I would get an X-mansion! on another note - the star-lord helmet looks great. I will purchase it on sale and it will be my first Lego helmet.
Just watched Brick Clicker’s vid on these - didn’t see all the pics at promobricks for some reason Simba is AMAZING! underwhelmed by the X-mansion and the medieval market Barad-dur is pretty epic. the sorting hat is something I didn’t know I’d want but I might bite - the mouth looks a little off but there is time to tweak it.
This set just oozes so much nostalgia. I know this a one-off tribute set, but I really do hope lego just does the fans a solid and does the rest of the team in this aesthetic. But as it stands, it's a fantastic nod to the theme and an excellent display piece. I guess the only thing I would add to this set is an optional gold Hau, but they were probably only limited to two prints, so I don't mind what we were given.
I'm not usually one to complain about prices, but $4.99 for the CMF line seems ridiculous. Felt out a display at Walmart and didn't find the Falconer or Orc. I may just stop collecting them since eBay wants ridiculous $ for specific characters (past and present) it seems.
I've found them at my local Wally (they just got them, and I got a couple space dudes, the robot warrior, and the newspaper lad). I've also found them at Barnes and Noble and Walgreens. Target should be getting them, too, although I've not seen them there yet. Anyway, they seem to be slow-trickling into stores, so don't give up on finding them yet. I was losing hope as well, and then they started popping up here and there. I'll agree with you on the price, though- getting steep. But then again, isn't everything?
Sorry for the long delay in replying, and a sincere thank you for the kind compliment. I post my stuff on Flickr. Please do post your MOCs!
Huge thanks for the kind comments. I encourage you to keep at it; you'll find a solution that satisfies eventually. Looking forward to seeing the final model.
It's just the analytical, frugal side of me griping. Driving around and spending 15 minutes feeling up a few dozen bags isn't the best use of my time, especially if I only want 1 or 2 figures from a wave. Its really the principle of the matter spending $10 on eBay for specific figures, even if I waste more money driving around and spending time feeling up bags.
Just went to the Barnes & Noble in Ithaca, NY and they had a ton of series 24 and 23 as well as nearly a full box of the Muppets series, which was surprising to see. So if you’re in the area and looking for those, head there.
Rivendell pic up at the usual place! Minifigure scale hitting the main locations from the movies. It looks quite nice. I’m not sure I need it - there are other locations that stand out way more for me from the trilogy, but it looks to be well done.
Technically not Lego, but they're Transformers and made out of Lego-style pieces, so hopefully allowed? Finally got all of these built; it would be great to find more of them as MOCs if anyone has seen them.
Jeez, Lego! Just go ahead and make everything I ever wanted, why don't you?? X-Mansion is my number-one set wish (at least now that Lion Knights Castle already exists). Barad-Dur and Medieval Village are fantastic too. (And since it's Lego, I could just leave the silly giant eye off of Barad-Dur; that was one description that the movies interpreted way too literally, haha.) This still seems too good to be true; I wouldn't believe it if the pictures weren't already floating around. Speaking of those, what we can see of Rivendell looks GREAT (and minifig scale!! ) but too small to be 6000 pieces / $500, so I assume the picture is just one section of the overall set? Looks fantastic anyway; love the architecture, the foliage, and the detailed roof pattern, even if all those 1x1 tiles are gonna be a time-consuming build. (Low-res pic under spoiler tags for the leak-averse.) Spoiler Yeah, I wouldn't judge any of those preliminary pictures too harshly. The ones presumably scheduled for future years, like the X-Mansion and Barad-Dur, are definitely rough mock-ups / early proofs-of-concept; I'd expect the designs of the final sets to be way more polished. It sounds like the X-Mansion pic in particular might be a cancelled 2014-era design that's just being used as a placeholder image. I'm confident the final product would be Daily Bugle / Sanctum level in terms of size and detail. I just hope all these concepts actually make it to production. I could never afford all of them... but I still want them to exist!
Finally saw the new CMFs in my area of Maine yesterday. felt several, picked three, thought I had the French Woman (the skirt part is obvious), the dinosuit (by the headpiece), and the Falconer - which turned out to be the Mecha Suit; what I thought was the big falcon was the helmet. I need to find a feel guide.
Spend two days to do this, did half the bags yesterday and the other half today. Gonna swing by Lego and see if I can make a back stand for this so I can display it on my counter instead of hanging it. Pic is it standing on the frame but a little wind will knock it down.
