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My DVR screwed up and didn't record When It Rains back when it aired, and for one reason or another I never bothered catching up (busy or something). Guess I was trying to do that thing where I just wait for a bunch of episodes to pile up before watching it all at once, but this time it was just two more episodes so...yeah, I dunno. But yeah, just caught up on the episodes I missed. Man, I fricking love Peridot. Her development is coming along nicely and the whole thing has been well done. Lots of new information about the gems and the Homeworld, and good development for both her and the Crystal Gems. I hope it continues as beautifully for the rest of the season, and I really really hope she ends up sticking around as part of the cast from now on. Fingers crossed. Caught up more or less just in time, I suppose, since it's coming back in a bit over a week. Exciting.

I don't like 2016 Onua, dislike Kopaka, and...Tahu. Oh, Tahu. I adore his new mask and the new azure accents, but he's too messy a set for that to be enough. While 2015 Tahu is probably my least favorite fo the Masters, I still think he's a better set. So yeah, 2015 for all three.

I like how in that one page Narmoto is colored like Vizuna. That kind of thing really brings back memories of old Bionicle comics.

I'm not sure. The...Phantom Menace? I think we watched that one, and it came out in 1999, so...maybe? Could have been Disney's Dinosaur the next year. Dunno.

The length, mostly. There's a lot of other problems that come with it, and ultimately I pretty much don't like the animations at all, but most of it can be traced back to the ridiculous length they had to work with.

Is a tutu the best present a princess could get for Christmas?

What's this about? This is about LEGO sending out review copies of sets. But the set has been out for months now, the reviewer could have bought one. If you're a fan and want to support Lego, why wouldn't you? Not everyone has the money or interest to do so. Or they may have other priorities. It's kind of a weird question you're making.

Palpatine killed Windu.

Yeah, but it didn't when Smash itself came out last year.

There's also really just the one war in any given movie. That plural is misleading.

I mostly just find it interesting that there's gonna be a character in a Smash game that didn't even exist when the game first came out. That's really something. What that something is, I dunno. But it's something.

Yeah...I think this is probably my least favorite set of 2016. Maybe my least favorite set of the reboot so far period? I just don't really like anything about it aside from Kopaka's cool weapons. I hate his mask, his color scheme is a mess, there just isn't anything going on with him that is appealing. Melum is...well, Melum is. He's not particularly bad or anything, just a creature, but a pretty hollow feeling one for whatever reason. I wish at least the "unity piece" was gold to give him a more consistent color scheme. He's so small that the silver does stand out quite a bit and it feels rather out of place. The combined form doesn't do anything for me at all. Just...this set. Meeeeehhhhhh.

Lego put up a bunch of the 2015 sets on clearance for their Black Friday deals so it definitely is looking like they're already phasing them out (may be worth noting, Pohatu is marked down at the moment on the online shop and that should apply in-store as well). I haven't been to a Lego store myself in over half a year I think so I don't really know what's going on there too much personally, though. It may depend on the size of the store too, mine is pretty tiny so when it's time to get rid of old stock they try to do it as fast as possible.

I wasn't a fan of this guy at all based on images, but the two reviews I've seen of it now make him look extremely good. It's probably going to end up being one of the few sets from this wave I pick up.

Man, seriously? That one big playset comes with ghost Cole and Nya in her new outfit, but the two smallest sets that also come with those characters have a human Cole and Nya in her 2015 duds for no discernable reason. So if you want the new stuff you have to buy the bigger set. That's actually pretty ###### from Lego's part. I'm not sure if I'm gonna be buyiing any of these. I would have definitely picked up the smallest two if they came with the right minifigures, actually I was planning to pick up the one with the bikes because it was a cheaper option to getting Nya than tthe Bounty before I saw she was in another set with an actually new design, so I'm not into it anymore. I like Jay's dragon for the most part but I don't really like its ear things. The island looks nice, and I'd like to buy it, but eh. It's probably slightly outside my price range and too big for my displays right now, so I'm unsure. The wave as a lot looks pretty great, but I guess I'll have to see.

Yeah, pretty much this. Just because we're losing a subforum with little to no activity doesn't mean we need to get a new one.

They're ugly, ugly masks. I like the Miru and the Hau to an extent, but the rest are all awul. I marked the Kaukau down as the worst, but it could easily have been the Kakama or Pakari. I know people had their issues with the 2008 versions of these masks, but every time I see someone complain that they don't look like the 2002 versions I can't help but disagree very very strongly. I think the fact that they don't look like that is one of the better things about them, honestly. Because again. These things are pretty hideous.

I can't. We've know it's the protector mask for ages now,, and we've known that activity books never have exclusive stuff for even longer. Simply looking it up would yield that information. There's really no reason for anyone to have expected any more, and thus no reason to be disappointed.

I don't mind either. They look fine, especially the cool gold masks. It would have been great if we also had options for them in a single color (either of them). But I don't mind it. I will say, when we got the first blurry images of the set I was really hoping the Toa's masks were just blended with clear rather than silver. I think I would have liked that more, but oh well.

kaleid liner Prisma Illya, duh

I honestly do not like this set. I don't like the weird shoulder armor (the skeleton shell looks too flat to really do anything there). I don't like how the gap between the chest and the arms with the glatorian neck looks. I don't like the huge mechanical off-color feet. Besides the fact that they share some colors and a similar mask, I really can't see much continuity between this and the 2015 version. This one is just too lanky (and frankly I feel he could use some solid purple). Seeing better pictures of it makes me like the mask more, but that's about it. This definitely isn't a set I'm going to be getting. In any case, very nice and thorough review, though I do wish we had some mid-build pictures in the text review, or at least one shot of the set built without the armor shells.

The diffferent opening for episode 23 always gives me chills. I still remember the first time I watched it. Good friggin stuff. The fact that they did this is honestly really cool. Can't wait for 0.

It looks pretty accurate to this.

Oooh. You're right. That does look really cool, especially for something preliminary.

Call of Tudy, duh. It's actually Completely Off Topic. I dunno though, I see a few new guys in the game topics like the describing threads when I pop in there once in a blue moon.