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Huw from Brickset has another tidbit of info from the UK Toy Fair: Interesting. It'll be great to get a vampire, and I wonder what the pattern on the maracas look like - yet another awesome accessory! Can't wait for the revealing of the other 14 minifigs!

Check cagri's post for price estimations. Oops. I meant to say that we might finally get the other Weasleys.

I agree! If Quidditch Lesson includes 5-6 minifigs, that'll be phenomenal (since it's rumored that the set will be $11 USD)! Dobby's Release sounds interesting, especially since Huw says that we'll be getting a flesh version of Dobby! Also, The Burrow sounds very good! I always like asymmetrical things, and this probably won't disappoint! Also, we might finally get some of the other Weasleys! Can't wait for the Toy Fair! EDIT: Oops, I messed up one of my sentences.

Wow, really? Which store did you find it at? Target?

I'm not completely sure, but one way may be through PAB grab bags in LEGO Stores (different than the PAB walls). They're $8 USD bags that weigh exactly one pound, and usually have parts from some sets and some random pieces. I saw one with an almost complete Tiny Turbo racer (just no wheels), which is worth $5 alone!Also, if you look in this Flickr discussion, someone found the parts to a whole Winter Toy Shop distributed in between three bags - that's $24 for a $60 set! EDIT: Forgot the link!

Thanks for this detailed review def! I'm not a fan of Technic sets, mostly because of how complicated they are. They also hurt your fingers when disassembling them! However, your review has made this set look very interesting. I just love the push-to-unfold nose, very cool. And that alternate model speeder bike is amazing! Too bad we don't get alternates anymore (in non-Creator or Technic sets). For a 2000 set, this looks awesome!

When I read the title of this topic, I thought of cheese slopes in an instant. They're used in almost every set, and are just too cool! I also get very happy whenever I find that a set that I just purchased includes a couple of cheese slopes. I rarely feel this way for any other common building piece (not accessories).

Well, since you said that you can't upload pictures, why not click the tutorial with the words "how to upload images" (then check this tutorial on how to deeplink photos)? Always make sure that you resize the pics before uploading them, though.

This is progressing very nicely! I love the use of 1 x 2 plates for the side wall! The color inconsistency and gaps between the pieces makes it look realistic. The building is looking accurate to its real life counterpart, and those dark red fire trucks are spectacular! Very pleasing to the eye. Lots of small details scattered around (I already mentioned this on Flickr ), but my favorite has to be the chrome bumpers! Chrome pieces always look great on everything, though. Looking forward to the next update! EDIT: Changed it's to its.

That happens all the time, probably a monthly maintenance or something. No need to worry, the files will probably be back up in a day or two.

Great modifications you got there! I've always wanted a LEGO AT-AT (AT-ATs are one of my favorite Star Wars vehicles) with a troop bay, but one that's not too elaborately detailed. This is perfect! If we are getting a minifig scale AT-AT this year, hopefully it will have an interior similar to this!

This week's episode was okay. I didn't like most of it, but I just loved Tera Sinube's lightsaber hilt, which the handle of his cane. Probably the coolest hilt I've ever seen! Also, those security droids were awesome! I always like seeing non-battle droid robots in the series. I wouldn't mind seeing every new character immortalized into LEGO form! Cool, thanks for the link! I always like watching those behind the scenes videos.

We already have this topic for what minifigures you want in the next series of collectable minifigures. EDIT: Oops, I put the link on the wrong word!

Thanks for yet another great review starstreak! I had almost no interest in this set before reading this, but now, I really want it! However, I can't justify buying 400 pieces for $60 USD, even if the built set is large. If it goes on sale I'll consider buying it, thanks to your review! By the way, could you change the size of the text to normal? I had to use the control + minus command to make the text smaller.

