Eiffel Tower (10181) Box Art

Post by **SavaTheAggie** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:36 pm

Yup, Eurobricks again.

http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eur ... topic=9540

--Tony

Post by **Athos** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:50 pm

Its about time, they've been talking about this for weeks...

It looks a lot better than I had thought it would be. I may buy it, but the price is a little steep...

Steve

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:11 pm

I am in love!

I'm not sure how, but I'll try to squeeze this set into the 2007 budget. It would look great with a Pirate monkey on the top, yesno?

Gumby · Post by **Gumby** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:19 pm

Hmm, a bit too blocky for my liking. However, here's your chance to boost up your bley brick count.

wunztwice · Post by **wunztwice** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:33 pm

Yay! for brick!!!

supernova · Post by **supernova** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:50 pm

While I'm impressed by the size of this thing, I personally feel that lego could probably make it look smoother with some slopes. But the bley brick count sounds really impressive and I might just get 1 for that purpose

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Wed May 23, 2007 5:09 pm

Count Blacktron wrote: It would look great with a Pirate monkey on the top, yesno?

everything does.

man.. lookit all that grey! might indeed be worth it.. sigh.. so much lego, so little money..

Post by **Athos** » Wed May 23, 2007 5:50 pm

LEGOFREAK wrote:
Count Blacktron wrote: It would look great with a Pirate monkey on the top, yesno?
everything does.

Hillarious!

Steve

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:09 pm

Nice... Is that the record holder for Tallest Lego Set ever?

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:13 pm

This makes me wish I wanted more bley.... almost.

EDIT: Although on closer inspection, a lot of those bricks are corner bricks, which in my opinion are less useful than regular bricks. And who needs 254 railings?

Post by **Athos** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:30 pm

Traveler wrote:This makes me wish I wanted more bley.... almost.

EDIT: Although on closer inspection, a lot of those bricks are corner bricks, which in my opinion are less useful than regular bricks. And who needs 254 railings?

Someone who is building a large walkway...

Steve

Jacob C. · Post by **Jacob C.** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:43 pm

I'd like to get this set.
So what is 210€ in US dollars? Probably like $250 or something?
Anyways, thats a ton of dark bley! Great for us castle builders.

I noticed on the box it says 1:300. So if we were to buy 300 of these Eiffel Tower sets and stand them on top of each other vertically, then they would reach the actual height of the Eiffel Tower!!! Amazing!!

I have never been put into a financial situation with Lego, where I have to decide what sets I'll get and which ones I won't. Every year there has been at least one or two sets that really appealed to me, but this year there's at least 10!!

Post by **Athos** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:27 pm

Jacob C. wrote:I'd like to get this set.
I noticed on the box it says 1:300. So if we were to buy 300 of these Eiffel Tower sets and stand them on top of each other vertically, then they would reach the actual height of the Eiffel Tower!!! Amazing!!

Not just as tall, but life-sized. That would be a heck of a Brickfest project!

Steve

Post by **SavaTheAggie** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:33 pm

Athos wrote:
Jacob C. wrote:I'd like to get this set.
I noticed on the box it says 1:300. So if we were to buy 300 of these Eiffel Tower sets and stand them on top of each other vertically, then they would reach the actual height of the Eiffel Tower!!! Amazing!!
Not just as tall, but life-sized. That would be a heck of a Brickfest project!

Steve

Nah, it'd take a lot more than 300 sets to recreate the full thing life-sized. Remember, as you grow in length, width and depth, the volume grows even larger.

If you had a 1:300 scale box, to recreate the original box, sure it'd be 300 boxes tall, but the volume would be closer to 27,000,000 boxes

(assuming the box was solid).

--Tony

Norro · Post by **Norro** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:52 pm

LEGOFREAK wrote:
Count Blacktron wrote: It would look great with a Pirate monkey on the top, yesno? :wink:
everything does. :D

Made my day!

God Bless.

Nathan