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Exactly what I was thinking. I should have included a thought-bubble that says "Insert favorite Quagmire quote here".

It was an average day in Gotham City. Bob, a teller at the Gotham City Bank, had struggled through another uneventful day. He was new in town and had just started his job at the bank this week, but he was already getting bored. He did not understand why nobody else applied for the job even though it's payed well. It was getting close to closing time, so Bob was getting ready to leave. But suddenly, one last customer entered the bank. He wore a purple suit and a purple fedora that covered most of his face. He approached Bob with confident steps. Bob walked toward the stranger and asked: "Hello, how may I help you?" Purple-Suited Stranger: "Good evening, my good man! I'd like to withdraw 1 million dollars!" Bob: "Oh, uh... From which account, Sir?" Stranger: "All of them." Bob: "What is this? Some kinda joke?" Stranger: "Precisely! But I don't see you laughing. Perhaps you will get the joke if you take a look at the flower on my jacket." In that moment, some kind of gas squirted out of the flower into Bob's face, and suddenly he had the strange urge to laugh. He laughed and laughed, and couldn't stop. He fell to the floor and continued to laugh his heart out. The Stranger lifted his fedora to reveal his chalk-white face. It was the Joker! The Joker gazed upon his victim and said: "Now that's what I call service with a smile! I should visit this bank more often! HAHAHAHAHA! Harley, get in here, we have work to do!" Harley Quinn: "Coming, Puddin'!" With Bob lying on the floor laughing, the two were able to rob the bank without interuption. Joker: "How are you doing with that safe, Harley?" Harley: "A-okay, Mr. J! (Puff! Gasp!)" But look what pointy-eared figure is getting ready to crash through the rooflight! That's right, it's Gotham's Dark Knight! Looks like Joker and Harley are in for a bad surprise! An overview of the whole vignette: You can find hi-res versions of these pics, as well as less grainy versions of them on a white background in this brickshelf folder. I hope you enjoyed this little vig. To the Okymobile!

Hehe, nice one again. But you're right, I would totally be sitting inside watching Airbender. The cartoon, that is, not the movie. Better not keep you waiting then! I can't find a quote right now, but Jammie once told me that the lifeguard is one of his favorite Series 2 figs because of her sexiness, so I made vig showcasing Jammie's favorite past time: Pretending to drown at the beach to get the attention of the lifeguard!

Well, considering these were made before the episode aired, they're actually pretty good. I mean, who would have guessed there would be riot control troopers with shields and batons?

*Sigh* Are we ever gonna be safe from your teasings? You're a Bad Santa, KimT!

Hehe, cute. I love Shaun the Sheep (not Shawn), just like pretty much everything Aardam does. I like the technique for the eyes and how it is 3D, but I don't like the orange dotted background very much. It's too vibrant and too distracting. Other than that, nice Job.

Don't you mean Mandalorian guard? Yes, you did, but we have yet to see this fig. So, how about posting a pic?

Don't you mean guard? Really? What's wrong about the police droids, and what's so great about the probe?

Thanks for the info! I hope someone will be so kind to make that PDF available to everyone once it's sent out. I also hope that TLC wont be so hard on those who do like they were about the prelim pics.

Since when is Chuchi a "hugely popular character"? And why would her appearance in particular have anything to do with a "possible Ahsoka love interest"? By the way, new webcomic's up.

Well, I prefer tan over white, but looking that edited pic you posted, I must admit it would have been nice if TLC would have made a new yellowed-white color for this fig. But then again, that probably would have been another reason for the haters to call this fig "unLego". Yes, that would have been nice as that fixed angle of his neck bothers me too. As it is, he looks almost a bit too hunched over, hence him looking a bit short. But that would be difficult to do with the usual Lego clips as those would be too big for that. I don't have that particular cape, but yes, I did try it, and neither does it work nor look good. Even Zurg's cape is too short, and since Grievous' neck is so thin, there's nothing for the cape to hold on to, so it just flops around. The release date is wrong too, so I'm guessing this ad was made very early on in the production of the game and suffers of preliminarity.

Yeah, but this one is all-gold. As for the shield, I too hope it's just prelim. I hope it will be replaced by a gold version with a neat Atlantis print on it in the final version, but I'm not holding my breath.

I wouldn't say he was incompetent. He assassinated Satine's informant successfully and got close to killing her a few times too, and I would never expect one assassin to be a match for a jedi such as Obi. Coruscant is a very crowded place, so I assume sniping from a distance is hard to do, which is probably why he ran to keep her in sight.

