Monday, September 26, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Tribal Hunter

Tribal Hunter
“If you’ve lost it, I can find it!”

The Tribal Hunter is the best around at finding lost objects. No matter what you’ve misplaced, large or small, he can find it for you. He’s tracked down the Forestman’s cap-feather (it was up a tree), the Zombie’s turkey leg (he left it on the sofa), and even the Circus Clown’s missing pet elephant (it was behind the fridge). It’s made him a pretty popular fellow, but it also means that no one is ever willing to play his favorite game of hide-and-seek with him – after all, he wins every time.

The Tribal Hunter secretly loves dancing. If he hears about a dance party, he’ll be there…but he’s very shy about it, so he usually wears a disguise so no one will know it’s him. His most precious possession is his MP3 player loaded with dance tunes. No matter how good he may be at finding things, he’s always afraid of losing it!


XandersBrian Review:

This minifigure is a

Friday, March 11, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Skater



Super Wrestler
“I will defeat you – with HONOR!” Only three things matter to the Super Wrestler: his mask, his honor, and the time-honored art of wrestling. He throws himself at every challenge that comes his way with gusto, counting on the strength of justice and his muscular arms to save the day, no matter the odds or danger. When victory is his, he throws out his arms to the sound of roaring cheers and wild applause…which is a little odd when there doesn’t seem to be anyone else around.

There are few situations that the Super Wrestler doesn’t think can be solved with a bold battle cry and a fancy wrestling move. The surprising thing isn’t that he treats life like it’s all a big wrestling match – it’s that so far, it’s always worked!

XandersBrian Review:

This is a "World Wrestling Federation" inspired minifigure. The masked muscular wrestler is equipped with a red robe are ready to enter the ring for a match.

Aside from the printed torso and legs, this is one minifigure that doesnt have enough accessories.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Spaceman



Spaceman
“Greetings, strange creatures. I come in peace!”This brave and intrepid space traveler doesn’t quite realize that he’s not out exploring the cosmos. The Spaceman walks in long, slow bounds across the landscape, somehow ignoring the fact that gravity is perfectly normal for everything else around him. He’s friendly and fearless, always happy to investigate a strange new place or salute a stranger with a universal-greeting hand gesture, but his unshakeable belief that he’s dealing with alien creatures and worlds can lead to a lot of confusion for everyone involved.

The Spaceman carries a sci-fi gizmo for just about any situation, including hi-tech binoculars, a grappling hook, a jetpack and even a tiny, remote-controlled space rover. Just be careful if you startle him into thinking that you’re an attacking hostile alien – his futuristic Electro-Zapp blaster fires a zig-zagging electric beam that can zap the hair right off a minifigure!

XandersBrian Review:

This Spaceman has a white printed torso that has the classic space logo embedded at the center of his chest. One more thing here is his helmet is not the usual regular helmet but something different which conseal the visor when if it was putted on.

Lego space collector will be excited to add the new Laser Gun weapon which is included in this set. They even add extra clear visor in case you lost it. A blue light saber is attached to the gray Lasergun in each package.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Skater

Skater
“Bet you can’t do THIS!”
according to www.lego.com

The young Skater practices all the time to be the greatest skateboarder in the world. He lives for speed and tricky stunts, and when he’s around, any and every surface becomes his own private skate park. His board is his prize possession, and he always makes sure to keep it clean and shiny, even when he gets totally grungy himself.

The Skater is extremely competitive, and he can’t stand to see anyone do something better or faster than he does. His rivalry isn’t just limited to other skateboarders – he’ll try to out-race trains and out-jump pigeons flying in the park, just to prove he can. He hasn’t beaten them yet, but he’s sure he will some day!


XandersBrian Review:

Im not a great fan of Lego city theme but this minifigure looks really good specially his expression which show either confidence or boastfulness. This cool looking civilian boy has a wavy hair and his torso has the skull design makes him look young and hip.

This minifigure is great addition for city themed Lego collectors especially the blue skateboard which is included on each package.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Nurse

Nurse
“Don’t worry, you’ll feel all better after this!” According to www.lego.com

Cheerful, professional and devoted to making people feel better, the Nurse believes that every
body around her ought to be as healthy as possible at all times, even if that means covering them from head to toe in bandages and checking every reflex in their body with a little rubber hammer. She can tape up a boo-boo, dash to the scene of an accident with a wheelchair or build a fully-functional MRI machine out of random spare pieces, all in a dizzying blur of motion…whether her chosen patient wants her to or not!

The Nurse thinks that every problem can be solved by expert medical care. If she sees a child crying because its balloon is stuck up in a tree, she’ll try everything from checking its temperature to taking X-rays, trying more and more complicated procedures when nothing seems to solve the problem. She doesn’t understand why the tears stop as soon as she gives the child a new balloon for being such a good patient, but she’s proud and delighted that her treatment worked anyway.

XandersBrian Review:

Finally, lego collectors can now have a beautiful Nurse who will appointed to take care of patients inside hospital. This rare female minifigure has a lovely printed face, nice printed white nurse uniform on her torse and a nice hair piece.

