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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

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.

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.