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The London Toy Fair may have had strict limits preventing any photos of upcoming LEGO sets from being taken, but thankfully the same did not hold true for the Nuremberg Toy Fair. Pictures of summer 2013 LEGO sets and themes have been pouring in, and there's some really great stuff to be seen, from a new wave of Galaxy Squad sets to an entirely new Castle theme and... Gorilla-shaped mechs with banana blasters? Oh Chima... BrickJournal editor Joe Meno has taken a number of pictures and sent them to Brickset, all of which can be seen in this Flickr set. http://www.flickr.com/photos/92090133@N04/sets/72157632649266021/ Likewise, Fredro Photo has uploaded his own set of pictures to Flickr, showing several things the Brickset photos do not. http://www.flickr.com/photos/61839591@N08/sets/72157632653581259/ Finally, Hobby Media has uploaded a video showcasing the new Technic sets: My wallet hurts. Sources: BricksetHobby Media Brick Horizon

Well it seems this is no longer just an Arwing, now that I've made a Lanmaster as well. I'll be making more SF vehicles, and put them here as I do. I'll edit this first post to be more like a table-of-contents at some point. For now I've just put the Arwing in a spoiler. A single picture of my Landmaster can be found further down the page.

LEGO Racers #4568, #4574, #4576, #4577 Xalax-racers Review by RobExplorien At last, back at the pioneering LEGO Racers sets. The Xalax-racers (also known as the Crash 'em Racers) were released along with the introduction of the Racers theme, thus being released in 2001. They were sold for $2,99 each (according to Brickipedia). Fair price? You decide after this review. Highlighting in this review are the following sets of this subtheme: #4568 (Loopin), #4574 (Rip), #4576 (Duster) and #4577 (Snake). All Xalax-racers (as far as I know of) were sold with this iconic 'box'. They feature each racer's logo (which is a sticker) and the LEGO logo on the front. You open them by simply folding 'em out. It acts as a sort of storage for the racer itself, and making it easy for transport. You also put a sticker on the inside on the box, which shows the racer's qualities (acceleration, power, traction and stunt respectively). The more yellow dots, the better. Since all racers are made from the same material and they only differ in printings and colour, they do not really have individual qualities. They merely serve as an extra feature to the set. Below an image of Rip with his box. If you still like to know each racer's qualities, here's a list of them. Rip (darkblue): Acceleration: 4/5 Power: 2/5 Traction: 4/5 Stunt: 1/5 Duster (beige): Acceleration: 3/5 Power: 4/5 Traction: 1/5 Stunt: 3/5 Snake (brightgreen): Acceleration: 3/5 Power: 1/5 Traction: 4/5 Stunt: 3/3 Loopin (blue/green): Acceleration: 3/5 Power: 1/5 Traction: 2/5 Stunt: 5/5 (how predictable) Each racer consists of 4 parts: Xalax-minifigure (Rama), front brick, rear brick and chassis. The colours and printings of these vehicles are as said before different for each racer. The chassis has a 'coloured' bumper and a 'gray' bumper. When the racer bumps into a wall with the gray bumper (or into another racer), he will fly off his seat. This little feature is what I most remembered from these sets. This feature is not present in the game LEGO Racers 2, even though the vehicle is practically the same. Along with buying this set, you'd also get a poster. All fifteen racers are pictured on the poster, where you can see them in action. I don't know exactly which of the Xalax-racers featured in the game LEGO Racers 2, but I'm sure that Warrior (uppermost right) was one of them. The two uppermost racers in the picture can be seen bumping into eachother and flying off their seat (the gray bumper feature). The back of the poster shows a how to build and how to use the 'box' as a slammer. Use two rubber bands and attach them to the 'box' as shown on the poster, and then you've made yourself a slammer. That way you can give the vehicle a boost to make daring stunts or to cut off other racers. What took my interest on this poster was the lower right corner. The "Coming soon: LEGO Racers 2" quote was pretty funny to see, and from this I take it that the Xalax-racers were released before the LEGO Racers 2 game, possibly as a promotional stunt for the game. There was also a special edition Xalax-racer: Ghost. Down here you can see how it would look if you turn the 'box' into a slammer. Pictured is Duster. You can see where you have to attach the rubber bands, and by slamming on the logo, you would give the vehicle a boost. Having this set examined and tested, I come to the following conclusion: The 'box' looks very detailed and features the racer's logo on the front. It can be turned into a slammer to give your Rama a boost. The poster added in this set shows you all the Xalax-racers to collect, and features the simple instructions for building the vehicle. It also shows you other neat stuff, like games to play with the racers and stunts that you can do with them. The Ramas are not an actual minifigure, but rather one solid brick with their hand and feet around their steering wheel. The vehicle itself has nice printings in wacky colours. To just play with one small Xalax-racer is actually fun. You can perform stunts with the help of the slammer, and crash your Rama into walls to make them fly off their seets. Ofcourse adding more racers could be more fun, but that's what you decide. Rating Design: 9 Quality: 8 Fun: 7 Price: 9

I've finally started documenting the structure that all **B files follow. My documentation is available HERE. As of 24/01/2013 it covers basic datatypes and decompression. A list of file formats and what they do (used in my LR1 Binary Editor): ADB - Skeletal Animation BDB - ? BVB - Collision Mesh CCB - NPC Car List CDB - Cutscene CEB - Cutscene events CMB - ? CPB - Checkpoint Layout CRB - Circuit Listing DDB - NPC Driver List EMB - ? EVB - Event Script? FDB - ? GCB - ? GDB - 3D Model GHB - Time-Trial Ghost Path HZB - Hazard Script? IDB - 2D Image List LEB - ? LSB - Loading Screen Layout MAB - Material Animations MDB - Material List MIB - Menu Interface Layout MSB - ? PCB - ? PWB - Powerup Layout RAB - Track header RCB - Race Listing RRB - NPC Path SDB - Skeleton Structure SKB - Skybox Gradient SPB - Start Positions TDB - Texture List TGB - ? TIB - ? TMB - ? TRB - ? WDB - 3D Scene

This is not complete, needs a lot of work. (The hat being super low is beyond me though, Pepper's face is perfectly scaled.) Tell me what I can improve on and stuff.

Very good, sir. I'd like to see more LI1 characters in LR1. :D

But the Wii and DS did not have the first major original LEGO game in a decade only on that console (excluding LEGO Battles) despite almost every other game being omni-platform, and they didn't have that touchscreen... GIMMICK thing.