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Re: Mega Bloks Overview and review of Legends Viking Ship and Creature Seakers Naval Command
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999 04:44:28 GMT
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Janet Zorn wrote in message ...
> Nice review.
>
> It is interesting that these are 2 of only 3 MB sets I have.
What's the 3rd set?
Not that I plan to buy anymore Mega Blocks. I think I am mostly a Lego
purist and other than the weak moment at picking up the MB bucket, the two
sets I got I got because they had major pieces that really interested me, at
this point, I could about leave the basic bricks behind, and probably many
of the minor unique pieces.
I must admit that I did some thinking about some of the other sets. The
large ocatgonal "hull" piece looks mildly interesting, but I wonder how
well it really works. The race track set is a neat idea, but I never played
much with those type of race track sets as a kid (though I supose if they
had been compatible with Lego, I might have played more, but then as a kid,
about the most specialized Lego piece I ever was exposed to was the old blue
train rails), so what would I really gain.
I have looked at a few other sets recently, it looks like they really do
make heavy use of the small set of special pieces they have.
> <heresy about to be spoken on Lugnet>
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> Maybe TLG could learn from MB about what kinds of sets they could make
> more of.
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> :
> :LEGENDS VIKING SHIP (SET 9604 - 370 pcs)
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> The figure accessories are great with this set. Nice broad swords, and
> armor that I use as flack jackets.
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> :CREATURE SEAKERS NAVAL COMMAND (SET 9101 - 575 pcs)
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> The pieces which are supposed to be large windows on the
> :cabin were made of an opaque blue - yucko!
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> Richard Schamus once posted somewhere that MB will send you
> transparent replacements if you ask them.
I supose it would be worth doing so, though I doubt I would make too much
use of them (though if I could figure out a way to get 20 or 30 or so, it
would be an interesting alternate window).
> I haven't opened this set yet. Waiting for a good time.
It might be a fun beach set (after all, how much would you care if you lost
a few pieces...), I do have dreams of a robotic boat (and nightmares of
trying to make a RCX come to life again after a swim...)
Frank Filz
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