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I did the review of the Ninjago Minifigures Bricktober 2017 set last week so if you have not read that, go ahead and read it. As a moderate fan of Superhero movies and comics, I like Batman. I can tell you upfront that I'm not the biggest fan but I can tell you right away that I really like this set when it was first announced. So, let's not waste more time and go straight to my 13th RA review, set # 5004939 The LEGO Batman Movie Minifigures (Bricktober 2017). Overview Name: 5004939 - The LEGO Batman Movie Minifigures Theme: Promotional \ Toys R Us (Bricktober) Year: 2017 (2H) Pieces: 27 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 If you read my first review on this year's Bricktober, you'll know that this year has a lot of very interesting minifigures. I'm going to switch gear to my superhero thinking hat now so let's begin with the front panel of the packaging. Front view Just like the Ninjago set, the little box is protected with a slide-in plastic cover that is secured with seals at both ends. The TLBM set contains some small elements that may detach from the minifigure accidentally and could slip outside the case due to their small size. So when you get your copy, pay attention to the 1x2 money tile and gold sword. Ensure they are in the package. Unlike the previous set that I got, these minifigures are snuggly fit inside their own chambers inside the packaging. I also noticed that this packaging has less words in front than the Ninjago package. Apart from the recommended age of "6+" and "Limited Edition Exclusively at Toys R Us" words, there is no other printed words. Back view There are 2 more corporate logos included at the back, reminding everyone that this is a licensed property of both DC and Warner Bros. Like the previous set, the packaging seal / batch number at the back of my set is 24GH7 even though there is one country missing in the source of components -- Hungary. Components were sourced from Denmark, the Czech Republic, Mexico and China. Side view This is the 2nd set for Bricktober 2017 therefore the "minifigure #2" is highlighted in white at the top side of the box. This is true to my region as different markets may have different order of release. Again folks, 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. You can see the front of the card below. 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 Minifigures I used a hobby knife to cut the seals from both ends and then I freed the minifigures out of the box. Voila! We get 4 minifigures out of the box. From left to right, these Batman minifigures are officially named Dollar Bill Tuxedo Batman, Easter Bunny Batman, Wizbat and Baturion. They all came pre-built so there is no building needed. I reported the weak clutch power in the Ninjago set last week for which I was truly disappointed. For this set, I have a mixed result as far as my copy is concerned. Only the Dollar Bill Tuxedo Batman has a much weaker clutch power. The Easter Bunny Batman has a weak clutch power due to the utility belt in the middle of the torso and legs assembly. When I remove the utility belt and put together the torso and legs assembly together, the clutch power is remarkably stronger than any of these Batman minifigures. The Wizbat is given to have a weaker clutch power because it is connected to a slope piece. However, once I connect it to other legs assembly, a normal clutch power is there. Baturion is also weaker than typical but not as weak as the Dollar Bill Tuxedo batman. Front view with all accessories and head gears / hair piece There are a number of different batsuits that are yet to be released so when these four were announced I was really excited, specially for the blue bunny. The prints are all unique. Having Bunny headgear in a new colour alone is something to be excited about, at least to those who collect all the animal costumed characters. Dollar Bill Tuxedo Batman comes in green torso and legs assembly with dollar bill printed all over it - front, back and sides. He even has a gold necklace, a black undershirt and black necktie. A 100 bill 1x2 tile also comes as additional accessory. I think this tuxedo is something that a pimp will wear but I really don't know anyone in real life so who am I to speak. Next is the Easter Bunny Batman which comes in Bright Light Blue. LEGO officially calls this colour Light Royal Blue so there is something royal to this Blue Easter Bunny. It has pink basket (soft rubbery material), a dark azure egg, and a white utility belt (new colour). Wizbat is a ridiculous rendition of a wizard Batman. He has a bat bling bling (amulet) and a bat staff. His bat robe has batman symbol printed in front of the dark blue torso and slope piece. It also comes with a dark blue cape and high round collar. Last one is Baturion which is essentially a Centurion Batman, hence the name. I have to be blunt though. I don't like the ancient Roman army in general. I didn't collect the Roman soldier minifigures and I don't care much about them so my opinion on Baturion is just neutral. I do appreciate the design. It is an excellent minifigure. It has a curved rectangular shield in black with batman logo (new colour & print), a unique torso, new dual moulded legs with new printing, as well as a new roman soldier helmet in black with dark red plume fused together. It also comes with a gold sword. It's really a loaded minifigure and I can see why many people will like it. Back view with all accessories and head gears / hair piece The back view shows the back printing of the Dollar Bill Tuxedo Batman and Easter Bunny Batman. The material used in Wizbat and Baturion cape is the spongy stretchable type, but there is also a classic