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Wow these look amazing so far, lots of fantastic detail, can't wait to see more.

That was an interesting thing you did with this mystery, you should probably do another one. Though next time post the answer in the same thread no need to start a new topic.

Are one of these changes reducing the amount of text shown when searching for all posts by a member?

Oops sorry

Click here to read about it. I think it would be a good idea, the other games always sold so well.

Sinner is probably right on this because there is two main links that come a with a Google search, if you click the second one it will take you to the nonfunctioning site.

They do have a TRONiness about them, which is perfect what with the second being produced soon.

Hollisbrick makes a good point about members having priority but some forum software does not have the option for differentiating between guests and members and who gets what. Of course that could be what Sinner is referring to when he says they are working on something.

I was going to head to Wal-mart first for black friday but when I got there people were so aggressive and pushy I went to Office Depot instead. I went back to Wal-mart a few hours later and picked up three King's Castle Siege.

Great review WhiteFang. I love these small sets where so much is accomplished with just a few pieces. This set reminds me a good deal of the 6512 Landscape Loader. If you click on the link you'll see that I had in Oct 07 written a review on that set praising the great use of a few pieces similar to what you did here. I apparently also used the review as my own personal soapbox complaining about the designs of recent sets at that time.

Very good article, thorough and informative.

Is that an actual term? I always thought it was whiner not whinger.

What's a whinger?

Did you say free? I love free!! Count me in!

Good choice of a dead thread to revive. When I replied on this a year ago, my profile was not near correct, it's a little better now. Here's mine It should have a option for showing how many of each set you have.

Interesting I didn't know Lego did stuff like that.

Even though there is only three sets that we know of so far there could two waves of sets, these sets could be the first wave and there could be more that we don't know about that'll be the second wave.

How many different colors are there in the 2009 line total?

I have a storage unit I keep all my boxes in, I still have to put the smaller boxes in the larger ones though.

This is true, I would compare this set to 7009 The Final Joust and that set is $8. As far as the set goes its very attractive and has some great things about it, like the figures. Also I love the new parrot, it'll go with the others because one-tone and multi-tone parrots do exist.

Exactly right if some one willing to pay that much then all the more power to them. Question is though, is the seller the builder? Side note, did you see the McDonalds with the LEGO Batman poster? Ingenious!!

While I think the whole situation is regrettable I don't think that that MB having more of a presence is going to make that much of a difference. The only slip in quality we've seen over the past fews years is when they switched the color palette, there was that initial dip in quality but since I don't think we've seen things get worse. Of course there is the risk of the new color having a bad batch every now and again, but TLG has kept their customer service top notch and has not let up on that a bit, any problems you have with a sets is always solved quickly no questions asked. What LEGO needs to keep in mind through all this is that their strongest point is not the quality of the brick (which is still very important I don't want to take away from that), but the quality and variety of their sets. LEGO is lucky in this because they have an ironclad hold on this part of the market at the moment with their extensive history and the feeling of nostalgia that parents get when they buy their kids something that they played with as a kid (they probably bring in more AFOLs like that as well). What other company do you know that has stayed as true to their roots as TLG has? Matchbox is maybe the only one and I've seen some changes in them lately as well (Hot Wheels is completely gone). I'll be the first to admit that they strayed a few years back, but they payed the price for it and learned a valuable lesson because of it. Now the sets they are releasing are reminiscent of the old glory days and they are reaping the dividends. When I read the company report for the first half of this year I remember how they emphasizing how they performed beyond their wildest expectations. They know since they raised the quality of construction they are back in business and clearly on top. This is the key to their future and the future does look promising. The sets that have been seen so far have amazed everyone. City, the one Castle set so far, and especially Pirates all have that classic feel while at the same time they expand upon the theme, and bring new elements of the canon to light. If LEGO keeps doing what their currently doing, keeps plastic quality at the level it is now and keeps raising the quality of the themes and sets, they have a very bright future indeed. If anything the added competition will motivate them to keep raising quality just to distinguish themselves from the pack more than they already are. See this is what happens when you write a seven page research paper, you grow longwinded about subjects and can't stop.

I'm pretty happy myself. though not for your reason, I'm just happy.

What am I noticing?

This does have a classic feel. I love the simple construction and colors.