Zorro

Very nice ship and good updates but pls rezise your pictures to 800x600 max, since this loads pretty slowly.

We are ALL waiting for them .

Crownies beware! The Troll Warship "The Green Menace" is coming your way! With plenty of room to store their loot and stow away their prisoners which will either be sold on the slave market or will serve as food for them, we have no doubts of what its intentions are... Set name: Troll Warship Theme: Castle Subtheme: Dwarves and Trolls Set number: 7048 Number of pieces: 493 Minifigs: 9 + Dragon Released: 2008 Release price: 80 USD / 69.99 Euro (I had a 20% discount though.) Brickshelf Peeron Bricklink Box The front of the box, which is a lot larger then my 19" computer screen! The back of the box shows us many details of this set and some of the mechanisms (like the missile launcher), clearly designed to sell . Instructions There are two instructions booklets with this set, the first one is for the ship base, the lower cabin and the minifigs. The second booklet lets you build the rest of the ship: the masts and sails, the command bridge and the upper part of the ship. Also has a few pages telling stuff about LEGO. And their respective backs: you can see how small the steps of the building proces are, so even a five year old should be able to build this with no problems. Minifigs 6 Orcs! Wow, talking about building an army! The dwarf and the knight can either be used as enemies or prisoners. The Giant Troll is one of the best Castle 'mini'figs ever, if I finally want to make that Lord Of The Rings MOC I am dreaming about, I know where to find my Cave Trolls... I can only think of one word if I see these amazing dragons...NAZGUL! (for the not-knowing: a Nazgul is a dragon straight out of the LOTR books). If only they were a bit more grey... . Anyway, they are just great to use as opposition for the Troll Warship, trying to burn it with its firebreath. You can disassemble the wings and tail section of the dragon, making it look more like a dinosaur. You can even take away its claws. Parts These are IMO the best parts that come with this set, amongst them are 4 shields that sadly are attached to the ship itself, just like the 2 crossbows. We can also see 4 orc swords, a club for the troll and a whip for the captain (still a bit few weapons to my taste). I like the bronze captain's helmet and the armor is pretty rare too. Last but not least we have the 'dwarf-catching' net, nice to play with I guess. These are the extra parts that come with the ship: most of the bricks that are used more then once in this set comes with one or two reserves. Still...why only one extra paddle?, if LEGO added another one we would have had enough paddles to equip one of the rowboats. Both the sails are exactly the same and are each attached with two arms you can see on some of the other pictures. I added a minifig for comparison. The Catapult The fire bolt catapult has a real-working fire mechanism (just pull and release the black firing 'pin') and automatically reloads untill the last bolt has been fired. The missile range is about a good meter, so keep that in mind when you are having target practise at your family or pets. Overview: This is a frontal-above view of the ship for those that are interested, you can clearly see the bow now. A zoom-in of the front and middle sections of the Troll Warship, showing us the centre prison, the mast, the Troll drum and the 4 rowing posts. By the way, that's a rat on the roof (is included with the set as well!) The back of the ship, with attached boats. The cabin has some armor racks and a nice and large window. The plates at the top make it modulair, so the command bridge is easily removed from the top of the cabin. A seperate view of the 2 boats that normally are attached to the Warship (see above). The blue pins perfectly fit into the grey punching holes on the exterior of the cabin (which you can see in the previous pictures). Both of the smaller attack boats have a crossbow, but why didn't you guys include any paddles in this beautiful set ? IMHO one of the (smaller) disadvantages. A zoom-in of the bow, the bow seems to have some metal pikes to ram other ships. The crow's nest is just big enough to fit in an orc. NO, that does NOT include the troll . You can also clearly see the light green flag that represents the troll/orc faction. The jail that can be found in the middle of the ship is modular as well and can be moved. Two grey keys are included with this set. And this picture shows it all: the entire set! The Troll Warship is under attack by a dragon and its Crownie rider, while the dwarf is thinking about better times in the jail that is situated on the centre of the boat. More pictures can be found on Brickshelf The Ratings: Price: 8/10 (A very fair price if we consider the large ammount of minifigs and the magnitude of the ship.) Design: 6/10 (This could be a LOT better, the back is nothing more then a normal hull piece with some bricks on, there is no ladder or stairs to the command level and even the "row"boats lack paddles...) Minifigs and parts: 9/10 (Very nice minifigs and plenty of them! Too few weapons though .) Playability: 7/10 (Playability is fairly good but the set just lacks weapons so hard I can't give it a higher rating.) Overall/conclusion: 7.5/10 (The ship itself is a bit empty and lacks weapons for its orcs, but still we have to consider the reasonably low price that makes up for a lot! Also we get a bunch of minifigs, including a troll and a (so far unique) green dragon. I have no regret at all buying this set, and would probably even do so at the normal release price. If I had to compare it with the 7036 Dwarves' Mine, I'd choose this one (I also did in the store, when I had to decide which one to buy), the reason for this is one gets so many beautiful minifigs and a dragon, and the hull parts are so great to make MOCs with, even though the 7036 Dwarve's Mine only costs 50 USD, a very fair price IMO.)

