Saturday, August 21, 2010

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Great set for building, my 7 year old got it for his birthday, and it took him a day (completely mesmerized). However, once built the wings are too heavy so do not stay up whist playing, but fall down.
All in all great for building, and now looking good on display, just tricky to play with.Get more detail about LEGO Star Wars V-19 Torrent (7674).

Friday, August 20, 2010

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I bought this toy for a grandson. It was delivered at the right place and in good time and so the service provided by Amazon was irreproachable. As to how good the toy is, you'll have to ask my grandson. But it did seem to keep him happy and occupied for quite a while.Get more detail about LEGO Bionicle Kaxium (8993).

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Ok, so there are other parents out there who have Lego-addicted children. It actually might all stem from the fact that they get the Lego magazine FREE for 2 years, thus Lego company is ensuring all parents will at some point be begged for something their child sees in the magazine. Which is exactly what occured here. My son HAD TO HAVE this helicopter, so we searched and found the best price on Amazon (though the Lego site isn't bad either, just pay for shipping). In any event, my son loves this. It's pricey, yes, but it's big and it took a long time to put together. As with all Legos they always need to have more "people", but this one has 2 and that works ok for now. I highly recommend putting it in a container once it's built, which is how we store all our Legos. That way they can be stored on a shelf in an orderly fashion and when they are bored and haven't seen a particular one for a while, just pull out a box, take it apart, and they get to put it together again (in typically a different way).

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My son had this on his Christmas list and was able to put it together without any help. The attention to detail is what keeps us spending money on Legos. There is a tiny coffee maker in the cab of the truck! The wheels roll and the "blades" move with them, there is a net that you can shoot out on the rock monster, and it seems more durable than some of the Star Wars ships we have. He seems to play with it longer before requiring repairs. Great design and easy to follow instructions. Free shipping and a great price made this a better option than fighting crowds for black friday deals that might not have been there anyway.Get more detail about LEGO Power Miners Rock Wrecker (8963).

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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I bought this toy for my 8 year old son. Overall, he had fun building it. He asked for help a couple of times. The spring on the forklift would not stay on and caused a lot of frustration for the both of us. Once built, the truck and forklift look solid but when my son plays with it "like a real toy truck" it falls apart. So, if your child enjoys building Legos, but not necessarily playing with the finished product, this toy is fine.Get more detail about LEGO City Truck and Forklift.

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I got this boat for my kids to build and play with, the older child (6) has been enjoying Lego star wars kits while the younger (3) has been looking longingly at brothers growing collection. She wanted some Lego's too. Many of the movie themed sets are both expensive and complicated so I decided to get her (well them) the fireboat since it could double as a bath toy.

Overview
This was my first "Lego city" kit and I was drawing from memories of a late 70's fire boat kit (which I still have the hull). Things have changed a lot sense then.

From a build perspective this kit is a lot less complicated than the Star Wars kits (its rated for age 5-12 rather than 8+). It was beyond the ability of the 3 year old, she could follow and complete about 1/3 of it with direction. The 6 year old had no problem at all. Building it was an excellent family activity.

The directions are pretty standard, they go from back to front, layer after layer. Layout and build is fairly straightforward. It's easy to understand what and where the parts you are building are for.

The packing was also well organized. The project was divided into three sections, each with their own labeled bag. The first section was the hull, the second the control room, the third the water cannons. No one section had too many pieces. Building it was manageable in several sessions over a couple of days. Actual build time was a few hours but there was a bit of fighting over who got to do what part.

Unlike the Star wars ships this boat had a much higher percentage of standard bricks and plates rather than super special parts that you have little hope of replacing if they get lost.

It was a lot of fun and the finished product was a very functional toy. A number of the "appendages" like the crane and smaller water cannons probably need to be stripped of (because they will come off in play). But even without those it's a very neat boat.

