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It seems like Woody's Round-Up is the next Solar Sailor; the price is now at $54.99. I wonder what the official LEGO price will be, and I hope that it being on the TRU site means it will be up on LEGO.com soon, just as the Atlantis sets were up shortly after they were on the TRU website.

It is this. Funny that you should say "What on Earth," since this piece comes from the Space Port line of 1999.

Indeed, you are correct about the inspiration. Read about the designer's thoughts here. I found this through The Brothers Brick today.

Only the helmet, and that that head print was not used for a Space Police figure before, I believe.

Oh, you're right! I feel silly now. Could a mod please change the title to VPR? I'l have to change my title pic too…

I was just in an American TRU two days ago, and can confirm that the Stars were $7.99. If only they had had Tahu…

One of the Academy's hopes is that we can provide Academy standard reviews of all the new sets, so that people can really see the set and read a very high-quality review that is both pleasurable and informative. So, welcome to the first of my two Academy-standard Space Police III 2010 reviews, and enjoy! Set Title: Raid VPR Set #: 5981 Theme: Space Police III Pieces: 69 Minifigures: 2 Year of Release: 2010 (November 2009) Price at Release: USD $10 Buy it? Inventory? Bricklink Not yet on Peeron. LEGO INTRODUCTION Each year I think about going Black Friday shopping on Black Friday after brunch. I haven't made it yet. On Sunday, however, I decided to hit up my nearest TRU, just to see if they had some new sets and see the sets in person. I wasn't expecting to find the buy one get one %50 off deal that they had, excluding Atlantis and Star Wars (that greedy TRU). Deciding not to follow in the footsteps of the numerous parents filling their carts with Venators and every other huge SW set that their children had written onto lists that the parents were carrying around, I picked up the two new Space Police sets. I'd never bought an SPIII set before, but these looked appealing, and who can pass up a nice deal especially when it gets you some awesome helmets and purple cheese? BOX A rarity in one of my reviews, I will actually show you the box since I bought this set right before reviewing it! The front has some snazzy background depicting the inside of one of those domed cities, and is that Earth in the distant background? The officer looks scared out of his mind at seeing Rench jump out of nowhere. The SPIII logo has been changed a little since the 2009 wave, in that it is now outlined in red highlights instead of in blue. Comparing this logo to older ones in the shop, I must say the new one looks a tad more exciting and urgent. The back of the box features the ship again from a good angle in front of a futuristic-cityscape, as well as the features which are an opening cockpit, a flick-fire missile, and the minifigures, which are certainly a big feature of this set. On the top of the box there is a sideways full-size picture of our alien frenemy, which the alien himself seems to enjoy. Oh, his name is Rench in a any language! INSTRUCTIONS How would we build our cute little fighter without the instruction manual? The front has the same graphic as the box front, as normal. The manual was neatly folded (too bad 5982 didn't fair the same, as you will someday see). The back features the all new Nielsen ad, which has a catchier color scheme and bolder lettering, but is ruined by that very… uh, excited? middle-schooler. The steps have a very plain background, and I must say that color differentiation was not the best, as I had to look at my pieces sometimes to see if it meant black or dark grey. That wasn't too bad, though, since there were no pieces in two different colors, or many pieces at all. I chose this step since it shows the very worst stickers. Here is that obligatory parts list, fit nicely on one page. And an ad for the lovely yellow and purple 5982, soon to be review by yours truly. PIECES Ah, the lovely pieces, many in fresh white, perhaps my favorite LEGO color. The only problem with fresh white is that it doesn't stay too fresh for long. The pieces are in an appropriate color scheme for a cop vehicle, and there isn't much of note besides those long panels, and the new cockpit piece, which I will show below. So, here's that new cockpit piece, which I was surprised to find since the box features the old cockpit piece. The only difference - that added square-ish blip that makes it fit completely over a 2x2 piece. There have been several old parts that have redesigned over the past few years, and I dislike this one. It does add to stability, but detracts from look. Many a sleek MOC starfighter with the old cockpit might look a good deal odd and less sleek with the redesign. And, of course, the sticker sheet, a must in any SPIII set! A printed tile would've been better for the controls, but at least that sticker wasn't hard to apply. It's those long ones that say Police that were annoying. (Sorry, took this pic in the place