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[piratescratch]

Has anyone found the new Castle sets yet? I saw them in the Big-W toy sale catalogue but have yet to find them. Anyway, if anyone does come across them please post prices.

I'm really stoked for the new Castle sets, I've been waiting for them for quite a while now and knowing that Big W will be stocking them for the big toy sale makes me extremely happy.

Defintely getting 7038: Troll Assault Wagon set for the adorable green ogre which is getting lured by the chicken leg hung over its head. The other set from the new Castle series I'm currently contemplating over is 7037: Tower Raid.

Other then those the only other future Lego sets I'm waiting for is probably 7676: Republic Attack Gunship from the Star Wars series. No release date yet though. Also 10188: Death Star set would be a dream to own but at $399.99USD (god I don't even want to think what price we'd be paying for it) I really can't justify such a price, maybe when I'm rich and not a poor poor student.

That Evac chopper looks pretty crap to me in that there's hardly any building to be done. Lots of the big pieces are just big single pieces.
What happened to the actual building part of Lego?

It looks quite seamless from the image but there is quite a lot of building to be had. The only real big specialized piece was the tail end, the rest of the helicopter are made from smaller pieces that were split up into four big seperate bags.

I know some Lego fans are disliking the whole specialized pieces in the newer sets. Lego sets are ending up looking more like models due to that and to be frank I like that. I dig them specialized pieces.

[MV75]

I'm actually looking forward to lay-buying this next thursday at bigw:

http://creator.lego.com/en-us/Produc...ures/4996.aspx

It looks quite seamless from the image but there is quite a lot of building to be had. The only real big specialized piece was the tail end, the rest of the helicopter are made from smaller pieces that were split up into four big seperate bags.

I know some Lego fans are disliking the whole specialized pieces in the newer sets. Lego sets are ending up looking more like models due to that and to be frank I like that. I dig them specialized pieces.

Don't worry. Mr Digger has just forgotten about the large single bits and other set specific pieces that even vintage sets had.
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[Golden Phoenix]

Defintely getting 7038: Troll Assault Wagon set for the adorable green ogre which is getting lured by the chicken leg hung over its head

That has got to be one of the funniest things Lego has done in a set. And I have to get my hands on it purely for that reason

Other then those the only other future Lego sets I'm waiting for is probably 7676: Republic Attack Gunship from the Star Wars series. No release date yet though. Also 10188: Death Star set would be a dream to own but at $399.99USD (god I don't even want to think what price we'd be paying for it) I really can't justify such a price, maybe when I'm rich and not a poor poor student.

I know your pain. Transformers + Lego + Video Games + Anime + Women all adds up on a small budget....
But the Star Wars sets are starting to scare me. I couldn't stand the Clone Wars Anakin figure that came out recently. And some of the others ain't looking to great either. Except for maybe the clones and aliens

I know some Lego fans are disliking the whole specialized pieces in the newer sets. Lego sets are ending up looking more like models due to that and to be frank I like that. I dig them specialized pieces.

The occasional specialized piece is ok. But not like a whole set of them. Once it gets to a certain point then you loose the Lego-ness of the model. Thats one of the things I like about them, that you make them from basic parts and can break them up and build other things.

[STL]

Gah! Must. Stay. Away. From. This. Thread. Temptation. Too. Great.

[Kyle]

I couldn't wait and grabbed a full set of the new castle stuff when they were first available on ebay a few months ago...

The troll warship is awesome! So is the knight on dragon.

The troll battle wheel has been available locally in TRU for a while, and is an exclusive.

Am tempted to order a few more of the Skeletons battle pack from lego.com

[Verno]

http://www.kmart.com.au/catalogue/20...?PageNumber=30

Nuff Said!

[llamatron]

Oh wow I had no idea that the Troll Battle Wheel was out here yet!

Is it still easily available at TRU? Price?

[TheDirtyDigger]

Don't worry. Mr Digger has just forgotten about the large single bits and other set specific pieces that even vintage sets had.

They did not! That's my argument.

The occasional specialized piece is ok. But not like a whole set of them. Once it gets to a certain point then you loose the Lego-ness of the model. Thats one of the things I like about them, that you make them from basic parts and can break them up and build other things.

Totally.

I'm waiting for is probably 7676: Republic Attack Gunship

Ahhh cool. Now I can see why the price of the first one has come down from being around $5-600 on the secondary market to around a more reasonable $200. This is one I'll definitely be getting...along with the AT Te and the V19 Torrent. Looks awesome....all of them.

[TheDirtyDigger]

Time for some collection pics....
I'll show you mine if you show me yours!
Got more not shown including...
-Death Star
-NXT Mindstorms Robot
-UCS Vader's Tie + AT-ST
-Star Destroyer (Normal one not UCS)
-Jabba's Barge
-Sith Infiltrator (second one) and Slave-1 (Boba not Jango)
-Every single Batman set so far except Killer Croc one and latest Joker one
-Every Indy and Speed Racer set
-2 Most recent electric Train sets
-Latest Train Station
-Latest big Castle
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And some other MISB stuff I don't have the space for until I move into more spacious lodgings...

[Kyle]

Oh wow I had no idea that the Troll Battle Wheel was out here yet!

Is it still easily available at TRU? Price?

I saw them at Morely TRU about 5 weeks ago and Cannington TRU about 2 weeks ago. Can't remember the price, but I think it was about the same as the AUD price on Lego.com