Subject:
|
Re: Green Ninjas! and the Red Warlord!
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews
|
Date:
|
Fri, 7 Jul 2000 01:54:36 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
2076 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.castle, John Robert Blaze Kanehl writes:
> In lugnet.castle, James Howse writes:
> > Cruising around .lugnet and I find someone thoughtfully posted pictures of
> > some new minifig sets which include green ninjas and red samuri
> > The message is
> > http://www.lugnet.com/general/?n=18614 and the pictures...
> > http://www.Geocities.com/JonDHayward/LegoMinifigPacks.html
>
> >
> > Play well.
> >
> > James (who's just finished a fire ninja temple.)
> >
> > P.S. if any kind soul wants to send some of these down-under...
>
> I just got my Ninjas Tuesday afternoon along w/ a couple of 3053s...I git my
> order in under 30 hours from ordering woohoo!
>
> 3346 Ninja #3 20 pieces...
>
> First impressions...very cool!
>
> I had planeed on introducing some MOC green ninjas in my webpage story
> except mine were converted orestmen torsos w/ black hoods..I think theses
> new ones will fill the role better.
>
> As discussed elsewhere...the 2 green Ninjas have slightly different torso
> graphics...One is the same as the red Ninja torso...the other mimics the
> white Ninja Princess from 3053
>
> Another female character:
>
> For those of you who collect and appreciate Lego female figs...one of the
> heads is the Ninja Princess face print (same as 3053 except the new head is
> not as "blurry as a couple I own) Te male Ninja head is the same as all the
> gray and red Ninjas
>
> The third fig in the pack is the emperor from the 3053...described as a
> Samuari Lord on the accompanying card except he doesn't have the removable
> armor piece...
> The GOOD : this fantastic torso design finally sees the light of day. The
> BAD: the inclusion of this armor piece would be handy ( I have dozens, I
> love this armor piece... but many people don't collect them the way I do)
>
> My Rating: 9 out of 10 (New color interjected into an old theme, but missing
> an armor piece I like)
>
> 3345 Ninja #2...19 pieces
>
> Red Samurai and a black Ninja...
> First impressions: again Very cool!
>
> The Black Ninja is standard...nothing different from the many included in
> other sets...
>
> This pack features 2 red Samurai w/ black katanas and Dark gray clip helmets
> (no gold/silver horns for the clips though) One figure has black Legs, the
> other darg Gray. There ae 2 distinct torso graphics....one is the standard
> samurai plate graphic...the other, however, is the perforated torso graphic
> previously only available in blue in the Ninja flagship set 6093 FNF...I
> really like this among my Blue Samurai, but it looks even better in red.
>
> A noteworthy point...
>
> The head of the "elder" Samurai is the same as the face that is hidden by
> a merlin beard in the 3053 Ninja Fire Fortress...again this is a great face
> covered up in a previous incarnation. The advantage is that you don't have
> to pay $30 to get this wise and stern warrior/wizard face.
>
> Red samurai figure prominentl in my army, so I really apreciate having a
> little variation...
>
> The Boss robber fig / the green vest is an ok grapic but more than a couple
> and they are annoying; I cover them w/ armor or use them as galley
> slaves...Thankfully this fig is not in the pack.
>
> Rating: 7 out of 10 (basically I would have preferred a new fig design
> substituted for the black ninja)
>
> I have not received the 3rd in the Ninja theme heroes series...apparently it
> ships after July 4th.
>
> I am looking forward to this one...basically for the Black Samurai armor...
>
> FINAL COMMENTS:
>
> THE BAD:
> The price per piece ratio is not great.
> Their are only 3 figs per pack (and 1 in the 3rd)
> NOT avaiable through retail...no discount on price
>
> THE GOOD:
> NEW COLORS for existing figs
> An inexpensive way of obtaining cetain heads and torsos only available in
> Kabaya sets or limited release polybag promos
> NEW LIFE breathed into a discontinued theme
> Additional minifig packs besides the standard 5 pack
>
> THE POTENTIALLY UGLY...
> THE CARDS: Mountain graphic on one side small bio on the other...these
> are kinda useless to me...they don't shed much light on the allegiances of
> these new characters (I guess that'll be up to me) These cards also seem to
> be the same size as Pokemon cards...although I confess little knowledge of
> that genre
>
> THE STANDS: these have Ninja etched onto one side on the top and have a
> 2x2 space of studs for mounting (white 2x2 plates are included to attach all
> the stands together) These may or may not be useless..I haven't tried to
> put them on a base plate...if not for the raised groove that holds the
> card...I may have been able to use these as marble floor tiles..I may try
> this later though.
>
> Minfig Packs getting smaller...I hope these are more promotional and
> doesn't mean that future fig packs will be even smaller...heck I was mad
> when they dropped from 6 to 5 and then to 4 in some cases.
>
> The collectable presentation...I hope Lego doesn't start moving towards
> making collectable things like mattel does w/ Barbie or some such...
>
> Overall I am Very Happy with my purchase...but some things here lean towards
> an action figure based market that may nt bode well for future Lego Set
> designs...time will tell.
>
>
Got the warlord today....woohoo! (ok 6 or six of them)
I'll focus on the fig for the sake of brevity...
HEAD....same as the Black ninjas. I have 100+ of these but they do deserve
to see the light of day. This head adds a little variety to my standard
helmet legions. Disappointing that they didn't come up with a new head iage
though...from a distance it looks a little too much like the witch = (
TORSO....very cool...basically a red variant of the torso design of the
shogun. I am excited about this because it fits into my plans and I figured
they were going to have the standard red oss w/ green vest design.
ARMOR...Black variant of the dark gray Samurai/shogun armor. I like this
piece in black. It's not available in any retail set/pack, which is
unfortunate. Nw that the Ninja theme is discontinued, it's unlikely it will
reappear quickly(unless in new Castle or Future SW). I hope that someday
there will be an opportunity to get these in bulk. It's too expensive at
the mini-heroes price.
ACCESSORIES...disappointing...a brown pirate pistol, white islander
horns...not even a Sword. I think TLG could have thrown in a couple of figs
or a katana.
OVERALL RATING: 6 out of 10 (great torso and armor color
change...otherwise nothing special)
I foster a hope that TLG will someday return to this theme or come out w/
some retail polybags w/ new/varied parts and colors.(that I can get on
discount through retailers)
John
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Green Ninjas! and the Red Warlord!
|
| (...) I just got my Ninjas Tuesday afternoon along w/ a couple of 3053s...I git my order in under 30 hours from ordering woohoo! 3346 Ninja #3 20 pieces... First impressions...very cool! I had planeed on introducing some MOC green ninjas in my (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
10 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
