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I am curious about the piece makeup in the mini-figure.
It seems very expensive given that it appears to be made up almost entirely
of basic bricks. From the picture in the S&H catalog, it seems like you
could by about 5 $20 "blue tubs" and build the mini-fig (for only $100) and
have lots of bricks left over. My only possible guess is that it looks like
the minifig has a lot of 2x6's and 2x8's. These pieces tend to be fairly
expensive, and the minifig appears to have a lot of them.
Can you comment on general piece distributions based on your set? Are there
more special bricks than you would think? Do the basic bricks contain an
unusual percentage of 2x6's or 2x8's?
thanks
Christian Gemuenden <GECH1@t-online.de> wrote in message
news:G2Exrp.Erw@lugnet.com...
> Howdy!
>
> What an incredible surprise! I recieved a large packet from LEGO Shop at
> Home [Germany] this morning, inlcuding the new Minifigure 3723 and the Spy
> Runner 3439! I backordered these a while ago, but didn't expect them to
> arrive that soon. Am I the very first AFOL to get his copy?? Cooool! Now I
> can be sure that the S@H team really cared about my complains. (I had a • bit
> of trouble with the new service right when it came alive, but this is
> certainly over now. However, the thread started here:
> http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=781 )
>
> Now a few facts about the two sets, I will try to get some scans online
> later today.
>
> Seems like the two sets have been shipped directly from Denmark, but I am
> not quite sure about that. They are US-versions though, since the piece
> count and set name are printed onto the boxes (which is unusual for the • EU).
> There is not much to say about the Spy Runner, since it's a small set and
> the prictures have shown all about it. The minifigure set however is very
> large (same box size as 8458 Silver Champion). The box is totally
> grey-shaded. Even the LEGO Logo is shown in black/white. Although this • might
> sound like the UCS set design, this one looks totally different. On the
> front you will find a large picture of our earth, surrounded by many • flying
> basic bricks. On the left is a rather small picture of the actualy • minifgure
> (all grey as well). The back of the box shows nothing at all, but a grey
> sky, the large LEGO logo and the words "just imagine" right under it. A
> strange but cool box. Oh, and some additional info for the set guide can • be
> found on it as well:
> - piece count: 1.849 pcs
> - ages: 12+
> Opening the box, you will find four smaller entirely white boxes, three
> stickers of the LEGO log and the building instruction booklet. It's a
> strange building instruction, since it is not 3D at all. You are looking
> right onto the the bricks from above them, so that you can only see the
> pieces that are being added each step (the previous steps are shown in • grey
> then). I will have to get used to this building instruction, but it
> shouldn't be a problem to get the set built. In the end there is a picture
> of the statue of liberty "3450 - available November 2000". Can't wait to
> start building now...
>
> I hope this set review is detailed enough, but of course I will be happy • to
> reply all additional questions.
> Oh, and for some reason S@H has not claimed any shipping costs, is that
> usual for a backordered set??
>
> Bye, Christian --- xTI@N.
> LUGNet Member #479
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> The World is full of AFOLs - gech1@t-online.de
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Hi all,
Brad is correct that the set is 99% basic bricks (depending on what you
consider basic). However, there are plenty of these 2x6's and 2x8's as well
as 2x10's. Most of these large bricks are blue or red, on the other hand
there are many smaller plates in green and yellow. Too bad I do not have any
blue tubs at all, so I can't compare the contents. However, I can easily
imagine that you can build a similar model for less money, but I wanted to
have *excactly* this S@H exclusive minifigure and not a MOC one (I tried
that a while back as well). Having build the set, it's really awesome and I
wouldn't have reached it that well without the set. If you want to build
excactly this model, you'd better buy the set. If you prefer having an own
similar version, go ahead and grab some tubs. Besides a few missing plates
and many 2x8's (that can easily be replaced by 2x4's) your minifigure will
look about the same, but it'll not be the same.
Note that the set also comes with a 16x32 green building plate as well as 3
stickers with the LEGO logo (and of course the building instruction).
I needed more than four hours to complete the set and it was a lot of fun. I
can't wait to see the next sets for this line (LEGO > Exclusives >
Sculptures ?). Well, I am sure that TLC already has its own plans about new
sets for this theme, but here are my top 5:
1) A large animal that you can find in the LEGOLand parcs. Something like a
dark grey elephant, a giraffe, a zebra, a dragon, rabbit or one of the
colourful dinos that can be found at many places...
2) More famous buildings, like the Big Ben, Schloss Neuschwanstein or
whatever will be most interesting...
3) What are your licenses for? :) Give us some scluptures for Star Wars, for
Disney or heck - give us a Harry Potter Sculpture. The possibilities are
endless...
4) Another minifgure but for a theme (an alien, a knight, a pirate...) or
maybe a Technic one...
5) What about famous characters? For their parcs, LEGO already made Albert
Einstein, Mr. Spock, Fred Flinstone, Luciano Pavarotti,...
You'll find many many more in the DK "Ultimate LEGO book", please give us
more of these!
BTW, what happened to the Mosaic Maker? There were rumors about something
that way as well, correct? Any infos?
Bye, Christian --- xTI@N.
LUGNet Member #479
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"Brad Hamilton" <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message
news:G2FF59.J8x@lugnet.com...
> I am curious about the piece makeup in the mini-figure.