Very good review, JimButcher! And of such an incredible large set, they are always difficult to do (photo-wise), I remember that from my own reviews of the SES and such (and the 6211 Star Destroyer is even larger!). Anyway I always enjoy reading them. Congrats with your graduation on the Academy!

Looks amazing Guss! I wouldn't want to run into your ship when I'm sailing on the high sea's ! I love how you've done the cabin (although it does seem crowded in there, maybe another hull piece would have been better (but I suppose you ran out of them or didn't want to do that). I watched the entire gallery... .

I'll be watching that link very closely, it could prove to be of great value for us. I always liked to know more about the background of the old pirates so it should be the same with the new pirates line!

This looks fantastic! I can see why it took so long to build this, since nearly everything really works and the fact it looks incredibly realistic . We are being threated here with two superb fire-engines: one modern one (this one) and a classical one!

I really like your haunted ruins/castle! And the hunting scene looks good too. I love how you've done that tree in the back, actually all of the vegetation looks pretty good IMO.

Nice little story and a well made MOC, Paul Cantu . Those cows are just awesome! I NEED that medieval market!

What a nice entry ! The tree and the statue are amazing. Adding some humour to a very well-build vignette should give you a small advance IMO, for example I always consider it when I have to vote for the winners.

We all gotta love a good battle . But try to add pictures from different angles next time so we see more of the MOC.

I am looking forward to this as well. You are doing an excellent job, Woody64 !

I said it before and I'll say it again: very well done Bonaparte , the improvements are noticable! Your Brickshelf account has become a weekly-read for me.

Funny and creative idea. You are becoming an expert at 'fungnettes' or however its called

Yes, thanks, I am really looking forward to see the finished products in your Bricklink store (which is easier for me to order from). Great work, all the armybuilders are into your debt .

Well done, SirNadroj! You sure do love humanoïd-animals I always enjoy reading your posts..

Nice review, The Cobra , it is very useful for those that are interested to the theme, sadly I am one of the many that dislike it...

Looks very good Sir Dano, especcialy that black-yellow wall in the back and the minifigs look good too. A big !

I have to agree with my Captain, most of us wouldn't even want to touch a Megablock...actually we use the word to replace "bad words" here...

Yes, Jipay has a good point, I am such a HUGE fan of stargate myself (both SG 1 and Atlantis), and I'd love to see a theme. BTW There are still Stargate movies being produced as well (Stargate, SG: Ark of Truth, SG: Continuum are already done), but they are medium-cost and appear not to have broken through (yet?), so it is a living theme.

Looks very good, Woody64, just like all the rest of your helmets and hats, what do you think it will approximatly cost?

Haha, don't you guys notice a pattern here? The two entries featuring ME reached place 1 and 2 ! Now you all know what to do next time there's a contest . Congrats, Dennimator, Guss and Eti.

Happy Birthday Sandoka(33), SlyOwl(16) and Commander Tac(12)!

Very good! The inside of that cave looks amazing, with a variety of chests, boxes and barrels! I also like the choiche of minifigs and the exterior (the island and water around it).

Take a look at the Classic-Pirates frontpage . Thanks for the effort!