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Re: Review/Comments on Mega Bloks Legend set 9611 - Griffon's Hide Out
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Fri, 11 Jun 1999 02:17:59 GMT
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Some one in Canada found 2 of these sets for me about a year ago. Like you
said, it was worth what I paid for them for just the griffons. Unfortunately
these sets are way out of production by about 5 years now, and the 'theme'
"Legend" is over as well. I wish that Ritvik would bring it back, but that's
about like wishing for classic Castle to reappear.
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Have Fun! C-Ya!
Legoman34
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Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (Nope, don't work for TLG, but want
to...)
legoman34@usa.net
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/1334
....(the wait is over...)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:FD1MxC.1CG@lugnet.com...
> I just picked up this set for $4.99 from KB Toys, and thought I'd give • some
> comments on it (this is not a full review as I probably won't actually • build
> it).
>
> Quality: several 2x4 plates were misformed. Pieces hold together, but
> nowheres near as well as Lego bricks.
>
> Interesting colors:
>
> Brown
>
> Brownish Yellow
>
> Interesting Parts:
>
> Large 4x4 round shields with center stud and 1x2 plate on back
> at 90 degree angle, these are the same as in the viking ship,
> but have different (nice) stickers supplied.
>
> Red minifig armor with griffon (fits Lego minifigs)
>
> Green spiked mace
>
> Green 6x6 leaves (these sort of form a grid, with holes to fit over
> studs,
> an interesting way of doing it, which in some ways looks nicer than the
> Lego studded leaves.
>
> Green 6x6 leaves with 90 degree 1x2 base, these will mount vertically.
> Again
> the same grid pattern.
>
> Brown 2x4x5 doorframe with red door with boards molded and griffon face
> (and 2
> glow in the dark 1x1 cylinders for eyes). This door has much more • detail
> than
> almost any Lego door (only thing comparable is the large doors used in
> the Ninja
> sets, but this is a small door).
>
> Green chest with grille top and sides. Has a 2x4 base, but slopes out • so
> footprint
> is larger, doesn't have studs on top. Too bad it's green, otherwise a
> real nice
> chest.
>
> Black griffon with red wings and red head piece. This is the star of • the
> set. This
> griffon has 4 moveable legs. The wings are about twice the size of Lego
> wings, and
> are feathered rather than bat. The attachment on these is a little too
> large to fit
> on a Lego dragon, but putting a pair of clips on top of the dragon (I
> tried with
> 1x1 tile w/top clip) looks real nice (in fact the top clip puts the • wings
> closer
> together which looks real nice). The griffon's body is the same size as • a
> Lego
> dragon but its tail is much smaller (and doesn't move). The griffon's
> head also
> moves. The set is almost worth it for the griffon.
>
> A green trapezoidal gate (which uses Mega Bloks ball and socket
> attachment).
>
> Not so interesting unique pieces:
>
> A huge special purpose tree which is in two parts. This thing isn't • quite
> so
> bad as Mega Bloks single piece buildings, but looks kind of goofy • (though
> it
> probably could be worked into a Lego setting using the brown castle • wall
> trees.
>
> "gold" (yea right, a goldish brown) 1x2 plates. These are worse than • the
> "silver" in the Mega Bloks viking ship.
>
> Two (different) funny swing things (beats me what they're for - maybe • so
> the
> minifig can mount the griffon).
>
> Minifig, Mega Bloks usual minifig. Helmet and griffon visor is not
> useable with
> Lego minifigs.
>
> Catapult thing (which only mounts to the huge tree)
>
> 2 large green "plates" which are 1/2 brick height (most Mega Bloks • plates
> are
> 1/3 brick height).
>
> Stickers to decorate with (though the stickers for the shields are • nice).
>
> One of the alternate models is a nice looking (though non-functional) gate
> made up of 1x8 bricks separated by 1x1 circle bricks, with a walkway on • top.
> This gate would be easy to build with Lego bricks, and would be easy to
> hinge (either using 1x4/2x2 hinge plates or bricks, or by setting up a • hinge
> using the column of 1x1 cylinder bricks on one side of the gate).
>
> For a 140 piece set, this has a fair amount of play value (reduced of • course
> by the lower quality, but at least these days, Mega Bloks bricks mostly • seem
> to hold together).
>
> Final Thoughts:
>
> If you're willing to mix some Mega Bloks into your Lego Castle world, this
> has enough parts to be worth 5 bucks (I wouldn't pay the 10 bucks it was
> marked down from). I might even pick up a 2nd. The griffon is almost worth
> the 5 bucks by itself, and will work well in the Lego world. TLG really
> needs to watch Mega Bloks, they're coming out with some nice sets, of • which
> the only major problem I see is the brick quality. They have nice colors,
> nice detail on the specialty parts, nice stickers, and mostly decent set
> design (while this tree looks sort of goofy, it also actually looks nice).
> Ritvik also realizes that people want to play with the animals also, and
> gives them more moving parts (the Mega Bloks horses have moveable legs
> also).
>
> Frank
>
>
>
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