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True, but their hats and stand could have been made in China, like the jester hat is in the Castle line.

Sorry for so many questions, but you are quite the center of attention for having the new sets. Did any of the pieces in the army man set come in separate bags of the same type that Buzz's head and other parts came in in the other set? And if so, which? Thanks very much.

Legoliner Pilot, I don't understand why you are coming back to say the exact same thing as what you said, and many people (including me) responded to, back on page 28. You asked the exact same thing about "Give me one good use of the heads outside the theme…" and it was answered well. I read one time on this site, or Brothers Brick, or somewhere, that there will always be someone who finds a unique use for any piece, no matter what it is, even if you or I can't think of it right now. I suppose you're the kind of person that likes to MOC, since you seem to be hung up on using the pieces for other themes. So sure, in your case of a MOCer the sets with big heads aren't so great (although I can still see the heads being used in some funny vignettes, or toy shop mocs, or plenty of other comical uses). But for other people, they care about buying and displaying the sets, or creating Toy Story themed MOCs (which I know you would never dare do after your clear hate for all things Disney), so these heads are great. I don't buy sets so that I can immediately take apart the mfs and build my own, I like to keep the mfs and sets together. So I have absolutely no problem with cartoony and finely accurate big head mold that perfectly fit the line. And the long legs, well, that's just the same as the short legs, except they're longer, not shorter. I hope sometime you could show us a MOC incorporating Squidward's newest large head (with a nose, I might add) and a Plo Koon head or Mr. Krabs head or two, since those must be so easy and obvious to use in MOCs.

Well, black is in, so I'd say it's safe to assume that there will be nothing under there but black. About pupiled eyes, it's not the first time. The Imperial Inspection had Imperial Officers with eyebrows and pupiled eyes, so I'm not surprised to see them coming back to generic Rebels. Though I like the smilies for generic troops, they are a bit over-placid, so I can see why LEGO has decided to give even generic Hoth Rebels faces. Since the Endor Bunker had styled, pupiled faces on its generic Rebels, it's no surprise that Hoth Rebels now have the same.

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)