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The perfect Christmas tree is one in the forest with lots of snow, a hot drink and my dog Thanks for the awesome raffle, CopMike!

Seems to be the case, I won on the 24th and was very pleasantly surprised to find another package in the mail today Thanks again for everything, CopMike!

Caught in a blizzard, a First Order trooper tries to keep warm using his flamethrower, which he reluctantly shares (it's Christmas, after all!) with another stranded soldier Thanks for the awesome raffle!

Here's my entry, a nice green tree with lots of ornaments and real candles (along with some Gondor soldiers as ideal presents) Thanks for the great raffle, CopMike!

My perfect gift would be an official Minas Tirith set (especially if it looked like Nuju Metru's ). Thanks for the great raffle, CopMike!

Definitely Minas Morgul.

Still Mordor Battle Pack!

Definitely Mordor Battle Pack. Orcs with new prints/armor and Easterlings seem way more interesting than Galadriel, especially since she is about to be released in a Hobbit set.

Black/grey rocks don't sound too exciting... Sauron or Isildur would be great, but Lothlorien would also have new minifigs plus much more interesting builds, so Lothlorien it is.

Here's my entry, Bilbo's/Frodo's sword Sting in all its orc-detecting glory: It isn't really complete without an orc to make it glow; but then again, who would want to hang an orc on their christmas tree? Thanks for the great raffle, CopMike!

Here you go: http://www.eurobrick...50#entry1405703 (click on the picture to see the larger version)

Much to the joy of the Wampa (and of Luke, as he doesn't have to fight the Wampa anymore ), Santa Yoda didn't forget any planet or creature on his quest to spread holiday cheer in that galaxy far, far away... Thanks for the great raffle and Merry Christmas, everyone!

I am aware of that, but we don't have any information about these next waves, so why should there be a topic about them? I really like the Bilbo minifigure; since he has the same hair as Sam, he is bound to look somewhat like him, but his face print is different enough for him to be recognized as Bilbo. His (and Nori's) hair color might be a bit off, but I think it would be boring if everyone's hair was reddish brown. I wonder why Thorin and Nori were on display, though; they clearly aren't part of the Bag Ends set, so I guess it was a mistake as the figs were removed almost immediately. The only thing bothering me is the color of Thorin's body; I think it should be dark blue instead of grey/black.

I don't think that would be necessary - the Hobbit sets will be released in December, which is in 2012 The two faces for Gimli are indeed not very useful, but I think the eyebrows look different. Since you are able to see them, you can give Gimli a "normal" and a frowning face.

And unnumbered bags would change that? I think a lot of OT fans interested in UCS sets wil like it - thanks to the other LEGO renditions, it is known nearly as well as the more iconic vehicles like the X or Y-Wing (to LEGO fans, at least), which makes it the perfect addition to any serious OT fan's UCS collection. Besides, TLG only has to include some new minifigs to make sure it sells well; after managing to include some in both the Executor and R2, a B-Wing shouldn't be a problem.

2) The ski jump in Holmenkollen in Oslo (Sleepyhead) Entry (Build by Cecilie) - 1 point 3) Robbers in the lobby (Intergalactic Girl) Entry (Build by Kumpelkante) - 1 point 10) My third wish (Genie) Entry (Build by Skafte) - 1 point

9) Sleepyhead Entry (Build by Plissken) - 1 point 30) Alien Entry (Build by Oky) - 2 points

Said thread can be found here. @wghost: The quality of the bricks in Star Wars sets has always been great, and since LotR could be an equally successfull license I doubt they would use cheap plastic for it - especially not in the first sets.

Determined by fans or by an official statement from TLG? This picture isn't from the Toy Fair, it is "just" a MOC. I agree that a Mumakil would make a great set, though.

While I would love to see battle packs without any bricks, I'm afraid TLG knows that it can demand more money if it throws in some rocks or a small tree - people will buy the battle packs anyway. The collectable minifigures mentioned in the first post could turn out to be a great way to get many figs for cheap; I for one would love to get generic soldiers and/or characters in "surprise" bags for 3$ each

I actually believe this is just a shadow - even a black fig would show some details, all that I can see is a black space which doesn't resemble a minifig at all except for a somewhat similar outline. I doubt that whoever took this picture would have simply ignored the Interceptor, which means it probably wasn't displayed at all.

Don't worry, there are plenty of sites which still have them (or rather it as there is just one picture of LotR) - fbtb, for instance. Theoden's helmet looks quite accurate; I wouldn't mind if they used it for Eomer as well as long as the overall appearance is pleasing.

I guess it is too far to the left to be seen - the Uruk Army isn't completely visible neither. It is somewhat a pity that the picture is focused on Shelob as we got a pretty good look at her on that poster yesterday, but at least you can see the other side of Helm's Deep - I love the small door, there is even some sort of catapult to get Gimli across.

I doubt it - the picture shown here features several minifigures which aren't in any Category. I guess I was very lucky to get Dengar, but the other possibilites aren't bad either

Don't forget Snape's and Piett's heads I usually don't mind reused pieces, every new piece means the price will be higher for the same amount of bricks. The exceptions are clone wars faces - Palpatine would look ridiculous with those huge eyes. Besides, I think it is quite probable that he will get a double-faced head, one normal and one evil expression.