Happy Birthday Matn! I always love seeing your fantastic Harry Potter MOCs, and your latest one doesn't disappoint! I wish you many happy years of LEGO (and hopefully the revived LEGO Harry Potter line will live on for many years too)! And the cake, courtesy of Google Cake Shop:

I like it! The technique of using plates instead of a baseplate gives the vignette a cool (and slightly rounded) shape. Instantly recognizable, too, from the moment I saw Gryffindor's sword!

Thanks for the pic Navy Trooper Fenson!Ooh, special edition? If I am correct, that means that it's a Walmart exclusive in the US, not TRU! The helicopter looks a bit plain on the outside, but who knows that the interior will be like! I just love the limo! The usage of both trans-black and black windows seems a bit funny, but rich people and VIPs need their privacy!

Wow! This modular store is incredible! Lots of cool techniques on the outside and lots of interesting merchandise on the inside! Are you planning on extending this series of brand name stores to non-fashion stores? If so, I would love to see an Apple Store or a LEGO Store!

Interesting, thanks for this info!Hopefully Dobby's Release and Quidditch Lesson will both be battle pack-esque set with four minifigs each! I can't wait to see pics of Hagrid's Hut and The Burrow! They sound like must buy sets for sure! I'm not that interested in Hogwarts Express and Hogwarts Castle, though (two more sets that sound great but are too much for my budget ), but I bet that their designs will be very good!

No problem!Yeah, there were lots of minor annoyances in this set. The most annoying to me is the megaphone blasters - if the clones get the Star Wars molded ones, why not the droids? The turret reminds me of Battlefront too! I remember that no one used them because of how weak they were. No problem! Wow, only $2 for the AT-AP? That's about...95% off original price! What was wrong with the poll title? I can't remember. Also, thanks for fixing it, WhiteFang! I'm not sure. Maybe it was because TLG decided to add two more megaphone blasters a while after the release. When did you buy yours? (I remember getting mine a bit after the Christmas of 2006) Thanks for the comments everyone! I'm not sure when I'll be able to get the 2008 battle pack dual review up, since it's been raining on and off with almost no sunshine here. (California is in a drought right now, so I'm not going complaining about the rain )

What about the magician's wand, cheerleader's pom poms, and clown's horn? The printing on them isn't that elaborate, but they seem complicated enough for TLG to decide to print them in China. But it does look like the actual minifigs will be of the normal quality!

