Tuesday, June 8, 2010

3787 Golden Nugget Saloon

 1994 set with a lot of accessories, solid construction and great western look! Curiously, there were some "Golden Nugget" hotel/casinos in the U.S. perhaps the inspiration came through there. Saloons basically were casinos and also places where you´d enter with money and exit in your underwear! 


 Nowadays, this may be a middle-sized or even small play set, but I found this one (and Sheriff´s Office) to be pretty big and heavy then. The detailing is amazing, and the building texture is wood-like. 


Great for playing and portraying your favorite western saloon adventures, when you stock all those accessories there, it seems more like a hotel reception area. And the Saloons kinda were that too. One thing´s missing there, though... the piano!


As stated above, the building is big, heavy and western-looking. Easy to assemble and by using common parts of other set(s), you can "upgrade" this with multiple levels/ floors. As vintage buildings could too. 


Multiple views of some referred to aspects. The figures were modern playmobil (molded skirts, for instance) with fun accessories putting them "on the edge" between a (maybe) needed retouch and the odd-looking (for playmobil) future molds. The accessories were amazing. All you can think of for a western saloon (no piano). The mirrored furniture is very, very nice. The hanging lanterns and advertising signs to put upfront the Saloon are great too.

One of mid-90s greatest Playmobil sets!

Status: Unavailable

Friday, June 4, 2010

The Corps! Rapid Assault Combat Copter

Presenting the 2008 The Corps! Combat Copter.


1 of 3 sets from this "Rapid Assault" line, besides the patrol boat, and attack fighter.


Contents view. Vehicle, figure and bio-tag.


The figure: Billy "Jump" Johnson. The set does not include a weapon for this guy. Minor detail, but a flaw, nevertheless. These new sculpts have unusual large feet, though.


Angle views and removed weapons nests. 2 missiles are removable and 2 are not. The helicopter is very similar in construction to Chap Mei´s.


This 2001 mold is yet another Hasbro´s G.I.Joe F.A.N.G. knock-off, but a good one. A bit better than Chap Mei´s. The handle moves from side to side and the rotor blade is decent in detail. Overall, very good.


3 3/4" Figure piloting and as you can observe, the handle moved to show its pivoting motion.

Status: Unavailable