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Wonderful work on the facial expression (It looks like the eyes were made for this)! And on the entire build of the captain too! My one little nitpick is thatthe knees look toobig. Is it necessary for the posing?

Wow, what a development. I thought that an increase by 16 pages since I was last here meant pics were available. Im among those that are more or less glad that Nekchirs rumors arent legit. tran-yellow armor and helmets? No thanks. Was the fortress on legs and wheels also part of his rumors or is this from another source? Not sure what to think about that logo. Could simply be polished metal, as in weapons and armor, not necessarily anything too futuristic. Although the "font" doesnt give me much hope...

Really cool MOC! Its amazing how youve managed to capture the intricacy of the cathedral in such a small scale. I remember how impressed I was by the cathedral (and not just the spire, but the main body) towering over the old town when I visited... I imagine it was even more impressive before the era of skyscrapers.

I am in the "keep it simple" camp, to make it as easy as possible for newcomers to jump on the bandwagon. Maybe, if members would want more, they could vote on it somewhere down the line, but it should start simple. But having said that, I dont see myself joining anytime in the foreseeable future, so my vote should be weighted as such.

I went and reread Explorers on the Moon after i saw this . Great job in capturing the curves and the details!

Great work on the construction techniques that convey the sense of being overwhelmed! Im sure a lot of us can relate...

Well, I wanted to wait until weve seen them all, but what the heck. Not thrilled about the theme of this series; I see this as a weak addition and am looking forward to a non-themed series asap. With that said, here goes: - Cat girl: one of the better executed figs, but not useful to me. Like many others, my first thought was 1960s Catwoman (never heard of the other comics character she was compared to). - Skeleton boy: same as above (apart from the catwoman thing) - Plant guy: Interesting concept and execution. A gaping plant-mouth on the other side of the head would sell it, but that looks unlikely. I might have preferred to see the genie tail piece representing a stalk, but I guess this is meant to be a guy in costume. - Witch: Bit too „fabulous“ for me. I like my witches darker. But I hope we see more of that hat+hair mold. - Frankenrock monster (bilingual puns ftw): Pure meh. Probably the weakest of them. - Zombie pirate captain: One of the top 3 so far (probably the best). I would have preferred brown splotches on his suit, but thats not too serious. Not sure about the hat, though, will probably change it. - Zombie cheerleader: Nice diversity for a zombie army. We could use a non-happy female zombie face, though. I also though of Harley Quinn when I saw that hairpiece. - Zombie businessman: Nice. Not much to say about it. - Spider lady: One of the top 3 so far. Will probably change the hair. - Mad scientist: Not a fan of the headpiece, but the rest of the fig looks good. Still waiting for that red (or dark red) flask... - Werewolf: Nice in-joke with the lumberack (and i prefer my wolves gray rather than brown), but otherwise probably second worst after (or is it before?) the FrankenRocker. - Gargoyle: One of the top 3 so far. Not completely thrilled, but decent. Like others, I wouldhave preferred folded wings andlong legs, but the legs at least are easily fixed. - Bigfoot: Actually pretty good. I dont really mind the lack of printing – it does have foot printing after all. Though of course I wouldnt say no to yeti-level printing. - Spectre?: Too messy for me. Less than the sum of its parts, which are nice on their own. Face reminds me of Casper the Friendly Ghost, not really in a good way. But GitD is cool, I guess. I agree with others that a ghost tail piece (or even this ectoplasm piece) in white would have been better. Looking forward to the fly guy and the banshee. I share the opinion here that the Grim Reaper was a hiccup in translation.

Some good ideas here. I like the idea of a hospital theme made out of separate wards, or a TV/news theme made out of separate stages of the process. A zoo theme would be Great too, though Im afraid themes like this would go to Friends. But it would be a good way to make the most out of their rarely-used animal molds (like the camel or ostrich from PoP), and reuse some animals from the Friends universe, minus the Disney eyes and eyelashes. A school theme I dunno, seems like kids have enough of school already. Its true that Friends got a hgh school, but it seems to me that girls would play differently with a school than boys, the main target group of City. I heard that girls play is more grounded, with them acting out real life relationships that can be placed in a school setting. Boys play is more out there, with the school more likely used as something to be destroyed by some supervillain. But sure, I myself wouldnt say no to a school subtheme.

Pretty disappointing so far, but the cleaning sets (and maybe the rescue sets) might be a breath of fresh air. And, of course, thanks, legomilk.

Well, it was really hard to choose the best one - as I moved on to each MOC, I kept thinking this one is the best ! But in all, I like the gym the most. Not sure why, it goes completely against my real-world interests (maybe because I feel guilty?) - all the more kudos to you. But what are the maracas supposed to be? BTW, second place goes to the home Office. My favorite feature, though, are the blinds in the living room - they give the room a rather impersonal, office-like look, which Im not sure you were going for, but it strikes me how it changes the feel of the room for me.

