Awesome Temple Filled with Great Traps!
Posted by
Forestmen
in United States
on
27 December 2009
-------Introduction: I got this set for Christmas even though I didn't ask for it. It's really awesome! Let's Get Started!
CAUTION! GIANT REVIEW AHEAD!
--Basics:--
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---Box: Great presentation on this set. The front of the box shows you all of the set in the front and in the back it shows all of the back of the temple. The back shows off all the different features that the set has.
Verdict: 10/10 - Great
---Instructions: Normal except that there are two instruction manuals. Each one has an average of 75-ish pages
Verdict: 8/10 - Average
---Bags: This set comes with 6 bags that are numbered. Each one of the bags also have smaller bags.
Verdict: 7/10 - Nothing special, average.
---Building time: It took me 3 hours and a half, to 4 hours and a half to build. Except for the hour and a half that it took me put the stickers on the base plate (I'll get to that later...)
Verdict: 7/10 - Average
---Price per Piece: My parents got this set on a black Friday sale for $50 instead of $80. With or without the sale, it's still a good deal. With the sale it was almost 5 cents a piece which is a really good deal.
Verdict: 11/10 - Outstanding
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Ok, now that we have the basics of the set let's Break it down:
--Minifigures:--
There are 10 minifigs that come with this set. Here's my verdict:
--Indiana Jones-- A standard Indy with whip, satchel, etc. Verdict: 7/10 - Normal
--Mutt Williams-- Standard Mutt with dagger. I don't have one so the Verdict: 9/10 - Great
--Irina Spalko-- Standard Irina w/ sword. I also don't have one so the Verdict: 9/10 - Great
--Russian Guard-- A normal Russian guard. The instructions call for him to have a gun. He drives the mini-rover. 6/10 - Nothing Special
--Ugha Warrior 1-- An Ugha Warrior with black long hair. The design on him is cool and he has an axe although that the box shows that he has a spear. You can only get these warriors in the set so: 10/10 - Amazing
--Ugha Warrior 2-- An Ugha Warrior without hair. The face is the same as the Ugha Warrior with hair and this one still has an axe. I wish that he was a little different but it's still cool. Verdict: 9/10
--Skeleton Conquistador-- A newer style of skeleton with the arms like battle droids. It has the evil skeleton face, silver-ish body plate thing, and conquistador hat. I didn't have a conquistador hat so this is great. Awesome skeleton, Verdict: 9/10 - Awesome
--Crystal Skeleton (x3)-- Once again, a newer style of skeleton with the arms like battle droids with the special Alien Skull piece. It's not as shiny in the commercials and stuff, but it does have a blue brain. Pretty good, Verdict: 8/10 - Great
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Little Rover Thing:
This little rover thing was ok. It's pretty good, but it could have been a lot better. First off, it does look kind of interesting from the box, but when you build it, it's disappointing. It only consists of less than 50 pieces and looks like they through it together real fast without re-thinking the thing.
On the side of the thing there's a big whole in it. They should have inclueded more piece to fix it. And also there isn't a good sense of control for the vehicle. There are only two levers for the minifig to control it.
Verdict: 5/10 - Disapointing, could have been better.
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Statue/Entrance tower:
This is surprisingly a good part of the temple. The little rover can just barely fit through. The eyes have flick-fire abilities and they actually work. It requires two stickers on the bottom through. It also has a place on the temple where you can take it on or off. I leave mine on the temple to make it better.
Great addition to the set, Verdict: 8/10 - Great
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Left side of the front of the Temple (You might want to look at a pic):
This is a great part of the set, on the bottom it has a swiveling thing with a diamond on it with two spears on the side. On the top it has a trap where you pull a skeleton head and a skeleton head falls on someone below. It requires two stickers.
Verdict: 9/10 - Awesome
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Right side of the front of the Temple (You might want to look at a pic):
Another great part to the set, this part has a set of light grey stairs behind it, a cool trap where you turn a technic knob and it shoots flick-fire missiles, another skull dropping trap, and a water fall. The waterfall sticker looks pretty cheezy, but I'm able to tolerate it. This part requires three stickers.
Verdict: 9/10 - Awesome
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Exploding stairs:
This is one of my favorite parts of the set. All you have to do is turn the dragon or Fenris wolf heads and a technic piece shoots the stairs back. Although it doesn't blow up the last stair piece very well. It just turns foreword for me. You have to reset the stair pieces afterward. No stickers
Verdict: 10/10 - Outstanding
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Stairs in the back of the exploding stairs:
A normal set of stairs almost the same as the exploding ones. These can be taken off kind of like the statue/entrance thingy (except your characters need this!). No stickers.
Verdict: 8/10 - Not jumping out of my seat, but still good none the less.
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Giant center pillar (Or what ever you want to call it):
This is a good part of the set except that it only kind of works. There is a scythe trap that is attached to it. You press it down and the scythe goes up, and when you lift it up the scythe goes down. When the giant wing looking things are up, I can never get them both to be identically standing straight. When the wingy things are down, they do rest on rubbery black things on top of the two sides of the temple. It can be hard at times to press the thing down, but it's still cool. It has 5 stickers to it.
Verdict: 7/10 - Good but kind of annoying at times
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Swivel staircase:
Now we review the back of the temple. The swivel star case is sweet. It is right behind the right side of the front of the Temple (You might want to look at a pic). The bottom of it is head down by a stud so you can have the stairs swiveling to the left or to the right. The only difference is that one side has spikes beneath it, and one doesn't. This is fun to play with and has no stickers.
Verdict: 9/10 - Awesome
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Weird roomy looking door moving thing (Look at the picture above):
A very small and weird addition to the set. It is right under the giant center pillar (Or what ever you want to call it). In the movie, it is a door that they need to go through to get to the skulls (which makes sense). If you look at the picture, that's the way I have mine. But when you move it to the side for you characters to go by, looks like a weird jail. It's very strange and I advise you look at the picture above to see what I mean.
Verdict: 6/10 - ...Interesting...
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Crystal Skull Throne Room:
A great part to end the set. It has three chairs for the three crystal skeletons to sit on. There is a very cool trap where you pull this tab on the side and the room turns in a circle thus revealing a bottomless pit of doom! Very fun to play with! Although, the room can be hard to have it turn, it can get stopped when turning, and only reveals half of the hole (kinda). Awesome part of the set.
Verdict: Awesome - 9/10
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--The Final Verdict:--
Ok so here's the review in a nutshell:
PROS:
- Awesome minifigs
- Great playability
- All parts of the temple can be removed for storage
- Great traps (There are like 10)
- Goes great with other Indy 4 sets
- Great pieces
- Great baseplate
- Great to play with friends
- Very big
- Worth your money
- Didn't relate to the movie that much
CONS:
- WAY too many stickers! (There are 36 of them and 20ish go on the baseplate! What the heck Lego!)
- Some of the traps kinda only half work.
- No Marion, Oxley, or Mac minifigs
- Didn't relate to the movie that much
OVERALL:
Buy it. Packed with good minifigs, great traps, a fun build, and much more, this set is worth your money. It gets:
9/10
It has a couple minor flaws, but in the end...It's amazing.
Hope this helps!
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