The syringe accessories is specially made for this series, one more good thing is, you will got another one extra syringe. A printed 2x2 tile which reflects the medical condition of the patient are also included

Monday, March 7, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Ninja

Ninja
“Like a shadow in the night, I – oops!”according to www.lego.com

Stealthy. Sneaky. A cunning master of martial arts. None of these things describes the Ninja, although he sure wishes they did. He tries his best to dramatically blend into the shadows or hide in plain sight like all the other ninjas can, but no matter what he does, he always seems to mess things up. The truth is that he’s just plain clumsy, and no matter how gracefully he may start a back-flip, creep along the rafters or launch himself into an epic sword battle, he always manages to trip over his own feet, fall off the ceiling, or bonk himself on the head with his ancient and mystical blade. Also, he’s afraid of the dark.

No one is quite sure how the Ninja ever managed to graduate from ninja school. But no matter how bad he may be at his chosen profession, he always keeps trying and never gives up, convinced after each blunder that the next time, he will prove himself a true ninja warrior for the ages.

XandersBrian Review:

Ninja is one of my favorite character in any role plating game due to their skills, I am really upset when I didn't have the chance to purchase the ninja sets when I was a kid before until Ninja has made a re-appearance on this year. I was very excited and purchase several Ninja minifigure so I can build an army of Ninjas in my Lego Collection

This ninja has a black printed tunic, a regular ninja headgear which has a clip at the back for the katana. The head piece has a nice printed face and each package includes two gold katana.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Forestman

Forestman
“Have no fear, for I am here!” According to www.lego.com

The brave and fearless Forestman is always arriving just in the nick of time to save the day. Whether he’s swinging down on a vine to rescue a damsel in distress, leaping boldly from the castle battlements to duel an evil duke, or making an incredible trick shot with his bow and arrow to help a friend in danger, he is at all times the very model of a chivalrous hero of legend and yore.


The Forestman loves to make a good first impression and is always practicing his dramatic entrances to get them just right. He’d come to the rescue anyway, of course (it’s just in his nature to right wrongs and fight injustice wherever he finds them), but it’s terribly disappointing for him if no one is around to see him gallantly arrive on the scene for his latest feat of swashbuckling derring-do. He’s only sad for a moment, though, and then it’s off to battle the bad guys and save the day once again!

XandersBrian Review:

Wayback before, i always want to have this minifigure when I was a kid. Forestmen are one of the legendary factions of Lego Medieval theme proclaimed in the 1980s for their resourceful strategies against the lego Knights and Bandits. Equipped with bow and arrow, the forestman can take down any enemies and take the treasure away from them to share with the poor.

I purchase five of these to create a small faction on my lego collections. Their head has a printed face similar to the iconic "Robin Hood" and their green printed torso was really nice. This minifigure is equipped with normal bow and arrow weapon, a quiver, and a nice archer hat with red plume. One good thing here is you will also get additional red plume as extra in each package which is very sweet and useful not only to this faction but to any headgear as well.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Deep Sea Diver

Deep Sea Diver
“Blub blurb glub?”According to www.lego.com

The Deep Sea Diver seems like a nice enough fellow, but no one can tell for sure, because no one can understand what he’s saying. Whenever he speaks, all that comes out is burbles and bubbles. He might be easier to understand if he ever took off his diving mask and air tank, but he thinks that he can’t breathe without them and always keeps them on, even when he’s walking around on land – which is a pretty funny sight, thanks to those big flippers on his feet!

The Deep Sea Diver loves the water and can often be found swimming around in fish tanks and bathtubs, hoping to spot rare and exotic fish. He loves to tell stories about his amazing undersea adventures, but of course it’s impossible to guess what he’s actually talking about. His gestures and sound effects certainly make it all sound very exciting, though!


XandersBrian Review:

One thing I notice in this minifig is this minifig belongs to the City Theme. Unlike on other Aqua Theme minifigures such as AquaShark or Atlantis Aquanaut, this minifigure has a normal oxygen tank, a nornal Headgear and a nice blue printed torso.

Aside the unique oxygentank, one cool thing on this minifigure is the eyegear which is attached on the normal headgear. This neon blue clear eyegear was unique and cannot be found on any below 2011 Lego sets.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Magician

Magician
“Hey presto, allez-oop – and it’s gone!”
According to www.lego.com

Appearing out of nowhere with a flourish of his cape and a twirl of his elegant, curly mustache, the mysterious Magician is the ultimate in stylish showmanship. He loves a good audience to appreciate his incredible and sense-defying magic tricks, but watch out – not only is he an amazing performer, but he’s also a talented prankster as well! He’ll confuse, bewilder and amaze with a mix of sleight-of-hand and impossible feats, and the more surprised his audience is, the better.


Whether he’s making a flock of doves fly out of his wand or pulling a giant rabbit out of his magic hat, the Magician is always ready to put on a spectacular show…right up until he vanishes without a trace in a flash of lightning and a puff of smoke!


XandersBrian Review:

This magician minifigure looks like a carnival magician for me who has a lot of tricks up his sleeves. A top hat, magical baton and extra hairpiece is included in this package which is useful for customizing some other minifugure.

