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  1. MAB
    Sure they are. This lot were purchased through B&P. In the past I've had loads of different heads: Luke, Han and Leia, Palpatine and Vader, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf, Mirkwood Elf, Harley Quinn (plus Harleen Quinzel), Joker, Cyborg, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Sinestro, Superman / Hyperion, all four Ghostbusters ...
  2. MAB
    It is the UCS MF. Lower levels in photoshop, rotate the image 90 degrees (the box is actually upside down) and you can easily make out the cockpit.
  3. MAB
    I think euro bricks shouldn't allow games like this anymore, unless done officially by mods, with proper rules up front and back up plans for what happens if the chief mod cannot do their 'job'. I know it has taken a lot of time for itaria, but it has also taken a lot of time for the 50-80 people that have followed the game, voted and participated in the thread. And now it will end with a result that is suspect to doubt. It really is a shame. This. I don't care which figures went out, my favourites went a while back, it is the way this one ended. The result is now meaningless for me.
  4. MAB
    This is an absolute joke. The elf was in the lead for many days, by two clear votes. For the previous round, that was enough to close the round and declare the winner. Now the scarecrow has won by a single vote, two of the votes came from new users set up in the last days of the poll, that have not had any other activity except to vote. Clearly vote stuffing. I don't think I'll bother voting in the final.
  5. MAB
    I've made my own just like that. Works fine. But the batteries drain very quickly (low mAh).
  6. MAB
    I would imagine that this would make track prohibitively expensive and it is probably not that great a gain - there is no weight advantage for example - the only real gain is not having to recharge if it works and for most people I doubt that matters compared to the cost of the track. I also doubt you could charge the battery at a fast enough rate compared to the rate of drain when the train is moving. Remember those LEDs require very low power.
  7. MAB
    It looks like it. The competition is ending in a farce. It is a shame. There should have been a second person delegated to close the round like all the other rounds have been done. It is a sad end to a fun game when people are registering new accounts for the purpose of voting on this only.
  8. MAB
    I've lost interest in it now. The elf has been two in front for a number of days, even after 70+ votes and it wasn't closed. It is now a whole week that this round has been going. How long will the final be open for? I think really a time limit should have been set for people to vote and the winner at the end of the time period should have been the winner. It has been a fun game throughout the rounds, but this last round has just dragged on too much.
  9. MAB
    Clikits ... for men.
  10. MAB
    This is really cool. Each section on its own is good, but the way they have been combined into a complete display is very clever.
  11. MAB
    And the elf is back in the game. Will it ever end ... ?
  12. MAB
    If you are in the US, I think Gollum (with narrow eyes) is quite cheap at the moment on BL, as the Dimensions game pack has been sold off really cheap there.
  13. MAB
    Nice rockwork, is Gollum hiding in there somewhere? I think I prefer the smaller boulders, as the edges created by the large curved wedges don't quite look right on the larger ones. What are the minifig hair pieces? I assume the hats are mushrooms / fungi. The boulders could also do with something around the edges to hide the small gaps that make them look like they are floating, maybe just some stones (1x1 rounds) or a few old bones scattered around.
  14. MAB
    Santa was out a while ago :-)
  15. MAB
    There you go, another two late votes in the last five minutes evens it up again. Do they count???
  16. MAB
    It is not over until it is closed ...
  17. MAB
    I agree with the above, one of the dewbacks is obscured. I'd also bend the minifigures legs a little to make them look like they are moving and possibly twist some of them (use a single stud underneath just one foot) so they are not all pointing in the same direction. Otherwise, nice landscape and good rendition of the scene. The twist detail in the skeleton's backbone is great.
  18. MAB
    They've already done Deadpool anyway, so Deadpool Duck doesn't seem to be that big a step. But I think these little steps are changing the company, albeit very slowly. People said the same about The Simpsons, why are they making it (although of course lego stopped short of doing Moe and Barney, Otto, etc). People said the same about making the Nazi characters in Indiana Jones. All small steps away from the original principles.
