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And there's the difference. You're talking used sets, open and with the potential for missing, damaged or substituted pieces. You're risking getting a set from a smoking home (had that happen once because not every person who smokes thinks it's that big a deal). You're risking exagerrations about the condition of the set. You're risking battered boxes and tattered instructions. In other words, you're not getting new even though you're paying the original MSRP rate. No, I'm quoting eBay prices but unlike you I'm taking into account the difference between dollars and pounds and not comparing the prices of new and used sets as if they were equal. You need to look and think a bit more instead of assuming the prices you paid for used are typical and the equivalent of purchasing new. They're not. Purchasing used sets always entails risk, especially on eBay. Missing, damaged, or substituted parts are a lot more common than you'd think even when sets are sold as "complete". It's just like the joke that is "MISB" which some claim means "mint in sealed bags" or "mint in separate bags" (if it's been opened, it's hardly "mint" and "separate bags" is meaningless so far as an indicator of condition). Presently new copies of 4504 is selling on eBay for $250, $312, $335, $335, $350, $350, $390, $400 and $400. Used copies of 4504 is selling for $70, $80, $81, $140 and $300. New copies of 7190 are presently selling for $225 and $550. Used copies of 7190 are going for $75, $145, $175. In which case they'd be getting a set NEW in a sealed box. You're comparing used versus new and that's not the same thing. A new set for $150/£100 is not the same thing as a used set for $150/£100. If they want a new set, they're going to have to shell out $250-$400 USD for it. And others would prefer the Millennium Falcon. And what else will they remake from the original trilogy? Yet another Slave-1, another snowspeeder or another A-wing? They're remade nearly every ship/speeder already. If they're going to remake vehicles, they should remake an iconic vehicle which has only been made twice. It's incomprehensible that we have twice as many versions of Slave-1 or the snowspeeder than we do the Millennium Falcon.

The midi is completely worthless and the UCS is far too large and expensive (it's also semi-worthless for use with minifigures as there is no interior aside from the cockpit). Both are display models alone and some of the requests may be coming from kids (heh, or even adults) interested in more than a model to sit on a shelf. The Falcon is iconic of Star Wars and a centerpiece to any collection and yet Lego has given us only two system-scale versions of it. This is despite releasing FOUR versions, three of the same era, of an insignificant ship like the Slave-1. And don't forget that there have also been THREE versions of another worthless ship, the A-Wing. Combined these two vessels probably don't nab a full minute of screen time. The Falcon, by comparison, is prevalent in all three of the original trilogy and has ten times as much screen time in any one of the films as those two ships combined. I suggest you check again. The retired sets routinely sell for considerably more ($250-$400 USD) than their original cost ($100 USD). You may be misinterpreting the cost because of the present value of the pound versus the dollar but the difference between the original MSRP and the going rate is very different.

"Canon" in Star Wars means pretty much anything given that Lucas himself has screwed with the films to the point that parts of the original trilogy are almost unwatchable now. In ESB, Luke defiantly stepped off the gantry and plunged silently. Then in the Special Edition he screamed. Then he was silent once more in a later version. Toss on all of the EU crap and there's more contradictions in SW than in a confession by a chronic liar.

Only in later versions starting with the 1997 Special Edition travesty. From its debut in 1980 until that time, the only "shuttle" seen in Episode V was the TIE Shuttle which was really just the model of the TIE Bomber barely seen in the middle of the movie exiting a star destroyer. It's pretty hard to claim people are being "nitpicky" if you don't go into "details". That said, the amount of errors in a reference book with such limited content is staggering. These errors should have been spotted by the publisher during editing.

Apt title for this site. http://xkcd.com/659/

In all likelihood it is not legal. However, the web is flooded with games violating intellectual property laws and most of the time such violations are not caught.

Lego's public relations are excellent when it comes to customer service but absolutely horrible when it comes to dispensing information. Their excuse about "protecting designs", while valid in some regards, is a ridiculous policy when it comes to making public information like this. If the line will continue, confirming that does no harm since it wouldn't give alway any design information that might be used by competitors. If the line won't continue, it's obviously not compromising any information that might be used by competitors.

Sebulba would disagree.

Who cares about a chrome mini-figure? Most characters in the Star Wars films did not wear chrome armor (or in the case of droids were not chrome themselves). If anything, an argument might be made for R2-D2 and perhaps another droid or two but on the whole the chrome-minifigure novelty has worn off. What we need in chrome are the various Naboo craft that were chrome-covered, especially Amidala's starship from Episode I since a good portion of the film revolves around that ship. That, not another chrome minifigure, is what would make chrome-pieces worthwhile.

I've played the game and found it very shallow and uninteresting. There's not much reason to think a Lego line with this theme would be anything better.