The head was nicely printed with a mustache like the other magician and his black printed torso is useful not only as a magician outfit but can also be used as a formal attire for any Lego Minifigures.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Robot

Robot
“Not building does not compute!”
According to www.lego.com

With his powerful metal body and mighty claws, the Robot may look tough, but what he really loves to do is build, build, build! Constantly clanking, beeping, whirring and sending out jets of steam, he works tirelessly day and night, searching out spare bricks wherever he can find them and stacking them together to create the biggest, tallest and most incredible structures that you can possibly imagine. In fact, he loves constructing things so much that sometimes he forgets to recharge his circuits and freezes in place, right in the middle of building.

He’s slow to react to things that he doesn’t expect, and prone to occasional short-circuits, with a tendency to walk right into holes, spin around suddenly in place or crash through walls without even noticing. He also has a bad habit of “finding” bricks in other people’s creations and marching off with them, right over or through any obstacles in his way, but don’t blame the Robot – it’s just his programming!


XandersBrian Review:

I always want to have a mechanical robot which is much more different on my typical Spaceman Robot minifigure I got from Exploriens Droid Scout. Its head has a printed mechanical face much more closer to the film terminator and its headgear looks like a bucket with two antenna on both sides of its ears. The mechanical right arm was awesome and the its hands can be replace by any standard cylinder lego accessories.

The color of this minifigure is somehow silver and it has a printing on both torso and legs with screws in metal plate style. I want to purchase several of this minifigs but I have a doubt that lego will make a different robot minifigure in the future so I only purchase two of these.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Zombie

Zombie
“Briiiiiiiiiicks…” According to www.lego.com

Slow in speed and even slower of mind, the lumbering Zombie may look a little scary, but he’s completely harmless in every way. Everything he does is slow, mindless and repetitive, from zoning out while watching TV, to waiting in line at the grocery store, to stacking one brick on top of another to build a perfectly even, completely featureless wall that stretches along for miles and miles.

If you interrupt him, he’ll just stare at you blankly before going back to whatever he was doing before. If you put an obstacle in front of him, he’ll keep bumping into it over and over again until someone turns him around. If you pick him up and move him to a new place, he’ll start doing something mindless there instead. The only thing that seems to motivate him is his cherished turkey leg – if you dangle it in front of him, he’ll stretch his arms out toward it and follow it wherever it goes.

XandersBrian Review:

The time I discovered that Lego will launch a zombie minifig, I know it will a a big hit for sci-fi and horror builder. The game Resident Evil always came to my mind when I decided to purchase a couple of this minifigure. This minifig has a gruesome expression showing no mercy to its victims. a torn business outfit and tie printed on his torso look awesome as he terrify the city with his presence.

This minifigure is equipped with a Turkey Leg and a Shovel, even it is quite odd for a zombie to have these accessories, I purchase five of this minifigure to terrify any lego factions under my possession.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Lego Minifigures Series 1: Cheerleader

Cheerleader
“Gimmie an L! Gimmie an E! Gimmie a G! Gimmie an O! Yaaay!” According to www.lego.com

The Cheerleader is perpetually filled to bursting with energy, excitement and enthusiasm. She prefers cartwheels and handsprings to plain old ordinary walking, and she waves her pom-poms around wildly whenever she talks, which is pretty much all of the time.

The Cheerleader loves to cheer people on, no matter what they’re doing. Whether they’re changing a light bulb, building a wall or just crossing the street, she’s always there with a peppy cheerleading routine to encourage them to do their best and never give up. It can actually get kind of annoying sometimes, but her perpetual good mood and sunny smile are so contagious that it’s hard to really mind.


XandersBrian Review:

Yeah baby! This unique sexy cheerleader minifigure has a long blonde ponytail hair, a blue printed torso, and white printed leg. With this gorgeous babe, the city themed lego will be much more exciting specially on olympic or sports club fanatic builder. With her two blue pom poms accesories, this minifigure will be great in numbers and will make any lego sprts team looks cooler.

However, since im not in a City theme collector, I only purchase one of this minifigure. Since im dedicated to collect all Series one minifigure and an female lego minifigure is rare, it is worth it.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Mine Mech #8957

This set was awesome! I always want to have a lego robot that looks like this when I was a kid. The Robot build was fairly good and the pilot was actually inside the robot. One of its hand was a pincer and the other one is a rotating cutter for crushing rocks and boulders. This set also include a pick axe and a dynamite which is good addition to my Lego weapons.

Pros:
A cool helmet, awesome minifig, rare dynamite, and one Rock monster!

Cons:
The one thing I hate about this set was how they build the feet of the mine mech. I always hate when Lego build a model in a vertical way which means this set wont fit on the lego the baseplate studs

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Sports Car #8402

this is an awesome car. it comes with a cool gas pump and the guy it comes with is cool as well. This set also allows you to build a phone booth which is nice and as a added bonus, this set gives away a lego tree!

Pros:
The minifigure was cool and the car in this set was much more cooler! This is the coolest lego vehicle I had in my arsenal.

Cons:
Only one minifigure can fit on the car. It is much better if they widen it up a little big so one minifigure can sit alongside the driver of this sweet and luxarious vehicle

Minifigure:
City Minifigure

Monday, February 7, 2011

Camper #7639

It comes with a few cool rare pieces, such as the bike, surfboard, a new hair piece and culinary tools. The new hair piece for female minifigure was sexy. The lego Bicycle was also nice.

Pros:
You can open the both sides of the van and you will notice that inside of it was the compact interiors designed for this model.

