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I do like some of the roof materials used, but I have the same impression as you from the time I've been in places like that. It's just the build lacks cohesion that exists in many slums. There are still roads and walkways in a slum. This build looks like all the buildings are so close together that it's a communal block... So yeah this would be greatly enhanced by roads, train tracks, etc. People still live there of course!

I want it. I don't care if it comes out in a bad set, I want it. Oh my gosh it's just cool looking, would make a great display piece next to my original 2001 Vahi.

Yeah I went back to Wal-Mart to see if I could find Mickey or Stich... And they are %100 gone. This is going to be a knockout series.

And again Bionicle comes of better in print format than it does in video :P Maybe I should just give up on JtO and read the novels and comics instead

Hmm, that does look like a DD unit. Wish I was around to see them in person!

A few weeks ago I got the Rebel Alliance Battle Pack that came out this year, and the Shadow Trooper pack from last year. The Rebel Alliance pack is cool with all the alien heads; but I don't know what to think about the shadow troopers. They seem like an odd squad. Since those packs are in my dorm though, I have yet to compare them side by side with the rest of my arm collections. Maybe the shadow troopers will look more unique when placed among other storm troopers.

While I prefer the nougat skin tones; almost all of my Harry Potter sets are from the first two years where the yellow skin tone was used. So I am digging the nostalgic vibe I'm getting from the yellow skin figures! (I have a lot of them included here to or at least similar variants).

Northern most Wal-Mart in the Cache Valley is where I found a box. There aren't any Target stores here so I have yet to check there. I will be in Anaheim in a few weeks, I wonder if Disney will have LOADS there, or if it will be the first place to be decimated... Curious to see.

If it's $300+ I'd struggle with that price tag. I think Modular Buildings have proven that, indeed something big can be made in the lower price ranges; the town hall for example clocks in at $200 and is rather tall, if this castle has an open back it could dedicate bricks to the front facade being wider and taller. But that is part of the reason I mentioned that the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Anaheim would have made a better set; in real life it is actually a smaller building, and would scale a lot easier into Lego. According to Wikipedia the Cinderella's Castle in Disney World is a full 100 feet (30 m) taller than the Disneyland Castle! If Lego can pull of the added height in a reasonable price I'll be impressed, but I will state it now, the other castle would have been an easier set up...

Pulled my first random group. Donald, Daisy, Peter Pan, and two Chesire Cats. Kind of upset I got two cats, would have rather pulled Stich; but I'm glad I got both Ducks in one fell swoop.

Try Bricklink and Brickowl, they probably have better prices as Amazon and EBay are full of Lego scalpers. Maybe ME Models has a custom crossover available? I don't know. ME builds Lego-compatble track and they have a lot of stuff Lego doesn't have.

Toa of Sharp Sticks, bring it on!

Digging up my old thread here; but I finally got around to finishing a tender build! So finally, here is the %90 finished Tooele Valley Railway #11 2-8-0 in Lego (digital) form! I even made a back dated to 1910 version as seen in the photograph here: http://www.alleganyhistory.org/culture/transportation/railroads/buffalo-a-susquehanna-railroad-co/3075-the-last-buffalo-susquehanna-steamer Now all it needs is a caboose...

The toad on a pedestal in the pet graveyard (although technically speaking the Disneyland mansion doesn't have one, just the Disney World one; but still, it is great attention to detail!)

Dang, if it is in store sale it would be hard to find them... I still am missing half of the Protectors (although admittedly I am content with the group I have...)

Actually all more reason it might exist; since it was never released, never rated M! In fact it is rated nothing, just a bunch of concept art and renders! Although 1313 style Boba would be a cool exclusive, would have been a better May the Fourth type thing than what we ARE getting this year. Even if the character is not a canon version there are plenty of fan-boy's who know what it is they would want the figure, just like the Revan figure from a few years back. Plus the fact stuff from the canceled 1313 game found itself in episodes of The Clone Wars, means at least the location is part of the story.

