RagingPorygon

Congratz to all the other winners of the contest! Especially Markos; I wouldn't be able to handle the stress of thousands of pictures. That is some dedication. Again, congratulations!

So, a-uuhh.... How about that announcement?

Just got the book today. Oh man..... One of the best visual-looking books I've gotten. I'd go so far to say it's better than the official Lego books. I only took a quick glance at it, but it has sooooo many good photos. So much information. It'll definitely keep me busy for the next couple of days. I so love it!

Sweet! Thanks for clearing things up.

Yo Ed, any updates? Been a little quiet in this thread. Just wanna see if things are going well. Don't wanna sound pushy or anything.

If I'm not able to send in another release form, you still have my permission to use the photos. Just in case

I'll try and send some if I have some spare time (which I can most likely find). I have Smaug, possibly the Troll, Hulk, and Rancor. Maybe you can replace my crappy photos with the better ones lol. EDIT: I do not have that specific troll, ples forgiv meh

Nice! Sounds like things are running smoothly with y'all. I hope the book turns out to be another success!

Probably safe to assume that the limited edition books will be shipped around the fall release. Any estimated date on when the gift cards will be sent?

The temptation for a third batch is real... But I think my time is over. I've got other projects to work on, after all. Good luck grabbing photos for 'em figs!

What I did was fill out the form, scan the form, type up descriptions on separate sheets, then put the form and descriptions together in a PDF. I then sent the PDF along with the photos in one giant piece of mail to them via WeTransfer. They seemed to be O.K. with that method. I am truly sorry for your loss. I know what that can be like, and my heart goes to you and your family as you recover. I wish you good luck as you adapt to a changed life, and I hope that your hard work and effort will not be in vain and that it will make it into the book.

Those graphics are amazing though. They look just like the movie with Lego models substituting the vehicles, characters, and some buildings. Can't wait to pre-order two copies of the game (one to play on the PC, and another for 3DS just for the polybag, since it's cheaper). This is gonna be a fun game! EDIT: Nvm about pre-ordering the copies, guess I'll just settle in for a PS4 preorder, then exchange the game for a PC version since I'm PC. And I still get the polybag .

To think that I've been working on this contest since Brickset announced this has amazed me, due to my short attention span and laziness. Nonetheless, I have finished another shoot of photos. Looking back at these photos, I would just like to share some advice to the competitors. You know, giving back to the community. Taking pictures with minifigures in outside/natural environments can produce excellent photos, both in quality and in creativity. All of my favorite photos were taken outside, and can really add a lot to the pictures. Minifigures in sets (both actual sets and in sets, as in "movie" sets) can also make the picture visually appealing. Putting the figures with their plastic buildings, vehicles, locations, etc. can add a sort of realism and character into the figures. Backdrops are another way of producing high quality photos, though I'm quite limited due to having just sketch paper as the best replacement (lol). Just remember, my personal advice (and I'm an amateur). Now, those who are experienced probably know this. As late as this advice is, I hope those who may be taking photos right now can take this with them later on and shoot some fantastic work, either right now or ten years from now. I really do wish good luck to all the contenders, and I absolutely cannot wait to see the photos that make it into the book.

Now, how cool would it be if those mystery sets were Battlefront sets? For the last two Lego Star Wars video game waves (The Force Unleashed and the Old Republic) we got at least one medium-sized set for each wave. It would be somewhat odd to see just Battlefront battle packs (say that five times fast). As a player of the game, there are a lot of alien species and different variants of stormtroopers (magmatrooper, shadow trooper, etc) that could be made/remade into minifigures. The only problem I see with this is the lack of "exclusivity" with Battlefront. All I can think of for these sets are a redesigned TIE-Interceptor, a redesigned AT-ST (we seriously do need another one, it's been way too long), and a Sullust or Jakku build (to nonplayers of the game, there was a battle between the Rebellion and the Empire on Jakku after the destruction of the second Deather Star). Just know that this is all speculation, and correct me if I'm wrong on anything. Though you gotta admit, more Battlefront sets does sound pretty sweet.

Can we combine a few Minifigures in one picture?