I didn't miss it, I left it out because we already saw it in the first Mando episode, and it's just a platform with railings, not really Lego set material. I think I could MOC one with only ten pieces. Oh, and please don't quote an entire review.

No, they're definitely new. Look at them in 2170 and 2172. One end of it is different and allows pieces such as fangs to be attached to it horizontally.

Episode 14: Duchess of Mandalore Can't get enough politics? Well, this third installment in the Mandalore Trilogie is another politics-based episode. However, there is some action, too, to shake things up a bit. Death Watch is preparing for an invasion, and the Republic wants to send their troops to Mandalore for defense, but since this might cause the Mandalorians to join Death Watch, Satine tries to convince the Senate not to do it. Palpy makes it hard by showing evidence that has been messed with and confirms the Senate's worries, and so Satine sets out to find proof that the evidence is wrong. Death Watch sends an assassin to kill her, but he is a bit sloppy at what he does (trying to snipe someone while running? Tsk tsk). Satine gets the proof she was looking for, but gets blamed for one of the Assassin's murders and is chased by Coruscant Police, so she enlists the help of Obi Wan. After another failed assassination attempt, Obi has a fight with the assassin, who ends up getting defeated (apparently it takes two Mandos to knock Obi out) and flies away. The two get the evidence to the Senate who decides to stay out of Mandalore. This was one of the better politics-based episodes. The whole "We're gonna help you by invading your home, whether you like it or not" thing was very reminiscent of the recent Iraq War, giving the episode an interesting theme. The action and the Coruscant scenery were nice too, but nothing special. Dooku says at the end that they will conquer Mandalore some other way, so even though this is the last part of the trilogie, this story arc isn't over and there are still open questions, like what's up with that huge army of Jango Fetts Death Watch soldiers who didn't do anything except run around? Kind of an unsatisfying end. Still, not a bad episode. I'd give it a 7/10. The only really interesting ship in this episode is this Mandalorian Death Watch Shuttle. It's similar to the regular Mandalorian Shuttle, but it's pointier, sleeker, and overall cooler. Pre Vizsla owns one called the Gauntlet, so that would be a neat way to get him. On Coruscant, Satine gets chased by Police droids, including a new, rather annoying Police probe, as well as Clone Riot Troopers. These are clones with batons and Plexiglas shields who look pretty cool in my opinion. I wouldn't mind seeing these in a set together with the robot bobbies, like a Coruscant Guard Battle Pack. We also see a Mandalorian Guard, a scout with the same kind of armor as the guards who escorted Pre Vizsla during his first appearance in "The Mandalore Plot". Lego Ships appearing: AAT, Separatist Shuttle, Cad Bane's Speeder (sort of). Lego Wishlist: The Gauntlet, Clone Riot Troopers, Mandalorian guard. Next: Inspector Spongebob is on the case!

CLICK HERE to see an hi-res preliminary pic of the upcoming boardgames (thanks to Lockon Stratos for posting)! A few comments: 3852 Sunblock - Nothing special here aside from a golden crab and whatever that under the center umbrella is (round 2x2 jumper plate?). 3853 Go Bananas - I count 12 bananas and a monkey! 3854 Frog Rush - Yellow, red, green, and brown frogs, four each, and blue and gray 2x2 jumper plates. Sweet. The brick-built stork is pretty neat too. 3855 Ramses Return - Seems like a travel version of Ramses Pyramid. No new parts as far as I can tell. 3856 Ninjago-Temple - Micro ninjas and skelletons, plus gold knives and a green baseplate. Awesome, but not really worth the price for me. Edit: Too late, the pic is gone.

Sweet! Thanks, Lockon Stratos. I was wondering what the Turbo Shredder would be like, and it turns out it's pretty neat, maybe even the best out of these sets. Also, it looks like you will know exactly what you get in the minifig/top packs, which is great. The nunchuck handle piece seems to be indeed a new piece, a lightsaber hilt with sideways studs at one end, which could be very useful. Perhaps this theme isn't so bad after all.

Whoops! Forgot to delete that part. Could a mod please do that for me? Well, this one is less clicky and more slidy, but still stays shut while swooshing.

Sorry, I misread the deadline and didn't see your warnings since I was busy building my entry. It would be nice if you could end your future contests based on GMT, not GMT+8. It's very irritating that your contests end so early. No offense.

