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....REWRITE / FORMATTING.... !!! 4x2ReVu Stats !!! Rating: Six out of eight studs. Thumbs up for: Good structure, great model and assortment of figures makes for an excellent standalone set. Thumbs down on: I don't like the price (even considering (...) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 7079 Drawbridge Defence
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With quivering hand the figure grabs at the scorched and blackened ulna and continues scratching out the summoning hexagram into the cool, hard ground. Initially startled by the seeming shift of shadows and sudden change in room atmosphere, he (...) (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | #5974 Galactic Enforcer (text review only)
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If you're interested in pictures of the set, a nice pictorial review can be found here: (URL) My initial impression of the new Space Police line was not positive for several reasons, the main one being the fact that I’m a hardcore fan of the two (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jan-10, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: 8258 Crane Truck Review
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(...) makes me want this set (but I have to save my money for Real Life instead). (16 years ago, 10-Aug-09, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 8258 Crane Truck Tweak
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I now posted a little modifications for that set You can see it there (URL) Jean-Marc (16 years ago, 10-Aug-09, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Set 630 "Brick Separator" Set Review
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(...) Great review, Bob, thanks for sharing. As to the FUT: I think .build would be the best choice(1), but I could be wrong. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (1) and crossposted there as well as FUT'd, of course. (16 years ago, 13-Nov-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Set 630 "Brick Separator" Set Review
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(URL) RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have, Excellent, Very-Good, Good, Fair, Poor, Very-Poor) Set: Must-Have Models: Fair Playability: Very-Poor Parts Count: 1 (inventory correct - quadruple verified) STICKERS? None SPECIAL FEATURES/COMPATIBILITY X Compatible (...) (16 years ago, 13-Nov-08, to lugnet.reviews, FTX) !
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| | 7896 "Straight and Curved Rails" Set Review
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RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent Very-Good Good Fair Poor) Set: Excellent Models: Fair Playability: Poor DECALS? No. SPECIAL FEATURES/COMPATIBILITY Trains - 9V (but not the old fashioned kind that need metal track) SET DESCRIPTION This set is (...) (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | VERY short review of #7672 Rogue Shadow
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Good parts buy for $40 MISB at a consignment shop. Not much else to recommend. Why doesn't Vader's apprentice have a name? Dave S. (17 years ago, 29-Jul-08, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review of 7624 Jungle Duel
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I would've added the lugnet.indianajones or the lugnet.licensed.indianajones groups, but they don't seem to exist. I would like to present a review of the 7624 Jungle Duel set [LEGOSet 7624] I just opened my (URL) 7624 Jungle Duel> set today. When I (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) Hungary has Flextronics Duplo operations. Not sure what they make for System sets. In the CR - printed parts, manual assembling and packaging Austria - I'm not 100% sure, but I think they make the plastic cans (and again, I think this is made (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) Is it? I knew it couldn't possibly be ABS (due to the fact that natural ABS has a translucent milky-beige color, and clear ABS is supposed to be EXPENSIVE), but I'd always thought it was acrylic due to how easily the transparent parts used to (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) Remember that they were originally planning to move production to China. Reportedly there were two main considerations with abandoning that idea. The first was that there was an intense backlash concerning quality issues (which would only have (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) The USA is the largest market only in the sense that we barely buy more total product than Germany since the debut of the LEGO Star Wars line. Germany still has the highest per-capita sales by a massive margin, and the EU (which was comparably (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) I live in El Paso and that is the wage in Juarez, or less. I would doubt that it is too international. Nothing is made in the US, Germany, England, New Zealand, or Australia. Though some things are made in China. I would say that the (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) (Note that I don't know, and that I'm not wearing my Ambassador's hat here). I would guess that costs are a major consideration, and that the NAFTA has had a bearing on this - keep in mind that the USA is LEGO's biggest market. (...) Well, (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) Perhaps it is due to Flextronics not having the quality control that Lego did. Why they moved production to Juarez Mexico is beyond me. Perhaps very cheap labor, less than $2.00 an hour might be the reason. Shades of overseas clothing sweat (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) The same "color issue" is