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Aragorn wields Anduril in his promo shot.

Legolas looks like he has a new Elvish hairpiece.

I picked up a sealed case yesterday and the breakdown was as follows:

• 4x Alien
• 5x Highlander
• 3x Pajama Boy
• 3x Statue of Liberty
• 5x Bandit
• 4x Flamenco Dancer
• 3x Robot
• 5x Minotaur
• 4x Leprechaun
• 3x Roman
• 3x Surgeon
• 4x Skateboarder
• 4x Space Girl
• 3x Butcher
• 4x Mechanic
• 3x Genie

I’m curious if this is the breakdown that our readers are getting as well. Please post your case breakdowns in the comments. Make sure you say whether or not the case was sealed.

Have a fantastic holiday! I hope your costumes are awesome, you gorge yourself on candy and sweets, and there are plenty of trick-or-treaters to your door.

Oh! And I hope you don’t run into this guy:

Many thanks to Jamie Spencer for his fantastic advent calendar this year. If you missed any of them, you can see the whole gallery here!

Fortunately, I’ve got two more days before it’s all done. Bwahahahahaha.

See the rest of the week’s minifigures here:

October 21
October 23
October 24
October 26
October 27

The other figures from this week are below:
October 19
October 17
October 16
October 15

According to the description on the photo, these are contest entries for “A Pirate’s Life for Me” on LEGO Contest Network.

This group of characters can be seen in action here:

I’ve highlighted a few of my favorites from the last week that I particularly enjoyed; though, choosing one or two is exceedingly difficult. But the Mimes of Moria made me laugh; great timing, considering I just watched all three (extended edition!) films while recovering from surgery.

See what else has been creeping about this last week:
October 15
October 12
October 11
October 10

Here’s what I’m seeing, with names I make up as I go along:

• Internet Geek
• Bride
• Daredevil
• Operatic Viking Lady
• Tarzan & Cheetah
• Easter Bunny
• Swimmer
• Tennis Player
• Riot Grrrl
• Aztec Warrior
• Bagpiper
• Future Cop 3000
• Flower Child
• Necromancer
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Poseidon/Neptune

Quite a diverse bunch!

EDIT: Not sure how we missed these, but here’s Series 6 (via Toys N Bricks):

Click for October 1-4!

And let’s face it: these are AWESOME.

Jamie has started his annual Halloween advent, and the results are frighteningly spectacular, as expected. I do hope you continue to watch for his daily installments. They’ll get you in the proper Halloween mood.

The quality of the pieces is on par with the other well-known custom companies. While the plastic doesn’t feel exactly like LEGO, it is very close and the pieces are sturdy. None of them feel flimsy or brittle. At the time of this writing, there are only four colors: Black, Red, Brown, and Dark Pearl Gray. The color matching for the black and red pieces were identical to the official LEGO pieces to which I compared them. The brown pieces were very close to official pieces and the dark pearl gray was just barely lighter in color than the pieces I checked it against.

The fit and compatibility was good. None of the items appeared to stress the hands of the minifigs. The weapons have multiple grips points in the places you would expect the real guns to have them. The hats, helmets and armor all fit well. They were not loose or too tight.

There was one item with some fit issues. Before sending me the items, the designer informed me that the horn attachment points on the Minotaur head had issues. Brickwarriors uses the official LEGO horns for the Minotaur and apparently LEGO made the horns slightly larger than the standard bar connection. The Minotaur holes are sized for the standard bar, therefore the horns stress the hole a bit. I checked this out and the official horns fit very tightly (I had some trouble getting them out) but other bar pieces fit just fine. BrickWarriors informed me that they are currently working on their own horns, which will be sized correctly. Also the neck hole on the Minotaur is tighter than on official Lego heads, but it does come off easily.

The company has made an effort to maintain the look of official LEGO pieces. Mostly this works for them pretty well. One place that I don’t think it works very well is in regards to the solid trigger guards on the guns. The company told me that they chose this design because they thought that it maintained the look they were trying to achieve.

The price of the items is reasonable, with US$1.00 being the price for most of the weapons and smaller accessories. The larger guns are priced at US$1.25. The armor, other bodywear, and helmets are US$1.50. The most expensive item is the Minotaur head at US$2.50.

The weapons and accessories cover quite a range of genres, from Sci-fi and Fantasy to Historical and Modern items. As a dyed-in-the-wool Castle fan, I’m partial to the Fantasy Items, but Space, modern warfare and apoc fans will enjoy the modern and futuristic armor and weapons.

Overall, I thought this was very good first run of items and hope to see more from this company in the future. They have a number of unique items that help them stand out and will fit nicely into any collection of custom minifig accessories. If you wish to see more, you can view all the pictures of the items in my BrickWarriors Review Pictures Set.