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great review, as always. i'm curious why you call one of the other models a "1950s throwback recovery truck". do they not have flatbed wreckers in Europe or am i missing something else?

great review. i had this set when i was little but i always assumed it was "for girls" haha. loved it anyway. i like your dolphin blanket, by the way.

sorry about that like i said, i searched but i wasn't quite sure what to look for. searching "set piece counts" didn't show me this topic. thanks for the redirect!

while i'm sure they are there i've never actually seen a TRU in Saskatoon. my girlfriend's sister lives near one in Regina but i haven't been. i've been in Indigo quite a few times and i've never seen any LEGO there. if it's like the selection at Barnes & Noble here in America, well, that would be sad haha. the only Zellers i've been to is the one in Prince Albert and i didn't see any there either; though it may have just been buried under all the canned goods that expired in the 50s. i love Saskatoon but the lack of LEGO is depressing haha.

not sure if this has been discussed in other places (i searched but didn't find anything) or if it's common knowledge that i'm unaware of but i was wondering why some regions/countries have the piece count for a set printed on the box and some do not. is this a legal thing, i.e. governmental regulations dictate that they must clearly state it? is it cultural, maybe some places are less likely to buy without knowing the amount of pieces? maybe LEGO just like to confuse me? and in the places where it doesn't say the count on the front of the box like it does here in the US, is it stated somewhere else; either on the box in fine print or maybe in the instructions? edit: this post made more sense when i posted it as a topic haha.

i think i asked this over a year ago and didn't really get any responses but is anyone here from Saskatchewan? my girlfriend is from Prince Albert originally and i spend quite a bit of time in SK, including the entirety of this summer aside from Wal-Mart i don't think i've ever seen LEGO sold anywhere in any of the malls or other stores i've been to there.

wow! what an incredibly detailed and enormous review. i wish they were all even half as good as this. i honestly don't usually get much satisfaction from City sets as i'm mostly a Technic/Star Wars (and lately Harry Potter) fan but this review has really piqued my interest in this set and i think i'm gonna pick it up next time i go to Target if they have it. anyway, thanks for the fantastic job.

just... wow. one of the best i've ever seen.

great review! don't think i'll get this, but i don't have any ground vehicles from SW as is. and btw, if you use Firefox and have a few tabs open this review is labeled as "Heavy megablocks"... as i'm remarkably immature (apparently), this amuses me greatly.

i just wanna say that this is, hands down, the best review on all of EB. oh, and it convinced me to get this set.

incredible. simply incredible. i could gust for paragraphs here, but it wouldn't matter, that's almost too amazing for words. i could only wish for that kind of talent.

what an incredible game that was. i spend a lot of time in Saskatchewan and i wish i was there right now cause i would be bustin balls left and right. fantastic win, i'm quite proud of America (which is rare for me).

well, i went back and watched again (third time now) and there's a ring when it explodes. my girlfriend wants to watch the next two with me, as she was so surprised at how much i liked A New Hope; if we don't wind up watching it tonight though, i'm gonna watch it by myself or with whoever else will join me.

fantastic review. i wish i could justify the prices BrickLink wants for a new version of this. maybe my girlfriend will justify it for me for my birthday (or my next 5 birthdays haha). could you post a huge version of this pic for me, if you get a chance? it'd be much appreciated: thanks again for the great look at this set.

this is a fantastic set/review. wish i had one, but they're insanely pricey on Bricklink. as a side note, i had no idea they made the droids all the way back then, i figured it was a recent thing. guess my dark ages were very dark. and when did they stop making the instruction books with that star-background? i love that, wish they still did it.

i was gonna put a pic of just me, but i figured that wasn't embarrassing enough so here's one of me and my girlfriend from last Halloween. my costume is "obnoxious American (who is pissed that the Yankees are gonna win the World Series)". it works as a costume cause we're in Saskatchewan for this pic. my girlfriend is the world's most amazing and adorable leopard.

my name is stolen from an INCREDIBLE band (anyone who likes rock music of any kind should check out their last two albums, they're amazingly eclectic and anyone who has studied music theory will love it. there's something for everyone though... anyway!!...) but it's also fitting for me, or so i'm often told, because of my dislike of America's dependence on pharmaceuticals to cure anything and everything. my Bricklink store name is "bRiXBandit", which i actually thought was about 2% clever but works out really well haha.

i fly in through Saskatoon (though when i drove over the summer i went up the Yellowhead). i stayed in "Stoon" once and Prince Albert all subsequent times. believe it or not, i actually love Saskatoon. it reminds me of what Boston could be if it actually had personality and not incredible penis envy for New York. it's unique and has an incredible sense of culture and (most shocking to me) the food is incredible. PA, on the other hand... well... i'll just say that it may as well be any small city in the Midwest of the US. it's not all bad, and the lakes up north are awesome, plus i LOVE Boston Pizza (mmmm, you Canadians are so lucky to be able to go there all the time. better than any similarly-priced chain place in America). as for the weather, well, i was there three weeks ago and we went early on a Tuesday morning, around 4am, and it was the coldest i've ever been, by far, ever. call me a little girl all you want, but i physically can't handle that kinda stuff, i'm just not built for it. i love my girlfriend though, so i do my best. i don't think i've seen anyone here from the SK or Manitoba (which, btw, i drove all the way through, but won't give my opinion of cause i don't wanna be really rude ).

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just wondering how many fellow New Yorkers are here with me. i know i saw someone from Staten Island, but that doesn't count as NYC (just kidding, though most people would agree). also, if you live here, where do you buy your sets?

that's incredible. i would buy that just for display in a second.

hahaha, i wish i knew offhand. the DVD i had a Limited Edition sticker on it. it's two discs, the second one just bonus material. my DVD was released in 2004 (not very limited, is it?) and is 123 minutes. don't know if that helps at all. i'm gonna watch Episode V tonight i hope, as there's two feet of snow outside and i'm not goin anywhere anytime soon.

i hate to admit it, but i like Paramore a lot. not so much the newer stuff, but the first Fueled By Ramen album was amazing.

i'm really sorry dude, i need to learn this site a lot better. i really don't have an excuse as i'm a mod (and former admin) over at Kraytracker.com. for what it's worth i really looked around and actually thought this was the place to go haha. do TRU's in the US ever have buy one get one half off sales? cause that sounds incredible. maybe i gotta make my way up to Saskatoon even faster.