visible on the grey (and presumably red although I dont own any of those) porthole pieces from the Santa Fe Super Chief set. (17 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) One issue may be the application of orange paint on a different material. We all know LEGO elements are made of ABS. However, windows are not made of ABS, they are made of polycarbonate(PC). As PC and ABS are different materials, application (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) Indeed, they do! I raised this issue in a previous post when commenting on this set which I'd purchased: (URL) the picture, the front wheels are shown turned to the left, which is physically impossible as they are fixed on the model. I really (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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(...) ::snip:: You raise an interesting point about the box art on the Bikini Bottom Express: at what point can it be considered false advertising, since the included model so obviously deviates from that pictured? On boxes of cereal, for example, (...) (17 years ago, 31-Dec-07, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Review: 7621 Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb
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7621 Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb, 277 pieces, $20 or $21 Almost ten years after the Adventurers Egypt series (1) paid homage to Indy, Lego has the real licensed deal and it's quite good. Just like with the Star Wars releases, we get classic (...) (17 years ago, 30-Dec-07, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
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Hey all, Got a lovely selection of holiday loot thanks to my sweetie-pie, and after building the sets I have some impressions. The sets are: Mars Mission # 7695 MX-11 Astro Fighter Town City # 7991 Recycle Truck SpongeBob Squarepants # 3830 Bikini (...) (17 years ago, 30-Dec-07, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: VERY brief review of #7782 The Batwing: The Joker's Aerial Assault
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(...) They're manacles. There was a discussion about it on BrickLink, which has since been purged, but apparently there's a pic of Killer Croc actually wearing them as manacles. Pretty dark for a kid's toy, but representative of the Batman universe, (...) (17 years ago, 9-Nov-07, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | VERY brief review of #7782 The Batwing: The Joker's Aerial Assault
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Hey Batfans! Just got this set used yesterday for $35 from my local toy consignment shop, a far better deal than the full $50 MSRP. Even though the box had been opened, it didn't look the set had been built as the stickers weren't applied and the (...) (17 years ago, 9-Nov-07, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review of set 7090, Crossbow Attack Review
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[LEGOSet 7090] 7090 Castle System / Crown Knights Crossbow Attack L’attaque a l’arbalete El Ataque de la Ballesta Ages 6-12, 54 Pcs. (C)2007. 12 page manual: 1 model, 14 steps. Building time ~6 ½ minutes. Price Range: $8 USD RATINGS (Scale: (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jul-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: Pictorial Review of 7772 Aqua Raiders Lobster Strike
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Hi Mark, Just wanted to say thanks very much for your pictorial reviews!! The level of depth provided by your text and especially the photographs as the model is built are superlative! I will be watching your site now as these reveiws will be the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review of set 8877, Vladek's Dark Fortress
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Sure, this is a very late review, but it could be helpful for anyone stalking Target clearance sales. [LEGOSet 8877] 8877 Castle System / Knights’ Kingdom II Vladek’s Dark Fortress La forteresse des ténèbres de Vladek Fortaleza Oscura de Vladek Ages (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Pictorial Review of Aqua Raiders set 7774: Crab Crusher
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Hey everybody, I want back to the TRU where I found 7772 Lobster Strike to get the Crab Crusher and there were only two left! The 7775 Base was completely sold out! This was on Wednesday... So, here is my review of 7774 Crab Crusher along with the (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Pictorial Review of 7772 Aqua Raiders Lobster Strike
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Hey folks! I have another review up at (URL). This time I’ve reviewed set #7772 Aqua Raiders Lobster Strike. I don’t want to give anything away but the Lobster is a formidable foe for our faithful reviewers, Bianca and Gavin. As always there’s a (...) (18 years ago, 20-Nov-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Pictorial review of 7021 Viking Double Catapult vs. the Armored Ofnir Dragon
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Hey folks! I have another review up at (URL). This time I've reviewed set #7021 Viking Double Catapult vs. the Ofnir Dragon. I don't want to give anything away but the catapult loses. As always there's a story involved with the review... This time (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Pictorial Review of 7706: Exo-Force Mobile Defense Tank
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My first set review: 7706--Exo-Force Mobile Defense Tank. Check it out at BrickZone.net. I hope you enjoy it. (3 URLs) --Mark (19 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | One really pissed off Lego customer!
