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Most of the "leaks" this week have just been re-posts of what we've seen before. I don't think there's anything new right now.

Helmet mis-prints are one thing. That's to be expected and Lego's pretty good about sending replacements for those if you ask. But it's the overall quality control that's really sunk. Compare a piece from today to one from 5-6 years ago. You'll see that the injection mold marks are noticably worse today. And to that the occasional factory scratch, blemish, crack, or mis-print and the flaws add up fast. The quality has gone down and the price has gone up. Complain, ask for replacement parts for low quality pieces even if you try to justify "not needing it", and eventually Lego will get the picture and make positive changes. It's their moto that says "only the best is good enough." Make them live up to it.

Lego's quality control has clearly gone downhill in recent years. And you are correct, for the price they charge we should expect better QC. Please send them a message/complaint. Even if you don't ask for replacement pieces, Lego needs to know we aren't happy with the corners they are cutting. They won't change their model unless they hear from us.

The dark green Viking torso also moved to bestseller. Very happy about that as I plan to get a lot of them the next x2 points rolls around.

I know news is slow right now, but let's not get into wishlisting please.

That's only a few extra days. Should we take a vote and see if everyone is okay with extending the contest 1 week? I doubt it'll take you that long to try again!

There is another forum. I just gave you access to it.

Great to have you in the game!

Form was filled out. You're all set!

Someone at Lego is getting savvy. They see the demand for certain pieces and are matching the prices. Castle torsos just jumped 50%. There are a lot of Castle army builders out there that have been cleaning PAB out every time the pieces come back in stock. It's bad for my wallet but smart of Lego to capitalize on that.

We've gotten random licensed parts from Star Wars, LOTR, and other lines on PAB before. But it's pretty random and never complete figures. The pauldron is 7.03 Euros on PAB. So you'd be better off just buying a 2nd microfighter and parting out the set. Do not link to photos or videos of leaks. You can tell people what to search for, but you can't use direct links. Traffic from EB to leaks risks our partnership with Lego.

Just a reminder that you've got 2 weeks still to build everyone!

Reminder, don't post spoilers for the new Bad Batch episodes. Please wait 1 week before talking about anything spoilery. 2nd reminder, if you read this forum something is going to get "spoiled" at some point. Read at your own risk. 3rd reminder, don't post wishlists or random guesses lists in this thread. We have other threads for that.

They were links to posts and accounts of items Lego has not officially revealed yet. If TLG hasn't shared official pictures it's still considered a leak.

Do not post links to leaks. We could get in trouble with Lego. This is your only warning.

Guys, too much wish-listing is going on. Stay on target.

And the viking helmet is already out of stock. The waiting-for-all-the-parts-I-want-to-be-in-stock-at-the-same-time game begins... I wish Lego would release the parts at the same time instead of this drip-feed.

Thank you for putting it where it belonged!

Cloney beat me by 30 min but I'm still going to jump in here. First, sorry for missing the riot that started here on Sunday. These last few pages were unacceptable. Please keep debates civil. This is a reasonable request. Lego's quality control has gone down drastically in the last 10 years. Please bombard Lego with emails and calls about this. Lego can both listen to fans and drop the ball with quality control. No, this was an unacceptable blasting of each other. And you were the main person adding strife to the conversation. This is your only warning. If you have questions about how to have a more civil debate online send me a PM.

I use bigger drawers for parts I have lots of, or parts that take up a lot of space like larger plates. Then I use smaller drawers for everything else. You could sub-divide every part out there, but I find it's more helpful to separate based on your building style. For example, I build a lot of terrain so all my earth tones 1x2 plates get stored together because I tend to use lots of them at the same time. But all my 1x2 d.grey and l.grey plates get stored separate because when I build something grey (rock work or space ship) I tend to color block. It also depends on how many tubs you have to sort... You'll probably need more than you think.

After I posted this review I was shocked to find some CMFs at a local store. They never had the previous 2 series so I'm not sure what changed but I was happy to see them. I tried this QR code scanner on what I found but only one box had the big QR codes. There were 5 boxes in total and the others all had the smaller codes which aren't scan-able. However, I grabbed 3 based on my box order and got the exact 3 I wanted! Clearly others have had different figure ordering in their boxes. But whichever factory is supplying to France and Netherlands seems to be placing them in the order I listed in my review. The box I reviewed had the big QR codes. But the ones I just found in a shop had the small ones. However both were in the same layout. I managed to get more Goatherds just by grabbing boxes from the same placement locations as my reviewed box. Good to know about the Red Sonya reference. Thanks!

This last page of discussion is close to being on track. But driving in the ditch is still driving in the ditch, not the road. Let's try to keep the discussion more about Lego and less about politics or marketing decisions.

Surprise! You didn't think EB was going to release a review for the newest CMF 25 series did you? Well, I'm no WhiteFang. But I recently moved from the United States to France and haven't found any good stores to buy CMFs from. So I went looking around online and found a great shop here in Europe selling a whole case of them. (And it's on sale till Jan 29th!) And since they shipped them so fast I had time to do a quick review. I've got to say, until Lego starts giving me the option to either 1) buy a full set of figures or 2) buy a whole case this is going to be my new way to buy CMFs. Inside my shipping box was this half-box from Lego. Not sure if Brickshop gets two cases per box or what, but this is how they shipped it to me. For those interested, this is the order I had for my figs. I've had people on Instagram tell me they had a different order for their figs. So use it at your own risk. But surely they use the same layout order within the same factory. First up are my favorite figs out of the bunch, the medieval ones. I was happy the Goatherd didn't have yellow hiding under the hood so I can use it with fleshies if I want. Biggest complaint from this bunch is that the injection mold spots are really obvious on the Bat helmet and the purple Harpy hair. I also wish the Barbarian's hair wasn't red but was a more muted color. I hope they re-use it in tan, blonde, or another more natural hair color shade. Up second are the city dwellers. I like the molded hearing aid on the Dog Groomer's hair. Though it does limit it's versatility a bit. My leas favorite part is the poor print job on the Workout Girl's abs. Yellow printed on Coral didn't work. We pay a premium Lego, get the details right! I also hope we see the para-olympic's legs with grey or black shorts in the future. I'd love to use those as Star Wars greebling! And last but not least are the costumes. I'm going to be using the Noir Detective's outfit as an Imperial uniform. And the inclusion of a honest-to-goodness Red Herring is amazing. The Dino's arms and legs are also getting repurposed as Trandosian parts. And the Mushroom hat will find a way into one of my castle MOCs at some point. My least favorite part is the mis-match of color on the train costume. I love that we got the wheels in dark-red. But the middle wheel (which is part of the molded costume piece where as the front and back and trolley wheels clipped on) should match them, not be normal red. Here's a closer look at the color inconsistencies. Verdict? SCORE DESIGN 7 I thought this was a good grouping of figures. The designs range from "good" to "amazing!" with nothing feeling overly sub-par. PARTS 8 We're all really here for the goat, I know. But even outside of that we get a really good selection of parts. And a good variety for City, Castle, and other kinds of builders. VALUE FOR MONEY 8 If you can get a whole case or manage to use an orthoscope, scale or other method to find the figs you want these are decent value for money. FINAL SCORE: 8 One of, if not the top favorite CMF series of all time. I think Lego really knocked it out of the park this time.

Thanks for getting the starting points picked!

Just want to drop a note saying the past 2-3 pages of discussion has been a good example of civil debate. Differing opinions which are on-topic and which don't resort to name calling are totally allowed. I call out the bad examples often enough I wanted to point out a positive example for once.