Monday, December 31, 2007

Indiana Jones™ Motorcycle Chase


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Brand: LEGO®

Product: Indiana Jones™ Motorcycle Chaseicon or LEGO® Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase

Summary: Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones minifigure, Sean Connery as Professor Jones minifigure, and quasi-Nazi minifigure; motorcycles and various "movie props"; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!

Price: About $10

Parts from: Denmark, Hungary, Mexico, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.


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Monday, December 24, 2007

Airplane Mechanic


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Brand: LEGO®

Product: Airplane Mechanic
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Summary: Small set; small parts; brilliantly captures the heroic mundane; reminiscent of The George Lopez Show.

Price: About $3.50.

Parts from: Denmark and China.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? DVD Game


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Brand: Hasbro/Parker Brothers/Milton Bradley

Product: Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? DVD Game

Summary: Experience the network game show for yourself with host Jeff Foxworthy and a class of fifth graders; contains 20 different games (with video clips) and the option for individual/team vs. individual/team action!

Price: About $30.

Obviously: Requires a DVD player connected to a television to play.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Skeleton Tower


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Brand: LEGO®

Product: Skeleton Towericon or Skeleton's Tower

Summary: Fantasy set full of stock characters: Knight in shining armor, noble steed, damsel in distress, fire-breathing dragon, evil wizard, and two skeleton minions - set in and around a skeleton-shaped tower.

Price: About $50.

Parts from: Denmark, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.

Monday, December 17, 2007

The Knight


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Brand: LEGO®

Product: The Knighticon

Summary: One knight, armed to the teeth.

Price: About $3.50, or $1.75 for the minifigure and $1.75 for the armory.

Parts from: Denmark, Hungary, Mexico, China, and the Czech Republic.

Friday, December 14, 2007

Skeleton Ship Attack


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Brand: LEGO®

Product: Skeleton Ship Attackicon

Summary: Anachronistic fantasy set with three good knights defending a seaside fortress against an haunted pirate ship manned by three skeleton soldiers and the Skeleton Captain (a skeleton minifigure with a beard and pirate hat); think The Lord of the Rings meets Pirates of the Caribbean.

Price: About $70.

Parts from: Denmark, Hungary, Mexico, China, and the Czech Republic.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Knights' Catapult Defense


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Brand: LEGO®

Product: Knights' Catapult Defenseicon

Summary: Two good knights try to break a blockade (manned by two skeleton knights) using a catapult.

Price: About $10, or $2 per minifigure (4 x 2 = $8) and $1 per building model (2 x 1 = $2)...or however you want to divide this set.

Parts from: Denmark, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Skeletons' Prison Carriage


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Brand: LEGO®

Product: Skeletons' Prison Carriageicon or Skeleton Prison Carriage

Summary: One good knight, one good soldier, one horse, three skeleton horses, three skeleton warriors, and one creepy prison carriage (as if the undead horses and warriors weren't creepy enough).

Price: About $20, or $2 per minifigure (5 x 2 = $10), $2 per horse (4 x 2 = $8), and $2 for a medium-small-sized construction set (the carriage).

Parts from: Denmark, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.

Monday, December 3, 2007

LEGO® Jedi Starfighter™ with Hyperdrive Booster Ring


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Brand: LEGO®

Product: LEGO® Jedi Starfighter™ with Hyperdrive Booster Ring

Summary: Obi-Wan Kenobi, his Starfighter, and a detachable Hyperdrive Booster Ring; more importantly, Kit Fisto!icon 575 pieces altogether.

Price: About $50.

Parts from: Denmark, Hungary, China, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.