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This looks to be another Target Exclusive set.  I guess that the first one sold well enough that we will see another of these.  I personally love the design of these boxes and I hope that they continue to produce more.  I think that the packaging was perfect and that the price of $15.oo US was spot on as well.  You can see a video of the packaging here, I also embedded the video a little further down in the post as well.

It looks like the set number will be 5004077.  This make sense since the old one was 5004076.

I will add these to the Price Guide as they become available to the general public.  I think that right now, it would incorrectly make it into the top 100 just because someone will pay the $112 just to have it now.

Super Heroes DC Lightning Lad –

Image courtesy of Taobao

Super Heroes DC SuperBoy from Original Set.

I will say to Lego if they are listening, that they should not stick capes in this box.  The cape on the Chima figure looks like a silk shirt that just went through the wash and not on delicate.  Here is a pic of the cape.

This image above is a copy of the one posted to the Chinese Auction site since that will soon disappear.  I cannot read chinese, so I have no idea how many of them are for sale.  I also do not know what  ¥699.00 is, but Google says that is is about $112.00 US dollars.  At $112, he should just sell it on eBay since he would probably get a little better price.  But maybe it will sell for more on Taobao.  Who know.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4002-9807881143.44.1o3XC4&id=43230289563

I had to look up who the heck Lightning Lad is.  According to http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Lightning_Lad he is

“Lightning Lad is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th Century. Born on the planet Winath, he gained electric powers during an encounter with Lightning Beasts on Korbal. He is known for being fun-loving but hot-headed and aggressive. Every Winathian has a twin, and his sister Ayla is Lightning Lass. The exception to this rule is his older brother Mekt, who was labeled a freak and became the villain Lightning Lord. His best friend is Legion co-founder Cosmic Boy, and his wife is co-founder Saturn Girl. Their two children are Graym Ranzz, and Garridan Ranzz who grows up to become the villain Validus. In Reboot Legion continuity, Garth uses the alias Live Wire. This version has also been a member of Workforce. In Prime Legion continuity, he uses the name Lightning Lad again. Lightning Lad was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino, first appearing in Adventure Comics #247. (1958) ”

Here is a much better explanation of him.  I will not copy this one here as it is a pretty large book.

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Garth_Ranzz_%28Pre-Zero_Hour%29

Additionally, here is a pic of the front of the comic that he first appeared in.  This is an image hosted on

http://www.comicbooknoise.com/

Now, I read a lot of comics as a kid and I never remember this one coming up.  Not even once.  So it was either a weak read, or I missed it.  So I have to assume that this figure will be a one off exclusive that will only show up in this set.  That is unless they have a new movie coming out this summer that I am not aware of.

I am not sure if the other three figures are exclusives or not.  I would assume yes based on the last set, but I will let someone else figure this out as I do not collect these.  I will however, post images of the first target exclusive set under the new ones so that you can compare the figures and the box art that is included in this set.  Finally, you can also see a video of the first set here as well so you can see what the packaging looks like.

Chima Sir Fangar Image courtesy of Taobao

 

CHIMA Fire Lavertus from the original Target Exclusive

City Explorer Diver Image courtesy of Taobao

City Swamp Ranger from the original Target Exclusive

NinjaGo Kai Image courtesy of Taobao

Ninjago Lloyd Green Ninja DX from the original Target Exclusive.

Again, it looks like to can pick this up if you can speak Chinese.  If anyone knows the set number from the bottom of the box, pop me a message or let me know.  I would like to have it.  However, I imagine BrickSet will have it shortly.

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These look legit based on what we have seen recently.

It appears that you can buy these right now if you can read Chinese on the Chinese Auction site Taobao.  Good Luck!  I am not sure how many that they have, but they are probably due to the fact that they were both being manufactured in China and someone took a few samples home.  If you scroll down, you will also see pictures of the Target Exclusive and the Bizarro Batman as well.  We may have to start checking this site a little more often!

I wonder if Lego cares about this, or if they consider all of the free press a good thing?  What do you think?

For credit, I found these on Eurobricks and Wikipedia, but I believe that GrooveBricks broke the news here.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.1998246701.1.wnnu1K&scm=1007.10152.2215.i43206636349&id=43157770689&pvid=d2744475-9b85-49f1-a21f-b50983176c26

Everyone in the rumor mill believes that this will be a free promo with purchase for the annual May the Forth be with you.  I think that this is a little week for that promotion, but it may be the only way that will will see a little known character like this as a minifigure.

Here is a huge description of Admiral Yularen from

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wullf_Yularen

and here is a brief one from http://www.starwars.com/databank/admiral-wulff-yularen

“ADMIRAL WULFF YULAREN An admiral in the Republic’s service, Yularen served gallantly in the Clone Wars, commanding a Jedi Cruiser in many campaigns against Separatist forces. Yularen was assigned to serve with the Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, and the rigid officer and the impulsive Jedi made for an odd combination. Yularen admired Anakin’s bravery and instincts in battle while deploring his recklessness and willingness to interpret orders creatively — or ignore them altogether.”

and

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.20141001.2.94haqk&id=43206636349&scm=1007.10115.2077.i43157770689&pvid=f2f81d62-6e2b-4975-9be5-4f4fe540885b

I am not sure about the Trickster, but it looks like a book or DVD packaging.  Both of these were found out on http://en.brickimedia.org here and here.