Set Number: 8095 Name: General Grievous' Starfighter Theme: Star Wars Subtheme: The Clone Wars Year of Release: 2010 Pieces: 454 Minifigs: 3 Price: $49.99 USD S@H description: Bricklink Brickset Brickshelf The Box The box has the blue Captain Rex design of the 2010 wave with the minifigures listed in the lower right corner of the front and the top. In the background is a planet that appears to be Vassek, the system in which Grievous' Lair is located. The back features some ads for the three largest sets of the wave, a demonstration of the functionality of the starfighter's fin, a picture of the included "command chair", and a scene of Grievous battling Nahdar next to his starfighter. It's a little strange that the setting of this scene seems to be Utapau since this set is based on the Clone Wars which hasn't even featured that planet yet, but it's by far not as strange as other box art backgrounds, such as the jungle for the AT-AP and CTT or the desert for the Rebel/Stormie Battle Packs. Contents Inside, you will find an instruction booklet, four numbered bags, and a small sticker sheet. The instructions are very gray-scale, so they're a little tough to read. Here is a random instruction page. The last two pages of the booklet are comprised of a teaser for the upcoming Lego Clone Wars videogame (which, for some reason, features clones with the horrible old blasters) and an ad for the other Clone Wars sets of the current wave (which shows Grievous fighting Anakin, which is contradictory with canon since the two can't meet until Episode III, but I suppose that's something TLC cares little about). Inside the first bag, along with some parts, there is a bag with smaller parts and Grievous' separately bagged body parts. Which brings us to... The Minifigs Let's start with A4-D, Grievous' doctor. TLG didn't do a very good job on him. He isn't very accurate, especially since he's taller than the Grievous fig, and the use of a stickered brick for the head is just cheap. The gadgets on his back are kinda nice though since they are very poseable. Here's a reference pic: Here is Grievous out of his bag. As you can see, his arms are only printed on one side, which makes sense since he only has plating on one side of his arms. A4-D: "What a mess! It's going to take me forever to get you back into decent shape!" After assembly, he looks pretty good. Very detailed and accurate! His eyes are a bit cartoony and not as grim-looking as they should be, but otherwise he's great! Nahdar Vebb is neat too, although nothing special since we already have Mon Calamari. Grievous has a nice hunched-over stature. Nahdar has back printing, which is nice to see. This is what Nahdar looks like in the show. Grievous comes with his second set of arms which can be attached to his upper arms. It looks kinda strange how one set of arms seems longer than the other, but at least it makes them very poseable. He also comes with his blaster, so you can recreate the scene from "Lair of Grievous" where he kills Nahdar. Fried Calamari anyone? The Surgery Chair The rest of the parts from Bag 1 are used to build the chair on which A4-D repairs Grievous. It's a very quick build, but the end result is very nice looking. It comes with a weapons rack that can hold all four of Grievous' lightsabers as well as his blaster. The chair is built on a turntable, so it can swivel, and you can straighten it out to become a surgery table, just like in the episode. Lots of playability already right here! This could have been a nice "Darth Vader Transformation"-style impulse set. Oh well. The left over parts from the first bag are a bunch droid arms, a stud, and a T-piece. If you want, you can use these as spare parts for Grievous. The Soulless One With the parts from the second bag, you build the main body of the ship. The notable pieces here are the printed windscreen (yes, printed!) and the random white 2x4 brick which will be hidden inside the nose of the ship. Here are some in-build shots. First you build a nice tan and brown striped base. It's kind of a pity that most of this will be covered up later. Then you extend it to the back to create the base for the cockpit and add a bunch of wedge-plates. We go on to add more smooth elements. The cockpit is starting to take shape. Lastly, you cover it all up and, voila, about half of the ship is done. Bag 3 contains all the parts for the engines. Some pieces of interest here are the dark bley (and tan) curved slopes and vulture droid wing pieces which are very rare in that color, as well as some trans-orange bits in the smaller bag. Also, there are two more random white bricks, but don't worry, just like the first one, they will not be visible in the end result. Here is the right engine, about halfway through the build. One engine completed. Now you repeat the same build to make the other engine, just mirrored. After the engines are done, they are attached to the body of the ship via Technic pins. Looks pretty good already. The fourth bag contains pieces for giving it the finishing touches, such as the fin, laser cannons, main thrusters, and missiles. At last, the starfighter is complete! Count Dooku will be pleased. Impressive. Most impressive. It looks as good from the back as it does from the front. Here is a reference pic of the starfighter from the show: Pretty accurate if you ask me. Here are some straight-on shots. There's some nice detailing on the side of the engines. As you can see, there are lots of thrusters on this ship, allowing for a