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  6. Thank you so much for all of your comments and thoughts. It's very important that you guys find this review nice and useful. More importantly, it even attracts non-Ninjago fans as well. I believed this set has outdone itself and the best thing about this set is all about the built. And, it is indeed a stupid mistake of mine. Thanks for pointing that out. It happened when I had to divide the whole building into 3 separate weekends on a continual basis. By the way, thank you for your lots of insightful thoughts on this set. It's very interesting to your hear your in depth views. The additional hairpieces for the ninja will be nice. I am not aware that the 70738 included hairpiece. I will love to get that set soon, especially when I miss the earlier variant. Excellent reference on the trading cards! Great to have you point those out. Indeed it is, LT. Thank you so much, Alex! That's something, especially coming from a non-Ninjago fan like yourself. It's incredible to see you take a liking towards this D2C set and even the new Destiny Bounty. Yes, I do. Same sentiments, but I suspect lots of it went to the new parts/design and minifigures. Thus, the lack of printed parts.
  7. Dear Eurobricks Community, I am very pleased to present to share with all of you on my latest completed reviewing project of the 70751 Temple of Airjitzu. Please feel free to leave your thoughts! WhiteFang
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  9. Hello everyone, Among the many LEGO pictorial reviews which I have done for year 2015, most of them are from the LEGO Ninjago theme. Today, I am glad to share my review of the most epic majestic LEGO Ninjago set ever released since year 2011. This is the grand opportunity for me to be able to review this set and it is only made possible through the support of TLG and Eurobricks. Actually this review should be completed earlier but it was faced with unexpected delay. I did not want to rush into doing so, and compromise the quality especially when this is a mammoth looking building set. So it is not possible for me to finish it within such a short notice. I hope this review will not be a disappointment for the long wait. Upon hearing the news release, I was looking forward to build and review this set. It feels great to embark on this project and thrills me as a reviewer to do this. Nonetheless, I hope I can provide and share good insightful views of this 70751 Temple of Airjitzu which I deemed as the must-have ultimate building set of the LEGO Ninjago Theme. Name: 70751 Temple of Airjitzu Theme: LEGO System / Ninjago Year: 2015 Pieces: 2028 Minifigs: 13 minifigures Price: USD $199.99, GBP 169.99, EURO 199.99, SGD $399.90 Resources: Brickset, BrickLink An original box image of the 70751 Temple of Airjitzu Back view of the original box image of the 70751 Temple of Airjitzu The full LEGO Ninjago Characters The true majestic crown defining jewel in the LEGO Ninjago World Many who are familiar with me would know that I am a huge fan of classic Ninja and Samurai and I am going to seize this opportunity to make this set even closer to my heart. LEGO Ninjago is an action based theme happening in a fictitious Ninjago City where there is good versus evil. By now, you would have realised that this home grown original design concept by TLG is very receptive among children and Ninjago has gone even stronger right after the Ghost Army sequel. Well, there is little or few opportunity to be able to see such an impressive set. The last LEGO Ninjago set which blow my mind, was the 70728 Battle for Ninjago City. I love the set very much even though I have not watched the recent cartoon series and I really can't relate how accurate it can be, but it is definitely going to be a very fun and intense building process. The 70751 Temple of Airjitzu can be classified as either a D2C (Direct 2 Consumer) or UCS (Ultimate Collector Series) equivalent. It also means this set is designed for builders above 14 years old. The building process and techniques involved are much complex than regular LEGO system sets. This will also mean more sophisticated detail on the building structure as well. I have previously mentioned that the 70728 Battle for Ninjago City is one of the biggest LEGO playset in the Ninjago theme among their releases so far. Well, the 70751 Temple of Airjitzu broke the record and took the honour. It contains 2028 pieces, a significant increase of 802 pieces from the 70728 Battle for Ninjago City. This is the most incredible legendary set ever, encompassing brand new outstanding assortment of minifigures and oriental design features within the Temple of Arijitzu. Endless and timeless fun playing for me, accompanied with excellent surrounding oriental design buildings. This is the equivalent of the 10193 Medieval Market Village. However, the price for the 70751 Temple of Airjitzu is double of the price of 10193 Medieval Market Village based on US retail price. The price increase could be due to difference of 427 pieces count and an additional five minifigures between the both sets. I