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Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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lugnet.town, lugnet.reviews
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Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:37:54 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Shell has a set of 3 different buildings, 1254, 1255, and 1256 available at
> their stations. These sets are reasonably priced and come chock full of
> great town pieces. You can get these sets at any Shell station with a $10
> fill-up (at least in California, but I would guess nation-wide). With one
> fill-up, they let me buy as many sets as I wanted.
>
> I found some posts way back, but I had ignored these posts assuming people
> were talking about the cheezy little $1.99 cars and spaceships they used to
> have.
>
> THESE sets offer great architectural pieces in inexpensive sets. Here are
> some mini-reviews (sorry if someone already posted about this):
>
> 1254
> This is the best set, in my opinion. It is a gas station office and goes
> for only $11.99.
> The main model is pretty cool. Although somewhat juniorized, it is far more
> complex and interesting looking than other recent gas station sets. My wife
> is eagerly building this set as I write.
>
> This set really shines in terms of pieces. It contains two black 1x4x6
> windows with light-blue tinting. Previously, you could get one in the
> McDonalds set (about the same price), but this set has 2. Also, this set
> has a 1x4x6 door with a white frame and black door (with light-blue tinted
> glass). I don't know of any other way of getting a white door frame. It
> also has 4 light-trans-blue 3x6x1 windshields (used as sky-lights). There
> are also a good deal of "juniorized" white beams and panels. I find these
> handy for building sky-scrapers. Also, the set has a reasonable supply of
> dark-gray beams. There are also two 2x3x2 "cabinets" with trans-light-blue
> covers (used as freezers) and 1 white desk with a drawer. Finally, it
> contains tons of FOOD! Finally, something to eat other than pizza! It has
> apples, bananas, and popcicles. It comes on a 8x32 green plate (I can
> always use more of these).
>
> Overally, I rate this set as excellent. The main model is nice, and the
> parts are wonderful. It is also a great value.
>
> 1255
> This is a car-wash and also includes a small, mini-SUV. The main model
> looks nice (juniorized, but not overly) and is actually quite fun to play
> with! I had a bit of fun pushing the car through the wash. The 3 brushes
> automatically move out of the way and then flip back into place once the car
> goes through.
>
> From a parts point of view, this set is so-so. It has 4 black-framed 1x4x5
> windows with trans-light-blue panes. If LEGO didn't sell these cheaply in
> bulk, I'd give this set a much higher rating, but given that you can get 10
> of these windows from LEGO for $9, the set really isn't worthwhile for just
> these parts. It also comes with a good deal of white beams, pillars, and
> other regular bricks. At $11.95, it is a good supply of these (although I
> think 1254 provides more of these parts). It also contains a decent amount
> of dark gray beams. It comes with 3 twisty black hoses. It contains 9 blue
> brush parts.
>
> I rate this set as pretty good. The main model is fun and looks pretty
> good. The parts are decent and the value is pretty good.
>
> 1256
> This contains a pair of gas pumps and a canopy over the top. This set is th
> most expensive, coming in at $1995.
>
> The main model looks nice, but there just doesn't seem to be all that much
> to do (compared to the other sets). You can drive the car and motor-cycle
> up and get gas, but that's about it.
>
> From a parts standpoint, the value of this set depends on how badly you want
> certain parts. The key parts in this set are 3 4x10x2 white, angled roof
> pieces with trans dark blue windows. One of these is available in two of
> the space port sets, but the cheapest set there is $29.95. So, if you are
> in the market for these roof pieces, then the set is an excellent value.
> Othere than those windows, there isn't too much of interest here. There are
> two 16x16 road plates (I already have zillions of these). It has a decent
> supply of yellow and white bricks (and 2 large yellow plates), but the other
> two sets have much better selections (especially considering that they cost
> much less). The car (a Ferrari) has two trans-red 1x2 grill plates. I've
> not seen these in any other set. It includes 4 flowers (not bad for a $20
> set). This is also a good supply of 1x3x1 black bricks - It has 10.
>
> I rate this set as so-so unless you are really after those large white
> ceiling pieces with the dark trans-blue windows. The main model is just OK
> and those ceiling pieces are the only really great pieces in the set.
>
> I hope this was useful. I recommend buying as many of the 1254's as you can
> get (unless you live in my area, in which case, I recommend that you not buy
> ANY so there are some more left for me).
Have to agree with Brad H. now that I've picked up all the 11 Shell promo
sets. They are in my opinion some of the better Town System sets since at
LEAST 1996. I think LEGO may have been targeting us AFOLs with this
offering, and since Town is dead in the 2001 catalog, praise be to them for
bringin' it out at Shell. All together the full line ran a little over
$70.00 in California dollars (Don't you know our money is funny?), and that
ain't bad considering how much/little you get in a single box at that price.
My favorite details: 2(!) Ferrari cars (street, racer), FOOD, and the fact
that I now can bring some competition to my Exxon only Town. It is my
SINCERE hope that LEGO will continue this series with a REAL race set and
include other competing auto maker names and various elements of track life.
Happy day!
Aaron
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