cloth used for the high round collar of Wizbat. As you can see from the picture above, the capes were all creased because they were already inserted and worn onto the minifigure inside the packaging. I will talk more about these capes later on, but let's continue with the minifigure details first. Side view The side printing is quite generous in this set. Dollar Bill Tuxedo Batman got both side arm and leg printing showing the same dollar print, while Baturion has side leg printing showing the pleated garment. Front view without the accessories and head gears / hair piece. Let's remove the cowl of all these Batman minifigures so that we can see each different expressions. Spoiler: three of them got dual face prints. First, Dollar Bill Tuxedo Batman got an existing head with neutral / grin pattern. Easter Bunny Batman has a new snobbish look with a headband pattern that covers the whole eyes area and not the usual kind that covers only the forehead. It's the only one with single face print while the rest have dual face print. Wizbat got an existing stern / open mouth angry pattern Lastly, Baturion seems to have a distinctly new pattern also because it has a different head band pattern that I cannot find in any other Batman minifigures. Back view without the accessories and head gears / hair piece. As mentioned earlier, only 1 of these minifigures has no dual face print and that is the Easter Bunny Batman. You can check the alternate face with the cowl in my Flickr album. Ok, now that we're done showcasing the minifigures from the set, I will proceed to the portion where I will showcase other minifigures and give you some ideas how they compare with other minifigures of the same type. Again, I cannot give Baturion justice because I don't have any Roman-related minifigures so just enjoy the pictures without it. Batman likes patterns Dollar Bill Tuxedo Batman enjoys company with Kiss Kiss Tuxedo Batman, Vacation Batman and Lobster Lovin' Batman. Dollar Bill Tuxedo Batman probably has the most flamboyant look. Money is not everything, but it is something You can imagine different scenarios where you can use the dollar bill tuxedo torso and legs assembly. It's begging to parody any subject dealing with money and riches. Exchanging groceries Here's a picture of the Bunny Suit Guy being coerced to exchange his carrot for the blue easter egg. You can imagine this blue easter bunny torso as the alpha male bunny with its 6-pack muscles torso print. I could also imagine erasing the Batman logo to make this torso more versatile but it's silly to do that if you can just use a plain torso for replacement. Drop your goods inside the basket! Easter Bunny Batman showing the other costumed minifigs who is the boss. Somewhere in the infinite inter-dimensional universe, Stitch is Batman Stitch torso has a different shade of blue but due to the lighter printed shade on the chest, it seems to integrate well. Portrait of a Happy Bunny Family, or is it? They say two is a company, three is a crowd. I say, two is a company, three is a family. Then it should follow the Fibonacci sequence... 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc. You know how quickly rabbits propagate. The sorcerer supreme I don't really like the use of slopes to make a "skirt" or long robes but I guess they are fine when prints are done this good. Parts Here is a quick recap on what those 27 pieces are. You should count the head, torso and legs assembly separately (counted as 3 pieces per minifigure). Ok, I said I will come back to talk about the capes. Here is a quick tip on how to fix those creased cloth capes. You can just use a low setting on your steam iron, press them, and the creases will be gone in seconds. See the picture below after just one iron press. Look 'ma, no creases! Conclusion As a regular minifigure collector, I am not really a fan of flesh-skin tone minifigures (unless it is Star Wars ). I do appreciate this TLBM Bricktober set because of its highly desirable batsuits. There are a lot of batsuits in the comics as well as The LEGO Batman Movie universe; I don't think we are going to run out of batsuits soon as they keep on coming! This Bricktober set also earned a lot of interest from collectors and non-collectors. On the day I bought my copy, I even saw a buyer rushing and frantically getting a set to buy because he arrived late at TRU. I saw some getting a dozen (whether it is a group buy or just for reselling, I don't know). All I know is in my region there is a remarkable response to this Batman minifigures because all the stocks from my TRU Malaysia and Singapore are mostly gone by afternoon, on day 1! I really like this set, and I dare say I like this even more than the Ninjago Bricktober set. If I will rank the minifigures based on my liking, it would be Easter Bunny Batman, Dollar Bill Tuxedo Batman, Wizbat and Baturion. Which one is your favourite? You can vote in the poll above. Review summary Playability: 7/10 - Yes, you can play with minifigures. That’s fun too. This is aimed at minifigure collectors so if you want bricks, don't look here. Design / Building Experience: N/A - Everything comes pre-assembled. Besides, there's no building blocks in this set so I’ll just leave it there. Minifigures: 9.5/10 - Getting 4 batsuits is awesome but the weaker clutch power on some minifigures between torso and legs continues to bother me. 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: 9.5/10 - I'm bumping up the score higher than the average score because this is really an excellent set that I will recommended even to non-Batman fans. If you collected those rare Batman polybags and keychains, then you better get this, too, before you regret. Once again, thank you for reading.

