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  1. Robianco
    Not sure why someone would be getting a price of $6 for a Nick Fury torso... I'm thinking that was the price for all 10 of them. When you add them to your basked the unit price is actually the cost for that particular piece taking into account the quantities that have been added.
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    The figure has a face... it's just that some people don't like it. There's a multitude of flesh heads with various faces... just stick one of those on and imagine away...
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    I've had confirmation that an order made on the 9th has shipped and a second order for just a few pieces is currently 'In Warehouse' so hopefully that should be out in a few days.
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    I got a message pop up when I made a small second order yesterday saying they were experiencing high order numbers and that may cause a delay in fulfilling the order. I'm not surprised they close it down during Christmas.
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    Boba Fett never takes his helmet off so there's no detail to miss. He was played by a slim, English chap in the films and then changed to an unaltered clone of a Maori actor from the prequels. As he never takes the helmet off it may as well we blank, to be honest the neck piece should be the same colour as his under-armour tunic so having a blank light bluish grey or sand blue head would actually be better. It's like people complaining Captain Phasma doesn't have a female head. We don't know whether she actually removes the helmet so why worry about getting a Gwendoline Christie head?
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    Well they do say history is written by the winners...
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    If that's a rebels stormtrooper then it'll be a damn shame.
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    I think the modded Falcon looks great... but I'd beware of too much gruelling and detailing. At this scale the Lego bar can seem very thick and the detailing on the back of your Falcon may start to look a little 'steam-punk'. The reshaping and everything else you've done has enhanced the model into something approaching a miniature 10179 but I'd just think about thinning out those details on the back section... this may be a case of less is more.
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    At one point all of the figures from the GL V Sinestro set were available and from the Darkseid Invasion all of Cyborg, Hawkman and Green Arrow were available (except for GA's rubber hood piece).
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    I really don't see a Hoth set including an AT-AT... especially one that's in an odd scale. Seeing as it looks like there'll be at least one Snowspeeder Pilot that may, unfortunately, be something that's included.
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    We could start to go down the 'Are custom minifigures of unreleased licensed characters acceptable even if printed on genuine Lego?' territory here... But on your comments... which is where I'd say 'clone brands' are actually just that... where the Decools and Sheng Yuans of this world very often 'clone' a full product including similar packaging and replica instructions of identical build. This is just a rip off of Lego's products... no grey areas there. But strangely enough... as I said in an early post... they exist and have most exposure and distribution in Lego's fastest growing market... so as much as it's entirely illegal it actually doesn't seem to be harming Lego in any serious way. Not in a market share sense anyway... and I think the consumers there are savvy enough to know exactly what it is they're buying so there's no danger of people thinking these copies are genuine. To be honest I don't think anyone believes that they're buying genuine Lego as long as it's packaged. It's the people on eBay who list bootlegs as genuine while out of packaging that are more to blame. People referring to all blocks as Lego is really no different to all stick tape and being Sellotape or all vacuum cleaners being Hoovers. It's wrong but if your brand name becomes synonymous with a particular product that can't be a bad thing.
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    With the early release of several of the SW range in the UK at a particular Supermarket there's a chance that some of these sets might make a pre-Christmas appearance for once. That pricing for Sky High Battle seems quite reasonable too.
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    This very well might be a company that might be part of a much larger group of companies. I've never had a brick break on me... no matter who has made it. Bricks don't break regardless of what anyone says. But then there are lots of people on this forum who've said that Lego bricks and other parts are breaking recently... does that mean Lego don't care? This company make a product that they do care about. It will achieve all the safety standards that it needs to. They just have smaller operating budgets so put out the best product they can. Almost every single person on this forum is in the fortunate position of being able to afford Lego. Some of us do it ourselves and there are others who, despite the age restrictions on the site, still rely on parent's to buy it for birthdays or special occasions. There are other people who can't afford it. So they shouldn't have the right to build? Patek Phillipe invented the wristwatch back in the 1800s... basically the first watch designed specifically for wearing on the wrist although as a piece of jewellery. Their watches sell for £10,000+... cheapest one currently available may be above £10k. I own an Omega wristwatch. A lot less than that but a large enough investment in a watch. I also own a Citizen Ecodrive... much less expensive but also a beautiful watch and one that's well made, looks good and keeps time well. Now while these are all well known brands the Citizen was £400 while the cheapest Patek Phillipe is over £10k... so a fraction of the cost... enough of a gap that there are people who can afford Phillipe watches and would never think to go as low as the Citizen watch... that's for people that can't afford Patek Phillipe watches. Patek Phillipe invented the wristwatch but know that competition is good. They have an exclusivity but so do some of their competitors... competition drives them to create things of beauty with each range. Same with Rolex... and Breitling... They don't worry about the watches that cost £10 and will need the battery replacing... but that £10 watch could serve someone for many years and do the job of keeping time for someone regardless.
