Dadster

Huh, what..?! Somebody say cookies? I love cookies.

This is the one, I'm really looking forward to. 'Course, I like the BP's as well...

I think Pirates are popular enough here in the U.S., that they'd be bonkers to not release them over here. Looking forward to more!

None. I wish it was just the colored shirt like Harley's (minus the boobs...) is. Outstanding looking set overall though. Well said.

Looking forward to checking this contest out more closely. Should be huge in terms of builds and contestants. I'm not a huge pirates fan - though they are way cooler than ninjas!

I know I'm being petty, but I don't like the fact that the jester fig's shirt has the Crownie logo. The colors are great and I can't wait to get him, but now he's stuck with the Crownies for his faction... I may just use an extra Harley outfit for a jester.

Others have said that as well, but I don't see any differences... Exactamundo! I even think that maybe these could be the guys the dwarves end up fighting in any new Castle sets for next year - as opposed to another (smaller) troll minifig. Skellies vs Humans. Trolls vs Elves (hopefully!). Dwarves vs "Golems" (?!).

BURN!! The clearer pics are nice and those little(?) rock creatures are cool. I know my nephew will love them (and my brother, since he doesn't think guns are appropriate toys...) I may get a set or two after all is said and done...might be a theme to wait for mark-downs though. I really wish I could snag one of those Bellville Advent Calenders (for my neice) I saw in the link where the PM pics were found.

I ordered from him a few times before I discovered BL... His S+H, IMO is cheap and he has thrown in free stuff.

Very nice! *tries to figure out how to reverse-engineer it...*

I think its exclusive to the Lego stores and S@H. I haven't checked though...

I saw that too...seemed odd. I used to live near-enough to know that the King of Prussia store should do well. Close proximity to Philly and a major shopping area.

I'm in.

Very cool! I wish you luck on the continued search for specifics you might need.

Thanks for the heads-up!! Love the pics and I'll be damned if I'm gonna be denied this set!! European Agent R. - you are go!!!

Just a random "toy store"? Not a Lego store or Toys-R-Us? Thanks for the heads-up and even though the pics were really hard to see, thanks for posting them!

Yeah - Apparently the woman who used to run BrickFest stopped in... I may look into hitting up BrickWorld next year!

Looks like that Ebayer is doing a Pre-sell?! I stopped by a local McD's and the lady behind the counter told me 2 more days. I still might grab the Joker and Bats to display on the TV whilst I play the Lego:Bats game all day long, everyday of the week!!

Lego comic? Got a pic for us?

I just rec'd this in email form from the fine folks at BrickFair... Well folks, our event was a huge hit by almost any measure. BrickFair had 402 registrants (not counting the 58 confused public people who thought they had to register). Some even walked in Saturday afternoon to register. We had 447 registered MOCs (plus who-knows how many unregistered), BrickFilms, silent auction, 11 seminars, Free-Build, and 7 vendors spread across 24,514 square feet. We ran a Washington Post ad in the "Kids" section on Thursday, plus the Washington Post ran an article in the "Weekend" section on Friday, plus they ran another article in "Style" on Saturday. Wow! And FOX-5 News was on-site Friday morning from 7am to 9am LIVE. They interviewed Rich Schamus (our Volunteer Coordinator), Alvin Brant (giant crane guy), Steve Hassenplug (Mindstorms), Sam Forker (Skeetball game) and Ron McRae (slot machine). Several other publications were on hand including "Somewhat Frank" and GAMES magazine. There was another post-event article on the front of the Washington Post "Business" section yesterday, Sunday 9/7/08. The public responded. We had 5,000 wristbands ready -- and we used them all the first day. In the end over 10,000 public visitors lined up around the building to get in. Ken Rice and scads of other volunteers kept 3 lines flowing all day, so the line always moved smoothly -- there wasn't a single complaint about the 15-minute line. We had a great time, and raised $8,717 for our children's charity, www.SladeChild.org. Apparently we crossed some magic charitable number drawing a PayPal investigation. I take that as a compliment to our fundraising success. We felt a little light in the MOC department, but it was noticable only to a few AFOLs. The public had a great time, as evidenced by the comments on their raffle forms. And I am personally honored that, from what I've heard so far, our theme leaders and volunteers had a great time too. No doubt, the lobby of the Sheraton Premiere was a bottleneck on Saturday. But that provided lots of opportunities to see the tiny smiling faces shuffling back and forth from the grand ballroom to the auxilary rooms. The BIONICLE people, all showing in the lobby, were very cool folks; they were a great "front man" for the public's introduction to the show! I was blessed with a great team of volunteers who worked hard and seemed to have fun doing it. I would be lucky to have the same team and the same "problems" next year. But of course, we're going to try to smooth out the wrinkles anyways :) Like the online voting thing -- yes, we'll make Internet more available for all. And we'll improve the MOC cards so you don't need 20/10 vision to read them. The Sheraton was blown away. Their restaurant ran out of soda and several food items. They are eager for our return, and return we shall. We have already agreed to next year. Mark your calendars for BrickFair 2009, August 21-23. That's one week earlier, but two weeks prior to Labor Day. Thank you all for being a part of the show! Todd and the BrickFair Team Wow. 10,000 walking through?! I knew it was a lot, but jeez!!

Start checking those Wal-Marts! With the X-Mas season coming fast (Halloween stuff has been out since early Aug...) the Lego sets will be going on sale. I've already seen AT-TE's, a B-Wing, and others I can't remember, on the clearance racks.

My mother always tried to teach me not to say anything if I couldn't say something nice... Hmmm...that Joker is huge!

I'd say "just build it" and then you can see for yourself if you like it or not. If you ask 10 different people what they think, you might get 10 different answers... If you're not sure about whether or not you want to spend the money on it, well you can always try to trade or sell to get the exact piece you want.

I just saw these at a store outside Washington DC. Only store I've seen them at thus far, and the selection was bare-bones. IIRC, all the torsos were red, all pants were blue, only about 4 different heads (all yellow) and one could also get 1 of the following wrench, hachet, or radio.

My 4 yr old daughter is now wondering why her 36 yr old father is crying... This stinks - It was the set I was really looking forward to the most beyond the Giant Castle set. I'll have to contact my agent in the UK for some help when they become available...