Lego Knights Kingdom Santis (8785)
The LEGO Knights Kingdom line manages to combine the ever-popular world of knights in shining armor, monstrous dragons, and wizened wizards with the increasingly popular genre of collectible card games. This set of 47 pieces also sports three game cards to appeal to both construction toy and card game fans. The pieces can be used to construct Santis, a knight who is modeled after a bear in many different respects. He certainly looks ursine with his big thick beard and burly build and he sports the image of a big snarling bear on his red and gray shield. Santis also wields a silver sword, which is sure to protect him in case he runs up against any actual bears. Its all LEGO , of course, so even if you get tired of building the same knight over and over, you can combine the bricks to build nearly anything else you can imagine.--Charlie Williams