Captain Nemo

Well then clearly Wilhalm is scum, since I know for a fact that I'm town. Granted, that's assuming there's a scum in that triumvirate--and I'm not even sure how I was included in that. Either way, I'm town. --- To be frank, I'm not happy with either of the "leading" lynches today. Like everyone, I cannot get a read on Sigrid, since she obviously says nothing; this makes her both a crappy town player and a crappy scum player. However I am iffy about voting for her because of a few things; first her being lazy does not mean she's scum off the bat (But really she's not doing anything, so...), but secondly I'm more so iffy about the two other vikings who are voting for her currently, since I trust Dufa and Snorta the least, while I feel like those voting for Wilhalm are more townish in my opinion. If Sigrid is scum, and a lazy scum player at that, it could be possible Rurik's theory could be true. I'm also unsure of Wilhalm too, since he does not say much either (Though honestly neither do I or many people), yet what he says is apparently fluff/nothing. Even from that, I have to say I'm not reading him as scummy, at least not as scummy as some others (Whom I may just end up voting for besides these two top candidates thus far). I'm not ready to vote at this time. I would like to hear at least something from Sigrid though!

I made my own opinion yesterday to vote Petr; turns out he was town unfortunately. And I made my own opinion today that you're just being an donkey (Or equivalent word). More often then not, I've found that the person throwing the insults is also a person whose scum. Town can play a polite game, it's the scum who have to play a smear game. If you assume I'm slow--then show me the connections yourself. You seem to just attack people with no reason (Well except this time, since I'm calling you on it)--I'm not seeing you offering any reason for your desire to lynch Mursi other then the fact of a vendetta.

Sure. Here is a picture of a Moria Orc and a Warg Rider in comparison to the new Gundabad Orc. (I also added this picture to the review)

Those are from the old sets, from the first movie. We don't know for sure (At least I don't), but I think there's something to the fact that the new movie Electro appears in the Lego Marvel game. Perhaps that means Lego now has the licence? Either way, those seem like the old sets.

Well I was suspicious of Kolgrima, since she did not seem like her normal self, very jumpy; and therefore seemed off--though with her death she's obviously town. On Sigrid; I don't find her too scummy, rather more like a super lazy townie; granted, that's not much better. I will say though that I am now suspicious of Sorta Carrotface for a few reasons; first, this morning her first words were "kill Mursi, kill Mursi"--and that's it. She had no reaction to the deaths of three Einherjars--whatsoever. Rather than see or even comment at all on what happened, she immediatly starts trying to form a lynch mob against Cheif Mursi. And secondly, her reasons for wanting Mursi dead seem ot be based only on a vendetta; and nothing else. She's very intent on getting Mursi lynched, but her basis for her claims are non-existant.

Well that sucks. I did not expect to wake up to find three more dead bodies, with all of them being town. Most bloody day one I've ever seen. I'm still a bit iffy on the whole Petr/Tumi thing, though from what people have said and from looking into it myself, it does seem like a vendetta ability. Though clearly the other three were killed by scum and a SK or vig--some kind of combination since three kills is a lot. At this rate, we need to start finding scum fast.

Thanks everyone for the comments! I hope you all liked the review, and I also hoped it helped convince some readers to get this sweet set! Now for some late replies: Thanks. I fixed the problem first thing after seeing this. Thank you again Masked Builder--I'm happy with how the pictures turned out too; for some reason my Iphone 5 just takes the best pictures ever!

What's this then?! We don't get to sleep, even when we're dead?! More importantly; what happened to Tumi? Petr seems to have killed him, but is he dead forever, or is our boar able to bring him back? Ox Urine maybe? Seeing Petr's actions makes me more confident that he 'll turn up scummy, but what about Tumi? So confused!

I think that's just unnecessary. I mean, come on...they're Lego...if you want to change the gender, just change the minifigure head! All a "janus" head would do would be to remove a secondary facial expression. Plus, all of the torso prints would then need to be gender neutral so as they could work with both heads (Female bodies would then be a problem, since a princess with a duel man face would be weird). And finally, as a wise commentor pointed out on her article, the majority of minifigure heads are already unisex (Standard minifigure smile face for example), and their gender is determained by their hair/outfit rather than just facial features. I just think this is about turning minifigures/toys into a big gender issue.

