Weekly Set Review: Siege Cart
- architect
- Baron von Ellermann
- Posts: 3708
- Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:10 pm
- Location: Saint Louis, MO USA
- Contact:
Weekly Set Review: Siege Cart
Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week’s set is 6012 Siege Cart.
Siege Cart, released in 1986, is a ballista for the King’s men. It has three projectiles, a barrel made of bricks, a siege worker, and an archer.
This week’s set is 6012 Siege Cart.
Siege Cart, released in 1986, is a ballista for the King’s men. It has three projectiles, a barrel made of bricks, a siege worker, and an archer.
Last edited by architect on Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:53 pm, edited 2 times in total.
- jamitjames
- Gentleman
- Posts: 774
- Joined: Fri May 14, 2004 12:13 pm
- Location: The Great North White, Canada
- Contact:
Bit befey but it is still very nice, two men
[url=http://radio.laml.org/]LAMLradio: LEGO Talk Podcast[/url]
This was my first castle set ever. By itself, it's not really much fun to play with, but I always thought the figs were really cool.
[url=http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=rogue]Bricklink Store[/url] - [url=http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=rjcarello]Brickshelf Gallery[/url]
This is brilliant. Yet another set to add to my depressingly high list-of-sets-I-want-but-don't-have.
one crusader+one crusader lion+3 spears+simple siege cart=
7/10 then
8.5/10 now.
one crusader+one crusader lion+3 spears+simple siege cart=
7/10 then
8.5/10 now.
[img]http://uploadyourimages.com/img/112845eliotsig.jpg[/img]
Nice little set. Two soldiers with a lot of weapons. Relatively easy to recreate from spare parts, for those who do not have one. Hardest parts to get are the white cones and the yellow cylinder, but they aren't too hard to come by. Don't remember if I ever had this one, I don't think I did, but have one I made from spare parts.
Steve
Steve
[url=http://www.johnny-thunder.blogspot.com/]Travel with Johnny Thunder![/url]
- Formendacil
- Knight Templar
- Posts: 4162
- Joined: Wed May 05, 2004 7:22 pm
- Location: Ashland, MA
- Contact:
I think that this is best considered an army-builder, although the set design is decent. I can't really say uch more about it: so here's my score.
Parts: 6/10
Figs/Accessories: 8.5/10
Design (then): 5.5/10
Design (now): 8/10
Overall score: 7/10 hmm... I guess I don't really care that much for this set.
Parts: 6/10
Figs/Accessories: 8.5/10
Design (then): 5.5/10
Design (now): 8/10
Overall score: 7/10 hmm... I guess I don't really care that much for this set.
- wlister
- Sheriff
- Posts: 1562
- Joined: Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:40 pm
- Location: There be no castles here.
- Contact:
A nice little army builder, one of the few Crusader small sets that only had the rampant lion torso. I was never a fan of the crossed axes until I had enough black pikes to make their weapons match the torso. Anyway, decent little ballista, two great figs, decent array of weapons. 8/10 then(it was very cheap) 10/10 now. Not that it would be as cheap now.
Will
Will
After a long absence, I have returned. I can't wait to start building again.
- Chancellor Erik
- Apprentice
- Posts: 178
- Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:32 pm
- Location: Vermont
- Contact:
Very cool little set, but I don't own it. The balista-like cart is pretty cool, and the two guys are a big plus. If only Lego made stuff like this nowadays...
Remember, when you reach for the stars, they're too far away and its hopeless. And even if you could, that would burn your hand clean off. - Wally, from Scott Adams' "Dilbert"
A real neat set. A long-lost creative venue by the company, now a lost and forgotten venture some of the designers wouldn't dare go today, or so it seems . The Crusaders in this set, as well as the extra pieces, make it a cheap and reliable army builder that also supplies pieces that can be used for other functions.
10/10!
10/10!
"Alright Kif, let's show these freaks what a bloated, runaway military budget can do"
- architect
- Baron von Ellermann
- Posts: 3708
- Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:10 pm
- Location: Saint Louis, MO USA
- Contact:
I never had this set as a kid, but I always liked it. Now I have several for when my Lion troops need to attack a falcon castle. I like that the siege workers have grey pants. It is a nice way to distinguish them from regular soldiers. I also like the spear projectiles, the snot construction, and the "barrel" made of bricks.
Ben E.
Ben E.
Hello!
I really like this set. It's an unique siege machine and a well built one, too. I like the SNOT style of it.
Also I like how the big "bow and arrow" of the ballista is complemented by an archer with little bow and arrow. Details like this testify the creativity and the comprehension of their matter that the set inventors used to have then. I miss this nowadays.
Bye
Jojo
I really like this set. It's an unique siege machine and a well built one, too. I like the SNOT style of it.
Also I like how the big "bow and arrow" of the ballista is complemented by an archer with little bow and arrow. Details like this testify the creativity and the comprehension of their matter that the set inventors used to have then. I miss this nowadays.
Bye
Jojo
ok, whatever everybody else said
for a small set, I guess it's probably the best one
one thing that always bothered me about it that it can't really shoot
Final score: 8.5/10
for a small set, I guess it's probably the best one
one thing that always bothered me about it that it can't really shoot
Final score: 8.5/10
[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=irod]BrickShelf[/url] [url=http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/7675]MocPages[/url] [url=http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=Webrain]Bricklink[/url]