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I can't believe after all this time that they still have that terrible split system for the US market. Literally the entire rest of the world doesn't have any differentiation any more, and hasn't for quite a while. Feel for you both - hopefully you can still get the torsos eventually!

I'm excited to see a bridge set. Personally, Star Trek would be very well suited for a midi "Starship Collection" scale line (with some minifgs included of course). Doing big ships, there's no way they'll do even close to everything people would want, but at midi scale they can pump out ships from all different factions and shows and get through quite a lot, IMO.

I just noticed that the preview Mario figure has regular size legs. That's a bit weird. I would've thought they'd give Mario mid legs so he'd be shorter than the likes of Luigi and Peach. I can't see them doing the Toy Story/Avatar limbs for Luigi.

I for one have come to really enjoy the aesthetic of the brick-built characters in the current type of sets (especially like the mega Goomba and Koopa from Big Bad Island, DK is cool though articulation is too limited, and that Wario is awesome), but I'm excited to see what they do for the Minifigure set(s). There are just soooo many moulds they'd need to do if they do a lot of characters, so I wonder if it will be a whole line or just occasional one-offs like they're doing for Zelda now?

I just went to the certified store in the Sydney CBD. Their BAM stand was an absolute shambles, so many torsos missing limbs, and next to no accessories at all. However, they had a bunch of new/newish hairpieces including: The green bandana plus hair, orange hair and Monkey's hair from One Piece The white headmistress hair from Wicked The red version of the long Glinda hair Dark orange thick hair from Star Trek Teal spaceman helmets Some of those are pricey on PaB so I didn't feel too bad paying the $20 BAM price here.

As far as I've seen, no.

Just adding to the chorus, I also got an order from early Jan finally shipped, except it became partial shipped, partial backordered. The only two parts that haven't shipped yet were two gold spaceman torsos. It did feel like a longer wait time than my other previous semi recent orders. Maybe they have some time limit now by which they ship an order even if it hasn't been completed, and ship the rest later. However, it's odd. My understanding of the "In Warehouse" designation, and the main reason PaB orders can't be added to even by phone, is that they are picked pretty quickly but then sit there waiting to be shipped in a big batch to the destination country, where they're handed over individually to a local delivery service/courier. However that can't be the case any more, if the parts I ordered had been in stock when I ordered them, but the order was ultimately shipped a month later and missing a couple of pieces that are now OOS/backordered. I don't mind waiting, but it's a weird system they've got going on. Just hoping they don't cancel the gold torsos on me.

Maybe this was already discussed, but the death eaters in the Privet Drive Escape set have fully different heads, with alternates, providing four masks in total. I expected them to have a shared head with each one using a different side. Now that means I instantly want duplicates of them, but what would I do with the extra Hagrid and Harry... so I probably won't.

Well that's exactly it. If I didn't already have some of this stuff I would certainly feel tempted, but ultimately disappointed in the overall package. I know some people dislike the 2019 Clock Tower set, and for sure the interiors were cramped and compromised, but the overall package was stellar. Recognisable building. A few locations. Fantastic minifigure selection. Good price. The next hospital wing was an awful clock tower, but a pretty great hospital wing with all relevant characters and some cool new inclusions, and an affordable-enough price. This one is a generic unrecognisable portion of Hogwarts for $100, with interiors that are larger than the 2020 one but still compromised, missing a key figure and with over half the included figures pretty much as generic as can be (Harry, Ron, Penelope, Dementor), and missing other stuff that would be cool. They love throwing in Dumbledores left and right - howabout a PoA Dumbledore again? I would want it, but it's still a lacking package for the price.

I'm glad this theme is still going strong, truly, but I guess I have just gotten most of what I want out of it at this point, and/or some of the new cool stuff (like many of the new ghosts, the troll) are in such expensive sets that their prices individually on the aftermarket are too tough to swallow. The Privet Drive Escape is the only one from this wave that gets me really excited. Excellent small set with an excellent figure selection, and the price isn't as exorbitant as the Duelling Club IMO (the last set from this theme that I got). The Lovegood House is something I wish I could love (ha), but just can't. The price is too high, the model is too thin and though all the angles are impressive, it just looks like a bit of a jumble. Plus not including Ron feels stingy beyond belief. I'm glad I've been into LEGO all along because if I was only getting into it now, I feel there's no way I'd want to spend $100 US on such a random Hogwarts portion. Yes it looks detailed etc, but it's just so much for something unremarkable and with just a few rooms inside. Not including Pomfrey (or Snape Boggart) is another blow, or perhaps redesigning the Dementor to look more shroud-like, or including somebody cool like Bem.

The fox has been lowered in Australia too, so probably everywhere. It had been almost $20 AUD but is now just under $10. What a steal...

Oh I know, I've been around this thread for a long time (since its inception perhaps?), it's just that we don't share hauls as much as we once did. I personally like to post my hauls as a way to go back and remember what I've bought to make sure I don't double up All those pieces you're describing come from the Ninjago Dragonian Warriors, like this one: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=njo0931#T=S&O={"iconly":0} The dragon helmets were then subsequently released in white and titanium, and the neckpiece and mini dragon parts in dark blue (although not the 1x1 clips, which don't exist in dark blue). I'm doing a series of posts with some figures using parts from this order, and started with one using the white dragon helmets and dark blue wings, if you look at my grid. The trans opalescent katanas are also from the Ninjago wave with the Dragonians.

Nope it feels just as stable as LEGO's model I'd say because most of the over-engineering of the "troop compartment" is still there. Like I said in the review, it feels truly frustrating that for whatever reason they went "yeah good enough" for the woeful troop compartment section, and for the cockpit. Pilots lying down is nothing new for LEGO, but it's still one of those things where you just go.. really? Why can't they design the set around proper spaces for minifigures rather than shove minifigures in however they fit and hope nobody cares.

I don't know if we're sharing hauls any more (I miss those days), but here's my latest on my IG: https://www.instagram.com/cloneopatra/p/DQocp-QkpRW/

Yes on the lowest speed it goes pretty slowly. Oh sorry, here it is: https://www.flickr.com/photos/37180688@N02/albums/72177720329314774/