Features
This boat is loaded with features. What interested me the most was the hull. It's made of two pieces, the hull and the deck. The boat DOES float but it will take on water. The instructions indicate your able to remove the deck to dump the water but I found that it all comes out of the gap between the hull and the deck up front.

I compared it to my 70's era fireboat hull, big difference. That hull came in 4 pieces (which was nice because you could break it down for storage). This hull is a lot longer and much wider. Another feature is that it has an outer flanges that look similar to Torpedo blisters. These are stabilizers. They expand the width of the boat and when in water trap pockets of air on each side to give it side to side stability. My old boat came with weights that you had to attach to the bottom or it would flip over because it was top heavy. The beauty of these is you don't have to change anything for in and out of water play. The deck has a recessed section in the middle to allow for more 3 dimensional building than a flat deck would.

There is the buildup on the hull, major play items include the boat deck (which you can attach the included zodiac mini-boat to. The galley which has some sensor blocks and flip up sleeping compartment. The forward deck has a water cannon on it.

The control room is built as a separate assembly and attached to the ship over the galley. It is configured in such a way that it is easy to pull on and off to access the Galley. It has a steering wheel and cool inverted windows.

On the back is a water canon on a crane. It rotates 360 and goes up and down. There are also half a dozen other water cannons scattered across the ship on small mounts.

It comes with 4 mini figures, a small zodiac boat and a cute buoy (doesn't float upright).
Everything can fit in or on the boat for storage.

Playability
This boat has excellent playability. As I mentioned some of the protruding accessories will probably quickly be lost. But aside from that it's pretty solid. The control room can be removed and is well enough built to handle a bit of abuse. When the kids tire of fire adventures the hull has a lot of possibility for being reconfigured to a variety of tasks. The basic design of the structures on it are pretty good and would work for a variety of boat uses (Police boat, fishing boat, cargo boat, Patrol Boat). Just reconfigure the front and back areas.

It got its baptism pretty early on after completion and it worked great in the tub and didn't retain too much water after being drained. Works well as a bath toy. You do have to remove the back crane assembly or it is a little bit top heavy and tends to roll in the water.

So In Summary

Pro's
Good Hull
Lots of playability
Well organized packing

Con's
Some pieces easily come off.

Conclusion
An excellent boat and toy if your kids like Legos. You'll have fun building it with them and they'll have fun playing with it for years to come.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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My son(age 8) got this toy for Christmas and Loved it. He has never really played with Legos before this, but with a little guidance he was able to creat the motorcycle. I will continue to buy Lego sets like this.Get more detail about LEGO Creator Race Rider.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Monday, August 16, 2010

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

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Saturday, August 14, 2010

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Friday, August 13, 2010

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However, the Amazon return system worked well.Get more detail about LEGO Star Wars AT-TE Walker (7675).

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I've been a Lego nut since they were invented practically (I'm the proverbial little old lady in tennis shoes who still plays with trains, erector sets and my huge antique Lego collection). An issue I have with current Lego toys is the vastly specialized array of pieces; I think more creative thinking gets done with the older style sets. But I guess constant specialized products drives the high-hype toy marketing business model.

However, these days I get my Lego "fix" when friends usually put one or two of the small Lego sets in my Christmas stocking, and I now have a 7-year old in the family again to buy Legos for; he likes the construction and city services sets.

This year I got 8956 & 8957 in my stocking.

Since I don't follow Lego advertising or magazines, I don't know what the "Power Miners" theme "story" is about except some kind of underground/mining theme, so I don't know what the little robot-like crystal guys are. Are they "the enemy"?

I presume that as usual these sets are targeted at boys, and designers seem to think boys' toys have to be about some kind of war with good guys & bad guys. (Do the good guys have to be so ugly and menacing looking?) This is too bad, as these could have been about neat mechanical devices for mining, and from these two and pictures of others, they do have sort of fantasy mining and tunneling devices, like the 8960 is similar to the devices actually used for tunneling. I'd prefer to think of the little crystal guys as robot helpers like R2D2, that you send into tight spots too dangerous for human workers.