NOTE: This review was started on April 13, 2009, and the text and pictures are not as good as I would want them to be (some parts of the text may also be outdated). My future reviews will be much better. Today I am bringing you the first of three (or more) dual reviews of Star Wars battle packs. I am doing dual reviews so that I can point out the differences in each battle pack, so you can decide on which one you want more if you can only get one (although that won't be of much importance, since these battle packs are already discontinued). The Droids Battle Pack was my first Star Wars set. It was also what got me into LEGO, along with the V-wing fighter set (yes, the "f" in fighter is lowercase ), and the 2006 City Ambulance set. It is still one of my favorites over the years, mostly because of the amount of minifigures and the use of SNOT. Droids Battle Pack Set Name: 7654 Droids Battle Pack Theme: Star Wars (Episode III) Pieces: 102 Minifigures: 7 (Yay! ) Price: 9.99 USD/8.99 GBP/9.99 EUR? Year: 2007 Brickset BrickLink Peeron Brickset quote: Box Front The front of the box is similar to all of the other 2007 LEGO Star Wars sets. There is a picture of Darth Vader's helmet in the top right, along with the number 30, which stands for the 30th anniversary of Star Wars. Also, there is are the numbers 77-07 inside the "0" of "30", which stands for the years that Star Wars existed (and continues to exist). It goes to 2007 because this set was released in 2007 (I can't remember which wave, though). Back The back shows four droids and three super battle droids. This back is very misleading, as there are only two megaphone blasters, while this picture shows four. More on that later (at the accessories and the extra parts section). Also, the odd thing is that this set came in the type of box where you just cut open the seals, instead of the thumb-punch type, while the Clone Troopers Battle Pack came in the latter. Instructions Here is the front of the instructions, which is the same as the box art, except that there are no words and the like, except for the set number and the LEGO Star Wars logo. The whole instruction booklet (including advertisements) is 24 pages long. The size of the booklet is about 8.75" X 5" (20 cm X 12.5 cm). Here are the minifigure pages. Here is a page of the instructions. In this picture, you can see how the color of the bricks keeps changing from page to page. I think that this is already fixed for the 2009 sets. There are some advertisements for the LEGO Club and LEGO S@H. This is what you get when you buy four or so of each battle pack, something I would never do. Here is the parts list. Click the picture to see a huge version if you're blind. Parts Here are all of the parts, sorted neatly and in the same order as the parts list. Minifigures The Droids Battle Pack includes seven droids, which I really like. However, I can see how someone would start hating them after getting too many. They can't stand easily, and the arms tend to crack after a while. Battle Droids Here are the battle droids. These are my first and the only ones I have (for now at least). I really like all of the detail that was added, so I provided a side picture. However, it would have been nice to have a clip on the back, so you can attach an antenna or something. I also don't like the molding mark on the leg piece. It would have been much better if it was on the back part of the leg piece. Super Battle Droids The super battle droids are good, but not as good as the normal battle droids. The reasons why are because: the many (four) visible molding marks the empty back how the arms break so easily how the legs come off so easily I have had two arms break already (one is shown in the back picture), but I got them replaced by customer service. However, they have only been in four sets (excluding the metal blue colored one and including the super battle droid with the blaster arm) so far, which makes them pretty rare. STAP The STAP (Single Trooper Aerial Platform) is a fun little model that includes some trans-clear parts to make it "hover" in mid-air. Unfortunately, the foothold of the STAP is attached to the trans-clear pole piece, so modifications will be needed if you don't like the trans-clear pieces. There also exists two newer blue Clone Wars style STAPs - one in the Clone Wars AT-TE walker, and a polybag impulse set that was given away in a UK Daily Mirror promotion (the odd thing is that the polybagged set has no sticker on the 1 x 2 tile in the front, while the one in the AT-TE does). Here are the parts used to build the STAP. There are 18 pieces in all. There aren't really any special parts in the STAP, but there is a black 1 x 1 brick with studs on all four sides, one dark bley cheese slope, and two light bley lightsaber hilts. Here is the finished model. It looks really cool for something this small. Droid Transport Carrier The Droid Transport Carrier is a repulsorlift carrier (which means that it can "hover" in mid-air). There is almost no armor, and this transporter usually has a few STAPs escorting it. There are also front cannons and lasers to defend the troops that