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That's a drop in the bucket compared to some of the members here. I know Itaria No Shintaku has bought in excess of 30-40 of some of the individual CMFs.

I hope we are proven wrong so everyone that wants them has a chance to find these figures. It really is a great series. I realize there's a certain irony in saying this when I have been busy snatching up Cheerleaders and Gargoyles. Hey, this is nothing compared to my efforts to stockpile S6 Roman Soldiers and S13 Goblins (20 of each)...

I might grab a couple more Specters and possibly another Spider Lady, but I'm content with six each of the Zombie Cheerleader and Gargoyle (independent of my display of the set of 16, of course). If these really do have a short production run, I'm glad my minifig paranoia drives me to snap up all I want from each new set ASAP.

I raided four Walgreens in my area on Sunday and ended up with a complete set of 16 plus 27 extras. My local Target did not have any, when I asked they brought Simpsons S2 out from the back. Wal-Marts are starting to get them too. Just stopped by my local store today. They had an untouched endcap display (two aisles away from the Lego aisle, I might add), so I grabbed 6 more spares. And my Wal-Mart usually has a fairly terrible Lego selection. I now have all of S14 I think I'll need. Glad I could wrap it up quickly. My favorites are the Zombie Cheerleader and the Gargoyle. I think this is one of the strongest series so far. I don't mind themed series as long as they are done well, and Lego has hit the mark here. As for why the Gargoyle has short legs, I am guessing that this is supposed to simulate a crouching position. I'm no authority on gargoyles, but you normally don't see them standing bolt upright. We all know that articulation is not a minifigure's strong suit, and crouching is not something they do well at all. To achieve a proper crouched pose, Lego would have to introduce a newly molded lower half, and I suspect they would be loath to do so for an application such as this. Or he could just be a short gargoyle. I'm sure they exist :)

I happened to be studying abroad in Oxford during the summer of 2012, so I couldn't pass up buying a complete box of 60 Team GB Collectible Minifigs. When I learned of their release and exclusivity earlier in the year, I made getting a box my goal. I'm proud to say I accomplished that goal on my first full day in England! Still probably the best souvenir I've ever acquired.

I have a somewhat weird and specific photo request. I'd be really grateful if someone would be able to do this for me. I have the Parisian Restaurant and the Detective's Office and am loving both of them. I think they're great sets as-is and have no immediate plans to modify them. Looking at them head-on, I have them connected with the Restaurant on the left and the Office on the right. Here is the request: I am thinking about picking up the Pet Shop, and would like to see how it looks next to the Detective's Office - but if I were to get the set, I would reverse the order of the brownstone apartment building and the blue pet shop. I would put the pet shop on the left and the apartment on the right, the inverse of how it appears in the promotional pictures. Would someone with both the DO and the Pet Shop please take a picture of the sets connected in this order, from left to right: DO, PS Pet Shop, PS apartment? Thanks in advance!

You should ask the employees, but I've been to a couple Lego stores that will just let you pick out any 15 parts. It's quite handy if your local store has nifty parts and you don't feel like doing a little Bricklinking.

Did anyone get a second Ma Cop torso instead of a Pa Cop torso? I did today, time to contact TLG and get everything squared away!

I'm a huge fan of Yotsuba &! This is some great work. However, I feel compelled to tell you that your custom minifig is the middle daughter, Fuuka Ayase. Asagi is the eldest daughter (and Ena is the youngest).

I'd go for the Haunted House. It's an amazing display piece and one of my favorite sets. It sounds like it's more up your alley anyway, what with having the rest of the MF line and liking the theme, yet only being a casual LoTR fan. I don't have the Orthanc set but it looks more fragile, which might be a concern if your kids will be playing with it. The hinged dollhouse-like nature of the HH only adds to its playability. If you have a large amount of reddish brown 1x6, 1x4, 1x2, and 1x1 tiles you can give all three floors of the house wood flooring. I did this to mine and it looks amazing.

Great review! What a nostalgia trip...this set provided me with my very first skeleton, back in 1995.

After spending some time poking around on the customer service site, I'm reasonably convinced that it is the avenue through which the seller I mentioned is getting his part stockpiles. Maybe they're out of stock on the dark red hoods because he cleaned out their inventory? I did notice that certain license-specific parts are not available through the system. I'm sure it's part of the licensing agreement. For example, another old part in a new color I'll be wanting to snap up from 75025 is the Luminara Unduli hat in white. That piece isn't even listed on the service website, but the hood is because it is a more generic part, even if it only ever appears in dark red in the one SW set.

https://service.lego.com/en-us/replacementparts#WhatIndividualBrickBuy/98011 Wow, you learn something new every day! I didn't know this was an option.

These hoods appear to be completely legit. They're not mismolded, discolored, or repainted. Knowing how purist a lot of Lego fans (including myself!) can be, I imagine that there would be a large outcry if it was known that sellers were dealing in counterfeit parts. Note that I'm talking about Bricklink. Anything goes on eBay...

Most of the parts I've seen in the Build-A-Minifig bins (which are more relevant here, as I am referring to minifig accessories) are either fairly generic or from earlier Collectible Minifig serieses. I'm not saying it never happens, but I've never seem parts like hoods, rarer hairpieces, or armor plates in the BAM bins. Over several years of Bricklinking I've come across several sellers that have very large inventories (in the hundreds) of parts I would consider difficult to stockpile in large quantities.