Here is a brief description of the Trickster taken from http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Trickster

“The Trickster is a member of the Rogues and enemy of The Flash who commits crimes using dangerous gadgets themed after practical joke elements. His most notable invention is a pair of shoes that allow him to walk on the air itself. He has also been a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Society of Super-Villains. There have been two super-villains to use the name, former circus acrobat James Jesse and teenage hoodlum Axel Walker. Trickster was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, first appearing in Flash #113. (1960) Axel Walker was created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, first appearing in Flash (Volume 2) #183. (2002) ”

Here is a picture of the first comic that he appeared in for those that are not familiar with him.  Image courtesy of http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Flash_Vol_1_113

I am not sure if we have a new movie coming, or if this will be part of a DVD animation that will be released this summer.  I poked around a little and I see a Flash Movie in 2016, but that is too far off to release a figure for it already.  I did however find this article.

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/exclusive-mark-hamill-to-play-the-trickster-again-on-the-flash

Where is looks like we have a Flash TV series coming out in 2015.  In the past, these series have not been stellar, but based on my watching of Shield and Gotham this fall, I will definitely give this a try.  Those two shows have been top notch.

I also found and auction for Bizarro Batman as well.  This is currently available for pre-release purchase here at Amazon.  Take a look.  they have great pictures of the figure on Amazon already.

You can order it here.  Amazon

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.20141001.4.q2cAA7&id=43190969011&scm=1007.10115.2077.i43137935777&pvid=85378206-1050-46c7-87a2-60409cfea14d

The batman figure looks fun and I will have to have one, but I am suprised that they think kids will like Batzarro.  I used to cringe when superman had Bizarro superman in it and I just passed right by the Batzarro issues.  Who knows, maybe they will be great!

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Recently quite a few lego blogs have been talking about a rumor that Lego will be producing the winter soldier minifigure in 2015.   I kind of thought if we were going to get one of these, that it would have been when the film was released this summer.

For those of you that do now know, here is a brief history of this character.

“James Buchannan “Bucky” Barnes was an ally to Captain America and assisted him in various missions as a member of the Howling Commandos. During one mission he was seemingly killed in action by falling off a train on the side of a mountain.  However, he survived and was frozen like Rogers. He was revived and received a metal arm, but lost his memory. He was trained to be an assassin and given the code name Winter Soldier, and sent on many missions.

He fought with Captain America, who managed to restore Bucky’s memories. Bucky then re-teamed up with Rogers, and inherited the mantle after Rogers’ death.”

This is per the comic books and more specifically  per Lego lego.wikia.com

Based on all of the rumors that I am hearing, they are going to kill off Rogers in this summers movie and replace him with the Winter Soldier.

This disappoints me a little since you cannot ask for a better Captain America than Chris Evans in my opinion.

Bucky Barnes was also seen in the the Lego Marvel Super Heroes video game and was also released as an exclusive at the 2012 New York Toy Fair in February 2012.  He is currently 7th on the top 100 most expensive Lego Minifigure list.  You can see him on the list below.  I also posted a picture of him next to a standard Captain America from my collection below.

See here Top 100

However, we have not seen any official images of this figure until earlier this week when flickr user “tormentalous” posted these…  See Here

These images were also posted on Imgur and Eurobricks.  See Here , Here and Here.

Based on our first look, it appears to be the comic book version and not the movie version?  I am not sure why.  However, after reading abunch of the posts on Eurobricks, it may be a combination of the figures from both the movie and the comics.  I am not enough of an expert to make a call on this.

A few additional images were posted on Eurobricks yesterday as well that show the back of the figure, the side of the figure and the figure without hair.

I am not sure when this polybag will be released, but the figure looks great from what I can see now.  I have heard rumors that it will be released at the same time as the Lego helicarrier in March and others have said with the Movie next summer.

However, thebrickfan just made this post on eurobricks pointing to here on their site listing out all of the promos for the year.  In this article, it states that the Winter Soldier will be a promo in June.

“The Winter Soldier polybag will be available as a gift with purchase in June while the 76042 Avengers Helicarrier will be available for VIPs in February and public release in March.”

Some other notable sets in the above post include the 71016 Simpson Kwik-E-Mart, the 10248 Ferrari F40, 10247 Ferris Wheel and the 75059 Star Wars UCS Tie FIghter.

It also appears to be packaged in the same way that they package most of the promotional figures, so the above is most likely correct based on this.

This will be a nice addition to the Lego Super Heroes line in my opinion.  I love these characters!

But only time will tell for sure.