where I built the set) MINIFIGURES Perhaps what many of you came for: the minifigures! And how nice they are. On the left, there is Rench (perhaps a relative of Kranxx), who has an updated Blacktron II torso (comparison below) that does not quite match the skull belt, but looks good anyway. On the right is the standard yet awesomely printed Space Police officer, who sports a Doc head from Power Miners. That cop looks pretty evil to me. Who is the real bad guy here? Rench has a simple but stylish continuation of his built on the back of his torso, while the Space Police office has a walkie-talkie and some… padding? Not so tough on the back of that head, is he? Unless he's just really angry… How does the updated torso compare to the old one? Well, though it's hard to tell from the picture, the new one has some printing like the clip on the shoulder strap that is metallic and so it shines. The new one also has that Blacktron II logo on the other shoulder pad, which the old one doesn't need since the logo was plastered all over their ships. ACCESSORIES Since he's all alone against a fighter, Rench gets Chewbacca's old favorite, the security camera turned heavy blaster, a step up from the megaphone. The officer (who LEGO calls a Commando), meanwhile, gets airtanks and a completely awesome new helmet with a trans-red visor, making it even cooler! Ok, that aviator helmet with black visor was nice, guy, but this is the real futuristic in-space Police deal. The only minor drawback is that the cop's screaming face is printed a bit too low down, so the bottom of his mouth is covered, but you still get the idea of his fright. I will cover the helmet more thoroughly on my larger review of 5982, so stay tuned. BUILD With some technic and stuff, the build isn't as straightforward as a normal City car or other small set. Here it is: COMPLETED SET It isn't so easy to brightly photograph a white ship on a white background (for your average guy like me, anyway), so I'm sorry if any of these pictures aren't my best. When taking pictures of all angles of this set, I was provided with an odd dilemma; should I shoot it from kind above, which makes it look awesome all the time, or straight on, which from some angles makes it look odd and misshapen. Being a dedicated reviewer like me, I decided to do both, and where I took both angles, I will show them atop each other. Let me start with a flattering 3/4 above angle. This ship is certainly a sleek little devil, a pride of any futuristic police force. It is extremely sturdy, highly swooshable, not to mention cute and sleek. Many have compared it to a Jedi Interceptor, but it's also just it's own thing. A sort of cross between a small airplane and a fighter, if you ask me. Now the front, above and straight on. LEGO's placing of the trans-red and -blue works perfectly as a back and forth. But see the straight on angle? Then it doesn't look so great. A side view. The sides are basically the same, except the conversely colored trans pieces. This view reveals the airplane-looking fin and the engine looks like it should provide a good amount of thrust for such a small ship. In a straight on view the front wings just look silly, to me. The back. Not much to see here besides the engine, again looking big enough to shoot the ship forward. This time the straight on shot doesn't look so bad. PLAY Now all there is left to do is swoosh (in the buff, if you fancy), flick those flick-fire missiles, and decide who's going to win. Sorry, no flick-fire missile videos this time, good readers. In my opinion, no measly alien with a suped-up video camera can stand up to a sleek, powerful fighter, so Rench is on the run trying desperately to not get the stuffing beaten out of him for shooting at an officer. (Translucent STAP stand not included in set) CONCLUSION All in all, a fine start to my 2010 LEGO shopping experience. I don't know if this set is supposed to be $10 or less, but either way I think $10 is fine for a wonderful fighter and two great minifigures. Sure, the fighter doesn't look great straight on from the side, but when are you going to look at it from that angle anyhow? Though I don't own any of the first wave sets, I think this is a step up from the smaller sets since it is an enclosed fighter and not just a speeder bike, and it is extremely sturdy and swooshable. A great purchase for anyone, I'd say. RATINGS Parts: 9.5/10 - 69 for $10 is a teeny bit low, but I don't know what the fighter is lacking, so… Minifigures: 10/10 - New super-cool helmet, redesigned Blacktron torso, lime green alien, what else could you ask for, four green army men? Design: 9/10 - Wonderfully sturdy, just doesn't look great straight on. Build: 9/10 - Fast but intriguing for a small set, but the color differentiation wasn't superb. Playability: 9.5/10 - Quite swooshable, but the missiles might not flick well because of the way their holders are connected. Price: 10/10 - For $10, it's what I expect and it's a fine deal. Overall: 9.5/10 - Make yourself happy, buy this lovely little SPIII set, it won't disappoint. I'll hopefully be back soon!

