jonwil

The passenger plane, tanker truck and at least one of the traveler are definatly going on my wishlist (although I wish they had chosen a different torso for the traveler) The blue torso in the farm set is likely this one: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=973pb09c02 or this one: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=973pb201c01

K-Mart in Joondalup has a LOT of stock of the combine harvester. Seems they cant move it even at the ridiculous clearance price they had it at (even that price wasnt low enough for me to take the plunge) Also, a LOT of stock of the city bulldozer without a clearance tag (if the set goes below 40, it MIGHT be worth it for parts but at the price K-Mart wants for it, forget it)

All these sales and discounts may indicate that we will see less lego on the shelves in 2010 (i.e. that the stores won't stock as much) I just wish I had cash to buy more stuff :)

The part in question first appeared in the Blacktron II line of sets.

Just saw a TV ad, the MYER sale is for 25% off all LEGO.

There is aparently a sale at MYER that starts tomorrow. I dont know details, what happened is that I was in MYER in Morley buying the police helicopter and the person said "If you come back tomorrow to buy one there is a sale" (I bought it anyway, any saving on a set that small wouldn't be enough to make the difference)

If anyone wants the Lamborghini at the k-mart price, good luck finding one. NONE of the K-marts I can easily get to have any in stock :(

Cool that you found it, at that price I may have to finally pick one up myself for parts :)

Fire Nation Ship doesn't count for this IMO as its not a sailing ship, it clearly has a boiler and some kind of engine. The others all have sails. My favorite is the Emperors ship (as its the only one I own :)

It may also be about maximizing the use of the mold (molds dont come cheap remember)

The figure with the revolvers is clearly a Cowboy and not an adventurer type guy, he has a longhorn cattle buckle the size of texas on his belt. LEGO probably used the fedora and not the cowboy hat because it was cheaper to produce a part they already were using in other sets than it was to restore the cowboy hat (a part they arent using in any set)

Macoco, the picture shown there of the Smart Car is preliminary and old and the pictures seen on Amazon and elsewhere (which are not marked "preliminary") show the new figure with the hoodie. The preliminary pictures probably used that fig (with the red torso) because the new torso was not ready at the time.

As others have said the pictures from the catalog are older and more preliminary than pictures seen on Amazon and elsewhere. Look on brickset to see a picture of what it will actually look like (including the fig)

Aviator (not a pilot, someone like Lindburgh or Charles Kingsford-Smith or the like, someone who would fit the cockpit of a biplane). Would have the aviator cap and goggles as the headgear, no idea about the accessory. Scientist with lab coat. For accessory, have some piece of scientific equipment like a beaker or test tube Pop star with whacked out hairstyle (microphone being accessory)

Nice pics, I definatly want the small car, the repair truck, the passenger plane, the Octan truck, the traveler impulse, the farmer impulse, both Atlantis impulse sets, the little green truck, the little helicopter and the house.

If he is a magician or plans to do magic tricks, Top Hat definatly. Otherwise go for the bowler.

A better way for LEGO to go would be to put all these train parts on Factory (those that arent there already) and let the fans make cars for their trains. If LEGO made a train car like this as a set, it would take up an SKU that could otherwise be used for the next Emerald Night, Medieval Market Village, Imperial Flagship, Town Plan or other cool huge exclusive set.

At some point in the past (memory is hazy on the details) I was in a school class where there was one of those large denim type sacks full of classic space that the kids played with.

Nice, makes me wish I had some M&Ms right now :P As for the red M&M, the only problem is finding suitable red eyes.

Flights and accommodation are sorted and just registered for Brickvention itself. Will be good to mingle and mix with other AFOLs.

Surprised to see the 1h 09 Indy sets on the list to go. Mindstorms NXT going away makes sense with the 2.0 now out. Very surprised to see the helicopter transporter and dozer (the heli is a 2h 09 set and the dozer is a 1h 09 set assuming they are the sets I am thinking of) As for pirates, I am VERY surprised they are discontinuing them so quickly given that they have been one of the hottest selling non-licenced themes in years. My guess is that TLG have some kind of tie-in with the next Pirates Of The Caribbean film (due july 2011) and want to make sure all the Pirates product is gone before the POTC product hits. I just hope the fast-discontinuation of Pirates means I can pick up a cheap redcoat base for parts...

This idea sounds cool. Only sucky thing is that LEGO is not going to release this until August, delaying what is likely to be one of the hottest sellers in years. That gun reminds me of the classic Star Trek Phaser or the guns from things like Buck Rodgers, i.e. the classic "sci-fi" ray gun (seen in many sci-fi films and TV that predate Star Wars and the more "realistic" guns that appeared in that movie)

My favorite space themed set has to be the 6973 Deep Freeze Defender. Was the largest (and coolest) space set I owned when I was a kid (was an xmas gift I believe) and I had so much fun playing with all the cool parts (like the wings, garage door, "laser gun" antennas, cockpits etc. I no longer have my childhood LEGO but I have since been able to obtain all the parts for not only this set but every single set in the Ice Planet line (including all the special hard-to-find parts for the Ice Station Odyssey) I think I even have a set of genuine instructions for the 6973 somewhere.

The 1 x 2 x 4 brick with groove is new as far as I know (and will be GREAT, please make it in black and in white thanks)

FYI, this brick has been spotted in red in the new fire station. That goes with the white in the snowman and the dark bley in the toy story sets.