Weekly Set Review: King's Archer
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Weekly Set Review: King's Archer
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This week’s set is 1624 King’s Archer.
King's Archer was released in 1993 as part of Castle Variety Pack 1597. This set contains an archery tournament target, one Crusader archer, and accessories.
This week’s set is 1624 King’s Archer.
King's Archer was released in 1993 as part of Castle Variety Pack 1597. This set contains an archery tournament target, one Crusader archer, and accessories.
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The target piece, soldier, and weapons are the best part of this set. Add in an extra bush, a green baseplate (always useful) and the odd handful of extra bricks, this is a great little set, probably cheep too. If it was sold alone it would make a wonderful army builder. 10/10
Sitting in a midnight glade
Firelight dancing off burnished blade
A Forestman sits
Wondering about the next day
But after three mugs of ale
Let it bring what it may.
Firelight dancing off burnished blade
A Forestman sits
Wondering about the next day
But after three mugs of ale
Let it bring what it may.
Well its a set to get a fig I guess... The parts aren't really usefull (in my eyes). The fig is great tough.
7/10, but not a set to buy much, but a nice small expander.
Really reminds me of the KK1 set with the small archer turret and the soldier.
7/10, but not a set to buy much, but a nice small expander.
Really reminds me of the KK1 set with the small archer turret and the soldier.
*And the bulls arrive in kk2*
Cedric the bull: "Hahaha Leo we're here to- wtf?"
*and the bulls see some happy knights bouncing at each other with carts*
Cedric (shocked): "I guess we got the wrong KK''
Bull soldier (frightened): "Lets go back"
Cedric the bull: "Hahaha Leo we're here to- wtf?"
*and the bulls see some happy knights bouncing at each other with carts*
Cedric (shocked): "I guess we got the wrong KK''
Bull soldier (frightened): "Lets go back"
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Considering that this set only comes with approximately 20 pieces, it is a killer set. Every last piece is useful: weapons, fig pieces, target, bush, green plate, arch, assorted black pieces. There is not one piece here that I would have trouble using in a Castle creation. Playability is rather bad, but what can you expect from a polybag-sized set?
Parts: 9.5/10
Figs/Accessories: 9/10
Playability: 4/10
Design (then): 7/10
Design (now): 8.5/10
Overall Score: 7.6/10
Parts: 9.5/10
Figs/Accessories: 9/10
Playability: 4/10
Design (then): 7/10
Design (now): 8.5/10
Overall Score: 7.6/10
The set has good pieces (all of which i would use), but at the time, it was not a very cost effective multi-purchase set. The cost/brick was high, and the minifigs were much less expensive in the minifig packs. Maybe you buy 1 to get the target, (if you didn't already have some the forestmen sets).
The shrubbery offsets the cost somewhat, but i still prefer the small trees instead.
jimD
The shrubbery offsets the cost somewhat, but i still prefer the small trees instead.
jimD
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This set looks like it would have made a wonderful army builder. For that, I can only approve of it in every way. 10/10
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As usual with those sets is it whether you like the minifig or not. I don't have that set (as most of the none 60xx sets which never arrived here and now cost a fortune for no reason on EvilBay). Of course the target tile is nice but other then that a simple set.
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