Karalora

One more I just came up with: Man in Frog Suit Gender: Male Torso print: Green or hunter green with lime belly and spots on back. Lime green flipper-hands (new part) might replace the normal minifig hands. Headgear: Green hood with frog eyes on top Neckwear (optional): Soft plastic "tongue," when fully assembled it appears to be coming out of the mouth of the hood, below the minifig's chin Facial expression: Smile; if optional tongue piece isn't used, perhaps he could be sticking out his own tongue Legs: Green or hunter green with lime diving flippers Accessory: A few options. If the minifig uses the flipper-hands and/or tongue, then probably no additional accessory would be included. Otherwise, some possibilities include: lily pad, tasty fly, or maybe a banjo so he could sing about the color green, and the difficulty of being such (with my apologies to the estate of Jim Henson).

Spiders have fangs too. Just pointing that out.

Consumer purchasing decisions are also heavily influenced by advertising. I certainly am not biting my handkerchief on account of those poor, poor corporations who are just shackled by the need to give the people what they want and have absolutely no control over what that might be. What I meant is that LEGO is no guiltier of this than most other toy producers, and quite a bit less guilty of it than many. I don't think the mainstream public primarily associates LEGO with licensed sets--I think their reputation is still for the extraordinary versatility of their product in facilitating imaginative play. I won't say I'm not a bit troubled by LEGO's increasing reliance on licenses, especially for really big franchises like Disney Princess and superheroes. It's like...don't these things have enough market share already?

This is especially true of the licensed themes, which mostly seem to replicate particular scenes from movies. Nothing prevents a child from running the scene differently than it happened in the movie, or for that matter putting the pieces together a different way...but nothing really encourages it either. I wouldn't place any special blame on LEGO, however. It seems like most toys for children are based on licensed properties these days. At least LEGO still produces non-licensed themes like City, where sets may be based around a given scenario, but no specific outcome is indicated. It's up to the person playing whether the cops will catch the thieves or not.

I hope it's pretty much as it appeared in the Ideas concept--Leonard and Sheldon's living room, with all those trinkets and gewgaws.

I love this! Excellent use of plant parts to create the tails, both spread and folded.

I started to go through the entire thread, but it became quite daunting. So many ideas here, many of which are so good that LEGO produced them! Here are some of mine; please forgive me if similar ideas have already been posted: First, a couple for the specific holidays still upcoming this week: Mardi Gras Celebrator Gender: Male or female Torso print: Sequined shirt/vest in yellow/purple/green, two strings of beads Headgear: Jester hat or crown with hair Neckgear: Either none, or remove the bead print from the torso and make a new necklace piece, perhaps along the same lines as the Swimmer's medal Facial expression: Big grin, domino mask Legs: Sequined purple or green pants Accessory: Champagne bottle Lunar New Year celebrator Gender: Male Torso print: Red Chinese tunic with gold frog closures and good-luck characters Headgear: Red/gold brocaded skullcap with black braided queue in back Facial expression: Smile on one side, cringing half-grin (waiting for the fireworks to explode) on other Legs: Continuation of tunic print over black Accessory: String of fireworks And now some others: Indian woman Gender: Female Torso print: Upper half of sari--any bold color with gold accents. Back shows tail end of drape thrown over one shoulder Headgear: Long black braid, gold hoop earrings included near ear position Facial expression: Gentle smile, bindi on forehead Legs: Skirt slope printed with bottom half of sari. Accessory: Handbasket for shopping in the market Phantom of the Opera Gender: male Torso print: 19th century evening suit--black jacket, white ascot pinned with brooch Neckwear: Short black cape Headgear: Black fedora Facial expression: Side 1--scowling with white half-domino mask; Side 2--furious with mask removed and scars showing underneath Legs: black Accessory: Sheet music printed on 2x2 tile Pioneer gal Gender: female Torso print: Calico/gingham high-collared blouse in medium light blue or sand blue Headgear: White prairie bonnet, alternate hairpiece with bun (could be re-use of Bride) Facial expression: Determined Legs: Skirt slope with continuation of blouse print and white apron with tan patch Accessories: Big skillet, clear minifig head with PRESERVES label and silver 1x1 round tile cap

Going just by the released images... Like: Vampire Lady: We've been needing one in CMF, and that spider web design is fab. Witch: Super-cute alternative to the Series 2 Witch. I would peg this as a Halloween costume rather than a genuine spellcasting woman, however. Venus Flytrap Costume: Very creative idea! He looks like either he was not expecting his paper-mache headdress to be so heavy, or he's playing the part of a victim being swallowed feet-first. Tiger Girl: Just adorable. Awesome printing! Her hairdo looks very Lee Meriwether, which is a great inside joke about women in cat costumes. Skeleton Boy: I assume it's a boy. This seems like another case of someone wearing a costume. Rather than cover his face with an uncomfortable plastic mask, he used white pancake makeup. Indifferent: Rocker Frankenstein: Is this a reference to the song "Monster Mash"? The singer refers to himself as "Boris," i.e. Karloff. Werewolf: The gag about this possibly being the Lumberjack after being bitten is cute, but the figure itself seems rather redundant. Dislike: Zombie Businessman, Zombie Cheerleader, Zombie Pirate: Having more varieties of zombie certainly makes for a more realistic apocalypse than an army of clones, but did they all have to be mashups with previously existing character concepts? Mad Scientist: His head is just weird. Too cylindrical. And those goggles... It looks like they're trying to evoke the Minions from the Despicable Me franchise, which just seems like pandering. I hope the five as-yet-unrevealed figures fill in some more of our monster/Halloween conceptual gaps, like Bride of Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera, etc. Or how about a lady mummy? Igor? Victorian-style ghost "dressed in his habit as he lived"?

I have sort of a love-hate relationship with BBT, but I am all for this decision. It seems like a natural alliance, the characters being such big nerds and playing with LEGO themselves. I mean...we could get recursive LEGO here. And the announcement of the Doctor Who set makes it all the more exciting, because now LEGO Raj can have a LEGO Tardis at his LEGO Halloween party.

Hi there! Call me Karalora. I've been a member on Classic-Castle for several years, but for some reason never thought to sign up here until today. I've loved LEGO since I was a child, but never had many of my own. My parents said they were too expensive, and we were a Mattel family because my dad worked there. So I had to rediscover the bricks as an adult. I think it was the Fantasy Era iteration of Castle that finally did it, which is how I wound up on Classic Castle. But the Castle line has disappointed me in the past few years, and my collection is growing large enough to challenge my storage space, requiring me to scale back new purchases to one or two large sets a year. And Collectible Minifigs, of course. Always Collectible Minifigs. My fondest wish is that the LEGO/Disney partnership results in some sets based on Disney theme parks. As you might guess from my location, I adore Disneyland! If I could kit out my minifigs with mouse ear beanies and send them on the Jungle Cruise, I would be in AFOL Heaven!