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Re: Is 6097 Night Lords Castle worth it
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 23:47:23 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Thompson writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jason Fabisch writes:
> > Thanks guys. I made my decision to hold off for now and wait for some big
> > sales of some other older sets. Maybe I will get 2 Witches Windships for the
> > dragons. Its a 2 for the price of one, sale at only 4 bucks each. Cool.
> In my mind, you couldn't go wrong buying it, if you like the way
> it looks, as long as it doesn't mean you're passing up some
> other fantabulous set to spend that money.
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> You'd always be able to recoup your prices and sell it for what
> you paid for, if not more.
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> I'd get it for the simple reason that it's not a half-bad set, a decent
> design effort on the part of TLG, comes apart and can be put back
> together in an interesting fashion, has interesting minifigs, a
> really nifty building interior, and because it's an out-of-production
> set at a good price, meaning you could turn around and sell it if
> you build it and it doesn't please you. Heck, I'd buy it from you
> at cost if you don't like it ....
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> The recommendations to go by the large egyptian adventurer set
> may be apt, since that set is on clearance at many Toys R Us stores
> for just $10 more than the price you've found. But I'd get the fright
> knight set. It's older, more likely to become hard to find, and you
> may regret missing the opportunity.
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> Now, if you'd said "I dunno, it doesn't look that neat ... " I'd say
> skip it, but it called out to you. I think the set is a better
> buy (particularly at that price) than others have been willing to
> admit. It's got it's share of "wow, cool" play factors built
> into it - a trap with a cauldron (fill it with 1x1 transparent
> rounds - death by jewels!) that can be dumped on people coming
> to see the bat lord, a cool balcony where the bat lord can look
> regal holding reign over his dominion, a cool altar / spell-casting
> area for the witch, and a cool telescope up at the top of the tower.
I definitely agree. I just bought the castle at the same price at KB in the
Natick Mall, and I like it a lot.
I mean, I wouldn't say it's the coolest set I've ever seen, but it does
have all those cool stuff Jeff mentioned. And if you'd ever change your mind
about pieces, you'd regret missing out on those.
But of course, it's your choice.
:-) Shiri
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| (...) Shoot. I'm sad to hear you make this decision, since you said this key phrase in your other response: "It looks really neat ...." In my mind, you couldn't go wrong buying it, if you like the way it looks, as long as it doesn't mean you're (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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