That's a good sign for the show...  It's going to be tough prying the commercialism from it though.  It seems like such a chore to be a fan and attend it now.  You know that better than many though Solrac, but I know a few people who don't go anymore because of the crowds and stuff.

Yikes yeah, not my style, but I'd have to determine how into the figures I am...  I want the Berserker and Haldir the most...  The rest, meh. 

That video of Orthanc floored me...  so did the price.

I think I may nab the Orc Forge full price just because.  Target doesn't seem to do good Lego sales much.

Actually almost every concept art piece already HAS been established in SW EU somewhere...    Clone Wars is just getting to it now.

Nabbed the TRU set escaping from the Mirkwood elves thing.  I love the set, and the drunken elf.  Now, debating picking up the last couple Hobbit sets and Helms Deep...  Helms Deep seems like a waste almost but I dunno.  I don't like it particularly because it's comically small, to me, but I want the figures...  I'm tempted to just get the figures somehow.

Usually a good sign on production at least haha.

Yeah I found the $18 price sorta meh.  I'd rather buy them at K-mart and get the reward points.  I've got almost $40 stashed on my Rewards card I plan on using when new stuff winds up hitting, or on the exclusives when they arrive.

Those sets haven't been hard to find either...  TRU, Target (lots there now), K-Mart all have had them in abundance.  I'd like a 2nd Yoda fighter but only a cheap one, nothing full price...  really just for the droid dome.

Not fair to PTE, they actually only had one price increase...  my bigger gripe with them is a lack of presence this past year, and limited new stuff...  They've not been on a tear of their usual new waves of stuff in a couple years.  The last new things were only a couple playset items ultimately.

They've been years since they put out some sets too like the bridge, bunks, full tent, etc.

PTE has way more potential for goodness.

5 Below has a lot of other cool stuff...  card games, goofy car stickets and tin signs, candy out the ying yang, lego minis...  It's a store I could probably go in every day and come out with something...  But yeah definitely a tad girly in there.