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10181 Eiffle Tower
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Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:19:54 GMT
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Just finished building 10181. It is a great piece. However, it is rather
flimsy which seems to be a continuing problem with the large new sets. What
else I saw was a slight variation in the shade of the bricks. Even within the
same kind of brick I found variation. Many of the bricks had scratches,
probably from shipping, makes me wonder if the plastic is not a bit softer than
the older ones. And there was somewhat unfinished edges on some of the bricks. I
also noticed that bricks are made in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Austria and the
Czeck republic. I hope that the move to Flextronics does not mean a lessening
of quality control. I might also mention that there were extra bricks. For
$200 this is a good deal. The other sets that have sold for around this had
electronics in them so I am concluding that there is a fairly hefty price
increase. While this does have 3428 pieces, many are 1x1 and 1x2 plates and 1x1
bricks as well as a lot of other very small pieces. Despite my nit picking it
is an extrememly great set to display. I think that it might have looked better
in the old Dark Gray and I might go ahead and build it in that color.
John P
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 10181 Eiffle Tower
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| (...) John: Thanks for the great review. I had wondered if a lot of the pieces would be the small 1x1 variety. I'll definitely have to see this set in person before deciding whether to purchase it. I'm just not convinced that it will fit into my (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | Re: 10181 Eiffle Tower
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| (...) I've noticed the same thing with some pieces I recently got. I posted my thoughts on it here a few weeks ago: (URL) I am getting the impression that these new pieces don't stick together as strongly as the old ones did. Not entirely sure about (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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