8963 Rock Wrecker
Set #:8963.
Theme:Power Miners.
Release date:Summer 2009
Peice count:225
Minifigs:2
List Price:$44.99 CAD/$34.99 US
Instead of blabbering on about completely irrelevant things, I'm going to go straight into the Review.
Part 1:The box.
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The Front of the Box.
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The top of the Box. Apparently the big Rock Monster has a name, Geolix, Interesting.
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The back of the Box.
The Box is pretty simple, but it does it's job well
Part 2:Contents of the box
Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics of the bags and DSS(Wich wasn't too bad this time)because I was too excited to build it and I got home Late. But I do have a Picture of the Instructions.
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The front.
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Random Page. Showing the finishing touches on the top part.
The back is the exact same as the last hundred instruction books that had it, except instead of the Naboo Fighter set, it's the new AAT for the SW set.
With this set, the bags were numbered, wich I was quite grateful for.
Part 3:The Minifigs
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The Minifigs. As you can see, Geolix is gigantic compared to a regular Fig. He's definitely bigger than I expected. The Miner is the same one as in the Claw Digger, so no more pics of him.
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A solo Closeup of 'ol Geolix.
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Left side.
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Back view. This is pretty much the only good view of the Trigger.
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Right side.
Part 4:The set
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Front view.
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Left side. You can clearly see the Flick missile.
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Back.
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Right side. The net launcher got cut off in this pic, oops.
Part 5:New and Interesting parts
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The saw blade isn't new, but I believe this is only the second set to have them. The T-Bar isn't new either, but it's new to me. The windshield piece has the same explanation as the T-Bar. The Circular Piece is Quite old, but it seems to be making a comeback this Year. The Lime slope is the only genuinely new piece here, unfortunately it ends up stickered.
Part 6:Features
There is a Safe part in the back wich holds 2 Crystals.
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And theres the removable cockpit roof.
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(Yes, thats a Coffee-maker)
And the rest of the Features.
Part 7:The ratings
Peices to Price Ratio: 3/10
Minifigures: 7/10(Would have been a 10/10 if it was a new Miner)
Detail: 8/10
Playability: 8/10(The Flick missile and rock throwing action work surprisingly well. Net launcher sucks like always.)
Parts: 3/10(Only 4 new parts.)
Availability: 5/10
Design: 9/10
Overall rating: 43/70
Notes:What I thought was interesting was that on both the arms of Geolix, it said 2008 the Lego group. Not 2009. wich means that Lego either slipped one of the tester pieces into my box, or they already had started production on the Summer PM sets before we even knew of them.
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