will elaborate further in this review and you decide whether the hefty price tag is worth the purchase. The content of the sealed box The sealed box comes with 14 mint packs and among them, 13 mint packs is numbered and grouped from one to thirteen, a light-tan baseplate a disappointing yet expected sticker sheet and a thick instruction manual in perfect bind to guide the user to build up the set. The instruction manuals are packaged in a sealed plastic together with the sticker sheet. Do note that there is no paper cardboard at the back to support the manuals. Thankfully, the manuals are straighten without any visible bending when I opened the box. The thick instruction manual are made up of high quality printing material. The manual contains not just the instructions but also include informative on the background concept of the design, the set designers' interview and the detailed description of the LEGO Ninjago characters. If you wish to find out more on the set designers' interview, you may also see the as well. Trust me, the video is worth to watch. After the set has been built, these are the remaining generous spare parts which is spread across the packs. You can view the spare parts for packet 1 including an orange brick separator, packet 2, packet 3, packet 4, packet 5, packet 6, packet 7, packet 8, packet 10, packet 11, packet 12 and packet 13. As you may have noticed, there are plentiful of useful spare parts like the additional katanas which are great for equipping your minifigures. The 13 awesome LEGO special minifigures in the World of Ninjago In the next few sections, I will be focusing more on the minifigures aspect. In this 70751 Temple of Airjitzu, you will get a massive total of thirteen minifigures. This set now holds the record of the largest amount of minifigures being made available to any single LEGO Ninjago set till this date. I am surprised to find that this building set does not contain any antagonist despite of the large minifigures count. This is also the only set where you are able to obtain all six Ninjas at one instance, including Nya who has transformed from a samurai to a ninja. The other six minifigures include Sensei Wu and other minor characters which have appeared in the Ninjago cartoon and making its appearance for the first time. The last minifigure to mention is actually the grey statue of Sensei Yang and this will add all up to thirteen minifigures. Most importantly, I believe some of these minifigures come with brand new design outfits even though these are repeated characters. To note, these minifigures are spread across different allocated packs. Front view of Lloyd, Kai, Zane, Cole, Jay and Nya This is the only set ever to be able to get all six Ninja at one go including Nya as the new Water Ninja. In the photo above (from left to right), the featured minifigures are Lloyd, Kai, Zane, Cole, Jay and Nya. Although these six minifigures have appeared in other 2015 LEGO Ninjago sets, but you may choose not to buy them if you just wish to acquire the main characters accompanied with an UCS set. Then, this costly purchase will be your best bet. These ninja characters are wearing their new black outfit which coincide with the latest Ninjago cartoon series featuring the Ghost Army. The minifigures' design are extremely detailed. The torso designs are able to outline and distinguish the different elements accordingly. Upon removing their ninja hoods, you can view the serious no-nonsense facial appearance, with the exception of Nya. These minifigures come with detailed back printing and only Zane has a doubled-faced printing. Front view of Statue of Sensei Yang and Sensei Wu The next minifigure feature will be touching on the Statue of Sensei Yang and Sensei Wu. Little was known of Sensei Yang history and it was briefly mentioned by Misako that he was the creator of the technique of Airjitzu. It is a similar technique to Spinjitzu but in Airjitzu context, it involves the ninja tapping into their internal elemental energies while spinning rapidly, creating a tornado vortex with surrounding energy that will allow them to levitate over land. In the present, Sensei Yang is a spirit trapped in the Temple of Haunted Hill which is the same appearance as Temple of Airjitzu. Just that it's not as eerie and creepy as compared to the cartoon series. The statue is generic looking and it can be used and represent other Sensei. On the other hand, Sensei Wu has an unique minifigure design with his tan and gold outfit. However, Sensei Wu has appeared in many numerous appearance and these are some of the other design variants. Upon removing the white long beard, you can see Sensei Wu front appearance in a much cleaner look. Back printing is only available for Sensei Wu in this photo. I am glad Sensei Wu is accompanied together with the six ninja as a mentor to guide them to win the battle against evil. Front view of Dareth, Misako, Claire, Jesper and Postman The last minifigures feature is the most surprising element and that is something which I look forward to. The earlier two sections touched on the main characters and these main