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  1. simonwillems
    Thanks for this comparision, they are almost the same lenght in total, surprisingly... Your folder still isn't public I am afraid.
  2. simonwillems
    Nice topic! I quite like minifigs and own several of those tiny little fellows. According to Brickset I now have 1029 minifigs, but that is just the ones I obtained in sets. I bought many loose figs on bricklink and ebay and I got many in secondhand lots, so the estimated number approaches 1500 in total. One can never have to many minifigures, I once put all my townies together (which is the largest group within my population) and it resulted in this scene
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    This looks like a good set. Sure, it is a bit bare on the inside, but there were never Lego campers that had a more extended interior. It has always been a few seats, cups, some television thing and sometimes a tiny kitchen. So in my collection of campers and caravans it blends in. The only thing I find disappointing is the lack of the sail for the surfboard, that is one of the key ingredients for a set like this and for a Lego holiday feel in general. But I still probably buy it. Thanks for the review!
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    Really nice! Having almost every set of the Adventurers I know how hard it is to incorporate all the different worlds into one display but the layout you have here looks very well done. It makes me want to pull out all my sets and make something myself again, with this great line
  5. simonwillems
    Of course it does, try Lego! Capsizing usually has to do with a too shallow hull and too large masts, you could try to attach a weight underneath the ship and make some sort of sword, that will stabilise things.
  6. simonwillems
    How about Sigger...? Oh no, here we go again! Seriously though, I like Siegfried as a new name, a whole new life lies ahead. Looking back it seems I was the first person to be welcoming Sinner to EB, let me now welcome our new user Siegfried: Welcome!
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    Hi Maarten and welcome to Eurobricks, I wouldn't rely too much on the total mentioned piece count at these kind of collection-boxes, Shop at Home is known for sometimes getting them wrong. When you look at the description of the collection-pack it says that the collection consisits out of a number of sets, that will also be the way it is going to be shipped. So you just have a box arriving at your house with all the separate boxes inside them, including the tracks-set consosting of 64 pieces. Hope this helps
  8. simonwillems
    Noo, you lucky New Zealanders
  9. simonwillems
    There is a way to get around this increase: Just select a country where the price is still the same (or at least lower than in your own country, for example Germany instead of Ireland) fill in you adress (write your country behind your city). Lego will phone you saying that you filled in the wrong country (duh...) and then you say that you had meant to fill in the country you live in and you ask: "will there be any difference in prize now?". They say: "No, of course not!" Well, it worked for me once...
  10. simonwillems
    So I see I had the same problem with the battledroid in the seat bouncing around in the MTT, your solution of attaching him to the rear of the seat is very clever!
  11. simonwillems
    Yes! The Netherlands got infected with this increase as well, although not as steap as the Irish so it seems (CC went from 139,99 to 149,99 and Town Plan went from 139,99 to 159,99). This is not something to be too cheerfull about
  12. simonwillems
    Good! You shouldn't be at 14 years of age... As for me, I am one hundred percent Dutch, and proud of it!
  13. simonwillems
    Well, when it comes to controlling the engine: the person holding the remote will do that job, so the minifig is out of business anyway But seriously: I don't like the fact that the motor is so visible and takes up so much space either. Maybe it is possible to fit the M-motor inside instead of the XL. It's a shame I can not get the instructions displayed on my computer... I will probably convert the whole thing to 9 volt the same way I made the steam-engine in my signature, but I like the size of the new battery box a whole lot more than the rounded and hard-to-build-in older version.
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    This is a great set! I never got it in my childhood, but with Bricklink that might change in the nearby future. Although I do not own this set I played with it at my friends house many years ago and that way I know how it is made and what the functions are. Which leads me to something I noticed in your fine review: you used the large brown castle wheels instead of the smaller ones originally included with this set. When you replace those the steering will improve as the wheels of the cart will then touch the side of the cart a whole lot less. Also the horse will have the opportunity to touch the ground with the rear hooves...
  15. simonwillems
    The mailvan might be out of the catalog and seems to have vanished from SaH, but its availability is, here in Amsterdam, still widespread. Moral of the story: go to Amsterdam!
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    I believe this has been posted before in the BST forum and in the review of this set.... It is a nice offer, but still I think I pass this one even though you are pushing me to buy it...
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    It is one big happy Dutch family here at Eurobricks...!
  18. simonwillems
    I have loved this set from the moment it came out, I bought it straight away when it became available in the Netherlands. It is a large set that still seems a bit empty: all the battledroids are in the front half and the back is filled with some tiny controls and a large cargobay full of... nothing. I used to place the little tan vehicle from the naboofighter inside it, but there was still room left for more. The one thing I notice about your review (which is otherwise excellent) is that you misplaced the driver's seat in the upper segment of the front half. The battledroid is somehow designed to fit exactly into that old space part Lego used for a seat back in 2000.
  19. simonwillems
    Well, that's what it says on the website anyway, no need to call if you'd ask me. Nobody thought he could order it beforehand, it is just that the set seemed to have turned up in Munich already, in the Legobrand store.
  20. simonwillems
    Why is that a pity?
  21. simonwillems
    Thanks for the review! I recently traded my misb 2140 set for this one and I still believe that was a good deal because I have not been this impressed by a set for many years. The build was absolutely fantastic, with the fireplaces, chimneys, the curved supports for the tavern roof, the cows , and so much more! If you want to start a castle collection, this set is the one to begin with!
  22. simonwillems
    I like the model but I can't say it's the best MOC I have ever seen. It is mainly large.... There are some lovely details though, like the covered pool.
  23. simonwillems
    Of course, nothing beats the Dutch!
  24. simonwillems
    Thanks for the nice comments everyone, it's really appreciated! The chimney is actually a bell tower in the original building but I could not make a bell that was small enough to fit in there... And yes, the soldier inside is a statue, made out of a harnass, two pikes and a helmet. Thank you! I have been following your castle project closely and it inspired me to make the walls of my town, since I had never made any castlebuilding of this scale before.
  25. simonwillems
    On a side note, next to the technical discussion: Shop at home here in the Netherlands indicates that the Emerald Night is now available as of the 30th of april instead of, like it said before, the 15th of april.... Two more weeks of waiting for this train to pull into any station
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