Cons:
This set has no flaws except for the palm tree sticker which looks a little obnoxious depending on the light.

Minifigs:
Male Civilian
Female Civilian
Fish

Saturday, February 5, 2011

BBQ Stand #8398

A Grill, Ketchup, Mustard, Chicken leg, and a cool Chef's hat, what more do you need for a street vendor?

Pros:
This set includes a Chef minifig and a opening chest.

Cons
The only minor complaint I have is that the Umbrella could have used some sort of pattern on it but it's easily swapped out for one that does. Also, The brick that act as a small fridge build in a slant way. it means you cannot fit this on baseplate stud if this is standing in this way! However, this problem can be solve by adding additional pieces that allow horizontal build to v=connect on vertical studs.

Minifigure:
Chef

Friday, February 4, 2011

Castle Building Set #6193

This set allows you to build a small castle and a dragon made of bricks. The knight was a regular Crown knight equipped with a standard sword and Standard Knight's helmet. The casle has a mechanism that can open its drawbridge. This set is good addition to any army of knight.

Pros:
The build was okay, The one thing i like is the inverted slope bricks which is perfect if placed in the corner of the tower. The brown plate was also sweet and can be used as a base plate for small structures of a ceiling on struchtures that has a huge hollow inside. THe one bonus part here is there is also a extra pieces that can build a horse and catapult.

Cons:
It would be great if the minifigure on this set has a armor.

Minifig:
Male Crown Knight

Weapons:
Sword
Staff 2x

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Pirate Building Set #6192

For me, This was the best building set. The pirate Captain was very cool. Base on his face print, he was the youngest Pirate that Lego has. His torso is also unique and he doesnt have any battle injury like Captain Brickbeard or Captain Iron Hook. The Brick elements here can creat a small ship, a shark and a chest. The set also has a three clear jewels which i found very rare. I really love this set and the price was also cheap.

Pros:
Hooray for a new Captain in a cheap set!! The ship was cool and can set journey on his own!

Cons:
Nothing needs improvement on this set. but to make this thing astonishing is replace the red chest made of bricks to the real lego chest, then add lego coins as bounty

Minifigs:
Male Pirate Captain

Weapon:
Cutlass

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Mini Robot #5616

There is nothing special about this set, a plain Mars Mission astronaut and a Robot made of Bricks. I only bought this set for the Mini Robot made with bricks and the Mine sweeper tool

Pros.
The onething i like about this set is the creativity of building a robot using small and few elements. Also, Th mine sweeper is nice accessory

Cons.
It would be much sweeter if they add additional Robot

Minifigure:
Astronaut

Minifig Weapon:
Mine Sweeper
Pick Axe
Binocular
Loud hauler

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Jungle Duel #7624

I mainly bought this set for Indiana and Mutt figures. The breaking table is cool. I liked the amount of weapons and the detail of the minifigures. If I had one thing to add it would be a whip made of twine.

Pros:
3 great minifigures!
Neat banana!
Cool swords!
Indy's backpack can hold little gold coins!
The table really falls in half!
3 little ants!

Cons:
The tent is made out of weird paper. I had to add on two more pieces to make the tent solid so LEGO people can walk in it. And I had to add on 4 pieces to the sides so that the paper doesn't fall off easily.
Do not be fooled. The pictures of this set make it look big. It is not that big. It is really small. The box is twice as big as it should be.

Minifigures:
Indiana Jones™
Mutt Williams™
Colonel Irina Spalko™
Ant (3x)

Weapons:
Whip
Dagger (2x)
Cutlass
Katana
Sword

Monday, January 31, 2011

King Siege Castle #7094

This set was release on year 2007 under Castle Theme. From this mighty Castle, the good King rules over all he surveys. defending his kingdom against the evil skeleton warriors and their powerful flying dragon. The Castle can raise Its drawbridge, launch the catapults to fire boulders at attackers, and knock over the bridge to send skeletons to their doom.

It is very cool because it has a complete package of many medieval fantasy things like knights, dragon, skeletons and a King in one set. This castle has a modular nature that can be extended by the use of slopes. This is great for adding several extended structures such as towers, keep, and additional castle walls. This castle also have numerous accessories, such as weapons, catapults, torches, a barrel, gems and several interior stuffs. It also has several new and old feature such as exploding wall and rotating bride wall which make it a great one to have around.

The only thing which i think is missing in this castle is the base plate. This casttle has a hollow center. I would love it more if the center is filled with a base plate or something that the knights can be fitted on. That would make the castle a more conducive place for the good guys to live in.

The Skeleton Minions are also included in this set.The Skeleton Lead General is fully armored and awesome. I will give it a full remarks. The dragon is also huge and awesome specially the Skeleton General are the one who rides to it.

The Crown Knights are totally superb in this set. They have a different faces which is a A++ for role playing. The Good King in this set is totally awesome. and the Lead General of knights is cool especially he rode in a white armored horse.

Pros:
This set has Unique Knights faces. A very good thing in role playing. The villains was also cool and superb specially the Armored Skeleton Knight and the Black Dragon.

Cons:
This Set has one Horse only. Aside from that, The CAstle has a hollow base. It is much better if they include a huge baseplate for this one.

