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Review: 7979 Castle Advent Calendar (First Look) Don't peek until 1st December :\

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#1 User is offline   brickbitz 


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Posted 11 September 2008 - 12:05 PM

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So S@H delivered the goods today and I literally couldn't wait until December so here you are.

First off the instructions in two parts.

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With a total of nine figures there are 5 "good guys" including the jester and the maiden. You also get two knights and a dwarf. Nice to see lots of different accessories for these figures. The jester is great, I never picked up a "Harley Quinn" figure , so this is the first time I've really seen the hat.

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The "bad guys" consist of 2 skeletons, a troll and the witch.

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Assorted weaponry for both sides, there are plenty of weapons included in this set.

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General Castle goodies. It's nice to see buckets , cauldrons, food , a table with gold goblet and plate.

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The rest of the bits, including a mine cart for the dwarf, a rock with a jewel, plus assorted animals.

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There are also the usual small pieces spare as is common with these sets, nothing special though.

In summary this is simply a must buy for all Castle fans, and even those who aren't into Castle can probably find a use for most of the accessories anyway.

Definitely a 10/10 from me.

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 12:10 PM

I like it. I was 99% willing to buy it, and now I'm 100%.
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 12:10 PM

Oo there is a lot of cool things in it ... I'll give it 10/10 too

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 12:34 PM

Great stuff in there, it really fills my expecatins now. Already pre-ordered it several weeks ago, can't wait to get it. Not sure yet if i open the doors in order or all at once though :tongue:

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 01:02 PM

that´s an excellent set! Best advent calendar ever, I would say!

Definetly will be getting this! At least once ;)
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 01:52 PM

This is a great set. Glad we get 2 knights with printed torso, and not 1 printed and 1 unprinted+armour. I really like the jester, maiden and witch
Only 2 things I wish where different: The other type of dwarf beard in earth/dark orange, and I would have preferred an orc shield instead of a skeleton one.
(+I don't really care about the 2 skeletons, a wizard and a peasant would be more usefull to me, but at least now all factions are represented)

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 02:00 PM

That is wonderful! :cry_happy: Some great little pieces for MOC's! :thumbup: I :wub: the cauldron, the witch, the jester, the animals, and the maid! I give this a 10/10!

Is this going to come out in the US? I hope so.....otherwise I'm going to have to have a talk with TLC..... :devil:
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 03:02 PM

That is awesome. If I were to get this set, I probably wouldn't be able to wait until Christmas...
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 03:21 PM

Well, that's pretty cool. I was going to get this set anyway (via a friend in Europe). The one thing I am disappointed about is that there is no king... I saw a set of pictures that showed the king in them and I was hoping that he would be in this. Oh well. I guess I will go to BrickLink for him.
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 03:47 PM

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 05:24 PM

Thank you for the first complete pics, Brickbiz!

Can you tell something about the size and the weight of the box (including the bricks of course :wink: )?

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 05:53 PM

Does the dwarf come with a beard?

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 06:08 PM

Must Buy!! :thumbup: :cry_happy:
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 06:24 PM

We're they in random boxes or in order.

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 06:27 PM

View Postrandomparrot, on Sep 11 2008, 06:24 PM, said:

We're they in random boxes or in order.

Nope.
Nothing random about 24 individual packs...or at lest they're not to my knowledge :grin:

I believe they're marked with numbers from 1-24.
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