For those curious, I'll go through them set by set leaving out duplicates as I do. Landspeeder: Engine, lightsaber hilt, lightsaber blade Speeder Bikes: Biker scout helmet, triangular clips, bar with bricks on each end Snowspeeder: Windshield, 4x2 slope, binoculars, Rebel pilot helmets, 1x2 single-finger locking hinge, 1x2 dual-finger locking hinge X-Wing Fighter: R2 head, R2 body, R2 legs, 3x6 cylinder engine piece, 1x2 single-finger top-mounted locking hinge Y-Wing and (Darth Vader's) TIE Fighter: Vader's helmet, TIE windshield, 6x6 inverted quadruple (http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/30373) And with the Episode I releases (I also noticed I made a typo in my earlier post as it should read 14 new molds with these sets, not 13...that's what I get for not proofreading first): Lightsaber Duel: Qui-Gon's hair, hood Droid Fighter: 2x12 wing wedge pieces Naboo Swamp: Jar Jar's head, battle droid head, battle droid body, battle droid arm, battle droid legs Anakin's Podracer: Padme's hair, 1x8 hinged angled plate, 1x2 single-finger locking hinge plate Naboo Fighter: Windshield Sith Infiltrator: 6x6 cross dome plate Mos Espa Podrace: Sebulba

The initial five-set release in 1999 featured 20 new molded pieces. The Episode I sets later that year would add another 14 new molded pieces as well.

Corporals are enlisted ranks above privates and below sergeants. Officers outrank enlisted soldiers.

While I doubt Lego will get the Star Trek license there's no reason they couldn't, especially since there is already a sequel to this summer's "rebooted" Star Trek in the works and talk of a third film already. Additionally there's a long 40+ year history of Star Trek to draw upon for sets. There are plenty of playset ideas for a Star Trek line. Bridges, engineering, transporter rooms, sick bays, and shuttle bays are only a few of the possibilities for playset types of sets. Given the various types of Federation starships featured in the TV series and films that's more than enough to sustain a long line. Imagine all of the "swooshable" non-minifigure-scale versions of the various ships that could be made to say nothing of smaller, minifigure-scale vessels as well. To date, we've seen more than four dozen small ships, shuttles and support craft (the Enterprise-D alone carried 10 different types, three of which were seen on TV series and a fourth in the film Generations, not to mention the Calypso, the Captain's Yacht, which is visible on the bottom of the saucer section) that could be made. Hence any argument that there aren't vehicle possibilities is really not accurate. If anything, the Star Trek line would have a greater range of set possibilities given the various playsets that are possible. As for the potential of Lego producing this license, many people once thought Indiana Jones would never be produced by Lego either. Hard to say what the future will bring. "'There are always possibilities,' Spock said." -- Kirk's log at the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

They didn't apparently put enough effort into it to do an adequate job proofreading for errors. The Visual Dictionary series books aren't really very informative and aren't noted for being useful reference sources. They're more like coffee table books. Defending errors in such a book is unjustifiable given that there are people being paid to oversee and edit it. Every error they make in a book with such limited content as the Visual Dictionary series is all the worse. My critique of the book Accuracy: ** (out of ****) Content: * (out of ****) Layout: *** (out of ****) Quality: ** (out of ****) Overall: ** (out of ****) Recommendation: For the content, no; for the mini-figure, yes

Ferrari would be covered under the "Lego has produced licensed sets for various corporations such as Shell." Ben 10 doesn't look like Lego system sets and so I'm hesitant to say if it's Lego, Duplo or some monstrosity like Galidor.

Licensed themes for Lego so far include Avatar, Batman, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park 3, Prince of Persia, Speed Racer, Spiderman, Spongebob Squarepants, Star Wars and Toy Story. Additionally, Lego has produced licensed sets for various corporations such as Shell. Finally, there are also additional licenses for Duplo.

I recently purchased a set of Duplo building bricks for my nieces and noticed that while the box correctly states "90 pieces" their website had said 91. I looked at the inventory on the side of the box and sure enough it added up to 90 pieces. But there was also a little symbol representing the sticker sheet (just some eyes to place on the sides of bricks; long, long ago these would have been printed on the bricks) at the bottom of this inventory. It seems Lego's website considers this a ninety-first piece. While it's just one number off the difference made the price-per-piece cost of the set appear to be 32.956 cents per piece while in reality it was 33.332 cents a piece. Not a huge difference but it is still a difference and for people looking for a good deal, something like price-per-piece is often a factor. I have not noticed this before but then again I rarely open the Lego sets that I purchase (most are for resale and it's been a long time since I opened a set that had stickers). Does Lego count the sticker sheet as a piece on other sets listed on their website or just the Duplo where adding a phantom piece has a greater impact on the price-per-piece cost?

