^I expect a review now! Hmm, I am going to the LEGO Store on the 1st so I guess I'll be loaded with PoP sets.

Don't hold your breath. Got the Battle of Alamut and Ostrich Race, both great sets. There are my reviews.

I think the camels can be just as useful, if not more, as the ostriches . Show riding and running is two of your examples that camels certainly are raised for, don't know why you said they aren't. Camel racing has a huge interest in many countries and I'm sure someone could make a MOC of that. More over I'm really looking forward to build a nice caravan (might be expensive to stock up on the camels though) and they could of course be used in a zoo, a circus or as a tourist attraction in a resort MOC.

Since camels were (and partly still are) such a great part of the Middle East and North African culture and nature I think that the release of them in LEGO will open up many new possibilities to make more realistic MOCs from those areas.

As I said in my post, in the eyes of the public. People don't think about camels as very versatile animals.

A LEGO zoo would be really awesome, and I have to admit that before now LEGO had not too many "zoo animals". They still lack some of the staples that they've had for a long time in Duplo-- animals like lions, hippos, tigers, etc. I had hoped for a circus train set in IJ so we'd get some of those neat animals, but I was very surprised to find that some of our best new animal molds came after IJ ground to a halt!

In a circus camels would be cool, although it'd be even neater if someone like Brickforge made decorative camel accessories for that purpose. After all, the typical horse accessories won't fit very snugly with that hump in the way! Of course, the fact that there haven't been any elephant accessories for that purpose makes me kind of doubt they'll do that, but then again the elephant came with a decorative blanket in the set, so it didn't need all that much more.

I do have the say that one thing I would have liked Lego to make for this theme and the Indiana Jones theme is a cobra. I know that Lego likes to keep its parts at least somewhat generic but, an actual cobra instead of the rattlesnake would be really cool. Also, I agree that the camels could have been made more poseable and certainly Lego could come out with another horse but, we do have a camel after all and I am really excited about the Ostriches.

I got Battle For Alamut today. It came from a TRU, at the correct US price of $80.

I got Battle For Alamut today. It came from a TRU, at the correct US price of $80.

Ooh, review! :wub:

I am glad you went over your usual limit for this one

I ordered a couple Desert Attacks from S@H w/coupon, but I'm going to wait on the bigger sets until the next TRU or other sale. I wonder if this theme's popularity will exceed the movie, as the early previews of the film have not been especially favorable.

I wonder if this theme's popularity will exceed the movie, as the early previews of the film have not been especially favorable.

They haven't been especially anything, considering the limited info on the movie.

We have 2 months between the release of the sets and the film itself to worry about how the movie is going to end up. Let's just enjoy the great sets for now

Looks like the minifigs from the Ostrich Race, Fight for the Dagger and Hassassin's Hideout/Desert Ambush set made it to Bricklink. The spiked shoulder Hassassin looks a bit less spiky, which I like. I'd like a lot of those shoulder armors for my castle guys.

All these PoP sets truly looks interesting and they seem like a good replacement of the Indiana Jones line. I look forward to a review of the Desert Attack set which looks like a set i'd get.

Not sure if I want the PoP sets. On one hand, there are assassins and persian warriors, camels, ostriches, and Middle eastern structures. On the other hand, kind of expensive, fleshies (I never purchased a Liscenced set before), and they may never make middle eastern themed sets again thus I wouldn't be able to build upon the collection like I can with Castle, and the money I spend on PoP sets would mean less money I can spend on castle sets.

I will probably get a few Desert Attacks for the assassins, and the horse though.

Sets are already available in my country, Slovenia. Ima buy em all as soon as i get some money

I just bought and built the "Fight for the Dagger" set and wanted to say a few quick things (since I don't have a camera and can't make a review):

Pros:

Brand new figs, all with new headgear

Beautiful Middle Eastern look to the building

Gold quarter dome pieces

20 of the new inverted slopes in a new color

camel

Cons:

kind of small and cramped

if you take one of the boxes off of the camel, he tips over

50 pieces short of TLG's regular price/piece ratio

All in all, this is a wonderful set and I would suggest it to anybody! Any questions?

Just called TRU for availability, and I'll be back in a few hours with a review of fight for the Dagger, maybe also Desert Attack.

Just called TRU for availability, and I'll be back in a few hours with a review of fight for the Dagger, maybe also Desert Attack.

Please post pics of the spiky shoulder armor by itself. I'd love to get a solid handful of those bad boys.

Nevermind, the customer service guy screwed up, no sets in stock as of yet.

I heard that the prince of persia sets won't be available in germany.

in austria, we usually have exactly the same products available.

Will they arrive here later or never?

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I heard that the prince of persia sets won't be aviable in germany.

in austria, we usually have exactly the same products avaiable.

Will they arrive here later or never?

I read on imperiumdersteine.de that someones has asked a Lego store staff. They said the sets will be at least (I don't know if only) available in Lego stores from June 2010 on.

For me that's good news!

What are the chances of there being another wave and having Persian Warriors in a cheaper set?

What are the chances of there being another wave and having Persian Warriors in a cheaper set?

Slim to none, unless this wave flies off the shelves...

I seriously doubt that there is going to be another wave and if there was they would not have battlepacks.

Well they don't have to be battle packs, but something like the Desert attack except with Persian warriors instead of assassins. I guess I will have to purchase Battle of Alamut just for those three Persian Warriors. Quest against time is the only one I am not intersted in. But I guess I could get it for the grey slopes to make cliffs in the future.

Well they don't have to be battle packs, but something like the Desert attack except with Persian warriors instead of assassins. I guess I will have to purchase Battle of Alamut just for those three Persian Warriors. Quest against time is the only one I am not intersted in. But I guess I could get it for the grey slopes to make cliffs in the future.

It's based on a movie, remember.

It's based on a movie, remember.

Right, so I guess I will have to be satisfied with 3 Persian warriors, and get some desert attacks to get the printed horse, assassins, and dastan for the dual katanas and katana holders. Maybe some ostrich races for the naked torso.

I just visited both my local Target and Wal-Mart in the US and both are now stocking and selling Prince of Persia sets. Only had enough on me for the $10 set though : \ I'm not sure if this has been posted elsewhere or if it is news but I just thought people should now know they can check just more than Toys R Us for PoP : )

Have a nice day.

I just visited both my local Target and Wal-Mart in the US and both are now stocking and selling Prince of Persia sets.

Not mine.