Minifigure:
King
Knight 5x
Skeleton Warrior 3x
Skeleton Knight
Horse
Dragon

Weapon
Excalibur
Sword
Scythe
Axe
Spear
Crossbow
bow

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Drawbridge Defense #7079

This set was release on August 2009 under Lego Castle theme. In this set, You will get able to get awesome minifigs like a Queen, a regular Knight, a Jester three Skeleton Warrior (one of them is Black) and the phenomenal Golden Armored Knight. This set is awesome and the playing capabilities is beefy. On this set, The Skeleton is trying to kidnap the Queen but needs to face the Golden Knight who protect her in the Drawbridge. The regular knight and Jester is great additional too. The draw bridge has a mechanical function that allows the bridge to draw via rotating the level on the tower.

Pros: The Golden Knight, The Queen, The Jester, and the skeletons and the skeleton Horse. This set has awesome Minifigures of all time. A must get to any medieval fantasy collector as I am.

Cons: There are nothing to complain about this set. However, The Queen doesnt have any unique weapon, It would be sweet if she has her own Royal staff and the Jester has its won weapon such as a Mallet or something.

Minifigs:
Crown Queen
Golden Crown Armored Knight
Crown Jester
Crown Knight
Skeleton Warrior 3x
Skeleton Horse

Weapons:
Golden Excaliber
Sword
Spear
Flail
Guard
Buckler
Crossbow (2x)
Scythe

Saturday, January 29, 2011

House Building Set #5899

This set was released under the Bricks and More themes on month of February year 2010. This package has two minifigure, one boy and one girl. It has a basic elements to build a house and a vehicle. It also has a small green plate that can be use as a base of a house.

the two minifig accessories was a wrench and a mug.

I bought this lego package at Sahara Mall in Sharjah United Arab of Emirates with the price of 55 AED.

and as of this moment, this is the only building set of bricks and more package that has two minifigures.

Pros:
A standard femal minifigure are always welcome

Cons:
It will be much better if they add a baseplate rather than the vehicle

Minifure:
City Minifigure (Male)
City Minifigure (Female)

Weapon:
SPanner

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Knights Showdown #7950

Knights Showdown is a Kingdoms set released in 2010. It has two knight minifigure from two different faction. The set allows you to build a catapult and a weapon stand

I bought three copies of this set because of the Knight helmet and the new Bucket helmet. The catapult was also nice and compact. A great addition to any medieval warfare.

Pros:
Hooray for the new helmet for knights!

Cons:
Both knight doesnt have armor.

Minifigure:
Lion Knight
Dragon Knight

Weapon:
Sword 2x
Axe
Shield

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Police Minifigure Collection #7279

Police Minifigure Collection is a City Police set released in January 2011. Five Minifigure was included on this set. two police minifigure, two criminal figure and one dog minifigure. An Automated teller machine is also included along side with police vehicle and two money bricks














Pros:
New weapons, money bricks, new knapsack and all of the minifigure head was unique. The Dog has a printed face which is awesome.

Cons:
Since this is a Minifigure Collection set, the vehicle should be replaced by at least one minifigure. Also, in this unit, guns and hand cuff are not included

Minifigure:
Police 2x
Criminal 2x
Dog

Monday, January 24, 2011

Zane #2113

Zane is a Ninjago set released in January 2011. It includes the Zane Minifigure, a Ice NinjaGo Spinner and five cards for the spinjitzu card game. This set has a several weapons included on its package. There is a Spear, Katana, a stick and two new lego weapon called shuriken of ice.

For me, this set is very expensive since there is no structure to build, only a lame spinner and cards. But since i want those new shuriken piece, i bought two of this same set.

Pros:
Two shuriken of Ice was included on this set

Cons:
Nothing special or unique aside from the shuriken of Ice

Minifigure:
Zane

Weapon:
Shuriken of Ice 2x
Katana
stick
Spear

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Ninja Training Outpost #2516


Ninja Outpost is a Ninjago set released in January 2011. The set includes Ninja Cole, a scorpion and a lot of weaponry including bow-and-arrow, Katana, Knives, and Spear. The set allows you to build a archery target and a post holding the weapon which is included on this set.


The primary reason I bought this set is for the lego weapons. This is the cheapest set were I can get the sweet Lego knife which I found very rare.

Pros:
Lot of weapons was included on this set

Cons:
The set only include one minifigure, it is much better if they also include at least one standard skeleton as villain


Minifigures:
Cole
Scorpion

Weapons:
Katana
Spear
Knife 2x
Bow-and-arrow

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Garmadon's Fortress #2505

After having a big sets of lego in my arsenal, I notice that all of them belongs to the good guys. I always want to have a bad ass fortress to counter my castles if ever im going to create a stop Lego motion film. I already loose the opportunity to buy those previous big villain sets due to financial problem until i got the chance to buy the Ninjago: Lord Garmaddon Fortress.

This was the fortress of Lord Garmadon in Lego NinjaGo theme. Lord Garmaddon was the main villain in this theme and he has a army of skeleton which fits my old skeleton army. Also he is a really cool villain because he is also an undead person from the underworld. His fortress was made of black, grey, purple, white and some red pieces. It has a brown drawbridge from the entrace keep and a prison for those who he captured.

