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Re: New Harry Potter sets
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Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:52:48 GMT
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Kerry Raymond wrote in message ...

4726 Quidditch Practice, $22.95 Kmart, $24.95 S@H
Quiddich Practice: 128 for $24.95, or 19.5 cents per piece

One of the cheaper sets and one of the more colourful ones (green, red, tan • and
light grey). However, the design and parts selection is nothing to get • excited
by.

I disagree, there are some *very* nice parts in this set. Light grey 2x2
roof peaks (previously extremely hard to get), tan 2x2 roof peaks (not
available before AFAIK), green 2x2 roof corners (ditto), and several
always-useful pieces in light grey - brick hinges, 2x2 tiles, a minifig
seat, and 2x2 round bricks. Not to mention all the light grey and green 1x2
standard bricks.

Kevin
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(...) How many green corners? I saw only one in the picture. There used to be a cardinal Lego design rule that you get an even number of pieces like this, or matched sets like in car doors. It was that grey roof peak issue that triggered my (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter)

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Having acquired and built the new Harry Potter sets, here's a brief review of them. For each one, I give the prices I paid about a week ago through local retailers with the S@H price shown for comparison. The price per piece (based on S@H prices) is (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter)

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