That new Stealth Starfighter looks like it's the Z-95 Headhunter, just repainted. Nothing new about the AT-TE that I can see.

The Friends boat is kind of cool, but I have basically no interest in that theme.

The new Castle looks pretty bad.

The Coast Guard stuff is cool, but I'd probably only get them if I find them on a huge discount.

What does anyone think of the Creator Blue Roadster set from last year? My Target has a couple of them in stock at $12.99, and it seems like a much better value than most other $13 sets.

Originally Posted by etcrane Evidently in LEGO world, the coast guard exists solely to rescue people from sharks.

And it also protects the borders, keeping the non-Yellow minifigs out.

The castle just looks like a castle. I don't like it but I don't hate it. It's just ... there.

That Friends boat looks fun. I really like what Lego has done with that theme. The sets are a thousand times better than Bellville and Scala and the other previous girl themes.

The cargo sets give me nice memories of my old city layout growing up. I had a delivery center that I pretended was a front for organized crime. In related news, I had a twisted childhood.

Originally Posted by salty tbone Yeah, and a popcicle. I wish it had ice cream, though.

Yup thats the one. I like the stand as a potential amusement park diorama

Originally Posted by 180husher Nice creator house. I usually buy all the creator houses but I thought the Hillside set was too expensive and the Sea Cottage too small and boring.

My Lego collection started with the Creator houses, have all of them. Both the hillside house and last years Seaside house (I assume thats what your referring to) are great sets. Seaside house is currently on sale at Amazon for $39.97


New Creator house looks great. Definetly picking that one up.

May have to pick up that Castle. I remember having a castle set when I was a kid (in the 80's) and it was one of my all time favorite sets.

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Found the last Helms Deep in SoCal, but I noticed the tape was uneven. I had them open up the box and it was missing bags 1-5 and had a duplicate bag #8 ( I assume to give it some weight.)
Once I get home I am going to open all my boxes to make sure they are complete. I suggest others do the same, just to make sure everyone has a complete set.

There is an alien scorpion, looks "cute".

Here are some pictures, might be the smae ones...
http://smashing-bricks.com

And I lost the site, but I guess the Chima cartoon had rhinos, and skunks in it too. Lego skunks, I acan't wait. And we are getting an ugly mech thing too from Chima.

Bah, my local Targets are just resistant to Lego clearances. Battle of Helms Deep sits on the shelf taunting me with it's $130 price.

Anybody interested in some Dino 5887 hq's... I have 2 that I'm looking to get rid of .. Still sealed

Originally Posted by bigdaddy And then says it's the return of human vs human. Dd he completely forget Kingdoms? I know you don't need to know everything, but he runs a massive LEGO site, you think he would remember the last Castle theme from a year or two ago.

And Kingdoms brought us some pretty sweet sets in the form of Mill Village Raid, Blacksmith Attack, and Joust. It wasn't as extensive as the Fantasy theme that preceded it, but it was nonetheless notable.

Originally Posted by salty tbone The castle just looks like a castle. I don't like it but I don't hate it. It's just ... there. That Friends boat looks fun. I really like what Lego has done with that theme. The sets are a thousand times better than Bellville and Scala and the other previous girl themes. The cargo sets give me nice memories of my old city layout growing up. I had a delivery center that I pretended was a front for organized crime. In related news, I had a twisted childhood.

LOL, I have that one. The pilot doubled as a mafia captain/underboss.

What is a fair price to offer for this Craigslist listing? http://syracuse.craigslist.org/bar/3570440687.html

The one picture shows a lot of non-LEGO things inside like Nerf darts and a rubber snake. I just wonder how much crap is mixed in.

Originally Posted by BingoBrown And Kingdoms brought us some pretty sweet sets in the form of Mill Village Raid, Blacksmith Attack, and Joust. It wasn't as extensive as the Fantasy theme that preceded it, but it was nonetheless notable.

Yeah it was a fine theme, but it too had a bad castle set.
However the $30 looking upcoming Castle expansion set has some character to it. The new castle is just a wall (Duh) with towers, but the towers are all the same, I wish some had sloped roofs.

Something like this...
http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6090-1

Sloped roofs, the little shack in the front. It has some more details.

It just looks like the last one. It needs some rock/mountain pieces.
http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=7094-1

It's not "bad", there just isn't anything special about it. Hopefully in 2014 we get some better sets, Kingdoms was like that, blah boring year one, then amazing fun, different enough series 2 the next.

And what does this mean for LotR? They seem to be pushing those sets like nothing. Clearancing sets that just came out in December, more and more sets twice a year, and not just for the new movies. I'm assuming the license is for at least all three Hobbit movies.

A 5 year old in Florida must have got a hold of this book, he make a LEGO gun, went "bang bang" at a classmate and got kicked out of school for two weeks.

http://www.amazon.com/WEAPONS-LEGO-L...&keywords=lego

It's a 30 gallon tub that doesn't even look half full. I would offer $50 and see what they say or maybe you can ask questions if they know what sets the pieces come from, brick only or includes figures, instructions, etc...

It seems they don't have general knowledge of what brick per pound should cost, I think it's still $5-$10 but I haven't kept up with that.

$50 is more than fair because you don't know how much is actual Lego and how much is just crap or not offs. And I don't see any minifigures at all.

Originally Posted by BingoBrown It fits in with the 1:1:1 ratio of cops to criminals to citizens, as well as the spontaneously combusting fires that must occur in LEGO world.

I just got my first collector set (Fire Brigade) and am working my way through it and my only complaint is that it doesn't come with any friggin' fire pieces. WTH? Picture on the box shows the fireman getting a cat out of a tree.

What good is a fire station without any fires to put out?

They figured if you had $150 to spend on the set you have your own Lego to put out.

Originally Posted by PenguinoMF What is a fair price to offer for this Craigslist listing? http://syracuse.craigslist.org/bar/3570440687.html The one picture shows a lot of non-LEGO things inside like Nerf darts and a rubber snake. I just wonder how much crap is mixed in.

If my kids treated their Legos like this i would sell my kids on craigslist!

Desert skiff I ordered from Amazon arrived today, had been waiting for a sweet deal on this one for a while!

Originally Posted by bigdaddy The fires start because of crack houses.

Originally Posted by salty tbone I had a delivery center that I pretended was a front for organized crime.

Originally Posted by karkyco The pilot doubled as a mafia captain/underboss.

Now I'm beginning to understand why I never enjoyed LEGO as a kid; I didn't know about the LEGO/c'caine storyline that's been going on secretly for decades.

Can I ask a dumb question?

The Wal-Mart around the corner from my kids' school has Avengers Quinjet, Ninjago Sonic Raider, and the Hobbit Goblin King set all in their clearance section. Sticker is red, but marked at full price. I thought maybe at end of the month/start of new month they would actually mark them down. Been in every day for a week, and still no markdown.

When can I expect these kits to drop? Should I be expecting them anytime soon?