One cool thing here is the huge spider which is displayed on the front of the fortress and a two rotating towers armed with flick-fire skull missiles for defense. His throne was also cool since it can be a flying vehicle for Lord Garmaddon

Out side the fortress there is also a small tomb for any minifigure to add an intimidation effect for those who dare an adventure to his Fortress.

This set has a seven minifigure, the one awesome skeleton minifigure aside chopov and bonzai was the four armed Samukai. Samukai is new skeleton minifigure that can open his jaws just like power miner's rock monsters. He has the three golden ninjago weapons and he is the king of the underworld but he is under the leadership of Lord Garmadon. Kai and Nya was included in this set and both of them was equipped with Katana.

The one downfall of this set was it is not a modular structure, it would be better if they pattern this set like King Castle Siege so it will act as a great base for bad guys. Aside that, there is nothing to complain for this set, all of the accessories was awesome, the minifigure was great, there is a tons of playability and the price was cheap.

Pros:
The three golden weapons was inluded on this set, every minifigure has a great selection of what weapon they will use. Lord Garmadon minion was also cool especially Samukai because he is one of a kind minifigure as of now. The ninja girl Nya was also great to be added in this set as a damsel in distress.

Cons:
The set was not modular, it is just like a wall or a gate structure and cannot comfort a huge mass of evil army inside.

Minifigures
Kai™
Nya™
Bonzai™
Chopov™
Samukai™
Lord Garmadon™

weapons
Thunder Bolt Staff™
Scythe of Queakes™
Shuriken of Ice™
nunchucks of Lightning™
Bone Axe
Katana

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Hogwarts Castle #4842

Name: Hogwarts Castle
Item No: 4842
Release date: 2010 21 of September


Description
The castle is made up of four main buildings, which can attach in different ways. Though they are not official, the names of these buildings are picked according to the main features. Below is detailed descriptions of each building


Astronomy Tower
The first building is a three-floor open-top tower. It features an observation roof for Astronomy featuring a telescope and a Rat. The second floor down is part of the library with three brown books (likely the Restricted Section as handcuffs block the person from easily accessing the books). There is a play feature here. When one takes off the handcuffs, the cabinet slides open and one can take out the books. The bottom floor is the Room of Requirement in the form of the Room of Hidden Things, represented only by te Vanishing Cabinet which can open and close to allow the placement of a Minifigure in it.

Gryffindor Tower
The next building contains four floors and represents (for the most part) the Gryffindor Tower as seen in the films. The bottom floor is the Slytherin Common Room with black chairs, snakes, a green Slytherin flag, and a torch in the center. On a green table between the chairs is a transparent goblet and a Quibbler newspaper piece. The floor above is a rotating piece of furniture with a knight on one side and Tom Riddle's diary behind it. The third floor is the Gryffindor Common Room with two red chairs and a brown table with a clear goblet and the Maurader's Map on top. It also contains the Gryffindor fireplace through which Sirius Black's head speaks to Harry. The top floor is the Owlery which contains three owls (a gray, a brown, and a white) and some bird scats scattered among them. Also, the top of this tower contains the three empty small towers (albeit with nothing in them) as seen in the films, though they appear larger in the films.


The Great Hall
Great Hall is depicted as the central building of the set and contains the Great Hall itself. Dramatic changes are shown from its previous design in set 4709 Hogwarts Castle, one being that the ceiling is now made of pieces, as the original set had cardboard for a ceiling. It contains two long tables (each containing bench seating on both sides) with a large cake, a golden plate full of cherries and a croissant, a large roast turkey, golden goblets, staff chairs and Dumbledore's announcement podium up the front. There are two crossed axes behind the professors' chairs. Stain glass windows are on both sides of the walls. In addition, Gryffindor and Slytherin banners hang from the ceiling, as do some "floating" candles.

Dumbledore's Office
The last building is broader and depicts the design of set 5378 Hogwarts Castle. It contains a semi-open top tower, the bottom floor of which is the Trophy Room. This room features a staircase, a Quidditch Shield bearing the name James Potter, and a chest containing treasure and parchment. The top floor of this tower is Dumbledore's Office which contains many potions, a magnifying glass examining the Daily Prophet, a frog, a crystal ball with a combination of red and translucent orange bricks, a Basilisk fang, Gryffindor's Sword, and a stand where the new, redesigned Sorting Hat rests. Portraits of Hogwarts Headmasters are on the walls.


Notes
-This is one of the only two sets that contain the Invisibility Cloak, the other one being 4841 Hogwarts Express. A violet cloak was featured in older sets such as 4751 Harry and the Marauder's Map, 4706 Forbidden Corridor and 4709 Hogwarts Castle. This may have meant to have represented the same cloak, although this remains uncertain.
-This is the first set to have Argus Filch, Mrs. Norris and Professor Flitwick in it.
-Although the knight is a Minifigure, it is not shown on the box art.
-Sirius' faceplate in the fireplace is identical to Nizam from Prince of Persia.
-Dumbledore has a double sided head, either with and without glasses

From Lego.com
Magic and mystery haunt the halls of the Hogwarts™ Castle!
The Dementors have the Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry surrounded, and an epic battle between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort is looming! Harry and Dumbledore face He Who Must Not Be Named while Professors McGonagall and Flitwick try to keep the school safe. Explore this essential Harry Potter set to discover incredible details like Dumbledore’s office with sliding spiral staircase, the Slytherin and Gryffindor common rooms, and so much more!