characters have appeared numerous times in many earlier and current LEGO Ninjago sets. The difference lie on their minifigures' design variants. To me, it does not affect much as I enjoyed collecting ninja and samurai in large quantities and regard them as generic minifigures being associated with a particular clan or specialisation. I don't have to force myself to view them as individual Ninjago characters. These five minifigures are just simply amazing. In the photo above (from left to right), the featured minifigures are Dareth, Misako, Claire, Jesper and Postman. These minifigures have never appeared before with the exception of Dareth in the 5002144 Dareth vs. Nindroid. Even Dareth have appeared once, this current Dareth minifigure is given a brand new design outfit. Therefore, I can safely say that these five minifigures are all one of its kind. From my understanding in the cartoon series, there are no actual appearances of Claire and Jasper (daughter and father). As depict by the TLG designers, Claire seems to be a tourist and Jasper is a fisherman manning the Smuggler's Market. Misako is an archaeologist, as well as Lloyd's mother, Garmadon's wife, Wu's sister-in-law, and the First Spinjitzu Master's daughter-in-law. Dareth is a laid-back, self-proclaimed kung-fu master who owns a small dojo and teaches a small group of students. The Postman works very hard in the Ninjago world to ensure mails are properly delivered. I appreciate these small little touches by the TLG designers which adds the civilian elements into the setting. These minifigures contain back printing and upon removing their hairpieces, only Misako has an alternate facial appearance. The most incredible LEGO Ninjago D2C set ever released The entire building content for Packet 1 The completed built for Packet 1 The completed built for the first packet shows the half completed structure of the Smuggler's Market. The nicest part of this built is how the interior is forming up by looking it from the top. This packet contain many useful parts especially those food accessories and white chicken. Those are really useful and handy for enhancing the playing interaction among minifigures. The 1x2 flat tile is actually stickered and it is used to represent some sort of trading playing cards. Please note that I have made a building mistake for the above two images due to the wrong baseplate used for the Smuggler's Market. I have rectified the built accordingly. Apologies for not able to post the photos The entire building content for Packet 2 The completed built for the Smuggler's Market The completed built for both packet 1 and 2 showed the entire stand-alone structure of the Smuggler's Market. These are some of the useful parts and minifigures accessories which I felt is of use to design your own MOCs. The building is well designed with beautiful black curved oriental-style roof through the use of black garage doors. The roof is well articulated and balanced from the aerial perspective. The close up view of the front beneath the roof reveal nice pearl gold mixed ornaments. The close up view of the entrance is equally attractive together with the miniature stone statues. The interior of the Smuggler's Market is well packed with food supplies and commodities. It even contain a washing basin as well. The Smuggler's Market also contain hidden treasure chests as their private trading stash, similar to a Black Market. The placement of the hidden treasure chests are well placed beneath the roof. The hidden treasure chests contain numerous ninja armaments and weapons such as katanas and shurikens. Side view of the completed Smuggler's Market Back view of the completed Smuggler's Market The entire building content for Packet 3 The completed built for Packet 3 The completed built for the third packet shows the half completed structure of the Blacksmith's Workshop. As you can see the work-in-progress built for the Blacksmith's Workshop is gaining up. The building colour scheme combination of blue and brown also complement one another. The completed built for Blacksmith's Workshop The completed built for both packet 3 and 4 showed the entire stand-alone structure of the Blacksmith's Workshop. The exterior of the building is lovely especially with the wooden pillars at the corners. Viewing it from the top, the roof is well sited and with the attic being visible from the outside. The fallen leaves on the roof are some additional nice touch as depict by those autumn looking trees. The main entrance and the signage are stickered. The interior is equally amazing with detailed features by including an anvil, hammer and other assorted tool elements. From the side view, it also reveal the presence of rat lurking near the attic. Side view of Blacksmith's workshop Back view of the completed Blacksmith’s workshop The entire building content for Packet 5 Front view of the work-in-progress temple The remaining packets will be used to build up the temple. As you can see, the fifth packet built the strong foundation of this temple by laying the concrete rock base. Behind the rocks formation, it reveals the colourful