

Favorite minifig is most likely Jungle Explorer from series 19.

I'm sure the big triple digit sets are the objective bests, but I based my bracket on toys I had hands-on experience with.

Favourite set is 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg! Not sure about minifig, maybe the collectable Jack Skellington one.

So many sets that I love and I really like the Hidden Side theme - just always like supernatural stuff, hence loving Monster Fighters and the Stranger Things sets too. However, the one set that I didn't um and ah over getting was 10266 Apollo Lunar Lander so voting for that as my favourite set.

Going for Fox-Girl as my favourite mini-figure, mainly because they did not name Spider-Man in his black suit 'Night Monkey'.

Going only from what I own:

Best set: 70422 Shrimp Shack Attack - good price for a quirky vehicle and decently sized building with detailed interior. I enjoyed building this one, the playability and display possibilities are both excellent, and the stickers weren't overly annoying or distracting

Best minifig: Series 19 Video Game Champ - completely new hair headset mould in an interesting colour that could potentially be applied to space themes, great new videogame controller and printed poster for use in a domestic setting (bedroom, dorm room, common room, lounge, etc), and cool but subtle prints on the legs and torso that allow them to be reused without being too prominent

Best set: The Lego Ideas Tree house for sure. That thing is amazing!

Best minifigure: This one is closer, but the series 13 Jungle explorer is really great. (I would put Overwatch's Hammond the hamster higher if you count him!)

70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg - great build, great display

Set: Stranger Things The Upside Down - awesome and unexpected, closely followed by Apocalypseburg, that was a fun build
Minifig: Demogorgon

Given that is quite impossible to choose among so many great sets has been released this here, these are a bunch of remarkable sets which come to mind:

70841 Benny's Space Squad
60227 Lunar Space Station
21316 The Flintstones
21318 Tree House
75947 Hagrid's Hut: Buckbeak's Rescue

I excluded the excellent 10266 NASA Apollo 11 LEM because I can't forgive the lack of care for the minifigures (a little stand with Armstrong and Aldrin would have mad the set perfect).
Very beautiful the 71044 Disney Train and Station and 75810 The Upside Down, but it is too easy to be attracted by large sets.

About minifigures, I'll try to suppress my nostalgic streak that lead to Lenny and some licensed minifigures in order to use overall quality as core evaluation criteria.

OW002 Widowmaker from Overwatch (just bought the set ^___^)
COL344 Monkey King from CMF19 (not exciting for me, but realy well done)
TLM163 Dorothy Gale CMF-Movie2
OW009 D.Va from Overwatch
DIS036 Hades from CMF-Disney2
njo510-2 Oni Villains from Ninjago Battle Pack
Excellent workmanship for many Stranger Things minifigures too.

PS: about minifigures and database, why don't organize figures in macro categories, such as: minifigures (maybe splitter in standard head and moulded head minifigures), macrofigures, minidoll, brick built figures, microfigures/statuette, Duplo figures, etc... That would make browsing through the database much more comfortable.

Minifig Harley Quinn Apocalypseburg

Favorite set- Definitely the Ideas treehouse. Favorite minifigure- clutch powers

Set: Benny space squad
Minifigure: the Mandalorian

Set:
75240-1: Major Vonreg's TIE Fighter
75957-1: The Knight Bus

Figure:
sw1052: Astromech Droid (Dark Turquoise)
hp194: Baby / Infant - with Stud Holder on Back with White Evil Face Pattern (Baby Voldemort)

Set = the 1989 Batmobile
Fig = gingerbread woman

75240 Major Vonreg's TIE Fighter

and

The Mandalorian

Hmmm a real toughy!
Set - Steamboat Willie 21317
Minifigure - Mickey from steamboat willie (21317)

My favorite set of 2019 was 10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander. My favorite figure of the year was Zuckuss, from 75243.

Best set between batmobile 1989 and Apollo Lunar lander

I think Mustang, Lunar Lander, or Treehouse.

Set: 10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander

Minifig: 71025 Jungle Explorer

Lego Ideas Treehouse

Goofy from Disney Train

Ideas Tree House and Professor J.B. from Hidden Side.

Set: 70840-1: Welcome to Apocalypseburg
Minifig: 71023-19 Tin Man

To Brickset staff: thank you for running the site in such a balanced way.

Best wishes for 2020.

10269 Harley Davidson
or
31088 Deep Sea Creatures
I'm really torn on the minifigure but going with Sweet Mayhem TLM123

Best Set: Corner Garage (I admire this one so much. I always see comments about how modular buildings need to be pushed each year. This was, in a radical directions, and it’s great. Every city needs a building to gas up and fix cars.)

