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You're welcome! I am not an American so I can't relate much to the Hippie culture. Right now there are 3 variants already so yippie for more hippies! Me too. If all Bricktobers will be based on minifigure re-release, I certainly won't mind as long as they have some degree of variation. I would like to see more space or castle minifigure though. Can't you get this free with purchase in UK? I really can't speak for UK but after conversion I feel that it is still reasonable if I pay 14.99 GBP because it sells more expensive on the secondary market in my region. It's disappointing to not get more accessories from this set though. Having more accessories could make the price a little more tolerable in your case. I got mine free with purchase so my rating for its value is perfect. I do agree with you that a mix of different timeline/epoch/era is more interesting than just having modern day CMFs.

I was on Star Wars set diet for awhile now but I bought Darth Vader Transformation during Bricktober promotions. I am very satisfied with this purchase. Finally got BBQ Anakin.

Great review, though I am still not used to combined set reviews. The 2 sets look great together and I know that the aim is to score these 2 sets together -- However, if you could buy one set at a time only, which set will you prioritize and recommend first? Based on your review, the main selling point of these sets are indeed the minifigures. I felt this is the case for most superhero sets as of late. The Hulk Arena Clash built is more or less a throw-away build. The spotlight is on Gladiator Hulk which is probably one of the best bigfig currently available in terms of design and detail. As a space fan I think the Ultimate Battle of Asgard has more elements that could be re-used for MOCs. The frisbee spaceship could be modded easily. Then, Fenris Wolf / Fenrir somewhat reminds me of Chima in a good way -- quite simple build but it looks fun to have multiples of. I also like Thor's armor in set 76084 where Hela is included as well, so I am leaning towards The Ultimate Battle of Asgard.

