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Nice, danth! I like how you handled the shoulders/clavicles.

He also sells t-shirts with "his" art (derived in 0.0000027 seconds from someone else's work) printed on them.

Given the year and quality of experience, I'm guessing a super-mega-hyper-interactive CD-ROM! (ridiculous overenthusiastic reply only provided to match the hype of the era)

A local news channel has two videos, some mugshots, and more info on their website.

Very true. The Tumbler is definitely not minifig scale.

Mmhmm.

Economics. Collectors are different from regular consumers because collectors demand at least one of every kind of good that they collect. Limit the supply of just one thing (i.e. exclusive item at an exclusive event), and the demand will be higher which drives up the price. It will also continue the demand for less-exclusive goods. How do you get a non-collector, perhaps someone not even interested in LEGO, to stand in line for hours, at a comics convention? Make an exclusive version of a comic book character! Voila! There isn't much character testing needed. SDCC attendees are probably going to like comic books and superheroes. The collector might not be into comic books and superheroes but they don't really care — they would collect it even if it was just all one simple color, like gold. ;) Why give this opportunity to someone not interested in LEGO? Now that person is holding something in high demand that they actually like and worked for to acquire. It might convert that person into a collector or even just a regular customer. Maybe this person keeps it and buys a few more minifigs, or just a set or two from the superhero theme, and after a while starts thinking about the Tumbler, and remembers how cool all his/her old sets were, and thinks about the sets he couldn't get before when too young and didn't have a job and money. We all know where that goes. :) Even if they aren't converted and decide to sell, it keeps the existing loyally collecting customers on the hook to continue collecting. LEGO won't get any revenue directly from the reselling of the minifig by the SDCC attendee to the collector, but they will down the road. Economics is really fascinating. There is more to it but you can see how it gets deeply intertwined and everything is related. (I don't speak for LEGO. I have no knowledge of how they handle this or why. I just have a slight interest in economics.)

Check out the DeLorean (21103). Ever since I saw the wheels I've wanted to build the Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me.

You like space themes? Then you are going to LOVE these giant insects!

I don't know about the source of the first image you included because it is different from the rest. As for the images on his blog, I like them but with a caveat. He wrote that he got ripped for them on behance and I can imagine why. I haven't looked at everything on his site, but what I have seen are very, very easy to create with a computer, including the highlight, shadow, and "LEGO" trademark (which isn't there on his images) on the studs. The first time I did something like this was in the '80s.

I like how you used pieces in new ways. For example, the technic cam beard is brilliant.

I'd considering buying one from someone even if I went to SDCC! I wouldn't want to stand in line for hours every day for a chance to get one.

To make a long story short, a store employee told me today that they are getting more ExoSuits and Research Institutes but they don't know when.

I have to quote my own post in this thread from a few days ago: Here is what I just posted in the ExoSuit thread:

Hi Daniel. If you are interested in LEGO and WarHammer, I recommend you check out Mobile Frame Zero. MFZ in Russian MFZ Flickr Pool

I got that email, too. I placed an order and didn't receive any email about it until that same message, which arrived about three hours after the package was delivered. My advice: check the order status online and don't depend on email.

PLESE REPLY! - hi. do you have a question? - NO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU WOULD REPLY

Hi Joe. Welcome.

You wrote "character" but the title of this thread contains "Exclusive Minifigures." I think a minifig with a unique stamp that is only available at an event is (or is even more) exclusive. People have different sets of criteria when defining what "exclusive" means, plus people have different boundaries about what they are willing to do to get something. Where does someone draw the line? Does anyone honestly feel LEGO is screwing them buy not making a collectible item available to everyone else on Earth for the same price and in the same quantities at an easily-accessible PoP? A lot of collectors would call that entitlement not collecting. People define what they want to collect, accept the challenges they set for themselves, then embark upon their quests. I'm going to stop here. I've written a few versions of this reply but I'm just baffled about what to say if someone feels like LEGO of all companies "is screwing him" by making a limited-release product.

That is how I read it, too. I don't understand is what makes one exclusive minifig acceptable and not another.

Isn't a publicly-available minifig that is only available at SDCC 20xx with "SDCC 20xx" stamped on it just as or possibly more exclusive than one that is only available at SDCC 20xx?

I think for it to qualify for Ideas it would have to be a much different car. Besides the idea itself, the sets seem to range from $20 to $50. I'd rather it be 1500-2000 piece Technic set for about $200 like the 4x4 crawler! If I could buy this set, I'd buy two and make a Rat Rod version. I'd chop the top more, add some custom rust and bondo stickers, take off the mufflers, and possibly use a different color for one panel. :)

Welcome, Eddie! I remember Lionel trains fondly. Out of curiosity, why them and not a LEGO train?

I skimmed over this in a hurry the first time just before I posted how cool this was and it should be on Ideas. I just watched that video and my jaw dropped three times (RC, fan, turn signals). This is very, very cool.

Nice job!