Ferrari 430 Spider

[Mithrandir]

I've had my eyes on this set for a while now, and I almost didn't buy it, because every review I read mentioned that it had a ton of "special pieces". I had $38 of Amazon.com gift certificates though, so I decided to go ahead and grab it.

I must say, I am very pleased. Honestly, I think this is single handedly the prettiest set I've ever bought, and I'm really happy that I got it.

I'm not really a non-technic person; almost every set I own is technic. I enjoy challenges when building things, and I guess I got bored of the whole studded thing when I was a child. But damn, this thing was very fun to build (it took me about 2 hours, with 2 breaks)

And I really want to know what in the heck people were talking about when they said it was packed full of "Special pieces"?

There were only two special pieces, an arch to go over the front wheels, and the wheel hub caps. Quite frankly, I like those pieces. A Lot.

To be honest, I thought the hood piece was "special" at first, but upon further review, it's just the train-road-crossing wedge (6x8).

In my own personal view, a piece cannot be considered "special" if it appears in 10 or more sets. Does anyone else agree with that assessment?

[5150 Lego]

I've had my eyes on this set for a while now, and I almost didn't buy it, because every review I read mentioned that it had a ton of "special pieces". I had $38 of Amazon.com gift certificates though, so I decided to go ahead and grab it.

I must say, I am very pleased. Honestly, I think this is single handedly the prettiest set I've ever bought, and I'm really happy that I got it.

I'm not really a non-technic person; almost every set I own is technic. I enjoy challenges when building things, and I guess I got bored of the whole studded thing when I was a child. But damn, this thing was very fun to build (it took me about 2 hours, with 2 breaks)

And I really want to know what in the heck people were talking about when they said it was packed full of "Special pieces"?

There were only two special pieces, an arch to go over the front wheels, and the wheel hub caps. Quite frankly, I like those pieces. A Lot.

To be honest, I thought the hood piece was "special" at first, but upon further review, it's just the train-road-crossing wedge (6x8).

In my own personal view, a piece cannot be considered "special" if it appears in 10 or more sets. Does anyone else agree with that assessment?

Glad you like the set. I have it myself, and am quite pleased with it as well. I modified mine with a racing interiour, and role cage! Came out preety decent.

As for the speacial peices, i'd have to agree. The hub caps, and front wheel arches seem to be the only "speacial" peices to me as well. The hood is nothing speacial. Been around for years now. They also used it in some house roofs.