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Millionaire Playboy reviews Minimates C3
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Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:58:34 GMT
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This page links to
three reviews, as well as to other stuff that I didn’t read.
I’m torn. Millionaire Plaboy seems to love love love these C3 sets, and I admit
that the reviews are cleverly written and contain a lot of detail.
Unfortunately, I find myself in general disagreement with the overwhelmingly
positive score that the site gives these sets.
The reviewer gives major props to the multi-jointed articulation of the
minifigs, and I guess that’s cool, for what it’s worth. But I really despise
the design of these things, from the boring cylindrical heads to the
lobster-like pincer hands. I’m really sort of stuck on the LEGO/MEGA BLOKS
minifig scale, and MiniMates are slightly larger, so maybe that’s part of my
dislike.
Additionally, the site doesn’t mention that the piece:price ratio of these sets
is really lousy. It’s a rare clone brand, licenses notwithstanding, that can
justify a piece:price ratio worse than LEGO’s1, yet C3 seems to be trying it.
The Mini Batmobile is $9.99 for 73 pieces (some of them very use-specific), and
the Batwing is $19.99 for 126 pieces (some greatly juniorized). In addition to
the general one-use-only design of the parts, the sets themselves don’t lend
themselves to much customization without the addition of other parts. Since
“C3” stands for Construct, Customize, & Conquer,” it’s a bummer that 1/3 of that
name turns out to be mildly inaccurate.
The reviewer didn’t comment on the apparent duplication of (presumably) patented
LEGO elements. The Batcave set has quite a few pieces that should be familiar
to LEGO fans; I wonder if some deal has been struck, or if these parts really
aren’t patented after all. Since the bricks have the C3 logo on their studs,
I’m pretty confident that these aren’t subcontracted LEGO bricks.
I grant that the quality of the plastic is quite good, and the colors are rich,
so that’s a definite plus.
Oh well. Check out the site if you want more info about the C3 line.
Dave!
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