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7016 Viking Boat vs. Wyvern Dragon
112 elements, 2 figures, US$10, 2005
LEGO > SYSTEM > Vikings
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7016
(Castle) System / Viking
Viking Boat against the Wyvern Dragon
Le bateau des Vikings contre le dragon
Ages7-14, 112 Pcs. (C)2005. 22 page manual: 2 models, 42 steps. Building time
about 20 minutes.
Price Range: $10USD
RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent Very-Good Good Fair Poor)
Set: Good / Models: Good / Playability: Very-Good
DECALS? Yes. 1 Blue/White Quartered Pinwheel Viking Shield Sticker, 1
Red/Black Viking Shield Sticker, 1 Yellow/Black Pinwheel in Sixths Viking Shield
Sticker, 1 Yellow/Black Quartered with Runes.
SET DESCRIPTION
The Vikings are raiding England, and why not, they have some lovely coastal
towns! But watch out, there’s a wyvern guarding THIS cliff, and it doesn’t look
too happy to see you! The two Vikings are preparing to defend their small brown
and red boat, while the dark blue and yellow wyvern flies overhead.
SPECIAL ELEMENTS
This set might be a good source of a few specific parts, but otherwise isn’t a
giant parts find. Then again, it is only a $10 set. It’s the only source
currently for a Navy Blue Animal Tail end and Wyvern Head piece, and the only
current source for Red 1x3x2 Curved Top Arches. For non-brickish parts, it has
a string, two flexible ‘Double Technic Axle Joiners” and a sheet with two Wyvern
Dragon Wings (ala Ewok Glider wings).
IMPRESSION
I bought, built, and reviewed this set already knowing it would be my least
favorite of the Viking line. Because of this, I’ll start with the standard
gripes and not dwell on them. The helmets don’t stay on well, the KK2 sword is
pretty poor (and beyond the design, the one in my set looked poorly made), the
mast is the technicy half-finished looking type, and like some other wind-driven
ships, this one is lacking its sail.
The Boat
The boat is fairly average. Design-wise, the butting of two rowboats together
is interesting, but not interesting enough to make the set. The joint between
the two rowboats isn’t very aesthetically pleasing (the gap is obvious, and the
dkgrey 4x6 plate doesn’t even attempt to hide by being red-brown), and is even a
little silly in places (why are there gems hidden in there?)
The Wyvern
The Wyvern was a tad disappointing, especially after having built Nidhogg (a
more expensive set) and Fenris (a less expensive one). It lacks much
articulation, and doesn’t gain a good sculpt in trade off. You could say it
technically has 8 points of articulation, but 4 of those are for its silly
looking feet, and one for its swivel-tail. The head only moves side to side,
with no neck articulation, and the wings articulation comes from being in the
rubber Technic Axle Joiners (which means no actual posing). The wings are the
same thin transparent plastic as the Ewok Glider wings, and after only a few
days of sitting around, the wings each have different curvatures to them, making
my poor wyvern look even sillier.
The Box
I just had to give this its own section, to help make this a thoroughly negative
write-up. The box itself has a problem I haven’t seen before (but then again, I
haven’t really looked at this part of too many sets). The alternate names for
other languages are printed incorrectly, both showing the alternate names for
the Viking Warrior Challenges the Fenris Wolf.
Likes/Dislikes
Like: Lots of little parts (15 horn pieces, the most bang for your buck yet)
Like: Good Navy builder
Dislike: All my generic dislikes (no sail, ugly mast, etc)
Dislike: Wyvern design
CONCLUSION
Overall, this set seems like an afterthought to fill the $10 price point and
fill out the Viking line, and possibly to use up some parts they had a large
stock of (though it’s unique elements help throw doubt on that theory). It’s a
great set to get a bunch of little parts, but lots of those can be found
elsewhere. I don’t regret buying the set, the picture on the front does a good
job of telling you what you are getting (though it does hide the poor joining of
the two rowboats very well). Would I recommend someone else buy this set? I
would steer them towards either the Fenris Wolf or Ballista and Nidhogg Dragon
sets before recommending this one.
REVIEWER INFORMATION
Review Written: month day, year
By: Brett Kingery (plucky)
Age 30 Favorite Lines/Themes: Castle, Star Wars
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COPYRIGHT
This review is Copyright 2006, by the author as named above. The
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with the following exceptions: all information in the document must
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