are getting out of the transport. It is non-canon (does not exist in any official Star Wars media). That means that this is a model that the LEGO designers made up. Build The bulk of the transport is built on two 4 x 8 plates. Also note that there are some boat studs on the bottom so that the vehicle can slide easily on carpets. I wouldn't recommend moving this set on any hard surfaces, because the boat studs will get some severe scratches. You then add two "megaphone" blasters (with trans-neon orange 1 x 1 round plates) and the front armor plate - which, according to Wookieepedia, is blaster-proof. After that, we start a "sub-model" of the front pilot cockpit and the two lasers and blaster cannons. The laser and blaster holders, which have a small amount of SNOT) are attached to the larger piece... ...which is then placed on the main transport. The front has a 2 x 2 turntable so the pilot can move the guns on the front. I also like the usage of light bley lightsaber blades and hilts for the lasers on the front - it makes it look much more interesting than just having a 1 x 1 cone or another common piece! Extras Finally, we have the extras. For a $10 USD set, there is a good amount. Next, we'll move on to the Clone Troopers Battle Pack! ----------------------------------------------------------------- One day, in the summer of 2008 (this was before I knew about the online LEGO community), I was in Walmart, going shopping for things with my mom and brother. After they got the stuff they came for, we decided to visit the LEGO section. I was just looking to see if there was anything good, and was not planning on buying anything. However, that changed when I saw the last box of the Clone Troopers Battle Pack on the shelf. I knew that the set was already discontinued by then (it was removed from LEGO S@H), so I had to get it. Clone Troopers Battle Pack Set Name: 7655 Clone Troopers Battle Pack Theme: Star Wars (Episode III) Pieces: 58 (Boo! ) Minifigures: 4 Price: 9.99 USD/8.99 GBP/9.99 EUR? Year: 2007 Brickset BrickLink Peeron Brickset quote: Box Front On the front, we get an interesting forest background. This box has the same things as the Droids Battle Pack. Back The back shows the minifigs. There's a great variety here! Also notice that this box is the "thumb-punch" variety, while the Droids Battle Pack is the "sticker-sealed" variety. Instructions Here's the front of the instructions. The whole manual, from front to back, is 24 pages long (9 pages are advertisements). The odd thing is that the Clone Troopers Battle Pack instructions manual has lots of pictures of other sets, while the droid one has nothing. Here's the minifig page... ...and a random page. With a quick glance at the parts list for this set, you can quickly see that there aren't very many interesting pieces in this set. Here's an odd mistake in the parts list page - the torso is backwards! I have no idea how I noticed this. Also notice the white lines in the background. I am guessing that they can be found on all instruction manuals for sets produced from 2007-now that have this background inside. However, it is harder to see the white lines in the new 2009 battle packs. This is what you get when you buy about 4 of each battle pack. (This is the exact same picture as the one on the Droids Battle Pack instruction manual.) There are also four pages showing pictures of sets, but I will just post links to them. The odd thing is that only the Clone Troopers Battle Pack instruction booklet has these advertisements. 7659 Imperial Landing Craft and more 7658 Y-wing Fighter and more 6210 Jabba's Sail Barge 6211 Imperial Star Destroyer LEGO Club and LEGO S@H advertisements The back page, which shows some boxes of LEGO Star Wars sets released in 2007. Pieces Here are all of the pieces sorted out just like the parts list. Minifigures Front From left to right: Clone trooper, clone shock trooper, clone Star Corps trooper, clone trooper. Back We get some interesting back prints here! The weird thing is that the shock trooper has a darker "control panel" print. Also notice that the LEGO designers actually made the Star Corps trooper's back print a little different! Side view (so you can see the helmet detail) Accessories Unlike the Droids Battle Pack, you get 4 of the "new mold" blasters, instead of megaphone blasters. You also get a pair of electrobinoculars (when I first bought this set, I actually thought that it was a detonation pack like the ones in Star Wars Battlefront II ) Blaster Turret The blaster turret is made up of 17 pieces, if you count the minifigure. Otherwise, it is made of 12 pieces. It is a nice little model, and, like the STAP, would make a good impulse set. It even has some SNOT in it. A smaller version of this turret was available as part of the C001 LEGO Star Wars Clock. Build After just 6 steps, it's already finished! I provided a picture of the finished turret on the instruction manual to prove it. Front view. I didn't like putting the blaster on the cone (it made it too high), so I removed it and put it on the side to act like extra ammunition or an explosive. Side view Back (without minifigure) This