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Re: 8458 Silver Champ
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:44:30 GMT
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Yes it is expensive, but i don't for one second regret spending the money.
It is a Beautiful Model, and i enjoyed the build as well, i wonder how long
it takes the designers to come up with these grand sets....
Gaurav Thakur <cp5670@supermail.com> wrote in message
news:G4KFr4.GFC@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.technic, Matt Sekerak writes:
> > Just picked up a copy of the Silver Champion (8458)...$169.99 later! • OUCH!
> > I found it at TRU in Portland, ME. Didn't expect it to be on the • shelves, I
> > thought it was only a catalog item. Anyway, it's the most fascinating • Lego
> > set I've built yet, hands down. The damn thing is well over two feet • long!
> > The wheels are roughly the diameter of a baseball. The instructions were
> > lengthy and complex...enough to trick me two or three times, forcing me • to
> > rip it apart and go backward a few steps - very fun! It comes with two • FAT
> > instruction booklets (novels, really) one for the Formula racer, the • other
> > for the truck. Truly irresistable for a Technic fan...if you can get • over
> > the cost, that is. Uninterrupted (sp?) building time was approx. eight
> > hours, but that's going slow to savor it. Nice set, well worth the $$
> >
> > -Matt
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> >
> > .
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> Actually I didn't really think this one was really that good. The look is
> fantastic and it comes with many useful parts and innovative design ideas,
> but there simply aren't enough functions to make it worth $170. At this • kind
> of price I would have expected a motor or something included. To be fair
> though, it is a lot of fun to build (IMHO).
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| (...) Actually I didn't really think this one was really that good. The look is fantastic and it comes with many useful parts and innovative design ideas, but there simply aren't enough functions to make it worth $170. At this kind of price I would (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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