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Hmmm... I think maybe if you tried to use the same amount of pieces but spread it out a little bit wider? There doesn't seem to be enough space between pieces, and it also looks too long for how wide it is. Stretch it out a little wider and I think it'll look even better, and more realistic! Thanks for listening!

For those curious about the new impulse sets becoming available here, the Jester & Wizard arrived with my S@H order. The jester has double printed head and torso, the wizard has one face and no torso printing. Curiously the facial hair is grey, but his beard piece is black or almost black. The 2x2 tile has some interesting text on it, "you are far more powerful than you would ever imagine". The rest you can probably work out from the pictures. Sorry, don't have any photos available. Stupid camera won't focus for close shots. Not bad for getting 1 at $4 or $5, but they're hardly army building sets.

I don't know who they are, but I thought I saw Greedo. And Mace Windu vs Ventress. At the 21 sec mark there's a human female jedi? Or is it Padme with a lightsabre? (just before Shaak Ti). Of course, just because they have a lightsabre doesn't mean they're jedi, I doubt Cad Bane is one, haha. Good ol' Obi Wan falls off a Kamino building again.

Yet another fantastic episode 1 scene. Everything about it is brilliant ... except ... the head of Boss Nass. Pity, not much you can do about that. Excellent MOC regardless.

There's much to like about this! Great idea for the chandelier, but it looks a tiny bit cluttered. If you could remove some bits it might look better, but it's very good anyway. The crypt underneath is pretty cool too, and a nice touch with the ghost hiding in there! I like the assortment of creepy-crawlies but my #1 favourite part of your construction is the table! Fantastic. The vampire fig looks cool too, I hope to get one myself.

This doesn't interest me one bit. I'm guessing it'll be like this from 1995 and this from 1999. How disappointing, I was hoping for more "real" space stuff. I might have a dark age next year haha... PS the only town sets I ever bought myself were race cars or POLICE. I loved police. Lego, transformers, matchbox cars, micro machines, if there were police I wanted them.

Well, I paid for them previously but they came into my possession today. 6081 King's Mountain Fortress, 7097 Troll's Mountain Fortress, 7949 Prison Carriage Rescue, 7953 Jester, 7955 Wizard, 852921 & 852922 Kingdoms Battle Packs. How exciting!!!

I know it's too late now, (nice MOC btw!) but what would make this really cool is if the back part was removable so you could have a standalone ski vehicle speeder thing (somewhat resembles the cockpits from Deep Freeze Defender) and a big engine/guns add-on. That would make it perfect for 80s sci-fi/action cartoons! You could easily have a fleet of these in different colours with slightly different clip-on rear sections!

Arrived yesterday, picked it up from the depot today. 18 days total. It says on the courier label the distribution centre is in Singapore, but on the box the sticker says it shipped from Billund, Denmark. The spaceman magnet figure came included (I understand some have received it separately). Typical, a Bricklink mega lot and an eBay item also arrived last night/today so tonight I'll have 2 castles, 7 small or medium sets, the new Kingdoms impulses and some minifig packs to open & build... and I want to take photos... and I want to build them ALL tonight. Don't think I'll have enough time to enjoy the moment somehow, haha.

I think you should let others be the judge of whether you have a perfectly good body or not... haha. Could not resist after seeing the topic subtitle, and sorry, but I don't have the part you're after. At least you get a laugh.

and if they've watched The Clone Wars series they'd realise that you can use the force to jump that far... well that's what it seems to me anyway, haha

I agree there. I think it's often better to leave it as it is, if someone else has already posted after you. Otherwise add a footnote explanation for what was edited. I would be more inclined to encourage members to use the "Preview Post" button instead, it gives you a chance to see & fix your post before you show the entire world your skills in proof-reading! Haha. Also if you're "arguing" (vehemently differing in opinion etc) it allows some heat to wear off, and you might retract what you were about to get yourself banned for saying before saying it. (I just corrected some fragmented grammar after using the preview button.) Thanks for the good post Blackicep8ntball, I think the rest is spot on.

Nice update! The tinyfigs will look great when you get some little knives or daggers. I like the horses too.

ummmmmmm.... according to my memory we had (radio) ads for T**w**** in the 80s & 90s with the opening line "I don't wanna grow up" & ending with "T**w**** is for kids" but I couldn't decipher the rest as it was sung by children with their pants pulled up to their necks. (ie very high)

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I'm a bit concerned you'll try to take your house apart soon after it's built... haha. Nice idea for the cake, and your minifig vigs are awesome! Congratulations on your recent wedding, I hope Mr Cecilie is a fan too!

For kids, any ridiculous solution can be explained and accepted without reservation by using the word "magic". "The catapult can't go through that tiny door!" "Yes it can!" "How?" "Magic." "Ah."

SHHH!!!! Don't say that or we won't get any new space sets next year!

I've heard that in the UK, Space Police 3 sets are only being sold online or in Lego shops. Anywhere else that sells Lego won't have them. Noone seems to know why this is either.

The only way to appear credible (and not be exposed as a double agent - let alone orchestrator of the whole thing) was to have the other side wiped out. Since most of the Separatist force were droids and not organic life, it would be easier to just sweep them under the carpet. Apart from Geonosians, there aren't many beings to kill to keep silent. Also, the Separatists were the "instigators" of the war, so he'd look better if they were defeated by his leadership. His other hurdle was the Jedi. Of course, that was what this was all about, wiping out the Jedi without seeming the villain.

Went to K-Mart last night, they've moved the Lego and the range was much better than usual. First time I've seen impulse sets in there. SP3 ones I spent a year getting annoyed about not finding anywhere. Well too bad, I've got as many of them as I want already, so K Mart's impulses can rot on shelf. I saw the Lego games, now I understand. I thought they were going to be computer games & was wondering what the fuss was about! (Big deal, what's new about that?) Haha they look pretty cool. Questions: anyone used S@H before? What time-frame should I anticipate for delivery? Do they post from Denmark or locally? I'm kinda over rushing home from work before the post office closes to see if there's a card in the letter box (and finding that there isn't - sigh, looks like it's a movie night again).

I don't doubt there's the money & resources to create that stuff, but not in that time-frame. Any invention would take a long time to go from ideas through design through production to roll-out?

Time to get out the atlas, mate! From what we've heard, series 1 is still very common in Germany. Just try a trip over the border to find series 2?

They're talking about modding the figs. She SHOULD have medium blue or sand blue hands (depending) is the point - she does not wear gloves.

I think it's a reasonable beef. Surely the sets in the same line are supposed to be compatible with each other? The Kingdoms catapults don't really fit through the castle or tower gates either (from memory). It would be so much better if they could be kept behind the defence during a siege instead of out where it's vulnerable.