is what the back looks like, without the minifigure. Here you can see the cone piece that I didn't use, and the headlight bricks that hold up the mudguard piece. The mudguard piece gives the turret a nice curve, and also provides a defense for the user. Speeder Bike This "speeder bike" is very badly designed for a 2007 set. It looks too simple and has almost no armor. It would have been much better if it looked like its predecessor, the BARC speeder from 7261 Clone Turbo Tank. Build This is what the speeder bike looks like after 4 steps. There are 11 steps total for the speeder bike. This is what it looks like on step 11 (finished). Small Modification and Side View Here is a very small modification that I made so that the driver can actually hold the handles. I also gave the back gunner two guns instead of one, since the trans-blue cones on the sides look like front guns to me. This picture also serves as a side view. Other views: Top Front Bottom Rear Box Art Mistake There are two box art mistakes on the front for the speeder bike. Here they are. For the first mistake (yellow), one of the bottom pieces is missing. The second mistake (red) is almost the same, except only half of the part is missing. The result is a bar piece floating in mid-air under the speeder bike. Weird, huh? (A close-up of the second box art mistake can be found here) Clone Trooper This is just a normal clone trooper with a short blasters and a pair of electrobinoculars. Unfortunately, the clone cannot use the binoculars, since his helmet is too big. Not very convenient. This is probably the best you can do with the pair of electrobinoculars: turn the clone's helmet to the side, and move the binoculars so that it looks like the clone trooper just finished looking through the binoculars. Extras I tricked you - there actually are no extra parts! That's a first for me. 3: Comparison STAP versus Blaster Turret I have to say, both are very well designed. SNOT is used in both, and both are very sturdy. The STAP wins just by a small amount, though. Droid Transport Carrier versus Speeder Bike The droid transport carrier wins by a landslide. The speeder bike has a horrible design for a 2007 set - even the BARC speeder from the Clone Turbo Tank (released in 2005) is over two times better than this version! 4. Ratings Okay, now for the ratings of the sets! First, the Droids Battle Pack: 7654 Droids Battle Pack Pros: seven minifigures good price-to-parts ratio many large pieces for a battle pack Cons: no "actual" minifigures megaphone blasters two weapons to four battle droids ratio no straight battle droid arms Ratings: Build: 8/10 (The build was pretty fun, and I did like the use of SNOT on both the STAP and transport) Design: 8/10 (The STAP is well designed for a 2007 set, and the droid transport is very sturdy) Minifigures: 7/10 (Although there are seven minifigures, they are not actual ones. However, the inclusion of the pearl dark grey super battle droids [which can only be found in three sets] makes the minifig choice more diverse) Playability: 7/10 (You can swoosh the STAP around, and the transport has some fun moving parts) Price: 9/10 (Definitely worth $10 USD, and the price-to-parts ratio is under the "golden rule," which is 10 cents per piece) Reviewer's Tilt: 8/10 (It is a great set overall, but the colors are pretty bland) Overall: 7.8/10 Conclusion This was the my first LEGO Star Wars set, and it was probably what got me into LEGO Star Wars, and later, the other themes. I would definitely recommend getting it if it were still available, but unfortunately it has been gone for about two years. ------------------------------ 7655 Clone Troopers Battle Pack Pros: back printing "new-mold" blasters a large variety of minifigures (3 types) turret is well designed Cons: horrible price-to-parts ratio odd-looking minifigures (in my opinion) speeder is badly designed (basically some parts slapped onto a long plate) Build: 7/10 (It was a pretty simple build, but the use of the mudguard piece on the turret was clever) Design: 6/10 (The speederbike is horribly designed, but the turret is nice) Minifigures: 7/10 (I don't really like the look of two regular clones, but the red and yellow ones make up for it) Playability: 7/10 (There aren't any moving parts, but you can swoosh the speederbike around) Price: 6/10 (58 pieces out of 100 is about 6 out of 10, so it gets a 6) Reviewer's Tilt: 6/10 (The speederbike looks ugly, and the clone trooper helmets aren't well designed in my opinion) Overall: 6.5/10 (It does include some great minifigs, but the piece count and design are horrible) When I first opened it, I was quickly disappointed when I learned that there were only 58 pieces. However, now I am grateful that I got it, as it has completed my battle pack collection. Now I like it much more, but still not enough to pay $10 for. Unless you really like these clone troopers, I would not recommend getting this set. All pictures used in this dual review (and many that weren't used) can be found in my Brickshelf folder. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for the review of the 2008 battle packs!

