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Thanks for the info! I was wondering why both Targets I went to (I live in the Bay Area too) had City polybagged sets in the Star Wars price tagged spot. Hopefully this will be fixed soon in all the Bay Area Targets so we can get our Star Wars mini X-wings and Republic Attack Shuttles!

I found lots of the two City polybagged sets at the two Targets I visited - both were placed in the section that was reserved for the LEGO Star Wars polybags. The first one I visited (this one is the best Target I've even been to) had the Duplo sets, too. They're $3 and you get either an animal or a farmer figure and three 2 x 2 bricks. I did pick up one copy of each City set, and they're great! If you combine Police Boat with 5612 Police Officer, you get a really cramped two person boat with lots of hi-tech stuff all over the place. Unfortunately the Star Wars sets were nowhere to be found. Hopefully the stock will change in a couple of weeks. The two City sets ($3 each) were: 30002 Police Boat (released in the Daily Mirror, a UK newspaper, in 2009, but officially released in 2010): 30010 (actual name is unknown): The randomized Duplo set (not so random since you can see through the bag) was set number 30060, but currently no BrickLink catalog exists. I'll try to upload pics later, since I'm currently very busy.

I bought one of each of the LEGO City Easter polybagged sets (30010 and 30002) at Target today for $3 USD each. Unfortunately the two Targets I went to had no LEGO Star Wars polybagged sets, the ones that I was looking forward to getting. They has a section for them, but they were both filled with the LEGO City sets. Hopefully they'll have the Star Wars ones in stock in a couple of weeks...

Wow, those stands look great! Really useful for displaying cruisers and other things of the sort. It should be able to hold if you use two or three, not sure about one though as it says that it can only hold two pounds.

Wow! I love your city. It's one of the best city displays I've ever seen! The Pink Florist is great! Lovely use of two shades of pink, and it just seems to work on the Green Grocer design! Also, congrats on getting a Max minifig! I love it when people place easter eggs like that in their displays. Speaking of which, are you planning on adding some funny scenes or easter eggs in your city? Can't wait for the next update! It's really enjoyable to see the progression of your city.

Unfortunately the price of the book has already risen from about $3.50 to $5.84 USD. Still cheap, but a bit disappointing as I was thinking about buying it a month of so before the release. Hopefully the price will drop back to 50% off... There's also an English version of the book with the shark minifig:

Yay, higher resolution pics! Thanks for the info! Great to know that Lotso's Dump Truck comes with three minifigs and not two. Also, we already know what the Trash Compactor set looks like thanks to Toys 'R' Us Canada's website.

Happy birthday Ras! Hope you get lots of LEGO Star Wars related items and more! Happy birthday Rayman! Keep up the good decal work! And since you're both Star Wars fans, I'll post two Star Wars cakes! (Thanks Google Cake Shop! ) I especially like Siegfried's initialized version of "Ras"! (Replenishment At Siegfried)

Wow! Only about $3.50 each...that's like an impulse set! Free shipping too! But the question we're all dying to hear the answer to is: is the quality of the plastic normal or Chinese?

The new server seems slightly faster! Thanks for improving the EB experience!

Over 140 stickers in 8154 Brick Street Customs, picture courtesy of starstreak: I think that I've taken the lead! Always remember that Racers sets have humongous amounts of stickers. EDIT: Medium sized sticker sheets include: 7627 Temple of the Crystal Skull 10188 Death Star 10195 Republic Dropship with AT-OT

You might want to check out this handy dandy stud converter site. I also remember that there was a topic on this stuff. I'll go and find it... EDIT: Here it is!

This has got to be one of the best Star Wars minifigs out there! One thing I'd also like to point out is that this will not be the next chrome minifig because this was not packaged in any special box of the sort, just a polybag. Remember last year's special chrome Vader box with all his quotes? And another photo, this time from BS01 Cholie: EDIT: Oh, and the first white Boba Fett was sold a few days ago on eBay (thanks to Skyward72 for finding that and posting about it on FBTB) for $100 with the minifig book. Not that expensive considering there's only 150 (official ones) in the world!

Some people in the US found 30050 Republic Attack Shuttle and 30051 X-wing at Target, according to this Brickset article: Can anyone confirm this? The comments have been about 50/50 (found/not found) in the Brickset post. A bit early for Easter stuff to be out already, but great nevertheless! It's not 442 pieces. TLG always uses either XXX or "442" as the piece count if it's undetermined.

Do you mean the baby green Norbert? Because I don't see any egg. And I think that the Power Functions light brick is in the fireplace. See the red Technic thing here: You probably push it to turn on the light in the fireplace.

