Lego Mini-Figures set for January 2012 release

I asked at my local education toy store about Lego's Mini-figures series six and was informed that they expect them on shelves in January 2012.

So save your Christmas money kids!

Series 6 includes:
Leprechaun
Flamenco Dancer
Cowboy Bandit
Statue of Liberty
Greaser Mechanic
Minotaur
Surgeon
Alien
Skater Girl
Sleepytime Kid (with teddy bear!)
Female Space Adventurer
Legionnaire
Toy Robot
Highlander
Butcher
Genie

Legoland Prequels

Legoland's Star Wars mini-land also depicted scenes from the prequels, which were all far more entertaining to look at than the prequels.

Here's the attack on Kashyyyk.

I think this is Coruscant.

Here's the Gungan/Droid Army battle. This scene was the coolest of all the prequel scenes just because of the sheer number of similar 'army builder' combatants. Again, it was all I could do to contain myself and not leap onto that patch of grass and start the battle to end all battles! PEW PEW!

Here's a close-up of the droids. These would be fun to build. I wish there were a 'recipe guide' somewhere for stuff like this.

Finally, here's the Genoshan arena - from right to left you can see Anakin riding a beast, Padme at the top of the pillar and Obi-Wan Kenobi about to be consumed by...my shadow.

Legoland Endor

Another awesome Legoland mini-land Star Wars display (possibly the best of them all) was the forest moon of Endor:

This Imperial Shuttle and landing pad were HUGE! It was all I could do to prevent myself from jumping over the guardrail and playing with these things.

Vader greeting Admiral somebody.

With the push of a button one of the speeder bikes would whoosh around the base of a tree and those logs on the sides would swing out and 'smash' back into the Imperial walker. The motions of these displays reminded me a lot of old-school mall Christmas displays. Simple and slow but tons of fun to look at.

The Ewoks and their huts and walkways were built up in the trees!

Uh oh, looks like we're in trouble R2...wait, Chewbacca, is that you?

Here's a closer look at C3-PO and R2-D2; I'd love to build these guys at home, I'm sure I can come up with enough pieces...although they won't be the right colors.

Another MASSIVE component to this Return of the Jedi scene was the shield generator dish. This thing had to have been ten feet tall at least.

The Legoland Star Wars displays reminded me so much of what it was like to play with Star Wars toys outside when I was a kid. After looking at them all I just wanted to go grab some action figures and find a field or back yard to play in!

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Miss Lee Meriwether.