bricks that are part of the strange looking mechanism which will be elaborated in the next section as part of the Shadow Theatre feature. The entire building content for Packet 6 The completed built for Packet 6 The sixth packet focuses on building the steps to the temple as well as the Shadow Theatre. The Shadow Theatre is an interesting experience for the minifigures to experience where puppets are shone behind light across the sheet. As you turn to the side of the temple, the white plastic sheet or canvas is a beautiful outline of mountain scenery similar to a painting. You turn to the other side and rotate the acting mechanism to trigger the spinning illuminated light animated effect. This can be made possible through the aid of these elements including the light-brick. The rotating mechanism is triggered by the technic rotor. behind the rock formation and the static raw display will begin to spin and subsequently activate the light brick by shining onto it directly. Hopefully you are able to understand the basic mechanics of this fun playability feature. The entire building content for Packet 7 The completed built for Packet 7 In the seventh packet, we are focusing on the second floor of the temple. The building experience included the forming of fine oriental elements with excellent combination of red and brown to distinguish the pagoda-like structure. The sliding doors are printed and the small windows are also printed as well. These are some of the fine new elements which are surprisingly beautiful and I don't mind keeping more of those parts for building up oriental MOCs. The entire building content for Packet 8 The completed built for Packet 8 The eighth packet is used to build onto the second level of the temple and integrate the base of the new third level as well. Furthermore, we combine the temple foundation to continue building the structure upwards. The shape of the building is forming and it looks real good and exciting especially since we are four more packets away from completing the temple structure. The entire building content for Packet 9 The completed built for Packet 9 The third level is almost complete. The ninth packet is putting the exterior by placing these beautiful small windows together. The interior showed the proper training room with weapons in-place. The second level also showed the wide reception area within the temple. You can see the work-in-progress of the temple from the back view. The entire building content for Packet 10 The completed built for Packet 10 The entire building content for Packet 11 The content from the tenth and eleventh packet built and expand on the third level which include Sensei Wu's study room for reading and painting. The interior details is fantastic and the placement of the accessories such as books and painting are wonderful. There are many useful parts which can be used for minifigures accessories. Above the third level, you can spot the attic of the temple. There is a wooden storage which contain Cole's personal stuff which clearly printed and labeled as 'HANDS OFF'. Well, I managed to convince Cole to show us the content of the wooden storage and I wonder who does it belongs to. The entire building content for Packet 12 The entire building content for Temple The red pagoda-like oriental temple is finally complete. It was an intense building experience and it filled with many fine oriental features which include the sliding doors, red pillars, stickered chinese wordings for the signage which can be seen in here and over here which are positive values such as balance, justice and reputation. The roof design is splendid. I am at loss for words because it is extremely detailed on the shape and curving technique. The temple building is very tall and I managed to split into halves for easy storage. I have also included some activities pictures for the interior which can happened in the temple including the Shadow Theatre after the different view images of the temple. Side view of the completed oriental style temple Back view of the completed oriental style temple Misako taking a moment to paint in Sensei Wu's Study room Both ninja going to practice their ninja moves in the training room Tea session with Sensei Wu Waiting for the show to start The show has started Watching at Shadow Theater The entire building content for Packet 13 This is the last packet and we are almost finished and wrap up this entire setting. We are now left with the these few icons. The oriental dragon bridge is done up very nicely with the red long handle at the side of the bridge plus the stone dragons to decorate at both ends. The ninja glider is something which we are familiar with if you are an avid ninja fan. The similar design of the glider appeared in 1187 Glider back in year 1999. There are some slight differences when you flip it to the back view of both gliders. Last but not least, we have the fireworks launcher. I believe Dareth can convert this as a multiple launch cannon for offensive purpose. Front view of the completed built of Temple of Airjitzu This is the final moment which we have been waiting for. These