From what I can tell, two of the Hothtroopers have a new torso, while the one with the mustache (Darlin) has the torso that appeared in 7749 and all previous sets. I find it kind of strange that LEGO is giving us four different figures in the Hoth battlepack. This will create quite a diverse army for this people buying hordes of them, ant not lead to the stock continuity that a set like the last Rebel battlepack provided, which armybuilders may like. I don't know, though, since I'm not an army builder, but it seems that others here are disappointed that all of the rebels in this set are different from each other and from previous Hoth rebels. I think I like the variety provided in the original Clone battlepack, which is still my favorite: three different figures, with two of the same plain guy. Four of the same in the last Rebel battlepack was too many of the same figure for me, while four different figures is a little too much variety in a battlepack.

Thanks for the new pics, that's what I like to come to this topic to find. I think that whoever set up the Rebel BP might've done it wrong, since I get the feeling that Darlin should be the one with the dark tan pants and the different Hoth Rebel torso, since the other two Hoth Rebel torsos are the old kind. I also find it strange that LEGO seems to have altered the Rebel Pilot torso. Sure, I guess in the movies the pilots wear those box things on their chests, but LEGO never seemed to care before. I wonder if this will always be the pilot torso now, or perhaps just for Rebel pilots on Hoth. So, ADHO, what Rebel pilot does that helmet belong to?

That's the original Snape face. On the figure, I think you've done a good job, though I too agree that part of the Joker's usual iconic image is his permanent contorted grin. Also, why did you go with two different colors on the arms?

Because LEGO needs to find things that they can make plausible sets from. Really, none of the sets we have seen so far are a real movie scene except for the RC car set. Why? Because it would be impossible to make most of the movie scenes since they involve comparatively giant furniture and houses. LEGO can't realistically make, say, an "Airplane Escape" set because that would need giant airplane wheels and giant luggage, things that it would be logistically impossible to put in a set. Everything in the movies is so big compared to the toys, so LEGO had to stretch a little to find things that could be made into sets. I'm quite happy about that, though, since I'd love that Western Town even if it isn't so related to the movies.

Well, I've been reading this thread for a while, so I'd like to share my opinions. FIrst of all, I really hope this does not get into a "Is TS good or bad" discussion as the last two posts may show it going, since that really doesn't belong in this thread I don't think and it would certainly clutter things up. Anyway, about the LEGO aspect of Toy Story (i.e. the LEGO TS sets), I think the figures are quite nice. These figures are in no way like Jack Stone since they have normal minifig bodies with normal detachable minifig arms and legs, only longer. The heads also come off. I don't see how people can compare that to the Jack Stone figures, which were single pieces and in no way related to minifigures, plus they were marketed in a 4+ line, not a regular licensed system line. There have also been people saying that LEGO has made too many specialized ("useless") pieces for the figures. I don't see people grumbling about Darth Vader's helmet, Yoda's head, Kit Fisto's head, Plo Koon's head… Those parts have no other uses than to be their characters' heads and to be used as aliens in MOCs. These are no different. Sure, so they're large and bulgy, but I can see people making comical vignettes with odd-headed characters. If LEGO had tried to print normal minifig heads to match the characters, they likely would have ended up looking like the original Squidward, who was not very Squidward-like I must say. When LEGO needs odd character heads, be it in Star Wars, Spongebob, Harry Potter, or now Toy Story, they make them. And really, the heads are the only parts of these guys that are so "specialized" that LEGO would not use them in something else. Most likely, most of the grumbling is that usual pre-release grumbling, similar to what happened before Power Miners, where many people feel they dislike the sets, but once they actually have the set in their hands, everything changes… Not for me though. I like them now, and I'm sure I'll like them when they're in my hands.

Wow, that's a very good looking stall. It doesn't really look right for the Cairo marketplace due to all the jungle-y bits, but it still fits nicely in the Indy world. Your tilted baskets look very nice, as does the fig, and the whole thing overall. It looks very wooden and woodsy to me, and would be great in some kind of jungle marketplace. One suggestion I have would be to add a stand under the figure so he can see a bit better over his wares. Also, I think your choice of what he is selling is just a tad odd, since right now he sells both food and weapons, unless that's what you wanted. Finding hinge bricks that aren't red would also fit the color scheme better. But those are all trivial little things. Overall, I think your market stall is stunning!

