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4x2ReVu: 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
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Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:41:50 GMT
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Mick’s been sent on a quick bike run recon mission to verify the location of a
dig site for the Umptom-Esh staff. Sure it was just a reason for the
professor’s pretty boy assistant to get Mick out of the way while the egghead
sap tries some more moves on Mick’s sister but perhaps he’s in for more than he
expected. He’s found the Umptom-Esh site alright, and it’s more than just the
regular random cave or partial temple construction the team’s been uncovering
these past few weeks. Mick’s actually found the shrine itself, standing in the
middle of a small oasis. Uncovered, unburied, unprotected! “Too good to be
true”, he thinks to himself as he pulls his bike under the shade of a palm and
heads to the shrine for a better look. Unexpecting, unprepared and unarmed!
Early Adventurer’s sets were pretty well done so it’s nice to see a return to
the series with a heavy accent on Egyptian themed structures (grab some Prince
of Persia sets while they’re still available to flesh out your Adventurer
locales). I’ll probably dive into a couple of the larger sets but I just HAD to
grab this one and I confess the main reason I picked it up was for the
motorcycle.
The 7306 Golden Staff Guardians is pretty simply three characters and a small
shrine construction. The altar/shrine is a very basic construction of maybe
25-30 pieces that features a standing staff. A small rod fitted behind the
center of the staff can be ‘flicked’ to knock the staff out of place (ooh, I
hope I can contain my excitement!). The back of the box shows that the staff is
one of a series of objects to be collected. Other objects found in the other
sets include items such as scarab shield, headdress, gem and scimitar.
The two mummy figures are well done with skirt prints, two facial (back/front)
options (total face wrap except for one eye or face wrap with two eyes and a
mouth opening) and pharaonic headdresses. While the headdresses are cool, I’m
thinking some new peaked helmets or simple slave caps would have been a better
variation (since the other sets undoubtedly have the same type of headdresses
included here). Each mummy comes with a dark grey scimitar and the new
scarab/shield elements (these are pretty cool!). Adventurer comes with a
helmet/goggles, a rifle and some TNT.
As stated, my main interest in picking up the set was for the motorcycle. These
have been a great incentive to buy a Lego set since the earliest versions (ala
6373 Motorcycle repair shop). I remember noticing the two-wheelers disappearing
in the mid-90s and I was afraid they weren’t going to come back when the
three-wheelers came in for a bit. Then the newer versions of two-wheelers were
introduced (I don’t know when but my most readily available piece came in the
7779 Catwoman Pursuit set). These newer versions are a GREAT improvement over
the old style because they are a basic frame upon which a number of pieces or
fairings/chassis can be added. For the 7306 set we get a very basic chassis in
dark red (probably the first time we’ve seen this piece in this particular
color).
This set came in at around $10.00 which is pretty reasonable (figuring the
current minifig value at around $3.00 plus a motorcycle) and will make for a
must-have purchase when they get discounted.
!!! 4x2ReVu Stats !!!
Rating: Five out of eight studs
Pros: Reasonable price for three figures and a motorcycle (good army/fleet
builder set).
Walletwise: 70 pieces for around $10.99.
Date: 12/16/10
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 | | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
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| (...) LEGO's "playability" in this feature fell pretty flat. When I tried to flick the staff over, the axle just lamely pushed it to the side without it being dislodged. I didn't really mind though, as I wanted that (URL) forked staff> to go with (...) (13 years ago, 17-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
| | | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
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| (...) Catwoman is indeed the first minifig who got the chance to ride one of the new modular motorcycles. That city fairing has since been released in black, white, and orange. The dirtbike first appeared in dark-bley in the Indiana Jones motorcycle (...) (13 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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