Anybody bought Lego in the past year? It's been pretty difficult to get sets considering the sky-high prices of Lego, but I did get this gem:

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I've got so much LEGO from the late 90s/early 00s in storage - UFOs, Atlantis, Insectoids, the early Star Wars stuff when the figures had yellow skin...but with the price for kits being so high now and a lack of space I'm really only interested in getting minifigures. I'd love to be able to just buy the Marvel/DC figures separately.

As far as Megabloks is concerned, I've loved the blind bag Samurai figures (especially since they're coded so I never buy doubles), but the character choice is pretty poor since they clearly want you to buy the sets in tandem. I'll get wave 3 if it ever hits the UK, but I'm probably going to pass on the Megaforce stuff since I'm not a fan of the bodies they use.

Character Building is another one I'm all in for Doctor Who minifigs (well, aside from the super rare "limited to 250 editions" ones), but unlike Megabloks this is where blind bags are a pain in the ass. I got the Weeping Angels diorama for Christmas though and its pretty cool, but the only set I'm desperate for is the Dalek Saucer.

Never bought a Kre-O, but will probably get one of two of the individual minifigs if I ever see them. There's a Galvatron one isn't there?

In-house themes still use yellow skin minifigs, it's only licensed stuff that use flesh colored minifigs. :)

They sell individual minifigs online, and though they're priced quite high, it's much better than buying the extremely high priced sets nowadays.

Bricklink is one of the best sources of cheaper minifigs. Their sellers are top notch and prices beat the ridiculous ones on eBay. Only problem is you'll have to play around with sellers to get cheaper shipping and it still doesn't entirely negate the fact that Lego can be more expensive than even Toku toys.

I simply adore Character Building! I love it enough to make it my main priority in Doctor Who merchandise. The blind bags are a serious pain though, they're far more difficult than the Lego ones to feel in-package due to the lack of accessories and the storekeepers always stare at me because the main places to find them here in Australia are the rather small ABC Shops (nowhere to hide). Do you have any tips on better luck? The only ones I can guarantee are Daleks due to their distinctive shape.

Did you get the 11 Doctor's Set? Was over-priced here, but it's my favorite thing from the whole line yet. There's no other way to get the great Classic Doctors like the 3rd Doctor.

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For those intending to find this great set, should also mention that it comes in a sweet box:

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Images taken from The Doctor Who Site. More cool hi-res images there!

I've always been tempted to get those Doctor Who figures. The only place I've seen them though is FYE and Hot Topic and they don't really appreciate you feeling up their merchandise. I've seen that 11 Doctor set at Barnes & Noble but $40 is a bit too much for me to drop on something like that. I'm not really interested in any of the larger sets but I've always meant to make a Tardis out of legos. Just the outer police box of course, it's smaller on the outside.

Love that reference. :lol

I actually did pay the equivalent of USD$40 for that set, but in Australian prices, where everything imported is jacked up twice, it wasn't too bad. USD$40 in the USA is a bit too much.

Before buying these minifigures I did contemplate making something like this out of Lego parts:

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More here!

If you're thinking of a TARDIS interior, maybe you could be ambitious like this guy:
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More here! Seriously incredible.

Not being a Doctor Who fan (1 of the remaining 10), I'd only really be interested in Dalek and Cybermen Minifigures...

Latest thing I got were the Monster Hunter sets,and even then I got the smaller ones.

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When I read "Monster Hunter" I was hoping you meant the Capcom game franchise :lol

I got the 11 Doctors set for Christmas last year. They're really great. To be honest, though, I had assumed the Character Builder line was dead until a month or so ago when images surfaced of the next wave of blindpacked figurines. I'm hoping the line stays around for the long term so that there can be a 12th Doctor figure on the sad, hopefully distant day when Matt Smith leaves.

As far as building sets go, I usually only get about one or two Lego kits a year. I really want a lot of the Hobbit/LotR stuff, but the good ones are really expensive anymore. I also kind of hate how Lego spreads all the important minifigs across multiple sets so that you can't get the full Fellowship of the Ring without buying at least four kits, two of which are over $50. :(

I have gotten worryingly addicted to the minifigs over the last couple months, though. I even got all my friends some of them for Christmas (Legos for most, but Kinex Mario for one and MegaBlocks Halo for another). I was really surprised at how nice the MegaBlocks guys are - they actually have some serious articulation. I kind of want some of my own, but I don't really like any of the franchises they have licensed.

That was a really cool line that unfortunately I didn't get anything from. I kept wanting the glow-in-the-dark ghosts but the sets they came in were the most expensive.

Never saw that mummy set before though, that looks great! The skeleton horse makes it worth it.

I really hope this line sticks around, it's been a lot of fun to collect and they're not that expensive too. I'm appreciating that they're diving into older series, I'm hoping we get more Classic series characters eventually.

I gave up buying the Fellowship. It was already bad enough in past series like Harry Potter and The Avengers to get the full teams, but the Fellowship really took the cake. I briefly considered the completing Thorin's company but it seems like a futile endeavor at this point. It's a shame, the LOTR/Hobbit sets are some of the best licensed stuff in years! I still plan to get the Bag End set someday, it's far too gorgeous to miss. However, the $110 price tag in Australia is giving me pause for now. :(