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How's everyone's Challenge 1 builds coming? I'm finishing up mine and hope to have pictures up by Thur.

Thanks for looking into it!

Thank you for the write up. There appears to be some errors with my ships and some of the Faction ships. Most have cargo capacity but don't have any earned DBs. Was this missed during the calculations?

Go Rascals!

Stop. Both of you. If you want to have this discussion, go to the general thread. For the record, this is correct. Now, no more discussion here about canon unless it's about a specific set. Lego continues to make non-canon sets (looking at you, Freemakers). So you can have an opinion about whether a set is canon or not. But whether it is or isn't won't stop Lego from making non-canon sets.

Yeah, that totally belongs here. Now for the long wait before release.

Is this a wish list request? Those don't belong in this thread. Is this a reference to a new movie? If so, please provide more details.

Kessel Mine Worker polybag is at Barnes & Nobles in the States. Available with a $29.95 Lego purchase.

Thanks for the offer, but I'm a purist.

Keep in mind that CopMike does this for free. All of us waiting on a prize would love an update, but that's no reason to bug CopMike. He'll get us info when he can. Don't ruin this for next year by making him want to quite.

Thanks. I'm not worried about replicating the picture perfectly so the hairpiece doesn't matter. I'm just trying to get the look right for the uniform. I agree that the Resistance torsos make the design better, but it doesn't have any green which I really want to incorporate.

Alright, I went ahead and ordered some torsos. What do you think looks closest to this picture?

Rassilon Rascals are ready to play!

While working in his shop in Bastion, a wood carver heard a loud commotion. The Rassilon Rascals, a notorious soccer team from Rassilon had arrived to play in the tournament!

Yes, Lego has learned to mark-up the price on pieces like that which they've learned will be in high demand when they first come out. After it starts to show up in other sets the price goes down considerably. The nexo-shield tile started at $0.90/piece for me. Now it's like $0.30. They are from the nexo-knight line.

No, all pieces in the above order were available online. I know the HP pieces have come and gone a bit already. And they are ridiculously expensive still. That's why I only got 4 of each.

Latest B&P order:

I'm trying to make a purist version of a CorSec officer from the EU. Here are some reference pictures: ____________________ ____________________________ For the first picture, I'm wondering if this piece might work. Or do you have any suggestions for either version?

I generally use B&P for new or re-color parts I want in larger numbers that I cna't find on Bricklink yet. That or Minifigure parts that aren't licensed. I find it very helpful for those kinds of orders.

I found it randomly placed with the other sets in the main Lego aisle. There was no tag on the shelf to identify it so it's possible an employee put it out when they weren't supposed to. I've heard rumors this might be a future Target promo. Using Brickseek to search for the DCPI number of 204-00-0606 showed me that most Targets in my area have it in stock now. I was at a different Target yesterday though and did not see it on the shelves. Usually a store employee can look for an item with the DCPI number and tell you where they have it or if it's in the back. Glad it helped! And thanks for the front-paging.

I first saw a picture of 40358: Bean There, Donut That on Instagram a couple days ago. So naturally I hopped on Brickseek and watched for it to come in stock at my local Target. At $20 for only 146 pieces I knew I wasn't getting the best in terms of parts/price ratio, but it looked like a neat little set so I decided to give it a chance. That and I knew my daughter would love a Dalmatian. There is a picture on Instagram that shows the box as being more cubbed with a holiday style ribbon. But if you look at the side of the box in that fake picture, you can see that the parts shown are not in this set. Most notably is the door and frame on the fake picture. As you can see from my picture below, the box has the normal retagular dimensions shared with your average set. The back of the box shows the "play" features of the set which mostly involves the barista falling asleep on the job and having to deal with the mess from the Dalmatian afterwards. Inside the box are 3 un-numbered bags and the instructions. By step 5 we've built all the little side builds and have started the base of the coffee stand. The pastry display rotates on a standard turntable piece and looks quite nice. You also can see how many printed pieces there are in this set. And of course, we get a spare of each one of the printed goodies! The end result is a cute little coffee stand much like you might find along the streets of downtown Chicago where I used to live. The inclusion of the blue bike makes me wonder if Chicago was indeed where this stand was modeled after as we have light blue Divvy Bikes all over. I doubt anyone would buy this just for the minifigures, but there is a nice selection included: The doctor/nurse/medical professional uses the new torso found in the new hospital set from this year. The barista uses the same torso as all other baristas before her, except for Larry from The Lego Movie. She shares her head with many other Town/City women populating Lego City these days. The construction worker/garbage man looks like he shares his head with the Grandpa from the CMF line, but this worker isn't as grumpy so it's a slightly different print. His torso normally shows up in Space and Airport sets but looks just as good in this context. The business man wears the same suit as Fred from The Lego Ninjago Movie. All the minifigures have back printing. Only the barista has a double sided head. The Verdict: It's a nice little set. It will fit in any city layout and even provides a decent parts pack if that's what you're going for. The minifigures have a good mix of common and rare parts and all add to the city setting. You get the somewhat rare Dalmatian and a light blue bike. At $20 you're paying a little more than average for the exclusivity of the set. But I would say it's worth it. I give it 4/5.

I'm not discounting anyone's emotions. But those emotions don't belong in this thread. There are other General Star Wars topic threads for that.

Saw a picture on instagram of the sticker sheet for this set. Yikes! I was hoping more pieces would be printed.

1) Once Factions officially starts you can do flash-backs with clone troopers. That might get tricky with your Bounty Hunter as he/she would have to be alive back then, but I'm sure you all will come up with some great creativity! For now it should still be Stormtroopers. 2) There are a couple of examples in the intro post, have you checked those out yet? Basically if you don't have a minifigure, just come up with a good story to go along with the build.