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@Garmadon Thank you so much for having taken the time to come back with such a detailed comment!

They are perfect! Very...elvish. And very Avalonian. I find it nice that you did not strictly restricted their color palette to greens and browns, with the guy clad in red and the redhead in the back! As soon as I get my bricks back (just a few months....), I'll try to build some kind of Mitgardian (non-bear) cavalry unit.

Seems like a new wizard showed up in BAM!

Great minifig! I especially love his evil minions...

Very nice scene, and great architectural details!

Oh yes, she's just perfect!! That's such a great costume idea!

Ooooh, I love her! She has just the right amount of class vs creepiness. The new moulds are great too, they would be so useful!

That one is just...wow! Great job with the shades of bley.

This guy has a priceless expression!

So great! That's a nice story, and definitely a clever name for the game... Excellent choice of minifig expressions too!

Great!! I'm so thrilled about that Halloween calendar!

All the collectible minifigures I bought (even from LEGO themselves) and which included a cape were in a sealed clear plastic bag inside the blind bag. Seems to be the normal procedure for minifigs with fabric elements.

@socalbricks My biggest disappointment in this case is the (dark brown) torso from the Fantasy Era Troll Queen : I own four of them and would love to switch the arms for printed ones, but it never worked. I cracked two torsos and never managed to remove the arms from the two others. @williejm, @JintaiZ, @(Luc)ky Luke, @Count Vroskri Thank you very much, guys!

@Peppermint_M Oh definitely, I'd love this pink flowers tag! Thank you again for hosting this contest.

Well, my order from the 16th of July is still "in warehouse"... EDIT : it shipped this afternoon!

What a cool selection! I guess we'll see a well-equipped medieval army soon...

@LettuceBrick Thank you very much! The Shieldmaiden's helmet indeed comes from Thor, and her legs are from the SW Imperial Gunner minifig from set 75217.

The HP Series 2 CMF has not been officially revealed, but is already available at some stores...So many new hair pieces! - Dark blue long pigtails (new mold) - Dark orange flowy hair (new mold, photo from Promobricks.de added below as I find that one absolutely gorgeous) - Dark red wizard hat + long, flowy white hair combo (new mold) - Tan beanie + bob cut dark orange hair combo (new mold) - Dark tan witch hat + earmuffs + curly grey hair combo (new mold) - Black hair with light flesh pointy ears (recolor?)

@Robert8 Thank you so much! I have to admit that the Shaman is my personal favourite. I may build a MOC around her… @Kai NRG Thank you very much! @Grover Thank you so much! Concerning the arms : I have the impression that the newer arms have a better grip when put on different torsoes. Maybe TLG has reduced the part size tolerance? I often have issues with the older parts (loose arms when put on an other torso, but also unremoveable arms!) Concerning the design process : usually, I try to build a specific character and have an idea of the global feeling I want to obtain for them (e.g. rough for the Shaman, classy but not lavish for the Queen, …). Then I spread out parts on my desk, pick the ones I find suitable and try to find matching parts to complete the fig. I have sorted my minifig parts accordingly : one bag for fantasy torsoes suitable for a Norse-like village setting, one bag for showy fantasy armors, one bag for fancy attire, one bag for skirt parts, …Those bags are now quite full as every time I make a BL order, I check all the minifig parts (and animals, and plants) the sellers has and order the ones I find interesting and are not overly pricy. I have also hunted all the existing printed skirt parts and most special hairstyles. But sometimes it's the contrary : one specific part gives me a character idea. For example, when the Stranger Things set was released, the Demogorgon's legs immediately made me think of a Harpy. But as of now I have not found a torso/wings/head combination that I appreciate with those legs, so I tried to build a similar character with a different seed part. I happened to have the Flying Monkey's legs in my collection, and the PoTC sand blue mermaid torso and Wonder Woman's golden wings immediately came to my mind. Also, I find it easier to build female characters as there are less obiously female parts (and even less as I chose fleshies). Now I have quite a clear mind map of what exists for female fantasy characters, but not yet for male fantasy characters. @Henjin_Quilones & @Grover Yes, those are the Flying Monkey's legs! But oh my, the price has skyrocketed since I got them... @socalbricks Thank you very for much! @Louis of Nutwood Thank you so much!

@Henjin_Quilones Thank you very much! The fire sprite's torso is from a villain from last year's Ninjago, called Aspheera. @The Stad Thank you so much!

Promobricks.de is realeasing better photos of the HP Series 2 minifigs, and I'm definitely won over by all those detailed prints and interesting new molds... A few samples from the first 4 minifigs they reviewed :

After the Heroes of Mitgardia, here is a new GoH custom minifigure serie! This time all the Guilds are featured, seen through the eyes of little Solveig, 8 years-old - the niece of my Mitgardian sigfig Sigrid. So be warned : the depictions of the characters may be biased! Italic text indicates in-character descriptions. Hidden sections contain back views of the minifigs. Custom Collectable Minifigures : Ladies of Historica Avalonia 1 - Forest Kid If I were from Avalonia, I would live in the forest and my best friend would be a Spriggan. 2 - Beastmaster Snorri the Skald says that Avalonian Druids are able to tame all living creatures - even dragons and direwolves! 3 - Mermaid A fisherman once told me that the mermaids from the Mystic Isles lure sailors to shipwreck with their enchanting bagpipes. I have already heard bagpipes and did not find it enchanting - I think the fisherman lied to me. Kaliphlin 4. Fire Dancer I went to the Erikson fair once, and there was a Kaliphlini fire dancer! 5. Efrit We have ice sprites in Mitgardia. Do Kaliphlini have fire sprites? 6. Illusionist Snorri the Skald says that Kaliphlin is more than just a desert, and that there are beautiful temples in the mountains where mages practice a very fine and elegant kind of magic. Mitgardia 7. Shieldmaiden We Mitgardians are the most fearsome warriors of all the Guilds! 8.Shaman We also have some of the most powerful sorceresses. 9. Huntress There are centaurs in the Clan lands. I have never met one, but I'm sure they're awesome! Varlyrio 10. Messenger I don't know Varlyrio very well. Do Centaurs live there too? 11. Swashbuckler Snorri the Skald has never been to Varlyrio, but he has heard that Varlyrian ladies can be fearsome too! 12. Harpy Snorri has also heard that a group of winged warrior women lived in the Varlyrian mountains. It should be so great to be able to fly! Nocturnus 13. Necromancer The men who went to war against Nocturnus said that even the greatest, the fairest of all people could fall into evil. 14. Strix My dad never came back from the war. He was killed by a stone creature called a Strix. 15. Mermaid The men also said that in Nocturnus, merpeople hunt fishermen. And last but (definitely) not least... 16. Queen Ylspeth I have never really seen our Queen, only on silver coins. Auntie Sigrid says she's a very clever lady!

@ridgekitten Welcome to the Guilds!

Very nice choice of colors - those lavender plants on the green jade sands really create a perfect setting for meditation. I also like the broken column. The other side of the minifig's head may have been nice in this setting too. Great first GoH MOC!

Wonderful build! The exterior of the school looks great, and I love how packed with detail the interior is.