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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. (16 years ago, 29-Jul-08, to lugnet.reviews)
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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 (...) (16 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) (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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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: (...) (17 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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