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Re: Best SW set for Castle purposes?
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:01:42 GMT
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Are those pieces in the MTT parts picture that look like shades of blue really
tan rather than light gray? Are there any light gray pieces in there?
Using Jeff's original definition of "best" (best price for the most useful
parts--cheapskate that I am, I like this definition), I still like the 7151,
but only because I got some super-cheap when my Wal-mart went nuts and slashed
the prices on most of their Star Wars sets. As others have noted, this set
has enough light gray plates to qualify as a service pack. 90% light gray,
dark gray, and black pieces. Also a Darth Maul, plenty of slopes, and tiles,
tiles, tiles... And no silly transparent green pieces to chuck into the trade
box. Not bad on clearance, but no thanks at full price.
In lugnet.castle, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> Jeff Johnston wrote:
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> > A lot of people use the SW sets to augment their Castle stuff - and I, of
> > course, do the same. I was curious what people thought the *best* SW set • was,
> > not as a SW set, but as a purchase for your Castle stuff. "Best" could be
> > defined however you want it to be - personally, I think of it as 'best price
> > for the most useful parts'.
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> > With that in mind, I'll present my vote:
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> > 7104 Desert Skiff
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> [mondo-snippage]
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> Hmmm...compelling. But I think the jury's still "out" for my purposes, • because I
> just got a 7184 MTT, and it's got a lot of very Castle-useable pieces, IMHO. • Lots
> of dark grey and **brown** large plates (4x12s of the latter), steep-slope • 2x2x3
> corners and sides, and four Ninja-type shutters in brown. There's also a
> sliding-mechanism (for the droid rack), and all of this is before mentioning • the
> wealth of dark grey, tan, and (especially) brown bricks. (I think there are 6
> 1x10s). It doesn't seem that remarkable in terms of piece types, but • considering
> the colours I'd say it regains the title. For $50 (retail) it's not a bad • deal,
> either--and you can probably make $10 back auctioning off those silly Battle
> Droids. ;)
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> But then again, it's on a very different order than 7104.
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> best
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> Lindsay
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| (...) [mondo-snippage] Hmmm...compelling. But I think the jury's still "out" for my purposes, because I just got a 7184 MTT, and it's got a lot of very Castle-useable pieces, IMHO. Lots of dark grey and **brown** large plates (4x12s of the latter), (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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