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Re: Quick review of the Belville Yacht
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lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville
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Wed, 19 Jan 2000 03:53:00 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.belville, Shiri wrote:
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> > We built it together (I let her do the most, after all it WAS her present :-)
> > and then took it for an experamental sail in the bathtub. My sister thought
> > the best thing about it was that it could really float. I thought
> > differently...
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> I think the fact that it's a Belville set with *function* is very cool. Most
> Belville sets are very simple backdrops for pretend-play. The closest we get
> to
> Belville which does something is a swing or a slide. So having a floating
> boat
> is very nice.
Don't get me wrong, I think so too! I just didn't find this the *best* thing
in the set, is all.
> > The piece selection was nice - some dk pink pieces and slopes, two ice-cream
> > cones and a popsicle, crab, starfish, clam, dog, red brush, compass, steering
> > wheel, and s'more stuff.
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> I loved all the *white* pieces! Extreme slopes, huge tiles (with studs along
> the edges). Great stuff.
Yeah, those are good too. On reflection, I can use them for my (planned)
Castle's throne room... Hmmm...
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> > Basically it's a nice set, but the building was really simple, TLC has indeed
> > dumbed these sets down.
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> I had the opposite reaction. I felt the yacht had more 'building experience'
> than the typical Belville set.
Well, this is the first BV set I've had in my hands, so I can't compare. I'm
talking not compared to other BV sets but to Lego. Although I don't have
better words for City Center <gag>...
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> > My sister didn't show signs of disapproval, but I've
> > seen here at work - she can do better than that. (She built a large section
> > of
> > my Bat lord castle alone, for example.) TLC underestimates their crowd, even
> > if you're not talking about us the "too old for lego" (please forgive
> > sarcasm).
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> I don't think it's a question of underestimating ability, but of trying to
> correct gauge *interest*.
Yeah, but still. They can raise interest but still give the girls (and boys
and Adults) some challange.
-Shiri
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| (...) I think the fact that it's a Belville set with *function* is very cool. Most Belville sets are very simple backdrops for pretend-play. The closest we get to Belville which does something is a swing or a slide. So having a floating boat is very (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville)
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