I've read elsewhere that this one will also be a Sams Club exclusive, much like that Falcon with the extra figs. No clue if it's true though.

OK, I'm in now. Suppose I should try to defend my title eh? Not that my team name won't add to those already gunning for me.  

Now we just need one more to make it an even dozen teams.

I guess I don't really have much for grails, since there is so much I still want that it would be a rather lengthy list.

However,the closest thing would be the LEGO UCS X-Wing, as it, along with the 3 japanese mini sets, is the only LEGO set I'm missing from having pretty much every single set put out to date.

There are never many on ebay at any one time and they usually run in the $150-$200 range for MIB sets, which is what I'd want. I'd rather not take the chance of missing pieces on loose sets. So I'll just continue on having a 99% complete LEGO collection for the time being.  

A quick thanks to Brent for hooking me up with an Unleashed Red Clonetrooper. Thanks for looking out for me.  

If these are legitimate pics from LEGO then where is the disclaimer at the bottom of each photo that says "Copyright 2004 The LEGO Company. Use without permission not allowed." ? The pics of the new Falcon that LEGO released earlier this year all had that disclaimer on the bottom. So there is one thing that doesn't feel right about these pics.

Secondly, if the set 10131 is indeed to be $120, that pic of the 4 ties is not even close to being $120 worth of LEGO. Each Tie originally retailed for $20, and DV's Tie and that drone would be around the same as well if sold separately. So make it around $80. But then you're only getting 2 mini-figs so it's probably about a $75 set, comparitively speaking.

So either that price is false, the pics are false, or there is more to this set than is shown in the above photos (a bomber and/or interceptor perhaps?). Either way, something just isn't right here. And if those pics are indeed what the set is and it is $120, count me out on getting it and therefore it being the 1st SW LEGO set I don't buy, which would be disappointing to say the least.

I deserve it because I, umm, saw it first.    The card itself was just in the sealed bag that the box was wrapped in and not in the box itself. Interesting that they are doing it 2 different ways. And actually the 2 busts that arrived here were #'d 227/228 with 228 being the one I opened.

Thank you everyone for the  birthday wishes.  

Just so everyone knows, Jim does have full clearance to break another light, this time in the guest bedroom.  He also has a quasi-new saber to do it with, right mr. Vader?

Right you are on both counts. But nothing is going to be broken this time. It's just not the same when you can do it on purpose.  

You could teach Scott some good lightsaber wielding techniques...  

I think I should master it myself before I go and start teaching others how to break stuff wield a lightsaber.