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Re: HP Set reviews....
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Sat, 29 Sep 2001 02:23:16 GMT
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Here is my only guess as to why the treasure flings out: in the books, the
luggage magically transports itself onto the platform and into the castle.
The only way I see it, the spring is the "magic" that ejects the luggage all
the way into the castle. But who knows. It probably is just something lego
wanted to do to give the train some sort of extra feature.
KEith
> From: "Katie Dokken" <krdokken@usinternet.com>
> Reply-To: lugnet.harrypotter@lugnet.com
> To: lugnet.harrypotter@lugnet.com
> Subject: HP Set reviews....
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:29:39 GMT
>
> Whoo Hooo!! My Lugnet account is fixed so I can post again! Three days ago
> I
> picked up four of the sets from Walmart. I got Hogwarts Express #4708,
> Hagrid's Hut #4707, Snape's Class #4705, and Diagon Alley Shops #4723.
> They
> didn't have the castle either and I really want that set!
>
> My feelings:
>
> Hogwarts Express. Nice. However the wheels and trucks have to go, as we
> all
> know. Adding real wheels and an engine block to this set really adds to
> the
> price. Curious as to why no doors in the passenger cars (or real seats)
> and
> why on earth many of the little plates inside the steam chamber on the
> engine
> are all different weird colors. And what's with making the steam engine
> tank
> so that there is a hinge all along one side and the whole thing swings open
> is
> kinda weird. But they show in the directions that you hide stuff in there
> like
> the treasure chest. Why would you want to hide a treasure chest inside a
> train
> engine is of course beyond me. Also there is this weird spring (I forget
> part
> name now probably technic) that is supposed to eject the treasure chest or
> something if you press on it. I tried it several times and it didn't work.
> Why again you'd want to eject a treasure chest hidden in a train engine,
> via a
> spring, is again beyond me! And I did read all the books! :-)
>
> And making the passenger car have a opening halfway down the walls is
> weird.
> Instead of just taking off the roof to get at the minifigs inside, almost
> the
> whole car lifts up. I do like the Hogwarts station platform. Thats a great
> design and good parts. I did have two missing parts in my Hogwarts set.
> Right from the front and center of the engine too..... :-(
>
> Hagrids Hut. Biggest disappointment to me. Some nice pieces in the set,
> will
> be great for parts. But who on earth came up with that roof??? I spent
> who
> knows how much time dinking around with that roof trying to get it to go on
> the
> way it is supposed to. And held together with a rubber band??? Please!
> Who
> thought that up? Of course it was midnight so maybe that had something to
> do
> with all my troubles puttting the roof together ;-) Still, its my opinion
> that
> the roof is a major mistake. Especially the rubber band thingie. It was
> nice
> that they included three replacement rubber bands but I still see it as a
> design mistake. I'm glad to see that I wasn't the only one having trouble
> putting that roof together.
>
> The other two sets are neat as well. Great parts in awesome colors. BUT
> whats
> up with Snape's Head? I exposed it to bright light, and YES mine did glow
> in
> the dark afterwards. Why on earth did they do this? Hello? Did someone at
> Lego read the books wrong? Snape is a regular old wizard just like the
> rest of
> them (well okay, he's evil but that's not the point) and he certainly does
> not
> have a glow in the dark head in the books! Just not getting Legos point
> here
> as to why they decided to make it glow in the dark.
>
> Animals: Most are pretty cool from these sets but I don't like the design
> of
> the owls. The big bottoms on them really look weird. The toad is the
> cutest
> and it has a hole in the bottom so it can be attached to a brick. Don't
> understand why the owls couldn't have been designed the same way (they do
> have
> a hole but why so big of a bottom?). Both the white cat and the frog (toad
> actually) are much more detailed than the owls and they are smaller. And
> its
> interesting that all the rats in the sets are actually larger than the
> white
> cat... Now that's one cat with a complex! I can see these rats getting
> some
> revenge on Mr. White Kitty! :-)
>
> Otherwise I really like these sets, great parts for parting out! Can't wait
> to
> get the castle.
>
> Just my opinions,
>
> Katie
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