mon-o-mat

Actually pretty disappointed of the Set. The car looks somehow to high and unstable, while the base for the lasso or however you want to call the thing to catch the dino seems to be a bit oversized.

I like the monster you build. Especially that its actually minifig scale and moving on its own. I would like to see it side by side with some other republican forces. The size would be even more impressive

I like the old principle more. The Sets are cheaper because there is no license to pay. But what I think is better, is that there is more freedom when creating sets. I often imagine scence like this: "Hey guys I made this fantastic set." "How wonderfull. But it won't get produced, because it isn't in the movie."

Half of the Sets are to big in size. Yeah it may be easier for children to play with them, rolling them over the floor, but even they have problems whith cars that dont fit the size(I had them, when they changed from 4-wide to 6-wide). And since there is no reason to change it again, oversized vehicles should be really limited to some Sets, if otherwise it would look stupid or need it for its playabillity. BTW: I hope we get the uninational firemen and ploice officers back, the ones we have now are just too American.

TLC seems to think that the normal minifigs are to simplistic for girls. To small in size for all that accesoires that they made friends and beville or how ever the precessor was called. But the girls that like lego are not interested in hairstyles and pets and all that, in my opinion. It would probably be more rewarding for TLC to just add a good and strong heroine to their normal themes.

I would guess, that American style refers to the truck be more based on a normal oversized roadtruck, and not on a frame build especially for the airport fire truck.

I prefer building like it could be a set. I want to let MOCs stay side to side to official sets, so I try to "copy" the style of the theme

I agree with you. While the vehicles were actually interesting, the buildings looked just like something that was designed in minutes to get a building for the set. Other reasons Pharao's Quest failed, may be the lame storyline, that was basically just running from one treasure to another and fighting mumies, no searching for and discovering ancient ruins, evading their traps and find the secrets. I think the primitive stories the Adventurers comics back then were good. They told a story without completley limiting it. I think letting the adventure take place in modern times would be better than nothing, but some kind of charme would be missing. A good theme could be the search for El Dorado, the City of Gold. The hero team should be composed of very unique and different characters, that are still kind of equal.(think of Jonny Thunder, and his crew) The villains could either be some kind of "Dark Power" a brotherhood of gentlemen, who believe in supernatural forces and want to gain world domination. Or they could just be a ruthless treasurehunter and his followers. Thy got the support of the locals. This would give us an interesting storyelement for the older, while for the younger, they are just other villains. Maybe there could be dangerous animals and guards of the ruins too.