¦Includes Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and 9 minifigures exclusive to this set: Lord Voldemort, Professor Dumbledore™, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Argus Filch and his cat, Mrs. Norris and 2 Dementors
¦Dumbledores office features the Sorting Hat, Gryffindor’s Sword, a Basilisk fang and secret sliding stairs
¦Gryffindor common room features fireplace with Sirius Black’s face
¦Tom Riddle’s book hidden in the knight’s armor
¦Restricted section of the library included
¦Astronomy Tower and Vanishing Cabinet
¦Great Hall decorated with Slytherin and Gryffindor colors

Pros:
This is one great Harry Potter Set, it is independent, full of accessories, has a great details and huge. From all of my big and expensive set, this one reigns supreme.

Cons:
Since this set has a lot of accessories, this will be one of the set that would be hardly to maintain. There is a lot of unique pieces that can be extremely hard to find or unless you will buy this set again. Not to mention, this set is very very expensive in my point of view. But if you love Harry Potter that much, you will see that all single bucks you spent was worth it.

Minifigures:
Harry Potter™
Hermione Granger™
Albus Dumbledore™
Argus Filch™
Filius Filtwick™
Minerva McGonagall™
Severus Snape™
Lord Voldemort™
2 Dementors™
Knight Statue

Monday, January 17, 2011

Brickbeard Bounty #6243


Brickbeards Bounty
Product: #6243
Year: 20099

After a decade, I finally had a Lego Pirate Ship! Me and my brother Always want to had a Lego Pirate ship before so this is a dream come true for me. Actually, I requested this Lego set from USA because of unavailability on our country and thanks to my cousin, she sent this baby to Phillipines.

The Ship
Brickbeards Bounty is awesome Pirate ship because it has a lot of accesories and each minifigure is unique and useful for any role playing. The ship contains three lego cannons and a nice well detailed cabin. However, I find that this pirate ship is not sturdy but it is well compensated by having a lot of features. It has a net hanging on the middle of the ship where they kept their captured minifigs or treasure. The ship also had the golden chestbox with some Lego gold coins.

The Minifigure
Brickbeard Pirate was also very cool and i can say he is equally matched to the Lego Pirate Icon Captain Roger. He also had a peg leg like Captain Roger but his hook was color gold. His crew was made of three diffrent minifigure. In this ship, they inlcuded the admirals daughter wearing a white dress where is is captured by Brickbeard. They also include two different Imperial Guards on their own boat as Brickbeards advesaries, a mermaid minifigure which is placed on the front of his ship, a monkey minifigure, a parrot minifigure, a rat minifigure and a giant shark minifigure. The parrot is not good as the previous parrot of Captain Roger but the shark is awesome. The shark can actually swallow one whole minifigure and its details was well furnished.

Inlcude:
1 Captain BrickBeard Pirate Minifigure
3 Pirate Minifigure
2 Imperial Guard Minifigure
1 Mermaid Minifigure
1 Admiral's Daughter Minifigure
1 Monkey Minifigure
1 Rat Minifigure
1 Parrot Minifigure
1 Giant Shark Minifigure
Cutlass
2 Lance
2 Rifle


Pros:
Great and Independent Set, It has a cool and unique Minifigures, A firing cannon and nice Pirate ship.

Cons:
Even this ship has a lot of weapons, I always want to armed it to the teeth. There is an empty space for another two cannons, each minifig must have seperate weapons aside from the rifle which is originally putted on the ship and the pirates treasure is few.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Ostrich Race #7570


Ostrich Race
Product: 7570
Year: 2010

As of now, this is the only set contains a lego ostrich minifigure. The set has Dastan Minifigure, 1 pirate and one merchant minifigure, Two ostrich was included in this set. The minifigure can actually sit on the ostrich minifigure.

Include
Dastan Minifigure
1 Pirate Minifigure
1 Merchant Minifigure
2 Ostrich Minifigure
2 katana

Pros:
another beefy set form prince of persia theme. this set contains a lot of accesories and hooray for the ostrich minifigure

COns:
like the other small sets, this set cannot build a good building using its pieces.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Desert Attack #7569

Desert attack
Product: #7569
Year: 2010

This set was very beefy in terms of accesories. The set includes two hassassins, one was armed by twinbladed axe and the other one was armed with katar claws. The set includes Dastan from prince of Persia armed with two katana. Both of his katana can be fitted on his katana backpack perfectly. One of the Hassassins also wears a spiked pauldron.

Pros:
a lot of minifigure equipment such as spear, katana, claws, jewels, and scorpions. one of the greatest extra piece was the extra claws

Cons:
The price was too high, even the set has a lot of accessories, the set has only few brick pieces.

Includes:
Dustan Minifigure
2 Hassasin Minifigure
skeleton Minifigure
Horse Minifigure
scorpion Minifigure
2 katana
3 claws
1 Spear

Friday, January 14, 2011

Soldier Arsenal #8396

Soldiers Arsenal
Product: 8396
Year: 2009

This set was great for building an army of Imperial Guards. The set includes all the accesories of Imperial Guard such as eupalette, Flintlock, Rifle, Cutlass and even a backpack. This set also include a rack to put his equipment which is very nice.

