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  1. MAB
    That may work for you, and anyone that purchases the entire series. However, that is not lego's only market. Many people do not get the entire series of sets. If someone buys, for example the LOTR pirate ship, they need Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli to be there. Without them, the set doesn't make sense. Gandalf needs to be in Unexpected Gathering, Gandalf Arrives, etc.
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    It is not false that more people want named characters. If you could have a series in which you get a generic Rohan, or Theoden, which would you get? Boromir or a generic Gondor? A number of people want the named characters, and don't care too much for armies. You can deny it, but it is true. Although a greater number would prefer both.
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    It doesn't matter how it was 'forced' any way. What matters is that it got there, others didn't. It is the same with the mass advertising that TBBT got. All Lego cares is that it was voted for, not how the internet / social media is used to gain the votes.
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    Of course it is true. They have acknowledged it has 10,000 support, so it is going to be considered in the review stage. Now they might say "We aren't going to do that" without any further consideration and totally discount it, but it has still been considered during the review stage. When they do the review video, they will no doubt say they have had however many projects it was that reached 10,000 and the winner is .... (if there is a winner). They don't have to give a reason for something failing the review, so we will never know how far it gets in the review process - whether it is rejected outright on day 1, whether they build it and decide against it, whether they do the financials and decide it is a no go, etc. The only way we will know how far it got through the process is if it comes out as the winner.
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    Men's torsos vary wildly (as do women's). Yet all are depicted with the same torso, with the occasionally fat lines (like the sumo wrestler) or muscles if shirtless. I think the Samurai's torso is fine as it is. She doesn't need to be wearing figure hugging clothes or have exposed cleavage.
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    Look at this link - notice the date - 2013.
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    They always use old stock photos in those videos. There is the one of the UCS style SW probe droid that has been doing the rounds for ages, every time it is used someone thinks it is a new set about to come out. However, they will be considering it. It passed review, so it will be considered.
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    Female cyclops - you can pull her hands off for a sand blue monochrome figure. That's why I wanted one :-)
  9. MAB
    Not at all. In retail stores, sure it is dead. But the theme will live on forever.
  10. MAB
    A number of reasons - local tax, local market (if priced significantly above similar toys then they will not sell), costs of doing business in a particular country.
  11. MAB
    I'm also perfectly happy with The Simpsons as CMF. I don't mind exclusive prints for characters if they are in a large, expensive set, so long as an alternate print is in the CMF.
  12. MAB
    It is an error. They will get pulled eventually, but not until quite a lot are sold. Something similar happened with Ghostbusters figures.
  13. MAB
    UK preferred but also EU. Mainly interested in trades, but can also sell. I am after Simpsons Series 2, new minifigs (opened packet is fine) including all accessories. ** Please PM offers. ** I am after: Homer Bartman Marge Lisa Maggie Milhouse / Fallout Boy Comic Book Guy Martin Prince Frink Moleman Selma Patty Willie Edna Smithers Hibbert Also after: Series 13 Egyptian Warrior x any number Series 12 Hun x any number Battle Goddess x any number Pig Man x2 Spooky Girl x1 I have for trade: Everything is new, unbuilt and genuine LEGO. Smaug smaug01 Azog lor109 Bard lor092 Dain lor107 Orc lor110 (x2) Legolas lor035 Thorin lor106 Balin lor094 Bilbo lor093 Dwalin lor095 Fili lor097 Kili lor096 5x 3x pairs of black wings number 51342 (six wings in total) from the UCS Batmobile / Ender Dragon. I know some people want these for fell beast MOCs. Green Lantern sh145 Thor sh018 Luke sw176 Gree sw380 Geonosian Warrior sw381 x2 Geonosian Zombie sw382 x2 Dooku sw472 Stormtrooper sw366 x8 Stormtrooper sw188 x3 Obi-Wan sw535 Asajj Ventress sw615 x3
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    There is the possibility that they will also use the pumpkin head mold from Scooby Doo for this series too. I see army builders ... zombie business man, zombie cheerleader, flytrap, tiger, skeleton suit. Sure, for some they would not be army builders, but look back at past series ... lizard man, gorilla suit, unicorn, bumblebee, rabbit, hot dog guy, ... none were necessarily as obvious army builders as the spartan, roman and elf and yet they have been collected as armies. There are even armies of the trend setter, librarian and spooky girl out there.
  15. MAB
    What are you missing for Gondorian architecture? You have the bricks, so build.
  16. MAB
    Or 30 Rohan, 20 Gondor, 15 Dead, 100 Orcs. Or 15 Rohan, 10 Gondor, 8 Dead and 50 Orcs. It would still look like a battle, and none of them would be anywhere near the scale of the movie.
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    I don't think anyone would have been able to follow the movie in terms of numbers when it comes to army building, even if there were battle packs. 6000 Rohan, 10000 ordcs, etc?
  18. MAB
    Maybe showing this in a video would help with votes.
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    Yes, and if you watch kids play battles with toys, you'll notice that often an army is around 5 or 6 characters. Many more than this and all the time is spent setting the army up and not moving them around or fighting (actually playing with them). Having two hands means that two characters are engaged in combat at once. Sure, adults like their big set ups where armies are carefully positioned as a display, but that is different. I also prefer smaller armies (20-30 maybe), and concentrate on the detail of the setting they are in (the lego bit) rather than just amassing a large collection of characters and putting them in a battle formation.
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    Do the wings flap?
  21. MAB
    All boxes are the same.
  22. MAB
    Yes, I wouldn't mix them within a single figure. But I mix up figures in an army - I also use figures with tan and dark tan alongside sand and olive green.
  23. MAB
    I find the set really poor compared to The Year of the Snake. For that, Lego produced the beautiful door piece, on the 8*8 round tile. It is such a shame that they did not continue at that standard.
  24. MAB
    They haven't confirmed anything really. They still have the current license (and they are currently selling Hobbit and LOTR sets), so I doubt they even checked if anyone else does.
  25. MAB
    Yes, and if it was sealed should contain exactly what is in whitefang's review. Lego will say the one you get is random if you just select one from the box, but it is not from a uniform distribution.
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