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This sucks. So today I was going to finally order the windows I needed for a building I’ve been building for a while now and I ran into a couple snags. 1.) The lego.com and it’s shop.lego.com sites are not loading properly. I had to refresh and (...) (19 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: Super positive review of #4894 Mythical Creatures
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Thanks for the review! I almost bought this set this weekend, but I couldn't decide between it, Arkham Asylum, and the Avatar sets. We ended up walking out with only 'Catwoman Pursuit' while I tried to make up my mind :) -plucky (19 years ago, 24-Jul-06, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Mostly negative review of #3827 Adventures on Bikini Bottom
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(...) Just put the URL in double angle brackets << >>: (URL) You're right, they do look kind of... milky. Thanks for the pics. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: Mostly negative review of #3827 Adventures on Bikini Bottom
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(...) Wow, dat duzz look cheep! The slope looks like it's missing the LEGO on its stud too. Any word on whether LEGO and MB have merged? I shure hope not! My MB conspiracy theory: An agent was sent by MB to sneak MBs into the LEGO factory and (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: Super positive review of #4894 Mythical Creatures
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(...) Awesome!! I hadn't noticed that!! Thanks, Peter! Dave S. (19 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Super positive review of #4894 Mythical Creatures
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In lugnet.reviews, David Simmons wrote: I love this set too. I bought it at the beginning of June and built the hydra model rather than the main model--then being out of town, haven't rebuilt it at all. (...) The thing I love about this light brick (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Super positive review of #4894 Mythical Creatures
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As a virtual palate cleanser for my previous review, I had the pleasure of purchasing and building the big green dragon. The Designer sets, IMHO, are the last bastion of the Lego that was. All the sets in this series have eptomized the Lego building (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Mostly negative review of #3827 Adventures on Bikini Bottom
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(...) (URL) this works, I've never tried to insert/imbed images in my Lugnet posts before. Dave S. (19 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: Mostly negative review of #3827 Adventures on Bikini Bottom
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In lugnet.reviews, David Simmons wrote: snip (...) Could you post some pictures of the orange bricks? Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Mostly negative review of #3827 Adventures on Bikini Bottom
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I will start with the positive things first: The mini-figs of all the characters are very well done. In particular, the Patrick mini-fig, with it's non-fixed, turnable head is the stand-out. I loved how Gary was done, the lime green cherry piece for (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review of "Build a Bob" set 3826
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Here's a reviev of the upcoming Spongebob Set! Check it out! (3 URLs) Chris Giddens (URL) (19 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Review of set 4766, Graveyard Duel
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[LEGOSet 4766] 4766 System / Harry Potter (and the Goblet of Fire) Graveyard Duel Duel au cimetière El Duelo en el Cementerio Ages 7-12, 548 Pcs. (C)2005. 56 page manual: 1 model (9 component models), 168 steps. Building time about 1 hour. Price (...) (19 years ago, 2-May-06, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, FTX)
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| | Review of set 4770 - Blizzard Blaster
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[LEGOSet 4770] 4770 Town / Alpha Team / Artic Blizzard Blaster Le Brise-Tempête Ages 7+, 303 Pcs. (C)2005. 39 page manual: 5 model, 117 steps (for main models). Building time about 35 minutes. Price Range: $30USD RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent (...) (19 years ago, 2-May-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Review of set 7016, Viking Boat against the Wyvern Dragon
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[LEGOSet 7016] 7016 (Castle) System / Viking Viking Boat against the Wyvern Dragon Le bateau des Vikings contre le dragon Ages7-14, 112 Pcs. (C)2005. 22 page manual: 2 models, 42 steps. Building time about 20 minutes. Price Range: $10USD RATINGS (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Review of 6207 Star Wars A-Wing
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I've reviewed the 6207 Star Wars A-Wing and have posted it to my blog: (URL) (19 years ago, 26-Mar-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review of set 4768, The Durmstrang Ship
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[LEGOSet 4768] 4768 System / Harry Potter (and the Goblet of Fire) The Durmstrang Ship Le bateau de Durmstrang El Barco de Durmstrang Ages 7-12, 566 Pcs. (C)2005. 44 page manual: 1 model, 128 steps. Building time about 1 hour 20 minutes. Price (...) (19 years ago, 23-Mar-06, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, FTX)
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| | Re: Batman Sets At LLCA