Best Minifigure: Winston

My favourite set (that I own) from this year is 76129-1: Hydro-Man Attack, and my favourite minifigure is sh566: Iron Man Mark 5 Armor (Trans-Clear Head), but Mysterio is a close second.

10266: NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander

Figure: The Mandalorian, Zorii Bliss, Zuckuss

Minifigure - Zuckuss
Set - Ideas Treehouse

My favorite set is Central Perk, great set, with lots of details.
About the minifigure, probably Jack Skellington, loved how Lego turned the character into minifigure form.

Set: 76139-1 1989 Batmobile
Minifigure: Monkey King

Sets: I have yet to build them but it's gonna be either Lloyd's Titan Mech or the Castle of the Forsaken Emperor

Figs: Blizzard Samurai, General Vex and Ice Emperor are all rad
and I think Mysterio deserves some more votes as well, that is a cool one that I wish I had

I’ll vote for 75810 The Upside Down mainly for what it represents (but also because it’s a great looking set). It shows TLG is willing to take a chance on a theme like this, hopefully they release more Stranger Things sets but either way I can’t wait to see what other themes they may create sets for.

Set: 10265 Mustang; outstanding building techniques through the entire set as well a fun color (dark blue) for a car at this scale.

Close seconds:
75890 Ferrari F40 Competizione. Incredible building techniques employed in this set.
10269 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy.

Please note that a $15 set (Ferarri F40) was almost "set of the year" in my book. Smaller sets don't get enough attention when it comes to "set of the year."

Minifig: Chicken Skater (853958 Chicken Skater Pod). Truly adorable!

Close seconds:
Edna Mode (Collectible Minifigures: Disney, Series 2), fantastic hair/glasses piece!
Jafar (Collectible Minifigures: Disney, Series 2), great hat and menacing look.
Padme (75258 Anakin's Podracer - 20th Anniversary), really like the medium legs.
Aladdin Mini Doll ( 41161 Aladdin's and Jasmine's Palace Adventures), captures Aladdin perfectly.

In terms of ‘original’ ideas/sets I think 80101 is the best and closest to the TLG and its values. I thought 70828 was a burst of colours, fun and creativity. Good third was the Benny's squad.
My shortlist:
70828: Pop-Up Party Bus 80102: Dragon Dance 80101: Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner 70422: Shrimp Shack Attack The LEGO Story ; Benny squad (as per many comments above)

There were obviously licensed or (less original) sets I enjoyed too. I would go for the 76139 Batmobile (gingerbread house and upside down close behind). Shortlist:
76125: Iron Man Hall of Armour 75973: D.Va & Reinhardt 10267: Gingerbread House 76139: 1989 Batmobile 75810: The Upside Down 10266: NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander 21319: Central Perk

In terms of minifigs I would go for Captain Jonas from a shortlist of Akita, Captain Jonas, Classic Space - Pink with Airtanks and Updated Helmet, Giraffe Guy , Pharah, Pyro Destroyer, Zuckuss, Zebe.

Impressive to see all the stuff created, manufactured and sold this year.

Sweet mayhem & Corner Garage!

Favorite mid price set, the Toy Story 4 camper set , favorite high price set, Disney Train. Favorite minifig, Disney's Uncle Scrooge.

Set: 75810, The Upside Down, a mix of fun and innovation.
Miniature: Carnage - Long Appendages.

Favorite set: 1989 Batmobile

Favorite minifig: Zuckuss

Set: Welcome to Apocalypseburg!
Minifigure: Demogorgan

Favorite small set:
75258 Anakin's Podracer – 20th Anniversary Edition

Favorite large set(s):
76139 1989 Batmobile
10267 Gingerbread House
10265 Ford Mustang
75810 The Upside Down
(I can't decide.)

Favorite Minifigure:
71025: Jungle Explorer (aka Johnny Thunder 2.0)

Tree House 21318 and Tin Man

Choosing my favorite set of 2019 was a tough one, I would say a tie between 10266 Apollo 11 Lunar Lander and the 75244 Tantive IV, but if I really have to pick one I would go for the Tantive IV.

And as for my favorite minifigure of 2019 I would go for Luke Skywalker (sw0991), I just think the printing is outstanding on that one.

Favorite set: Dinosaur Fossils

Favorite minifig: Demogorgon

Ford mustang definitely deserves a spot on the list, it's gorgeous. I'd like to give a nomination to Jurassic Park T. Rex rampage as well. Both are worthy in my opinion.