The 8956 is a neat little tricycle trencher-digger that is fun to play with. However, the instructions show the trenching cutters pointing the wrong way; they wouldn't work the way they're shown in the instructions. The package cover does get it right. I was also disappointed that while both 8956 & 8957 have pieces shaped like gears that go on the axles, they don't function as gears, they're just for looks. These aspects of the models are disappointing because Legos can be good for exploring mechanics if done right.

I agree with another reviewer of 8957 that it is poorly designed.

Some points: it is structurally unsound (comes apart too easily).

The ball and socket joints are good (but very tight, even painful to assemble), but aren't used that well or realistically.

The device won't stand up properly and tips over too easily, depending on what you do with the tool arms. And I shudder to think what would happen to the operator if one of the two tools was actually used on rock - the reaction forces would probably send the whole vehicle flying apart.

Another problem: the cab has two joy-stick type controls (??), but they are positioned behind the operator, and the man figure can't actually hold them. This bugged me so much that I ditched the pick ax and the funny little red gizmo (fire extinguisher? emergency flare? water bottle? Hand held laser rock cutter?) that were held by the little black pieces on each side of the cab, and swapped the black pieces positions with the green ones that the joy/shift sticks are fastened to, which moved the sticks forward where they can actually be put in the operators hands. (Besides the pick and the red gizmo would probably get caught in the tool arm mechanisms and brain the operator: bad worker safety design.) I gave the pick and the red gizmo to the two crystal robot guys to use.

The 8956 detail stickers (I don't like the stickers in general; too specific) put engine exhaust ports right beside the operator. Bad idea and/or careless design.

Still, I had fun putting the two sets together and will soon take them apart and see what else I can come up with. The two little sets are a nice combination for the price.Get more detail about LEGO Power Miners Mine Mech (8957).

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Boy, is this guy ever funny! We've had such a blast playing with this guy and the lava monster. It's fun to combine them with the other sets in the Power Miner series and the agents series. We've not had any trouble with the legs staying on very much. You just have to get them on there correctly and they'll stay just fine. We've had battles with this guy and he's fallen from the table to the floor, and stayed in one piece. It's just super cute, not too hard for a nine-year-old to put together either. Took about 40 minutes all together. Great, great toy, awesome addition to the series, highly, highly recommend!Get more detail about LEGO Power Miners Magma Mech (8189).

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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Hard to give a review since this product was sold without assembly instructions and no box at a high premium. Retailers should not be allowed to sell an intricate Lego toy without instructions and original box at a much higher price than suggested retail price.Get more detail about LEGO Racers Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 (8169).

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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You can really tell the engineers at LEGO really love their jobs! This set is so full of intricate details that I find it quite amazing that it is a toy. The fact that the atm machine has cash in it, that Squidtron is such a total bad guy that he invents a getaway "car" that has a hook so he can just run by all the atm's, hook them, and take off, is just ingenious. After this one was assembled, we all about laughed ourselves silly! It's super cute, loved a ton in this house, is very durable too. This guy's already stood up to hours of playtime with minimal falling apart. The atm machine likes to fall off the hook but all the better for the Space Policeman to grab it back. Took about 20 minutes for a nine-year-old to assemble so it's not overly involved. SUPER cute, highly, highly recommend!Get more detail about LEGO Space Smash 'n' Grab (5982).

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My 2-year-old son played with duplos all the time at the child center at our gym, so we bought him some for home. He plays with them almost every day. This set is nice because you can add some of the plain block sets to it and store them in the box.Get more detail about LEGO Duplo Large Brick Box (5506).

Monday, August 9, 2010

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Each day my toddler watches the children going to school on the school bus. This is a great toy to help him learn about the things that are going on around him. Very durable so far.Get more detail about LEGO Duplo Legoville Bus (5636).

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It arrived quickly and in perfect condition.Get more detail about LEGO Toy Story Construct a Buzz (7592).

