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He he OK, thy shall post these pics tomorrow morning ;-) BTW, on a side note, my shop should receive other Castle sets this wednesday/thursday (day of my much anticipated Eiffel Tower :-D ) *yoda*

All aboard !! The train nr 7997 coming from Springfield to Lego city is currently approaching !! Unfortunatly due to the suprise strike of those lousy French workers, the train will not mark any stops !! Next treain in a week !! That set is a Jou Club exclusive (at least here in Paris) and costs 39.99 euro. I think its a must have set for all the city fans out there!! Oh well, lets have that review rolling. Enjoy !! As always, here is a pic of the instruction booklet and tiny/puny DSS. 1/The Mfs and accessories *MFs* Out of the 5 Mfs, 3 are workers (train employee with train logo on torso) and 2 are civilians (a guy in a suit and a cool dude with the classic space logo jacket (I love that torso really !!). The interesting thing is the nice smiley faces - a nice new way of having smileys that change a tiny bit. *Train Cart* That cart is way better than the one in the advent calendar set. The colours are better and its really better designed. Lets look at this carty and comparison pics after: *Smaller extras* One pic to show them all !! I didn't know the bar had 2 bottles and a croissant (yeay !!). 2/Overal views of the station I really like this train station a lot more than the previous one. I really love the classic feel to it: its a nice small town station without the modernity looks of a megalopole !! Can this means that next year we will have a new older looking passenger train ? I seriously would hope so !! The station is actually 2 parts combined: the train platform and the station building. 3/Details of the station (aka the *yoda* twitch :-P ) Lego included really neat extras in that set !! I will start in the order by which *yoda* (me and SW lolol) needs to go in order to catch his train (when those lousy workers are not in strike that is). Our green creature from the swamps need to get his ticket first. There is the only modernity of that set: electronic ticketing (no counters = efficient work and no strikes looool when it actually works that is :-D ). Then he has to go through the controls to reach the platform. Everything is in order *yoda* , please proceed !! *yoda* has two waiting rooms for his wait, one even has a suitcase holder !! *yoda* can check the train routes (that should be included near the ticketing booth but what the heck !!). Paris train leaves at 11.34 hehe So Yoda can take it to visit the Eiffel Tower *yoda* can have the pleasure to go and eat in the small area where there is no employee unfortunatly !! Anyhow he used the force to get a drink lolol With his drink in hand (he already ate the only croissant tsts, there is no such French delights on Dagobah :-P ), he can go to the roof of the station where a table awaits him He can finally open the window and view the empty tracks hehe. No train in sight... His shadow kind of looks creepy... Strikes and lack of employment discipline can ruin even the patience of the oldest jedi !! Our *yoda* decided to steal (not very jedi wise |-/ ) the train cart and is using the force to operate it (lets not forget he is 900 years old, heavy physical exercise is definitly out of the question :-D ) At this pace he will reach Paris in no time (lolol). Next time, do use your escape pod: I think he is too old to remember where he left it after the Kashyyyk retreat lolol I hope you enjoyed this review and until next time, I bid you farwell... *yoda*

Feel free ;-) OMG X-D Norro tempted by a city set :-D How intreguing hehe !! Its 80

I really don't remember all the extra parts but I am sure that there are spare parts to make a droideka: grey robot arm and 2 lovely parts that make the head !! I just love that colour !! Actually there is ONLY the reddish brown colour. However, there is indeed a slight difference of colour that is due to the parts themselves: the "rough" bricks tend to look lighter whereas the "slick" parts do look darker (I hope you understood what I was saying :-P ). Nevertheless, I think its good to have this slight colour difference ;-) ah ah ah, you are truly hilarious :-D Send me some correct gold rims and I'll try :-D :-P *yoda*

I was looking through my dictionary but that darn thing was short on words, so pardon my lack of medieval vocabulary but could you tell me what barding & skull buckler are ? Many tks and I will answer all that ;-) Only 2 shields unfortunatly |-/ lousy price reduction !!