Review: Dol Guldur Ambush By Captain Nemo Name: Dol Guldur Ambush Set Number: 79011 Pieces: 217 Price: $19.00 (US), € 19.00 (EU) Ages: 8-14 Minifigures: 3 Theme: The Hobbit Year of Release: December 1st, 2013 Price per Piece: 9.212 Useful Links: Lego S@H Brickset Bricklink Flickr Set of this Review: Here And the quest continues! The Hobbit is back again, (Or is it there and back again?) this time with a new wave for the second Hobbit film, the Desolation of Smaug (Who himself is mysteriously absent in brick form, but that’s another conversation). Anywho, the smallest set of this new wave is 79011 Dol Guldur Ambush. Being both small and incredibly hard to spell correctly, Dol Guldur Ambush is a nice set that itself is constructed as an add-on to the largest set of the wave, Dol Guldur Battle (79014); which fellow Eurobricks member and Review Academy teacher Masked Builder has reviewed here. So is this set worth your time or should you just upgrade to the full Guldur? Let’s find out... Box This set stands out well against the other Hobbit and Lord of the Rings sets on the shelves (And not because Toys R Us carelessly stacked them atop the other sets, literally, like laying on top of them), because of its new boarder color. Mountain Blue is the new Mordor Grey apparently. The colors work well and give the impression that this is an evolving journey. In fact, in the right hand corner, there is the image of dwarves making a steady climb to the mountain tops. The US version of the box, seen here, features all of the information that clutters the left side, including ages, set number, name, etc. It also shows the character box, which has our three minifigures inside. Across the front of the box we also see the set in all its Light Bley and Dark Bley glory. The back of the box features a far more interesting, dynamic, action view of the set showing all the figures, their weapons, the catapult, and notably an image that shows that you can connect this set to the larger Dol Guldur Battle set, to form some kind of mega set, or something. It’s similar to Helms Deep and the Uruk Hai Battle sets from the first wave of LotR. Also notice the human hand, which is not included in this set. Opening the Box Finally getting to something more interesting, we open the box to find two bags that are not numbered and a seriously folded instruction manual. Clearly, the only rational thing to do is instantly open the bags and mix all the pieces together. Note, aside from a third small bag, inside the large one; all the pieces are loose, including all the character parts (Armor/Goblin Hair) and Beorn’s head, indicating all the pieces from this set are from the main Lego factories, and not from their factories in China; so the quality is good/standard. Opening the instruction manual, we discover our mistake of mixing everything. Well whatever, AFOLs don’t need instructions! The second page shows the construction of the minifigures, as well as three pictures of The Hobbit title in three different languages, just in case we forgot what we were building. Notice this instruction manual has a light blue background, but does not feature any kind of watermarked picture—strange since that seems to be becoming the norm for Lego manuals, and therefore this one is kind of boring. Notable Pieces: Before we start building, there's a few cool pieces to look at. We get two dark red leaves in this set; a piece I love and cannot get enough of. There are also two nice metallic wheels (Since apparently four wheels are two too many for a catapult), and dark brown catapult pieces included. Four teeth/blades are included in this set too; which are Medium Dark Flesh in color and not pearl gold as they seem to appear as on the box (They are also the same color as the Gundabad Orcs in this set). The most noticeable piece in this set however is the round 2x2 tile with the center hole. This is a new piece and it appears only here (Includes 2) as well as in the larger Dol Guldur. It’s an interesting piece and it opens up many uses; especially for those, like myself, who prefer studless builds. Building: To keep tension and add suspense, I’m going to leave the minifigures till the end; which means its building time! Anywho, the first thing built is a puny catapult. I will say this is the most useless part of this set, although in saying that, I am lying since there is something more useless coming up later, but until then, consider this the most usless. It’s the standard catapult type we’ve seen in sets for years and decades, nothing new, nothing surprising. It’s mostly dark brown which is nice, and features the ability to throw two bricks at once, but aside from that it’s forgettable and just meh. Really, how would they ambush someone with a catapult? Let’s hope Beorn stays in one spot for five minutes while we load and fire! That'll get ‘im! Main Build: Next up is the main build of the set; the gateway…doorway…or something, of Dol Guldur. I must admit, this does seem like a strange build since the main Dol Guldur already has a gate; so I’m not really sure what is being depicted here—most likely something from the movie. Anyways, at the start it’s mostly tiles, but the build progresses quickly. There are no stickers in this set, but a few profile bricks are used from time to time to add texture. Also notice the technic pin brick on the far left that allows this set to be connected to Dol Guldur Battle (Step 13). A few large bricks add height to the build fast, and a brown tree is also constructed in the style of Mirkwood. Meanwhile at the back of the build, we begin to construct the mechanism to kill intruders. Also notice the 1x1 outward headlight bricks in black; this set includes 20 of them. Next,two almost identical swinging posts are constructed, one with two axes, the other with some kind of gigantic sledge hammer. I want to point out that they were designed well, since it’s possible to swing both at once, as they are constructed so as to not hit each other