Mr. Elijah Timms

Fwiw…. PAB order arrived todaaaaaay! the Kraken and Griffins have invaded my kingdom and I couldn’t be happier!!

Just saw it on Reddit. Mehhhh… so many other properties seem to have more appeal than Shrek.

Yeah, that’s a Monkee Kid legs piece.. I paired it with the Pirate Quartermaster torso to create the fair Lady Fiona here, with her faithful hermit crab Rory. (yes, my Kraken lore is firmly based on the Irish)

Ohhhh yesss! A throwback fig of my favorite character from Lego’s most underrated original theme, Dumpster Hunters!

That torso was around for a while…. I actually pulled a dozen or so, swapped out black arms, legs and have them set up as archers and a squad of men-at-arms to be part of the serpent faction. They look great— paired them with the Friends purple bows and quivers, I’ll have to post some pics at some point

I was wondering if the BDS palettes affected which torsos are being retired and which are not? Obviously the Lion Knight soldiers and Wolfpack parts were part of the series 6 palette and are part of the Outlaw Forest Den. But the BFs were not, nor were the Lion Queen legs, soooo is that why some are being retired from PAB yet others remain?

Some updates: in less than 12 hours, PAB supply for Griffin and Kraken figs seems to be pretty well exhausted. I thought I’d share some prices (listed in USD) as I already made the list for myself anyway: Kraken: Torso: $1.25 Legs: $0.70 Shield: $2.34 Brown Viking Helmet: $0.82 Pirate Cutlass: $0.16 BS Mini Mask No. 1 Earth Green: $0.14 BS Griffin: Torso: $1.25 Legs: $0.70 Shield: $2.34 Dark Knight Helmet Silver: $0.82 BS Mini Short Sword Silver: $0.16 (BS meaning Best Seller; if you’ve ordered from PAB before, you understand the importance of this)

They’re in there now! Griffin shield is already sold out.. happy hunting, friends

I think the chance of getting a medieval fig this round are absolutely 100%. The question is, which faction, and would It be retro or one of the new four? I’m game for anything… but I’m sure Lego’s bottom line is a CMF wave with even one medieval army builder sells more than one without.

Zoth33 is correct, it’s from the Minfigure Factory feature on Lego.com. They’ve actually updated their torso offerings with multiple versions of both the Krakens and Griffins sigils. I made a Griffin one as well, I’ll share it when I get a chance. all told, you can see the downside to this process fairly evidently— the torso prints are a process 4 color print on the torso, which isn’t nearly as crisp or clean as the spot color printing that usually goes on figs. Plus the registration wasn’t great on either, meaning a sliver of the white actually shows up on the edge of the piece and takes away from the overall look. Most of all, it’s an all white torso, with white arms too, so it does lose some authenticity standing next to one of the kraken figs with his dark blue green (turquoise) base torso piece. the upside is it’s kind of nice to have an alternate version of the new factions. You can also customize them and experiment, so I actually created two designs on each fig, front and back, and chose the one that looks best, hiding the backside design with capes. And perhaps it’s a good sign that Lego is going all in with the new factions here so early, hopefully a sign that we’re going to see more of them!?

May I present Lord Caelen Leviathian, loathsome ruler of the Kraken Knights, as ruthless as the old green sea itself!

I’ve been saying his now for a decade, but especially now with so many unique parts ideally suited to it… it’s the perfect time for a ZOO subtheme. Or, more appropriately, a modular zoo wave. Lots of fencing, rock droppings and habitats balanced nicely with bigger buildings like the primate house or gift shop, etc, even a poly bag with street vendors or face painting… could be lots of fun, and DIFFERENT! and instead of a people in the park set, how about a fig pack JUST of zoo animals and park workers??

This is like asking a DJ to name his favorite song or a requesting a librarian to choose her favorite book. I favor some more than others, obviously… but truly, I love them all.

This gold crown and white hood piece: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?id=222556&idColor=1&ccName=6420281#T=C&C=1 After choosing it and later deleting it to trim costs 3 separate times in PAB orders, I finally surrendered to the $7.64 price and brought it home for the king of my Muharib (aka CMF Arabian Knight) faction. He looks great, but almost 8 bucks for a single Lego headgear piece is unprecented for me :(

You can’t blame Lego… obviously they’re catering to the hordes of loyal Animal Costume army builders fresh off of all those Ideas Animal Costume 18+ high ticket sets and all those Animal Costume BDS entries they keep approving, not to mention all those sales of Animal Costume pieces repeatedly selling out on Pick A Brick.. They’re just giving us what we all want. *rolls eyes and prays for an All Castle CMF series*