quick cowardly getaway. It has a nice and sleek shape when looking from above. On the bottom, it has a weird torpedo thingy that was never shown in the show, or otherwise. It's just something TLG added for playability. I would have preferred a smooth belly for the starfighter, but oh well. A close-up of the cockpit. I like how they did the control-handlebars. The best thing about them is that they are mounted on one of those rubbery Technic pieces so that they hold the windscreen shut when closed. The stickers add little holo-tables to the cockpit so that Grievous can talk to (and hang up on) Dooku. Here's the Droid General at the controls, ready to take off and leave another super-expensive Separatist station to get blown up by the Jedi (Perhaps you can already tell, I'm not a huge fan of The Clone Wars' depiction of Grievous ). For flight, the back fin swings up, and the windscreen slides back into the closed position. I like how they used the flag pieces to make it look like the fin is receding into the back of the cockpit, just like it should. This is a huge improvement over the old Soulless One which had the entire nose sliding, and could only have the fin fold down, which looked pretty stupid. The laser cannons at the front can be aimed up. This is also an improvement as the cannons on the old one had an entire part of the wing tilting back. However, the trans-orange cones make them look a bit cheap, unlike the lightsaber hilts from the old one. On each engine, there's also a hidden flick-fire missile launcher. I don't mind these since they are hidden pretty well, and they add some more playability to the set. They can't be flipped down all the way when the ship is standing on the ground, which is why I had to prop it up (poor Nahdar ). Spare Parts These are all the parts that are left over. Quite a few, but nothing overly exciting. Comparison with 7656 Now, the question you're probably asking is: Is it really better than the old General Grievous' Starfighter? Well, here they are, side by side. The new one is only slightly larger than the old one, which is surprising considering the box is about twice the size of that of 7656. The old one definitely looks much sleeker than the new one, but the new one is more detailed and accurate, especially regarding the engines. The old one doesn't have any indication of thrusters on the engines, and the back of the cockpit is rather blocky whereas that of the new one has a nice flow to it thanks to the flag pieces and lower thrusters. As I mentioned earlier, the fin retraction is much better on the new one as you can see in this picture: The old Grievous pales in comparison to the new one - literally. He's all-white, is standing up completely straight, and has a super-thick neck and those awkward bars on his hips. The only thing that's better about him is the way his second arms are attached and the fact that he can wear a cape, but on the other hand, he's much less poseable than the new one. When holding all four lightsabers, the new Grievous can point them in virtually any direction, while the old one can only point them up. How lame. Not to mention that the old one had the boring bley hilts. Now compare them with this reference image and tell me which one is best. Ratings Design: 5/5 - It's very nice and accurate, a nearly perfect rendition of the Droid General's Starfighter! It's a little edgier than the old one, but that's due to the Clone Wars style that it is based on. Build: 4/5 - It's an enjoyable build, although the construction was a little unstable at some points, and there is some repetition. Minifigs: 4/5 - Grievous and Nahdar are excellent, and even though the Doctor is easily one of the worst Star Wars minifigs ever, I'm still glad they included him. It would have been nice if Kit Fisto and/or some clones would have been included, but not necessary, I suppose. Playability: 5/5 - It's very swooshable, even if a bit heavy! The sliding cockpit, the retracting fin, the laser cannons, everything works very well and just like it should, and they even managed to incorporate some missiles in there without distracting from the design. Together with the surgery chair and weapons rack, there are several play hours guaranteed! Parts: 4.5/5 - Aside from the printed new cockpit piece and some slopes in dark bley, nothing really special. Price: 4/5 - 454 pieces for $50 is pretty good by today's standards, even if it comes with only three figs. Overall: 5/5 - A very accurate model of the Soulless One from the Clone Wars TV show, along with a small part of Grievous' Lair and two great minifigs, all for a reasonable price. I'd say this is one of the best Star Wars sets of the year and I can recommend it, especially to those who don't have a Grievous fig yet. All images can be found in this brickshelf folder. Parting shot For those of you who were thinking about not applying the stickers, you might want to think twice.

Darn. I couldn't get my entry done in time. Oh well, I guess I'll post it as a regular MOC in the town forum. Good luck everyone.

Indeed. Thanks. I thought somebody needed to do it, so I did. Be my guest. I'm too lazy right now.

The magnet set with Anakin, Ahsoka, and Senate Commando has been spotted in Singapore, along with Anakin, Senate Commando, and Clone Pilot keychains.

Exactly. In the commercial, they make it sound like it's the Greedo (ANH), but I think they just do that to create hype. Yes. I created the page about the Special Ops Troopers (aka. Leia/Bose Troopers).