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4101 and 4401 designer sets
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Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:55:57 GMT
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I have been looking forward to getting 4101 Wild Collection and 4401 Little
Creatures ever since I first saw them due to the fact they made impressive
looking models with a useful selection of basic bricks.
Today they arrived from S@H, and I have to say I am not disappointed. 4101
in particular looks like being loads of fun. The instruction book is A4, 84
pages long and contains '63 creations' most of which fall in the
'creepy-crawly' category. Instructions are given for 20 of the models, while
the rest are shown as photographs, most from multiple angles, to facilitate
replication. Every type of creature imaginable is pictured: bees, fish,
lizards, scorpions, frogs, snails, crabs, birds, spiders, butterflies,
praying mantis, snakes, dragonflies to name but a few!
For youngsters the attraction of this is obvious. My 8 year old daughter was
virtually splitting the bags before I could get them out of the box!
For AFOLs, the attraction will be the piece selection, which is impressive.
There is nothing juniorised or single-purpose in the box. There's a good
selection of plates, slopes, curved slopes, a few bricks, loads of click
hinges, plates and axle holders and some 2x2->1x4 plate hinges.
Here are some pictures to whet your appetite:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=36595
or
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/DesignerSets/sp3100411.jp
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http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/DesignerSets/sp3100412.jp
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http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/DesignerSets/sp3100413.jp
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http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/DesignerSets/sp3100414.jp
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http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/DesignerSets/sp3100415.jp
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http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/DesignerSets/sp3100418.jp
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If I get time, I'll do an inventory for peeron.
4401 is in many ways similar. The instruction book is A6, 44 pages with 17
creations: fish, birds and insects. Again there's no 'rubbish' in the box,
just a solid selection of useful parts in good colours, including plenty of
medium blue.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/DesignerSets/sp3100416.jp
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I believe these sets will be a hit with young and old. Kudos to LEGO for
producing some sets not reliant on minifigs or licences with tons of
imagination and inspiration.
I just wish I had ordered the mecha ones as well now...
Huw
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 | | Re: 4101 and 4401 designer sets
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| Thanks for posting that Huw - I'm fevourishly waiting for them to become available in the USA. In this picture (URL) it looks like the wedge plates in the top left hand corner are 4 studs long - is that the case? If so, I believe that this is a new (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: 4101 and 4401 designer sets
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| (...) I couldn't agree more. (...) You've said it all. I think the importance of sometimes not using minifigs and getting away from licensed themes cannot be overstated. This was and still is the core of the LEGO philosophy. Let's hope these things (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: 4101 and 4401 designer sets
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| (...) Ditto, but more like 4101 and the robots. The price point has convinced me to get 'em all though! <<snipp good text>> (...) *trying not to order them from S@H right away* I hope they come to a local store so I can support them locally but the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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