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John Henry Kruer wrote:
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> In lugnet.market.shopping, Marlene Spears writes:
> > If you live near any of the stores listed here,
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> > http://www.galidor.com/whatsnew/
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> > you can have a "sneak preview" look at these sets. They're "action figures"
> > rather than brick or Technic/Bionicle products. This seems like a bit of a
> > departure from tradition, I can't say whether that's a good thing.
> >
> > Has anyone bought and opened and played with one of these sets?
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> I havn't bought one, (I live in the south) but I have to say I am not
> pleased. Poring through lego.com and its magazines, galidor is just another
> way for Lego to make money. I guess lego figures that bricks don't make
> enough money, so they are going into action figures. This actually started
> with bionicle, but at least you built them. Lego claims you can
> 'build'galidor, but all they are are torsos, arms and legs connected by
> technic pegs. The only brick/technic in these are the 4 or so pegs that are
> used to connect the body parts.
I guess I never posted when I got one (over a week ago) from S@H. They
definitely are rather limited in their LEGOness, but they do use the
same new linkage as the new Alpha Team sets (but all the parts are
highly sculpted). I purchased Euripides and will probably try and use
some of the parts for a large dragon.
They do have a decent range of motion. One thing which may not be
aparent is that the hands do rotate at the wrist.
FUT: lugnet.reviews
Frank
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| (...) I havn't bought one, (I live in the south) but I have to say I am not pleased. Poring through lego.com and its magazines, galidor is just another way for Lego to make money. I guess lego figures that bricks don't make enough money, so they are (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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