Yeah, a bit late again for this as I came back from a gathering with friends. So here is the rest of the set.
I think what makes this set especially nice is the fact that it comes with 3 small pine trees. I think most larger sets you would find one or two of them only. The only part which I gripe is the fact that it only has small pine trees, how I wished this one had a large one replacing one of the small ones.
The other thing I like was the lilac coloured cap which is found only in a few other sets, it is really makes the minifigure stand out.
The instruction booklet provided is like all the standard instruction manual except it usually small and compact, folded so that it fits into the package.
The back of it has a pitch for last year's Winter Village Cottage and this year's Winter Village Market which really do look good together of course, to tempt us all to buy more which of course I do fall for.
Christmas is fast approaching us, have you done finish your last minute shopping yet? The tress stand
must be one brisk business since so little trees are left. One
interesting fact, a real chopped pine tree after being shipped in from
Europe to Singapore is cheaper than a fake plastic one! I know I
will have to ramp up my building of the other Christmas sets for sure
but the weekend is now here for me to play catch up!
Man been a busy day, so much so that I am not able to make a proper build today but I leave you with this simple entry from a 2013 Christmas Exclusive!
This set I bought because I just saw so many pine trees in it. It has 3 pine trees and the stand looks pretty good too but that will have to wait either tomorrow or the weekend for me to build it and post it. The back tempts us to get the other set, 40083 Christmas Tree truck but I will probably get it next year when the price falls, post-Christmas blues or whatnot.
These sets usually come with flimsy instruction booklets and this set did not disappoint me one bit.
To make up for it, the 2 minifigures that came with it, had 2 unusual headgear. Not that it really makes up for the instruction booklet truth be told.
Okay, that is for it now, will definitely finish this set in the next post and will ramp up my build since Christmas is getting near....
With all the 3 previous Winter Village sets assembled, it is now time to start on the new sets that I have started acquiring over the course of this year!
We start off with the 2012 Christmas exclusive, boringly named Lego 3300014 2012 Christmas Set. The box may be dented a little but the polybags in it are still good and sealed.
The back shows a simple scene with nothing much different compared to the front artwork. This is a pretty small and quite build.
It comes with a small folded instruction booklet, 2 polybags and 2 pieces that are large hence they are found outside the polybags.
This set although small provides quite a number of minifigures plus a horse. I like the gentleman who will be the slave driver of the horse later on. The face piece is quite uncommon and is only found in 8 other sets, 3 of which are Christmas ones!
Not sure how this Google Awesome Photo thing works but some of my uploaded photos are getting the treatment. Below is one half of this set. Like most Christmas sets, the lamp post is assembled using uncommon parts with SNOT techniques.
Next up is the sleigh part, where the other 3 minifigures are almost torturing the poor horsie!
Overall a fun build it is. I like the gentlemen and the lamp post in it as I find them quite unique and uncommon. Like all exclusives which are small, the price per piece of this set is certainly nothing to brag about. At 109 pieces for almost SGD$40, it probably is not something that one buys because it is a good deal but more because of the festive cheer that surrounds it.
For those with Winter Village sets, this complements it, but for others who do not, there is no real harm in skipping this set at all.