NOTE: This review was started on March 22, 2009, and the text and pictures are not as good as I would want them to be (some parts of the text may also be outdated). My future reviews will be much better. I went to the LEGO store in Valley Fair, CA to get the 7752 Count Dooku's Solar Sailer set, but they didn't have it in stock yet. I looked around, and saw these Pirate impulse sets. (The other time I went to the LEGO store (before this visit) I was looking for them, but they weren't in stock then). I decided to get them and some other stuff instead of the Sailer (I only wanted it for the MagnaGuards and Count Dooku). These were my first Pirate sets (along with Cannon Battle), not to mention, my first impulse sets. Okay, now on to the review! Set Name: 8396 Soldier's Arsenal Theme: Pirates (Pirates II) Pieces: 17 Minifigures: 1 Price: 3.49 USD/ 1.95 GBP/ 2.99 EUR Year Released: 2009 Set Name: 8397 Pirate Survival Theme: Pirates (Pirates II) Pieces: 16 Minifigures: 1 Price: 3.49 USD/ 1.95 GBP/ 2.99 EUR Year Released: 2009 Note 8396 will be on the left, and 8397 will be on the right. Box The boxes weigh more than the set itself! Front Right Side It's strange how the "actual size" thing is on the right instead of on the top (for the US version). Back, Bottom, Left Side, and Top Since these sides aren't important, I just put them all in one picture. Contents Each set comes with a piece of paper with instructions, a LEGO Club pamphlet, and a bag of parts. Instructions Front of the Soldier's Arsenal instructions paper. Front of the Pirate Survival instructions paper. The back of the instructions. Each has a poster of most of the sets on islands / water, and some other impulse sets. I don't know why the BBQ Stand set is there (it's not availiable in the US). For some reason, the back of the instructions sheet in Soldier's Arsenal shows the "European" style LEGO boxes (no words), while the instructions sheet in Pirate Survival shows the US style boxes (words and piece count). Pieces These impulse sets have a great assortment of pieces, like a fire piece, jewels, weapons, a crate, a fish, a snake, dark blue plates, and more. New Pieces (to My Collection) You can see that my collection is very small. Minifigures All 2009 Pirates sets have great minifigure printing. The backs of the minifigure torsos are very nice, too. Soldier's Arsenal After about a 40 second build, you have a weapons rack. I tried to make the picture look as close as the box art as possible. I prefer the set like this, because the grey jumper plate goes well with the two grey 1 x 1 bricks with clips. Also, notice that the dark grey plates have a white spot where the mold comes off. Accessories There's a great amount of accessories. Extra Pieces The set comes with two extra pieces: a cutlass and a blue epaulette. I believe that all 2009 Pirate sets with cutlasses and epaulettes come with at least one of each as an extra piece. Pirate Survival After about a 20 second build, you end up with a survival kit. I also tried to make this picture look like the box art. Accessories The whole set is practically an accessories pack (I call anything that minifigs can hold and use as an accessory). I shouldn't have included the fire piece, snake piece, and crate, though. Extra Pieces There's none! That means that Soldier's Aresnal has three more pieces than Pirate Survival. Both Sets in Action The pirate ran to the soldier's weapons rack when he wasn't there, took everything he could get his hands on, destroyed the weapons rack, and ran! Ratings: Soldier's Arsenal Build: 8/10; The build was easy and simple. Design: 8/10 The weapons rack has a pretty good design. Minifigures: 10/10 The soldier has very good printing and detail. Playability: 7/10 You can change the weapons that the soldier uses, and have a huge battle if you have enough sets. Price: 6/10 This set is pretty off from the normal price per part ratio, but comes with many weapons and a minfigure. Overall: 7.8/10 Pirate Survival Build: 8/10 The build was also easy and simple. Design: 7/10 There's not much to "design" in this set. Many people could have come up with a simple fire like that in the set. Minifigures: 10/10 The soldier also has very good printing and detail. Playability: 9/10 You can cook fish in the fire, sell/trade the jewels, fire at soldiers with the gun, mine for valuables with the pickaxe, and battle with the snake. Price: 7/10 The set is also very off from the normal price per part ratio, but the minifigure and the accessories increase the score. Overall: 8.2/10 Conclusion These sets are great for army building. They also come with many accessories. However, if you could only get one of these, I would recommend that you get Pirate Survival. While it doesn't have that many weapons (and has less pieces), most of the pieces are accessories, which is very good.