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No my very first Bionicle MOC was in SYSTEM! I took the wings of my X-Wing for arms, stacked some bricks into a tower, and placed some guns on the arms and dubbed it; "The Toa of Guns!" Gosh that thing was ugly...

For a kid; he did pretty well! I remember my first Bionicle MOC at that age... Nowhere near as cool.

Latest spammer I saw was posting in already existing threads on the General Discussion Forum. Where it not for the fact he posted in multiple threads, it would not have been easy to notice.

Of course kids stories can go to hell; has anyone else been on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in Disneyland? They send kids to hell everyday on that ride! :P

Sorry to post again (MODs it has been a few days since I posted in the thread; if this doesn't work feel free to merge the posts): Anyway last weekend I got down to my parent's house again where my Xbox One is at; and was completely surprised to find the Beta for a new version of Firefight withing Warzone! A very, very, pleasant surprise! I will admit, the fact the Beta is using only one map right now is a little boring; and a few of the fights range from either super easy to super hard (try defending the Garage in the map from 100 Promethean soldiers, with only eight Spartans. It sucks!) But overall, I find it to be a great addition to the game, and one I hope to see finalized as a permanent part of Warzone! My only huge complaint is that have a structured five-level fight layout removes the "how long can I last?" factor from the original Firefight; but it is totally understandable given that the play list is created by joining eight random strangers on Xbox Live. If splitscreen ever returns to Halo, I'd like to see though a Firefight closer to its original ODST and Reach forms.

Yeah I just googled it (T-85 it turns out) and it is weird the art makes it look identical to a T-70. Still that happens a lot in real life. Very few differences mark a F/A-18 from a F/A-18E despite being built years apart. Not much marks a SD20 locomotive from a similarly built early model SD70. So maybe T-85 X-Wing models are supposed to look like T-70's... That would also explain the First Order's use of Tie Fighters... Maybe the Tie Fighter is like a Soyuz spaceship, it survives for years through different political regimes... and they keep making more!