Did you see how many writers contributed to the script? Whenever I see that many (5+) it's an indication that so many people tried to put together the movie from so many angles and perspective that when the final output is produced, the result is a hotpodge direction and less cohesive story. I thought that it has more heart and soul compared to TLM and TLBM. I think what made it appear having less "heart and soul" is the way the 3rd act was resolved. It is so weak that the message is not delivered clearly (that's how I felt)...maybe if they had given more time on the script and screenplay, the resolution could have been stronger and the message is reinforced. But just like they say, hindsight is 20/20.

I have the same vote. Cheers!

Me too. Not that I am copying you.. I really like those two, and also not because they are army building type of minifigures. I don't know why it took so long before LEGO created Gargoyles when it is too common in Europe. As for the Alien Trooper, I like the colour scheme of this alien.

According to @Penkid11, US has the Bricktober sets offer also. The Bricktober set comes free with purchase worth $50 and above. Not sure what date is the cut-off this week before Batman. Better get the Ninjago minifigure sets before it's gone.

Enjoy your breakfast. No rush. Btw, how long are the polls going to be open?

Welcome Welcome too! Yes, it looks very spacey, which is great. I like it very much too :)

Well poll closed automatically few hours ago. Gorilla suit wins as expected. whhhattt. I didn't know this obscure reference to Kill Bill.

Take note that the poll closes automatically at the time set by Itaria. We have less than 24 hours before the poll is closed. Am I really the only one who likes the Sushi Chef?

Yes of course. I just found this thread is alive again. I just voted Sushi Chef.

Soft, like the Angler and Octopus.

True. If Agent Kallus did not remind me of that digiverse I will forget that they had gold techno robe as well. We need that gold scarf to make it faithful to the show. Also, if Golden Kai is a thing now then I hope we will get Golden Jay, Golden Cole and Golden Zane eventually. I remember collecting the Stone Armour line up in a span of two years because the team line up appeared in all different kinds of merchandises like LEGO set, book, store exclusives and promotional item. I'm going to expect something similar for the Gold Digiverse ninjas. Thanks WhiteFang. I have several Ninjago encylopedias just in case I need to throw in some trivia. I was really trying to keep this review short but I lost track of the word count. Regarding the other Bricktober series -- I think most folks will agree that the City minifigures are the least exciting of these Bricktober sets. So I can tell you upfront, I won't review them as I also don't collect City. That golden guy is likely the start of a new armour series that will span several years to complete. (see my first reply above) Sadly, I have no information for UK also. Perhaps other folks can chime in and give the information you need. I checked online and even the rep that I talked to did not know anything about what's happening for Bricktober. I am not sure if TRU in US will do something different. Just look at the even calendar here: https://www.toysrus.com/toys/events/in-store-events - seems totally irrelevant to the rest of the world. That's a bummer... it's not weaker by a small margin. It's more like 50% less clutch power (like the bootleg clutch power). I hope the Batman series will not have the same clutch power issue. I will take a look next week.

Good point. What threw me off is the entirely different head wrap. As you showed in that screenshot, the digiverse golden ninjas are just techno robes in gold... but the new Kai in gold has slightly different torso print and entirely new leg prints. I know the cloth belt is in red also -- but it didn't register in my head that it was Kai. Sneaky ninja! Oh, but this opens a new series of wardrobe to collect... Golden Ninjas... now let's wait for the rest of the gang.

