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I've gotta second this. To pull of the almost-anime look, avoid faces with cheekbones. At least for the protagonists.

I'll say! This bloke comes swaggering in with his British accent, renewing previous connections with the local birds ... they were calling him! Do NOT let this man meet your female friends and relatives.

Robot looks nothing like a Minimate. And there will, no doubt, be at least half a dozen in my collection. If the rest of the crew can be captured this well, I truly hope they will see production.

Huh, I see nothing cat like there. The hooves, tail, and head are all bovine in shape. Admittedly he isn't a cow and I wouldn't exactly call him a bull either, not getting into the whole concept of how Battle Beast culture might work, from his build I'd say he looks more like a steer. Prowlar touched on it (and, sadly, Farm Kid wasn't spot on), but let's make this perfectly clear: that is no cow. He's either a bull or *shudder* a steer. Cows are female

Easy, now. Kre-O blocks and the Kreons themselves are actually high-quality toys. Perhaps the best of the Lego competitors out there. You may not appreciate the design style of the minifigs, but a blanket inflammatory statement like that only flaunts ignorance. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. heh.

They showed up in the first five episodes of season 2, which were also aired as a TV movie called Thundercats Ho! in the States... I can't remember if the episodes were shown in the UK, but I know you could buy a VHS tape of the movie there because I had one when I was a kid, and I definitely had a Bengali figure too. Bert was the blue Berbil from the original toyline, but after some googling it looks like the blue Berbil that appears in the movie was actually Bob, like Slacker said. Any blue Berbil is good with me though! Bert vs Bob: Bert must be the sky blue Berbil with tan/yellow clothing. In the screen cap, he's got his back to the camera. Which means we're receiving Bob in the fifth box set.

I'm interested in that answer too. You sure you weren't being handed a line? Some of you are now experiencing what I often have in the Marvel line -- I don't care how many sets DST tells us are in the wild, if all three TRUs in my area fail to receive a wave, they instantly become rarities. And bhm, I'm known as a purist, I do love my blanks and Spider-man the best, but the Battle Beast line has done the same thing Halo did: they've gone so far in the other direction, I see them as little action figures rather than little block figures. So I'm happy with them. heh.

While the Mirror, Mirror stuff may just be a variant repaint (mostly), at least it means some one out there, an established retailer, has some faith in the Star Trek relaunch. I like to see it as a positive note for Trek 'Mates.

Because Fireball Island rocks. As does Gold Spidey, so those are dollars well spent. LOL man, I'm the same age as you, so I feel you on the old fogies around here. No one better be feeling the old fogies! -- At least not without permission first.

I was so pumped that you won the Gold Spidey. Which means the movie must have been a good one, because you had me emotionally hooked, rooting for you to score Spidey. Of course, it helps that we've been there ourselves at one level or another.

Really? Please do, because I'm not seeing any deals from this side of the Atlantic.

Character Options started with Dr Who and I suppose it's still their flagship line, but they are certainly exploring other options. Most recently released, I've discovered the Construct-A-Bugz. Some overview info here: http://newtoybrands.co.uk/construct-a-bugz/construct-a-bugz/ and here: The bugs themselves are "m'eh" to me, but the buggy little CB characters rock. Gonna need an swarm of them. I suspect the line as a whole may die a quick death, but hopefully they'll release some bug men singles or 5-packs.

Update: I found Peach, but her number was different from what Jeff lists. In fact all the characters had the same number (0512325), BUT Peach was the only one with the first 5 underlined twice. Either way, she is pretty easy to recognize by feeling the bag.

Excellent, thanks Jeff. That's the only character I'm looking for, too.

Same JayBird that hangs out in the Glyos forum?

Thanks for the heads-up! Found the full release at my local TRU: bought a couple of boxes and a handful of the solo figures. Who could resist a ninja temple?! I'v been very satisfied with the Kreon minifigures. They are definitely Lego-compatible in grip size and the brick quality is right there with Lego, well above Mega Bloks. So, yeah, Jatta Pake, you're learning fast that most of these blind bags have a code somewhere on them that lets the discerning buyer avoid dupes. Even without know what was in each bag, I was able to buy unique numbers. And, of course, had I hit the internet first (as JeffBohn posts), I could have actually sorted through for specific figures (like, say, Kim Arashikage). I think Lego is about the only one that has made their markings so subtle it's nearly impossible for a normal human to decipher it. And Playmobil, I don't know that there's any kind of code on those bags.

A very quick scan shows the cheapest R2-D2 to be the DX Jabba's Barge version: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kubrick-Medicom-Toy-Star-Wars-R2-D2-Jabbas-Sail-Barge-DX-1-/330775536191?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item4d03c2223f The drink tray obviously detaches, my question is: does the silver spritzer gadget on the top of his head also come off? So one could have a plain-Jane R2?

Urk! You mean, like, out in the wild? I had no idea we were close to release time on these.

Sweet. Because there are a couple of very pricey ones I'm interested. Maybe they'll drop down into my price range. (Is that too ghoulish? Too soon?)

I was just thinking the spiked cuffs from Fear Itself Spider-Man would make excellent weapons for a snakeman. Guess I had Bushmaster in my deep, unrecognized memory!

Excellent pics, Groundhog, thanks for that. But what about the Moose and Bat? So I've lost track -- are these being found in the wild yet?

MMMV going down was a terrible, horrible thing. But the silver lining is we get to hear from Shane and Ady. You guys should step out from under your rock more often.

(emphasis mine) That absolutely rocks. And significantly boosts my hopes that Janeway will be in the TRU wave. Maybe even some first officers?

I rather enjoyed the fly-by move at the very end. Felt exactly like a classic Trek episode! This should be a fun mini-vehicle, looking forward to it.

I've been dying to combine Battle Beasts and Halo. Thanks for the preview, Zach (although you did make me weep tears of jealousy). "animator"...??? Yeah, this caught my attention too.