NOTE: This review was started on March 7, 2009, and the text and pictures are not as good as I would want them to be (some parts of the text may also be outdated). My future reviews will be much better. The last Pirates set before the 2009 wave was released in 2002. Now, it's time for Pirates to return! I decided to post Cannon Battle as my first review in the Reviewer's Academy because the index doesn't have it in it. Ok, now on to the review! For some reason, LEGO's website shows the pirate with a blue cap, and the telescope piece backwards. Set Name: 6239 Cannon Battle Theme: Pirates (Pirates II) Pieces: 45 Year Released: 2009 Minifigures: 2 Price: 5.99 USD/ 3.89 GBP/ 5.95 EUR Theme: Pirates Year Released: 2009 BrickLink Brickset Peeron My Brickshelf LEGO Shop Description: Box Front All 2009 Pirates sets have a nice box design, with some burned paper and a sand/ocean background. Top Not really actual size, eh? Back The back of the box shows all the accessories that come with the set, and a small advertisement for 6243 Brickbeard's Bounty. Contents Inside the box there are two bags, the instruction manual, and a pamphlet advertising the LEGO Club. Instructions The instruction art is the same as the box, but without most of the words and stuff. It also had a warning (like the box) telling you not to let kids under 3 play with the paper, which is made of small parts. The inside of the instructions look like yellow-brown paper, with a burn mark at the top of each page. There's a poster of all 2009 Pirate sets (except for Shipwreck Hideout) at the back of the instructions. Parts list. Pieces There's a total of 50 pieces (5 extra). Wall The wall is very simple and easy to break with the cannon. It consists of 18 pieces. Back view. Cannon The instructions tell you to put the telescope upside down. Are the instructions wrong, or is the box art wrong? To me, the box art version looks better. Finished. Front view. There are two pegs in the cannon that go in when the cannon is pulled. When you release the cannon, it fires a 1 x 1 round cylinder. It works great, and can fire the cannonball very far (over 5 feet)! Finished Set The set in all its glory. Extra Pieces You can use the extra pieces as more detailing for the wall. Minifigures I've never owned a Pirates set until now, so these are my first soldier and pirate minifigures. Some nice back printing here. Accessories This set comes with one cannon lighter thingy, one rifle, two cutlasses, two cannonballs, two hats, and two epaulettes. New Pieces These are the pieces I've never owned before. I didn't count the ones that are just a different color as a new piece, like the 2 x 6 tan plate. Extra A few hours later after I got this set, my cousins came over. He said that he "lost" one of the cannonballs. Now, my collection isn't big, so I didn't have a replacement. I tried getting a replacement on LEGO.com, and a few days later, they sent me it for FREE! Now I also have a storage bag for the set! Pictures of what's inside at my Brickshelf folder (when public). Rating Build: 9/10 Pretty simple, but fun. Design: 9/10 Again, it is simple, but still looks good. Minifigures: 10/10 2 minifigures in a small set that costs less than 2 impulses is a good deal. Playability: 10/10 It's the cheapest set to include a firing cannon! Price: 8/10 It doesn't follow the price per part ratio, but it does include 2 minifigures. Also, it is a small set, and small sets tend to be more expensive. Overall: 9.2/10 Conclusion I do believe that I could've taken more pictures, but I forgot what to take pictures of. Overall, this is a good deal for a inexpensive set, and it has a firing cannon! It also includes lots of accessories. I edited the some of the pictures because I thought they were too dark, but my Flickr page has the unedited (and full sized) ones (doesn't have the new pictures that I took, just the old). Just keep clicking the next picture at that link. Thanks for reading my review!

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