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(...) I was there on Sunday, and snagged the Batmobile/twoface and Dragster/Catwoman sets. I like them, my kids love them. The batmobile is great, but has almost no ground clearance. The armored bank car is nice, but I'll swap it to all grey when I (...) (19 years ago, 15-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Review of set 7019, Viking Fortress against the Fafnir Dragon
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[LEGOSet 7019] 7019 (Castle) System / Viking Viking Fortress against the Fafnir Dragon Le fort des Vikings contre le dragon Fafnir La Fortaleza Vikinga contra el Dragón Fafnir Ages 7-14, 1019 Pcs. (C)2005. 80 page manual: 1 model (1 fortress, 1 baby (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Review of set 7018, Viking Ship Challenges the Midgard Serpent
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[LEGOSet 7018] 7018 (Castle) System / Viking Viking Ship Challenges the Midgard Serpent Le bateau des Vikings contre le monster des mers El Barco Vikingo reta a la Serpiente Midgard Ages 7-14, 585 Pcs. (C)2005. 53 page manual: 1 model (1 Viking (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Review of set 7017, Viking Catapult versus the Nidhogg Dragon
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[LEGOSet 7017] 7017 (Castle) System / Vikings Viking Catapult versus the Nidhogg Dragon La catapulte des Vikings contre le dragon Nidhogg La Catapulta Vikinga contra el Dragon Nidhogg Ages 7-14. 225 Pcs. (C)2005. 35 page manual: 1 model (1 ballista, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Rieview of set 7015, Viking Warrior challenges the Fenris Wolf
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[LEGOSet 7015] 7015 (Castle) System / Vikings Viking Warrior challenges the Fenris Wolf Le guerrier Viking défie le loup Fenrir El Guerrero Vikingo reta al Lobo Fenris Ages 7-14, 76 Pcs. (C)2005. 12 page manual: 1 model (1 Minifig, 1 Shield stand, 1 (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-05, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Rieview of set 4767, Harry and the Hungarian Horntail
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This is a review of the new Harry Potter set, Harry and the Hungarian Horntail [LEGOSet 4767] In this review I use the term "ash" for new light gray, "blay" for new dark gray, "clay orange" for dark orange and "dusty blue" for 'sand' blue. The first (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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| | Review of set 8652 Enzo Ferrari
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[LEGOSet 8652] I'm certainly not the type to be writing set reviews but I felt there was some stuff about the set that needed to be clarified. First of all, I was prepared for a pretty sucky set when I read the comments about it in the guide, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Quickie of #4770 Blizzar Blaster
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Found this at my local consignment shop for $10 off the MSRP. Great set for a color purist since there's very little blay present. A great selection of light and dark blue, including the first 1xN beams I've seen in dark blue, hooray! I'm glad this (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review of Technic 8421 xxl Mabile crane
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As a certified crane/aerial device inspector and heavy equipment technician I love Lego technic construction machinery especially the cranes. When I saw the previews of 8421 I was excited but assumed I would have to wait ontil S@H got it in august. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review of 7075 Captain Redbeard's Pirate Ship
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I am a fan of large sailing vessels, and I have several around the house, and a large appetite for shipbuilding supplies... BUT: [LEGOSet 7075] $A50, 132Pcs – Am I crazy? That’s nearly 38c a piece! Well, perhaps I am crazy, but then I am a fan of (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Review of ME Models 550 (Car Transporter)
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LIST OF PRODUCT LINES AND THEMES ME Models 550 Town System / Freight (custom) Car Transporter Ages 8-88; 366 Pcs. (Truck 94 pcs; trailer 58 pcs., 7 cars at 30 pieces each); (C)2005; 12-page manual; 1 model (1 truck with trailer, and 7 car load); 103 (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Quick Review of #4746 Alpha Team Mobile Command Center
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Picked this up for $10 off the retail price. There are only four stickers that can easily be set aside (as I always do). Not much positive to say so I'll try to keep it brief and hopefully informative. 1. The way they print the colors in the (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Lego 10133 Review
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10133 Trains Burlington Northern Santa Fe Locomotive Ages <8+>, <407> Pcs. Price Range: USD 39.99 RATINGS Excellent Set: <Very Good> / Models: <RExcellent> / Playability: <Very Good> DECALS? <Yes, some cover multiple bricks> SPECIAL (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 7235 Police Motorcycle
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(...) I too am pleased with this set. While I do not own it I just got the latest S@H catalog and I like the feel of these new sets. They appear (IMHO) less Juniorized than the sets in the "World City" theme. I do think the re-using of the large (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: 7235 Police Motorcycle
