theoryzero

My inventory has been posted on Peeron.com http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/7264-1

Sorry guys, no pictures until next week. This is Valentine's Day weekend, I'll be out of town. Anyhow, some observations: - A quick glance at the instructions makes the shuttle look exactly the same, step by step, piece by piece. The hinged door in the back now uses click hinges, but I did not notice any other major difference with the exception of the bleys. - Vader's face is different, he now has scars on both sides and no longer has eyebrows. I think this may be the version of the face that ships with 7263, but I cannot be sure since I do not have that set yet. - No lightsaber for Vader. - Stormtrooper heads are still blank and yellow, I was half-expecting flesh tones! :-D - In case you did not notice in the pics, the Imperial Commander torso is the same as the Imperial Officer in 7201. Finally, I think any SW Lego fan would of loved to have this be the first version of the 7166. I thought that set was spectacular then, so I am not surprised they barely changed the shuttle. This is truly a cool set with lots of figs. I own over 350 sets and I cannot remember any that had 10 figs that came with it. TZ

It is fine with me. I would, of course, posted over here anyways. This site is very resourceful for finding info on the latest sets so I check over here even though I don't live in Europa. Anyhow! Surprisingly I did not get this set from S@H or my local Lego store at the Mall of America. No, I did not pay for same day shipping and in fact, the Lego store was not sure they would get it when I called on Tuesday night. I checked over there last night because I was doing some shopping at the mall anyways, and no luck. Next I went to TRU to get some of the Bionicle tubs and just about fell over when I saw the Imperial Inspection set there. So, yes, it is coming to retail (at least at TRU), and in some places, it is already there. Happy hunting! TZ

Sorry, I realized the pics of the emperor don't reveal his best feature, yellow eyes!!!! Here are more pics of the figs. I haven't opened the set yet, have some work to do first. Enjoy! TZ

Well, FBTB.net still hasn't approved my membership so you guys get the pics first. Enjoy! TZ

They may have been told to send them back to corp. We have been phasing them out by giving away a free mini with a $100 purchase. I have not been into work yet today so I will check it out. You are right about the sales, there are not many at the Lego stores. Our store does accept coupons from Toys R Us and others but we do not advertise our policy anywhere in the store, you just have to know about it. So I could bring in an ad that states Buy 1 Lego Set, Get 1 for 50% off from TRU and your store would accept it? TZ Nevermind, the MoA store said they do not do price matching. TZ

I would call it a boat, the picture on the back of the box shows it on water. By the way, has anyone seen that minifig head in any other set? I am wondering if the checkered portion of the hair is normal. TZ

They may have been told to send them back to corp. We have been phasing them out by giving away a free mini with a $100 purchase. I have not been into work yet today so I will check it out. You are right about the sales, there are not many at the Lego stores. Our store does accept coupons from Toys R Us and others but we do not advertise our policy anywhere in the store, you just have to know about it. So I could bring in an ad that states Buy 1 Lego Set, Get 1 for 50% off from TRU and your store would accept it? TZ

I have updated the folder with pics of the Walker per request. TZ

Orlego, I was at the MoA store last night and saw one of the employees packing up lots of "older" sets in large boxes (i.e. old Star Wars MINIs, etc.). I was wondering if he was packing them to send them back to Corp.? As far as I know there is rarely a sale at these stores, so I wondered if they send them back to S@H to get clearanced? TZ

Thanks Vader, I found this site after some of my images of the new Alpha Team sets popped up here.

Hi vader, Sorry, I realize this is a Euro site, but Orlego had posted the availability of the 2005 sets in US Lego stores. I can only confirm TRU availability in the US.

To those interested, I have posted inventories of the new X-Pods on Peeron.com

Toys R Us will not have anything new, just the Lego Brand Stores (Lego Stores) On the contrary. TRU has tons of 2005 sets and at much better prices given the BOGO going on this week!