Hi-res pics of 2012 sets

Ok, admittedly I’ve been lazy. I actually saw them yesterday.  But since they are all over the web by now I’ve a feeling most people have seen them?  Some thoughts on the sets (and links to sources):

• Collectible Minifig series 7 looks good! Even tho I’m kinda over the novelty, I’ll still get at least a set for collection.
• Batcave looks… colourful. I prefer the darker looking 1st batcave. Plus I hate stickers.
• Ninjago sets are still too targetted to boys for me. I may get a few sets selectively, but no more than that.
• Star Wars is a mixed bag.  Looking forward to getting a Jabba for sure.
• Dino I will skip. Not sure how dinos will fit with my generally city themed sets and I didn’t miss the 1st incarnation anyway.
• City sets are kinda bleh. Great for saving some $ in 2012 unless H2 gives us some new themes (hospital?). If not I’ll skip the City sets and save my money for…
• Spongebob. I know… but the sets look good. Such a cute little pirate ship.
• And Friends! I know… I’m wimpy and a sucker for the accessories.
• I might skip Cars… tho they continue to look enticingly cute.  There are just too many sets and I’m not sure if I wanna start another series.
• Am not a Technic person but the 2012 sets seem to be getting some good vibes.

Do click on the links above for the pics. I’ll just share the MF7 cos that thrilled me the most from all the pics I saw. Think cos I saw the earlier leaked catalogue so most of the other hi-res pics were not a surprise. 😛

Singapore Only: Update on March & April Arrivals

Hey, thanks to Alvin n Rekseah for the heads up. 🙂

March Arrivals

So the sets have already arrived or are arriving in Singapore stores this week depending on the usual delivery schedule, so you can head over to your favourite stores this week for some retail therapy.  Here’s the full list of March arrivals taken off ToyStation’s email:

LEGO City

• 3365 Space Moon Buggy
• 3366 Satellite Launch Pad
• 3367 Space Shuttle
• 3368 Space Center

LEGO Games

• 3852 Sunblock
• 3853 Banana Balance
• 3854 Frog Rush
• 3855 Ramses Return
• 3856 LEGO Ninjago

LEGO DUPLO

• 5945 Winnie The Pooh’s Picnic
• 5946 Tigger’s Expedition
• 5947 Winnie The Pooh’s House

LEGO Pharaoh’s Quest

• 7305 Scarab Attack
• 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
• 7307 Flying Mummy Attack
• 7325 Cursed Cobra Statue
• 7326 Rise Of The Sphinx
• 7327 Scorpion Pyramid

LEGO Technic

• 8070 Supercar

Quick computation n the LEGO Games pricing is fairly reasonable after 20% discount off local price.  SunBlock n Banana Balance is a little pricier, but not worth the trouble of shipping in & risking damaged boxes.  Supercar is still a shocking S$36 more even after 20% discount locally tho…

So far I’ve heard that the sets are already at BricksWorld, ToyStation & Metro (dunno which branch tho). 

And BricksWorld’s member specials for March/April are:

• 3368 Space Center @ $103.90 (20%)
• 5947 Winnie The Pooh’s House @ $55.90 (20%)
• 8099 Midi Scaled Imperial Star Destroyer @ $77.31 (10%)
• 8864 Desert of Destruction @ $187.11 (10%)

Don’t understand the last 2 since members get 10% off anyway, so what’s so special about the pricing??

Ok, and on to….

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April Arrivals

Some good news and some bad news here.

The good? 10217 Diagon Alley and 8804 Collectible Minifig Series 4 are arriving in April! Yay!  And no price increase in Series 4 figs, so it’s S$3.90 each or $234 for a box of 60.