buildings not only can stand beautiful on its own. You combine all three stand-alone buildings and integrate them into a triangular setting with the bridge and statue as the centre icon connection for this village to be established. With the entire setting being put together, it does look like a bustling small town. Please do not mind those strangling Ghost Army. Those are some bits of fun which I have added in. There is a few more surprises which I have done in this set and I hope you will like it. Back view of the completed built of Temple of Airjitzu Jay crossing swords with the Blade Master Bansha Nya combating with the Ghost Army Zane and Cole are ready for their enemy encounter Jesper is taking a rest at the front of Smuggler's Market Is Jay waiting for someone in the front of Blacksmith's workshop Our hardworking postman is rushing to deliver Ninjago letters The statue of Sensei Yang located at the heart of the village Nya using a ninja glider to go airborne Village centre within the Temple of Airjitzu Aerial view of the transformed setting with LEGO Ninja You can transform this official set and integrate with the late 1990s LEGO Ninja Theme Grey ninja or shinobi guarding Hime Unexpected visitors from rival state Samurai are deployed for deterrence Aerial view of the completed built of Temple of Airjitzu To conclude, I enjoyed building this set very much. I love oriental building designs and personally, I feel that this design is a new level of achievement by TLG. It is the crown jewel and pinnacle of what endless possibilities that TLG can actually come up with in terms of building structure based on oriental culture. I am very impressed by the solid built of this design. This building is massively huge and tall. You definitely ought to get this set if you can and don't miss it other than the hefty price tag. This is truly an amazing LEGO D2C UCS play set ever. I even manage to integrate it and show how my classic ninja and samurai can provide an alternate playing scene. I am really glad this set was designed and released. I am looking forward to find a suitable to display this piece of magnificent LEGO set. Summary review Playability: 9/10 (Plentiful of playability features and fun action integration including the Shadow Theatre.) Design: 10/10 (Outstanding design work on the building aspect. Top notch and full marks from me.) Price: 7/10 (Price is on the high side and it may deter others from buying it early.) Overall: 8.7/10 (Get this set and don't miss it, even for non-Ninjago fans if your budget permits.) I gave it a "5" based on my Review Score Card. What about yours? I hope every one of you enjoyed reading this simple review of mine. Comments and Criticisms are strongly welcomed. Pictures can be found in My Flickr.
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  12. I am actually looking forward to this upcoming modular! It is the first of its kind to have a proper bank finally appearing as an official set. I don't count the Bank Transfer set in the City Theme though. This is really very nicely done.
  13. Hello everyone, I have been very busy with real life lately and to be honest, I am doing my best to keep up with my LEGO hobby. Sometimes, unexpected events can take the joy of indulging your hobby but I am trying very hard to keep myself afloat until things calm down a little. Meanwhile, I got to thank my office colleague for treating me with this exclusive polybag purchase when he was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia over the weekend and he scored this super hard-to-find polybag through the Toys R US local promotion. Without further ado, let me do this simple review and invite the Eurobricks community to enjoy this short feature. Name: 503084 The Hulk Theme: LEGO System / Superheroes / Marvel Universe Year: 2015 Pieces: 27 Minifigs: 1 minifigure Price: USD N.A, GBP N.A, EURO N.A, SGD N.A Resources: Brickset, BrickLink An original polybag image of the 5003084 The Hulk Back view of the original polybag image of the 5003084 The Hulk The special promotional polybag which feature the minifigure sized Hulk It is not very common that I can laid my hands onto an exclusive polybag and this is the second time I have managed to get it after the 5002948 C-3PO review. This exclusive polybag which my colleague have gotten from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a Toys R US Malaysia promotion and is linked together with the Bricktober event. This polybag is exclusive to Toys R US and I believe it is a matter of time before other regions will get their promotion. As long you buy RM150 (equivalent to USD$35) of LEGO products in a single receipt, you are entitled to this polybag. It will be while stock last and I heard most of the outlets are out of stock. This special Toys R US polybag is the same promotional concept as last year, 5002145 Rocket Raccoon. Eventually, this polybag was so wide-spread that it was retailing in US Toys R US for USD$4.99. I do hope it will be made available soon. The LEGO building content The polybag contain a mere 27 parts and most of it are to built the completed mini-buggy