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Re: Read Sales in the Subset
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Thu, 15 Jul 2004 05:16:31 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Deidre Rushton Brumby wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Pete White wrote:
> > We purchased four of the five large Knights' Kingdom figures for our son.
> > He calls them human Bionicles. Only thing is he wants us to buy 4 of the
> > black ones, to even up the good and evil sides.
> >
> > These figures look like good fun for the target age group, it will be
> > interesting to see if some of the new parts appear elsewhere in sets or MOCs.
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> My son has just turned 9. At his party on the weekend, he received (amongst
> other things) an assortment of Bionicles, and a Knights Kingdom figure - the
> dark eviiil one.
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> At time of receipt the KK figure was deemed the most exciting thing ever by
> pretty much all of the kids (boys and girls), mine included. It was much
> admired all through the celebrations by its recipient, whom apparently couldn't
> wait to get home to build it.
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> So, here we are a few days later (after a quick trip to the stores to swap
> duplicate Bionicles as he already had quite a collection), and all the new
> Bionicles have been built, and rebuilt, and combined into strange monster
> things, and the KK figure is, well, still sealed in its canister.
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> I'm quite disappointed, I want to see what it's like! It does indeed look quite
> interesting, and given the initial "WOW!" reaction and the fact that kiddo is in
> fact castle/medieval warfare mad, I'm really surprised that this excitement
> didn't seem to last long enough to even _open_ the thing... I think some
> encouragement is in order - we'll see what happens!
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> > pete.w (rain finished last weekend here, is it back down south Deidre ?)
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> Surprisingly, it's still fine. I imagine the rain will be back before we've had
> a chance to dry out properly though :(
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> Deidre
I bought a 8774 Vladek and my 2 cents worth (is that still legal opinion tender
in Oz?) is that is it a cool toy for a decent price. Not really my taste for
MOC'ing with but better than Galidor. Would have liked studs on the outside of
the arms instead of front and back (or even better - as well as) and seperate
click hinge/joints (instead of moulded as part of arms and legs).
They also suffer from one thing most adult action figures collectors dislike,
the dreaded Action Feature! (Boooo...!). The left arm has a slashing motion
controlled by a knob on the back. This means you cannot pose that arm, however
it does allow you to whack the crap out of stuff with his sword pretty well.
All in all though a cool, fun toy at a price point cheaper than most action
figures that might convince a few new kids to buy some Lego. Sounds just like
what TLC was aiming for.
Cheers,
James.
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| (...) Are action figures generally right-handed or left-handed like the KK maxifigs ? My local W seem to have moved KK stock, while plenty of black and brown $4.95 Rakshi are still sitting there. (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) My son has just turned 9. At his party on the weekend, he received (amongst other things) an assortment of Bionicles, and a Knights Kingdom figure - the dark eviiil one. At time of receipt the KK figure was deemed the most exciting thing ever (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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