Thanks for the pics of the two new magnet sets! I'm glad that the Endor magnet set includes Paploo instead of the other two Ewoks. Paploo was my least favorite minifig out of all three Ewoks, so it makes me feel glad that the rarer Ewoks are the ones I like! The other magnet set is a weird combination. Palpatine plus the two coveted minifigs from the Separatist Shuttle? Why not Papatine and two Senate Commandos? The fact that the prices of these minifigs will be driven down all the way from $10-$20 to $4-$5 (USD) doesn't really bother me at all, but what does is that now BrickLink will be scattered with lower quality and normal quality minifigs, and you won't be able to know what type you're buying. EDIT: Oh, and for the ones who don't like the new Boba Fett torso, you could always try using the new helmet, jetpack and cape on the old Boba Fett torso.

I agree on that statement. I don't think that we even need a helmet attaching feature if it takes up the whole interior. You can just place the helmet on by yourself! Also, we're getting Slave I pics! The minifigs look even better, and hopefully we'll see some videos soon of all these sets' play features. EDIT: Clone Turbo Tank pics from FBTB!

FBTB is the best (aside from Eurobricks )! Lots and lots of notable things scattered throughout the series! Printed owls, printed sorting hat, elaborately detailed minifigs, printed newspapers/things on 2 x 2 tiles, new hair pieces, updated dementors (I love the tattered capes!), and much, much more! Professor Flitwick looks hilarious. EDIT: Removed Flitwick pic (someone already posted it)

Actually, the printed Senate Commando is a Senate Commando captain named Captain Jayfon. Here's what he looked in the CW series (he got killed right at the beginning of the show): I'll definitely be getting this set. A cheaper way to get a Senate Commando, Cad Bane, that Weequay bounty hunter and that awesome new Senate Commando captain! Also, thanks for finding those minifig shots Oky Wan! Cad Bane and Grievous look great! By the way, the white Boba Fett is apparently a freebie given to VIPs attending Toy Fair (like Joe Meno of Brickjournal or the guys at FBTB). (An autographed Buzz Lightyear Cube Dude was also given)

Yay, Toy Fair pics! I must say, all the minifigs look stunning! The medical droid's torso looks very cool, but hopefully it isn't hollow on the back like super battle droids. I like how Anakin comes with one black arm and one medium flesh arm. Great attention to detail! The "zombie pilot" looks really funny without his helmet on. I love how Grievous has printed arms! Hopefully there'll also be a head on shot of him later on. EV-A4-D looks a bit odd at this angle. His head's too large, and his torso has lots of hollow spaces! R7-F5's Clone Wars style printing looks great! I like the combination of dark red and white. I'm not so sure on the wampa. He has awesome details like the fur and printed claws, but I don't like how he has so many hollow spots (inside of arms, inside of hands). Perhaps the hollow hands are for a play feature similar to the giant rock monsters? EDIT: It looks like the wampa can hold minifigs in its hands! Excellent printing on Aayla's attachable headpiece! Boba Fett looks spectacular! Two different guns, a more accurate contoured helmet, antenna piece to attach onto the helmet, separate sand green jetpack, small tattered cape, what more could you ask for? Well, aside of course arm and leg printing. Bossk has a great head mold! I like how his slightly opened mouth is printed. Carbonite Han looks very detailed. Really cool how he just out of the mold, and I like the printed control panels on the sides! Han Solo himself doesn't look that good to me, but it was about time that he got an updated head!

I remember seeing this on TBB (blog post). Truly amazing, especially with the enormous amounts of foliage! The bunker itself is very detailed too, and I really like the interior!

I also agree that it's interesting how people are getting these so early. There's over four months left before their scheduled release! Ooh, that one looks like it can actually attach onto a clip piece without being compressed by the clip (one example is the bow and arrow in 8038 The Battle of Endor)!

Great to know that the minifigs will be of normal quality! The rock monster "rock" printing is pretty bad though. If you own 8908 Monster Launcher and use the catapult a couple of times on a hard surface, the printing scratches off slightly on the sharper corners. Then if you scratch that part very lightly, more printing comes off! I've had the same problem with one of Squidman's eyes. Now one of his eyes aren't round anymore! Interesting, but I think that that deserves its own topic, as it doesn't have anything to do the these collectible minifigs.

Happy birthday Svelte! I hope you're having a great day. Also, awesome cake you got there!

Thanks for the pictures BlueDragonZ! Both sets seem to have made a gigantic improvement from the preliminary pics we saw a while ago. What's interesting though is the price to parts ratios. On TRU the Trash Compactor set is $70 CAD, but there are only 370 pieces! The same with Western Train Chase: $110 CAD for 584 pieces! Hopefully that is just TRU's overpricing at work. Another interesting thing is that Hamm with the bowler hat in Western Train Chase is called "Evil Doctor Porkchops" in the TRU description. Perhaps something takes control of Hamm in Toy Story 3? Direct links: 7597 Western Train Chase 7599 Trash Compactor Escape Box art of 7599 Trash Compactor Escape