which can be configured either Hydra or Shield depending on your liking. I believed the default was to make it as Hydra vehicle, so Hulk could smash and rip it apart. Well, to increase the playability, the mini buggy can actually split into two parts by removing the connector. There are two stickers which I have classified as front and back. These extra stickers can be used to paste and add more sticky details to official LEGO Marvel Superhero sets, by pasting stickers such as Shield, Hydra, Stark Industries, etc. The completed built of Hulk I am extremely pleased to see this second minifigure version of Hulk which is tied to the recent Marvel Movie, Avengers 2: Age of Ultron. It is the minifigure sized of the medium-sized Hulk. Well, Hulk have appeared in a few variants and minifigure version of Hulk is pretty hard to find. Too bad, I have kept all of my opened Hulks in a different inaccessible bin. Otherwise, I will love to do a group photo especially with this variant. The design of the minifigure is outstanding. It stay true to the the original medium-sized Hulk scale and is a welcoming addition to add into the Avengers Superheroes together. The Hulk has an alternate aggressive and angry appearance. You do not want to go near him when he is in that mode. There are fine printing on the back view and side view. Unexpected guest crashing in Hulk is strong and Hulk will smash Hydra Let's welcome the new minifigure sized Hulk as part of Avengers (Age of Ultron) To conclude, this polybag is an excellent polybag. I am very pleased with it. Not only it include a hard-to-find minifigure in such a scale. It increase the playability by adding in the mini buggy which can be smashed into halves. It is really very good and nicely designed despite such little piece count. As a Marvel Superhero fan, this polybag is a must to have. Just that, you got to wait and pray that the distribution will increase as time goes. Otherwise, it will be rather pricy to pay for such premium in secondary market. Summary review Playability: 9/10 (Very fun and simple approach to break the mini buggy into halves.) Design: 9/10 (Very good design which include the minifigure scale of Hulk.) Price: 9/10 (If you get it as part of the promotional deal, I will said is worth to get it. As for secondary market price, it really depends on how much your wallet can spare for it but I urge you to wait and see.) Overall: 9/10 (Very nice minifigure to have it in my own collection. What's more, there is a mini buggy to play with it together. I am very pleased with this high score due to the fact that I have got it as a promotional free gift.) I gave it a "5" based on my Review Score Card. What about yours? I hope every one of you enjoyed reading this simple review of mine. Comments and Criticisms are strongly welcomed. Pictures can be found in My Flickr.
  14. Thank you everyone for your thoughts. I enjoyed playing and building with this set. This speeder is a firm and compact built which have fun details in there. It is a pity that they are so much stickered parts and the high retail price.
  15. Thank you so much for all of your comments and thoughts. It's certainly disappointing to see the lack of chrome but the detailed printing really make it up for it. I hope this polybag will be widely available in the future. It's unfortunate indeed. I think they have finished giving it away a few days ago. Either way, I hope this polybag will appear in other future promotions.
  16. Hello everyone, I am back to share with you another new set on the LEGO Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens. I am very excited to look forward the continuation of the Star Wars Trilogy. The best way for me to celebrate 'Force Friday' is actually to acquire new LEGO Star War sets and start building it. However, due to limited budget, I can only begin with this smallest set in this wave. Meanwhile, you may also check the similar review of Eurobricks Fellow's def take on this set review as well. It has been a long time since we have two different Reviewers Academy Teachers sharing their take on the same set. Name: 75099 Rey's Speeder Theme: LEGO System / Star Wars / Episode 7 Year: 2015 Pieces: 193 Minifigs: 2 minifigures Price: USD $19.99, GBP 19.99, EURO NA, SGD $49.90 Resources: Brickset, BrickLink An original box image of the 75099 Rey's Speeder Back view of the original box image of the 75099 Rey's Speeder The first feature on The Force Awakens Little do I know about this background of this set other than this which I can relate to, I would have to admit that this set is very accurate based on the actual speeder. There are various speeders or speeder bikes exist but this is the first time for me to acquire such a speeder design. Well, the focal of this set is to get both new minifigures but the price for all regions really turns me off. I hate to rant on prices but for that actual price point, it ought to get three minifigures or even add a droid to make it three. Some of the Superhero sets in this similar price-point also contain three minifigures which happened to be Licensed as well. I really don't know