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Sometimes I wonder if the people posting here have any math skills at all given that they'll list ideas that would cost hundreds of dollars and then suggest prices not even a fifth of that amount. No wonder the economy's like it is. Anyway, I'd suggest the following: Queen Amidala's Starship Figures: Queen Amidala, Padme as handmaiden, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Captain, Jar-Jar, Anakin, R2-D2 Interior: Cockpit, Queen's Audience Chamber, lift for for R2 Pieces: 1200 including chromed exterior Size: 20" long Estimated Price: $500 Jabba's Palace Figures: Jabba, Slave Leia, Luke, Gamorrean Guard, Bib Fortuna, C3PO, Boba Fett, Rancor Rooms: Throne room (top), Rancor Pit (below) Pieces: 750 Estimated Price: 100 Cantina Figures: Luke, Obi-Wan, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Greedo, bartender, Includes: Booth, bar Pieces: 300 Estimated Price: $30 Cloud Car Figures: Cloud Car Pilot (2), Lobot Pieces: 400 Estimated Price: $40 Tusken Raiders Figures: Tusken Raiders (2), Bantha Pieces: 75 Estimated Price: $25 Padme's Episode III Ship Figures: Padme, Obi-Wan, Anakin Interior: Cockpit Pieces: 400 including chrome exterior Estimated Price: $150

There were also white bikes. The first bicycle I ever saw was white. White Red Black Yellow Pink

Complaints about anything in the look of these sets is unwarranted at this time since they're obviously early versions. The helmet of the Rebel pilot in the Hoth set appears to be the checkerboard-patterned one of Biggs which of course wouldn't make sense since he died in Episode IV prior to the Battle of Hoth (although a flesh-toned Biggs would be a welcome addition). It's also reasonable to assume that the Tri-fighter will contain a buzz-droid and not necessarily three rocket droids. These are likely just the preliminary box designs sent out to retailers to give an idea of what the final products will look like. Same thing as early pictures of the Indiana Jones set Venice Canal Chase featuring Indy wearing an Imperial uniform. Therefore I wouldn't necessarily put hope into getting any of the figures like AT-AT drivers in the same form as we know them from existing sets.

I didn't like this silly cartoon because it's just an advertisement really. The "humour" is obvious and overdone past the point of witty and into the realm of lame. The "plot" is just an excuse for marketing toys, not storytelling. In all, a waste of time. As for speculation from the content, the people who made this cartoon are not the set designers and thus don't count on designs to mirror one another. If they do or if they don't, the only thing that would really be appealing is the R2-D2. A chromed dome on R2 would be a nice touch and would make for a nice figure.

No, a theory is a hypothesis ("hypo" is Greek meaning below or under) which has been tested and a conclusion formed that meets the results and can be duplicated through reapplication of the process. A hypothesis is an educated guess made after observation of the collected data. Once you test the hypothesis you form a theory to explain the results. There are other definitions of the word theory which are more akin to a hypothesis but these are born out of ignorance of the word itself resulting an overused and misused application of the word ("I have a theory...." type statements when in fact they really mean "I have a hypothesis"). Hence theories like electricity and evolution are the result of observation, collection of data, formation of a hypothesis and testing of that hypothesis. On topic, I don't think we'll see a Padme outside of one of their late-year exclusive sets. Given their tendency to put Leia in large sets (smallest was the $30 Jabba's Palace) we'll probably, if at all, see Padme in a $100+ set. Why they've chosen to exclude her is somewhat of a mystery to me though I'd imagine it has to do with her lack of significant importance in the prequels (Leia by comparison is in the heart of the action while the prequels center around Obi-Wan and Anakin). Still, if we can get worthless characters like Plo-Koon and other non-essential Jedi than we should by all means have more than a single Padme figure.

Just a thought but "General Grievous' Starfighter" might actually be an error. In recent years Lego has taken to releasing larger ships (Imperial Star Destroyer, Republic Cruiser, Venator and now the Tantive IV) and perhaps this is their latest big ship: the Invisible Hand from ROTS. There aren't that many more to consider (beyond perhaps that ship, Amidala's starship and the Trade Federation ship) and this would seem to be a perfect compliment to the Venator released this year. Another possible form would be in the spirit of the Home One set, depicting the battle with Dooku before the "imprisoned" Palpatine. As for the Slave-I, it seems a bit soon for yet another version of that ship but then again the fanbois have an incomprehensible love for that boring character. The wampa will be a welcome addition leaving only the bantha and rancor as creatures that would make great additions as mini-figure scale models (the Geonosis creatures are somewhat large and doing one but not all three presents Lego with a large empty set featuring just some figures and creatures; I could see it if it was just one but not all three). As with last year, no doubt half of this list will turn out to be in error. We'll just have to wait and see....