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Re: Review of 3739: Blacksmith Shop
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Mon, 4 Feb 2002 04:39:12 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Mike Walsh writes:
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> Frank Filz wrote:
> > I made a couple boo-boos and wound up with a black 1x3 plate when I
> > needed a black 2x2 corner plate. This was quickly resolved from my parts
> > bin. Also, I'm not sure if I can't count or there's an error in the
> > chimney, I wound up with two extra grey 2x2 bricks, so I just added them
> > to the chimney.
> I also ended up with an extra 1x3 black plate and short a 2x2 corner plate.
> I went back through the instructions and couldn't find my mistake so I went
> and got one out of my parts bin as well. I like this model a lot and I am
> not a Castle fan at all. Awesome detail and great playability - my daughter
> likes it a lot.
I built this set between Superbowl commercials, and WOW, what a great set! I
tend to be a somewhat inept builder, and what bothers me about many sets is how
the instructions will have you put a plate here, a brick there, with no
apparent logic-- leaving me dazed and confused until I suddenly see what is
going on when it's practically done. But Blacksmith Shop goes together so
logically, it's a pleasure every step of the way. The instructions were clear
and had helpful boxes in the page corner indicating what pieces you would need
for each step. The only mistake I'm aware of making was putting the first
hinge on backward (yeah, I know, duh...!), but I caught it almost immediately.
Another thing I liked was that the pieces used are almost all common ones. No
SPUDs here! (The stairs are useful.) I was even glad the walls are built
entirely of bricks rather than those prebuilt castle walls featured in Guarded
Inn (although they work okay there, particularly for the corners). And it was
great to have all the necessary slopes available to build a roof-- I find that
one of the most frustrating things is trying to find the right slopes in the
right color when you try to build your own roofs. Also, since this and 10000
are the only sets I've built featuring traditional roofs with slopes, it was
reassuring to find that sloped roofs are by nature somewhat fragile, and it
isn't just my own clumsy roofs that are that way.
And, or course, it is a visually pleasing model, whether viewed close up or
from across the room. It features enough detail to make it interesting for the
AFOL without including gimmicks dreamed up solely to appeal to children as many
current sets do (the exploding bank set comes to mind).
Would I change anything? I would have chosen different minifigs, but that's
about it. All in all it's a super set and a great value for the price.
BTW I ended up with only two extra pieces-- trans orange and dark gray 1x1
round plates. And I think that was no mistake. :-)
Maggie C.
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| (...) Really? I had a spare flower stem, too. (...) Good set, yes. There are a few things about it, however, that I would have liked TLC to have done differently. . . The Windows: When Dan Siskind first designed it, I imagine that only red windows (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3C576FA9.23519F...ing.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I also ended up with an extra 1x3 black plate and short a 2x2 corner plate. I went back through the instructions (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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