The main breakege problem with the mahri was Hahli and Lesovikk.
As for 2008, I thought it was okay. The story was okay, but not as epic as it could have been.
The sets were nice, but mainly the Phannys(phantoka). The Mistakes(Mistika) were bad, but Bitil was great! So was Taky. I think the problem was the colors(too much gray and silver), and the joints. Other than that, it was an okay year. But 2009 is definatly looking to beat it set and hopefully, story wise.