I had to realize I don't own too many of this year's set, and I have built even (significantly) less. Not my best Lego year it seems...
The favorite minifig would be the Jungle Explorer from Series 19.
The favorite set probably 70841 Benny's Space Squad (or the Mustang, but I haven't built it yet)

Favorite sets: Darth Vader's Castle, Ford Mustang, Benny's Space Squad

Favorite Minifigures: Bachelor Batman, Bail Organa, Hades, Old Lando Calrissian, Old Luke Skywalker (from the Advent Calendar), Pizza Costume Guy, Sparkle Babies, The Mandalorian, Rampage Unikitty, Jungle Explorer, Fox Costume Girl

Favorite set: 10265

Favorite minifigure(s): either the Classic Space minifigs from set 70841 or the Wizard of Oz minifigs from TLM2 CMF series.

Best Set: 75244 Tantive IV
Best Minifigure: TLM134 Harley Quinn - Apocalypseburg

21318 Tree House (though 10267 Gingerbread House is very close)

Just helped my sister build the Disney Train Set and that surpasses any of the sets I built myself.

And figure has to be Goofy.

Set that I've built myself would be Central Perk.

Sets I'm most looking forward to building Upside Down, Tree House, Lunar Lander, Tantive IV.

Corner Garage. I'm a sucker for all modulars.

Best set was easily the 1989 Batmobile. Best figure for me was Jack Nicholson Joker figure from that set.

Set: 60233 Donut Shop Opening
Figure: Dog Sitter from Collectibles Series 19

@mfg3000 said:
"Best set: Benny's Space Squad
Best Minifig: Scrooge McDuck"

Yes mate!

Set: Stranger Things Upside-down

Figure: The Demogorgon

Best set- 1989 Batmobile
Best minifig- Rescue or Apocalypseburg Harley Quinn

76125 Hall of Armor for set
Pink spaceman for minifig

I was very impressed by the minifigures in the summer wave of Ninjago, to the point that I considered purchasing a couple of the sets just to get my hands on them. Consequently, my mention has to go to Aspheera.

Though there were plenty of excellent high-end sets put out this year, my vote goes to the NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, not only because of the overall quality of its construction but because of the timing of its release.

Minifigure: Akita from Ninjago. Her northern aesthetic and tribal look really caught my eye.

Set: Either 75810-1: The Upside Down or 21318-1: Tree House. Both really impressed me both visually and seem to be quite challenging to build (I haven't acquired them as of right now.)

There were various amazing sets this year, hard to pick just one but my vote is for Ideas Treehouse. Looks incredible on display, I hope I can get it at some point when it goes on sale. As for minifigures, Giraffe Suit Guy and if big figs are also allowed I really like Roadhog from Overwatch theme.

Minifig: CMF S19 Galactic Bounty Hunter
Set: 10265 Creator Expert Ford Mustang
Honorable Mention Set: 70841 Benny's Space Squad

10265- Ford Mustang

Best set:
21155-1: The Creeper Mine
https://brickset.com/sets/21155-1/The-Creeper-Mine

Best minifigure:
tlm116: Sweet Mayhem
https://brickset.com/minifigs/tlm116/sweet-mayhem-crooked-smile-raised-eyebrow

Honorable mentions:
70824-1: Introducing Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi
70827-1: Ultrakatty & Warrior Lucy!
70423-1: Paranormal Intercept Bus 3000
70679-1: The Ultra Dragon

hs002: J.B.
njo521: Akita
njo540: Aspheera
tlm175: Apocalypse Benny

75810 the upside down
Sweet Mayhem

For Minifigure: The Demogorgon, Apocalypseburg Harley Quinn, Tracer or Scout Trooper

Looking back, I have not bought a whole lot in 2019. But based on my more limited perspective, my list is...

Best Set: 70828 Pop-Up Party Bus. Amazing design, fun function, lots of great colors.
Runners Up: 70423 Paranormal Intercept Bus 3000 and 21043 San Francisco

Best Fig: Lego Movie 2 CMF Giraffe Guy
Runner Up: Disney 2 CMF Jasmine (not the most complex design but I'm partial to the character)

I find it hard to decide, also because a number of sets turned out to be studs, and others somewhat duds, when I built them.

Top sets (owned):

21046 – Architecture: Empire State
40354 – Brickheadz: Dragon Dance Guy
40367 – Brickheadz: Lady Liberty
31088 – Creator: Deep Sea Creatures
75936 – Jurassic Park: T-Rex Rampage
70676 – Ninjago: Lloyd’s Titan Mech
70679 – Ninjago: The Ultra Dragon
70840 – Lego Moevie 2: Welcome to Apocalypseburg

I will narrow it down to different budgets (roughly up to 50 euros, 50 - 100 euros, above 100 euros).

