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Re: 7317 review (was Re: New Stuff In Stock :)))))) wehheeeeeeee :)
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Sat, 3 Feb 2001 14:36:10 GMT
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Peter White wrote in message ...
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> Mmmm...dark grey struts. I guess with space themes Lego have exhausted most
> colour combos and needed to have something 'new'. Most MOC builders should • be
> happy with new coloured slopes, grey shades will add more realism variety • to
> townscapes and provide better alternatives than primary colours.
Actually, looking at the greyish red colour again, I think that the most
appropriate name for it is "Raw Meat". :-)
But the blue is definitely a very, very nice colour. In fact, I'm going back
to the shops this afternoon to buy a mech or two, $40 oir not.
Oh, and I was wrong about the struts - there are 22, not 20.
>
> > LOOKS:
> > I like the look of the whole tubes thing, and the colour-coded gates. The
> > base itself looks kinda spindly and juniorised, and I think that lavender • is
> > going to turn a lot of people off. The small mech is way too spindly.
> > Overall this set doesn't really impress visually.
>
> Paradisa 2020.
Yeah, I wish it was Paradisa 2020... then it would have spaceships with
light-pink 4x4 rocket cones... ;-)
The red and the blue end gates are a lot nicer than the main base. Less
juniorised, better colours... if only the main base were more like them.
>
> Collect the set, like the soccer theme.
Yeah, pretty much. I just wish they'd relied on all the sets being cool and
desirable instead, without resorting to this sort of tactic..
> > For the transit tubes to function well, you really have to jam the tube • into
> > the sockets REALLY firmly! Be careful not to kink the tube in the process,
> > though. That would probably stuff the whole tube section :-(
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> What about repeated jamming, as kids are prone to do, will the tubes • survive.
> Get the Lego Service hotline number ready.
Definitely. I can see kids stepping on these tubes and permanently denting
them. Then again, don't train rails bent from stepping on, become unusable
sometimes?
> > Overall, the transit-tube concept is no monorail, but it's still dinky and
> > kind of fun. Who knows, if the air-tightness of the tubes holds over a
> > couple of dozen sections, and if you automate the pump and tube junctions,
> > then twelve 7317's would make a pretty cool futuristic transport layout.
> > Like I said, not as good as monorail (particularly because you can't have
> > circuits), but still good potential for a similar sort of concept.
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> If you have been 'out of action', will the pump help you get back 'in • action'?
>
*rolls eyes toward the ceiling*
>
> Price per part is often misleading, maybe we need a net weight ABS factor.
Definitely. Compare the Snowspeeder to the Imperial Shuttle, both around 24
cents per part but in the Shuttle the parts are mostly a lot bigger and more
useful, which is what makes it such a good value set. Same goes for Droid
Escape, of which everyone should buy at least one. ;-)
> >
> A school holiday 20% off will get you down in the AU$130-140 range.
> More importantly what stock levels did Myer have of this set. Are we • talking
> Rock Raiders HQ or Pod racer set levels.
Definitely pod-racer levels. This one could go clearance... then again, I
feel that the extra stocks of the pod-racer set that appeared later were
some sort of mistake that they won't make a second time.
> >
> Nice review.
Thanks - I didn't expect to write as much as I did, but there turned out to
be a lot to say about 7317 - a mark of a decent set, I think.
Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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