Crazydance Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Information Name: Fast Flyers Set No.: 4953 @ Peeron.com Theme: LEGO Creator Year: 2007 Pieces: 312 Minifigs: 0 Price: USD $20.00 / GBP unknown / EUR €14,95 Bricklink search results Brickset Lugnet Introduction Command to Tango Alpha Niner do you have a visual? Tango Alpha Niner to Command that's a negative, there's a lot of lego and two godlike hands! Ever since my smaller sets from the dark ages i was loving the big ones. There hasn't been a moment that lego didn't have a interesting small set. LEGO City isn't going to do it for me, so i had a choice between a City verhicle, or a Creator set. The box I chose the fast flyers because the box looked very good. I ripped open the box and put all the parts in a large box. This enables me to dig around for pieces, Which i like with smaller sets. Interesting parts Some interesting parts like the engines, and parts needed for the wing technique The set comes in four or five (forgot) bags, no stickers (thank god!) and the manuals. As more of the creator sets it's just placing bricks on eachother with your occasional small techniques. It's really fun to build, and you don't really get what it does until it's completed. The building instructions The two manuals... one for the jet, one for the alternatives. Completed jet The jet itself, a beauty Alternative models: Hovercraft Also you get the two alternative models. How attractive as they are the really don't measure up to the jet. But they are fun to pull up in about 15 Mins per model. The hovercraft The hovercraft. the smalles model of the three. however the round base of the model is a real eye catcher. Beneath the hovercraft hood It drives around with three wheels. The bad thing about this hovercraft is that it looks good, but is very unstable thus hard to play with. Maybe a larger model with power functions adds to the excitement, but this small version doesn't Fun shot Kiss my engines! Alternative model #1 score: 2/5 Alternative models: Helicopter You can also build a helicopter. This one is better to play with, but hasn't got as much potential as the jet. If you like helecopters, build this alternative model. Helicopter! artistic chopper-shot. Alternative model #2 score: 3/5 I've done my fair amount of lego set building, but no creator set was as interesting as this smaller set. Maybe that's because i've only had the LEGO Creator experience with the ferris wheel. Oh jeah, can somebody tell me which part is missing? It's like you see here. It has tail wing that flap, and the main wings can fold back against the jet. Take in the retractable wheels and this baby can do about anything that a real one can :) Atristic shot Amazing what you can do with manual focus. Verdict The main model is a absolute charm to build. People were looking at me like i was MOCcing something. Once they saw it's actually for sale like this some of them bought it too for their 'kids'. I haven't put up the alternative models but i have looked into them. It looks like the hovercraft uses the wheels in a effective way to get around. As for the helicopter it's the exact opposite. it didn't seem like a very nice model. Quite big, like the fighter jet, but nearly not as interesting. Playability: 9/10 (zoom zoom! you know what i mean) Design: 9/10 (insanely good design) Price: 8/10 (Good price, for a good set) Overall: 8.3/10 More fun with cranes and planes And my Cargo crane tries to drag the jet back into his hangar! Quote
Iron Moose Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Three things this review missed: 1 - the plane has landing gear, some of which hides behind hinged panels. 2 - the plane's wings both swing out when you pull the tab on the back of the plane. 3 - the plane's got a lot of blue that's not visible on most of the official photos. It's a great plane, though. I wish it was Mini-fig compatible. Quote
Crazydance Posted September 7, 2008 Author Posted September 7, 2008 (edited) Wasn't the level 3 review i graduated on, but because this model is so photogenetic, i a 3D shot. Get your 3G goggles out everyone: Edited September 7, 2008 by Crazydance Quote
Holodoc Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Wasn't the level 3 review i graduated on, but because this model is so photogenetic, i a 3D shot.Get your 3G goggles out everyone: Now THIS is cool! Glad I´ve got Trackmania 3D-goggles next to my computer. How did you do that? I would love to do something similar with photos of mine. Quote
zero1312 Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Nice review, now I'm tempted to buy it. Quote
Crazydance Posted September 8, 2008 Author Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) Nice review, now I'm tempted to buy it. Seriously, i got this baby for only 12 euro's... really a must-buy for that price. To answer about the 3D images: 1. google for anaglyphic 3D maker or click the following link: Anaglyphic 3D page 2. Make one image of each of the views. You will have to move your camera to the right, approx the space between your eyes (I used 4Cm (that's around 1 3/4 inch)) But for good measure you can use between 3.5 or 5 Centimeters... of 1 1/4 / 2 inch, tutorial on making the pictures Open the program, load the images, tweak the project with your 3D goggles... and your done! With the program you can choose between Black & white or the color version... I recommend black & white because of the nature of the 3D technique which screws with your color perception. Edited September 8, 2008 by Crazydance Quote
Manta Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 The hovercraft looks amazing, put a chair in place of the cockpit, and it'd be an amazing minifig scale vehicle. Then you could mod it a bit more. Quote
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