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    Please... not again. Please.
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    I think their strapline says it all. Small company that make toys that people can buy very cheaply. Nothing based on licenses but allow people on low income to purchase brick based toys. Nothing that has any effect on Lego's bottom line or does anything to push Lego's prices up or even compete with Lego in the acquisition of licenses. They don't aim to compete with Lego, don't have the research budgets Lego do or even try say their moulding or plastics are as good as Lego... but it'll do the job for people that can't afford genuine Lego sets. It also doesn't say Lego anywhere on it. If you think these toys somehow have an effect on Lego or give Lego reason to increase their prices due to perceived loss of market share and revenue then I'm really not sure what I can add.
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    Here's a site dedicated to him: http://www.hilarypagetoys.com/
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    Lego bought an injection moulding machine and were given a sample of Hilary Page's interlocking brick which they then worked from. Page was the person who founded Kiddicraft and developed plastic bricks through a frustration of toys with wooden building blocks. Rubber bricks with studs were even before that. Why? Competition makes people be competitive. I'm not sure you're entirely getting what competition is about. Can you define exactly who you consider a clone brand to be?
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    Even the Chinese bootleg companies have their own logos that don't look like Lego to trick people into thinking it is. I'm not sure how Mega Blocks, Kreo, Character building etc have copied Lego's branding. Just think... if Kiddiecraft had just sat on a patent and been as ruthless as someone like Apple in their protection of patents we might now be buying Fisher Price building blocks and this forum wouldn't exist.
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    Lego's aesthetics are very different now to how they used to be... and will continue to evolve. Plastic quality is obviously a strong point but even that is undergoing change as we speak with the development of 'greener' plastics. MB have a different aesthetic and different licenses so they've got their own path as do other competitor brands. I don't think everyone just waits for Lego to pick up their license and then calls it a day as they now have the best toy brand making their stuff... This is a very different conversation to the original question. If people want to just say that they think Lego are the best and don't see why anyone else should make brick based toys then that's up to them... but it's not much of a conversation when even the origin of Lego is glossed over simply because they're someone's favourite. I'm sure they're the 'favourite' of everyone on this forum but that's not a reason to not appreciate the work of a competitor if it's worth it.
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    Digger reviewed this set a little while ago... might be worth checking out his video for it.
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    Not sure about that actually. You can always give it a try but I'm not sure how that would work as the stock is normally picked from the distribution warehouse in the location you stated you were. It might be an interesting experiment for someone to try.
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    I've had that quite a few times. I normally find if I log into the site first then it goes through fine. I think the US runs a different stock list than if you're in Europe. Chell's legs are unavailable for me in the UK but if you simply say you're in the US when you enter your details you can see what the US folks can choose from. Sometimes we have things in stock in Europe that the US doesn't and vice versa.
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    ...and therein lies the answer. ;)
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    Lego won't 'rectify mistakes' or cancel orders. These parts are available all year round until out of stock... They've been available for quite a while... People just don't visit B&P much. I've made around 15 orders from there over the last 18 months or so. Stop worrying.
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    Just because Lego is positioned at the top of the interconnecting brick based toy world does not mean it's the be-all-end-all of it... and it's not even the original. I'll still say they don't hurt Lego... How can they? Since 'clone brands' came on the scene Lego has become the largest toy company in the world. Doesn't seem like they're doing anything remotely detrimental.
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