I too am put off by vehicles crowding out buildings. Even when I was a kid, I wasnt really a car fan and I preferred buildings, where much more stories and stuff could happen. I guess that TLGs market research says that kids like I was are in the minority. But I do agree with Iaka above that it seems to be getting better. Lets hope the trend continues.

Wow, what a stunning set! Im much more of a show fan than a set fan, so not buying it, but still. Great details. My favorite is the usage of the garage doors as the curved roof. It acutally feels too extravagant minifig-wise ,with all the ninjas, plus Wu, Misako and the mailman, PLUS three more (counting the statue). One little nitpick is that we get the elvish weapons, but STILL in gold rather than some other color, but I guess the gold color was the reason they were used in the first place.

I would say shes simply a spider-themed monster, not a vampire. Vampires arent the only creatures with chalk-pale faces or fangs.

The designers could make the Mosasaurus brick-built, or with molded jaws and a brick-built upper body. Just big enough that a LEGO shark would fit in its jaws. After all, they did a OK job with Smaug, so they could manage a Mosasaurus. Edit: Have only seen the trailers, so dont know if that would be enough for recreating the story.

So the skeleton has legs printed on the side rather than on the front. Shame, I was hoping the previously leaked fig was incompletely printed. Oh, well. At least the head looks good.

I wouldnt really want any change that would be outwardly visible. One that would fit this criterion and that I would like to see is poseable short legs, that would attach to hips like regular legs. Another of the discussed changes i would like are shorter dresses with pigs like legs, so they would attach more securely to the torso. Another idea I kind of like is to make differently-posed arms, like the vampire/bat creature, but without the wings hanging from the arms. Though that would probably require that the arms seprate from the torso more easily and without the risk of cracking the torso or loosening the connection. I understand that switching arms is an "illegal" technique. But i would probably be fine with such a change. What i expresly would NOT want to see is a switch so some type of Woody-style long legs. Those things look like stilts. Some ideas floated here are interesting, like slightly shaving off the shoulders and lower neck so figs can slightly move their arms to the sides and nod/tilt their head. But I would have to see it to know whether it works of if its gone too far. Another interesting idea is to attach the legs to the waist by just one peg, though the connection would have to be strenghtened.

I assume TLG already considered all these ideas and rejected them as being less worthwhile than the current arrangement. Besides, I cant see people buying the separators ontheir own - kids will spend their money on an actual set, or will request an actual set if offered a small treat by parents/guardians/whatever, and adults mostly wouldnt even know what a separator even is or why spend money on it. And I figure that kids being kids, they wouldnt have the forethought and appreciation for things like brick separators, unless explicitly having one around at just the moment they need one. Meaning, the way it is now is probably the best alternative.

Why do people think the CMF goblin is cartoonish? I dont see him being much different from the Moria goblin - they both have sharp teeth and pale, as if pupil-les eyes, so are both scary enough. Do a few extra teeth and wrinkles make the Moria goblin that much scarier?

The designers probably didnt get to see the movie, so you cant really hold inaccuracy against them. As for making up some vehicles and what not, well, TLG knows what the audience wants - dinos and cars.

Well, I must say, the line-up doesnt blow me away, now that we know all the slots. A normal series cant come soon enough. Thanks to all those that brought us information these past few days.

Yeah, i just came on to say that a synonym for "to cradle" is "to rock" (rocking cradle anyone?), so Horror/Terror/Monster Rocker it is. Problem solved, for better or worse.

I too am worried that ninjago is running out of villains. I could see aliens (dont understand the opposotion toward them here) as something that hasnt been done before, as well as an undersea threat. And an Agents /UA style supervillain and his/her henchmen. Or even animal-demons (excluding snakes...) - basically Ninjago vs Chima! Dont really see Dragon-men happening, though - seems too close to the Serpentine. Im a bit worried about the movie - Im not a fan of reboots (looking at you, Star Trek ) - I much prefer long-term epic-style stories with a long continuity, where each new addition adds to what came before, rather than changes it. I guess this is a bg part of why I never was much of a superhero fan - every piece of media is a reimagining instead of an addition or a "deepening" of a story/universe. I wouldnt appreciate this happening to Ninjago.

Slovak AFOL to the rescue! (Next best thing to a Czech) Muchopříšera is indeed a fly monster, and příšerostlina is the plant guy (literally "monsterplant" - thus maybe not meant to be a guy in costume, but really a carnivorous plant eating a guy?). Velkonoh literally means bigfoot. But thats not the czech term for Bigfoot/Yeti/Sasquatch, just a literal translation. Im not aware that it actually refers to anything. The thing is the untranslated terms are untranslated because they arent actual words in Czech, just components struck together into one Word (like "flymonster" or "plantmonster"). Hrůzokolébač: no idea what this could be. "kolébat" means "to cradle" (kolébač would then mean someone or something that cradles), and hrůza indeed means terror or horror. How does this fit together?

Do we have a pic of the interior of the Mystery Machine? It seems like there is somthing orange taking up space there. If the interior contents were removed, the van could fit all five members (it should be empty according to most incarnations of the show anyway).

What worries me the most is the suggestion that the new castle theme will be the new Action theme