If you have been following my 2017 Bricktober reviews, you know that I skipped the City Jungle Minifigures without any regret. If you have been gone in the past few weeks, go ahead and read my review for Bricktober 2017 - Ninjago and Bricktober 2017 - TLBM sets. Now, for my 14th RA review, I am back with the 4th week Bricktober set # 5004941 - Classic. Overview Name: 5004941 - Classic [Minifigure Collection] Theme: Promotional \ Toys R Us (Bricktober) Year: 2017 (2H) Pieces: 18 pcs Minifigures: 4 Price: free with purchase USA: Free with purchase worth 50 USD or more Canada: Free with purchase worth 75 CAD or more Europe (i.e.Germany): available at 14.99 EUR initially then became free with purchase worth 40 EUR or more Singapore: Free with purchase worth 60 SGD or more Malaysia: Free with purchase 199 MYR or more Hong Kong: Free with purchase 450 HKD or more Offers vary per country. It could also vary in different stores in the USA. Introduction I know upfront that I cannot pull off a WhiteFang here since I started collecting CMF quite late and I am not a completionist. To make it more enchanting, I don't even have the original of these classic minifigures. There will be no breakdown of each minifigure parts because they all came pre-assembled inside the packaging. After all, that's only really useful for feeling the content of a blind bag or foil pack; that's not the case here. The first iteration of these minifigures was produced between 2010 to 2012. By that definition, I guess LEGO can call any non-licensed re-release a classic if the original release was already 5 years or older. Front view Just like all other Bricktober minifigure set I reviewed several weeks ago, the little box is protected with a slide-in plastic cover that is secured with seals at both ends. Unlike the Ninjago and TLBM minifigure collection sets, these one does not contain any small elements that could slip outside the case. Just look at these minifigures for a moment. Only the Green Cheerleader has accessories (pom-poms) on its hand and even if the packaging is loose, I don't think those pom-poms will get out so easily. Just ensure you get two inside the package. The text printed on the front box panel is similar to the Ninjago set, with text for "building toys" and the number of pieces. The product illustration is simply studs at the header of the box. The colour of the box is the classic LEGO yellow so you cannot confuse this with the Batman Black and Yellow colour scheme. See the difference below -- Back view Like the previous Bricktober set, the packaging seal / batch number at the back of my set is 24GH7. There's a peculiarity again with the source of components because this time Mexico is not on the list. Components were sourced from Denmark, the Czech Republic, Hungary and China. Side view This is the 4th set for Bricktober 2017, therefore, the "minifigure #4" is highlighted in white at the top side of the box. This is true to my region as different markets have a different order of release. Again, this set is "Limited edition, Exclusively at Toys R Us" as seen from all sides of the packaging. As with the previous set, those words are translated from English to German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian and Mandarin (Chinese). In Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong, there is a free pop-up card laminated paper backdrop that comes free with each Bricktober set. I am not sure if the item below is also available in US/UK/EU because it really varies per market. The information printed on the back is the same as the previous one. Below is how the pop-up card looks like with the minifigures. For a change, the backdrop is useful for these minifigures because they appear to be on top of the deck of the boat. Minifigures Below is the picture of the minifigures after I cut the seals of the box at both ends with my hobby knife. We get 4 minifigures out of the box. These are the re-release of Collectable Minifigures in blind bags. Most of them were already hard to get unless you are willing to pay higher in the secondary market. Now, it is even harder to get the exclusive re-release due to its limited retail release. Does it make sense? No, not really. However, it depends on who you ask. For a regular guy like me who collected CMF late in the game, and does not bother about retired sets and CMFs (in general), these minifigures are relatively more accessible to me now than the older minifigures. As I don't have the original 'classic CMF' equivalent of these minifigures, I thought that I should at least mention the information of the first version of these minifigures. I do have a Collectable Minifigure Encyclopedia for the sake of side by side comparison so you can click the links below if you wish to see that. The Boxer is a call back to Series 5 Boxer (2011). Other boxers had appeared in the series including the Team GB Brawny Boxer and Series 16 Kickboxer Girl. The Hippie is essentially a recolour of Series 7 Hippie (2012). The Green Cheerleader is a variant of Series 1 Blue Cheerleader (2010). Other cheerleaders had appeared in the series as well these are: Series 8 Red Cheerleader (2012), Series 14 Zombie Cheerleader (2015) The Sailor is a recolour of Series 4 Sailor (2011) When you're done reading this review you can revisit WhiteFang's classic review for Series 1, Series 4, Series 5 and Series 7 later. I also reported the weaker clutch power in the Ninjago and TLBM in my previous reviews so there are no exemptions. The clutch power of these minifigures between the torso and legs are the relatively the same as the other regular CMF series (e.g. Series 14 to Series 16). Surprisingly I noticed that The LEGO Ninjago Movie CMF clutch power is much stronger than the regular series as they are closer to the clutch power of torso and legs made in the 90's. Front view with all accessories and head gears / hair piece Boxer What's the same from the original Series 5 Boxer? Apparently, just the head gear. Series 5 Boxer is the first minifigure to have both of its hands replaced with accessories (boxing gloves). This re-release of the Boxer is the 5th overall iteration of minifigure that wore boxing gloves; the 3rd one if counting only the red gloves. The blue gloves were worn by Brawny Boxer (Team GB) and the purple gloves were worn Raging Batsuit (TLBM). You would think that the default beaten up face is the same as original Boxer but it is actually a mirror image of the black eye, crooked lips face print. Its championship belt is white and grey which is a downgrade from the original Boxer that had gold and black. The striped blue and white boxer shorts give the minifigure a more amateurish look. The printing also continues at the side. Hippie What's the same from the original Series 7 Hippie? None. Series 7 Hippie is the first minifigure to wear tie-dyed torso. The newer version of the Hippie is the 3rd one. Wait, was there a 2nd Hippie that I didn't know? Not exactly a Hippie but there was a lime top variant without side printing was included in the abomination called Bricktober 2016. That Bricktober set was called "Musician" and the Hippie torso was used in a minifigure with dark tan Paleonthologist pants with striped socks. Thankfully we got a proper Hippie this time and it is hippier that ever. The hair piece is a recolour of the original reddish brown long hair with orange headband printing. The new Hippie has a dark tan long hair with lime green headband printing that goes around the hair piece. The face