Top set low(er) budget: 31088 - Creator:Deep Sea Creatures

Top set mid level budget: 70676 - Ninjago: Lloyd's Titan Mech

Top set high end budget: 75936 – Jurassic Park: T-Rex Rampage

Top set (highest on wish list) not owned: 21318 – Ideas: Tree House

Minifigure owned: Ninjago: Overlord (Legacy)

Minifigure not owned: Ninjago: Akita

Best set: 70841 Benny's Space Squad. I felt like 1986 when I got this set.
https://brickset.com/sets/70841-1/Benny-s-Space-Squad
https://brickset.com/sets/6702-1/Space-Mini-Figures

Runner up set: 80102 Dragon Dance. LEGO made some brilliant sets for the Chinese market, even if they were hard to get. https://brickset.com/sets/80102-1/Dragon-Dance. The new 2020 Chinese sets look even better!

Best minifigure: Batman from 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg. Someone spent hours on those shoulder pads. https://brickset.com/minifigs/tlm130/batman-battle-ready-tire-armor-tattered-cape-yellow-utility-belt-reddish-brown-boots

Runner up minifigure: Blizzard Warrior / Samurai from 70671 Lloyd's Journey. Amazing technical achievement on the dual-molded armor and helmet. https://brickset.com/minifigs/njo518/blizzard-warrior-samurai

Thanks, Brickset - Love your website!

Best set - Ideas Tree House.
Best minifig - post apocalypse Benny with the bionic arm.

Set: 75244 Tantive IV
Minifigure: 71023-19 Tin Man

Mustang, Tantive and Stranger Things Upside Down

Best set: Ford Mustang https://brickset.com/sets/10265-1/Ford-Mustang

Demogorgan, Pizza Guy, Giraffe Guy

Trying to stay away from licensed IPs. Minifig is Sweet Mayhem - Crooked Smile, Raised Eyebrow TLM116
Lego set is the Mustang.
Incredibly disappointed in the Lego Superhero sets all year long. But the Iron Man Mark 41 (black n gold) is amazing.

Set: central perk
Minifig: dustin from stranger things

Monastery of Spinjitzu. Been waiting for this set since 2011

Best Set: 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer https://brickset.com/sets/75252-1/Imperial-Star-Destroyer

Best Minifigure: The Mandalorian https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw1057/the-mandalorian

I mainly only collect Lego Star Wars, but.........

Favorite set: 1989 Batmobile
Favorite minifigure: 1989 Batman with new cape/cowl

Set easy. Benny space squad. Best by far. Great comeback of classic space.

Figure is a bit more difficult as there are no stand outs for both detail, iconisity and not a character we get 100 times a year. So here are a few that cought my eye.

Ocean master from DC I quite like the look of after watching the aquaman film.

Rescue / iron man Mark 5 both seem reasonably accurate and have some good detail.

Bail Organa is a good figure to get for Star wars as it's a new character for this year
And finally

Clutch powers, it's great to finally get that guy.

Nominations:
Best set: darth vaders castle 75251
Slave 1 75243

Best minifig:
(pfff....tough one....so many to choose from....here goes:)
tlm2: sweet mayhem, lenny, chainsaw dave
Overwatch: Reinhardt, roadhogg
Cmf: monkey king
StarWars: major Vonreg
Stranger things: Demogorgon
Ninjago: Spinjitzu slam FS jay

70419-1: Wrecked Shrimp Boat and sw1040: Festive Gonk Droid (GNK Power Droid).

The best set was easily the D2C Batmobile. It was just a tonne of fun to build.

My favorite minifig... that's tough. I'll say Scrooge McDuck, because he was the biggest pleasant surprise. There were just so many great minifigs across the TLM2 and Hidden Side themes as well though. Like, SO many. It was a good year. :D

Tree House
Stranger Things

The new Space sub-theme of City is amazing, especially https://brickset.com/sets/60227-1/Lunar-Space-Station

For the minifigure: https://brickset.com/sets/71025-7/Jungle-Explorer
The details are great!

UCS Batmobile 76139
Duplo World is Animals 10907 (Because of the whales!)

Benny's Space Squad and Hagrid with tie from Beauxbatons Carriage.

The best sets: Lloyd's Titan Mech, Newbury High School, Welcome to Apocalypseburg, the Stranger Things set, the Ideas Tree House, and the1989 Batmobile.

The best figures: Aspheera, Akita, The Ice Emperor, and the Demogorgon.

Best Set (currently building too): Welcome to Apocalypseburg!; second best set: Stranger Things: The Upside Down.

Best mini-figure: Scarecrow, but I really can't decide.

For set: I'm going to go with 10267: Gingerbread House.

For minifig: I'm going to vote for the pink classic space minifig from 70841: Benny's Space Squad. It's a close one for being best set though.

My favorite set was 70676 Lloyd's Titan Mech and my favorite figure is Roadhog.