>
> It seems very expensive given that it appears to be made up almost • entirely
> of basic bricks. From the picture in the S&H catalog, it seems like you
> could by about 5 $20 "blue tubs" and build the mini-fig (for only $100) • and
> have lots of bricks left over. My only possible guess is that it looks • like
> the minifig has a lot of 2x6's and 2x8's. These pieces tend to be fairly
> expensive, and the minifig appears to have a lot of them.
>
> Can you comment on general piece distributions based on your set? Are • there
> more special bricks than you would think? Do the basic bricks contain an
> unusual percentage of 2x6's or 2x8's?
>
> thanks
>
>
> Christian Gemuenden <GECH1@t-online.de> wrote in message
> news:G2Exrp.Erw@lugnet.com...
> > Howdy!
> >
> > What an incredible surprise! I recieved a large packet from LEGO Shop at
> > Home [Germany] this morning, inlcuding the new Minifigure 3723 and the • Spy
> > Runner 3439! I backordered these a while ago, but didn't expect them to
> > arrive that soon. Am I the very first AFOL to get his copy?? Cooool! Now • I
> > can be sure that the S@H team really cared about my complains. (I had a • bit
> > of trouble with the new service right when it came alive, but this is
> > certainly over now. However, the thread started here:
> > http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=781 )
> >
> > Now a few facts about the two sets, I will try to get some scans online
> > later today.
> >
> > Seems like the two sets have been shipped directly from Denmark, but I • am
> > not quite sure about that. They are US-versions though, since the piece
> > count and set name are printed onto the boxes (which is unusual for the • EU).
> > There is not much to say about the Spy Runner, since it's a small set • and
> > the prictures have shown all about it. The minifigure set however is • very
> > large (same box size as 8458 Silver Champion). The box is totally
> > grey-shaded. Even the LEGO Logo is shown in black/white. Although this • might
> > sound like the UCS set design, this one looks totally different. On the
> > front you will find a large picture of our earth, surrounded by many • flying
> > basic bricks. On the left is a rather small picture of the actualy • minifgure
> > (all grey as well). The back of the box shows nothing at all, but a grey
> > sky, the large LEGO logo and the words "just imagine" right under it. A
> > strange but cool box. Oh, and some additional info for the set guide can • be
> > found on it as well:
> > - piece count: 1.849 pcs
> > - ages: 12+
> > Opening the box, you will find four smaller entirely white boxes, three
> > stickers of the LEGO log and the building instruction booklet. It's a
> > strange building instruction, since it is not 3D at all. You are looking
> > right onto the the bricks from above them, so that you can only see the
> > pieces that are being added each step (the previous steps are shown in • grey
> > then). I will have to get used to this building instruction, but it
> > shouldn't be a problem to get the set built. In the end there is a • picture
> > of the statue of liberty "3450 - available November 2000". Can't wait to
> > start building now...
> >
> > I hope this set review is detailed enough, but of course I will be happy • to
> > reply all additional questions.
> > Oh, and for some reason S@H has not claimed any shipping costs, is that
> > usual for a backordered set??
> >
> > Bye, Christian --- xTI@N.
> > LUGNet Member #479
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > The World is full of AFOLs - gech1@t-online.de
>
>
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Just curious - is the fig hollow? and were there any extra pieces?
:)
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Dan Boger / dan@peeron.com / www.peeron.com / ICQ: 1130750
<set:5090_1>: Asian Family (LEGO/DUPLO/Supplemental), 11 pcs
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Hi Dan,
Yes, the fig is hollow, besides a few horizontal long pieces that make the
statue stronger. But most of the inside is all air. However, they use 2xX's
bricks and not 1xX's bricks (although they could in most places. After having
build the figure, there were a few additional pieces left (around 8) that can
be used to change the arm-attaching. You can either fix the arms or have them
movable but hanging down. I decided to simpyl put these few elements inside
the model :) . Of course there were two additional Technic connectors as well,
but they appear in any set that contains at least one.
Bye, Christian --- xTI@N.
LUGNet Member #479
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In lugnet.general, Dan Boger writes:
> Just curious - is the fig hollow? and were there any extra pieces?
>
> :)
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In lugnet.general, Christian Gemuenden writes:
> In lugnet.general, Dan Boger writes:
> > Just curious - is the fig hollow? and were there any extra pieces?
>
> Yes, the fig is hollow, besides a few horizontal long pieces that make the
> statue stronger. [...]
That reminds me -- anyone who hasn't seen photos of Eric Harshbarger's minifig
LEGO knight that he built for/at MindFest[tm] last year should check this out:
http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/knight.html
I saw this in person during its development and -- dang! -- if TLC would
release minifig sculptures of this caliber, I would truly be exicted!
--Todd
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> That reminds me -- anyone who hasn't seen photos of Eric Harshbarger's minifig
> LEGO knight that he built for/at MindFest[tm] last year should check this out:
>
> http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/knight.html
>
> I saw this in person during its development and -- dang! -- if TLC would
> release minifig sculptures of this caliber, I would truly be exicted!
>
> --Todd
Thanks for the compliments, Todd. I'd like to emphasize the point that
my Knight Mega-Fig was 16x scale, whereas I believe the LEGO Mega-Fig is
12x scale.
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"Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth around
here... I'm going to bed." - Jackie-O (Parker Posey, THE HOUSE OF YES)
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