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Re: Feelings over 2000 sets . . .
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Thu, 2 Mar 2000 04:48:22 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jonathan Little writes:
> With the 2000 sets, though there was a lot of eager anticipation, the same
> giddy feeling wasn't there.
I've had mixed feelings about the 2000 sets.
I've been very happy with the new Arctic ones. These are only moderately
juniorized and provided a lot of neat, new parts that I've integrated into my
creations.
The castle sets look promising as well. I never really got into the ninja
stuff. Perhaps I'm more attuned to Western rather than Eastern architecture.
I haven't yet purchaced a 2000 castle set, but I will within a month or so.
On the other hand, the star wars sets seem to be getting a bit "sloppy" with
the 2000 sets. The ones due out in the summer look even worse from this
respect. The color coordination is just awful.
The town sets continue to get (seemingly) smaller and more juniorized. I
actually got a lot of good from the old command post central and motorcycle
shop "junior" sets from a few years ago. Those sets provided great pieces at a
good price. Unfortunately, the new ones don't seem to continue this trend.
6600 (the one with the highway pieces) looks cool, but the cheapest I've seen
it for is $70 (at Zany Brainy). The new fire station (6478) is too small and
simplified. It has some decent parts, but you almost have to buy 2 or 3 of
them (plus some bulk parts sets) to be able to build something semi-realistic.
Anyhow, those are my thoughts,
Brad
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Message has 5 Replies:
 | | Re: Feelings over 2000 sets . . .
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| (...) my (...) I'm actually quite disappointed with the Arctic sets and think they are extremely juniorized. If you look at the large base set, it's composed almost entirely of pre-fab pieces. There are almost no bricks in the set. I may pick up a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Feelings over 2000 sets . . .
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| (...) I'm actually sorry to see those go. They're the only "castle" sets I've purchased. Bet you can't guess which part of the world I'm interested in. As for this years SW sets, I dunno, I too didn't feel QUITE as excited about them too. I guess (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Feelings over 2000 sets . . .
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| (...) I can´t say I am happy with this line. I like the minifigs and the idea a lot, but I think it´s a bit too juniorized. What I really would have liked to see is a "Pistenbully". I am not shure what the right translations for this is. It´s the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Feelings over 2000 sets . . .
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| In lugnet.starwars, Brad Hamilton writes: <snip> (...) These are a bit too juniorized for my tastes. I love the Mini-figs though and the siege weapons are pretty good. Actually I like the Bulls stuff better than the King LEO models although I like (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Feelings over 2000 sets . . .
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| (...) I have to disagree. The 2000 Town sets still suck, but are much better than the 1999 sets. The 2000 sets feature less simplification than last year. And instructions to sets finally contain more than 2 or 3 steps. (For example, 6439, Mini (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Feelings over 2000 sets . . .
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| I know this is kind of late, seeing as how the 2000 sets have been out for a couple of months now, but I wanted to say a few words about my personal feelings of the new sets and also get input from everyone else. When I first heard about SW sets, I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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