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The new version of the evil mech is good though.

Guardians of the Galaxy. That movie I watched when it came out on video and all of the sets were way sold out by then, too bad if I wanted any.

Oh, the calendar's up... and holy ship, I've won already! Huge thanks again to the walrus, the bulldog and anyone else!

Exactly. (Which is why someone like me buys a new line of Castle despite having stacks of the stuff from over the decades.) You can't easily DIY a new line of minifigs, crests and accessories (and have them look any good).

S@H appears to have the C-3PO, I haven't seen or found any details yet but it looks like $50 of SW will snag it for you. If you go for the free shipping that'll get you over the line for the gingerbread house too. BTW, Dr Who set is up, $79.99.

Dr Pepper? Proof that dinosaurs were NOT intelligent.

Ah, photographic art exhibition, I was thinking sculptures! When people talk exhibition & Lego, I tend to think physical models on display. Even as photos it would be a good and interesting display.

Nearly old news now, but the stormtrooper polybag is at Toyworld, free with $50 purchase of SW catalogue items. Unless you want a Millennium Falcon ($200) your options are pretty much full priced items.

He would have to own 365 Jar Jar minifigs... not sure if he's a fan of that

The construction of the sets might not be dumbed down, but the creative play aspect is. Kids are spoon-fed more and more as to who & what everything is and how the story goes. 30 years ago you got a bunch of minifigs none of which had a name, and VERY few were unique characters (like a princess, king, blacksmith). It was up to the kids to decide what happens. In many cases, there wasn't even a "this is a good guy, that is a bad guy" distinction. Nowadays, every minifig in every theme besides the traditionals (and in many cases not even them) is named and has a specific role & background, every set is clearly spelled out as to where it fits in the story that has been provided. That would be fine if it was just the licenced properties, but all of the in-house stuff has it now too.

You'll shoot your eye out

Another great one, what is the green in the lower jaw? Jabba or a dinosaur?

Yes, keep refreshing the tracking page and it will come up now & then...

Then why say this?

The yellow submarine is not what is preventing other projects from reaching 10000 supports or passing review.

A picture on the wall takes up less space. "Where do the presents go?" That's very optimistic of you...

Dragon Lands is top notch as far as fan creations go. Even though I think the dragon count is over the top (and they are a bit too similar in build), I would buy out each wave of that.

I can't get anywhere past one page on the site on Firefox anymore, it just keeps redirecting back to the shop home page. Works in Chrome.

It's the protocol droid from this set from Yoda Chronicles from last year

Brilliant

Yep, Bricklink

Yes, it summons Captain Planetelf

Out of 10 projects, half of them have no chance, most of the rest possible but unlikely, the others all depend on the "back room" issues regarding licences etc. We could very well get another 0.

Don't know. 2 years after release is normal, not sure about the rare (not exclusive) sets. I don't know about your experience, but the Ghost hasn't sold very well from what I can see. There are still a lot around, so you should be able to get it cheap in time. It isn't bad, but there's not much interior and you'd probably want the Phantom on the back too. Lots of people asking about the Gozanti, many positive responses. Quite a few "I didn't think I'd like it at first" or "I was going to skip it" responses including myself. Regarding your situation, it is possible that this ship may not reappear much as a set in future. Star Destroyers, however... we can be sure that there will be another one at some point, if you happen to miss the current one. I would say that it will probably be gone in the new year (depending on stock & popularity), since it came out mid last year, so you'd want to grab it soon. I don't have it but I hear it's a good rendition. It's almost a heresy, but honestly I make similar decisions according to which minifigs I want the most...

From a (well known on Eurobricks) Lego designer recently re discussion of (at the time) rumoured Nexo Knights: