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Thank you Rufus for this very fine and detailed review ever. I always enjoying reading reviews relating to LEGO aircraft and seeing this Sopwith Camel in LEGO bricks which exist historically. Now I really wish I could have the budget to acquire this and find a display area to show the magnificent beauty. Now I could just sit in-front of the computer and enjoy these beautiful pictures of yours.

Thank you darkdragon for pointing it out, and a huge thanks to Jimbee for assisting to update the first post.

Did someone just updated the first post??? I just saw a change of last updated but I didn't know who did it and I will like to thank this person!

Cos Draggy is a treasure hoarder! I never seen it!

Great to see Heroica finding itself a permanent home in our EB establishment! Too bad I do not have the time to adventure with all of you but I hope to find time one day for this!

This is definitely enjoyable to read! This is one of the highly sought MF sets ever, and due to the popularity of the Zombies! I am sure more will jump onto the zombie wagon to acquire more of this sets since it comes with 3 different zombies variations including a female one. Kinda like a battlepack in some sense but of a larger scale with a little bit more expensive. Thank you The Penguin. I enjoyed this review very much.

Thank you Oky for this fine review. Gotten this set recently and I got to admit that my sole main purpose of acquiring this set is because I want to own my first LEGO Spiderman minifigure and this set happen to fufill that promise. The built does not really matters to me but I find the overall design structure and the vehicle to be rather weak. Furthermore, I had never watched the animated version before and my memories of Spiderman remain at the 1990s cartoon.

Hello everyone, Time flies and I am back once again to share with all of you on the latest instalment of the incredible LEGO Collectable Minifgures Series which is due for global launch on the 1st September 2012! This is the third new series, which is released so far in 2012 and I must definitely admit that the tempo is getting much faster. As always and before, I am very pleased to share this very belated special traditional reviewing coverage which exists and only be found solely for our Eurobricks Community. I understand that some lucky LEGO fans had managed to secure the new series and had managed to experience it first-hand. Now this is my turn to see it for myself to see if the new Series 8 continue to live up to our high expectations. First of all, I will like to give my most sincere thanks and gratitude to TLG (The LEGO Group) for extending this brand new LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series, so I could have a chance to review it early. I really appreciate this rare opportunity for me to experience it at such an early stage. This arrangement can only be made possible, when our very own Eurobricks Staff/LEGO Ambassador, CopMike and my fellow Eurobricks Staffers who continued to support me on this traditional review. It has been a long long time since May 2010, and we are now seeing this for the very eighth time! I hope I will continue to be given such opportunity to work on these kind of reviewing project in the future. Last but not least, I will also like to take this opportunity to celebrate this new review of mine to mark and commemorate my 100th review which I had done in Eurobricks for the past 4 years since the start of my Eurobricks member! Thank you Eurobricks and this review is and will not be the last of it! Now, let's get the review back to track after noting down my thank you! So, let's look back to our usual polling business, it's time to re-cap the past Eurobricks Collectable Minifigures polls once more. With Series 1 and Series 2 launching the first waves in the year 2010 and it continue with another 3 waves of minifigures craze in the year 2011, putting Series 3, Series 4 and Series 5 in another bountiful year. Starting with the year 2012, the new Series 6 and Series 7 came into the picture and shortly one after and another, and now the brand new Collectable Minifigures Series is going to release worldwide in a matter of weeks and this will be a great opportunity for our community to cast your preferred votes in this Series 8 poll statistics. Name: 8833 LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 8 Theme: LEGO System / Collectable Minifigures / Series 8 Year: 2012 Minifigs: 16 unique minifigures Price for 1 box: USD N.A, GBP N.A, EURO N.A, SGD N.A Price for 1 packet: USD N.A, GBP N.A, EURO N.A, SGD N.A Resources: Brickset, BrickLink An image of an 8833 LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 8 box This time round, the LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series doesn't come in bright striking colours but instead it comes in 'jet-black' as the new background colour schema. Below are some of the image links that show the different angles of the box. [Reference 1] [Reference 2] [Reference 3] The 8 different colour packaging themes for Series 1 to 8 boxes What could possibly contain within these mysterious sealed packets? It is time for us to collect the new 16 unique minifigures in Series 8 It seems only 'yesterday' to me, especially when these new and early images of the Series 8 only managed to emerge and seen in public in July 2012. Unlike previous series, Series 8 images did not manage to leak out at an early stage and at that point in time, this is one of the image that made the very first appearance of Series 8 image. Well done, TLG for doing an excellent job to keep this under-wrap for a very long time! Being a devoted LEGO Collectable Minifigures collector and fan, I always enjoy and look forward to each individual new series. There is endless imagination and possibilities which every minifigure in every series will eventually be liked and collected by the LEGO collectors worldwide. It is truly remarkable to see how far and how much it has grow and evolved. Front view comparison between Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 packets Putting all of these LEGO Collectable Minifigures packets together had definitely put a smile on my face! You can't imagine that LEGO had actually released up to 8 series for the LEGO Collectable Minifigures. Although this kind of marketing of blind packaging is not entirely something new and work well for other types like trading cards, stickers, etc, I strongly believe that LEGO is the only leading market leader to actually campaign something so successful for the entire LEGO Collectable Minifigures series until other toy brands manufacturers had to come up with this and this, for example. Take a closer look at these. This is the front view of the Series 8 packet, while this shows the back view of it. Oh, and lastly, if you are intending to narrow the ones that you are collecting. Always go for the 'touch and feel' method. It is now the most effective method to feel for the ones that you are looking for. Your job is to memorise and remember the minifigures assortments for each unique design. Isolate and identify the most unique accessory or accessories that appeared for the minifigure. From there, eliminate the torso, head and legs away and feel for other parts. The only disadvantage of this method is time will most likely wasted if the ones you are seeking for does not exist in the box or ending up having sore numb thumbs after feeling. Still, I think this approach is more practical especially barcode scanning is considered obsolete. Front view of the Minifigs Series 8 promotional leaflet Back view of the Minifigs Series 8 promotional leaflet 1) The nasty Evil Robot The nasty Evil Robot is back to haunt right from the first Series 1 appearance which is more of a robot factory worker unlike this Evil Robot that appears to be of a bounty hunter level or evil hired mercenary or even be regarded as lethal force built by those Evil 'Zurg' Emperor! All in all, if you like sci-fi, then this minifigure is the one for you to build and amass on. The torso and the leg design are very detailed and you could even notice that there is something like a sound visualiser system or equivalent embedded in the centre with slight silver finishing around the black cold robotic body. You can take a closer look of the Evil Robot without the helmet on which reveal its true nature. Parts assortment The parts assortment are pretty standard with the original Series 1 Robot issued parts, with the exception of red laser ray-gun. The parts in general are very much suitable for usage of mecha and space related minifigure customisation to reflect the darker side of the minifigure's identity. I really wonder why this robot comes with a red hand or glove. He is my evil twin brother... The LEGO Sci-Fi Universe has just been expanded... 2) The adventurous Conquistador The Conquistador are a powerful group of solders and explorers at the service of the Spanish during the 15th to 17th century. These historic group of explorer-solders sail beyond Europe and conquered numerous territories. We had not seen any new conquistador's designs for a long while and LEGO managed to create a series of Imperial Armada from 1996 to 2001 as part of the Classic Pirates era. All in all, I am very excited towards this minifigure as it definitely counts into the army building formation for conquistadors lovers which we can used to battle against the pirates, islanders, imperial solders, etc. The possibilities are limitless as it actually helps to create a new faction and for those fortunate ones who manage to own some of the past Imperial Armada sets, I do believe it can complement in some ways despite of the differences in years. I am really very pleased to see another historic minifigure coming through the LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series. This is an image of an another view of the Conquistador. Parts assortment The parts are very good especially the pearl golden shiny looking armour and helmet. It is not exactly pearl gold but the colouring of the helmet reminds me of the fire metallic gold that belongs to the Fireman helmet. While, the most disappointing thing is perhaps the lack of print for the dark reddish torso but the armour do make it up for the lack of print. Oh, in here, we also see the 'repeat' of the rapier which was first seen in the Series 4 Musketeer. A dual between the both 3) The cheerful Lederhosen Guy Have you ever wondered what is a lederhosen? It actually means leather breeches in German. I am surprise to see such a traditional looking attire which kind of match with those people from the Highland. In Bavaria, and other areas which lederhosen are worn, it is a symbol of regional pride and these men wear them for gardening, hiking, working outdoors, or attending folk festivals or beer gardens. All in all, it looks pretty medieval to me. This is an image of an another view of the Lederhosen Guy holding the spare white plume. Parts assortment The parts assortment for the Lederhosen Guy is pretty good especially the new element introduction of pretzel and a re-introduction of the white forestman plume and a new colour shade for the forestman hat. All of these new elements excite me very much. I am very pleased to see thiese parts and these parts can also be used for medeival villagers as well. Kindly note that in this packet, the Lederhosen Guy comes with an extra white plume, even though provision of spare parts had been ceased since Series 3. We are just like close siblings Take a look at the side view of both minifigures and it looks pretty matching for one another with the Series 1 Forestman placed by the side. Pretzels, anyone??? 4) The wild Cowgirl Yee-haa!!! Stop right there, cowboy! The Series 1 Cowboy turns his back and saw the wild and sassy cowgirl running towards him! I am pleased to see this brand new and very first LEGO Cowgirl, which had never appeared in the entire LEGO Wild West minifigures line. Correct me, if I am wrong! I am confident that this is the first time that I had ever seen one, with the exception of Jessie from Toy Story movie. That one does not count, in my minifigure scale context. I am pretty sure she will be a sweet treat for all Wild West collectors out there. Parts assortment The parts are decent but I find the lasso to be particularly useful and interesting for equipping it with other cowboys or even equipping it for medieval purposes. You might want to note that the ponytail of the Cowgirl is attached together with the back of the hat. You can take a closer look at the fine details of the hairpiece through her side view. The new LEGO Wild Wild West Series... 5) The energetic Football Player Please do not be mistaken football sports as the same as soccer! It is not the same type of sports and the rules of engagement is different. It is commonly know as the American Football where players from opposing team will go against one another by advancing the football to the end of the opponent's dead-zone. Sounds a little like rugby to me, and this time for the LEGO Sports highlights, this is a brand new sporting segment which is popular in USA. Parts assortment The parts assortment are decent and the protective equipment is nicely done up with printing on both front and back. I try to read a little to understand why the special use of number 12 and it appears that this number belongs to a range of 10 to 19 that classified quarterback, wide receiver, place kicker and punter. More information on uniform number can be found here. Furthermore, the golden trophy which is coated with pearl golden shine add a nice glory to the receiving team. I could easily use that trophy for other sporting purposes like even car racing! Who will win the trophy? The new LEGO Olympics Sports... I really hope I did not left anyone out by mistake. So far, the LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series had introduced various sporting categories like sumo wrestling, soccer, tennis, snow ski, ice hockey, swimming, football, baseball, ice skating, weightlifting, karate and boxing. Not sure if race car driving can be grouped as part of this classification. 6) The exploring Diver Who else is keen for an underwater exploration expedition with the certified exploring deep sea diver? This minifigure is well-equipped and trained to venture the deep sea where possible treasures or relics might be discovered through sheer chance of luck. Armed with his trusty harpoon to fend away danger and nautical helmet to continuously supplying oxygen plus the heavy weighs to keep him steady while walking the floor. Overall, I am extremely surprisingly satisfied with this minifigure's design and even though it is just a mere diver but you can't assume the same 'popularity' rating unlike his Series 1 Diver counterpart. This exploring diver exceed way further due to the fact that this is not something sophisticated and unrealistic. This is another suave image of the exploring diver. Parts assortment The parts assortment is good and in particular, the nautical helmet simply rocks. The diver comes with back printing and when you removed the diver's helmet, you will be able to notice the side of the nautical helmet and his expression, even though the helmet kind of magnify his face! The LEGO Divers Series... There are more different types of divers around, like Aquazone and Aqua Raiders, etc, which are not included in the above image. This diver definitely unique of a class of its own. 7) The cool Downhill Skier From my observation, I realised that this downhill skier is not very well received due to the fact that we had seen the first skier in Series 2 and to others, it is a mere form of repeat. I beg to differ. This is a very good design of the female counterpart where both skiers can now compete with one another which add in a different design to it. More importantly, female minifigure is always a welcome in my context and getting this minifigure could also help to populate the Winter Village. This is an image where you see her equipping with her ski gear on. Parts assortment The parts assortment are pretty standard issued and there is not many interesting parts worth to highlight except seeing her nice designed torso which shows her purple and pink jacket, plus that stunning looking snow goggles on it. Preparing for my second jump... 8) The money-minded Businessman I don't mean to refer to him as money-minded, but I supposed I am assuming it is more of his personality to be or wanting to be an entrepreneur to make truckloads of money through making business. Perhaps, he just want to strike his winning streak in the financial market like Wall Street. Certainly to me, he looks more like a banker. Parts assortment The parts assortment are pretty good and I am very pleased with it especially to see a printed 2x2 tile, featuring the City Financial News including stock chart and the long awaited first of its kind, black iconic bowler hat. It is nice to see new parts like these. Watch out, Mr. Businessman!!! The guy on my right looks dangerous... 9) The lovely Fairy This is, by far the most beautiful and lovely Fairy that I had ever seen in minifigure scale and proper format instead of just mere keychain. Everything about her is just perfect and it is very suitable not only for the use of fairytale, but you could modify slightly to transform it into sprites too. Even her fairy twinkle wand is equally lovely in pinkish colour. It kind of inspires me to take fairytale stories into consideration. This is an image where you can have a closer look at her detailed expression. Parts assortment The parts assortments are pretty good. You will see the same type of cloth skirt but in a lighter green that surrounds her waist. The nicest part is definitely the fairy wings! It comes in translucent blue and is made up of hard ABS plastic instead of just soft plastic or cloth. I could think many of us will be probably wanting to use her parts to do more minifigures customisation. You can see the beauty of her twinkling wings. Overall, I got no complain about her. LEGO Fairytales 10) The kind-hearted Santa To be honest, when I first heard there will be a Santa Claus which will be part of Series 8, I was quite disappointed especially why we need another Santa when there are plentiful. Isn't the City Advent Calendars enough? I was proven wrong until I had seen it with my very own eyes. The past Santa which I had owned is definitely not up to the design standard. In fact, this version is a great improvement but still comes with minor flaws. Nonetheless, it is a great gift for the upcoming holiday seasons and it could be just for that reason too. This is an image where you can see Santa carrying a huge bag of Christmas gifts. Parts assortment This current Santa parts assortment is excellent. The usage of the Series 3 Fisherman beard is ingenuous and the placement of Santa's cap is a great improvement from the predecessor. The usage of the money sack which is first seen in the recent City sets fit well in here. Actually it is not coming from the City sets, I kind of confused the 2 parts together and it is a new part which is meant for Santa and the bag is totally useful for many purposes like robbing a bank, putting tons of stuff for the minifigure to carry around, etc. The minor flaw which can be quite unacceptable, by my standard is the presence of discoloured pinkish stains within the supposed 'white' territory. I find this quite disappointing and I think this could be the same sentiments as the rest. Who is the real Santa? Can I have my Xmas gift? Filming in progress 11) The elusive Vampire Bat Seeing this elusive Vampire Bat, the first thing it reminds me and wanting to associate it with, is the new action Monster Fighters theme. I will say that this version actually allow us to afford more of those to amass a flying army to protect the Vampire Lord, especially since the other kind can only be found in the biggest Monster Fighters set. From one glance, I could definitely remembered it as a vampire bat instead of anything else due to its distinctive fangs feature and wing flaps at the side of each arms. This is another view of the Vampire Bat. Parts assortment I will think this minifigure will be quite popular especially to those who might like a flying undead immortal army? There are no other accessories like weapons to be equipped and it is most likely the offensive comes from its own fang. The main highlight of this minifigure is actually the torso where the arms had came together with the wings attached permanently. You can try and position in a manner that he is attempting to spread his wings apart. Here is the back view of the Vampire Bat where you are able to see the back of the wings in greater details. Do you like this version of Monster Fighters? For those who have been collecting the LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series religiously, are you aware that you had actually acquired a full set of Monster Fighters variation? 12) The funky-looking DJ Come on, check it out, this funky-looking DJ (Disc Jockey) is rocking the house with his cool sleek moves by mixing his own music to wow his audience. He is certainly looks much younger and energetic, and his overall appearance can be even used to populate your City civilians. This is another view of the DJ holding his records. Parts assortment The parts are incredibly good and it comes with 2 printed parts which is welcoming. The headphones which is attached to the hairpiece is a nice touch. Don't think it is made possible to make a headphone parts on its own, so you could only get the headphone and the hair of the same kind for other minifigures who wish to listen to music in their ears, like how Series 6 Sleepyhead does it below, with nice soothing music. The torso is very nicely done. Did you notice that the design of the shirt's torso, is actually a reflection of the minifigure's head with the beats in it. To me, that is a very cool feature. Enjoying the music with my beloved headphone Which music is he listening to? Who is the best DJ in the house? 13) The sexy-looking Cheerleader No surpise down here! It looks like we have another rivalry cheer-leading team lead by Team A which is going against the very first Cheerleader Champion, which is considered the hottest back then! Seeing this new cheerleader had certainly bring up whole level of cheer-leading competition and even though it is a form of repetition by spraying all parts with different coat of colours but the overall appeal remains. Parts assortment The parts assortment are very much what we are all familiar with. The pom-poms are quite nice and we now enjoy a different taste of muffins too. There is no signficiant parts which I enjoyed the most but I really wish there is a change of hairstyle. I am feeling bored of this design and some forms of variations of another new female hairpiece will be more welcoming in this context. Nonetheless, a very good attempt to re-hash the Cheerleader. Team M vs Team A Just look at these beautiful cheerleaders 14) The imposing Actor This imposing actor reminds me of Shakespeare's plays. This minifigure is artistic and adds cultural acting to your living population. It is versatile and be used for both modern city and medieval aristocrat times. The entire outfit is outstanding and the design is very good and detailed. I enjoyed seeing this minifigure in this perspective. Parts assortment The parts assortment are great. It comes with a dual expression and additional skull for props usage. The torso is superb and the fine vintage classy lines can be seen clearly in here. Take a look at how you put this in and make sure it is on the correct side. Dual expression of the Actor To brick or not to brick... 15) The deceptive Pirate Captain This is really too much. I am going to classify this minifigure as my Series 1 Crash Test Dummy equivalent. It may sounds harsh, but yes, that is my very honest opinion. I can't stand it. There are so many past Pirates Captains around and putting this in another colour with another variation could only do this much, because you only need one Pirate Captain to lead the entire motley crew. You can't do much with this minifigure except to break it apart for parts but viewing this minifigure alone, I can't think of much use beyond the third Pirates Captain. I wish and rather see other more generic designs like the Imperial Solder or Pirates crew for the Pirates theme. Just not another Pirate Captain! Parts assortment The parts assortment are average and I am disappointed with the lack of epaulette even though it comes with a white plume. I am still disappointed. The only nicest parts are the pearl golden cutlass and the new golden pirate's captain hat. The rest are mediocre. The torso also suffer from pinkish poor printing, like what dear Santa is facing. Apparently, these discoloured pinkish stains is not meant to be there and it ought to be in white instead. You can see the differences in this image. With such factors in mind, this is unfortunately a downer for me. This minifigure is only great if the person who buy it and never own a past LEGO Pirates Captain before or not too many variations. You are not my new successor... You pirates scums are now under arrest... 16) The superior Alien Villainess The Alien Invasion which the Alien Defence Unit is defending against, had finally made known! It is none other than the superior Alien Villaniess or could have easily known as Alien Queen. The introduction of this minifigure, somehow completed the 2011 Alien Conquest theme, and it pairs and matches very well with the Alien Commander. This character simply rocks, even though you don't need lots of this character, but her powerful aura just made you want to put her in-charge and I also heard that she had attack many other space realms too. Parts assortment For this minifigure alone, it comes with many small parts. The purple robe come in two parts to form the entire cape. This is how you placed the parts together to form the full robe. The brain of the Alien Villaniess come from the alien front skull and held on by the pink headpiece with the exposed brain at the top. You can take a closer look at her brain. The entire torso is done very nicely. I am thinking to use it to create more other space villaniess with it. World Domination!!! Fighting against the Earth's ADU and Galaxy Patrols... A concluding thought for the Collectable Minifigures Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 So, what do everyone feels about the current LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 8? To be honest, it is above average to some extent but not really up to my expectations. And, I come to realise that not every LEGO Collectable Minifigure Series need to be equally successful or better than its predecessor because every LEGO Collectable Minifigure Series is an unique class on their own and is not meant to be confused like any other kind of LEGO minifigures theme ever. We can't expect to see an entire Series of 16 minifigures to be fully satisfied with. It will be almost impossible to achieve. There are bounds to have minifigures which are not desired and some of which are highly desired. It is all about achieving the right balance to form the right completion. Even though I am not keen and love all of these minifigures, but there are definitely some which I want the most too. In that aspect, I think TLG did an excellent job to continue to entice, maintain and generate interest among us, LEGO Fans and Collectors. With a total of 128 minifigures released for the entire Series 1 to 8, that is considered tremendously a lots of minifigures to be seen and is no easy feat to attain. I had taken an image above and showcase every single minifigure out there and I had to admit that it is damn impressive! Words of joy can't simply describe the feeling when I assemble and put them altogether as one single theme! It is just incredible to see how much this theme had actually evolved. No one had actually predicted when it first launched to see that it goes out and achieving greater heights. The LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 8 is also the same as Series 7 that have the highest amount of female minifigures. In this series, the Downhill Skier, Cowgirl, Alien Villainess, Fairy and Cheerleader are the new unique designs for the female minifigures. Unlike previously released series, the average of LEGO female minifigures making it into the series was only at an average of 3 per series and the lowest amount of appearances were actually the Cheerleader and the Nurse which is from Series 1. So, what can you see from here? I see TLG is maintaining this trend and is intending to sustain such a healthy ratio. From what I can see, this entire theme has evolved and transformed into something incredibly amazing! This can't be made possible in the current LEGO play themes to only create a few handful unique minifigure designs for the play sets. Instead, this is a brand new opportunity which is renewing our wish-list by actually designing the endless imaginations and possibilities and to be presented in the LEGO Collectable Minifigures series by just acquiring the minifigures alone without the bricks. I am really glad that we had reached Series 8 and as far it can goes, there are lots of undiscovered potentials for this LEGO Collectable Minifigure theme. All I can do, is to hope for their continuation of this theme, so more new inspiration discoveries may appear through the magical wonders of the LEGO Collectable Minifigure Series! General Statistics for Minifigures Series 8 Below is the combination which I have received from my box, 5 Evil Robots 4 Conquistadors 3 Lederhosen Guys 4 Cowgirls 4 Football Players 3 Divers 3 Downhill Skiers 3 Businessmen 3 Fairies 4 Santa(s) 4 Vampire Bats 5 DJs 4 Cheerleaders 3 Actors 5 Pirate Captains 3 Alien Villainesses Based on the above, I managed to achieve 3 full complete sets of 16 unique minifigs each. It means I have only 12 remaining random spares left. Read down to find out what are the remaining spares I have. My remaining spares 2 Evil Robots 1 Conquistadors 0 Lederhosen Guys 1 Cowgirls 1 Football Players 0 Divers 0 Downhill Skiers 0 Businessmen 0 Fairies 1 Santa(s) 1 Vampire Bats 2 DJs 1 Cheerleaders 0 Actors 2 Pirate Captains 0 Alien Villainesses Data Analysis Based on the data which I have complied, I have drafted my basic analysis based on my own take. Buying 1 full complete MISB box will allow you to achieve 3 maximum complete unique sets and this is an excellent opportunity for one to complete a few sets without the hassle of scrambling at retail stores. I really hope the given distribution above, is also the same distribution for the rest of the world. So far, each of