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(...) I, too, lament the loss of legs. Nary a moldy old skeleton for us. :( (21 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) i have read the books and from the pictures its pretty much 50/50 book and movie. since i dont remember there being a clock tower in the book but from the screenshots of the movie there is a humungous clock. (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think the biggest complaint that people will have about these is that there are no sand-green skeleton legs. You get the skeleton torso and arms, and a sand-green head (or you can use Frankie's, if you want eyes), but no sand-green skeleton (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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Hi, See below. "Bruce Hietbrink" <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:HwA6JJ.1rwD@lugnet.com... (...) Do (...) them (...) Yes, but the parts of the original hogwarts have long been recycled into the buildings in my LEGO city, BrickTopia. I have (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Brad, thanks for the review. I'm looking forward to getting this set. Do you have the origninal Hogwarts? I'm wondering how they look if you put them together. (...) That sounds good. My main concern with the new grays is the difficulty of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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My impression is that the 2004 sets have improved architecture: between Harry Potter and Spider-man there are much better looking, less juniorized buildings this year. At least, there is more ornament. There's the laid-on plate roof of the castle, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2004)
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(...) STOP IT! You are making me want this set even more and the fact that I have run out of lego money (money set aside just for buying lego) for now is making me sad :-( (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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Item#: 4757 Hogwart's Castle Ages: 8+ Pieces: 927 I picked up 2 copies of the newest HP castle set a few days ago and I'm quite impressed by it. MAIN MODEL The main model is a rather large 3-wing castle with an extra tower building, and gate. The (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle) !
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(...) Ah... ok. Gotcha. I guess I thought of them as exotic slopes or something... didn't really think of them as decoractive. But I do agree with you. It would have been nice if perhaps those four had been replaced by some combination of more (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) I'm thinking of the big curved pieces that have been appearing in the sets lately. For example the four beside the rotor mount on 4403, or the big long piece down the top of the tail. (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) New, as in the 2004 additions? Or the sets from 2003? Either way my answer is the same... I think they are the best thing to come along in years! (...) Either that, or they came to this course on their own accord. I think these sets reflect a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) I, for one, think that 4404 is one of the best sets LEGO has produced in the last couple years. I bought this set last summer while I was in Arlington attending BrickFest 2003. I thought it was so cool that when I got back to my hotel after (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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What do people think of the new Designer sets? I think Lego has definitely been listening to what we've asked for. I've got the 4402 Motion Madness (blue speedboat show), 4403 Air Blazers (red helicopter shown) and 4404 Land Busters (yellow pickup (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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Item#: 7044 Rescue Chopper Ages: 7+ Pieces: 201 Bill, the marketing guy, bursts into the designers room, about one year ago. -"Say, Mary, I saw your concept model of the World City rescue helicopter. It's a truely great design!" -"I thought so," (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.reviews) !
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#10129 System / Star Wars UCS Rebel Snowspeeder Ages 14+ 1457 Pcs. (C)2004 94 page manual: 1 model, 40 steps for the body, 41 steps for each wing and 14 steps for the display stand. Price Range: $129.99 USD RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars) !
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(...) snip (...) I agree - wot da heck IS that binocular doing there? OFF with the binocular! (Maybe they are special scanners for finding Rebel Blockade Runners...) Found one at Walmart today (woo hoo!), had to get it. Besides not using the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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3535 Skateboard Street Park A lean set. The majority of parts build a solid picnic table plus ramps: dark gray bricks, 14 light gray 1x8 tiles, some plates, 6 small gray arches, 2 tan baseplates, and 6 red and white 1x1 rounds. Akin but not (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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Set: 4492 Mini Star Destroyer Price: $6.99 US Piece count: 86 Age: 7+ Model: The main model is about a perfect as one could hope for in this scale. The only complaint I have is a binocular (NOT Bionicle) piece on the top front of the model. Take (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, I was going to crosspost it originally but the late night got to me and I forgot to put it in the newsgroup header. Calum (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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Why hide light under a bushel basket. Crossposted to reviews. (and a well done review it is!) (...) This review needs to be posted to reviews. This text is to defeat the "too much quoted text" check. Repeat as necessary. This review needs to be (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.reviews)
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