First look: Toy Story set prototypes

Today was the first day of Comic-con '09, and luckily Yupa-Sama was there to get the low-down on the Lego's offerings, which this year comes in the form of the Toy Story sets.

Remember that all that is below is my personal opinion, shared with you to give you a starting point with your opinions. I mean no harm to anybody, and you are free to show your own opinion in the comments section below.

There's one picture of an actual set, that RC-car that Woody and Buzz ride in the first film...

Oh God. I don't care whether those 'figs are prototypes or not, they're awful. Lego has turned to the garish, freaky-looking side and have shoved scary plastic heads onto their usual beautiful ABS minifig parts. Sigh.

There's the evil bad-guy with one of those new flick-fire missile launchers...

There may be a good purple torso in there...

Then there's the 'cute' alien...

Was I the only one expecting a Classic Space logo when I looked at the picture's thumbnail?

What about those little green army men?

Here they are! These are looking the best of the lot, with some amry helmets (!) and some handy minifig baseplates (better than Doc Sinister's recent purchases ? We'll find out at the sets' release...). Shame about the green, though.

Then there's some more of the 'maxi-figs'...

Longer arms, longer legs, maybe new hands? Oh dear, oh dear...

Well, that's all the Toy Story previews for today. We also got a little peaksie at the new Prince of Persia theme, which I hadn't heard of before:

Yup. It's an ostrich. But it has studs, so it's looking quite good. For those of you who want some information on why the theme is happening, it's because the Prince of Persia film is also being released. The film stars some big names - like Jake Gyllenhaal (Independence Day, Brokeback Mountain) - and some Gemma Artreton gal. It was originally set to be released last month, but has been delayed to May for extensive post-production. It, like Toy Story 3, was made by Disney.

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~John