Well, I've liked the RV car since I first saw it, but is that price on Amazon correct? I know they've sometimes jacked up prices in the past, but the prices for the construction fig and Wood's Round Up (no picture) seem about right. But $20 for 92 pieces? Yes, it's a got cool minifigures and a pullback motor, but $20?

There were never black heads on Snowspeeder pilots (who were always Luke and smiley Dack), and the picture of the ARC shows that those pilots don't have black heads, so I don't understand what you mean. Both KimT and Ras have said that there will be a Snowspeeder with the Wampa cave (or at least hinted at it), so I'll take that as an official word. By the way KimT and Ras, are all of those non-January (Slave I, Wampa Cave, CTT…) sets some kind of Spring release, or did they really already have awesome pics of a summer wave?

I saw the Bohrok commercial in a movie theater as an ad before the movie! Ah, memories of my Bionicle collecting days come flooding back. Thanks for sharing these!

No, the R2's were different. There was a new Clone Wars design for the Y-Wing that was similar to Ahsoka's droid, while the Endor Bunker R2 was the same as the one featured in the Death Star and the upcoming Landspeeder. That's why the design of the droid in the ARC will tell us for sure if the set is PT or CW. Also, there was a Kit Fisto in the EpIII Jedi Starfighter with Hyperspace Ring for no reason, so it's no argument that Fitso wouldn't be in there if it was ROTS. Maybe it makes the set more appealing to little kids and other people who like and don't have enough Jedi.

Why am I bumping my own months-old review when I know it's in the index, you ask? Well, I've just updated it with cleaner pictures, and added whole sections and pictures that were not there before. It's kind of like a new review! I wrote the original of this review before I had even entered the Reviewer's Academy, so the picture quality and other aspects were quite poor. I hope that someday the SW Index might be filled with Academy-standard reviews, but of course that doesn't mean I don't want non-academy members to fill in the gaps. I hope you enjoy the new version of this review, and I encourage every potential reviewer to join the Academy! I plan to revamp all of my first crappier-quality SW reviews like this someday.

Crankin' em out, eh WhiteFang? I have to love those old looking cars, thanks for your nice review of the cutie.

I have my Black Seas Barracuda still assembled, but it's the Legend version, not the original, so it doesn't count. I've never purposefully disassembled my original Millenium Falcon (I remember it shattering when I dropped it once, but I rebuilt it that day), so that would be ten, almost eleven years. It doesn't have all its pieces with it, but it's still pretty much together.

I'm not disagreeing with you per se, but I'd like to know what those twenty are. From looking at my old LEGO catalog, I can't count over eleven, and I own all those sets but one. Do you know of a place that lists them all, or could you? EDIT: Ah, sorry to doubt you. After doing a second's worth of Bricklink searching, I found that a lot of those hinges that lock in place like we have today were created for the Star Wars sets. I'm glad you led me to find that out, thanks! (Changed in the review)

He was not posting the pictures as news that he had found, he was answering Mission Commander's question about what is confirmed of the rebel helmet. He knew what he was doing. I'm sure clearer pics will come by soon, since most other themes now have official pics.

You could quite possibly be thinking of these, which are somewhat similar. Definitely not the same though, as the Bricklink link I provide in the review shows when the part in this set came out.

