My motivation for acquiring this value pack is rooted in my love for both Spyrius and Royal Knights, the two featured themes. On the Royal Knight side, 1843 was the last set I needed for my collection, following a Bricklink hunt a couple years ago. On the Spyrius side... this is only the second Spyrius set in my collection, though I've been collecting minifigs and parts piecemeal for years.
I'm not sure which half of this set I like more, though I suspect the Spyrius would win. The Royal Knight catapult is one of the nicer catapults out there and matches the blue colour-scheme of 6044 King's Carriage, but when you get right down to it, there are a LOT of catapults in LEGO's catalogue.
Mind you, there are also a lot of spaceships in LEGO's catalogue, but although this Spyrius fighter isn't full of inventive parts usage, but it is a fairly unique design and a rather attractive one--and swooshable, which counts for a lot.
I have this set. I remember being 5 or 6 years old at toys r us, and we were about to leave and I hadn't gotten anything yet (I don't want to sound like I was a bratty little kid, but we didn't have a lot of money so being at toys r us was a special occasion).
ReplyDeleteWe were walking out towards the registers, and on an empty rack was this poor dented and abused little lego box. I went over to it and looked at the back. My mom asked me if I wanted to get it, and I wasn't sure because of the condition the box was in. I couldn't find this set anywhere else in the store and the cashier said that it has been off the shelf but in the store for about a year. so we bought it and it was awesome. I've never seen that middle engine piece in any other set.