General LEGO discussion (inc. collectible minifigs)
- electro girl
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Anyone grabbed any of the Team GB ones? Nothing explosive in terms of unique parts, but it's nice to have partners/opponents for some of the earlier sporty chaps (boxer, martial artist, tennis player). The archer's my favourite - I think he's meant to be squinting down the arrow, but it just looks like he's doing a big dirty Sid James wink.
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Sar got ours from Sainsbury's, and we didn't see them anywhere else in town today - exclusive, maybe? We hadn't even heard of them until we saw them; I'm curious to know if there are own versions in other countries - France and the Netherlands didn't have any, but they're not quite as Olympic-y as us (even allowing for the hosting cash-in).
TBH, considering the official logo seems to be one mascot felating the other it's going to take a lot for the merchandise to raise an eyebrow.
TBH, considering the official logo seems to be one mascot felating the other it's going to take a lot for the merchandise to raise an eyebrow.
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/07/1 ... -series-8/
Quite like the bat thing, alien warlord and second crack at the robot.
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/07/1 ... -minifigs/
Nails Commissioner Gordon pretty well.
Quite like the bat thing, alien warlord and second crack at the robot.
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/07/1 ... -minifigs/
Nails Commissioner Gordon pretty well.
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Probably my least favourite assortment of Minifigs yet with a couple of standouts. Oh and the SWAT guy is Captain Freedom(Jesse Ventura) from The Running Man.
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LOOK AT THAT PENGUIN!Denyer wrote: http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/07/1 ... -minifigs/
Nails Commissioner Gordon pretty well.
I impulse-bought myself one each of series seven and eight while I was out doing some Christmas shopping. The series seven figure turned out to be the cute bunny-suit guy and the series eight fig was the conquistador, my two most-wanted figures from each set. I guess sometimes random chance works in your favour!
The conquistador is awesome. I don't think I've ever seen his helmet design used before, at least not on anything medieval-themed. I quite like it. His armour print is nice and unique and I love the deep red colour that his torso, arms and legs are cast from. His rapier is awesome, too, because I don't think I've gotten any of those before and I love it when Lego produces a different kind of sword. The Pirate cutlass and Castle broadsword from the 80s are cool, sure, but they don't work for everything.
Bunny man is just adorable. Though a part of me wants to steal his hat, paint it yellow and make a "young Link with bunny hood" minifigure...
I don't think I'd seen the full series eight checklist before, either. Lots of really nice figures in this set...the evil robot, alien, fairy, man-bat and pirate all look cool, and the ersatz Shakespeare is just gorgeous. I can't believe they made a ruffled Elizabethan collar piece for him. MUST HAVE.
Yes, I know. I get excited by strange things.
The conquistador is awesome. I don't think I've ever seen his helmet design used before, at least not on anything medieval-themed. I quite like it. His armour print is nice and unique and I love the deep red colour that his torso, arms and legs are cast from. His rapier is awesome, too, because I don't think I've gotten any of those before and I love it when Lego produces a different kind of sword. The Pirate cutlass and Castle broadsword from the 80s are cool, sure, but they don't work for everything.
Bunny man is just adorable. Though a part of me wants to steal his hat, paint it yellow and make a "young Link with bunny hood" minifigure...
I don't think I'd seen the full series eight checklist before, either. Lots of really nice figures in this set...the evil robot, alien, fairy, man-bat and pirate all look cool, and the ersatz Shakespeare is just gorgeous. I can't believe they made a ruffled Elizabethan collar piece for him. MUST HAVE.
Yes, I know. I get excited by strange things.
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What about a fish... in a ruffled collar?
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I picked up a couple of series 7 minifigures, wasn't that overlly impressed, but I do like the computer nerd guy whom weirdly looks like British actor James Lance as he appeared in Being Human as a child murdering ghost from the '70s.
I picked up a couple of seires 8 minifigures whilst in Manchester the other day to see Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson's 'Twins Of Evil' Tour (verdict on that: Rob Zombie is ace, despite cheekily trailing his upcoming film before reappearing for an Encore whilst Marilyn Manson is now just a sad cartoon of himself, endlessly repeating his career highlight 'Antichrist Superstar' to diminishing returns).
Anyway, I ended up with two divers. Which made me sad, but the little fellows are so cheerful and happy in their golden diving gear that I am not sad anymore. Just a shame the gold plastics feel uncomfortably weak.
I picked up a couple of seires 8 minifigures whilst in Manchester the other day to see Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson's 'Twins Of Evil' Tour (verdict on that: Rob Zombie is ace, despite cheekily trailing his upcoming film before reappearing for an Encore whilst Marilyn Manson is now just a sad cartoon of himself, endlessly repeating his career highlight 'Antichrist Superstar' to diminishing returns).
Anyway, I ended up with two divers. Which made me sad, but the little fellows are so cheerful and happy in their golden diving gear that I am not sad anymore. Just a shame the gold plastics feel uncomfortably weak.
That Spaniard helmets are actually about 15 years old, Warcry. It has just never been featured in any castle sets. They were used in some of the very last Pirates sets and were reused more recently in some of the Indiana Jones sets that were from the 4th movie. I really love the conquistador; I bought 4 or 5 of them to boots my Imperial Armada a little.
Also there have been a few promo picture for series nine, and parts for series ten and eleven may have been spotted too.
Also there have been a few promo picture for series nine, and parts for series ten and eleven may have been spotted too.