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(...) Thank you Eric for this review and for the parts scan! I find very nice the double language for the stickers (I love the white/green "Polizei" cars from Germany!). Don't you think that this motorbike is a little bit in a greater scale than the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town)
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| | 7235 Police Motorcycle
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Well I got a S@H gift certificate hand had a little left at the end of placing my order so I added 7235 Police Motorcycle to the order (which set a record in that it arrived less than 24 hours after placing it on the 27th. Those that know me know I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town) !
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| | Racer 8644 considered cool (and $3+)
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Yellow sporty racer 8644 is the coolest Lego set lately. Sure it has a lot of new-fangled pieces. But how the grill meets up with the wheel covers without attaching, that is sweet. The new thin tires with no Lego precedent: it is about time we had (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Knight's co-pack $30 TRU special
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(...) SNIP I got the same set, & though i wish the wall pieces were like the classic castle wall pieces, i'd say it's a decent set with good playability. when i built it i remembered this set: (URL) 6062 Battering Ram> & realized that this could be (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Knight's co-pack $30 TRU special
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TRU has a $30 co-pack of Knight's Castle Wall and Vladek's Siege Engine ($20 ea. at S@H). I got that "Ooh, new Lego set" feeling and bought one. Some thoughts on the castle wall... Did Lego think modular castle wall? Close but no banana. Have to try (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Set 10159 - City Airport
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(...) Ah, THAT nose cone. Shows I usually collect space sets, doesn't it :-) Well, if you look at the changes they did with the plates, this changes is logical. It is the same useage that they improved (you can now attach it onto a larger plate, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Set 7075 JacStone Pirate Ship
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(...) Just noticed, that there are two versions of set 7075; I bought a second set, labeled "limited edition" (same price), which included motor AND battery; when mounted, this acts as counter-weight and makes the ship float reasonably. Arne, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.year.2004)
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| | Re: Set 10159 - City Airport
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(...) By nose cone I meant this piece: (URL) I don't see why TLG would need to replace it since it a fairly new piece. (1994). I looked at the zoomed in picture on S@H and I couldn't see the holes for the studs. But I was relieved when I see they (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Set 10159 - City Airport
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(...) Yeah, that's the one. At first I didn't notice it, but the openings are very visible in the nose of the plane. The pictures on the box do show the new elements (like this piece and the sloped windows), but the instructions show the old (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Set 10159 - City Airport
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(...) (URL) Is this the piece they replaced? If so, so be it a least they're easily replaced by old ones. If it's the Nose Cone ugghh unsightly! (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Set 10159 - City Airport
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Disclaimer: this is my first review, so I'm not familiar with what a review _should_ look like. Anyways, here it goes: Set 10159 - City Airport is a re-release of set 6597. This means it is from a time when you could actually build a city with (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Set 7075 JacStone Pirate Ship
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(...) I hope that happens with all of the +4 pirate sets... I want them all cheap. (...) I like that you acknowledge the fact that they are made for 4 year olds. A lot of people seem to forget that and start complaining at the "bad quality" of the (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.year.2004)
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| | Set 7075 JacStone Pirate Ship
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Well, I've waited some months, but finally this ship was on deep discount. First: it IS a JacStone set, so as expected, there are ugly figs and lots of big pieces. It's intended for 4-year old kids, and indeed there is hardly anything in it that is (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.year.2004)
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444 pieces, $50 US retail or $70 Canadian. The candy shop is sweet, but, in my opinion, should have been put in a separate set on its own. The "converter" one-piece brick is neat and could provide some fun for the target audience. There are some (...) (20 years ago, 4-Oct-04, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review: 4751 HP Marauder's Map
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4751: Marauder's Map Price: 9.99, now 6.99 at Wal-Mart Pieces: 106 BrickLink part value: about $15 Value: Quite good This fills the $10 playset slot in the HP 2004 lineup. As such its role is to make a tiny building with one action scene. It's got a (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review: 8436 Truck
