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Accessory for Milhouse: printed tile with handwritten "Bart's soul" Other than that, I think most of these suggestions are pretty close to accurate.

I can't see a Mount Doom set having unique pieces, interesting build techniques, or any nice parts usage; I can imagine Lothlorien having all three so my vote would be for Lorien.

My opinion on LOTR and Hobbit sets: I like the books okay, but I am not really a fan of the movies. Since the sets are movie-based, I tend to not enjoy the sets much (other than Bag-End). I am also not a fan of fleshie heads on any figures (although I do have a weakness for Marvel superheroes), so I have no use for the elves, dwarves, etc, other than for weapons and accessories and such. However, the LOTR/Hobbit sets have been great for expanding my collection earth tones (tan, dark tan, assorted browns) and greens. My strategy has been to buy sets off of Ebay that already have the figures removed. I was able to pick up most of the first wave of the Hobbit for about half-price, and only get what I really wanted withiut having a bunch of spare fleshies lying around. Since I already have a good amount of greys and bleys, I didn't bother picking up many LOTR sets, and don't anticipate getting much of the second wave Hobbit either. I should clarify that I tend not to keep ANY sets together (parts are only as useful as they can be MOCed), so even if I were really into Peter Jackson's Middle-Earth mess, I still probably would have bought the sets for parts, but picked up more of them with minifigs intact.

26. moctown - 1 28. Simon_S - 1 42. CarsonBrick - 1 53. Cara - 2 Honorable mention: Me! Ha ha!...but no points Great job to everyone, it was really hard to narrow down to only a few.

I think 229 USD would be the highest they could go; this is clearly targeting adults, something that TLG has begun to do more earnestly in the past few years. My guess is it is mostly a lure for future AFOLs to get them out of their dark ages, why else would they license a theme that is a decade past its prime (with explicit nods in the set to episodes from that era)? So I would put this firmly at the 199 mark (to not scare off folks who aren't already LEGO-faithful), license notwithstanding. Besides, a lot of it looks like a tan and brown parts pack, so maybe the price could even be as low as 179. Also, I bet FOX was thrilled to get a LEGO license, so those fees probably affect the final price very little.

Ha ha! I guess I totally had this coming, thanks for the humor and kind remarks. BTW, if TLG ever does license a candy that is minifig head-shaped, I'll be expecting some of the credit

Seriously! Very well done, that test of strength game is my favorite!

Here is my entry for the competition! Sorry for the poor photography, I just moved and haven't had a chance to set anything up yet. Naturally, a Winter Market/Festival would be held in a village square. At the center of all the bustle and business of the festival prominently stands the clock tower. Here we can see the community band has set up a small grandstand and is about to play some holiday tunes for all to enjoy. That tuba player can't wait to start playing! It has been a tradition of mine to incorporate a hidden candy dispenser into part of my winter village every year, and now I share that with you...except that 3rd party elements are not allowed, which I am pretty sure includes candy. So here we have simulated candy with minifig heads (sorry to be so grotesque, but you get the idea--just imagine they were candy pieces. If you are having a hard time imagining, visit my Flickr page where you can see the candy for real) An illustration of how the dispenser works. Or, my kids can show you. Here is a more detailed picture of the clock face and ornamental architecture of the historic village square clock tower. You can see there is still some as-yet unmelted snow lingering on the stonework. See this set on my Flickr page for more photos, as well as some brief video clips showing the candy dispenser in action. Thanks to everyone at EB for making this contest happen, and thanks to all of you for your awesome entries! Happy holiday! rodiziorobs on Flickr

This was the set I was most excited about when the sets were revealed, and even though you are clearly less-than-enthusiastic about it, I think I might still really enjoy it, if not for one thing: all those "printed" parts are actually stickers. Despite everything negative you've said about it, that's probably the only thing that could have killed it for me.

Since dark green is my favorite of all transparent colors, I don't really care why it's here, I just like that I can get some more in a set I would have bought multiples of anyway.

Cuusoo just changed their guidelines to where project can't be based on new molds. I remember seeing this on there earlier in the year, too bad such a great project had to be shut down; however the new guidelines make sense, and if this had reached 10,000 supporters it probably wouldn't have been produced as a Cuusoo model. Those molds are undoubtedly cost-prohibitive, especially when one project would have included dozens of them. My guess is, TLC is already at work trying to get some of these animals into production, but only a couple at a time (like the new-ish bear figure).

After so many days without winning, I was starting to hope I would win on the 24th and get the big prize... Oh well, it's still great to win something, and even if it's not my personal choice, my sons will flip over these, thanks CopMike and Sinner! Merry Christmas, and Buyakasha! (Or, in the words of my generation, Cowabunga!)

I agree, the odd combination of medieval and modern would make for some very interesting models, and even more interesting minifigs (as you mention, the German helmet would be a very cool part). My two bits: I don't see it ever happening;war other than fantasy or fiction is something TLG neither needs nor wants to be associated with. Even if they did produce it, it would be impossible to market. What would the theme even be called? WWI? Imagine that plastered on a LEGO box in your local Target. It would be seen disrespectful and dishonorable, two things the most trusted brand on the planet would never bring upon itself. The only way to skirt that issue would be to release some commemorative museum-type set with uniforms (on blank-faced plain white mannequin minifigs) and artillery, but even then I don't see it ever happening--it simply doesn't fit the brand, and it will never fit the target market. As far as LEGO is concerned, let war be the domain of third-parties and clone brands.

The photobombing yeti is a nice touch, the whole build is really well designed and executed. Feeling nervous about my planned entry now...Gotta start building!

I like the technique of the tower, and the woodwork looks perfectly rickety to me. My favorite part, though, has to be that bird. What an ingenious use of parts!

Sorry about that. Basically just saying what a great MOC it is and that it looks like an official Architecture set.

This was such a fun contest, thanks everyone and a big thanks to Peppermint for organizing it!

Uma construção muito bem feita, parabéns! Parece um modelo oficial da Architecture mesmo.

Sing with me! Crashing through the roof, on a one-horse open tree... I totally have to go watch this again now (Christmas with the Joker, for those who weren't raised on the series), thanks for the laugh!

Marley visits Scrooge by rodiziorobs, on Flickr From Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" The chain on the back hangs the ornament nearly straight. Merry Christmas!

Congratulations to the winners! This contest was so much fun, thanks to all who made it possible.

#15 - 1 point #20 - 1 point #25 - 1 point

Sorry, for some reason my post resubmitted hours later, so ignore this one!

#2 - 1 point #9 - 1 point #19 - 1 point

#4 - 1 vote #16 - 2 votes