The bad? The price for DA is shockingly disgustingly bad. So bad that I feel like boycotting getting any sets locally. It’s S$319.90 vs US$149.90.  Before discount, the diff is like S$125!! S$125???! It’s like… WTF… (hey, I assume you are all adult readers and I’ve had a pretty crappy day at work… if you are offended, pls stop reading)

Even after a 20% discount, the price is still a weltering S$255.92, or S$61 more… considering that I need like 2 more… may even work out cheaper shipping in from the USA.

Gallery of Hi-Res 2011 Set Pictures

Below are a few examples from each theme.  If you thought the Toy Fair 2011 pics look good, then of course these hi-res official photos look wayyyy better.

There is also a hint of more pics to come with this statement from Gizmodo: “There are a couple more secret models, but we will show those to you at a later date“. 

Hmm… I hope they don’t mean the Cars 2 range or the Spongebob sets that were not included in gallery…

You can get the full range of 2011 hi-res pics from Gizmodo’s write-up here.   Anyway for your convenience these link directly to the respective galleries:

• Star Wars gallery
• Kingdoms gallery
• Pharaoh’s Quest gallery
• Technic gallery
• Atlantis gallery
• Ninjago gallery
• Bricks and More gallery
• Creator gallery
• City gallery
• Alien Conquest gallery
• Pirates of the Caribbean gallery
• Racers gallery
• Hero Factory gallery
• Duplo gallery

Toy Fair 2011 Updates by FBTB

Quick one:  Ryan & Ace from FBTB have done a marvellous job at the Toy Fair with the best quality pics for the LEGO exhibits that I’ve seen so far, including close-ups of minifigs, set play features, close-ups of sets/interiors. 

Do visit FBTB’s Flickr photostream to see the pics.

And Happy Valentines Day everyone. 🙂

More Summer 2011 Set Pics

UPDATE: Don’t forget you can see close-ups of 2011 Summer Star Wars minifigs, see pics of minifig Series 5, get more info on upcoming DK Ideas, Star Wars & Harry Potter books and the LEGO Collector’s Guide too.  Not to mention the pics of POTC sets… almost there!  We are missing the advents, modular, winter & TRU exclusives… for now. 🙂 

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Kris Kelvin continues with more pics for Cars, Star Wars, Kingdoms and Technic sets… yippee!  Some simple touched-up pics below.  For earlier pics, do read my earlier post that also included links to EB’s discussion forums.   

Cars – 8484 Ultimate Building Lightning McQueen & 8487 Flo’s V8 Cafe

Star Wars – 7961 Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator, 7962 Anakin’s & Sebulba’s Podracers, 7964 Republic Frigate

Kingdoms – 7189 Mill Village Raid (box art)

Technic – 8109 Flatbed Truck

New Pics of Summer 2011 HP, City, Cars & Star Wars Sets

EB member Kris Kelvin shared pics of the summer 2011 sets such as

• Harry Potter Battle of Hogwarts (4867): Click here for more
• City sets Power Boat Transporter (4643) and Marina (4644): Click here for more
• Cars set Mack’s Team Truck (8486): Click here for more (I can’t tell from the pic, but remember that Huw mentioned no stickers? Hope that’s true! I’ll hate for this set to be all stickered…)
• Star Wars Sets Sith Nightspeeder (7957), Millennium Falcon (7965), Ewok Attack (7956): Click here for more

And over in the EB Technic forum, backbone shared pics of the summer 2011 creator and technic sets: Click here

Along with the earlier batch of pics from the German Toy Fair, I think it’s time to start shortlisting the sets you want to get in 2011?  (That’s Ninjago, Aliens Conquest, Heroica (board games), Pharaoh’s Quest, Kingdoms, Atlantis, Collectible Minifig Series 5 & Atlantis pics and/or videos)  I’ll recommend using Brickset to set up a ‘want’ list: 2011 sets  🙂

P.S: I enhanced the original pics so it’s easier to make out the details. 🙂

Book Review of Badass LEGO Guns

Quick one… Found this book review of Badass LEGO Guns. Not a book I’ll get but guess some of you guys might/already have? 🙂

Link to book review

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