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Wow. That commercial for the Visual Dictionary was great and has. somehow, convinced me to grab it when I can find the book in stores. Also, BrickForge's Savage Mask kind of reminds me of Harvey Birdman.

If the sticker on the top of the case is as easy to tear off as the (red) Series 7 one was then I might have to grab a few of them.

Series 8 has arrived at my TRU in New Jersey. A few cases came on the truck yesterday. They should be on the sales floor sometime today. Grabbed the bat, fairy, alien, robot, cowgirl, and diver for me this time. I'll probably get some other ones at a later time.

I meant it makes the Rancor look ridiculous, that's I made a reference to those awful cat internet meme's.

I CAN HAZ GREEN PIG MAN That is a truly horrible picture of the rancor. Besides that actual picture, I really like the Rancor maybe because rancors have been one of my favorite creatures in all of Star Wars. I don't know. Let me just say that for the people that don't like the Rancor figure because of its comical design: It's Lego. It's not to be taken so seriously. While watching Return of the Jedi, one can see that the menacing malicious monstrous rancor is just a awkwardly moving, rubbery puppet and all of that shows in the figure. I feel that the use of a figure instead of something brick built is a better way to go for Lego. If brick built, the Rancor itself would have been the set with maybe a few pieces thrown together to be called the pit. Come on people, this would not have cost more than Jabba's Palace. I know this could start a whole new topic in of itself (and not really trying to start one here) but I feel this relates: Would the Cave Troll and the Hulk have been better if THEY were brick built?

So I bit the bullet and bought Jabba's Palace. I'm way too impatient at times when it comes to buying sets I really like and want.

It should also say on the back of the packages if the contents are glued.

I checked the PSN last night and sure enough both the hero and villian packs were up for $1.99 each. Not a bad price in my opinion.

This past weekend I bought the Bespin planet set, Desert Skiff, and Palpatine's Arrest.

Maybe it has been brought before but I think the inclusion of the robot and cheerleader in this series indicates that these 2 were high up on the VIP voting thing that was done a while back. Personally, I like that we have a new robot and cheerleader, mainly because the robot from Series 1 is really the one that I don't have but really want and those pom poms are really nice accessories to have in my collection. I also like black bat. It's a nice variation of the Monster Fighters one. It will replace the one I have from the vampire castle that is now in my superheroes collection as decent looking Man-Bat.

The problem that arises with saying that the Robin in the game is Tim Drake is that when you walk around in the Batcave for a little, you're Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson. I do think it would have been better if Robin was Tim Drake just so then it would make sense why Nightwing is in the game (as a pre-order for X-Box 360 and PS3 and right of the box for the handheld games).

I feel the same way. The Monster in the "new" olive green has to be the best rendition of said figure, when compared to the studios and collectible series versions. The scientist is, in my own opinion, a really awful figure and that along with the fact that I already have the fighters, brings this set on the bottom of my to buy list.

Since the ad came in the flyer in the newspaper, I would assume it would be all TRUs but just to be safe do check TRU's website to see if the event is happening at a store near you.

I'm surprised no one has responded to this yet. Granted the models are a bit bland but its still a chance to get free Lego. Whats wrong with that? I'll be running the event at my TRU and will also have a few sets on display for people to see in person. Mainly Superheroes, Monster Fighters and LOTR. I know its a Batman and Superman build during the event but I don't think anyone will object to seeing how massive and amazing the vampire castle is once fully built.

A free playable demo is available for download on the 3DS eShop in case anyone is interested. I downloaded mine earlier today but sadly have not gotten a chance to play it yet.

The Bridgewater store had the Beach set last week when I was there. I had a discussion about the VIP mini-fig set with Lisa, with me mostly complaining about it. A little side note: your flash made the scorpion in the bottom box look silver, which would be really cool but still not awesome enough for me to actually spend $15 on it.

After examining the Hulk mini figure, it seems to suffer the same fate as most of the collectible mini figures do, in that the leg printing is not quite complete. When I bend the legs slightly backwards the printing is basically gone and just the green of the legs remains; it looks unappealing. But besides that issue, the mini figure itself is very nice.

I'm sorry Athos but I find your analysis way too biased. This is just my opinion but I feel some of your choices for the ratings on certain figs completely wrong. I can't really judge Series 1 because of its short shelf life and I didn't start the craze until Series 2. The Ringmaster, Explorer, Pilot, and Viking should really be poor because they really brings nothing new to the field and are some of my least favorites. I do believe CamelBoy68 is going in the right direction with using stats from Brickset, even though that is not a accurate portrayal of the general population of whom the target audience of these figures are.

Except for what they did for R2 in the winter wave of this year. He is in 4 sets that recently came out: Droid Escape, the X-Wing and Anakin's Jedi Interceptor, and the USC R2-D2. Jabba's Palace and the skiff will be definite buys for me. I might get more later but there's just been so many sets from other themes that are taking away my attention and money.

I'd have to agree with CallMePieOrDie, Oky. These have to have to be either on par or superior to your first batch of light and dark side photos. Amazing job! I had completely forgotten that the new R5's have different dome printing and I even have all 3 of them. How about a Mando and new Boba Fett light/dark picture?

What were in the character packs for Lego PotC? The Characters mentioned in these 2 packs for Lego Batman are more lesser known characters, at least for the mainstream. So I'm thinking that they have nothing to do with the actual story.

Oky, those Ying and Yang pictures are amazing! Keep up the fantastic work! (That's directed to everyone in this thread, not just Oky. ) How about a light and dark photo of the new R5's, the ones from the x-wing and tie fighter?

Maybe I'm not understanding something, but what's up with these character packs? We had a villain one revealed earlier. Are they going to be DLC? Are they not part of the original rooster, the previously reported 50?

I have the same issue. Not sure if it's really a problem or it's suppose to be like.

The Batman Jetski is a TRU exclusive polybag, at least in the US. I have a feeling this ghost set will be in the Halloween/seasonal section in places like Target and Wal-Mart. I really hope its at Target or I would be even happier if it was eventually sold at TRU.