I know I am late to the conversation but I will add my two cents: 1) I am cautious that they chose Disney World's Castle (also in Tokyo) over the other castles Disney has built ( Anaheim/Hong Kong share a design; and Paris is unique). In my opinion the Anaheim building would translate better into Lego, it is smaller and would only have to be the height of a modular building to convince me that it is "the real thing." However the Disney World/Tokyo design in really tall; and would need to be almost a story above a modular building in height to look convincing. However I will admit the interior for Disney World's castle offers more to build in Lego, with a restaurant and an apartment in it. In comparison the Anaheim Castle's interior is a few small show scenes in cramped corridors, not a very interesting interior! 2) I am afraid Lego won't build it to show "forced perspective." Although the top spires of the castle look like they are big enough to house rooms, they are actually rather small. Disney does this with all of their buildings in theme parks, the higher an object the smaller the details will be on it. I fear Lego will try and place interior details inside the upper spires; which would force them to be bigger than they are on the real building. I hope Lego just leaves the spires as small decorative structures, and only place interior details on lower floors. 3) Price tag, I am willing to pay $200 for a set like this. $400 like the Ghostbusters set was? No way Jose! 4) Stepping on my memories... I am actually quite the Disney Theme Park junkie. I have been to Disneyland nearly 10 times in my life (To get there from where I live often requires a 10+ hour drive, so I can't go as often as some people do); and I have also been to Disney World once. I know these parks very well; and I know very well those castles. I would be disappointed if the set was "out of scale" or not proportioned just right. I'd also be disappointed if the set featured 'magic play features' that detract from the fact these are very REAL buildings, and make it seem just as fantastical and whimsical as Lego's previous Hogwart's Castles and Disney Princess Castle's where. If there are play features I want them to make sense in the logic of the real buildings; zip line for a Tinkerbell scene, working drawbridge, etc. Heck, I'd even be okay with a stud shooter to be placed behind the caste to show 'fireworks' like what was done in the Ninjago Temple of Airjitsu. But I don't want to see stuff that doesn't fit the REAL building. 5) Must include tourist figures. OH PLEASE LEGO! I know the idea is to use the castle to showcase the collectible figures, but I really want to see regular Lego figures in licensed skin tones at the castle in tacky t-shirts, with baby strollers, and mickey ears. THIS is the Disney experience I know, it is REAL people visiting a REAL place where through the wonders of technology and showmanship it feels like entering something Magical. The real Disney magic is their mastery of engineering, artistry, stage craft, and illusions; not pixie dust and fairy godmothers. I want to see those tourists. I want to see a mother and father taking pictures of their kids standing next to an actress dressed as Cinderella in front of her castle. I want to see an overpriced churro cart next to the castle gate. I want to see a garbage can in fancy paint next to some benches. And most importantly I want to see a statue of Walt and Mickey, cast in bronze overlooking the plaza in front of the castle. In a way despite the name of the castle I have never seen it as Cinderella's Castle (nor Sleeping Beauty's in Anaheim); it is WALT's castles. He is the man who envisioned a way to turn fantasy into reality. He was the man who assembled a team of artists and engineers who built such wonders. (Not to mention he DIED before Disney World was completed, giving a bitter sweet feeling to the park). So yes, please put a statue in front of the castle, and an over eager family of tourists visiting! Please!! Honestly if the set doesn't even come with Cinderella, but instead has that statue, Mickey, and some tourists; I'd be a happy camper! I know that was a long rant, but I am a bit of a Disney park's fan boy so forgive me for it. I am excited to see this set and hope it lives up to even half my hopes for it! Sorry if it was a bit off putting to anybody, but I just had to say it! Also sorry to pull this quote up; but being the fan boy I am I can't let this slide. Actually Disneyland was a rip-roaring success money wise from DAY ONE. The failures of the early park had less to do with money, and more to do with technical issues, such as temperatures so hot in the summer it caused the asphalt roads laid in the park TO MELT (Hence the reason all Disney parks use concrete roads now), or the lack of drinking fountains.. But Disneyland had crowds from day one all the way to the present, it only took Walt Disney a few years of income from Disneyland to pay off all the loans and investors that he relied on to build the park. Another sign of Disneyland's quick success is the famous people who visited it in its early DAYS of operation; take for example the fact George Lucas's parents took him to see the park, on only its SECOND day open! It was actually Disney World that failed its opening (as mentioned in the book Realityland where I am sourcing this from). The Disney Corporation was afraid of another technical disaster like the one they had in California decades earlier, hence the reason they opened the park in September, hoping to avoid large crowds. Instead they had almost NO crowds at all. At the time Florida had not yet developed into a "vacation destination" as it is now, and many of the elderly retirees living there had little interest in theme parks. It took Disney a while to draw the crowds! Of course with time; in part thanks to Disney's development there, Orlando became a destination, and there is no doubt it is a rip roaring success in the modern day. But the openings of both parks 60 and 45 years ago has little to do with the current FAME of both locations. The Magic Kingdom in Disney World has 19 MILLION visitors annually, the original Disneyland has 16 Million annual visitors too, despite its smaller size. Both are giant successes. Along side them is also Tokyo Disneyland with 17 Million visitors per year (perhaps a good reason to base the model on the Disney World castle though is that the Tokyo Castle is a carbon copy of the Florida one). If there is any reason to choose Cinderella's Castle over Sleeping Beauty it is the walloping 36 MILLION people who visit either the Florida or Tokyo park each year (In comparison the Sleeping Beauty has less visitors as its other copy in Hong Kong Disneyland is in a park with fewer visitors.)

10213 is my favorite of the bunch I've seen it a friends house; but the one I own is 7470; which unfortunately is in pieces right now... The stickers on 7470 left behind a gunky residue to so I won't be able to rebuild it that easily. There is one shuttle you forgot though (I own it): 6456!