Not that there isn’t a year’s worth of stuff they’re throwing at us here. While I’m goggling over the Space Police sets, the Tauntaun, and the Mon Calamari heads (plus the fact that for once the fan choice was the one I voted for), I’m mostly tickled by this:

They made a General Madine minifig! Hahahahaha! That’s a riot. He was one of the first ROTJ figs to come out in the 80’s and dozens of him were still hanging on pegs years later. And there’s a good reason for that: the character is boring, boring, boring.

Not really an issue for Lego, which possesses the power to redeem the iffier parts of the SW universe, but that made me laugh.

I find it especially interesting that LEGO wrested the DUPLO ‘CARS’ licensing away from Megablok, who had it for the first ‘CARS’ movie.

Aaron

@cirquecody516: Please consider using correct capitalization and complete sentences in future comments or we’ll be forced to assume you’re not actually 13 years old (and therefore in violation of the terms of service).

Toy Story is a funny one. Woody and Buzz figs will be interesting, however I can’t see other toy co’s licensing LEGO versions of their stuff so the range might be quite limited. Fairly sure we ain’t getting a LEGO Mr PotatoHead for example.

I did inquire about 2 things that were not present at the LEGO Booth:
1-When were the new powerfunctions trains coming out?
2-When is the 3rd building in the Cafe Corner standard coming out?

The answer I received to both questions was “I don’t know.”
Either these products are not for retailers other than LEGO so the people I asked didn’t need to know these things or they didn’t want to share this info just yet or they really didn’t know.

Looks like there is some really neat stuff coming down the line for 2009. Loads of nifty new minifig parts: I lost track of new faces, headgear, and torsos. I’m not a big minifig collector, but it is hard to not be excited. There was at least one new cockpit–a egg dome in one of the Agents sets. I’m sure there are other pieces I have yet to notice, too.

There were also a couple of neat nostalgia notes. There is a minifig in one of the Agents sets with a classic space torso and the largest Space Police set includes a statue of a classic space figure, although the torso is stickered.

All in all, I can’t express how excited I am for the coming year.

This promise had been fulfilled!

Great sets for both the core audience and AFOLs and fascinating new directions (Disney license in particular). All hail a new TLG golden age!

“do you think it would be out of the question to ask my bank for a loan for LEGO sets?”

It strikes me as economic stimulus! ;)