So what are you saying ? that you are a true fan of MM :-D :-P INteresting indeed !! I shall review the set I love this week hehe !! Patience my green jellybeen martian :-P *yoda*

Tks for the pointer, that is weird *wacko* Maybe the one on internet is the preliminary one ? Actually I prefer the white ones in multiples, so that only the "leader" has the dark horse hehe !! You can really be sure of that ;-) *keeps finger crossed for '08* :-D looooool, don't worry I'm working on 2 reviews and the Train Station has a great neat and funny little twitch to it :-D Sure thing if only I understood what you asked me :-$ What exactly is that crown barding on ?? *yoda*

Will do just for you my Mars Mission fan :-P After all these reviews on SW, City and Castle, Space needs a little one as well !! Am I an equal opportunist or what :-D Loooool !! I shall beam myslef out before its too late :-P *yoda*

Run away before Sne drools all over the place :-D :-P That is really a neat ship !! It has a dual wing layer and great landing gear !! Great playability !! A huge BRAVO !! Its the perfect exemple on how to stay "classic" with a great touch of modernity ;-) *yoda*

Nothing printed at all unfortunatly !!Plain and dull monochromatic torso |-/ Thats why I didn't bother to take pics :-P I hope they will sell out quickly to show its a popular line !! Anyhow its too early to tell since they received those 3 sets wednesday and the King's Castle thursday (yesterday) !! I do have hopes since they look great and can really appeal too CC fans and kids !! (Unlike Mars Mission I would imagine since the humans crafts look great but the aliens are :-X Come on, the Blacktron colour scheme is really old !!). *yoda*

Hey Erik, I wish you a great EB bday !! Long time no see, I hope all is well and that you'll party like crazy tonight !! Bday Party On !! *yoda*

Lets not forget that alpha team had several Female MFs: oldie, Violet Punkette & hotie :-D Female on !! *yoda*

Hear ye, hear ye! Ye olde *yoda* brings thee some Castle reviews !! I couldn

ROFL X-D !! That is a hilarious one Asuka ;-) *yoda*

The two first ones are nice but way too casual and the thirs is way too sluty :-D She would be perfect for a red district MOC though !! So my vote went to the well dressed and classy Jing Lee ;-) *yoda*

Darn you are so going to hate me :-D I bought the 3 smaller sets and spent 2 hours to review them this morning but I forgot the review home !! Now I need to run and get it (if I have the time today ;-) ) *yoda*

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Sorry for double posting but I fogot to answer Freddie's request ;-) Ok Freddie, here are 2 pics illustrating your query: Hope that helped ;-) *yoda*

Since I am not a Technic specialist I will ascertain this, but I think its a new part !! Pardon my laziness Master, I did not want to dismantle the beast so I took a pic of the booklet instead :-P ah ah ah copmike !! Very funny :-D *yoda*

What ship pieces ? Like the previous floating boats, TLC is now building 1 piece floating hulls and not like they used to in the 80's several pieces |-/ That is too bad !! I think so, I never saw these green overalls before ;-) *yoda*

I think I had MFs with that face before, humm I will have to check that tonight !! If its a new face good hehe. Me neither, I used boring in the sense of "great another one |-/ " Our city needs a lot more civilians and especially females !! We don't need that many orange coats IMO :-P *yoda*

Ok guys, lets close this thread !! Feel free to discuss both sets in the appropriate reviews ;-) *yoda*

Asuka, do I see this as a mea culpa after your hit and run of the other day ? X-D :-P *yoda*

loooool so much pressure on meessa head right now :-P Until then I am in a frenzy review mode !! I shall go a pick up a new set today to review tonight lololol Review Mode still On !! *yoda*

hinckley39, like I posted elswhere on EB, my "Lego" shop received nearly all the new sets (they had the garbage truck and gas station) and were waiting for the other city sets like the train station !! I shall pick this one up soon hehe >+ they had nearlly all the Mars Mission sets and the 3 smaller Castle sets< I might buy a second port later on to expend it hehe !! Actually I hope TLC opened Pandora's box with those harbour sets !! *yoda*