HRGMann

This is a spectacular set. The playability is a bit limited, as the front of monie tends to fall off if not handled carefully. Otherwise, it's great. I've got mine on a shelf at work, and I added a few extra soldiers from some of the other pirate sets.

My obsession lately has become a lego town. I was bale to buy the Fire Brigade and Emporium earlier this year, and recently put assembeld the Green Grocer by downloading the instructions and ordering the pieces from various sellers. Next up is the Grand Carousel, but I don't really care for the horses on that, so that one I'll likely modify from the plan.

I reviewed 4183 The Mill on LEGO-specific website Eurobricks, check it out and let me know what you think compared to my Minimates reviews.

I think it was a solid review, and I'll look forward to more. This is one of the 2 sets I was able to get ordered from Toys R Us before the sale goes off (buy 1 get 1 half off) AND before the store raised the prices of the sets across the line to MSRP + 10%!

I expect they'll be in stores everywhere in the coming weeks, to corss promote the video game if nothing else.

I just got back from TRU and on top of having 5 cases of Series 4 Minifigs, all of the Pirates of the Caribbean sets are out! I have to say, they look really nice, and I almost broke my 'no more Legos' rule.

The spoiler-tastic

Fountain of Youth

playset looks particularly nice!

I'm hoping to see those in the store while the sale is on this week. I've recently added the Imperial Flagship and Brickbeard's Bounty, and would love to see them along the Queen Anne's Revenge.

These have been showing up at about one case at a time, but I'm hoping we'll see them soon in the Target easter section.

I was bale to pick up a few, and they're fantastic. My Kimono Girl stands on my desk between the Sumo and the Samurai. The Frankenstein and Wolfman look great with the vampire, witch, mummy, and zombie...what other monsters could they do in future waves?

Any and all help is appreciated.

Just one of the reasons this is the best board on the web.

For those of you in Europe, is the Green Grocer set (10185) still available? Seems I missed my chance here in the US, except for e-bay. I curious, in general, if sets are retired at the same time on both continents.

Thanks for any info.

HRG

I first saw Natalie Portman in 'Beautiful Girls' (1996) she was stunning then & has blossomed into a beautiful & gifted actress ......... & she ain't going to be in any crap film ,Thor suddenly looks interesting!

I can agree on "Beautiful Girls", and most other works, but have to disagree on Episodes 1-3... I've seen less wooden performances by a dining room chair. But to be fair, the other performances in those movies nicely circled the rest of the table.

To qoute Frank Caliendo as Sean Connery re: Dragonheart: "It pays HOW much?"

if anyone's interested there's a new trailer just released that i would say is the best one yet

http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/694-new-...natalie-portman

Wow! Thanks for that!

This week, DisneyStore.com is offering free shipping again, use code "FREESHIP".

DisneyStore.com Exclusive Marvel Set

And they're offering the same again through 2/20 for those who have not gotten this awesome set.

(Sorry for the necro, just wanted to do a public service...)

It seems that in Central VA they're all gone. I was so surprised to see these right before Christmas, I think a lot of folks were caught off-guard.

And Gillbob, I've seen that that phenomenon as well. This is the first wave that some of my fellow collectors across the pond haven't asked me to pick up for them, so I haven't paid as close attention on this wave, but the last few, you're spot on.

Well, I was planning a trip to a mall with a Lego store in a couple of weeks (anout a 2-hour drive, but it's a big mall), and the big boat was at the bottom of my list, following Diagon Alley and some fo the City sets, but it just moved into second place. I'd hate to have this all of a sudden get discontinued and miss it, especially after I dragged my feet too long on the Green Grocer and the Carousel.

New characters? Great! I just hope the style is similar to what we've got, versus going more "video game style"... I remember the Marvel/Capcom releases for the ToyBiz line back in the day. Stand alone, I thought the Captain America looked great. Set in a line-up with other ToyBiz characters, it just just looked off.

