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that thang ugly.... I've been getting a lot of my boot news on the downtheblocks site. I come back here every so often to see if I missed anything.

did the bootleggers get the scoop on the new Toys R Us bricktober batmans? https://www.thebrickfan.com/the-lego-batman-movie-bricktober-2017-set-revealed/

anyone know where to get SY576? I'm looking for the kingpin big fig

I think facebook may have just taken down the Customize Minifigures Intelligence page.

are those all 'official' bootlegs or some customs? I don't recognize some of the face plates (tank)

LOVE that there is a bootlegger putting out NEW TMNT characters. HATE how they look

Has anyone read the 'open letter to lepin' from an afol? I wish we could all just get along :) I'm kind of of the opinion that maybe this guy should appreciate the fact that someone wanted to make a production copy of his moc... Lego sure as hell didn't. I love the Lego brand but I don't think its the brick community's crusade to fight these IP battles for them. I'll get upset about it when I walk into TRU or Walmart and find these Lepin sets sitting next to their Lego equivalent. If it ever gets to that point (which it won't), I would see that these knockoffs are impacting Lego sales. Until then, I look at these knockoffs hitting a very niche corner of the market... Folks who like the sets but would never be in the market to spend the money Lego is charging for a box of bricks... the sale was never Lego's to have in the first place. And then of course there is the other niche market these knock-off brands satisfy which probably represents the folks on this thread (and myself) who just want to add characters to their minifig collections that Lego does not produce. I think we're still at the point where the presence of these knock-off brands are still driving innovation between themselves and Lego which is good as long as it never gets to the point where Lego sales suffer.

I was a big fan of the old forum too. I hope we can keep this thread legit, its going to be tough avoiding ali links. I hope I represent most of the folks from the other thread in my opinion that direct copies of available Lego sets is pretty lame and that the strength of these bootleg companies is in their ability to produce minifigs that Lego did not. I look forward to folks keeping us posted on new releases from the East

I agree, fantastic minifig

Just remember where it goes if you take it back, do you wish upon it such a fate?

Dargo 847 kind of looks like what Lego is putting out with the CW Airport set any ways

I'm guessing he referenced the movie art for Civil War. Looks like a good match based on the chest but you can never tell for sure. The official Mark 46 (which I'm guessing is in the new Airport set with giant man) looks different. Maybe there's a Mark 47?

you need to submit this to lego ideas, it would fit well with all the star wars microfighters

The gold one? I was thinking that was an alternate take on mark 42 Prodigal Son... whats the consensus?

While I'm talking Iron Man, do we know which Mark Pogo was going for here?