the 16 unique collectable minifigures have an equal chance of getting 3 out of 48 packets, when a fresh untouched box is opened and consumers will rush in to buy it separately. That will be a 6.25% probability based only on 48 packets. When you add the remaining 12 spares into the calculation, 7 unique minifigures are only available at 21 out of 60 packets and this translates to 35% in total and 3.5% each, which makes it even harder to achieve by just doing it randomly. Whereas, the probability of getting the Evil Robots, DJs and Pirates Captains are on the much higher frequency, since they are available at 15 out of 60 and this translates to 25% in total and 8.33% each. However, the likelihood that this percentage will be lowered by at least half due to many fanatic LEGO minifigure hunters/molesters like ourselves who are scrambling high and low to search for the ones that they are highly desired by many fans. Moreover, I am extremely very pleased to note that some of the more likely popular minifigures like the Galaxy Patrols and the Evil Knights are on the highest possible distribution point since these 2 minifigures are generally classified and rated under the army-builders' portfolio expansion. Thus, this will provides a much higher chance for us to likely find it in those opened boxes. At least, that is what it had happened back in Series 6 and 7 where I can still manage to find some very small trace of Celtic Highlanders, Minotaurs, Evil Knights and Galaxy Patrols. It is a pity that the Conquistador Warriors and Vampire Bats are not part of the highest frequency. To conclude and summaries, based on the probability demonstrated by this review, as an example, here are the results, High probability 1) Evil Robots 2) DJs 3) Pirate Captains Total range: 25% Each: 8.33% Medium probability 1) Conquistadors 2) Cowgirls 3) Football Players 4) Santa(s) 5) Vampire Bats 6) Cheerleaders Total range: 40% Each: 6.67% Low probability 1) Lederhosen Guys 2) Divers 3) Downhill Skiers 4) Businessmen 5) Fairies 6) Actors 7) Alien Villainesses Total range: 35% Each 5% Some of my close-up images of my current LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series collection To conclude, the LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 8 has has not met my 'wow' expectations unlike previous Series, especially the recent Series 7 which had totally blew my mind away. This new Series 8 provided lots of new unique characters and introduced some useful new accessories like the pretzel, lasso, fairy wings, etc. The character design in general, has some forms of repetitions and re-hashes like seeing Cheerleader, Downhill Skier, Evil Robot, Cow Girl, DJ, and a few unnamed others. In fact, I find this series to contain the most repetitions unlike any other past series. I don't think TLG is running out of idea. I strongly believe there is a game-plan for it. It made me wonder if this a subtle attempt to re-capture people who are not into LEGO Collectable Minifigures yet and start to arouse their interest by getting some of the popular ones again, or could it be Series 8 is meant for themes integration expansion. I am seeing all of these reasoning for its positioning. Nonetheless, all of the minifigures are still great from many other different perspectives even though there are some others who strongly felt that Series 8 is actually one of the weakest link among the entire series. All in all, I feel there is always pros and cons on both side of the coin and this Series 8 happen to illustrate that very well. Thumbs up once more, to TLG for another outstanding job accomplished for fulfilling the dreams of many and the LEGO Collectable Minifigures fans for seeing this continuation! Now, we got to sit tight and patently wait for new images of the next anticipated Series 9 and hopefully (inserting prayers) Series 10. Ultimately, I wish the LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series will continue to release wave after wave. Please note that the LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 8 no longer contains the placement of spare parts. This was practiced since the start of Series 3. However, only one of the minifigure which is the Lederhosen Guy contain a spare parts for unknown reason. The spare part is the additional white plume. Summary review Playability: 9/10 (More and more exciting new stuff to be integrated into your existing minifigures collection.) Design: 6.5/10 (Detailed limited new LEGO minifigures' parts and accessories such as the introduction of pretzel, nautical helmet, but the pinkish discoloured stains for Santa and the Pirate Captain torso is disheartening.) Price: 7/10 (This rating has dropped because I hope there won't be an increase in price and continue to maintain as it is.) Overall: 7.5/10 (One of my lowest numberic ratings on the LEGO Collectable Minifigure Series but certainly worth completing at least one set.) 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 and My Brickshelf (When moderated) If you are interested to read the past LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series reviews, you may find the following links below! 8683: Collectable Minifigures Series 1 8684: Collectable Minifigures Series 2 8803: Collectable Minifigures Series 3 8804: Collectable Minifigures Series 4 8805: Collectable Minifigures Series 5 8827: Collectable Minifigures Series 6 8831: Collectable Minifigures Series 7 Special Eurobricks Bulletin We have come to the end of this pictorial review. I believe it will be a no surprise for you especially if you have been active in Eurobricks for the past 2 years plus. Watch out for more new upcoming excitement right here in Eurobricks LEGO Forum. Please do not discuss this inside this review. Kindly leave your thoughts in this discussion topic.