I have a confession to make. I am not a Bricktober guy and by that I mean I have never patronised any Bricktober sets. So, believe it or not, I got my very first Bricktober set today. Now that my confession is over, here’s my 12th RA review - set # 5004938 NINJAGO Minifigures (Bricktober 2017). Overview Name: 5004938 - NINJAGO Minifigures Theme: Promotional \ Toys R Us (Bricktober) Year: 2017 (2H) Pieces: 29 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. Introduction Some people are apprehensive that this could be the last Bricktober due to the recent TRU financial restructuring. I'm not here to address that. Whether it will be the last batch of Bricktober or not, only time will tell. As for now, let me focus your attention on this little set that you can get free with purchase in most TRU around the world. Now let's begin with the front panel of the packaging. Front view The little box is protected with a slide-in plastic cover that is secured with seals at both ends. The seal goes around on top and bottom of the box. There is a potential that something inside could slip outside in case they got loose. Speaking of getting loose, you can see that the 3rd minifigure in my copy is already loosened up. Even the accessory/weapon is not attached to the minifigure hand. Fortunately, there is no missing piece in my copy. Back view The packaging seal / batch number at the back of my set is 24GH7. It's my first time seeing 2 letters in the middle. Usually it's just single letter. If someone knows what it means or if you want to know more what this is all about, there's a topic to know which plant your LEGO sets came from. I think most of the components came from Hungary and China though. Side view There are 4 Bricktober sets for 2017 and this is the first one of them all so "minifigure #1" is highlighted in white to make sure you understand there are 3 more. I think in Europe the order is different so this packaging detail could vary from region to region. On top of that, TRU and TLG really wants to make sure we understand that this set is limited edition. So much so that the top panel has the words "Limited edition, Exclusively at" in English while the side panels has the translated phrase in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian and Mandarin. There's more space on the right panel. It would have been nice to see 1 more Asian language there like Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia. Seriously, what else can I comment about the box.It's just a box and this is such a small set. Ok, moving on! The item below is a "Pop-up Card". It comes with the bricktober set from my local TRU. I'm just throwing this in the review because it's just display backdrop made out of laminated paper. Again, this has the words LIMITED EDITION in all caps, underline (overline?) and bold. I think this message is very clear already. The back of the card shows the schedule of the next Bricktober set. Like other Bricktober promotions, there will be new set each week. When you open it, the card has a pop-up elements, hence the name. I think it's only good for one minifigure though. I did not even try taking picture of the minifigures using this display background because it is too small. Anyway, it's free so it's fine. Minifigures I used a hobby knife to cut the seals from both ends and then freed the minifigures out of the box. As the minifigures come pre-built, this set involves no building whatsoever. It's really just a minifigure pack. We have White Nindroid, Neuro, Krux and a new Golden Ninja. One thing that I noticed immediately is the weaker clutch power of the torso and legs assembly. Let me know if your Bricktober minifigures also has a weak clutch power. It's very concerning but other than that, the quality of the minifigures are great. Front view with all accessories and head gears / hair piece White Nindroid is way overdue. Here we get the White Nindroid General. If you can't remember what they are -- the White Nindroids are part of the Nindroid Forces who protect the Realm Crystal in Ninjago Universe. I'll go in more detail about the prints later on because there are several variants of nindroids and I want to show them side by side. The next minifigure is Neuro who is the elemental master of mind. His face print is spot on from the TV show and I cannot complain about his torso print either. The hairpiece is not new. It is just an old white hairpiece with black printed on top. It's always good to get another elemental master. We may see all elemental masters released one day. Keep them coming TLG! The 3rd minifigure is called Acronix on LEGO sets but his name is Krux on the TV show. TLG messed up the names of the time twins big that from time to time I need to check if I am citing the correct name of the twins. I'll just go with Krux because I follow the TV show and I consider the names wrong on the Iron Doom set. For starter, the face print is unique for this minifigure because it is the young version of Krux. It also has a slightly different armour. The hourglass is hidden away, almost unrecognisable as hourglass unless you know it is an hourglass in the other version of this minifigure. The leg prints do not have the chains which makes this entire minifigure unique despite looking seemingly similar. Then of course we have a