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Review: Technic Truck 8436 ===...=== (URL) At-a-Glance Item#: 8436 Ages: 10+ Pieces: 1027 Availability: June 2004 Price: USD90/CAD130/EUR100 Stud Count: 99 :) 96 page manual 1 for chassis, 41+47 primary steps for chassis 108 page manual 2 for 3 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Review: 10152 Maersk Ship
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---...--- LEGO Set Review Form V2.4 created by Joshua Delahunty (Internet: dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu) 10152 Promotional / Maersk Maersk Sealand Ages 8+, 988 Pcs. (C)2004. 55 page manual: 1 models, 53 steps. Price Range: $74.99 USD RATINGS (Scale: (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Designer sets 4506 (Sea) and 4507 (Prehistoric)
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Greetings and Salutations, I am a big fan of the new Designer series. When I saw 4506 "Sea Predators" and 4507 "Prehistoric Creatures" appear on S@H, I ordered them right away! They arrived today and I spent all evening assembling a few of the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.reviews)
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| | notes within the set guides
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I've noticed for some time that some people put some WASTEFUL notes about sets, for instance: (URL) the notes "MISB" or "##% off"... I've mostly wondered how much webspace these notes waste? I've been tracking some of mine down that were "Braging" (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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(...) If I know the TLC, they'll want to re-use the newly made HP parts in as many other themed sets as possible. With the new "Candy" Knights coming out, and a possible second line of those on the horizon, we may yet see Sand Green Skeletons! That (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Doc Ock's Hideout reviewed at Millionaire Playboy site
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I ran across this trolling around, not sure how long it's been out. They have reviewed other LEGO and MB sets in the past. (URL) site is collectible toy focused rather than LEGO focused... so their emphasis is on play value and the number of figures (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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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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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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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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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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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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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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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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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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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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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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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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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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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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| | New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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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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| | Re: new Designer sets
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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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| | Re: new Designer sets
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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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| | Re: new Designer sets
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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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| | Re: new Designer sets
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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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| | new Designer sets
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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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| | Sort-a-review 7044 Rescue Chopper
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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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| | Review: 10129 UCS Rebel Snowspeeder
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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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| | Re: Review of set 4492 Mini Star Destroyer
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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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| | Mini Review: 3535 Skateboard Street Park
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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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