Hello guys, I'm Robin and I'm a AFOL. I'm new around here and this will be my first review.
I ordered the Haunted House (10228) along with free Zombie Car (40076) from Lego Store UK. I noticed another cheap Halloween Set was also just released (850487) for £10.00 so I grabbed that too, my Quidco cashback will cover the cost of that. I thought a grave in the grounds of my Haunted House was a must. Unfortunately my Haunted House set is a christmas gift from my wife so I have had to put that away for now.
Name: Halloween Accessory Set
Set Number: 850487
Pieces: 58
Price: £9.99
Ages: 6+
Minifigures: 3
Theme: Monster Fighters
Year of Release: 2012
The Halloween set comes in a plastic retail case, very nice graphics on the bottom half and the minifigures are on display on the top half. Personally, I like the presentation of the set, it's small so it's never going to grab you with the size of the box, but the minifigures on display is pretty cool.
The rear of the box shows the same picture of the completed set but this time the witch is also on show.
All items are packaged in a plastic inlay so no worries about crushed instructions with this set.
All items:
You receive 3 mini figures; a zombie with radio and briefcase, a witch with broom and a ghost in chains. The detailing on all three is very good, I personally love the chains the ghost comes with, they are pretty neat, and of course it is glow in the dark.
Unique items : I liked the name on the headstone of the grave along with the cat and toad, every wicked witch needs a cat and a toad!
Build: Well it's a small set, the build lasts about 5-10 minutes, relatively simple. The sloping brown 1x1 triangular bricks can be annoying to ground properly with my fat fingers but I think the headstone looks really cool, the vines and bat on top give it a real neat authentic haunted graveyard look.
Completed Build:
My Ratings
Value: 10/10 - The minfigures are brilliant and 3 for £10 is value in anybody's book.
Design: 9/10 - The details in the head stone and additional pieces are brilliant, very authentic look to the small set.
Playability: 8/10 - Not much you can play with in this set IMO, but it fits in with the Monster Hunter theme and would work with more bigger sets in this theme.
Parts: 9/10 - Nice colours, good design, a few nice parts.
Overall: 9 / 10 - If you can lay your hands on one (Lego store online (UK) appears sold out already) I think it's cracking value for money.
Lego Store: 10 / 10 - Bought on Saturday, dispatched and delivered from the Netherlands by Friday morning. Very good service, packed fantastically, not one mark on any 3 of the sets in the large box, lots of bubble wrap.