print is a recolour too. This time the facial hair is in dark tan colour while the glasses are tinted amber (orange) and it gives this Hippie a more John Lennon vibe. The torso base colour is sand blue with fringe printing forming the outer vest. The purple and lime swirls form the tie-dye pattern on top of the orange print. The orange arms have purple side printings too. Its legs are plain sand blue legs assembly without any printing. Green Cheerleader What's the same from the original Series 1 Cheerleader? None as well! There were several cheerleaders that appeared in other CMF series. These include Series 8 Red Cheerleader (2012) and Series 14 Zombie Cheerleader (2015). The letter printed on each cheerleader is unique. The original blue Cheerleader has "M" which stands for Matthew (or Makoy). The Red Cheerleader has "A" which stands for Ashton, then the Zombie Cheerleader has "Z" which we could only assume stands for Zombie. Then comes the Green Cheerleader with letter "J" which stands for James -- not Justin or just2good. This finally completes the full name of LEGO VP of Design, Matthew James Ashton. We could only hope in 30 years to get the rest of the remaining 22 English alphabets if that is even in design pipeline. The legs (skirt) printing is also unique. It's not just a recolour of the old print as the pattern is different. It's not shown in the front view pictures but the yellow leg colour extends at the side. It's a missed opportunity to use dual moulded legs but following the original design of these minifigures, I understand why there is no dual moulded legs or arms in this set. The hairpiece used is not the same as the original Cheerleader but it uses the pigtails hair piece from the Zombie Cheerleader in plain dark orange colour. If you think about it, the dark green Zombie Cheerleader could be the zombified version of the Green Cheerleader, not the original Blue Cheerleader. The pom-poms have green printing, too, following the green uniform of the Green Cheerleader. Sailor What's the same from the original Series 4 Sailor? Head gear and legs. It has the same white sailor hat with dark blue anchor pattern and plain white legs. It's probably the 'laziest' re-release but I will not call it lazy because it is still unique. Let me go in more detail. The face print is a mirror image of the original sailor face print so the winking eye is the right eye, not the left eye. The eye brow of the left eye is also higher so it's not just a simple flipped mirror image. The torso is basically an inverted image of the white torso. To be fair, the Sailor is the only minifigure with back printing as seen in the picture below. Back view with all accessories and head gears / hair piece There's nothing to write about back printing except the sailors oversized collar. Ok, if you count the Hippie headband on its hair piece then that's about it. Side view The side printing is a bit generous. The Boxer and Green Cheerleader have side legs printing while the Hippie has side arms printing. Front view without the accessories and head gears / hair piece. Once the accessories and hair pieces were removed, the Hippie's torso fringe printing is more visible. Apart from that. nothing much is revealed by removing accessories as most details on these minifigures are not covered or obscured by any accessories Back view without the accessories and head gears / hair piece. The only surprise looking at the back without any accessories is the reveal of the alternate face print for the boxer. It does not have the left and right cheek lines but it has a small crow foot beside the right eye (it's the branching wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye) The mouth piece is not gold but it is coloured light royal blue instead. You can check the alternate face of the Boxer with the headgear in my Flickr album. Ok, now were done with mug shots, here's the part were I will put these minifigures together with some other minifigures to showcase their similarities or relationship. A sailor went to sea sea sea to see what he could see see see A lucky Sailor sees a mermaid, or maybe not? Imagine all the people sharing all the world... I'm sure the Disco Diva will hang out with the Hippie in the 1960's. Missing in action - the other Hippie and the Disco Dude didn't get the invitation. Breakthrough on the other side! The Hippie headband is not only for the Hippie subculture, it's also great for psychedelic rock! Boo Lloyd! Boo Lloyd! If you didn't watch The LEGO Ninjago Movie, then you won't get the Boo Lloyd reference. It was a smashing radio hit! Pigtails and pom-poms come in pair Give me a Z! Give me an O!... ahhh pug? Give me a J! Jumping Roundhouse Kick Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet.... Just a man and his will to survive. -- Boxer (2017) Got the guts, but not the glory Eye of the tiger? Nope. More like black eye! Btw, here's another head kick. Ultimate (mini) Figure Championships "Your clutch power is weaker than mine!", said the Wrestling Champion. Beaten but not defeated Boxer: What's up bro? Clumsy Guy: My last fight with the Banana Man didn't go so well. Boxer: Let's form a tag team next time? Clumsy Guy: Sure thing! Parts Here is a quick recap on what those mere 18 pieces are. You should count the head, torso and legs assembly separately (counted as 3 pieces per minifigure). This Bricktober set has the least amount of pieces due to absurd lack of accessories. The Boxer could have benefited from a medal, the Hippie could have a flower like the original, and the Sailor could use a telescope. Conclusion Before I conclude this review, let's address the proverbial elephant in the room: is this just a lazy rehash? Personally, I don't think it is. A serious effort had been made so that some of the minifigures in this collection will not appear blatantly similar when compared to the first version. The Hippie and Green Cheerleader is the 2 outstanding minifigures in my opinion. I certainly enjoy the new Boxer even though it is very similar to the first Boxer. The weakest is obviously the sailor but even that came with a different winking eye. Surely, most casual LEGO set buyers and minifigure collectors will enjoy this classic collection of minifigures. Even if you already have the original Boxer, Hippie, Cheerleader and Sailor, at least one of these minifigures would entice you to get this set. Let me know which one is your favourite by voting in the poll above. Review summary Playability: 6.5/10 - This set is aimed at CMF collectors. While it's fun to play with minifigures, the absence of accessories for most minifigures takes away some fun factor. Design / Building Experience: N/A - Everything comes pre-assembled. Besides, there are no building blocks in this set so I’ll just leave it there. Minifigures: 9/10 - It's a great way to get similar minifigures you missed out from the original CMF run. Price / Value for money: 10/10 - I got this for free so I don’t see any reason why I should not give a perfect score for value. Overall: 8.5/10 - If you have the original CMF versions, the most compelling reason to get this is the John Lennon inspired Hippie and the Green Cheerleader because these variants look different. If you don't have any of the original minifigures, like me, then there's no reason why you will skip it unless you hate getting something free or if you have to buy this from a scalper. Once again, thank you for reading. Hopefully, this is not the last Bricktober set that I will review. Until next time!