About my second post on Eurobricks was a review of an old Star Wars set. More followed. Then I reviewed several old Star Wars sets as part of my Academy Student reviews, but by then I had exhausted almost all of the Classic Star Wars sets that I had rebuilt with all of their pieces, so I moved on to different themes. Well, I'm going back to my roots… Set Title: Landspeeder Set #: 7110 Theme: Star Wars Classic Pieces: 47 Minifigures: 2 Year of Release: 1999 Price at Release: $6.00 ($6.75 in the catalog, including shipping) Buy it? Inventory? Bricklink Peeron INTRODUCTION As most people reading the Star Wars forum know, in January 1999, LEGO released the first five sets in what would become its most successful line, in America anyway. They created very few new pieces for these five sets; around twenty I believe, including the new minifigure accessories. That resulted in a lot of those Star Wars models looking pretty blocky and not so true to the movies, but that was fine with me. Looking back at them now, the great thing about those first Star Wars sets was that they just look like someone took LEGO and made some Star Wars models, instead of now where it seems more like someone created LEGO to be Star Wars models. Do you know what I mean? Am I making any sense at all? Oh, maybe this is all going over people's heads, let's look at plastic… INSTRUCTIONS On the front there is a nice rocky desert landscape with the speeder speeding along. Of course Luke has got to ruin the shot by looking at the camera, but I guess the photographer didn't want to reshoot it. I love the lighting on the set in that front picture, it really evokes a hot, sunny feeling. Other things of note on the cover are the old LEGO SW Classic logo (resurrected this year for old times' sake), the old System logo to let you know it's not a Technic set, and that Star Wars-y font for the set title and number. I miss them all. As was true for all of the original Star Wars sets, the back shows the minifigures building the set in a weird sort of hangar, and an aesthetically unpleasing alternate model. It seems that Obi-Wan would rather play with his shiny lightsaber than help Luke build (more on the shiny lightsaber later). There's also some legal stuff and a little box telling you to go to the website. Want to see what the website did look like back then? Wayback Machine! A random page displays excellent color distinction, a properly starry background, and easy-to-follow steps. But wait, what's that little picture up there… It's a movie frame! These movie frames relevant to the set are on each page, and appeared on most Star Wars sets for some time. I think they died out around 2003, which was sad because I found them an excellent enhancement of your build experience. They brought back the movie scenes, and made you eager to play with the set in context once the building was done (don't worry, I'll get to playing down the page). One more instructions pic that I'd like to point out, because I find it quite funny, is this rendering of Obi-Wan in the last step of the set. Those diluted pupils make me think he's been smoking a certain something. PARTS Note - before I begin this section, I must point out that I am missing Dark Gray Brick 2x8. I have instead substituted Dark Gray Brick 2x6 and Dark Gray Brick 2x2, as shown. Alrighty, with that over, I give you the 39 non-minifigure pieces of this set, laid out for your viewing pleasure. Not so many colors, and mostly tan (unlike the speeder in the movie), but still some nice parts. These are the pieces that interest me most. Chairs, you say? Yes, I like chairs, can't get enough of them. I also like those rounded gray pieces, they're great for towers and other round things. The windshield was not new to this set, but certainly a welcomed addition. Without creating a new windshield, there would have been no better choice than this back then. Those engines were created just for this set. Since there are three included, I can show you all angles in this pic. The detail, while minimal, is excellent, but this piece has been rarely used. MINIFIGURES Enough of this parts chit-chat, you want to view some plastic guys! Here you are, the first-ever minifigures of Obi-Wan and Luke in Tatooine garb. I must say, to this day this original Obi-Wan remains one of my all time favorite minifigures. His beard and hair are lovely, and his wide eyes and small mouth give him a deep-in-thought look characteristic of Alec Guiness' Ben. The robe print is much simpler than the most recent one, but it does the job well and was LEGO's common simple style back then. Luke is also a great minifigure with his original Luke face (my preference) and fitting Tatooine outfit printing, with leg printing too! These were also the first minifigures to ever sport the classic hair piece in gray or tan. Blondes didn't exist in LEGO's world before! Nothing on the backs, I'm afraid. You may wonder why Obi-Wan has that brown diaper on, and I have never figured that out, but I don't mind it. Perhaps Obi-Wan should have a brown cloak, but I don't mind not having that either. I'd rather have that nice gray hair. You could also say Luke should have long hair, but I'd rather have him without the girl hair that LEGO gives him nowadays. Now the CW Anakin hair in tan, that would be something. ACCESSORIES This set has just one accessory, but what a fine one it is. That's right, a new piece back then, a chrome lightsaber hilt! LEGO liked it so much that they put it in all five of the first Star Wars Classic sets. Obi-Wan lis awesturck by it. And if you don't believe me that it truly is chrome, behold… BUILD This set is small, so I have taken pictures of all odd-numbered steps. It's quick and not at all complicated, but it's fun to see the final shape coming together. The final step is adding the windshield, so I'm ready to move on to… SET From the dead-on front, you get hit in the face with some light gray and dark gray. You can