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I'm in Metro NYC - got mine today.
Quite impressed after a the once over. The box is color printed - unlike
the Guarded Inn reissue. Congrats again to David Siskind.
I feel compelled to comment on this set in the context of TLC in general. I
just finished accumulating supplies for an Elementary School lunchtime "Lego
Building" course. I teach one section and have helped with another at a
different school. This set is a great value - 622 parts by the box count -
on top of being a great design. Unfortunately, it is not available at
retail and is not typical of current releases.
Coming up with a good general selection of parts for this course was not
easy. I was lucky enough to "stock up" on blue tubs before they totally
disappeared from shelves - I ended up selling a few at cost to the other
school as they couldn't find any at a reasonable price. These provide the
"core" supplies for my building course. No other sets or tubs provide
anything near the same value. Even FINDING creator tubs was problematic. I
finally found a few at Zainy Brainy. I was lucky enough to score a few Star
Wars tubs in K-Mart on clearance. I ended up ordering wheel sets from SAH
and raiding my own stashes for additional variety.
I find it interesting that all the reissue sets - pirates and such have
disappeared from the shelves at TRU while the Star Wars stuff just sits. It
seems that - following the initial rush - the Harry Potter stuff has slowed
down as well. The big Star Wars sets are getting marked down but most sets
are horribly abused - check for completeness before you buy. Frankly, it
the time I'm around the Lego sets at TRU, I can't help but notice that
MegaBlock interest and traffic has increased substantially. Their sets are
getting far more imaginative and the provide a better overall value in most
peoples minds.
TLC seems to be getting farther and farther away from basics - to their own
detriment. I don't see tons of special parts in MegaBlock sets. Menawhile,
I'm having trouble finding basic Technic beams in ANY of the newer Technic
stuff. I'm getting the feeling that Technic is emulating K'nex with the rod
and endpiece routine. They're OK parts but where are the LEGO pieces???
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| John, I couldn't agree with you more. The sets have been decreasing in basic parts and creativity for quite a while now. Many of the sets are so specialized you can't build anything even remotely different with them. 10-15 years ago it was easy to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Just felt like saying I got my Blacksmith shop today.
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| Yes I did get And just built it. Looks great Dan. It is awsome. I don't know if any you got it today but newjersey coneticut and new york should have. East coast and people who asked for 2 day deliver get it first then centrel america then west (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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