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Mark P wrote:
> I picked up the 'Dragon Tower' Duplo Castle set (4776) today at LLCA
> and it is a very nice set. I was worried that I would not like them,
> that they would be "to MBish". While they do have a hint of "MBish"
> to it - it is still a very cool set and the kids loved it.
>
> The Dragon was a big hit! My kids had much fun flying him around and
> smahing him into the various Duplo buildings they built up. The
> drawbridge was easy for them to work - same with the trap doors in
> the floors. I think the walls could be more Lego-like, but understand
> it is needed to be more sturdy and hold up to the rough kid play.
>
> Here is the 'problem'. The picture of the set very clearly shows the
> shields have a design on them (either via sticker or direct
> printing). This can be seen in the set picture on S@H
> <http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=4776 here> and the box art shows
> the same both in the set picture and the parts included picture on
> the top of the box. My set had no design printed on the shields and
> no stickers at all in the box. The other decorated elements (2 1x2x2
> bricks) are both printed with the design and are as shown in the set
> art.
>
> Does anybody else have this set and can confirm the status of these
> shields either way? And Lego - you may want to look into this as it
> appears to be some sort of error.
>
> oh ya - almost forgot. I really do not like the new design for the
> Duplo minifigs. I do not know why they were changed, but they all
> look like they have been riding a horse for too long and somebody
> stretched out their arms in some twisted torture ritual.
>
> Mark P¬
> <http://www.promobricks.com>
I brought that set at legoland Windsor and mine had plain black shields too.
What a series tho. The castle is fantastic. If only the new minifig scale
one was 1/2 as cool.
Lego should place the Duplo Castle set designers on work for KK3 (if there
ever was such a line)
That would be great
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