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Re: My feelings on the Mickey Mouse sets
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Mon, 10 Jul 2000 04:23:28 GMT
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I just received three of the sets (I didn't order 4164, it didn't look to • have enough parts I am really interested in, though I'll
> probably have to get one for completeness... I am waiting for 4178 • Mickey's Fishing Adventure ($24.99) which was not yet available.
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> General overview:
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> As has been mentioned before, many Fabuland parts have been revived, • though other junior pieces have snuck in. It looks to me like
> the figures are in the style of Fabuland, but perhaps are a little • updated. One thing I just noted, the figures have stud holes in
> their posteriors, but the Fabuland chairs have studs where the legs fit, • so Mickey and Minnie can't sit in the chairs too well. It's
> nice that there are 3 versions of Mickey. Unfortunately, there is only one • version of Minnie.
>
Fabuland figures vary in height. Most are about 2" high. The tallest I
have is the fisherman Elephant. He is just under 2 1/4".
Mickey is slightly over 2 1/4" and Minnie is 2 1/2" tall , due to her bow.
One must tilt Minnie to get her through an open door. Mickey is okay
through the door.
The fingertips fall around mid leg. I am not familiar enough with Mickey to
know if this is "normal" for him. It looks a little akward to me. His and
Minnie's hands are much larger than larger than a Fabuland figure's hands.
The hands can be rotated at the wrist, a nice addition. However, because of
arms rotating at an angle and the large hands, postioning the camera, the
tuba and the accordian in both hands is a trickey operation.
Because of their increased height and arm/hand style, they do not fit a
Fabuland scooter.
Frank is quite right about Minnie and Mickey not sitting well in the chairs.
They aren't very stable in the car seat box either. As Frank suggests,
this is in part due to the placement of the stud holes in their bottoms with
none in their legs and I beleive because the figures have rounded derrieres.
They tend to tilt and rock.
Both Minnie and Mickey stand on a baseplate nicely, very stable. I was
worried about this. In set pictures, I don't recall seeing them standing on
a brick or plate. I am glad to be wrong here. The feet/shoes are great.
Pluto has no articulation. He is basicly one piece with a soft rubber tail.
While I will always prefer a more generic less defined figure, like the
Fabuland ones, Minnie and Mickey are nice. I hope Lego/Disney will include
different chararcters in future sets and not just keep repeating Minnie,
Mickey and Pluto.
> What I like about the sets so far:
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> I like the picket fence. I'm disappointed that it's most often yellow. • 4166 Mickey's Car Garage has one in white. It looks like 4178
> has at least one in white. 4165 Minnie's Birthday has one in yellow. 4167 • Mickey's Mansion has 6 in yellow.
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> I like the trellis piece in red (note that this is a Fabuland piece, not a • new Belville piece as some may have assumed).
> Unfortunately, only 4165 and 4178 have it in red, and 4165 only has one. • 4178 has at least 1 in red, and 2 in white.
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> Lampposts in two styles. 4166 has a light grey one with built in lamp • which hangs out. 4167 has two of the plain posts in white.
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> I kind of like the Fabuland roof parts. 4165 has 2 w/yellow brick and red • roof, 4167 has 6 with blue brick and green roof, 4165 has
> 2 with red brick and green roof. 4178 has at least two with red brick and • green roof. I am disappointed that there are so many
> colors of the structure parts, but I suppose as more sets come out in • revived Fabuland (who knows what all they will come out with),
> it will be good to have multiple colors.
>
> It's nice to get more of the three-lobed pieces (back mostly in their • original use as car radiators). Unfortunately, most of the
> time, they have a car radiator printed on them. Available in blue and red • with radiator printing. 4165 has one in white w/o printing
> (there's a sticker for it).
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> Accessories from the sets:
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> 4165: Yellow french horn (more like a tuba for minifigs - it's basically
as tall as a minifig)
Tuba from Fabuland 3631 in 1985 and 3711 in 1984.
> , blue accordion,
Accordian from Fabuland 3712 in1984?
> red teapot,
Same shape in silver , Scala 3108 in 1998. Currently in Belville Fairy Tale
in silver.
> cake (is this a Fabuland item originally or Scala?),
Probably Scala. I know it's in the accessory pack 3108 from 1998. I tried
to get it from S@H a while back. It is not available. :-(
blue peasant basket (though I've got plenty in blue). Stickers may be
useful.
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> 4166: Blue oilcan (huge!), light grey pipe wrench (huge!), black hatchet
(huge - this is going to be a nice castle weapon...).
all of Fabuland origin
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> 4167: White bird cage w/yellow bird, light grey camera (huge!), light grey • pipe wrench, red teapot, blue basket, yellow saw (huge -
> but will be good for loggers), butterscotch broom (like witch's broom - • same color as Kadus), brown rake (huge), yellow watering can
> (huge), blue 3x4 box.
All from Fabuland except the red teapot and blue basket.
> Printed parts and stickers:
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> 4165: Sticker sheet with some possibly useful stickers (berries, • butterfly, ice-cream, pie/cake slice, money, cash register, fish,
> music, boombox (for 1x4 brick), flower decoration, bow and ribbon for • present), 2 white 2x2 bricks w/envelope printed on one side,
> mailbox door (for 4x4x2 mailbox with curved top which matches the curve on • all the curved top bricks), cake.
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> 4166: blue three lobed piece w/radiator, red w/same, yellow 2x4x2 rounded • top brick w/fuel gauge (or scale) printed on side, blue
> 2x4x2 rounded top brick w/tools printed on side.
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> 4167: yellow 2x4x2 rounded top brick w/dog bone and dish on side, green • 2x8x4 rounded piece w/apples printed on side (3+ freestyle
> tree top), red three-lobed piece w/radiator, mailbox cover).
>
> What's not so nice:
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> Lots of junior bricks (2x2x3 and 2x4x3) and not many parts for your money.
>
> Thoughts on 4178 from what I can see in the picture:
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> 3! black or brown ships wheel's
First found in Fabuland ? In red in the following 3 sets: 3663, 3633 and
3673(1985). When did it show up in pirates in brown?
, white picket fence(s), red trellis, white 8x8 basebrick.
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> Frank
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