Knights Kingdom set # 5994 "Catapult"
- Count Blockula
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Knights Kingdom set # 5994 "Catapult"
Hi!
I was at Target this weekend and they have this year's LEGO Easter basket. Along with the other goodies inside is:
Knights Kingdom set # 5994 "Catapult"
27 pieces, no minifig
(Here's a link to a page I made with pics of the rest of the stuff it comes with.)
The set is OK. The little crank/turnwheel thing on the side is the part from the Doc Ock minifig. But, it connects to a Technic pin (with no friction), not an axle, so turning it doesn’t actually move the platform – you have to press down on it with your finger if you want to launch a 1x1.
The candy’s good, though. But, don’t eat the chalk!
I was at Target this weekend and they have this year's LEGO Easter basket. Along with the other goodies inside is:
Knights Kingdom set # 5994 "Catapult"
27 pieces, no minifig
(Here's a link to a page I made with pics of the rest of the stuff it comes with.)
The set is OK. The little crank/turnwheel thing on the side is the part from the Doc Ock minifig. But, it connects to a Technic pin (with no friction), not an axle, so turning it doesn’t actually move the platform – you have to press down on it with your finger if you want to launch a 1x1.
The candy’s good, though. But, don’t eat the chalk!
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Sure not worth $20 even with the candy. If it included a minifig it might make a nice little $2-$3 polybag set. The wheels look interesting, though. And just what we need another catapult.
Steve
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They're only available otherwise in black or orange, used as pucks from a couple of the hockey sets. They’re this part here.Athos wrote:The wheels look interesting, though.
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Not the biggest fan... but lots of cool parts...!
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n. pl. Knights Templars or Knights Templar
1.A member of an order of knights founded about 1118 to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land during the Second Crusade.
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well, i read your account on it on your site and i really want the red bow!
back on topic, it does contain a horse helmet and the turny thing, but alas no figs and the rest of the thing is just the standard lego catupult. i don't think it is worth $20
back on topic, it does contain a horse helmet and the turny thing, but alas no figs and the rest of the thing is just the standard lego catupult. i don't think it is worth $20
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Re: Knights Kingdom set # 5994 "Catapult"
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One plus one equals three... for large values of one. (Bruce Fournier)
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The set itself isn't worth $20. Heck, all the items combined probably aren't worth near to $20. But, these holiday gift baskets are always overpriced. The idea is so that last minute shoppers can run to the store and pick up a pre wrapped collection of small toys and candy for a child and save themselves some legwork. The stores know the shoppers are desperate, so they jack up the price. That's business!
But, in my opinion, the real gem of this set is the brown wheel -- the four of them. I'm hoping LEGO will start to use this (the hockey puck) in more of the castle sets. But, for now, this little sets that “isn’t worth $20” is the only way to get them. And, I bet there'd be someone on BrickLink or Ebay that'd pay me $20 for the set if sold it. Don't get me wrong, there's no way I'd ever sell this, or the second one I got, either. I might even pick up the other couple at the store, too, take out the LEGO, chuck in a stuffed animal, and give them to my little cousins for Easter.
But, in my opinion, the real gem of this set is the brown wheel -- the four of them. I'm hoping LEGO will start to use this (the hockey puck) in more of the castle sets. But, for now, this little sets that “isn’t worth $20” is the only way to get them. And, I bet there'd be someone on BrickLink or Ebay that'd pay me $20 for the set if sold it. Don't get me wrong, there's no way I'd ever sell this, or the second one I got, either. I might even pick up the other couple at the store, too, take out the LEGO, chuck in a stuffed animal, and give them to my little cousins for Easter.
So, is the catapult the only Lego item in the pack?Count Blockula wrote:I might even pick up the other couple at the store, too, take out the LEGO, chuck in a stuffed animal, and give them to my little cousins for Easter.
Alan
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The two most important days of your life are the day you are born
and the day you discover why. (Donald Sensing)
One plus one equals three... for large values of one. (Bruce Fournier)
The two most important days of your life are the day you are born
and the day you discover why. (Donald Sensing)
One plus one equals three... for large values of one. (Bruce Fournier)