Weekly Set Review: Vladek's Dark Fortress

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Re: Weekly Set Review: Vladek's Dark Fortress

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I got this set for Christmas one year. I liked it and I worked on it all that day. It is one of the best castles Ive got and one of my all time favorites.
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Although I don't have this set, I think it is awesome. The menancing looks give it just the right feel for a baddie fortress. :twisted:
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maniac29 wrote:Although I don't have this set, I think it is awesome. The menancing looks give it just the right feel for a baddie fortress. :twisted:
I have to agree the look and feel of it does make it a "baddie" fortress. However, it is under-developed and needs improvment. I do like the different pieces that come with it, and for some reason i love the doors. I personally think the catapult looks silly. I plan on modifying this in the near future to something that looks kinda like a fortress. Currently its in a box in storage
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Rayhawk wrote:Hee hee, I just found a whole shelf unit of VDF's at a one-day sale at Goodwill on Saturday. I grabbed as many as would fit in my car.

For $22, I think Vladek's Dark Fortress is a very fine set indeed.
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Re: Weekly Set Review: Vladek's Dark Fortress

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Although it is eye-catching this wouldn't work as a castle one little bit

I agree that the tan plates are useful though
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Rayhawk wrote:Hee hee, I just found a whole shelf unit of VDF's at a one-day sale at Goodwill on Saturday. I grabbed as many as would fit in my car.

For $22, I think Vladek's Dark Fortress is a very fine set indeed.
That's incredible! congrats! I never thought about going to goodwill to look for Lego... I'll have to check some of them around here.
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Vycoul22 wrote:
Rayhawk wrote:Hee hee, I just found a whole shelf unit of VDF's at a one-day sale at Goodwill on Saturday. I grabbed as many as would fit in my car.

For $22, I think Vladek's Dark Fortress is a very fine set indeed.
That's incredible! congrats! I never thought about going to goodwill to look for Lego... I'll have to check some of them around here.
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Re: Weekly Set Review: Vladek's Dark Fortress

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I biult this set last week. My daughter of 5 had assembled several moc horror/spooky minifigs and asked if we could biuld a haunted house for them. I suggested a haunted castle and the darkly sinister and imposing Vladeks fortress was just the ticket. Great set in my opinion, an enjoyable biuld.
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