Clone OPatra

Repeat popping out of hands and arms could lead to damage, but if you're just looking to do a one time replacement you should be ok. I've been popping out hands, arms and legs since I was a kid though and never had anything crack as a direct result of that. Some arms and torsos have cracked over time inexplicably, and the worst that can come of swapping legs is that they could be a bit loose. For all we know right now, the astronomy kid could have a plain white arm with a new hand insert - swapping hands is the easiest of all.

They've clearly just ripped the images off of the leaked leaflet. But it seems LEGO has given LAN the official ok to share, so maybe they'll, y'know, release actual pictures sometimes soon.

Big NOPE to talking politics on EB even in a wild thread like this.

Re-open for business. We've gotten a bit loose with the rules in recent years so that people can just freely discuss what they like without us MODs yelling "stick to LEGO" every five minutes. If things veer off track too much though, we might have to revisit tightening the rules again.

Somehow, Mighty Micros returned... I love those soapbox cars and the new thin wheels are great. Very fun for kids.

Looks like the new-ish but not brand new Friends Persian mould that has already come in four iterations: grumpy, tongue out, space suit and orange. It's one of my favourite Friends animal moulds since it's just so cute and cuddly looking!

Heck even the goat went against that theory the first time around. Dumbest LEGO decision I ever made, passing up the goat set when I saw it on slight discount at a discount store but just didn't really care for it at the time and figured the goat would come in another set later...

The puffer vests and hair with beanies have pretty good prices. And, true to the name of this topic, there are currently a few Skeleton Crew Minifigure parts, an Iron Man torso, the trans green darksaber and the new rubbery capes on there! However those rubbery capes are pretty expensive, and holy heck the Dreamzzz hourglass hilts are terribly priced. I would've wanted those but I'll pass. And um, why are pneumatic tubes $17.40 USD

D'oh! I meant the falcon. There hasn't been a raven in CMF I don't think, just that crow part from Lone Ranger.

Ah I forgot about that. But I also forgot about the toucan, koala and raven, which haven't reappeared yet. Maybe the theory has nothing to it, though I still feel like a wolf is more likely to reappear than some of those.

Almost all CMF animals have reappeared in some form besides the cobra and mouse, so there's good precedent there - although some dogs have only reappeared in later CMF and BAM.

It's a decent though not amazing unlicensed series for me. Sure it's a bit of a bummer that a full third are figures that could fit into City sets (though would have less detail in some cases), but at least the amount of detail and number of accessories - including new ones - is pretty good. Half are definite buys - Wolfpack, Octan Jetpack person, Cupid, Pirate, Cat lover, Steampunk inventor - and I might consider the longboarder and boogeyman as well. I'm also counting at least 14 new moulds (provided the pterodactyl fan's arms are identical to each other), which is above average for a series lately.

This question is befitting of your name, but it's hardly true. LEGO is pumping out super detailed, inarguably high effort figures year after year in this theme. Look at the latest Snape, McGonagall and Dumbledore with arm printing for instance, not to mention all the other Minifigures with high levels of care and movie accurate detail put into them. Apart from a couple of face prints (Bellatrix, Ginny), the 2010-11 figures pale in comparison to everything we get these days.

Creating multiple accounts is against the site rules, for one thing.

I don't know, the image is somewhat grainy but it really looks like nothing is there... Time and good pictures will tell though.

It looks a bit different to me, but with the relatively low resolution of the image, it isn't completely possible to tell for sure.

Do my eyes deceive me or does Iron Patriot not have any leg print? That's the lowest of new lows if so - an iron man suit with no leg print.

Annoyingly, I don't think that newer hood has ever been available in any colour on PaB. While it has mostly been used in Licensed sets, it seems odd for that hood in particular to be IP locked when other random parts developed for and exclusively appearing in Licensed sets do appear for sale.

Mark Stafford has said it in several interviews, including in this Reddit AMA: Direct link to the question and answer:

No, he means this one that doesn't replace the legs. It could look nice as an addition to match the movie effect.

While it's not the same thing exactly, I've often suspected that pieces with more limited runs have higher prices. I haven't studied it scientifically so I don't know if it's universally true or just confirmation bias, but for instance the Cheetah hairpiece from the WW84 set and the recent new Bo Katan hairpiece were both disproportionately expensive compared to other hairpieces. I haven't seen it applied to torsos before, but I wouldn't be surprised if they increase the price of torsos that are more limited to help absorb the cost of the run. Also in the realm of pricing, I wonder if certain exorbitant PaB prices drive up Bricklink prices. For instance the new flask pieces have been available on PaB (mostly from German sellers) for around $1 or less USD, but they're over $3 on PaB. If BL sellers put their prices up to $2.50, they'd still be undercutting PaB, so what reason do they have not to?

The new flask and the clear dome minifig helmet have absurd prices. Everything else seems pretty normal or what I expected, even the tiger. Cool to see the two torsos from the Durmstrang Ship, and the Nazgul, actually there. Hopefully they don't get cancelled from the order I placed.

Have you tried Luna's hairpiece? It leaves a fair amount of room at the back, but I don't know if it would be enough. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=37703&idColor=103#T=C&C=103 The long braided ponytail also leaves some room: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=88286&idColor=120#T=C&C=120

Oh wow! I wish the Chicago store had those when I was there. Now I'll be waiting for PaB.

Where have you seen these reports? I've seen no puffer jacket in this round of BAM.