Collectibles > LEGO
Lego 2008
The Stolen CCG License:
Random rave: kudos to whomever designed/ wrote instructions for the newer battle packs.
We've been picking up the $9.99 "battle packs" that have been out for the last 1-2 years (going back to the 30th anniversery packaging). These are the ones that come with like 5 troopers and a mini-rig type custom design. We'd been building them with my oldest (he just had his 5th birthday), but he had always needed a fair amount of help...
Not so with the newer 8015 pack (IG-Assassin droids). The improvements are subtle, but very clever and very significant: fewer peices added per step, distinctive colors for the hidden, interior peices (obvious which peices are new in each step, easy to find from the pile), and there's even one step where a single-stud peice is added just to keep the correct spacing of other pieces obvious. It's not a simpler design, it's just designed with instruction-clarity in mind.
It all made a BIG difference (plus, I guess he's older now), and he was actually able to put the thing together unsupervised! Great experience.
iFett:
Found the Republic Tank at Target this morning at NCF $49.99. Freak sighting? I missed that three week window at Christmas so I was happy to pick this sucker up.
skyward72:
--- Quote from: iFett on July 19, 2009, 08:24 PM ---Found the Republic Tank at Target this morning at NCF $49.99. Freak sighting? I missed that three week window at Christmas so I was happy to pick this sucker up.
--- End quote ---
Not a freak sighting, Lego did another batch. They should also be hitting the Lego stores. I found six at a local Target in my area.
A.J.:
--- Quote from: skyward72 on July 19, 2009, 10:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: iFett on July 19, 2009, 08:24 PM ---Found the Republic Tank at Target this morning at NCF $49.99. Freak sighting? I missed that three week window at Christmas so I was happy to pick this sucker up.
--- End quote ---
Not a freak sighting, Lego did another batch. They should also be hitting the Lego stores. I found six at a local Target in my area.
--- End quote ---
I didn't get it last year so maybe now I will. :)
Dave:
Just cracked open "Indiana Jones - Race for the Stolen Treasure", set 7622, that I've had in mothballs since I bought it in 2008.
This has got to be one of the best sets I've ever put together (actually my six year old put it together). Cool pieces. Really cool cargo truck canopy. Super set for $30 (five years ago).
I've been busting open a bunch of older sets now that my son is old enough to build them. Some have aged poorly, but this one is really cool.
Although I did have a little "openers remorse" when I looked it up on eBay and saw one sold for $80 the other day.
I've got a few other Indiana Jones sets stored away that I'm tempted to crack open tonight and see if they're as cool as this one.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version