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Toy company Re:creation has teamed up with Lego for a new line of LED lighting products from IQ Hong Kong. The range is aiming to combine the fun and nostalgia of the Lego mini figure and brick with illumination. There will be six products in the collection, available in an array of sizes including a 2.75" pocket sized mini torch keyring, 7.5" dynamo torch and 8.8" lantern. "We are delighted to be representing such a compelling line of Lego lighting products," said Seth Bishop, deputy managing director of Re:creation. "IQ have done a fantastic job delivering a high quality and appealing range for one of the most enduring and powerful toy brands in the market." The line will roll out from autumn/winter. Read the full article here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Firm introduces Lego LED lighting products from IQ Hong Kong. The new lighting products range combines the iconic Lego Mini-figure and brick with a handy source of illumination. With a variety of six products to choose from, the range includes a pocket-sized mini torch key ring at 2.75”, dynamo torch at 7.5” and lantern at 8.8”. Seth Bishop, deputy MD of re:creation said: “We are delighted to be representing such a compelling line of Lego Lighting products. "IQ have done a fantastic job delivering a high quality and appealing range for one of the most enduring and powerful toy brands in the market.” Using the Lego Mini-figures poseable arms and angling legs on the mini torch, headlamp, and torch/ dynamo torch, children are able to angle the light which emanates from the bottom of the Mini-figure’s feet. Read the full article here.

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Absolutely outstanding. You even put peebles amongst the rails.

Let me add: it also depends on what country do you live in. In Italy, Caf

Great review, but this set won't make me a fan of SPIII either. If a poll is added, I'll vote "average". Yet I would have loved the spiky vehicle to be sold on its own.

Lordofdragonss said them all. I voted for "clear" stickers.

I would probably hate the music your deejay is playing, but your vignette looks outstanding, form the heaphones (pure genius) to the speakers.

Wrong link (that happens to me a lot too) And, great car!

Classic town rules. Female nurse sules. Hinges and car doors rule. Just outstanding!

As much as I love Futuron minifigs, I still think that Classic space was the best.

I would have rated it "Above average", if it wasn't for the price increase. So I only rate it Average and hope to find it for something less than RRP (I'm not a SW fan so I'm only buying one each of these battle packs).

I rated it average. I don't think this set has something special. Plus, here in Italy, some shops sell it for the same price of the Granite grinder. Thanks for the review.

I also voted "Outstanding". I think the last year of Alpha Team was quite lame, but this set really rocks!

Hi Sergio! I DLed your program and started using it. I'll e-mail you with some feedback soon.

You can add some of my reviews (topic numbers): Alpha team cruiser (21346) Evil Ogel attack (24650) Rapid rider (20651) When I'll run out of new sets to review, I might pick some old stuff.

Simple and awesome! And congratulations on your victory!

I rated it "average". I like the car, but the pilot is too plain (I guess there weren't printed helmets back then, but there surely were printed torsos!)

Yep, that's not good. As for the rest, hats off to the designers, great use of pieces and techniques.

I wish I had a digital camera some 20-25 years ago when I played soccer with Lego minifigs from the then-only available themes (Castle, City, Space) on a green tablecloth (green as a soccer field). I wish I had copyrighted the whole thing too. Well, a few years later TLC made it. Set Data: 3413: Goalkeeper Year: 2000 Theme: Sports Subtheme: Soccer / Football Pieces: 27 (including extras) Price: 5 USD / ?? EUR / ?? UKP Building time: less than 10 minutes MISB on review: Yes More info: Brickset - Peeron Box front: plain European version Box back: overview on Soccer sets: 6 vs. 6 field, stands, lights, TV coverage... Box content: one bag, two green 6x8 plates, 1 white 1x16 plate, 1 loose "goalie stick", 3 rubber bands (Peeron lists 4 of them), instructions Pieces: goal and goal line are made of white. A complete black turntable 4x4 and some grey Technic bricks. Minifig: front and rear. I really appreciate the details on the shirt. For those unfamiliar with football: back then, starting goalies wore # 1. According to Peeron, there are 6 different minifig-sized footballs. Instructions: building doesn't even take two full sides of an A4 paper, so here's a larger overview on the Soccer theme. Click pics for larger versions. Building: I found it odd at first that Lego chose those "Support stanchion inclined" as goal posts. There's obviously no such thing as that red tile in real life either. Building: Next on are the turntable and the Technic bricks. What's that "tile with pin" for? We'll find out soon. Building: After we place the goalie stick, we need to use a rubber band that after a save will bring goalie back into vertical position. Building: Get ready, we're about to see how the whole thing works! Goalie saves!!! So far, it looks like the set has been well designed. Goalkeeper has a good rotation, no shot can be "unsaveable". Goalie saves!!! But if you want your goalkeeper to dive (that's the verb we use in Italy, don't know about the rest of the world), you have to get rid of the rubber band. The final shot: With them small extras. Review: A friend of mine told me about a shop, maybe the best toy shop of our early grade days. After some dark years it came back into business, and had most new sets (for even a 5-10% off). When I got there, I found some boxes on the floor, with some old sets (Creator, Clickits, HP pens...), and after digging a while I spotted this one. For 2 Euros. Woo-hoo! I have to say this set is not so outstanding. Yet, for 5 bucks today you can (only?) get a Coast guard quad bike. Goalie has a baseball cap, and that's ok. I wonder if a new set would feature a Cech helmet or a Buffon earband... His shirt has an interesting printing on front and #1 on the back, while legs are plain black. This is an "expansion" set, which could work in a training camp, since bigger sets with a full field obviously had their own goals. There is no net, and that's obviously a down point. The "minifig sized" football is nearly as big as standard minifig legs: that's really different from real life. "Soccer stand" has no "spring and pin", that's why you need that kind of screwdriver to use it. Overall, this set makes some sense (unlike, to me, a 6 vs. 6 challenge. As far as I know, real football teams consist of 5, 7 or -mainly- 11 players. Oh, well, whatever...), but I found it less appealing than 3418 Point shooting or 3419 Precision shooting. On the other hand, 3413 could work in a soccer training field or a Wakabayashi Genzo villa park!. Or just part of a "I want to own at least one set per theme" collection. Rating: Color scheme: 5/5. Grass is green, goal posts and crossbar are white, toy pieces are black and grey. So far, so good. Minifigs and accessories: 4/5. Goalie minifig looks ok, but he has nobody to train/play with. Football is really simple, not one of those Adidas replicas. Pieces: 2,5/5. This is obviously not the kind of set one would buy for its pieces. Stick and stand are kind of useless outside of a soccer set, and goal has no net. Playability: 2,5/5. Goalkeeper can cover any corner and make saves, but that's all. This set can become boring without some other minifigs to challenge our hero. Design: 3/5. In my early Lego soccer days, posts were made of 2x4 bricks, not space pieces. But I can't say this thing has a bad design. Overall rating: 3/5. It took all of my love for this game and role (I kind of was a goalie myself) to rate it somewhat good. Yet I'd always pick this one over <insert that tiresome argument> sets from 1997~2004 (or SPIII). The final words: I wish you to find one of these for 2 bucks just like it happened to me!

Looking at this pic, they somewhat are.

Own sets all the way. Basically: 1) I'm just not interested that much in licenses. 2) Own sets = more choices, less limits. 3) Licensed sets = mostly available in limited stores, less chances to find them on sale.

Another find in whung's brickshelf gallery: Set number is 852759.

Did I hear "dwarves battle pack"? (credits to whung, once again)

Space is infinite, but not in my room (and shelf). So I'd usually pick small and medium sets.

Last years, pics surfaced on August 19th/20th. So let's just wait and hope.