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Got my S@H order today: don't buy Darth Vader!
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Wed, 9 Jan 2002 22:22:24 GMT
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Those that know me know that I can't resist anything new, so I ordered quite
a few 2002 sets last week.
Here are a few first impressions:
Racers: Much better than expected, after last year's atrocities. The
pull-back motor in the small £2.99 ones is incredibly powerful: Pull back 2
inches to get 2 metres travel on a wooden floor! Interestingly, there seem
to be two types of motor housing: one with one screw holding the parts
together, and one with two. I undid the two screws version and the pull-back
motor is a joy to behold: it's a miracle of engineering! It's about 10 x 12
x 4 mm (from memory) and made by a 3rd party, whose name I wrote down but
now can't find :-) There's also some useful pieces in interesting colours in
them, and apart from the 'orrible minifig body I would not call them
juniorised.
Alpha Team: I didn't buy any of last year's, but I like underwater sets a
lot, so bought a few for 'evaluation'. The Ogel Shark Sub has some nice
parts, as Jason has stated, but I don't like it much, and the minifigs are
just too evil. The squid is a nice idea, but don't they have 8 legs? Perhaps
I'll buy another set... The Alpha Team minifigs are made of the new dark
blue (as also used in R2D2) which is very nice.
Star Wars: Not built them yet, but I had to open Darth Vader just to check
it was all there! It comes in a massive box (about A3 size) but weighs
nothing! Inside there's 4 bags of bits, his helmet and a nice cape. I'm sure
it'll look excellent when made up, but for £35, you must be joking!
Blacksmith's Shop. After Darth Vader, this came as a pleasant surprise. The
box has a healthy weight to it, and looks to be well worth the money. It
would have been nice to have a photo and 'profile' of Daniel Siskind and how
the set came into being, but instead he is mentioned only on the box and
instruction cover.
Overall, better than anticipated...
Huw
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Got my S@H order today: don't buy Darth Vader!
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| I say get the Dark Lord! Just not from shop@home. Their prices are totally out of hand (in Europe, at least). Granted, the box is WAY too large, but the set contains almost exclusively very small parts so the box has to be huge in order to justify (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Got my S@H catalogue
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| I noticed the S@H is for January, will there be one for February? No news of the proper 2002 catalogue? No Lego Cliub magazine, it must have gone with the Lego adventurers. The five train wagons have gone up to £59, £55 in December. I liked the idea (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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