Mr. Elijah Timms

I see why they took a chance, trying to see if they could pull off yellow attire on a yellow-skinned fig. But it just doesn't work. Her legs, specifically, look like she's naked with a strip of suntan or sunburn. The colors just seem too close to imply separate surfaces.

Finally... LOVE the Tiki Warrior!! Scarecrow is also an excellent fig, something we called for over 2 years ago in CopMike's thread. A bit disappointed in the Barbarian. And I'm not so sure about giving the Waitress a yellow uniform... I'm not sure I want that kind of restaurant in my city :) Also, that Grandma is pretty creepy. Maybe they should call her "Creepy Cat Lady!" Tiki & Christmas Elf are my army-builders this wave!! You?

Very intrigued by the whole "new-again" entries here. I'd think there's gotta be some classic space in there, or Blacktron. Johnny of course. Who else?

Bulletproof vests, anyone?! --> Via Brickset, TLG will unveil 17 sets based on the upcoming Lego movie... Link: http://brickset.com/news/article/?ID=7072

Forgive me, as obviously there are plenty here who think otherwise, but... I just don't get the whole need for Nightwing. No, I don't read Batman comics and certainly admit I could be missing something great with the character, but there are SO MANY other DC heroes I'd like to see get the minifig treatment first. With the Flash now confirmed, there's no one I'd rather see more than a certain, ahem, Thanagarian, as it were.

In a word, glorious. For the Flash, that is. Not overly impressed with the rest of the set; I would've loved a new villain. Ten years from now, every time TLG gives us a weak set with a must-have minifig we'll all knowingly refer to it as "the Riddler Chase Effect."

Hmmm. Very quaint, but it feels a bit, I dunno, small for $100 USD? Lots of small builds, and a lack of a large central structure I suppose. Wish it was a bit cheaper, but I'm sure I'll get it.

Just plain WRONG that TLG does this with Green Arrow!! BOOOOOO LEGO First Ol' Oliver is snubbed from the DC video game, now he's released as an all but impossible exclusive fig?? That's weak, Lego, real weak. The only way to fix this is to give him to us in another set, perhaps in his classic costume. Make it right!

Great little review-- totally agree with what 'Zeahl' says about the pieces used to create a very aesthetically pleasing design in front. When I built this I was really impressed with the value vs. price. Recommend it!

Raises an interesting question of what CMs are the biggest army builders, and how many? Perhaps a topic for another thread one day...

This is The American site, I presume. http://www.toysrus.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3686910&view=all&ab=TRU_Header:City:Category --FWIW they're all listed only as "Sold In Stores." I checked mine today for the HeliPlane. No luck. EDIT: Speaking of which, found this product description rather interesting: Safety Warnings: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. Product Description Call in the giant Cargo Heliplane to transport the logs to LEGO City! First, UNLOAD THE TOUGH QUAD BIKE* from the plane. Drive it into the forest where the lumberjacks are working hard to saw the logs for transport. Bundle them up and use the quad bike to tow them to the waiting Cargo Heliplane. Load up the plane and lift the logs away with the Cargo Heliplane's adjustable rotors and powerful engines! Put the pilot in the cockpit with a cup of coffee and his dog to make the delivery! Includes 3 minifigures and accessories: a pilot and 2 lumberjacks. So it sounds like the back of the Osprey does in fact open up! Didn't know that... (*Uppercase mine for emphasis.)

TRU USA also showed 60020 Cargo Truck, 60021 Cargo Heliplane, and 60027 Monster Truck Transporter along with the Starter Pack earlier today. They were, however, not in stores. Not yet.

It's a great set-- pair it with the Kingdoms Castle and the MMV and you've got the centerpiece of your Castle collection.

After picking up the 70404 King's Castle for about $88USD with TRU's 20% discount, I couldn't wait to populate it with my Crown Knight faction, and all of the new blue Knights rolled out in this wave. I also wanted to see how the Crown Knights, the new Blue Lion Knights, and the CM Heroic Knight might all blend together if presented as a single faction. I thought the results were prettty successful, and thought you all might like to use this opportunity to learn about the mythology within my Castle line, to see the new Castle in the wild, and to see how the separate torsos might work when presented as a single faction. I feel an obligation to all readers to insist that this is not a MOC by any means. For the most part this is straight out of the instruction booklets (albeit after replacing the Crown Lion shields with more appropriate shields from the Crown Knight era. But you might get a closer look at said set, at perhaps some unique angles. _____________________________________________________ Friends, sword-brothers, maiden fair and all citizens of the great kingdom of Fradia... it is my pleasure to welcome you to a royal wedding within the walls of King Sebastian's own home, the great Chateau de Arsenaux: Our great King Sebastian, of the crown sigil, has recently conquered the rich coastal region of Nomeau. In a sign of solidarity, the Marquis de Nomeau has pledged his eldest daughter, the lovely Princess Bellina, to a nobleman of the King's choosing. And so, the Marquis has come with his men to present his daughter in today's ceremony. The Marquis, previous wearer of the Lion Head standard, has also arrived sporting a new image upon his men. The Crowned Lion is a symbol of Nomeau's loyalty to the great kingdom of Fradia, and its stalwart king. And so the ceremony begins... The King has chosen his most trusted knight, Sir Felix of Prewitt, to take the hand of the princess. Sir Felix is understandably a bit nervous... ... But it is certainly not for fear of the kingdom, for the King's trusted White Knights, of the Royal Order of Percival, stand careful watch beyond the walls of the keep. King Sebastian resides over the entire ceremony. It is said that our brave king loves a wedding almost as much as a battle. Weddings always make Sir Phelan the skin-changer emotional. Legend has it that the Goblin Witch cast a spell on him, and he is no longer able to revert back into his human guise... The Captain of the Guard, LeBeau, makes use of a line to get a closer look at the proceedings. The Marquis de Nomeau hopes he has made the right decision in this new agreement with the Fradian King. He could have made a similar deal with the Kents to the north, in their red tunics and carrying their own unique Lion heraldry. Sir Francois, on the other hand, is growing tired of waiting for the afternoon's epic feast. All Hail King Sebastian!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After building the new castle, I can honestly say I really like it. Obviously there's a lot of repetition involved, but I love the design and the asymmetry is really interesting and unique. The courtyard also seems really spacious. Obviously it's inevitable that one would compare this with the previous Kingdoms castle... I might have to build that one again to give a true decision on which is better-- but the fact that it's too close to call speaks of how much I've enjoyed this set. I'd recommend it to any one who loves a good Lego Castle. And who doesn't??

Wow... I'm not much of a LOTR collector, but this is positively beautiful. I can't look at it without hearing the sound of waterfalls and the music score from the film inside my head. Absolutely one of the best small interpretations of a movie scene TLG has ever produced. Thanks for the review! Your Elven group shot is pretty amazing, too!

Good question. In terms of figs alone, if you have the Batwing set, you've already got yourself a Joker... But the Funhouse also offers Robin, Harley, and that excellent Riddler fig. On the other hand, the Batmobile set offers the love or hate orange/purple Two-Face, 2 goons, and a generic security guard you'll probably throw a yellow head onto to dump into your City collection. But you already know all this. In terms of figs alone, I'd say Funhouse. In terms of the build, I'd also suggest that the Funhouse was a very well-celebrated set, with lots of playability, adventure, and possibilities for adding onto it. The Batmobile, on the other hand, received its fair share of criticism upon release for the design... But I disagree. It's a very detailed and substantial model, and the bank itself sports a unique color scheme that would be right at home in any City layout. Only the Two-Face jeep is a fail here, and if you lose the crane and flick-fire emplacements it's a bit better. I will suggest that if you ever consider picking up the BatCave, then the Batmobile is a must-- they compliment each other SOOO well. So as far as play goes, I'd say Funhouse... But if you're looking more for display purposes, I'd suggest the iconic Batmobile. I've asked myself, looking back, if I could only have one of the two, which would I pick? And the answer is a definitive FUNHOUSE. But if you can, esp. now that the wave is nearing the end of its shelf life... I'd suggest going for all of the sets. They all look os great displayed all together.

I'm anything but a bully. I did cross the line with that whole 'narcissistic' bit, and for that, I apologize to 'BrickMario.' In the future I will follow the directives laid out by site mods and welcome any friendly discussion among fellow enthusiasts, in PM if it's more appropriate. I'll say nothing more and apologize to readers for my role in the distraction created.

Mods, if I'm out of line, I freely apologize, but I'm beginning to think this thread would be much more enjoyable if a single reader didn't vote himself its de facto moderator / host and treat it like his own personal CM blog... Is it completely necessary to personally respond to every comment or observation? I don't know if this is just the preferred method to stack up almost 600 posts in 3 months, or if there's a higher level of AFOL-related narcissism at play... But it's simply redundant and non-contributory to what is usually an enjoyable community experience. And I know I'm not the only one who's grown frustrated with it. Perhaps this reader might consider creating his own blog or web site as a more proper venue for such frequent and occasionally uninformed opinions?

I'm with TrumpetKing-- looks like a one-piece head. Look at where the sides of the blue touch the white-- looks more like a print, there's no three-dimensional depth evident in typical headwear-over-headpiece configurations. Plus, if it were a headwear piece, those two fangs would prob. be too small/thin to be successful in a injected mold.

Not just you. For 30 years I've been saying "tek-neek." Funny how something you attach to as a child just seems to build itself into your acceptable vernacular vocabulary, to the point that anything else seems ridiculous, even if it's correct.

The Popsicle has been available in no less than 6 colors, and this will be the 7th. And whether or not one would call it rare depends on, well, the magnitude of his or her collection. FWIW you can get the trans-yellow one right now in 60014 Coast Guard Patrol.

Interesting enough article. I wish the scholar from Canterbury further discussed his findings, statistics of the various expression categories, etc. I certainly prefer the differing expressions, because it creates a community of characters rather than a mindless army of hazy smiling zombies. When army building in particular I always enjoy giving each fig a unique expression to make them all individually unique-- plus it also provides a large set of heads to disperse back through other figs as well. One thing I have struggled with, and I'm curious what other readers think, is the idea of swapping out the generic smileys in vintage figs from the 80's. Aside from the Kingdoms Joust knight, my entire Black Falcons faction continue to sport classic smileys, yet the rest of my castle collection features specific and appropriate expressions. I always said I'd never swap ou their heads, but lately I have been very torn. Thoughts?

THIS YETI FIG IS CLEARLY RACIST! It's obviously meant to exploit the stereotypical image of a North Pole/Santa's Village snow monster, without any consideration of the diversity of the genus, be it the Nepalese Abominable snowmen, the Alaskan polar Sasquatch sub-species, or, well, any resident of Yellowknife, Northern Territories, Canada. I mean, really, TLG, why BLUISH-WHITE? What do you have against, grayish-white, yellowish-white, or even brownish-white???!!! (The worst part is this isn't even the most ridiculous post on the subject in this thread. Let it go, friends.)

LOVE THE YETI!!!!! And the colors used in the welder are so rich and lifelike. I'm not as impressed with the robots, but I'll take the scientist. Can't wait to see more. Great find, Alcarin!

Beautiful stuff, man! I'm curious-- how many pieces are in "The Crusader?" She's clearly my favorite of the bunch? Well done!