why it is so expensive and probably expensive due to the Disney license which is very unfortunate. Either way, I am going to give my take on what I felt about this small set. The content of the sealed box The sealed box come with two mint numbered packs, an instruction manual which also promote new LEGO Star Wars minifigures and new set. There is a dreaded sticker sheet which I thought most of the parts ought to be printed instead of stickers. After building the set, these are the remaining spare parts The new LEGO Star Wars Episode 7 minifigures To be honest, I am not familiar with these new characters. All I know that Rey is a female scavenger with no last name and Unkar's Thugs are strong armed bullies who work for junk dealer, Unkar Plutt which seem to exist on the Planet Jakku. Well, this planet is similar to Tatooine though. Both characters got detailed back printing. Rey got excellent accessories including the side pouch and the incredible new sand helmet goggle which look real good on her. Rey has a different facial appearance which can be seen from here. On the other hand, Unkar's Thug looks like those typical villainous thug. I don't find him very outstanding or striking in its appearance. The design appear quite normal and dull. You can see its full facial appearance without the covered grey hood. There is no alternate facial appearance from his back. The entire building content for Packet 1 The completed built for Packet 1 Upon finishing packet 1, you can see the base and the structure of the speeder being formed. The remaining content of Packet 2 will fill up the exterior to give the finishing touch. The entire building content for Packet 2 The completed built for Packet 2 The Rey's Speeder is finally complete. It has a nice dark red finishing on the exterior and it is very accurate to the movie reference. The Speeder Bike has an excellent storage area on the outside which hold the blaster, buzzsaw and electrobinoculars. The Speeder also contain dual-stud shooting blasters which is very visible from its front view. By turning to the back view of the Speeder, turn the bottom knob of the engine outlet, you can actually reveal more storage area upon opening both side flaps. You can push the storage crate out of there where ammunition are stored. I wonder what else can we keep in there. Side view of Rey Speeder Rey riding down the desert dunes It is a great pity that so many stickers are applied onto this nice Speeder. Without those stickers to give the added detail, it still look impressive but it won't be in a much rustic look as it ought to be. You can't ambush me Speeder Bikes Annual Race Stop chasing me To conclude, this set is quite almost below average. I love the Speeder design and Rey minifigure especially the new sand goggle. It is really a fine speeder which is well represented in a desert looking planet. However, the pricing really turns me off for the price per parts ratio and only two minifigures in this set. It is very disappointing to see the price at such a high note. If the stickers are translated to printed parts, I will think the price could be much well justify. However, I am disappointed with this pricing. This set is best to acquire during sales, if any. I would not have get it if is not because of Force Friday. Summary review Playability: 8/10 (Fun playing speeder and I like to twist the knob to reveal the extra storage area.) Design: 8/10 (Fine speeder design and is accurate to actual movie reference.) Price: 3/10 (Price is on the extreme high side especially after considering parts per price ratio, two minifigures and sticker sheet.) Overall: 6.3/10 (Do consider getting this set if you wish to buy the new Star War sets to be part of the fan fest. Other than that, you may wish to wait for sales just to get this.) I gave it a "3" based on my Review Score Card. What about you? I hope every one of you enjoyed reading this simple review of mine. Comments and Criticisms are welcomed. Pictures can be found in My Flickr.
  17. It's time for LEGO CMFs Series 14 Halloween Craze!

  18. Hey ArmstrongYong, we are neigbouring countries. So far, you can get it in LEGOLAND Malaysia, Johor. The promotion started yesterday and will end by 24 Sep. I think. Not sure of the end date, but is while stock lasts. Here is where I get it, as stated in my review,
  19. Excellent work, def. I have built mine last night and I love the built of this speeder. I have actually taken some reviewing pictures for it but I have not got the time to process and continue doing it. So glad you have done it. Thank you for sharing with us.
  20. Our Eurobricks Reviewers Academy Teachers, def and WhiteFang have both done new reviews for the recent released of the LEGO Star Wars products. Def and WhiteFang have both reviewed the new 75099 Rey's Speeder, while WhiteFang also reviewed the new promotional polybag of 5002948 C-3PO. Come over to Eurobricks Star Wars Forum to view both reviewing coverage. Click here to view the 75099 Rey's Speeder review by def. Click here to view the 75099 Rey's Speeder review by WhiteFang. Click here to view the 5002948 C-3PO review.
