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Re: Review of 4920 Rapid Rider
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Mon, 10 Jul 2000 00:44:00 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Timothy Jones writes:
> 4920
> Underground/Rock Raiders
> Rapid Rider
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> 38 Pcs. (corretion-1999) 1 models
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> Price Range: $3.99
> RATINGS (Scale:Good)
> Set: <Good> / Models: <Could Be Better> / Playability: <Fair>
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> DECALS? NO
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> SET DESCRIPTION
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> This set was only my second Rock Raiders set. It is comprised of a small
> vehicle on skis with a small gray dumper-like piece for hauling a brown rock,
> which contains a crystal. It comes with one minifig (Bandit) with red
> sweater/pack torso, blue pants, black construction hat, and (finally) a non-
> smile face. Tools are:Night-vision Binoculars and a circular saw. The gray
> vehicle skis are the same used on new town jr helicopters. This could be made
> with four pieces instead of one :( The control tile is pretty neat and could
> be used for several things. The lights are made with an dark gray inverted
> circle-piece with a neon light inside. (All these new sets have only neon
> yellow-what happened to the old yellow light piece?)The front piece is a green
> 2x3 piece with a Rock Raiders symbol. The base piece is new to me: a raised
> circular dark gray 4x4 piece with 2x1 pieces on all sides. The minifig sits on
> this in front of the gray dumper piece. The whole thing is powered by two
> rocket exhaust pieces in gray. It does provide for some playibility: find the
> rock with Night vision Binocs, cut it open with chainsaw, find crystal, put
> rock in back, but this can get rather boring and it will soon be taken apart.
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> SPECIAL ELEMENTS
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> The gray dumper piece is the same as used on town dump trucks. It was put to
> use as a lookout for my WW fort.
> The circular piece, I think, is new and made a good helicopter landing spot.
> The skis are each 12 studs long and attached to a base. Theywere used on a
> chopper later.
> The Night vision binoculars are rather difficult to explain, but they were new
> to Lego for 1999(first seen in the Snowspeeder, I think?)
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| 4920 Underground/Rock Raiders Rapid Rider 38 Pcs. 2000 1 models Price Range: $3.99 RATINGS (Scale:Good) Set: <Good> / Models: <Could Be Better> / Playability: <Fair> DECALS? NO SET DESCRIPTION This set was only my second Rock Raiders set. It is (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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