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Nothing in Colorado today. I did find 1 Magenta Bear Head but nothing else.

As far as I know the green one is official but I don't own it. Purple & Gray are not. If it isn't part of a set or CMF without alteration of any kind I wouldn't consider it to be official. If the parts are all available individually then put together by someone I can accept that as semi-official. But changing out arms, hands, legs and removing printed details becomes unofficial customization as far as I'm concerned and destruction/degradation of authentic parts.

I think I have all of them except green, gray & purple. I don't consider the purple one to be official since it requires altering existing parts to create. Also they indicate that the gray one isn't official either requiring a part from another older non-spaceman CMF.

My credit card has been charged for the Reddish Brown Horses I ordered with a bunch of other parts at the beginning of April and their order status is "in process" so they should ship any day now. Still waiting on the two dementor legs/bases. The rest of the order has arrived in the US and is moving through USPS currently so I should have it next week.

Well I'm trying to stay positive & hopeful that eventually we will be able to order some of the more desirable stuff again. I have an incoming order that was placed right after the changeover but the one part I wanted the most from the order is still waiting to be restocked so not part of the shipment.

Good sign! Hopefully once they get it up & running again they will start adding some new stuff.

They are all nice sets but I voted for the Viking Village which I originally supported. The comments on Ideas seem somewhat split between the Mini-Golf Set & the Viking Village.

Based on the snooze feet that was Lego Con 2021 I fully expect a reveal of the sets actually being released the next day. I'll probably end up watching it eventually at a later time because I already have several more important things scheduled that day as I will be on vacation. One of them being a visit to the Disney Springs Lego Store.

I would say both. When I was at the Lego store @ Disneyland a couple of months ago there was a family there that was swapping hands on a bunch of the torsos. It seems like that goes on a lot there because there were many handless torsos & lots of loose hands in the bottoms of the bins so I guess people can't be bothered to at least put the hands they pull out that they don't want into the figures they are leaving behind that they wanted the hands from.

New Elementary usually posts a list of new parts each month. They don't differentiate between which are licensed or not so you have to search each part to see if it can actually be purchased. They also don't always have a picture of some parts but they do for most of them.

On my latest order they did credit VIP points because my balance did go up. I didn’t check the calculation but I expect it was just for the parts that they've shipped.

My order from April 7 finally shipped minus two parts that are still showing "Waiting For New Stock". One of those still missing is the Reddish Brown Horse and the other is the legs/base for the HP Dementors. I'm expecting to eventually get notified they are cancelling those parts from my order but for now they still are on order.

I got the last two I needed in Barnes & Noble earlier today. Glad the hunt is over but I do want to find an extra Animal eventually.

I still need Miss Piggy & Animal and another Statler. They are just starting to show up in Walmarts around here so I managed to snag 4 of the 6 I was still missing along with a couple of extras I wanted doubles of. Missed out on the first supply at Kohl's & only found a lone one in a Target a couple of weeks ago. I did purchase 3 of the six pack boxes from Target online but unfortunately got the same 6 figures in each box. Hence my quest for the last two. Should be able to find the ones I need soon. Planning to check in another Walmart later today.

That disclaimer has been up ever since they halted the new orders of Standard parts. The questions still remain of exactly when in May orders might resume and will there be any new parts added or will it just be what was available before they halted ability to order. They have over the last couple of days added several hundred more parts to the Best Sellers portion here in the U.S.

I found the Dino polybag in Target about a week ago. They have it available on Target.com. Still haven't found the Spider-Man one.

Picture of new Mickey & Minnie has leaked in the usual place.

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3068bpb1891&name=Tile 2 x 2 with Groove with Bright Light Orange and Red Tiger Head and '2022' Pattern (BAM)&category=[Tile, Decorated]#T=C https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=973pb4620c01&name=Torso Dress Dark Pink Flowers, Gold Branches Pattern (BAM) / Red Arms / Yellow Hands&category=[Minifigure, Torso Assembly, Decor.]#T=C&C=5 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=36036pb32&name=Lower Body, Skirt with Bright Pink Flowers, Gold Branches Pattern (BAM)&category=[Minifigure, Legs, Modified, Decorated]#T=C These are the main parts. The hair was available through the old BnP. Not sure about the head because I couldn't find a picture that matches under the BAM parts.

I really hope I can get some of these new BAM parts at the Disney Springs Lego store when I go to DisneyWorld in June. I don't know if I'll have a chance to visit my not really local Lego store before then. Last time I visited my nearest store they didn't have much new parts and I still need the Spring/Easter wave with the Yellow Chick, Butterfly Girl & Magenta Bear.

I'd most likely pass on a giant train model. Hedwig with the books & potions was a nice looking display piece. But an oversized train isn't something I'd be likely to display. On the other hand a minifig scaled, motorized train with track and at least one station I would find much more useful and therefor be much more likely to buy. My wallet will be very happy if it does end up being a big oversized display piece.

I checked a Target after my Costco run today and there were absolutely no minifigs other than the Super Mario ones in the Lego aisle. Just a bunch of empty pegs by the registers. Hoping they show up soon.

The problem with the 6 packs is when you buy multiples you risk getting the same 6 figures in each 6 pack which happened to me with the Marvel ones. Fortunately I only bought 2 six packs so I picked up the other figures I wanted individually. I may risk a few of the Muppet ones since I'd like duplicates of more than half the figures to use the body parts for custom figs.

I actually found one bag by the registers in my local Target a few days ago after the supposed blanket ban on the selling of any minifigs until May 1st. Note that I have never even found a Series 22 CMF in any of the 3 Targets nearest to me. I decided to try my luck at the self checkout. It showed up on the checkout screen as a Series 22 CMF and allowed the purchase to go through. I got Waldorf.

I have a Target card. That is of no help if you are trying to match up a product with a receipt for a return since their codes don't match anything on the receipt. And when they lower prices one needs the paper receipt to prove the actual date you paid more $$ for an item because their underpaid help isn't going to bother searching far enough back in the computer records.

I had a look but since I'm in the US I can't order any. Looks like mostly basic parts so far but I did see a few accessories I haven't gotten yet like the cat & dog. Hopefully it will become available to us soon.