new Golden Ninja which I will go in detail soon. Back view with all accessories and head gears / hair piece Let's view the back of these minifigures first with accessories. Not much to say except the back of Krux's torso shows the chain, (also present in his old version). However, there is no battle damage/scratch on his right shoulder armour plate yet, since this minifigure is his young version. Front view without the accessories and head gears / hair piece. Remove all the headgears/ head wrap -- and there's a PLOT TWIST! The Golden Ninja is Kai!? I did not notice this when the images came out online. The emblem in the middle of the torso is Kai's emblem. I have written some information about these emblems just in case you're not familiar with these Ninjago emblems and symbols. I don't know if this is an alternate universe where Kai became the Golden Ninja or this version of Golden Ninja only lives within Kai's imagination. Look at the forced smile on Kai's face. No matter what the backstory is, this Kai Golden Ninja version was totally unexpected. If you don't believe it's Kai then the back printing as seen below will remove all doubt. It shows Kai's original "fire" animal symbol at the back of the minifigure. Back view without the accessories and head gears / hair piece. Only the White Nindroid has dual head printing. The rest of the head pieces don't have dual face prints. Nonetheless, excellent torso back printing for all minifigures. Golden Ninja (Kai) vs Golden Ninja (Lloyd) Don't get confused with these other minifigures below. They are not included in the set. I am just doing a comparison of other Kai and Lloyd minifigures againts Kai Golden Ninja minifigure (3rd from the left). The Lloyd Golden Ninja is 4th from the left. Kai Golden Ninja design closely resemble the Techno Robe (2nd from the left) with a mix of similar leg assembly design from Elemental Kimono Robe (1st from the left) Now let's put on Kai's hair just for the sake of comparison again. Old hair on the new face Probably the most Kai-looking face similar to the TV show. Just heads Without the torso and legs, we can focus on the minifigure heads as seen below. The most common Kai face is in the middle. On the left is the face used in Stone Armour Kai (Target exclusive) while the right one is the new head used in the new Kai Golden Ninja version. I really wish they could have removed that scar permanently already. However, without the scar, Kai's face will be very close to Lloyd's face -- and that's probably why I was confused from the beginning that it was Lloyd. With the scar covered by the head wrap, it's hard to see whether it is Lloyd or Kai. The Ninjago Movie movie had addressed this issue easily by changing Lloyd's eye colour to green which I don't mind having in future version of Lloyd so that it's easier to distinguish Lloyd from Kai. White Nindroid General vs General Cryptor Surprise surprise. It's the same old mould but the printing is not just a lazy re-colour. The details are quite different if you look closely. Starting on the armour, the print details are different. The printing on the head gear is slightly different also with different sizes of purple dots. Not much difference at the back of the head gear except the silver paint covers more area. Good vs. Bad There are many variations of nindroids torso. None of them are identical to the new white version. Even the two variants not shown here, which appears in Titanium Ninja Tumbler and Samurai X Cave Chaos sets, have different print designs. Even at the back, it's all different. Parts Here is a quick recap on what those 29 pieces are. You should could the head, torso and legs assembly separately (counted as 3 pieces per minifigure). I'm actually surprised that all the torso has unique printing and only 1 legs assembly don't have prints. It is not obvious from the picture but the swords were bent inside the packaging because they were already fully built with accessories. It's not a serious problem but just be aware they are slightly bent. Conclusion As a minifigure collector, I see this as a great way to get unique minifigures that are relevant to the story and universe of Ninjago. I was pleasantly surprised that the prints are not lazy rehash or just simple recolour. I probably wrote too much for such a small set but I am happy that I got my first Bricktober set and I hope that you will enjoy these minifigures when you decide to get this set. Review summary Playability: 7/10 - Yes, you can play with minifigures. That’s fun too. This is aimed at minifigure collectors so if you want bricks, don't look here. Design / Building Experience: N/A - Everything comes pre-assembled. Besides there's no building blocks in this set so I’ll just leave it there. Minifigures: 8.5/10 - Getting 4 minifigures is great but the weak clutch power between torso and legs bother me a bit. Could have been higher or perfect if Neuro got a new hair mould and/or Krux got a hairpiece instead of the head gear. 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 - I’m very happy there’s already a White Nindroid. Neuro is a great addition to the list of elemental masters. New Golden Ninja is a big surprise for me. Even the young Krux got all new prints. Overall, it’s a great set that any Ninjago fan should not miss. Thanks for reading.