  21. Hello everyone, I am so excited to do this review. Well, it is not much of a detailed review since this polybag contain only three LEGO parts. Why am I so excited then? It is because this is a new LEGO Star Wars promotional minifigure which is exclusive in some regions as of now. I am not sure on how extensive this new promotional polybag will reach out but this is certainly the first LEGO Star Wars promotional polybag for the upcoming Star Wars Episode 7 movie. As of now, there are not much information on the availability but I will share my experience with you guys. Oh one more thing to add, this is the first time I am using a black background for my photo-shoot for experimental purpose for small sets. Without further ado, let me begin my simplistic review. Name: 5002948 C-3PO Polybag Theme: LEGO System / Star Wars / Episode 7 Year: 2015 Pieces: 3 Minifigs: 1 minifigure Price: USD N.A, GBP N.A, EURO N.A, SGD N.A Resources: Brickset, BrickLink An original polybag image of the 5002948 C-3PO Back view of the original polybag image of the 5002948 C-3PO The completed built of C-P3O I was so lucky to have encountered this promotion which I believe is part of the global ongoing LEGO Star Wars Force Friday which started on 4 September 2015 to promote the new LEGO Star Wars sets. I did not get this in Singapore and the giveaway is not very enticing either. This exclusive polybag which I have gotten from is in LEGOLAND Malaysia. As long you buy RM200 (equivalent to USD$46) of Star Wars products in a single receipt, you are entitled to choose either this polybag or the 5002938 Stromtrooper Polybag. This is what I have bought in order to qualify for this polybag. I understand that some other parts of the world have also encountered sightings of this elusive polybag which include Hong Kong, New Zealand, U.S etc. Different countries have different ways of obtaining it. It is a great pity that I am unable to get it locally in Singapore. In case you don't know who this iconic character is, C-3PO was a humanoid protocol droid designed to interact with organics, programmed primarily for etiquette and protocol. He was fluent in over six million forms of communication, and developed a fussy and worrying personality throughout his many decades of operation. Along with his counterpart, the astromech droid R2-D2, C-3PO constantly found himself directly involved in important defining moments of galactic history. There are only three LEGO parts There are just three LEGO parts to form the complete C-3PO. I am not sure of this variant with the red circuit robotic arm though. I think it should be part of the movie. C-3PO appears in many LEGO Star Wars sets since 1999. I find each new design that TLG released, is always an improvement from another. I don't count other variants of the C-3PO types. In this polybag, I find the design of the polybag is rather misleading. At first glance, I thought it was a chrome C-3PO. Instead, I discovered it was made up of pearl gold on the exterior. It was a little disappointing to me but it was not too bad as the minifigure have printed arms and legs which can be viewed from the side view. The red arm even include side printing as well. You may view these images in greater details below. Back view of C-3PO Side view of C-3PO with golden arm Side view of C-3PO with red arm Back view of C-3PO Comparison with one of the many C-3PO past designs C-3PO and R2-D2 You droids are coming with us To conclude, this polybag is a fine detailed minifigure with excellent printing on the side and back view. It is a certainly a must have minifigure especially if you are a fan of the LEGO Star Wars and a fan who need to collect every single of them. I am more of a casual buyer and I am very delighted to own this. Summary review Playability: 8/10 (You need to have playsets in order to increase the playability with this special minifigure.) Design: 9/10 (Detailed printing. No exceptional flaws other than being it in pearl gold which is a little disappointing.) Price: 8/10 (If you get it as part of the promotional deal, I will said is worth to get it. As for secondary market price, it really depends on how much your wallet can spare for it.) Overall: 8/10 (Very nice minifigure to have it in my own Star Wars collection but I won't pay a premium price for it. Just glad to be able to own it through proper distributing channel.) I gave it a "4" based on my Review Score Card. What about yours? I hope every one of you enjoyed reading this simple review of mine. Comments and Criticisms are strongly welcomed. Pictures can be found in My Flickr.
  22. Just extract and modify a little for my response below, Now with a total of 281 minifigures released for the entire Series 1 to 13, the recent LEGO Movie Series, LEGO Simpsons Series 1 to 2 and the current LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 14, not including Mr. Gold which unfortunately I do not have the blessings or lucky stars to own it till this date, and the special exclusive Toy Soldier minifigure and 9 LEGO Team GB minifigures. I think my numbers are correct.
  23. Our Eurobricks History Moderator, Ecclesiastes has jumped into the new realm and brought us an outstanding review of the upcoming LEGO Ideas. Come over to Eurobricks Licensed Forum to view the Disney Pixar of this fantastic LEGO Ideas set of 21303 WALL-E. Click here to view the 21303 WALL-E review.
  24. Ecclesiastes, thank you for this wonderful review. It will be a welcoming set for Wall E fans and is deadly accurate to what I expect it to be. It will make a fine distinguish icon for Disney fans.
  25. Wow, it looks like US is the first to see it in the wild. Let the hunt officially begins.
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