WhiteFang

BlueBard, no problems for you to start this discussion, but I feel that this is much approriate in our BSTF instead. Will move it, and let you guys continue it from there. WhiteFang

K.D, thanks for your feedback. Always enjoyed reading your summarised views of both pros and cons toward this Advent Calendar, and I must said, that your views concide with mine. Appericate for taking your time to state why you have rated "1". Sometimes, I don't understand why certain sets suffer rating "1", without any explaination. At least now I know why you have felt this way, and for you to vote poor, this advent calendar must have looked very bad in your opnion. Then, don't look at it! Anyway, your comment is at the start of page 2, so clicking on it directly, will prevent yourself from reading the page 1, and for my review, the first 2 images, are revolved around the box art, so it doesn't really matter, and I really hope you still keeping the element of surprise in you. That was a very nice story which you have just shared. I am very sure there are very special LEGO sets that hold some hidden and special meaning to us.

Hmm... It's only a matter of a single vote before Ambassador Sirion Vipont from Dromindur is cast dead... I have a thought, but its only a matter of my own view without any others influence me. I was wondering since Sirion has eliminated that Sorcerer, are we very sure that there are only 2 magical wielders in this castle? My only concerns now, apart from Sirion, who else do we suspect? Shall we explore some other possibilities too, and keeping Sirion close to us. I must admit that he is famous for his silver tongue. Then again, I don't want to cast my vote based on my past grudes in my past/future lives with him... If I were to cast my very vote right now, I will support Lady Rohesia's theory on the King's claim.. I believe the Friar is not the one, with the hidden hood that is walking around last night.. I am fairly confident about this info.. that this mysterious person had just shared with me...

I have got a bad feeling about this, if what Siron said turns out to be true... Do we have any other suspects except magic wielders? I remember someone saying another magic color, and I think it was black... Agnes, start dealing with it, and believe in what you think its right. For the past few hours, you have been switching sides as if you are switching clothes. Even though we servants and maids are not really educated, but at least have some basic common judgement, shall we...

Hello Inky! Yeesss, everyone please continue to call him this way instead of Inconspicuous. Seriously, welcome to Eurobricks. It's about time that you have introduced yourself to the community. Thanks for all of the reviews that you have done so far, and right now, you are really very near to the final goal. Good luck. Didn't know you were into magic stuff.

Seems like many of you are not fond of this set at the first look, especially when there is no female minifigs included for this year's Advent Calendar. Last year, there were 2 female minifigs, among the 10 of them. This year, we have 9 minifigs, and 1 of them is actually a kid. I agreed that if we could modify one of the civillans and give a simple hairpiece such as having Agent's Trace hair or a simple ponytail of any colors, could have attracted more buyers. Then, did you look at the review's picture at all? Go for it BlueBard and build a City army with this.

Finally I have catch up with the conversation with you guys, among so many points mentioned, I tend to agree with Lady Rohesia's quotes with regards to the King's raised point about magic. We are working hard together to overcome differences and forge a new alliance together and with other states. We scored one yesterday last night, with Vipont eliminating the Sorcerer, that is a neutral character. So far, all of the commotions has been revolved around magical users. Then again, late last night, we have noted that a dark knight has appeared to kill one of our fine guards. Don't know what we should classify them. One important thing to note, is there no investigators whom willing to share any findings that is made so far? Noone seemed to be affirm on Vipont's loyalty. Oh Agnes, if you have decided to make a stand, just stick to it and believe in it. Don't go running around up and down, whining. It doesn't really make you look good. So far, what are the votes count? Perhaps, the oh mighty one that is residing above could give us a tally. For now, I am unsure of my vote, and I fear that I might caused a wrongful vote. If I really have to make a choice to end the day, I will cast mine as well on our Ambassador along with the majority, but if we are truly wrong about this, we might have lose someone important.

I having alot of mixed feelings about this set right now... I just bought one of these, and the price is really very affordable to acquire them. Then again, I am feeling upset, as in whether should I integrate them into my current bins, mixing them all up for playing purposes. Is it really that bad to make you guys shun this away or even take careful measures not to mix them up? Please share your thoughts, so I can get some good insights. Oh, I didn't notice any significant differences on the Castle battlepacks as well, but I noted of these new markings from the Dwarves and Orcs.

