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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> I went by Zany Brainy (in Raleigh NC) tonight to use my $5 off a $20
> purchase coupon.
ZB didn't send me a coupon this time. Maybe it's lost in the mail. When
does it expire?
> Wondering what I would buy, I found two Creator sets,
> 4175 Adventures With Max and Tina, $19.99, 220 pcs, 2 Creator figs; and
> 4176 The Race of the Year, $24.99, 325 pcs, 3 Creator figs.
No sign of 4172? or any of the smaller sets?
>
> These sets look to be the replacement for Freestyle/Basic. They have the
> complete parts list on the side.
>
> The Creator figures are just under 6 bricks tall, which makes them
> taller than Fabuland figures.
So this makes them Mickey Mouse size? If this is the case then the
freestyle door unit is the wrong size for the Creator figure- too short. A
Fabuland door unit would have been a more apppropriate choice.
> They look decent, and could make good
> giants for minifig creations. One bad thing is that the hands do not
> rotate.
Fabuland figures don't have rotating hands either, so I can live with this.
> The heads are not on the ball joint of almost every other large
> scale LEGO figure, so they only rotate.
:-(
> The heads are mildly sculpted,
> but are still LEGO flesh yellow (i.e. plain ole yellow). The torso
> printing is nicely detailed, and printed front and back.
Are any other figures/minfigs printed front and back? I have been thinking
about the really out of this world stickers that Kyle Peterson (f/ Castle)
has been designing and wondering if front and back would be appropriate for
some of them. I couldn't recall any minifig that had print front and back.
Thought it might be considered taboo.
> The figures do
> not come apart at all (I haven't pulled real hard on anything yet, but a
> good tug won't loosen anything). I suspect these figures will go over
> well with younger kids.
and maybe with some big kids too :-)
>
> Cool parts in 4176:
>
> 2 antifreeze 2x2 round bricks
Printed?
<snip>
> 1 red 2x4x3 3+ window w/white insert
> 1 red 2x6x6 3+ door w/white insert
too short???
> 12 large hub tires
> 4 each large hubs in white, yellow, and grey
> a bunch of red bricks and slopes
> various other bits which I don't feel like typing in
>
> This set builds three race cars and a small building, or you can browse
> the idea book for more ideas.
>
> Cool Parts in 4175
<snip>
> 2 brown paddles
Are these the same size as used by a Belville figure or the size used by a
minifig?
> 1 monkey
> bunches more stuff I don't feel like typing in.
>
> This set builds a couple small cars, a canoe, a bunch of animals, and a
> small house, or you can browse the idea book for more ideas.
>
> The idea books in these sets are nice.
How many pages do they have? What is the size of the page? Pictures only
or pictures and text?
> They show a wide variety of
> things, everything from vehicles, to buildings, to animals, to robots,
> to a sleigh and reindeer, to a cellphone in charging cradle.
sounds interesting
> The sets
> have a few juniorized pieces 4x10 bricks w/axle pegs, new style
> helicopter skids, and few other bits, but that is no more than Freestyle
> has had for many years. A decent collection of parts is provided,
> including some formerly rare colors.
such as....
> The sets are also thankfully under
> 10 cents a piece (though they are somewhat more expensive than the
> Freestyle sets used to be).
>
> Based on these two sets, I'm looking forward to the rest. I'm curious
> how many transparent bricks 4119 will have and in what colors. I notice
> that 4174 isn't listed, but the UK catalog I have shows what would
> appear to be a cafe set with parts which don't look like they're in any
> of the other sets, so I'm suspicious that 4174 is a cafe set, in which
> case it looks like a cool set. The UK catalog also has a picture of a
> car with teal parts.
>
> Frank
Thanks for the report. [hmmm or is it a very elaborate prank ;-) ...ZB
always sends me coupons....]
sheree
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