tell that the speeder lies pretty flat since you can't see anything but the engines sticking out on the back. From the side you can see the grillish bricks, and where most of the red is. The side engine pops out quite a bit at you, and overall the length of the speeder is pretty tiny. Also, those chairs look pretty high up compared to the windshield, which I will discuss more in the next section. The back reveals a long gray brick, pretty plain and an abrupt edge. It's a sure fact that this is one blocky model, but that's how it was back then. Blockiness makes it very sturdy, at least. Yep, those side engines sure do stick out a lot. This overhead angle better displays the smallness and blockiness of the model. You can also see the dark gray grill, about the only detail. Now, some of you may hate the blockiness and small size, but I find it cute in a certain way. This set is swooshable beyond belief, and there's no danger of anything falling off. The smallness makes it also perfectly swooshable for a child's little hand, although my hand about encompasses the entire thing. SET with MINIFIGURES While you could just swoosh the set around by itself if you felt like it, you'll probably have more fun playing with it with the minifigures. Problem is, adding the minifigures brings attention to the design flaws. First, from this front view, look how high up Luke and Ob-Wan are compared to the windshield. Their heads are about on level with the middle engine! Now, if you remember the movie, you'll know that the windshield should be on the same level as Luke's face. If you thought the hight difference looked bad from the front, just look at the minifigures from the side! Their feet come above the top surface of the speeder! Getting rid of the chairs and raising the top surface of the speeder would help with this, but as it is that's a pretty blatant flaw. You do have to consider that this was 1999, but this really doesn't look good. And then you notice… this is a force powered machine! There might be engines, but there are no controls! There is no excuse for this LEGO, you should've added at least some printed tile or one of those lever control things. FUNCTIONS What? Functions? C'mon, that thing's tiny, there're no functions in there! Well, actually, LEGO left space underneath the hood for you to hide Obi-Wan's shiny lightsaber. Sure, you've got to pull the plate with the windshield on it off, but that's a function, right? I think it was quite nice of them to provide a space to keep the lightsaber so you won't misplace it while swooshing (nude or otherwise). PLAY I always like to include in my reviews nowadays some play suggestions, in case you're left blank on what to do with the set. This time, LEGO has kindly included the correct minifigures to provide a reenactment of the movie, minus R2 and 3PO of course, but who needs them anyway? "Obi-Wan Kenobi… Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time, a long time." But c'mon, just reenacting the movie isn't showing much imagination! What about if Luke's encounter with the Tuskens brings back Obi-Wan's memories of how Anakin started on the path to the Dark Side, and he becomes full of uncontrollable rage that he needs to take out on inanimate objects?! Maybe you could come up with something better. CONCLUSION This set is a classic, which means no matter what I say there will be lots of people out there who didn't buy it then trying to get their hands on it now. But let me tell you, it's worth the money. The minifigures are excellent, really top notch for the time especially, and Obi-Wan only appeared with these exact colors (old gray) in this set. Forty-seven pieces may not sound like so many for a $6.00 set, but the set has exclusive parts like the engines and those great minifigures, so the price is not at all bad. The model is out of proportion, sure, but like I said before, it's cute and extremely sturdy. Dropping it wouldn't do much (don't throw it out a window just to prove me wrong), and the small size makes it easily swooshable especially for little hands. This isn't one to get for detail, but it is one to get for nostalgia, cuteness, the minifigures, and a few nice parts. RATINGS Minifigures: 10/10 - don't ask for R2 and 3PO too. Ok, you could, but the minifigures LEGO decided to give you are awesome. Pieces: 8.5/10 - engines and the windshield and chairs are nice, but the set would've benefitted from just a few more bricks to make hight proportions better. Build: 8.5/10 - nothing revolutionary or even so interesting, but still fine and quick as it should be for a small set. Price: 10/10 - for a licensed set with two great minifigures, it would be impossible to expect any cheaper. Playability: 10/10 - this gets top marks for indestructability. Nope, that's not a word, but this thing can be banged against a wall (might hurt the wall, though). Overall: 9.4/10 - not bad at all. Would've been a ten out of ten if the proportions had been a bit better, but we can forgive LEGO this once, right? Maybe… If you can get your hands on it, do. I'll be back (who knows with what!).

I liked the little bit of LEGO in the movie, it showed that somebody making the film had some taste. And you're right Batbrick, I shouldn't have listened to the critics, because the critics are saying that the film is good. I was actually quite put off by the sadistic, sadsack group of big furry creatures that have nothing to say or do. To me, the film was an extremely dull, drawn out piece of pretentious dribble. I was glad that Max was finally able to escape those depressing creatures and return to a normal life, but I doubt that's what the filmmakers had in mind and the ending was no savior to the movie. I see a lot of movies in the theaters, and I've come to the conclusion that if at any point during a movie I have a strong urge to look away from the screen just so that I don't have to stare at it, that is not a movie with any redeeming qualities to me.