I haven't delved to deeply into the LEGO website to get the story behind these sets but it appears that each monster has a power crystal and Mr. Head Vampire wants them all for himself, probably to attain Ultimate Power...you know how that goes. But there is an intrepid band of Monster Hunters that are trying to collect these crystal because...well, they were too busy studying monsters in school and never got invited to the cool parties so now they take out their social frustrations on the poor monsters.
This 70 piece set comes with Monster Fighter Douchey McBaggins (ok I don't know what his name is, but he has a wallet chain, a sleeveless leather vest, a pompadour and a smarmy grin), his swamp skimmer, a tiny section of swamp (complete with frog, seaweed and fish) to hold the crystal, and of course, The Swamp Creature.
I rarely, if ever, say a LEGO set isn't worth what you pay and I'm going to
keep saying that! For $7, I think you get a nice little set with plenty of
play value. There are missiles on the side of the skimmer that you can flick
to "shoot." I'm no GI Joe expert, but this guy and his skimmer are probably a
good start to a custom LEGO Dreadnok.
We may never get officially licensed Universal Monsters LEGO sets, but at this
point, I don't think we need them. They've done a great job covering the
iconic monsters in this line even if they're not exactly the same ones we all
love.
Head on over to Flickr
to see the rest of the photos in this set. In closing, I'm totally stealing an
idea from Shawn at
Branded in the 80s'
and putting together a lil LEGO Monster Sqaud action...
Sweet! Am so going to going after these! Am glad to know they are out now so thanks. : )
ReplyDeleteI too saw them all at TRU but figured I'd find them cheaper elsewhere. I look forward to adding this swamp creature to my collection soon!
ReplyDeleteI picked this up at the Lego store on Monday! I agree worth the 7 bucks. And I was shocked that the Lego store was cheaper.
ReplyDeleteTRU is almost always overpriced. Granted this set was only $1 cheaper at the LEGO store but there is more of a difference as you go up to the bigger sets.
Delete7 bux def worth it!! Nice pics BTW !!
ReplyDeleteThanks, they were fun to shoot!
DeleteOh, I bet you were excited to find The Swamp Creature! I know The Creature From The Black Lagoon is your favorite monster. It's weird to say, but that little monster is actually pretty cute. I guess anything at LEGO size is going to be sort of cute. :) Nice little eyes and teeth on that one!
ReplyDeleteYeah, he is a little vicious looking =)
DeleteMy son got a free lego mystery mini-figure with one of his magazines recently and we all sat there with our fingers crossed hoping... sure enough, when he opened the packet it was Frankenstein. You should have seen us all cheering and happy dancing! It could have been a city construction worker or anything, but we, ahem, HE got Frankenstein! I'm ridiculously excited about this Lego series! :D
ReplyDeleteI only wish I had room for them all! I have been collecting all the monster/Halloween mystery minifigs though.
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