No one will call me that again.. I think it's already fixed. :P Looks okay on my actual mobile device, and Chrome mobile debugging. Thanks a lot!

Great work @Hinckley ... as a parent, I'm actually more afraid on pedobear for my kids rather than an actual bear. Btw, the mobile theme still needs some work though... the overlapping text on the profile box is still there (country & date/time stamp) -- also due to how how the line height is forced to be 16px only, the tail and loops of lower case letters get cutoff. Some people quoted me as "makov". setting the line-height attribute to 23px seems to fix that issue in my debugging.

It is easy to judge the actors because they are in front of the camera (or in this case, they're in front of the mic). All the interviews are also part of marketing. As actors, they want to sell the movie also. Do you think they will ridicul their own movie and say anything less to discredit the cast? No. Just like what @GarmaFan said, they also like to have fun. Besides, you can also take into account that they are also "acting" in front of those interviews. They look fun, therefore, the movie they are in should be fun. Sadly this kind of stunt marketing does not always translate to the box office success. I think apart from being a small niche, it is also a big gamble for TLG to invest in this movie. My problem with the partnership with WB and TLG is that they hard-set the release date of this movie to go along with the planned release of the LEGO sets. Like others have mentioned, releasing 2 LEGO movies on the same year may not be the best decision both WB and TLG had ever made. It's the law of diminishing returns. It's sad that Ninjago has to suffer this fate. I'm reading a lot of comments that WB/TLG should be making more calculated decision moving forward - which leads me to think that TLNM could be remembered as the black sheep in the franchise.

Thanks. I'm not surprised about your remark on the electro-disc because our taste are somewhat at the opposite side of the scale.

@MAB and @koalayummies chill down guys ... You can blame me for not knowing in advance that PAB has a set number in S&H. As I clarified earlier, as long as there is a set number, it is fine. Therefore, buying bricks is technically acceptable. One could say you cannot buy a MOC but you can go and buy all the bricks needed to create the MOC. @Isavarg some members used the official equivalent UCS MF price for UK. That should be £650. It is great to see all the lists you all provided and the reasoning behind them.

Roller coaster!

Same here! I know the transparent parts and canopies are not the same colour but give the same vibes.

@bobasdad That's a good variety. Hope you get all these eventually. @Peppermint_M Thanks for adding your list! Surely you can get the smaller sets cheaper from your local resellers or Tesco. It's also good to know that you are distributing the sets to your love ones. Apparently, you can't do that with a single UCS set. It's fun reading through people's list and their thoughts behind it. @DeanLearner welcome to Eurobricks! Yes, I agree with you and you can also buy some minifigures with the remaining change. :) @Agent Kallus you also get lots of exclusive minifigures. All the Star Wars sets you listed are likely on discount/clearance already so in reality you will get these for less now. @jhuyser that's a good balance between playset and vehicles. @BlueberryWaffles more than half of those sets are licensed sets and yet you get more than 9500 pcs. Great choice. @mocbuild101 not bad at all. With almost 13 kg of Technic parts, and 2 of them are licensed, I'm really surprised how much you can get from Technic sets. @badgerboy you're one of the lucky souls who got it early! I am still not sure whether I will get it. If one can actually take a picture of an equivalent collection value to UCS MF side by side, that will be a great way to visually represent this topic. @rodiziorobs I know the feeling. Hunting deals is part of the fun for me as well. That list though, a combo of Ninjago and Elves is interesting how well they mix together. I have not bought any Elves set yet but will likely get one just the for parts. @x105Black playsets / location based sets are always interesting. @Knight of Ren 80 Gungan Patrols? Impressive. Most impressive!

I get your point but I won't say it's losing any meaning. You just demonstrated that buying 25 Galaxy Explorers equates to around 8500 pieces. That's actually quite low piece count because some of the lists here sums up to more than 10k pieces. By using today's standards and if LEGO will reproduce the same set, do you think that old set will cost 3 times? I don't think so. What you see in the aftermarket is the perceived value of those people who are inflating the set, not the cost of the set. I agree that you can't ignore inflation if you're investing -- but this is not about investing so hear me out -- let's use the price per piece of that set which is 9.5c. If you take into consideration that the cost of production is cheaper today, I think that we can see a 'new' Galaxy Explorer close to RRP. Well, maybe I am dreaming -- but hey, there are Creator sets priced at $35 with over 350 pieces. Why can't a classic Galaxy Explorer worth $35 can't be a reality? Again, I put those conditions to ignore inflation so that it's easier to list down sets so you could just add up the value and that I don't have to explain myself... but too late, you already made me do it! That's a great way to start. So what will be on that list? :) @Orange Leader you're over budget. I think you can let go one of the smaller sets. That list is packed with vehicles. Is that from your actual wishlist? @samurai-turtle if you would buy the old army builders with 4 or 5 minifigures, that's lovely.

I guess it counts since you can MOC what bought. What's more important is to equate that US $800 value to 8 ships.

@MAB bummer... I don't like that I missed all the LOTR sets but if I can go back to that period, I might use your list for shopping. You can make a great diorama with those sets! I also know a guy who is going to like your list, right @kaelthas? @Hart New Bob you have a serious liking in that set to buy 8 copies. @ColletArrow You can buy multiple copies but you can only buy anything in LEGO's list of products with set numbers. So selling is not allowed. Just want to make it fun and simple to see what else can you buy for US $800.