Cairo Bazaar

[Athos]

Join Jack Raines as he and his companions explore the exotic Cairo bazaar:



Jack visits the blacksmith who can repair your tools for digging in the desert and sharpen your weapons for battling mummies:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos ... rsmith.jpg

Mac inquires of the old imam to learn the secret to defeat the minions of Am-set Ra:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos ... arimam.jpg

Helena enjoys a refreshing drink of water from the well before stocking up on exotic wares and vital supplies at the market:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos ... market.jpg

Stow the supplies in the rugged truck for transport back to the dig site:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos ... rtruck.jpg

Once all the work is done, the last stop is the wayfarer's Inn, where beautiful belly dancers serve a tasty meal on the roof, but beware the monkeys, they will steal anything:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos ... aarinn.jpg

About the creation: I built this creation as an entry for the eurobricks Direct-to-Consumer Contest. This entry is purposefully not nearly as large or elaborate as other entries. As the contest was to design a D2C set, I really tried to make this set look and feel like an official Lego creation. I used the Medieval Market Village and Diagon Alley as guides and templates for a D2C set. Thus, the construction techniques are pretty basic, without much SNOT work or tiling, as you would find in an official Lego set. There are not a significant number of play features, as D2C sets tend to be more directed at AFOLs. Though, as you can see in the pictures, each building has an interior with some minimal furnishings. As an homage to the original Adventurers line, the truck design borrows heavily from the truck in Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins. As official Lego sets tend not to include excessive numbers of large or specialized pieces, the set only includes one camel. I did not count the pieces, but would guess there are around 1000 there. Using the $.10/piece ratio, I would place the cost of this set between $99.99 and $149.99.

You can see more photos in the flikr gallery and I may post some more as time permits.

Steve

[lord_of_orks]

Wow, that really looks like a lego set the blacksmith shop is my favorite building. the well looks plain compared to the rest of the buildings, it needs a roof or a bucket or something. if this were a real lego set that I could get for 100$ I would give it a 9/10

[rgurskey]

On the truck, I would have put the spoked wheel in front and have the strong solid wheels under the flatbed. Otherwise, this is a cool set.

[Thoriun]

hi ppl

actualy if you remove the XX century objects as the truck and the guns, it looks great to be a set used to represent a small village in a arab trade/cruzade setting

Thoriun

[Ye Olde Republic]

I'd be quite happy to add a set like this to my collection. Is that enough said?

[Fraslund]

This is a great and reminds me a lot of a town in the game Xenogears.