  19. MAB
    That was painful.
  20. MAB
    He is unique in the sense that none of the parts have been used in any other figure. You may not be able to tell the difference, but he is different from the Hobbit elves. I also prefer the S3 print to the Hobbit ones, so much that I use fleshie heads on the S3 body instead of the Hobbit ones. But of course, you can use the same argument for the Scarecrow. To some, he is just a lower quality version of the multiple Batman Scarecrows.
  21. MAB
    Yes, for a collector, the value is in the packaging. The parts not so much. This is a don't open type of set.
  22. MAB
    That picture actually shows the versatility of the S3 elf, compared to the Hobbit version of Legolas, although it is the same with the LOTR version and indeed many of the Hobbit elves. hairpiece - it is the only yellow eared elf hairpiece head - it's OK, but nothing special. Easy to switch for army builders. cape - always nice to get one in green for using on any forestmen shield - superb for any forestmen bow - superb for any forestmen, although now more widely available torso - amazing print for any castle / historic / forest type character - better than the rogue in my opinion, as it doesn't have the wolfpack symbol limiting it. Also easy to swap out arms for army building slight variations - they look great with dark green and any of the earth colours. Print is much nicer than the equivalent LOTR and Hobbit designs for elves. Also easily converted to fleshie if required as no yellow skin print. legs - again ideal for any castle / historic / forest type character, and can also be used independently of the torso. The print is consistent but not actually continuous, so that print is broken across the torso and legs. The armoured legs can be used spearately. Compared with the scarecrow crow - OK, but repeated in many TLR sets so nothing special now hat - OK, for one or two characters, but cannot be used in quantity as the patch is fairly specific and doesn't look random on more than one character. head - nice - unique, but no possibility of switching for army building pitchfork - boring, appeared in loads of sets before and after torso and legs - nice print, but they have to be used together because of the continuous belt print. You can just about get away with using the torso on its own, but not the legs. So no variation at all if you want multiple scarecrows, as they no longer look like the random collection of clothes they are meant to be.
  23. MAB
    Actually they weren't discontinued at the time. LEGO pulled a number of Doctor Who projects from Ideas and the rumour was that this was because CB had the license at the time (of course, LEGO never stated the reason). Then they announced that Doctor Who ideas were allowed back again, once the CB deal had ended. Although the CB products were for sale for quite a while afterwards in the UK. In fact, some small independent toy stores still sell them!
  24. MAB
    I don't believe in your thesis. You only need to look at the modulars to see how there is a range aimed at older builders in which construction is at the forefront, with the minifigures and their accessories taking a back seat. And look at how the modulars have changed - they have introduced many new parts over the years, or changed the ways they used to use older parts, to improve the design asthetics in the modular series. Also what you call basic can be seen as fairly advanced, in the sense of not really necessary but nice for this extra decoration. The quarter circle tile is not really a basic item to me, it is a specialized part for decoration (of a build), just like some minifigure parts are decoration for minifigures. A 2x3 tile, sure it will be nice, but is it really needed when you have smaller 2x2 and 1x2 tiles. They are the basics, extras are not basic. You could also say a 1x5 brick or a 1x7 brick should be made, as these are "basic" (but often unnecessary) but again they are specialised version of the basic existing bricks. Then there are bricks like the masonry bricks, again highly specialised decorated parts for buildings, when the basic untextured brick would have done. I think you are right that minifigures and their accessories have improved, but not at the cost of building parts. Specialised building parts have also been introduced, which make buildings look fantastic, when basic versions would have done the job OK, but not so good looking.
  25. MAB
    It wouldn't surprise me if there was some sort of train within Friends at some stage, although obviously in line with the theme - so white with dark pastels or magenta or similar. I imagine it would come without track, more like the Monster Fighters ghost train than a true train set.
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