tower raid review

dragonblade24 · Post by **dragonblade24** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:55 am

hey is anyone interested in the castle tower raid this set is very interesting because if its pieces what do all of you think????

The Phantom · Post by **The Phantom** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:09 am

Sorry, but threads like this get anoying after a while. Try posting a more spesific(sp) question, like:What do you think about this function on this set? Intead of something so broad.

Just a tip. But anyway, it looks cool.

And where's the reveiw?

Heir of Black Falcon · Thu May 15, 2008 5:26 am

This set was one of the sets of 2008 that I really wanted. The others are ok but this one to me is the best of 2008, followed closely by the mine defender. I will buy more defenders than raids but that is a price issue and that I'd like to get as many trolls/orcs as I can for as little as I can.

I like the siege tower quite a bit and the tower is decent and can be modified with little work to make it very nice as well. The number of figures in the set is pretty good as well. The one issue as many of hte 2008 sets is the low number of weapons which is frustrating. Oh well back to Bricklink. Soon PaB will sell weapons so we will have another source for them.

R

timber_wolf899 · Post by **timber_wolf899** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:35 pm

Tower raid is a fantastic value. This is assuming it will retail for 30 USD. I absolutely can't wait for it!

The siege tower will join my troll siege army shortly.

dragonblade24 · Post by **dragonblade24** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:50 pm

did you know that the siege battering ram works by twisting a rubber band and the bridge rolls out also! the tower has flick fire action and if you look close you can see a goblin with gray handcufs and part of the wall can fall too.

Danielas · Post by **Danielas** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:09 pm

timber_wolf899 wrote:Tower raid is a fantastic value. This is assuming it will retail for 30 USD. I absolutely can't wait for it!

The siege tower will join my troll siege army shortly.

I agree! finally the bad guys wont have just ladders!

timber_wolf899 · Post by **timber_wolf899** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:43 pm

i'm also working to troll-ize my viking siege engines. <put a giant troll hitch on my 7020, etc.

The Phantom · Post by **The Phantom** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:26 pm

dragonblade24 wrote:did you know that the siege battering ram works by twisting a rubber band and the bridge rolls out also! the tower has flick fire action and if you look close you can see a goblin with gray handcufs and part of the wall can fall too.

Exactly, now your on the right track.

I didn't know about all those things.

Foxglove · Post by **Foxglove** » Mon May 19, 2008 12:57 am

I've had this set for a while. It rocks.

It's easily my favourite Troll/Orc set.

The handcuffs are pretty well done, and you get a spare pair also. So you could theoretically have two Orc prisoners and one rescuer in that huge seige engine alone.

The Battering Ram is the Fenris Wolf's head from the Viking's line, and also looks good with the horns as teeth. (Or if you have the spares from other sets, both).

The towers go really well when parted into the King's Castle Seige set.

dragonblade24 · Post by **dragonblade24** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:19 am

I really cant wait to get this set ive heard good reviews from all of you. And it also comes with spare handcuffs(thats always convenient). I got another question about this set what is your opinion on how the set is built do you like who they put it together??

LORD DOOM · Post by **LORD DOOM** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:33 am

I love the appearance of the siege-tower, but I don't really think much of the tower. But considering I don't yet own this set, I can't say much for it's design, although Lego© ARE thoroughly play-tested so I doubt I have much to worry about.

Set looks beautiful IMO can't wait till it's on my local shelves.

FOR A PICTORIAL REVIEW SEE EUROBRICKS HERE. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.p ... 8&hl=troll
((Quit slacking you European CCers and pick or choose.

(Pick CC.))

(Edit, BTW I opened this topic expecting it to be A REVEIW not be a request for a review by other members, for future reference you might try using a more relevant subject title such as, "Has anybody bought the new Troll Siege Tower?/Tower Raid?")

Danielas · Post by **Danielas** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:19 pm

LORD DOOM wrote:I love the appearance of the siege-tower, but I don't really think much of the tower. But considering I don't yet own this set, I can't say much for it's design, although Lego© ARE thoroughly play-tested so I doubt I have much to worry about.

Set looks beautiful IMO can't wait till it's on my local shelves.

FOR A PICTORIAL REVIEW SEE EUROBRICKS HERE. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.p ... 8&hl=troll
((Quit slacking you European CCers and pick or choose. (Pick CC.))

(Edit, BTW I opened this topic expecting it to be A REVEIW not be a request for a review by other members, for future reference you might try using a more relevant subject title such as, "Has anybody bought the new Troll Siege Tower?/Tower Raid?")

I found the review helpful thanks for pointing it out!

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:03 pm

LORD DOOM wrote:FOR A PICTORIAL REVIEW SEE EUROBRICKS HERE. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.p ... 8&hl=troll
((Quit slacking you European CCers and pick or choose. (Pick CC.))

I feel amazed, because this is the first I have heard or seen of this set. Thank you for the link, Doom. After looking at the pictures, I agree that it looks nice, but I wish TLG would stop combining battering rams with siege towers.

Kelderic

Post by **Athos** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:14 pm

kelderic wrote:but I wish TLG would stop combining battering rams with siege towers.

At least there isn't a silly catapult stuck to it.

Steve

Sir Dano · Post by **Sir Dano** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:23 pm

Athos wrote:At least there isn't a silly catapult stuck to it.

How true.