Neeigghhhhhhh!!!! As what the rest have mentioned, I find your reasoning to be weakly constituted. At this stage right now, I believe this is the right thing to do, by voting forward now. Vote: Carly Cow (Tamamono)

A heartiest congratulations to our new addition who are now officially part of our Reviewers Academy Teachers, The Penguin. Take a look at this one of the crazy new 2012 Monster Fighters set, of the 9465 The Zombies review which comes with a total of 3 exclusive new zombies! Click here to view this review.

Excellent work and great to see the Cecilie's CMF MOCing tradition go on!

Neeigghhhhhhh!!!! Don't think you guys especially Carly for accussing my wife like that. She is merely voting to point out the lurking threats and if I must note, I felt my wife had made an interesting observation about Wallace on Day 1. Just that we didn't manage to sense it and the majority just went for Petey instead. I will need to gather my elephantic thoughts before I think who is much 'deserving' to get my vote!

Great review Oky! Even though I am not a big fan of HF but the Iron Man appeal is simply enticing and he is one of my favourite character in Marvel. So seeing him in another form of design and scale actually interest me but still I will keep myself away from getting this set as I will need to be collection-focus. Thank you for another fine review.

Thank you Pandora for doing up this lovely little Paradisa impulse set! It always bring a smile to see nice high quality Paradisa reviews like yours. This speedboat will definitely be nice to be used for those seaside resorts recreational purposes.

Airline exclusive! Ohhh, this is a classic looking airline exclusive and without this lovely review of yours, I could not have known of this set's existence. Actually I only like the small little shack instead of the aircraft. Thank you The Cobra!

Thank you guys and I am glad you had enjoyed reading this review of mine! I certainly do enjoy this small little built.

Thank you LuxorV for sharing this very classic looking house from the Classic Town era! It simply warms my heart when I first saw this detailed review and it does bring back memories as well. Even though I didn't own this but at least I once built and owned the 6349 Holiday Villa.

Thanks guys, glad to see that there are so Hawkeye supporters like I do! Thanks LuxorV! Thank you Kiel for the info! Unfortunately, I am not sure about it too maybe it is costing per element or some licensed issue thingy. It will be great if it can coupled with that recurve bow instead.

Wow stunning! Just plain stunning. It left my jaws wide opened, when I saw those customised minfigs of yours! Well done and my fave is Claire and Captain Hook.

Thank you so much guys! It is great to know that you had enjoyed reading this Batman review, even though I am not a real expert like our EB members, like Oky and The Penguin who knows more about the Batman universe. Excellent suggestion and good points too! I agreed with your observation of the pairs for the POTC and Batman.

Happy Birthday Reviewers Academy! It is our fourth celebration and to commemorate our celebration, I hope our EB community enjoys the whole new truckload of reviews which the RA teachers had prepared for all of you! Thank you the RA Teachers and Students for being such a wonderful bunch of people who strive to inspire one another with their reviewing work. Well done guys.

What a turn of events, in Day 2... It is very unfortunate that Petey was innocent... and, there was little that we can do, but to pray that we will continue to work hard to resolve this and save our village whatever we can. Still, it is very great to know that we had manage to nail the first cultist!!! This whole bear trap thingy is just so ingenunious! Kudos to the one, who had thought of such an idea! Whatever the case, I am strongly putting my faith that whoever and whatever kill that cultist is no sheer luck and is likely to be on the side of the village, of course there is a possibility of a neutral role like the serial killer taking part in this. I am glad that he/she managed to nail the first, which no cultists will have expected. I hope this will give us more possibilities to ponder about, because we had lost Bristol as well.. and till now, it could be the cultists who kill Bristol or someone else. I am sure there are many other things that had happened last night alone, but we might only be able to relate them and form a pattern in the latter nights. I do hope we are onto something and I am fairly confident that we are!

Congratulations to all of the deserving winners! And, well done to Erdy and the rest of the SW staff for their hardworking efforts to host this contest.

Indeed I will, my beloved wife. Let me cuddle you up.

I agreed!