This is close. The 1989 Batmobile, Kylo Ren’s Shuttle, Expecto Patronum and Benny’s Space Squad are all contenders, but I think I should nominate 21319 Central Perk.

As for minifigures, I might list The Mandalorian or Sirius Black as my favourites. Hades, Mysterio, Pink Spaceman or any of the Wizard of Oz characters almost made it.

Best set: 76139 '1989 Batmobile'
Best Minfigure: Sweet Mayhem from 70830 'Systar Starship'

Best Set: 10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander

Best Minifig: Pink Classic Space Minifig from the 70841 Benny's Space Squad

Apocalypseburg Abe
Monkey King
Road Hog (if bigfigs are included)

21318-1: Tree House
70841-1: Benny's Space Squad

Set - 76139 - 1989 Batmobile
Fig - Benny (and his squad)

Other sets that I want: treehouse, mustang

Having read through other comments, I have been reminded of both apocalypse Harley and far from home mysterio. Both good contenders for best fig.

Corner Garage. The modular building is typically my favorite set of the year, it’s definitely what I look forward to most. Tree House was awfully good and I say it’s a close 2nd.

Favorite minifigure has to be The Mandalorian. There were a lot of exceptional ones though.

Set: 10266 Apollo Lunar Lander
Minifig: col343 Fright Knight

Favorite Minifigures: Sparkle Babies! the turquoise one if I have to choose between them.

Benny's Space Squad
Fig: Sweet Mayham

For my kid its probably 60220: Garbage Truck

For me it is Iron Man Mark I (SH565) or Sandman (SH537).

I haven't gotten any of the big sets this year, so I would pick Ninjago 70669: Cole's Earth Driller.

I’ve decided to edit my previous comment.
While my favourite set is still The Upside Down, I am changing my favourite minifigure to be a tie between Will Byers, Dustin Henderson and the Demogorgon.

Please win Stranger Things over the frankly dreadful Batmobile. The front is just so off putting to me while The Upside Down is a work of art, employing an array of wonderful and unconventional building techniques.

10265 Ford Mustang. Great build experience and fantastic display set with lots of customization.

Bigfig: 75977 Roadhog. Great dual moldings and details.

Minifig: 71025-4 Monkey King the pictures of it don't do it justice. The coloring and print is amazing, and the accessories are good too. The gold on the front of the rubber tail piece was a very nice detail that tied it all together for me.

Hard to come out with the "Best" but my choices:
76139: 1989 Batmobile
70841: Benny's Space Squad
10265: Mustang
70840: Welcome to Apocalypseburg!
75810: The Upside Down

Minifig: 1989 Batmobile Batman
Sewer Babies
Dustin

Should do a best of the decade too.

Best set: Deep Sea Creatures
Best fig: Tin Man (LM2 CMF)

Best set: 70841 Benny's Space Squad
There were a lot of extremely impressive/beautiful sets this year but only one of them brought back classic spaceman in a $10 set.
Best minifig: Series 19 Jungle Explorer
Johnny Thunder!! Adventurers is one of my favourite themes and I always love when they redo classic minifigs with modern parts and design stylings!
Although a close runner-up is the extremely happy Unikitty from 5005239 Castle Room; she's so cute :)

Favorite Set: Ideas Treehouse!
Favorite Minifig: General Leia

I’m going to pick 2for each (in no particular order)

Set: Benny’s Space Squad and the Captain Marvel movie set

Minifigure: The Mandalorian and TROS Rey (I did just get Rey for Christmas so that may influence my opinion, but I really like the detail and the character)

70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg!

Best set: Central Perk
Best minifig: Jack Skellington

Best Set: 1989 Batmobile (large D2C one), Ideas Tree House a close second
Best Minifig: Harley Quinn from Apocalypseburg

Best set: Ideas Tree House

Best minifig: series 19 Gamer Guy

Best set : haven't built any of them yet, but most likely 76139: 1989 Batmobile or 70840: Welcome to Apocalypseburg! or 75936: Jurassic Park: T. rex Rampage.

Best fig : Again, have yet to see them for real, but I think it will be either Series 19 Monkey King or Aspheera from Ninjago.

Set: Jurassic Park T.Rex Rampage
Minifig: The Mandalorian

Best Set: Stranger Things Upside Down

Best Figure: Dorothy Gale (from TLM2 cmf series)

Best Set: Apocalypseburg

Best Minifigure: Clutch Powers

Best set: 40346–a LEGO land for my LEGO city!

Best minifigure: the Mandalorian (I’m just waiting for Baby Yoda)

Set: The Upsidedown, easy :)
Minifigure: Harley Quinn (LM2 Apocolypseberg)

42100 Liebherr R 9800

Goofy (Disney Train)

Set: Creator Expert Mustang

Minifigure: Wizard of Oz Scarecrow

Favorite Set: Treehouse!

