jonwil

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.

So the new parts in this set are the 2x4 tile, the 1 x 1 brick with stud on side, the 2 x 6 plate with the studs, the rescue net and the hydraulic parts for the ladder? Anything else new in the set? Also, any chance of an image of the sticker sheet & the inventory page in the back of the instructions?

I just LOVE the golf club. Hopefully BrickForge and BrickArms can bring more sports equipment to mass-production (I would LOVE to get my hands on some of those BA cricket bats for one :)

Great to see so many "civilian" accessories comming from the likes of Brickforge and BrickArms. Baseball bats. Cricket bats (although those arent available except to a select few right now unfortunatly) Golf Clubs. Hand Saws. Sickles. Animals. etc etc. Now we just need someone to do a Hockey Stick (and a Hockey Mask visor/headpiece) for all those horror films with Hockey Mask clad villians :) Me, if I get some money, I am SO going to order from BrickArms and Brickforge (weaponry and otherwise)

Wow that's a lot of Batman figs. I especially like the way you did Fedora joker (to the untrained eye it almost looks like its a real part :) and the joker with the green Agents hair.

The #1 problem with TECHNIC lately is that they keep making the same things again and again. Like construction equipment, cranes, farm machinery and other heavy type equipment. The snowplough from this year was a welcome change though. I wish they would make some new stuff or rehashes of older stuff that we havent seen for a while. Examples: New space sets (similar to the 8480 Space Shuttle or the technic Mars Rover) New supercar similar to the 8880, 8480 or 8466 (although TLG may consider the recent technic-scale Ferrari sets as filling that void) More fixed wing aircraft and more boats/watercraft And non-vehicle things like robots, industrial machinery etc.

A hospital done to match the 2008 police station and the 2010 fire station would be GREAT.

Where did you get the 1 x 2 x 3 window in black? I only know of it in white (and the 1 x 2 x 2 window in black)

Best sets of 2009: City Corner Emerald Night Worst sets of 2009: Anything with a Clone Wars badge on it :)

I know of at least one Toyworld that still has stocks of the previous generation fire station(!)

Most likely it has to do with retailers who wouldn't sell these older products. That and if they keep the same fire station around for too long, they loose sales as people either say "I already got that one" or "I dont want it", a new fire station may get new sales. (like the 2010 fire station is looking like the first fire station I buy for my collection due to parts selection but the previous fire station is of no interest to me)

For those interested, I have attempted to build the new small car (Smart) from the posted pictures. Here is what I came up for the 48 parts: black Slope Brick 65 2 x 1 x 2 black Slope Brick 65 2 x 1 x 2 black Car Base 7 x 4 x 2/3 trans-black Windscreen 3 x 4 x 1 & 1/3 Slope 33 light bley Wheel Center Small Wide for Slick Tyre with Notched Axlehole light bley Wheel Center Small Wide for Slick Tyre with Notched Axlehole light bley Wheel Center Small Wide for Slick Tyre with Notched Axlehole light bley Wheel Center Small Wide for Slick Tyre with Notched Axlehole black Tyre 14 x 8 Slick Smooth black Tyre 14 x 8 Slick Smooth black Tyre 14 x 8 Slick Smooth black Tyre 14 x 8 Slick Smooth black Car Mudguard 2 x 4 white Car Mudguard 2 x 4 white Tile 1 x 2 white Car Steering Wheel trans-clear Plate 1 x 1 Round trans-clear Plate 1 x 1 Round white Slope Brick 33 1 x 1 x 2/3 white Slope Brick 33 1 x 1 x 2/3 black Wedge 4 x 4 x 2/3 Curved white Door 1 x 3 x 1 Left white Door 1 x 3 x 1 Right dark bley Tile 1 x 2 Grill white Brick 1 x 3 white Brick 1 x 3 white Bracket 1 x 2 - 2 x 2 white Bracket 1 x 2 - 2 x 2 white Plate 1 x 2 white Plate 1 x 4 white Plate 2 x 4 white Plate 2 x 2 black Plate 2 x 2 black Plate 2 x 2 black Panel 1 x 2 x 1 white Plate 1 x 2 white Plate 1 x 2 black Plate 2 x 2 Minifig Hair Short Tousled Parted on Side (dont know the exact name of that color) yellow Minifig Head (no sign of it in the BL or peeron database, appears to be new for 2010) white Minifig Torso with Jumper pattern (new torso for 2010) green Minifig Hips and Legs red-brown Minifig Accessory Suitcase I would take pictures of the model as built by me but I cant find my camera :) Anyone else have any more guesses as to how this cool little car is made?

I think what they did in Castle is fine. I dont like the Kraken in the pirates line and think it would have been better looking (and more realistic) if they had used the shark instead (which is already being used in the Brickbeards Bounty)

Given that the pirate calendar was spotted in Toyworld, maybe the City one will follow suit.

This is a NICE part, now if they would make it in green please (in addition to the confirmed white and dark bley)

Its a new set that hasn't yet been released which is why none of the databases list it yet.

Has anyone seen any of the following on discount? Indiana Jones Peril In Peru (did this ever come to .au?) Venice Canal Chase Yellow Lamborghini Sports Car Creator cargo helicopter (anyone seen this lately?) Yellow creator prop plane Red farm tractor Police helicopter City Advent Calendar (anyone seen it anywhere?)

This picture: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4153759 says that the set contains 43 pieces. How does LEGO count pieces (especially figs)? I am trying to identify all the pieces in this set so I can try and build one from my collection (with whatever colors I have parts for) 2 more pictures if it helps someone help me identify the 43 pieces in this set: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4153766 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4153763

Hit a few places today, the Emerald Nights seem to be VERY limited quantities so grab one (or more) before they disappear. Also, Toyworld in Midland had quite a lot of old stock including: previous City fire station first release Agents sets (the large semi-truck one for example) Star Justice Market Street Sandcrawler special value box with the Darth Vader tie fighter and some other sets in it the current IR passenger train and possibly others that I forgot to make a note of. No sign of the gas station at this particular Toyworld though. Big W had a few discounts (like the City garage for one) Also if anyone wants a Pirates advent calendar, Toyworld had that too. No sign of the City advent calendar, the people at Toyworld said that they didnt know if it was comming or not. They also said that Toyworld will order everything LEGO will sell to them no matter what it is (unlike the big chains that often pick and choose) And more interestingly, Toyworld had the AT-OT and Dropship (and a fair few of them too) but at a price much more than what K-Mart wants for them.

That's a GREAT moc, are there any close up pics of the red bus?

I am VERY surprised that these sets are going on clearance so soon after their release. I am also worried about what that means for LEGO retailing in general (whether stores are going to stock less in the future)

Some parts I wish existed: This part http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=52038 in 6 wide (black, dark bley, white, other colors) This part http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=52501 in black This part http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=51739 in black This part http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=51739 but in a 6 x 3 (with matching angle) instead of a 4 x 2 new 6-wide airplane/helicopter front in black with smoke glass other 6-wide airplane bits in black