when they swing to the narrow doorway. Then I’d like to point out that they seem almost useless, since as we all know, it’s far easier to keep out intruders with a door than swinging hammers. But I digress. They work great, they look good, and they're cool. After a few more steps the doorway is looking nicer, and then one step later it begins to look very scary, or creepy at the least. Then the tree is completed as are the busted battlements. Finally, in horrific fashion, the right side of the build becomes devoted to noting more than firing an out of place flick missile. Now I do take the stand that I generally like flick missiles, but I also need to say that I like them when they are used wisely. Here a chunk of the build is devoted to constructing and opening a rock to fire a missile at crotch level. By far this this the most useless and unwanted part of the set. It just seems like a waste of pieces for no good return--they should have been used elsewhere, like on a door or something. The whole rock cropping is attached by only one hinge which I found was too little and too weak, since the rock kept sliding open when I was taking photos. There are two missiles included. Adding a torch finishes off the build. Completed Build Front: The build now complete, you can see it in all it's shades of grey (With some brown and black) glory. Notice the two skulls included; they are not attached anywhere, and are simply there for figs to trip over, or so I'm assuming. Back: The back features a more ugly view of the creation. It features the play abilities of the set, as well as the terrible flick rock. You can rotate the hammer swing and the flick rock at the same time. Extra Pieces There’s a few extra pieces, consisting mostly of slope tiles and teeth, Then there’s that 1x2 brown plate I forgot to add to the tree, because AFOLs don’t need nor read well instructions and whatnot. Either way, nothing spectacular. Play Features Well the build is done, and aside from the flick missile, it’s still kind of meh. So what’s great about it? The play features.The best part about the build is obviously the swinging weapons .They work well collectively, with the axes having a weaker punch than the hammer, but there’re both great. Not even going to do into the flick missile. Minifigures: Finally! Now if you’re like me, and I will say this honestly, your sole reason for buying this set was the minifigures. And frankly they are the best part of the set. Being a $20 set, the standard of figures we get are three, and each of them are spectacular. In this set we get Beorn and two Gundabad Orcs, both with full hair and one with full armor. Beorn First up is the hero and named character of the set, Beorn; the giant shape-shifting man. Obviously the most notable thing about him is he peacock hair, but he also comes with an axe. Beorn’s face and hair are one piece; which is both a good and bad thing. It makes the transition from his face to hair look great but on the downside we don’t get alternative faces and outside of Beorn there’s limited uses for it. Included here are a bunch of photos of Beorn’s hair/head. Beorn’s body parts are nice as well, with his skin in the color of Medium Flesh. His torso is particularly interesting, although limited in outside use. His printed legs are simple but nice as well. Beorn as a whole looks great, and he looks far better in person than in any picture. On the subject of Beorn however, it’s interesting that a single piece is being used as his face and hair—in a clear attempt to make him seem larger than a standard minifigure. It does work to an extent, though that’s mostly due to the hair; but frankly it’s almost unnoticeable, and could have worked as two pieces. On a final note of interest, it’s possible to use Beorn’s head with the new Gundabad Orc armor, which in the process makes him so... Gundabad Orcs The final two figures included in this set are two identical Gundabad Orcs. The only difference between the two is a fancy one-piece shoulder armor; which itself looks great. Both feature identical front and back printing, but no alternative faces—rather thin strands of hair are printed on the back of their heads (So as they are not required to wear the hair pieces). They have different weapons as well, one wields a fail, while the other wields a time traveling Uruk-hai sword (Because this is a prequel after all); I’m positive it’s important to the plot. It’s important to note that this is the only set where Gundabad Orcs have goblin ear hair pieces (It’s also the only set with the correct ear color needed for Gundabad). It’s an incentive to buy this set for those Orc collectors, since while they appear in three out of the four new Hobbit sets, this is the only set where you can get a “complete” Gundabad Orc. Color Comparison to other Orcs: Conclusion Overall, I like this set. The build is a bit meh, but being able to connect it to the larger Dol Guldur enhances its value. The minifigures are clearly the largest drive for getting this set; but the build as a whole seems complete enough to stand alone. Minifigures: 10/10 Spectacular in every way, they are the main drive for the set. The disadvantages of a once piece Beorn are more than made up for by the complete Gundabad Orcs. Design: 5/10 I like parts of this set, but the flick missile rock is just unforgivable. Parts: 8/10 Overall good, but pieces such as extra hinges for stability would have been greatly appreciated. Price: 10/10 Affordable and fulfilling, it feels like you got your money out of it. Lego seems to have a knack for $20 sets the past few years—clearly continuing. Playability: 8/10 The swinging intruder deterrents are so fun! Catapults are ok, But rock missiles? Overall: 42/50 = B+ In final thoughts, I liked this set. It was fun, the figures were great, and while the build had some problems, it was nice in the end. Overall, it was a worthwhile buy, and any fan of the Hobbit or Castle theme would be happy to have it. Enjoy ~Nemo