Favorite Minifig: TWN373, from 10266.

set: master builder series cloud city

minifgure (if bigfigs count): Roadhog

minifigure (if it includes accessories): Series 18 dog walker lady

minifgure (no accessories): The Mandalorian

Best set: Welcome to Apocalypseburg!
Best minifigure: Shower Guy.

Best set: 76139 – 1989 Batmobile.
Best minifigure: 76139 – 1989 Batman.

Fav set: Mustang
Fav fig: Tinman

Set: wrecking ball
Minifigure: jungle explorer

Favourite set - 10265 Ford Mustang
Favourite minifig - Dustin Henderson from 75810, Stranger Things

Best set: creator expert ford mustang
Best figure: knight of ren (sw1063)

For sets 21319 (because it was present to my wife ;)) and 70841 (because this was a fantastic journey back to my childhood) and minifigures sh575: Iron Man - White Jumpsuit, Neck Bracket all i think know why (the impact of the MCU brand is so strong ...) and sw1022: Princess Leia (20th Anniversary Torso) ( everything is ending ... sniff )

Best Set: 75244 Tantive IV
Best Minifigure: Zuckuss

Set i dont really know ?
But the figure would be the classic Police officer from minifigure series :)

Set; NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander 10266-1
Minifig; Galactic Bounty Hunter

Set: Creator Expert Ford Mustang

Best set: The Upside Down or Tree House
Best minifig – hp200 Hagrid with Topcoat (75958)

Best Set: Imperial Star Destroyer
Best Minifig: Zuckuss (from 75243)

Batman figure from new 1989 Batmobile.
Set is Treehouse.

Set: 42082 Rough Terrain Crane
Fig: Dancing Benny from 70848

Edit.. Crane was 2018! From 2019.. 75895 Porsche

My teenage son just built the Lunar Lander and it's a nice set. I would have chosen it as my favorite 2019 set; however, it's too sticker-heavy.

So with that said, I would have to go with the 1989 Batmobile. It is a classic designed set with nice minifigures.

As for minifigures, I like the Iron Man with Mark 1 Armor...SH565...from Set number 76125. I didn't expect it to ever be released, but it's a nice representation of this character on a minifigure scale.

Set and minfigs: Benny's Space Squad. Pocket money, and a very nostalgic set. While born nearly 20 years after Classic Space was a thing, I quite like this era of sets. I did swap the buggy's wheels for the old style red wheel/metal axle wheel I just so happened to have.

Top 10 in no particular order: The Upside Down, NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, Tantive IV, Slave I 20th Anniversary Edition, Ford Mustang, McLaren Senna, Benny's Space Squad, Tree House, 1989 Batmobile, and the Liebherr excavator. I don't own all of these but I think they're all great.

For me, Best set: 21318 Tree House Honorable mention: 70841 Benny's Space Squad
Best minifig: tlm108: Classic Space - Pink with Airtanks and Updated Helmet (Lenny)

Set: 10266 Apollo Lunar Lander
Fig: Pink Lenny from 70841 Benny’s Space Squad

I think the Dinos have won it for me 75936 Jurrasic Park gate and T Rex!!!
But a close second was the Overwatch 75977 Junkertown Bike, I don't play the game but it grabbed me soon as I saw it.

Cant pick a favourite minifigure so many great ones but for me the worst CMF COL356 the aweful pink bear costume guy from series 19

My favourite set is 75810 and favourite minifigure is demogorgon from same set

Set: 70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu

Minifigure: The Mandalorian from 75254

Set ; Stranger things 75810, a top set from a fantastic serie designed by a great designer...
Minifig : Dustin Henderson ST005.

Set: 70831 Emmet's Dream House/Rescue Rocket

Minifigure: HS009 Jack Davids

75252 Imperial Star Destroyer

Set: 10265 Ford Mustang

Minifig: I don't know, there are just too many

The Praetorian Guard Battle Pack is a great small scale set

Best set – 75810: The Upside Down
Best minifig – SW1020 Zuckuss

While there are many sets I could put here (Ideas Treehouse and 1989 Batmobile, for example), I'm only going to pick from ones that I own. Considering this, 75810 The Upside Down is my favorite set of 2019.

For minifigures, however, I do not feel obligated to choose from ones I own. Personally, it comes down to a tie between the Stranger Things Demogorgon and the new Star Wars Scout Trooper (blame it on The Mandalorian, Episode 8).

