helicaon

I received no email about any "2nd wave" or how to sign up for anything, and when I phoned leicester square, was basically told to go online and add it to my wish list....

Bear in mind that even plain glass blocks UVB and UVC, so you basically won't get any benefit indoors anyway, however even in the UK, outside on a cloudy day you can get enough UV to stimulate production. Plain glass doesn't block UVA however, so printed material/paper may fade, and white lego bricks may go yellow, so the advice about UV film is still sensible. Some modern window glass does block almost all UV, but unless you're certain what kind you have, it's probably as well to err on the cautious side and use film where you display your cherished creations...

Hmm - I ordered on the 4th and 5th last year and only got one promo fig, and I'm certain the 3rd hadn't been included, so it seemed to me that only the 4th was part of the promotion last year (in the UK at any rate) - perhaps I was just unlucky...

it was released in 2007, discontinued in 2009, finally sold out in 2010 - hardly "forever" - compare it to 10188 Death Star, released in 2008, still around today - I couldn't afford 10179 then, obviously can't afford resale prices, so yes, I'll continue to "whine" until it's re-released, thanks :-)

sigh - ordered the BARC speeder, mandalorian speeder and AT-RT yesterday from S@H after dithering for ages about whether to get a big set or just some little ones to qualify for the Clone lieutenant.... confirmed the order, then it occurred to me I hadn't noticed him being added... I was all set to complain until I noticed that the offer ended on the 17th...

well, 10,000 votes for the CUUSOO of Marshall Banana's incredible UCS version (which I think was even motorised and lit, but I might be confusing two different ones) suggests there is a strong demand for one, and as this has had only one incarnation, unlike the 3 AT-ATs, that would be something else in its favour... and, as you say, it would also be an excuse to get some more minifigs which haven't already been done to death.

Is this a real rumour, or just speculating what the rumour might be about? I realise you've been right in the past, which is why I'm asking...

Not sure where you are, but S@H UK still has the UCS B-wing in stock, as I just ordered one, so I would assume it's still available elsewhere as well...

re: possible Ewok village and force "Ghosts" - it's been mentioned about the technical difficulties of making translucent minifigs, and all the explanations seem very reasonable - however, it doesn't seem to have deterred Character Creations... The "invisible man" from Monsters Vs Zombies...

just as a matter of interest - http://penny-arcade.com/report/the-cut-article/george-lucase-pledges-4-billion-lucasfilm-selling-price-to-philanthropy - so it's perhaps not as straightforward as squeezing every last drop out of Star wars/Indy etc...

I love the way this captures the feel of the ship, has playability AND fits in with existing Lego models - I don't often support things on CUUSOO ( too lazy) but I had to make an exception for this...

there DO appear to be studs on top of the Rancor - on the shoulders...

very impressive - love the little details round the frame.....

nice idea - I've basically run out of space, so combining my three Slave Ones into a single Greatest Hits compilation might be an idea to save some room

well, it's his opinion, more than a statement, so it can hardly be "wrong"... I oscillate between getting excited by new, more detailed figs, and a hankering back to the early days of my collecting the SW Lego, when a yellow smiley face and a fair hairpiece was enough to denote Luke - it doesn't LOOK much like errr Luke, but given a little imagination, everyone's happy... As well as the "moving towards action figures" worry, there's also the fact that, apart from a few, specialised figs, the basic figure is more or less the same, so that given an exquisitely detailed and painted head for a GG, one instinctively expects everything else, including the proportions to be equally as close to the original, which up till now perhaps, hadn't been so uppermost in our minds - after all, if you look at solscudd's recent pics in the photography thread, with the celebration figs all together - Chewie should really tower above everyone else, but is the same size because of the minifig limitations, and no-one has been too unhappy about that... Anyway, just my tuppence worth, as with every new wave of sets, there are many I want avidly, and a few I fell a bit "meh" about, but sadly for my bank balance (and space in a tiny flat to put them all) I'll probably end up getting most of them, otherwise risking falling even further behind in my failing attempt to get all, or at least most of the SW minifigs...