Friday, July 16, 2010

LEGO Power Miners #8188 Fire Blaster Review

Theme: Power Miners
Name: Fire Blaster
S/N: #8188
Year: 2010
Pieces: 67
Minifig: 2
Price: RM59.90, SGD19.90, USD9.99, GBP6.99

Box
The box is very thick which is good as you can fit the whole model in after dismantle the wheel. The side shows us the name of the magma monster and the actual scale of it. As for the back, it shows us the function again.

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Content
What we have for the content are two pack of bricks, a separately pack magma monster, a tube, a sticker sheet and an instruction booklet.

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To download the instruction, please click HERE.

Accessories
This set include us with a neon green crystal and a dynamite, but dynamite was used as flick-fire stuff, so I didn't post it here.

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Minifigs
We got Combustix the new magma monster and a miner. Combustix seriously looks good and I like it a lot. Just like the old monster, the mouth can open widely and take in dynamite or even crystal.

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As for the miner, he got both side of his torso printed and the leg are printed too. He also have double expression.

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They actually done a good job on the minifigs and I prefer the new miners and monster over the old one.

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I would say the design of this vehicle is very nice. The designer has done a good job after they design badly for the second wave.

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The cockpit can be open to place the minifig inside although there is no windscreen and are pretty much danger when it encounter the magma monster.

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While on the right of the vehicle are the dynamite launcher.

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Extra pieces
This set provide us with a lot of extra pieces too since there are a number of small parts needed in this set.

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Completed model
I would say this is one good looking vehicle and the designer has done a great job in making this theme interesting again.

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Playability: 6/10 Flick-fire again.
Design : 10/10 The design of the vehicles indeed very attractive.
Price : 6/10 Is quite an expensive set looking at the currency exchange rate.
Overall: 7/10 Nice vehicle, nice minifigs, everything is just right.

LEGO Space Police III #5970 Freeze Ray Frenzy Review

Theme: Space Police III
Name: Freeze Ray Frenzy
S/N: #5970
Year: 2009
Pieces: 80
Minifig: 2
Price: RM59.90, SGD-, USD9.99, GBP8.99

Box
The box sure is bigger compare to the recent release of the set that have almost the same piece count, but is a good thing since it fits everything inside after you assemble them. At the side of the box have the actual minifig scale shown and pictures of the minifigs while the back of the box shown the function of the set.

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Content
For the content, we get two pack of bricks, a loose bricks, a sticker sheet and an instruction booklet. Below is the picture:

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To download the instruction, please click HERE.

Minifigs
Since there is no accessories in this set, we go to the minifigs. Both the minifigs, Kranxx and Space Police officer have both side of their torso printed. In addition, their leg are printed too. Below are the pictures:

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Traffic Light and Stop Sign
The traffic light is nice and if you like it, you can MOD it for four ways traffic. I didn't apply the stickers, so the stop sign is actually an empty sign.

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Police Ray Bike
Well this is the name TLG gave to it. It features flick-fire missile with it. Below are the pictures from different angle:

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I would have to say is pretty hard to fit the space police officer on his ray bike.

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So here's the flick-fire functions at the front of the ray bike.

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Hotrod Hover Cycle
This is Kranxx vehicle and I like the fire a lot and i think the cycle is just average. But it do made out of interesting parts.

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So here's Kraxx with his hotrod cycle. There is not much functions with this cycle except adjustable handle.

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Extra pieces
We do get quite a number of extra piece from this set.

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Completed model
So here's the overall view of the completed model.

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Playability: 6/10 Flick-fire missiles again.
Design : 8/10 The design of the vehicles is still acceptable but I like the traffic light a lot.
Price : 6/10 Is quite an expensive set looking at the currency exchange rate.
Overall: 7/10 Nice parts and nice minifigs.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

LEGO Kingdoms #7955 Wizard Review

Theme: Kingdoms
Name: Wizard
S/N: #7955
Year: 2010
Pieces: 19
Minifig: 1
Price: RM17.90, SGD6.90, USD3.99, GBP2.99

Box
The box art have a little changes, which is no longer have actual minifigs scale shown on the side while at the back are just words. Just ignore our local distributor sticker.

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Content
Like any other impulse set, we get a pack of bricks and a instruction sheet. Below are the picture of content together with two pictures for the instruction:

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Accessories
The wizard have a scroll which is a printed part and a dragon statue. At least we have a printed part in this small impulse set.

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Minifigs
The wizard minifig torso are not printed, is a blank dark green torso since his black beard will be covering it, but at least he got his leg and hat printed. See pictures below:

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Scroll and Table
Although it is still include a table and a stand, but I still like them especially the scroll and dragon.

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Extra pieces
We get two translucent extra pieces comes with this impulse set which is the cap for the potions.

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Completed model
I personally thinks that this set is better than the Court Jester as there is at least some useful accessories included.

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Playability: 5/10 No playability for an impulse set.
Design : 8/10 I quite like this set for the scroll and table.
Price : 6/10 Quite expensive as there is no accessories.
Overall: 7/10 If you wan more printed scroll and dragon, buy more of this.