Nice creation! The water seems a bit high, but the roof work and the foliage look great. I also love all the birds and Radagast's pipe! Great job!

Nice creation! I like how everyone of your characters are in bright primary colors--makes them stand out against all these earth-tone wearing peoples! Great job!

Thanks for the review Whitefang! I rather like a lot of these figures--I think the robots are cool even though the won't have a ton of use for the things I build. The Panda is indeed super cute, and I'm happy that even though this isn't the normal CM, we still get more animal suit figures. It is a bit disapointing that some of the characters are the same ones (Or lose to it) as the ones we get in sets like Emmet and Badcop. But overall I think this is a good wave.

Oh that's cool! I didn't participate in last year's raffle (Although I cannot remember it either so...), so I didn't expect this; the Calender page is super cool! Congrats to the winners thus far!

This new Homer figure gives me hopes; at least with the nice arm prints. I still think the head is a bit too large, but I think they're growing on me--though that'll have to depend on what the other characters look like. I believe they'd be made in China, or at least not in Billund, because of the arm prints. Like the CM minifigures, it seems Lego sends them outside of Denmark to make their extra printing.

Well I'm not too sure about my vote today; nor should anyone really be, it is day one after all. However I am weird-ed out by Petr. Reading through the converstations, his "Why are you not looking at me--I'm not suspicious--I've got nothing to add" statement was just...weird. Strange really, and it stood out. There are, unfortunatley, a chunk of the vikings here not saying much or anything, but I don't know why he would point to himself to say he's here--so don't forget about me--but has nothing to add. Yeah it's day one, there's not really much to add in on, however outing himself seemed really well out there. I don't have much suspiciouns yet, but Petr stood out to me, and not in a good way. So for now I'll vote for him. Vote: Petr Half-Troll (Piratedave84)

While drawing negative suspicion to myself was not my intent; the main point being I was attempting to help the town; suspicion seems to have happened instead--though I can assure you I'm not scum. Part of my reason for asking about people's experience in the first Ragnarok was for the fact that they had experienced it--conversations from PM for example are not things that can be found from past day threads, but could account for important actions taken. Basically, I'd feel the information would be more useful from a first hand account then from a Day thread. So far it seems though people don't want to talk about it, or rather talk at all today. --- I did look at the link, as well as some of the other Day threads. Not much to go off of, though I did note that Loki did mention at the conclusion that he had "two-factions" of traitors, which I took to mean scum and neutral; though he then says he forgot to get two factions--and looking back, there were no neutrals during the first Ragnarok, despite the rules indicating there could/would be; perhaps that means Loki will not forget this time? You can take that information if you like (Anyone), but it's just a thought I had; really my thoughts today have been about conversation that's more useful than roleplaying about ox urine uses. Apparently that makes me suspicious to some, but I'm just putting my thoughts out there.

