kendo and batcave

recently received one of these. its not out in stores yet, so cool that. i wasnt going to buy this set, so it worked out fine. the joker mini fig looks a lil more mature then the older one, and the batman fig is different then the older one, by just a smidge, the utility belt is different. and the emblem on the chest has yellow around it.

Bruce Wayne is a much better figure then ever before, bane's head has a more boxy feel. the poison ivy figure is completely new. it uses the same hawaiian girl hairpiece as the collectible minifig.



also received an early stocking stuffer. its an add on to the ninjago series, but i wont be playing the game. it does come with cards, and weapons, and say it is a "kendo" version of cole. if anyone has tried kendo, they'd know that the shinai (sword) is wielded with both hands on the hilt, which minifigs cannot do. so instead, they can hold their weapons in a nito-ryu style, one weapon in each hand, a dual wield. The bogu (armor) is very similar to that of the samurai collectible minifigs. the helmet is a completely new piece, and the face shield does not open up. it is a complete one piece like a knight's helmet with openings for the face, and is in two colors too!

I like the packaging....it reminds me of those toys at the Japanese supermarkets that are put together in a snap fashion, and comes with a little bit of candy.

2012 Sets, already?

I'm itching to go to a Toys "R" Us and picking up some of those new dino themed sets. I just spotted them on their website. They arent supposed to come out until 2012....but apparently ToysRus has them already. I want to get a bunch of raptor sets, (ambush attack 5882), and have to decide which T-Rex set i should get (5886 or 5997). Those new dinosaurs are looking pretty sweet, kind of in the color scheme as playmobile's toys. (speaking of playmobile they started to sell blind series packs....very much similiar to that of the Lego CMF series...) they are also proportional to size to a minifig it seems... =]


I've never really been a fan of the racerz series. other then adding the parts onto the rc base racer, they never really did much for me. We did get a few sets...thinking that they would be great for maybe background cars, but that never worked out.

these new racerz look more fun as they now incorporate unseatbelted drivers that can get tossed out of their pimped out wheelz. i'm already thinking up what i can do with sets such as these. ;]


i'm on the fence about this one. i LOVE Lego batman sets as it is...but for some reason this set doesnt really sit with me well. its much too simplistic, and something about the half built structure of the batcave, altho makes it more playable for children, doesnt quite impress me as a good display piece, or prop. the old one was more dark and batty-like. i'm still not sure if i will get it.


I made this scene awhile ago. turns out that TLG has decided to make a mini Lego set alongside Anakin's Jedi Interceptor (9494). it will have an Anakin that has two faces. One side is sleep dereived Anakin, and the other side is a creepy emo anakin, along with the robot that they stepped on during the film and the platform that slowly melted, and Anakin got cocky, then messed up by Obi-wan.