These are some of the perks that the teachers can enjoyed. I have missed this discussion. I will give my input when I am able to view pictures once more in my workstation. That's quite harsh but honest feedback. I didn't know you rate it so low in comparsion with the 2008 series. I thought this year is pretty good, but it can be better, of course, if there are female minifigs. Then again, I am quite pleased with this year series too as it provide more Christmas elements than usual series.

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Thanks guys! It looks better and sounds reasonable to place them together, since some of the components has common feature theme feature. Yes, it does appear to be slightly expensive and I wonder if there is some components like the printed parts and wheels added to the increase of the cost. Thanks for this extremely useful piece of info. I have update the review with this, and to highlight to everyone. One funny thing though, I own the Wind Turbine and City Corner too, but I have not started building them yet. That's why I didn't notice the difference.

A late morning to everyone... It's unfortunate that our dear Gilbert has been murdered last night, by an unknown character. It seemed he wore a knight suit, while on the other fight between the Wizard and Sorcerer, there was a character wearing a hood, lurking around. We still remembered that the hood try to attempt to murder the wizard but seemed to fail to do so, due to some force field. Looks like we had got rid of a very dangerous neutral character, but that doesn't mean we are safe. I need to follow on the current discussion first, before I comment any further.

Hello everyone once again, It's the month of the LEGO Advent Calendar tradition starting once more. For members like me whom doesn't adhere to the Christmas Advent tradition, we should probably be taking the packets out and construct them at one go, instead waiting to open each box over the month of December for a period of 24 days before Christmas, itself. It has been an exactly a year since I previously done the 7724 City Advent Calendar 2008 review. I have created a second poll to allow members to select between the 2008 and 2009 City Advent Calendars and rate the ones that you prefer the most. Too bad, the Pirates Advent Calendar has not arrived yet. Before I forget, this review of mine actually marks my 6000th posts in Eurobricks. Name: LEGO CITY Advent Calender 2009 Theme: LEGO / Holiday / Christmas / Advent Calender Year: 2009 Pieces: 257 Minifigs: 9 Price: USD$29.99, GBP 19.55, SGD$39.90 Resources: Brickset, Peeron, BrickLink An image of a 7687, City Advent Calendar 2009 Rear box's image 24 pieces of magical gifts throughout Christmas Unlike past advent calendar sets, this year, the advent tray is made up of transparent plastic instead of white plastic like before. It's not as flimsy like the trays before. These trays can be useful for sorting out LEGO parts, while building big and complicated sets. Introducing the citizens What a great way to start by viewing the minifigures that are included in this series. There are a total of 9 City minifigures, ranging from the usual street cleaner to the smug looking kiddo at the right. Last year, we had 10 City minifigures, I wonder if the child subtract from the previous 10 since child is a little bit much expensive to create. However, this year, the minifigures variety is pretty good, with some good addition such as the 3 civilians which is very useful to increase our town population. Maintaining traffic order It seemed almost every year, there is definitely a Policeman that can be found in the Advent Calendar series. For this year, the traffic light is pretty useful that can be used to organise the traffic which can be placed for our road baseplates but the traffic light looks quite incomplete without the amber. As for the Policeman, I don't understand why his Police Hat is coated with black instead of the usual white. On another note, don't you guys feel that this section is pretty similar to the 8401 City Minifigure Collection. Modern Santa Claus There is one exciting gift that we all should be exciting about. I owned City Advent Calendars ranging from 2007 to the current one, and I don't remember seeing any vehicles included. Although the design for this postal car looks extremely simple that reminds a toy car, but I am very glad to see something of this diversification. Matching up with this postal car are the wooden crate and the christmas gift. I noticed something unusual about the Postman's red cap. It seemed to be quite different from the usual caps' designs and it appear to bend much inwards than normal. Not sure if anyone of you has noticed that, or seen it in other sets? Edit: Thanks Macoco for providing this info for me. Looks like this new cap design, can be found currently in 4 sets which are City Corner, Grand Carousel and Wind Turbine Transport. Gear up When you placed them all together, it certainly looks nice and suitable for each other. Snow removal specialist The street cleaner that is featured this year, is working hard to clear the snow from the pavement with its trusty pushcart. The