Include:
1 Imperial Guard Minifigure
1 Cutlass
1 Flintlock
1 Rifle

Pros:
This set is awesome! one thing sweet is the extra Blue eupallete. This set is great if you are planning to create an army of Imperial Guards

Cons:
Just like The Good Knight set, it is much more sweeter if they inlude another headgear on this set

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Pirate Survival #8397

Pirates Survival
Product: #8397
Year: 2009

This is another impulse set for Pirates, A standard Pirate with a rod, a fish and a snake with few jewels.

Includes:
1 Pirate Minifigure
1 Fish Minifigure
1 Snake Minifigure
1 Flintlock
1 Cutlass

Pros:
If you want an extra Pirate crew, that is the only reson you need to buy this set

Cons:
This set lacks almost everything, it is much better if they inlude at least on box or chest with lego coins

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Final Joust #7009


Final Joust
Product: #7009
Year: 2007

This is the best battle set i ever had. The Lead general of Crown Knights fights with the Lead General of Black Skeleton Knights. Both knights were armed to the teeth and both are mounted on their horse. This set has a lot of cool weapon they can use in their epic battle. A must have for Castle Fans.

Include:
1 Crown Knight Minifigure
1 Black Skeleton Knight Minifigure
1 Horse Minifigure
1 Skeleton Horse Minifigure
2 Lance
1 sword
1 flail
1 Axe
1 Crown Shield
1 Skull Shield

Pros:
Both Minifigures had enough accesories.

COns:
The skeleton horse Doesnt have armor

Monday, January 10, 2011

The Good Wizard #5614

The Wizard
Product Number: #5614
Year: 2008

This is my first wizard, I failed to get majisto when I was young so Im very excited to buy this set as soon as i saw it on shopping mall even this set only has few bricks and can almost build nothing. The set includes a good wizard with his rod and pet owl. he also has a small round table with a crystal ball.

Includes:
1 Wizard Minifigure
1 Rod
1 Owl Minifigure

Pros:
The wizard has much more printed details on his torso part and in his hat.

Cons:
it is much better if they add some wizard accessories so it can be equal to its fellow impulse set which is the knight

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Wreck Raider #8057

Wreck Raider
Product: #8057
Year: 2010

This set has one aquanaut minifigure and a hybrid human shark figure. the under water scooter was made with irregular brick piece and has two turbines that can point the scooters direction of movement. The scooter was armed by two flick missle claw harpoon on front.




Includes:
1 Atlantis Aquanaut
1 Human Shark Minifigure
1 trident

Pros:
I bought this set only for the shark minifigure and with his trident

Cons:
the scooter was a total crap, also, the new aquanaut minifigure doesn't have a weapon on this set.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Space Speeder #8400


Space Speeder
Product: #8400
Year: 2008

This is a impulse set that include snake, this bad ass alien biker has a cool biker helmet. Even though his vehicle looks bad, it is still nice to had snake in my antagonist Lego minifigure collection

Include:
Snake Alien Minifigure

Pros:
This is the cheapest set to get Snake

Cons:
There's nothing special about this set aside from Snake alien Minifigure and his cool Helmet

Friday, January 7, 2011

Squidman Escape #5969


Squidman Escape
Product: 5969
Year: 2008

I only bought this set because of Squidman, I always like to have a unique Minifigure aside from the standard round lego heads. Squidman was a nice addidtion to my lego antagonist Minifigure. This set also include a standard space police iii minifigure with his cool space vehicle that chase squidman.

Include:
1 Squidman Alien Minifigure
1 Space Police III Minifigure

Pros:
This set has a nice space vehicle for one Space Minifigure

Cons:
-They should include alot of accesories in this set.
-No weapons for both minifigures
-not enough printed cash on 1x2 bricks

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Mini Robot #5616

Mini Robot
Product: #5616
year: 2008

This was an impulse set from Mars Mission theme. One cool thing about this set is the gold visor and the metal detector accessories. The Mini robot was also great and compact, its eyes was made by binocular accessories and has the android arm piece. a great additional to any Space theme Lego collection

Includes:
1 Mars Mission Astronaut
1 Metal Detector
1 Pick Axe
1 Binocular
1 Loud Hailer

Pros:
A great mini robot that can act as a minifigure

Cons:
Very few pieces, they should include more accessories like laser gun or any vehicle

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Droid Scout #1858

Droid Scout
Product: #1858
Year: 1996

After having the Recon Robo, I was planning to get the Guardian Robot Set that has the Spyrius Robot Minifigure but I failed miserably to get that expensive set. As an Alternative, I bought this cheap impulse set. The Droid Scout has the same Minifigure head but with different outfit. Instead of having a red body, this Minifigure is color white. His spaceship has also the black and white color scheme with blue laser and a neon yellow booster. Both the control panel and front piece are had printed logo and there is no dreaded stickers included on this set.

Includes:
1 Exploriens Robot Minifigure
1 Space Gun
2 Megaphone

Pros:
This set is good for its rare robot minifigure for a low price.

Cons:
Even the Robot was nice, nothing beats the Spyrius Robot Minifigure