1st half of the year or just 1st half year, e.g. 1HY 2018 is January - June 2018. Btw, do TLG still follow that nomenclature? I see mini releases in between 1HY and 2HY, they might as well label each release by month or just 1Q, 2Q, 3Q and 4Q.

probably the idea -- it was a piece of trash? I don't mind having these spinners. This type looks fairly safe to play indoors. I would not let my kids spin these close any fragile items though... so yeah, I would like them to shoot inside a bin instead.

Move aside Lloyd, I am voting Hazmat.

Agree on the crab mech. It's really a great small build. As for the landing gears, it looks like it could run with those rear landing gears. Thanks for sharing your work. :) I am doing the same for other sets. Just watching out for a better deal. Cheers!

Ponda Baba and Dr. Evazan if TLG will really give us a new Cantina, they better give these 2 also so that it will be worth it.

There are less people following this topic... and perhaps adding Ninjago in the title does not help spice things up either. After all, not all are interested to see another round of the CMF game, just with the Ninjago added in the mix. Just my 2 cents. Anyway, I voted for Rogue and Laser Robot.

I don't want to easily believe what's being posted out there but it looks like it is indeed a new minifigure. Also, new Greedo with new leg print?

Sure, I'll post it here within 24 hours. @freakwave check your inbox..

Graduate and Classic Alien. I want to believe!

I voted King and Rocket Boy... ...almost voted for Larry but I still prefer space over something else.

Is that Oreo for the satellite dish? Great idea. All the best for the contest!

Looking at boxofficemojo, WB and TLG should thank the foreign gross ticket sales because now TLNM is above USD 81M .. at least it is slighlty profitable now.

