LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean #4183 The Mill Review

Theme: Pirates of the Caribbean
Name: The Mill
S/N: #4183
Year: 2011
Pieces: 365
Minifig: 4
Price: RM219.90, SGD109.90, USD39.99, GBP40.99

Box

The front box art show the name of the set, the minifigs with their name and of course the decorated background with the playset. The top side of the box shows Hadras in hi real scale while the back of the box shows the playability of the set.

Content

We got five bags packed inside the box which four of them are bricks, while the other one is instruction books, sticker sheet and poster. I just like the new way of packing as it protects the instruction books and sticker.

To download or view the instructions, please click: Book1 / Book2

The poster is not so nice, one side of the poster is definitely the same with other set, except the one from Captain's Cabin.

Accessories

Below is the picture of the accessories provided by this set, and I think the chest is way too big compare to the one in movie. I like that printed round piece and we got new bucket as well. There is a bottle as well, but I didn't include it in the picture.

Animals

We get a dead fish and a snake again. Seems quite common to have snake in PotC set.

Minifigs

We get four minifigs which two of them are rather rare. Hadras looks have a unique headgear which makes me love the minifigs more. They got both side of the torso and head printed. Three of them with leg printed except for Will Turner.

Now we get up close with Hadras, which I think it looks nice and very well printed.

While here is the expression of the desperate trio, that fight for the chest and key.

The Mill

I don't really like this set when I first saw it, until someone offer me a good price and is not bad to give it a try. After I assemble it, I would say the mill is not as bad as it looks in the box art, it is one great set to own as well. There is this falling bell, and the mill wheel that came off. I started to like it after I assemble it. Anyway below is the pictures of the mill.

There is a entrance right below the bell where the minifigs fits perfectly through the entrance. The whole building is connected and not block by walls, but instead there is a smaller arch entrance that connects them. So there is two level in total which one needed the minifigs to climb the stairs or catapult it way up to the second level.

The picture below shows that the bell is hanging by a tread, and we tie the tread to a modified brick. But the tread is quite hard to hold tightly at the bar there and result of falling bell sometimes.

Now the exterior and the interior of middle section of the mill. There is something left in the interior, which is a bottle and a barrel for you to place the fish.

I guess this path on top is the way to get those duo end up at the mill wheel. It unfortunately fit one minifigs, and I have hard time posing this two minifigs.

Moving to the mill wheel, where the playability is just to push the technic bar so the bar can push the mill wheel upwards thus releasing it. The wheel will for a short distance once it was release.

Extra pieces

Here are the leftovers once the whole mill is fully assembled.

Completed model

The minifigs lover might want to try out the set yourself. Is not that ugly looking as I thought it was. It's quite fun playing with it too. You can move the wheel or drop the bell on your minifigs, the only cons here is that there is no pathway round up the bell, otherwise, it will be perfect.

Playability: 7/10 Not bad, but the thread need a change.
Building experience: 6/10 Is easy to build, hardly have any technic pin that hurts my hand.
Parts:6/10 Normal color scheme, and common parts are given.
Value for money: 4/10 Nice minifigs, but the parts are quite easy to attain from Bricklink.
Overall: 6/10 Nice minifgs, nice playability.