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Legos are just awesome. They are packed with educational value and are fun at the same time. Your kid(s) can imagine, create, and play. I grew up with Lego's and now my children have them. Lego just keeps coming out with great ideas and concepts.Get more detail about LEGO City Front-end Loader.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

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My soon-to-be 6 year old grandson had this piece together in about 2 hours. He loved the finished chariot and figure. I think Legos are a terrific product--I'd buy them all for my grandsons but find them a little too expensive considering the actual time of interest in putting a piece together. I will continue buying them because of the intensity and interest--learning spacial, fine motor, logic skills.Get more detail about LEGO Castle King's Battle Chariot (7078).

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My seven year old really liked this Lego set that the Tooth Fairy brought him for his first tooth.Get more detail about LEGO Indiana Jones Venice Canal Chase (7197).

Saturday, August 7, 2010

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For a long time I always expected to have Indiana Jones Lego, unfortunately, when I was younger, the only legos I had was from space and Lego City series.

I always wanted to have the fun stuff like Star Wars legos and Indiana Jones legos, now, I'm 28 years old, and finally I was able to buy an Indiana Jones Lego.

This set has great detail and few pieces. I recommend this toy to any one, Lego's the only toy that will remain through time and history!

I'm saving right now to buy my next Lego set.
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Friday, August 6, 2010

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Thursday, August 5, 2010

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Overall, it is a great toy. My son saved his Christmas money to buy this and has really enjoyed playing with it in smaller ships. The large ship will not hold together long enough for him to allow it to fly. Price wise, I would hope for the money spent on the toy, lego would make them stay snapped together better. Maybe if the price of it was about $30 less it would ease the pain of it falling apart.
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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I purchased this lego set for my great-nephew who is 6 for a Christmas gift and he was thrilled with it.Get more detail about LEGO Star Wars Imperial Dropship.

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Bought this as a gift for my 8 year old son and he loves it. The pop off wings are very cool. The 3 minifigs are great and Indiana Jones comes with a small whip that we've lost already. Took a few hours to assemble and is holding together well.Get more detail about LEGO Indiana Jones Fighter Plane Attack (7198).

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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Bought this about a week ago, it's a pretty nice Space Police set remaniscent of the older ones from the '80s and '90s (which some of the new Space Police sets are).

The small hovercycle is an easy build with few, easy to place stickers. It has a couple features that are below-basic, but has a lot of potential for imaginative play.

The police officer is nice looking with silver painted glasses (if he looks familiar, it's because he uses the same head from a minifig in the Agents theme) and even has a two-sided head showing either a confident or frightened face. The wanted criminal, Squidman is also nice looking (for a bug-eyed alien). He even has a nice red cape. The only other accessory is a one-hundred dollar bill.

For about $6 (the one shown here may be overpriced, I'd suggest trying your local stores first) this is a nice starter for getting into the new Space Police theme or as a small gift for a LEGO lover you know.Get more detail about LEGO Space Police Squidman's Escape (5969).

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This toy was one requested by the birthday boy so I purchased it for him. He was very happy to receive it.Get more detail about LEGO Toy Story Buzz's Star Command Ship (7593).

Monday, August 2, 2010

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My son enjoyed building and playing with the Lego City Fire Station. We will purchase more Lego City sets in the future.

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My son said he wanted this lego star wars set for a long time and was thrilled to receive it for Christmas. The fact it came with 4 figures was a bonus. He put it together without my help (he just turned 7). It's a nice set - but a bit expensive for what it is...even for lego's.Get more detail about LEGO Clone Troopers Battle Pack 7655.

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I bought this set as an investment, but my 10 and 7 year olds would not let me keep it in the un-opened box. They have played with this set non-stop even though they don't really ever watch toy story. What makes it fun is the jail, the safe (with the money in it) and the hand cuffs. There's a lot of arguing over who gets to use bullseye too. I definately feel like it was money well spent.Get more detail about LEGO Toy Story Woody's Round Up (7594).

Sunday, August 1, 2010

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