design of the pushcart is simple but yet effective which can hold up to 2 equipment at its side, and allowing the street cleaner to push it from point to point without much hassle. Grand Prix RC Rally I must admit that I was quite surprised of its simple built when I first saw the complete Grand Prix RC Rally combination. The RC cars are really very easy to build, but yet it effectively portrays the image of miniature RC cars very well. The child is one of the best additions of this Advent Calendar. We don't get children minifigures that often, if only we can have one more child to race with him. Winter Cafe Stand This stand, featured a nice warm cup of hot chocolate done by our beloved chef is situated near the beautiful fountain which is another simple yet nicely illustrated design that we can used it for parks in our Town. It has been quite awhile since I last saw a flower in recent City sets. Clear the way mates, dangerous work in progress! Can't you see that Ras is wearing the striking safety vest to warn others not to come near him. Looks like Ras appeared to be chopping woods and cutting timber with his lumberjack for his part time fiesta. The barricade can be also be used for construction sites, and its good that we are not seeing construction workers in this series. Central Park I can just imagine this entire scene is like a miniature central park filled with ice skaters. From the wooden bench to the stand, down to the traditional looking lamp post, it certainly match pretty well. Furthermore, I am pretty pleased with the design of the lamp post. The ice skater is another great reason for getting this, since we don't get good accessories like the helmet. Building Mr. Snowman Another snowman design, but I prefer this one compared to the rest. It's much sturdy and firm on its overall built. The design of the snowman sure looks like one that is made by the child on the right bringing along its small ice sledge. Final moment, Santa Claus! A great way to end this series is having Santa Claus dropping by at your fireplace, filling up Christmas gifts in your stockings and near the Christmas tree. The fireplace is nicely designed with the christmas stockings hanging at the front plus that brick built Christmas tree, I can just place all of them inside one of the Creator houses to create a nice and warm interior. Special/Printed parts To keep up with the Christmas Advent tradition, there is zero stickers in this set, and best of all, it comes with some useful printed parts such as the race flag, red and white 1x3 panel, and the letter. The most surprising thing, is that among these parts, there is a magical wand, that used to be part of the Dragon Masters, Castle theme, wielded by Majisto, the Wizard. Spare parts It seemed like this year, the spare parts for the Advent Calendar revolved mainly around 1x1 cheese bricks and those small little studs, that are pretty useful for decoration purposes. I do like having an extra flower plant stem that can be used for future mocs. Overall, I prefer this year's City Advent Calendar series compared to previous years, mainly because it provides some new additions of minifigures such as the child and 2 generic city minifigures. There are some nice printed parts that are used in this set, plus some great assortment for town enhancement such as the fountain, lamp post, traffic light and bench. More importantly, this is the first City Advent Calendar series that comes with a small vehicle. Summary review Playability: 8.5/10 (Good variety that can be used to integrate into your town settings.) Design: 8.5/10 (Some nice town enhancements like the fountain and bench are great designs.) Price: 8/10 (Price is a little bit much expensive compared to last year's Advent Calendar in terms of Singapore context.) Overall: 8.3/10 (Get it for parts and minifigures, more importantly, get this set for Christmas.) I gave it a "4" based on my Review Score Card. What about yours? Hope everyone of you enjoyed reading this simple review of mine. Comments and Critics are strongly welcomed. Pictures can be found in My Brickshelf (When moderated)

Adding a one line sentence doesn't value add the above discussion at all... In the opening post, you only state that you want to see Tiny Turbos, but is there any known fact that Racer series on the Tiny Turbos are going to be out for 2010? There is no set list to start with, and I don't really know how this discussion can probably lead to... Why don't you improve the first post...

Never thought someone actually manage to find it. I never seen it before, and it sure looks vintage.

Wow! K.D, that is one excellent Metro Classic Train Station! I really liked this entry very much, and it sure has some vibrant Classic Town elements in it, matching with some current City components, such as its minifigs and some printed parts like the monitor screen. The interior is also great. Good luck in this contest.

For a moment, I was wondering why a member like you whom has been in EB for a period of time, could post a "Want to Buy/Trade" topic inside the Mafia games forum. Well, I have moved it to the right place.

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