For a fairly recent minimate example, remember how the Lee Adama figure looked in the TRU line, with those BIG BLUE EYES? He seemed like HE would fit in well in a video game based line...

Just hoping these don't go that route.

Oh, man I'm in serious trouble on this one... I've been eyeing the Imperial Flagship set for a while, and now I'm thinking how good it would look along side the Black Pearl.

Off to start selling blood...

Don't you mean focus on classic until it's run into the ground, then do a mix of all series when retailers are stuck with old product and there's no more support and then say the line is a failure?

Well, it worked for Star Tre... um, never mind.

I went in to a local one yesterday to see what had been marked down (Max, Universal Monsters), and I was planning to pick up the Series 9 leftovers that had been sitting around for a while (couple of Magik sets, 1 Cannonball set), and ALL of the Marvel mates were gone, even Thor/Lady Loki. The store had done a reset, and while there were IM2 mates pegs, there were NO pegs/tags for Marvel sets.

I'm sure it was an oversight... I'm sure they're just sitting in a cart in the back room... but it really surprised me to see nothing.

Got these in the mail, and they look great. CCG Armory came through, so if you need them, I recommend them.

prefaced with "if any of your stores still have stock of these..."

I was fortunate to be working out of town this week and found a set of 5 (no Special Ops), but my local stores have been empty for quite a while. Same goes for the BSG, ever since last fall when they were going for like $3.50.

hopefully the jets will be clearanced at around $7.50...

Another site, if anyone is even looking for these still, is CCG Armory. I ordered a box last weekend. I'll post back once I receive them, whether the box was sealed, had all the figures, etc, but I'm very hopeful. Never having ordered from this site, I really don't know what to expect.

Well, the LOGICAL choice would be the Spaceknights.

You got robot(like) heroes, and an endless supply of alien villains and human support characters. Plus, the license should be fairly cheap as no one has done anything with it in a long time.

Based on what I've seen recently, yes. In two of my local stores, they've put out new cases of the Iron Man waves that had AF Rhodes and the drones. If they have room to put them out, I don't think they're gonna just leave them in the stock room.

Is there a particular wave/product you're referring to/looking for?

This was my first year participating, and I think everything went very well. I'm glad to have been a part of this, and look forward to doing it again in 10 months!

i'll watch this movie anyway. just shut off my brain, enjoy the bright lights & loud noises, and appreciate the fact that they still make comic movies rather than getting nothing of characters i grew up reading.

Agreed! I remember first reading about an X-Men movie back in the early 80's in a magazine called Comics Scene, thinking how great it would be even with the special effects of the day. (of, course, Angel would have looked like a Prince Vultan reject, but it would be better than anything else to come along in the next (almost) 2 decades).

I was successfully able to restart my brain after Wolverine, I can probably do it again after this movie.

I really hope we get comic waves, but the Thor movie mates look passable for comic versions, too.

If they do it though, I'd like to see Malekith and dark elves for troop builders (or whatever the soldiers were for the Simonson Ragnarok storyline).

For Captain America troop builders, SHIELD agents!

I've noticed that Target has been putting some sets on clearance since Christmas, and am wondering if others are finding good deals and where.

There are several targets in my area, and the markdowns are wildly inconsitent from one store to the next. So far, here's what I've been able to get at 1/2 MSRP:

Prince of Persia Battle of Alamut

Toy Story Woody's Round-Up

Toy Story 3 Train

Toy Story 3 Landfill

and a couple of small Atlantis sets.

I've also seen some sets at 30%, but haven't bitten the bullet (big space cruiser, airport)

What have others been finding?

Maybe Cyclops, Jean and Storm WERE his first 3 students, but this is the first CLASS?

The discrepancy is easily explained with a line from Xavier like: "Welcome, class. While I have worked with you, and others before you, one-on-one, now it's time for some of us to work together."

...or some such superhero movie dialogue nonsense...