My favorite purchase this year was 71044 Disney Train and Station

Favourite sets 70841 Benny's Space Squad and 4002019 Christmas X Wing

Favourite figure 71024 Jack Skellington

Absolute favorite: Benny's Space Squad
Runner up: 1989 Batmobile

Favorite minifig: Apocalypseburg Abe

Favorite set - 75810: The Upside Down

Favorite minifigure - dis038: Sally

These are my personal favorites of the year. Sure there are bigger, more complex, more detailed sets and minifigues that this, but sometimes that's not the point.

Set: 75890-1: Ferrari F40 Competizione
It's a minifig scale Ferrari F40, need I say more?

Minifigue: Ian Malcolm (75936)
Again, need I say more?

tlm151: Giraffe Guy
42100-1: Liebherr R 9800

Ideas treehouse for sure

Out of what I own, I gotta go with the Hidden Side Shrimp Boat.

Set: 10266-1: NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander
https://brickset.com/sets/10266-1/NASA-Apollo-11-Lunar-Lander

Minifigure: tlm108: Classic Space - Pink with Airtanks and Updated Helmet (Lenny)
https://brickset.com/minifigs/tlm108/classic-space-pink-with-airtanks-and-updated-helmet-(lenny)

31088-1: Deep Sea Creatures

The only set in years we bought multiple Copies from.

Set: The Shrui-copter, Lloyd's Titan Mech, or any of the Star Wars anniversary (probably Slave 1)
Minifig: The Mandalorian or the anniversary Star Wars figs.

Set: 75249 Resistance Y-Wing. minifigure: SW1020 Zuckuss.

Set: Batmobile 1989, minifig: monkey king

75256 Kylo's Ren shuttle

Deep Sea Creatures was my favourite set - https://brickset.com/sets/31088-1/Deep-Sea-Creatures

70840 - welcome to apocalypseburg
https://brickset.com/sets/70840-1/Welcome-to-Apocalypseburg!

71025 - shower guy
https://brickset.com/sets/71025-2/Shower-Guy

set: ideas treehouse minifigure: sweet mayhem

I think the best set should be 75256 Kylo Ren's Shuttle, and the best minifigure should be the Harley Quinn from Apocalypseburg.

Salve 1 - 20th Anniversary Set

Ultimate quinjet has to be one of the best

Set: 75253 Droid Commander
Minifigure: Sweet Mayhem

Rise of Voldemort.
Simply for the amount of great things to come out of such a small set
Best Figure
Baby Voldemort

75936: Jurassic Park: T. rex Rampage
71025: Jungle Explorer

I think my favorite build/set of the year was Welcome to Apocalypseburg, Just had so many unique designs and details, no bag was like the other. Plus the mini figure selection was awesome!

Favorite Fig was probably the Demogorgon. Simplistic in design, but easily identifiable and different. I love that one!

Set: Welcome to Apocalypseburg!
Minifig: 71025 Monkey King

Set:Benny's Space Squad
Minifig: I have no favourite

Set: 76139: 1989 Batmobile
Minifigure: Scrooge McDuck

In my opinion, for a set to be considered “the best” it needs to not only be a good set in itself but it should also have wide appeal and be affordable. With all that in mind, I agree with the other commenters and nominate Benny’s Space Squad

Yuletide squadron pilot.
And
Jurassic park gate

Favorite set: Welcome to Apocalypseburg
Favorite figure: Battle Ready Batman (Welcome to Apocalypseburg version)

Favorite set this year : Tree House.

It was fun and interesting to build and it looks amazing on display !

Favorite mini figure : Benny from Benny’s squad. Love his smile !

Best Set: 75251: Darth Vader's Castle
Best Minifigure: Overlord from Ninjago Legacy

Favourite set: 10266 Apollo 11 Lunar Lander

Favoutire minifig: sw0992: Sandtrooper Squad Leader

Best Set: 70841 Benny's Space Squad
Best Minifigure: Mark 1 Iron Man Suit from 76125 (Although the Overlord from 70666 is a close second)

My favorites for this year were:

The creator expert Ford Mustang
The creator expert NASA apollo Leander
The ideas friends central perk

Set: Lego Ideas 21318 Tree House

Minifigure: D-O from 75257 Millennium Falcon and 75249 Resistance Y-Wing

For the set I’d have to stick to a main stay - Corner Garage. Even though it’s typical and is one modular I think it started the year off great.

I didn’t really have a favorite minifigure of the year but if I had to decide and make a choice it would be the one fright knight from the collectible minifigure series only.

Set: 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg
Minifigure: tlm205 Stardust Benny

Sets:
1. 10265 Ford Mustang
2. 21043 San Francisco
3. 31088 Deep Sea Creatures

Runners-Up:
10267 Gingerbread House
21318 Tree House
70841 Benny's Space Squad
75976 Wrecking Ball
75892 McLaren Senna
75810 The Upside-Down

No opinions on minifigs; not something I care much about.