Well it is true that Loki is a trickster god; and that does mean they are likely to try something different, but that doesn't me we should forget about the last Ragnarock all together. Is this you trying to appear as helpful by saying I'm leading the conversation in the wrong direction--by saying that I'm not helpful? No--getting the conversation away from extreme role playing is more helpful. If anything, you seem to be avoiding talking about the past--sad that Loki didn't succeed the first time? Finally, I think it is important that when the kills begin to happen at night, we know who is killed by who--I remember a past life where the town thought they were working with their vig; turns out they were only helping a killer get to the top four. It may not seem important to some people, like you, but we don't want to work with the wrong people until it's too late.

Sure. I understand why in part some information about the first Ragarok Lokies would be not useful, on account of--as you say--it's dependant on individual actions, but there is more to go off of than that. For instance, what roles kind of roles did they have? (What can we expect them to have this time?) In what method did they kill? (Odin's rules speak of neutrals, and I know from my past life that it can be useful to determain the difference between a neutral kill and a scum Loki kill)--I always feel that the way someone is killed can show who (Which type of role) killed them. There will no doubt be differences between this Ragnarok and the last one, but there will also be similarities, some kinds of links between the two; case and point the return of old warriors. I feel that if we explore the past, we may be able to expect some things to happen the same as the last time. And if anything, we'll update some of the new people and move the conversation off of ox piss.

Well our conversation seems to be getting way off topic; although I will say that ox urine clearly isn't perfect, since you know...we're all here. I'm not saying...I'm just saying... But the point is, talking about what could of stopped us from getting to this paradise is not so important--we need to talk about the people who want to get us out of paradise! (Close second topic of importance is beard-lenght). Now I wasn't here for the last Ragnarok; but I know some of you vikings were--so, do those vikings know anything that could help us here? How did the Servants of Loki act during the first Ragnarok? It's very possible there will be similarities, in some regard to the first Ragnarok.

Those all look good. MJ is so cute! Power Man is nice, though to be honest I only know of him by name, since I refuse to watch Ultimate Spiderman. Joker, as I had said before, is nice, and while he is a repeat character, his new design is worth seeing him again. His henchman is ok too, mostly because of his face--it's different then the last one. However his construction torso is not so useful. Overall, these seem to be the best of the new superhero figs so far.

What do you think of it--why do you like it? (Not trying to be rude, but some reasons why you think it's nice would be helpful). I don't think the concept of the set was bad, it's the execution of the set that's terrible--mostly due to the waste of parts that is the Bat-plane. Yeah I'm also sad that we are not getting at least one Thor 2 set, if anything than just for the figures--specifically the dark elves. They would have looked spectacular; especially considering Lego could have used their LotR elf parts (Light grey hair/white ears...to die for!). Though I don't think they'd be hard to make customs of...hint, hint anyone...anyone?

While I was alive at the time of the first Ragnarok, I'm dead now (Lightning took me down, though I thought that conformation dinner yesterday came in a close second!), and ready to help rid this wonderous place of Loki servants! While some of you know each other, don't consider all of us newly dead people evil; I may not know ye, but I'm going to do my best to help defend us Einherjar from the real evils.

Uh! Awkward is a good way to put it. I wasn't impressed with Man-Bat, but this doesn't help. Flash looks a bit better in that picture, though the lack of yellow boots is very noticeable. At this point, despite my love of all things DC, it's going to be hard for me to buy these sets (Aside from the Penguin one) when the builds are terrible and the figures are not very spectacular, especially being 52 design (As I hate all things 52). Not happy with this wave whatsoever; I still don't think Lego understands the power of this license.

Well it's about time the end of the world came! That took far longer than the lightning bold that killed me did! Naemr Sledgehammer is ready for the hunt!