LEGO to sell Tony Parker figure next year

A few weeks ago, LEGO announced that they will start selling 24 minifigures of NBA players next year. They will be sold in sets of three. Imagine my surprise when the eighth and final set was announced . . . and included Tony Parker!<br>
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Is Parker one of the best 24 players in the NBA? Not hardly. But LEGO has a huge European market, and maybe they wanted something to drive sales of these items in France and Belgium.<br>
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LEGO has already announced that one of the sets will include a Tim Duncan figure. Duncan will wear a white home jersey, whereas Parker will wear the black road jersey. Kinda makes it hard to have them both on the court at once, but I guess they wanted some variety.<br>
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I don't have pics of the mini-Parker, but you can go to <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.lego.com/sports/default.asp?id=10">LEGO.com's "NBA draft"</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> for a sneak peek.<br>
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For more, check out the <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://pub97.ezboard.com/fspursdominionfrm1.showMessage?topicID=824.topic">LEGO/NBA</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> thread at the Spurs Dominion. <p></p><i></i>

Thanks for the information CLEVE - that is really neat! <p></p><i></i>

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Ne pics from tim's lego or tony's?<br>
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Click on Cleve's link and watch the movie for a bit-- you'll see a picture of Tony. He looks thoroughly hilarious as a Lego, but then I guess anybody would.<br>
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<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Duncan will wear a white home jersey, whereas Parker will wear the black road jersey. Kinda makes it hard to have them both on the court at once, but I guess they wanted some variety.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->I'm thinking that if you can suspend your disbelief enough to pretend that the Legos are real... different colored jerseys won't be a problem. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Thanks for the link, Cleve! <p><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:brown;font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small;">"We got our behinds kicked and we got spit on. But that's OK, we ain't dead. We'll be back."<br>
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<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I'm thinking that if you can suspend your disbelief enough to pretend that the Legos are real... different colored jerseys won't be a problem.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Good point!<br>
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Most of the LEGO NBA-player faces are really goofy and unnatural . . . <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>except for Shaq</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :wtf --><img src=http://www.myezboard.com/projects/ezboard/ezboard_userimages/wtf.gif ALT=":wtf"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Go To-ny!! Go To-ny!! Go To-ny!!<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>
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datz awesome, i'll for sure get one... yeah i saw on a lego catalog my bro has, it has TP's pix going against someone from the kings i fergot who though. <p></p><i></i>

ehhh... dat lego does not look like him!!! <p></p><i></i>

I now have photos and ordering info for all the NBA LEGO sets (including the ridiculously overpriced playsets) at the <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://pub97.ezboard.com/fspursdominionfrm1.showMessage?topicID=824.topic">Spurs Dominion thread</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->. Here's a close-up of the two mini-Spurs:<br>
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NBA Collectors #1 ($7.99)<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Add today's greatest NBA players to your LEGO NBA All-Stars collection! These all-new mini-figures feature the likenesses of the pros in their NBA uniforms, and can be used in any LEGO NBA set. Each set comes with special Upper Deck trading cards, including one gold foil card! Plus look for randomly packed autograph cards of Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Antoine Walker, or Kevin Garnett. Set includes <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, Ray Allen of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Pau Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>
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NBA Collectors #2 ($7.99)<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Set includes Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, and Antoine Walker of the Boston Celtics.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->If you think those look bad, you should check out the pics for mini-Nowitzki and mini-Nash. Mavs fans are really getting shafted on this one! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Here are additional pics for the Duncan and Parker sets. It's no surprise that Duncan is the center figure on his package, but I'm shocked that they put Parker in the center instead of Shaq!<br>
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Awesome, but doesnt look like TP at all <p><br>
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I ordered the two sets with Tim and Tony along with one of the relatively inexpensive playsets:<br>
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Ultimate Defense $14.99<br>
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They arrived in the mail from LEGO in only a couple of days.<br>
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The faces on the authentic NBA players look a little less goofy in "person." Still goofy, though. The legs are spring-loaded, and the arms and hands are specially designed, both for enhanced ball-shooting capabilities. The two generic figures who came with the playset are godawful stupid looking. <br>
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The Ultimate Defense set has a wind-up motor so that a shotblocker moves up and down in front of the basket. The idea is that you're trying to shoot over him. However, shooting into the basket is <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>way too difficult</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> as is! I set it up so that mini-Tim was the shotblocker and mini-Tony was the shooter. When you pull back on mini-Tony, he launches the ball with such force that it can go WAY above and beyond the backboard. If you try a bank shot, the ball just bounces off the backboard. I finally got him to make a few shots, but there's a real knack to it. It was definitely one of Tony's "off" nights from the field. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Oddly enough, he passed the ball directly to mini-Tim a few times, and mini-Tim actually caught the rock in his wee LEGO hands! It's too bad that mini-Tim couldn't do an airborne 180 for the alley oop or dunk.<br>
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I guess you could also use this set to make a player move up and down in a dunking motion. However, the other LEGO NBA playsets might be better suited for that.<br>
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The minifigures that came with Tim and Tony were Shaq, Pau Gasol, Ray Allen, and Antoine Walker. I have devilish plans for mini-Shaq, but the other ones are useless. <p></p><i></i>

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Why didn't they have these when I was just a lil' boy?!?<br>
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Shaq's head is actually realy well done.<br>
I don't understand why they put his brain outside his head though......hey wait a minute; YES I DO!<br>
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<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The minifigures that came with Tim and Tony were Shaq, Pau Gasol, Ray Allen, and Antoine Walker. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>I have devilish plans for mini-Shaq, but the other ones are useless.[/</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->quot<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.sahoops.net/"><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:purple;font-size:x-small;">"Shaq is getting married. Yeah the bad news is it'll be his only chance to get a 4th ring this year." -Jay Leno</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>