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Re: Quick review of the Belville Yacht
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lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville
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Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:22:23 GMT
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In lugnet.belville, Shiri wrote:
> 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...
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.
> 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.
I loved all the *white* pieces! Extreme slopes, huge tiles (with studs along
the edges). Great stuff.
> Basically it's a nice set, but the building was really simple, TLC has indeed
> dumbed these sets down.
I had the opposite reaction. I felt the yacht had more 'building experience'
than the typical Belville set.
> 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).
I don't think it's a question of underestimating ability, but of trying to
correct gauge *interest*.
Steve
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| (...) Don't get me wrong, I think so too! I just didn't find this the *best* thing in the set, is all. (...) Yeah, those are good too. On reflection, I can use them for my (planned) Castle's throne room... Hmmm... (...) Well, this is the first BV (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville)
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| Set #: 5848 Price paid: $44.00 (1) My sister finally opened her birthday present, after a month of hiding it in the closet and ten more days when she "couldn't find time". (Being a 10-year- old, she's *very* busy ;-) We built it together (I let her (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville)
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