The Creator Expert Ford Mustang ( 10265-1 ). In my opinion, the best so far LEGO's replica of a real car.

Best Set of the Year: 76125 Iron Man Hall of Armour
Great Minifig collection! Very versatile set design. It can fit in other settings, from interior SW scenes to Batman's cave. It can be modified and used as a minifig display as well. Nice mid-range price for almost everyone. It will be rare and sought after one day.

Best Minifig of the Year: Hanzo (Overwatch)
Amazing detailed full body printing. Great head and hair piece. Rare blue bow and arrow.

Favorite minifigure: The Mandalorian.
Favorite set: The Hogwarts Clock Tower 75948

Favorite set: 75810 The Upside Down
Favorite Minifigure: Winston from Overwatch (Do bigfigs count?)

Set: 89 Batmobile
Minifig: 89 Joker

Best Set: Ford Mustang
Best Minifig: The Mandalorian

jays stormfighter

20th anniveresary luke

Ford Mustang 10265

21318: Tree House
&
Monkey King - Minifigure only Entry
COL344

21318-1: Tree House
And tlm205: Stardust Benny

Best set: 31090 - Underwater Robot.
Best minifig: Tracer (ow001).

Favorite minifig has to be clutch powers
Favorite set is monastery of spinjitzu

Kylo Ren’s shuttle because it looks so much better than the last one, is visually pleasing, and comes with great mini figures

Favorite mini figure is the knight of ren with helmet and detonators, that helmet piece is really cool

My favorite set is 75948 Hogwarts Clock Tower
My favorite minifigure is 71024 Dewey

Set: 21318-1: Tree House
Minifigure: tlm166: Tin Man - Minifigure only Entry

For best set, I would have to say Benny's Space Squad, but, I would also like to nominate Shrimp Shack Attack and the architecture skyline for Paris.

For best minifigure, Baby Voldemort or Akita from ninjago.

Set: 10266 Lunar Lander
Minifig: The Mandalorian

Set: 75243 Slave I
Minifig: SW1020 Zuckuss

Best set: 70840 welcome to apocalypseburg
Best minifig: 71023 apocalypse Abe Lincoln

Slave 1. I think we’re quickly reaching the point where the OT Star Wars sets can’t be improved upon.

The Millennium falcon this year finally got rid of those awkward gaps and brought the price back down to $160. I believe that makes it the best this year.

I like the pizza guy and the gingerbread house. I would've put the Saturn V rocket, but it isn't released in 2019.

Batmobile 1989
Sandman

Set: Batmobile 1989
Minifig: Monkey King

10265 Ford Mustang, captures the aesthetics so good and that combined with steering and the possibility to 'tune' it, makes it for me the number one for 2019.

Stranger things upside down set is the best!

21318 Tree House. Awesome!

Favorite set: 75251: Darth Vader's Castle

Favorite Minifig: sw1057: The Mandalorian

I would like to suggest the LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender 42110 and the Chef - Black Legs, Open Mouth Smile, Hair in Bun, 'LEGO - CHEF026 minifigure

60227: Lunar Space Station was a breath of fresh air. Fully closeable model with playability access and nice details. Excitement for this series was visible and this set fell near the middle of the price points.

75252 Imperial Star Destroyer

Favourite set has to be 75251 Darth Vaders Castle

Great Minifig selection and a decent price. To me it was a must have set this year!

Creator Expert Ford Mustang. A beautiful build, enjoyable to put together, and a great display piece.

21318 Tree House
It is on my wish list, I don't have it (yet). It is the first set that came to mind out of all sets released this year. I could have picked the new SW Tantive IV spaceship set, which I recently bought, but I think the Tree House is more impressive as a Lego set, and will be more memorable and quintessentially one of those stand out typical Lego sets that will still be cherished and loved by many people a decade from now.

The Millenium Falcon

As set(s) 10265 Ford Mustang and 21318 Tree House equally and as minifigure "Johnny Thunder" Jungle Explorer (https://brickset.com/sets/71025-7/Jungle-Explorer).

Ninjago Legacy Monastery

75256 Kylo Ren’s Shuttle. They finally got it right, and its just beautiful.

Central Perk

LEGO Stranger Things The Upside Down

My favorite set: Tantive IV 75244

Creator Expert Ford Mustang

Tree house
Akita

For me, it would be 10266 - Apollo 11, followed closely by 75810 - The Upside Down.
The creativity and ability to use lego elements to depict the lunar lander was a great match to the earlier 21309 - Apollo Saturn V.

Several good sets this year. But my vote is for the 21318 Tree House.

I nominate 75251, Darth Vader's Castle

Ideas Tree house by far 20318 Treehouse

75810 The Upside Down and 10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander