Artanis I

Sounds like a cool guy

No because there are 7 winners per day, not 6. So if you haven't yet won, your chances are: 1. 7/210 (1/30) 2. 7/203 (1/29) 3. 7/196 (1/28) 4. 7/189 (1/27) ... 11. 7/140 (1/20) ... 21. 7/70 (1/10) ... 24. 7/49 (1/7) So don't feel too bad if you miss out!

Then it is possible that you would prefer to build something yourself. You can use a set like this as a starting point if you need lots of grey and castley parts. But here is mine, together with 2 gatehouse sets added as per jFox's suggestion to give you an idea: More pics I don't think that Orthanc would fit in the middle, you would have to expand the walls a bit further the other way too. It's very tall, I haven't put it next to a castle to see how it looks though.

The scutters would be difficult, since minifigs don't have fingers, so how would one do the middle finger salute?

Thanks Bob.

I think that is a gross exaggeration. Compared to other castles from 10-20 years ago (and even more recently), it is quite the opposite. If you don't like the design, you can always pull it apart and change it. There are plenty of useful parts that can give you many configurations. Some AFOLs get hung up on elegant looking castle mocs & display pieces, and dismiss playsets with less detail. I think there is too much unwarranted negativity towards this castle. But I'm not saying it's amazing or that you should get it, It is up to you to decide whether it's what you want.

80% of entries will win, 20% miss out.

I see comments about a female dwarf. 1 problem, it is unlikely that a female dwarf would come with legs, it seems all(?) medieval/fantasy females come with a dress these days. And if TLG keeps giving us those too-tall slopes as dresses, the female dwarf is going to be taller than a human male...

Slightly on this subject, I find it funny how Anakin's accent changed so dramatically from Episode I to II & then IV!

She could dub it?

LOTR had a ship with ghosts?

So I'll be the zillionth to say that the cyclops didn't need lipstick. I'm disappointed about it, it reduces the reusability of the part. I will get only 1. Wizard is cool, would be a bit better to not be red & black again, but it's the best evil wizard so far. The King looks so different from the existing castle versions, strange how far from realistic they are compared to this. Alien is okay, not bad new part. The space guy I will want a few of. And the goblin is fantastic. He even has a treasure sack... Diablo... Weeeellllll... 3 of 16 aren't "people" anyway. So, 5 out of 13 at the worst. 8 of the remaining 13 are strictly or primarily male roles. So, 4 out of 5 at best.

There were some cool episodes from the Clone Wars with bounty hunters. If there's going to be a movie involving them, I hope Ventress is in it. Well... not yet. But Tseebo seems to have a lot of useful empire technology & secrets for the rebels. Plus, Poggle had some DS plans back in Episode III. Not a difficult stretch of the imagination from there, so perhaps we will see some twists & turns.

Phew, I remembered to enter in time! Here we go, what I want the most for Christmas this year is to have a fridge full of food AFTER Christmas. Being summer, it's too hot to cook anything or eat hot food. Leftover meat, vegetables, fruit, dessert & nibbles cold from the fridge is all I can deal with for a few days with all the end of year & family stuff going on between work. Thanks again CopMike & TLG (and anyone else involved this year) for another fun raffle.

It sold out here less than a week after the movie (finally) started. I only managed to get 1!

I don't understand the hate over the effectiveness of the orange ones. I have a billion... only worn out 1 so far, and using 2 at a time is really useful for 2 small plates. And by worn out, I merely mean that the tip of the handle is a bit bent. They can do everything the old grey ones can do + more. That makes a bit more sense in context!

Do you have boxing gloves for hands?!? Why do you need separators for 2 bricks?

I do want to go and see The Hobbit. I do not want to see previews of Star Wars while I am there. That's annoying. Looks like it'll be another eyes-closed-fingers-in-ears-la-la-la moment

Should I mention that Myer has 3 for 2 again today? Too late, I did.

Disney owns this? The horror!

And said nothing. They don't have to say why specific projects are rejected. No one could figure out why the wild west project didn't get any kind of go-ahead, but then shortly afterward we get Lone Ranger sets (that were already in production). 2+2.

It most definitely is NOT Dr Who, or they would have rejected the Ideas projects at the recent review. I only hope that whatever it is, it has no cool monsters or useful bits, so I can give it a miss

Usually they are back to back, so no gap between, but every now and then there might be 1 year gap. We got nothing in 2012, 2014 and very possibly nothing next year! But it is only for the 1st half of the year?

And if it's the case, then we could expect Fantasy 2.0 in 2016 when the Hobbit sets have all but disappeared. EXCEPT, I'm not sure that there would be castle elf minifig sets at the same time as (or closely following) a theme with the name "Elves", minidolls or not. It's confusing marketing for the non hxcx fans.

If you're considering a Hilly-Holly, the bob cut isn't so easy to come across. The best I can come up with is a tan of the really old female hair piece: Or Stephanie's hair: Unfortunately the two I thought were really good options only exist in black, brown or red.