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Thanks for the review. After looking more closely at this set, I think it is actually one that I would like to get (would be the first in about 8 years for me!). Yeah! I wholeheartedly agree.

Great discussion topic. I too have felt that minifigs are overly popular these days - IMO LEGO should be primarly a building toy (like it was in my dad's day before the cute little smiley-faced plastic people showed up on the scene...) and the figures, while greatly increasing the playability, should be secondary. But... it's kind of hard to explain this... I don't actually live this out anymore:P. When I was young and really into LEGO (I pretty much lived LEGO), building was HUGE for me (just the way I am - I love building). I would build great creations and always be out of pieces. That being said, I also loved playing with stuff that I built... However, recently I got a bit interested in LEGO again. I've built a few MOCs over the past year, but mainly, I'm into the figures now. I feel sort of hypocritical, but, well... that's what's fun for me now. I don't really have a large piece collection to make some of the beautiful detailed and color-coded MOCs I see around here and I seldom have time to build anyways. I haven't bought any sets since my re-interest in LEGO truth be told there aren't many I'm interested in getting - IMO the sets are too focused on specific 'special' pieces and don't come with enough good building bricks - one of my main issues with TLC today. (I'd consider buying a few of the exlusives like the Tower Bridge or Space Shuttle or stuff that comes with a lot of good pieces that I could have fun building, but I don't think I could justify spending the money on them afterwards cause I'm not THAT into LEGO and I don't know what I'd do other than put them on display...) So mostly I'm into collecting minifigures now (due to time, money, interests, etc - I just never feel fulfilled after building anymore). They're fun, and probably one of the main reasons that I would buy a set today (if I actually bought any!). I've purchased a few specific figs on Ebay or BrickLink over the past year or so. The new collectible minifigs are great and I'm excited about getting a few of them. I use my minifigures whenever I possibly can - they mostly stand on my shelf looking cute or goofy or cool or w/e; but whenever I play a board game that I can replace pieces with minifigs (i.e. Monopoly pieces, or the Barbarian/Robber/Pirate from Settlers of Catan) I always do :). Wow, sorry that got really long-winded... this is a topic I've thought about quite a bit and I had a lot to say... Edit: Yeah, come to think of it, that's what probably did it for me too - during my 'dark ages' I got really into Robin Hood and stuff, and I was looking through an old LEGO catalogue and noticed... a LEGO ROBIN HOOD HAT?!? That got me started on it again as I began looking up forestmen and all of the old sets with them and finding stuff on Ebay... yeah... forestmen FTW... (see my avatar and sig :P).

Woot! It's about time!

!!! Ooohhhh... an elf! This could be good and bad. I might have to change my favorite minifig. Robin Hood might be in for some competition. Although I agree that a more complete fantasy Castle theme with multiple Elves, variety, armour, weapons, sets, buildilngs, etc would have been preferable...

Thanks for the review - this would actually be one of the few sets I'd be interested in getting. I think I disagree on the playability though (not that I care about that anymore, I'm too old for anything but the building :(). It's really not minifig scale, and by the looks of it there's no room to move around from place to place in the shuttle (I'm sure it's cramped on the real shuttle but they do have more than just a cockpit and a hangar for the satellite...). Anyways...

Cecilie - thank you for both rounds of pictures with the shield. I'd be happy if they'd just show up in Toys R Us around Canada...

The Greek soldier's shield looks really interesting - it appears that a standard 2x2 stud circular brick would fit on it. Can anyone confirm this? (hmm... maybe we can swap around our own colours/prints on the shield boss...) Also - would anyone be able to show a pic of the back of the shield so I can see the handle? Thanks

Thanks for the photos! I'm not into collecting the whole lot of them but there are a few in there that strike my fancy. I haven't actually been to the store to check if they had either Series 1 or 2 (I live in Canada), but does anyone know if they are actually phasing out Series 1 already? Or do I still have some time to wait before going to buy some? Hmm...

1) No, I haven't spent much money on LEGO in the past few years. 2) Individual, if at all 3) Hard to say... maybe Neuschwanstein Castle. 4) I like big huge castles, preferably minifig scale (>_>). 5) This has been mentioned a few times before, and I'd like to say that I agree - I'd really like to see a LEGO Roman series. The typical medieval castle/knights thing has been done SO many times - I was actually rather disappointed to see yet another generic castle theme coming out this year. The Castle series that ended last year was great - I really liked the originality and fantasy (me being a fan of such things). On the note of fantasy, I would really love to see a LEGO Lord of the Rings series too (or at least official minifigs). That would be awesome :D

Thanks for checking that out. I'm not sure how to explain why it would disappoint or annoy me :P. I'm not sure what the purpose of the different bow could - just to be different from the conventional LEGO bow? Such a small difference doesn't really make sense, IMO - I mean, if they made the whole bow noticeably longer or something, then yes ... but such a slight difference? Who cares? Wouldn't it be cheaper to just continue using the same bow?

Is it just me, or are the bows that the Forestman and Tribal Hunter have different from the old, traditional LEGO bows? If they are different, I'm trying to decide if that makes me happy or sad... probably sad...