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Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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Sun, 26 Nov 2000 01:40:30 GMT
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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).
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