Thanks! The aggressive look is one of the reason I want to make this ship because everyone seems to be making a variant of YT-1300 and I was like, why no one is making this bad-megablocks YT-1930 model and the rest is history. As for the radar dish, I don't even think having a radar dish sticking out out the freighter is necessary so I tried to be minimalist with the radar/antennae. That's what the dark tan bucket handle is for. As for the docking collars, I thought about that but I am sure it will work because it's fictional and it should work in fiction. I based the design from the Force Awakens MF so at least half of the Millennium Falcon interior is there but I removed what I don't need. In the meantime, that rear part is all empty space - for cargo or whatnot. Probably, the pilot of this ship is a bigger smuggler than Han Solo. Also, not sure if you realised this is made from LDD. If I made the real one someday, it will sure have more interior design. Thanks! I think I would not have pulled off the colour scheme if I didn't see that colour combo in Parisian Restaurant. I know it has a classic space too it. I am almost tempted to put a trans-yellow canopy on it.In See above reply re: interior. In legends, the rear ion engines are all clustered in the middle and I wasn't really fond of that so I took creative liberty to put a pair towards the outer edge of the rear wedge cargo area because why not? I like this ship to be faster and and more agile than the Millennium Falcon.

Great design. I nearly used the same colour scheme for my freighter but I ended up using olive green instead of sand green. I like what you did with the escape pods. Cheers!

This is my entry to the LEGO Rebrick contest Freighter Wars. Here's the blurb: Back view Top view Side view Front view And finally this one -- trying to copy the same tilt and angle of the Millennium Falcon in the box art of set 75192. This is how I envisioned the box art will be if this model is ever made as a LEGO set. I had fun making this MOC. I think that's the most important part of the experience.

Not only in the US. Seems to be the same where I live (not the US). See above. Do you know why? Australia has a different sales funnel. From what I know, your local LEGO marketing group could figure the kind of sets that will sell well. Which means if you don't see Brickheadz, that's likely because they don't see enough interest in AU. I thought it makes sense from the beginning that the Porgs were included in UCS MF because they will be in UCS MF, or they will be encountered along the journey.

Master Falls is good if you don't have the minifigures included in them and I think of the reason why it is relatively more "expensive" in my graph is because of those rare and new colours of parts included in the set. If you want to make a MOC out of it, just go for it. It is not the kind of set that will likely be kept together anyway. I personally will put it low in my list -- the rare colours are great and all but I find that LEGO is releasing more and more sets that reuses those new colours anyway. If you desperately need the parts, then just get the set right away. I put minifigures as priority in my collection as I am not a "set collector".

Glad that you brought attention to this increasing tendency of LEGO designers to run lines or whatnot across torso and legs to make a continuous pattern. It makes the torso or the legs assembly less versatile. I appreciate those continuous print pattern but for the case of Baturio, the yellow line at the belt / hips seems unnecessary. I enjoyed making the review. You're welcome. :) Thanks! This is indeed a generous Bricktober. I understand your hesitation, but I personally won't hesitate getting this even if the box is not in good shape as long as the content is all intact inside.

I'll quote you on that. Too early to tell but right now I am disappointed because I thought we're getting something different. Something that is more versatile to begin with. Frankly, my interest for this wave has gone out the window.

I will likely skip the City set, unless someone will sponsor me on getting that set, I will likely not get it. If I will see an opportunity to get cheap then I may buy it.. Otherwise, I will just do the last Bricktober set on 4th week. @fordtruckin Thanks for the blue bunny picture with pink cape @legozebra that's something I learned from home economics 101. There are many ways to remove creases from clothe piece. To me, steam iron is the fastest and easiest.

Thanks WhiteFang. They are indeed very enjoyable to look at. Also thanks for that Baturion pictute. He didn't get enough exposure in my pictures. Thanks buddy. The photos are just the icing on the cake. The dough is the written content, which takes longer to create. Glad you like reading it, too. Hope that your TRU got you covered. :) Oh, there is a 1-per-customer policy in your area? It is a good policy to have specially his kind of promotions. Good that you got yours before they ran out of stocks. It's almost impossible to burn the capes when you use steam iron. They would burn if run out of steam or when you turn off the steam. If you're using a traditional iron (the heavy kind) I would use a cloth garment to cover the top as a layer security... just in case I did something stupid. You're welcome. Hope get yours when it becomes available. True indeed. I think the headband covering the eyes is good for adding variety, in case you want that black band over the eyes similar to Baturion. I did not take picture as I don't like to swap the pink hands. It looks odd with pink cape and then black hands. In the book, the blue bunny has pink hands. Initially that's what I thought. But then I traded the other Batman minifigs to get more blue bunny. I don't mind having a lot of blue bunnies.