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Yeah... That's the new blue version from the Gotham City Breakout DVD.

As Cap said, the red one is from the Man bat set. The SY one is the second from the left with the old Nightwing head and Lego hair.

True... True. That'll teach me to reply when under medication. I still don't recall seeing them during summer... I think I've only really noticed them from maybe late September/Early October? Maybe I just don't like seeing Christmas stuff in the summer so I block it out. I have noticed that the figures from the Advent Calendar such as the Abominable Snowbacca are in plentiful supply now on the Mexican market pages on FB. They've obviously been made over there and they're ready to go

The Decool ZEA Batman is actually the closest to the SDCC as the emblem isn't symmetrical and the muscle torso colour is closer on their version... it also has the Bat Radia on the back print. The DLP is pretty good but the chest emblem is slightly too small. The SY is very well printed but the chest emblem is symmetrical, the muscle definition colour is slightly off and the Bat Radia is missing on the back. Not that I've studied them or anything... That version shown above is awful and I've yet to see someone print the face that badly.

End of November usually.

Those SDCC torsos are being sold for very little on the Mexican Lego Market portal on Facebook and there's a dealer, surprisingly enough in Mexico, on BrickLink asking £95 for the torso. They've obviously been done recently and maybe from actual plates sourced at Lego but the printing is very rough with far too much grey ink which is bleeding quite badly. It probably is printed on genuine Lego but it's not an SDCC figure. For someone to have several of the 10123 Boba Fett's is the first warning sign to me... it's a very rare thing... but to not specifically explain where the figure is from or commit to it being taken from a set and stored is another red flag... especially when the pricing makes it entirely possible to get these printed up to look legit and make a huge profit per figure. I've noticed a few sellers on eBay recently who are selling digitally printed copies of the 10123 Fett so the artwork has been recreated by several people and it's only a cost issue to make it pad print.

+1 to Captain Britain also +1 to Agoodfella for helping arrange a trade / sale between us. Excellent comms and quick and secure postage.

Even though it's a Batman movie and it would actually be a little 'tongue-in-cheek' joke to do so on Lego's behalf, I can't see 13 sets all having Batman in them. Especially if there's a CMF line (although the fact that there's a massive changing room full of different suits would add to that joke). It wouldn't surprise me if the lead character on some of the sets was a member of the Bat Family. Even if we averaged out at 3 figures per set plus 16 CMF figures we'd be looking at 55 figures (and that's a conservative estimate).... Surely even Batman wouldn't make up 30 of them. I still think this could become the most diverse DC wave we've ever had... and then still have a Justice League Movie wave to follow. These last couple of years have shown us that they're open to broadening the roster and by including the JL and all of Bat's rogues in the trailer/film (including Boomerang which is one of Flash's rogues) there's a massive hint that those characters can and will make an appearance in sets. Having new versions of the JL such as the classic bearded GA shows us there's some new designs there... it's the reuse of older designs such as WW, Supes etc that would have me wondering whether they'll update any of those or rerelease those older figures. Dual moulded boots on Flash would be a simple but valuable update too.

...and yet I could go and get 50 of these arms, legs and hips printed and added onto a non-10123 figure for less than £1000. Looking at that listing there's nothing there that says prototype or commits too much to it actually being from the set.

Wow... Makes me glad I'm in the UK... which is a first in the last week or so.

I've never heard of a .com online exclusive. I think I picked up Ras from the Lego store in Liverpool and I think it's sold in Argos stores also in the UK. I'll assume the employee is just confused.

I think it's a great idea for that very reason! ;)

With DC getting the classic '66 Batman Batcave would there be an equivalent thing for Marvel that would lend itself to a classic Iron Man or similar?

It's nice to see the MMs getting so much love. After their launch there was a lot of disappointment with the figure styling but this second wave seems to have even the more difficult to please AFOLs nodding in agreement. Hopefully introducing some of the more obscure characters in both Marvel and DC to the younger fans just means they're opening up the roster in regular sets. I hope these continue for a long time.

For a WWII gas mask look at BrickForge's Rigged range. There's a German Flametrooper set which has a fantastic mask although it's thicker than the SiDan range of masks. I'll post a link when I get home.

It certainly does look like Onslaught with that head but the vehicle is a magnet. If nothing else I can use the head for my custom Moon Knight.

Just adding red legs to the Iron Man figure is a great classic comic Iron Man... the simplified design works superbly. The Gauntletmobile is the best thing about them though :) To be honest.. I don't really collect the Marvel stuff anymore but I'd probably pick that set up to have a classic comic IM and adding blue legs gives a great small fig Thanos... and I even get the black wavy hair thrown in!

The Thanos Infinity Gauntletmobile is probably my favourite though

I normally order a couple online and sent to a friend in the US who then ships mine to me. Much cheaper way of doing it. If they do the same this year I'll happily try and include another one in the order ;)

The good thing about those is that the 60s Batman has dark blue hips which are plain and their legs fit regular Lego hips so that should mean changing those out should be straightforward.

They all look great but I agree it seems a shame to get a figure as a Might Micro first before a regular release of it. Doomsday is such an important character in the DC Universe that it seems strange to just slip one in as a MM against Wonder Woman.

You have to figure out shipping into that. As a UK Lego buyer someone in the US could probably sell me a set cheaper than I can buy it here in the UK... but the US seller would have to hope that Amazon or a similar UK retailer wouldn't have it reduced at all... and then they'd have to get a pretty good shipping option to be able to sell it to me quickly and still be lower than I can buy in the UK. There's also no sales tax on the UK price... so each regional sales tax in the US would bump the price a little bit closer to the UK price anyway. I can buy Takodana for £39.97 from Amazon, with price matching from various bricks and mortar retailers and get free shipping with next day delivery.

And not selling particularly quickly from speaking to the team there...

I prefer pad printed customs so I'd always recommend Citizen Brick but for digitally printed figures in the UK you can always go to Minifigures.co.uk and there are various companies to choose from on there. Andrew who runs Minifigures.co.uk is a good bloke to deal with too.