| Miss Pippin Read is taking a ride in a small cart towed by an
elephant.
The elephant is steered by the warrior Babloo wearing a red turban and
sword. Unfortunately she is being followed by the evil Mr. Hates in his
car. This set also includes 3 Johnny Thunder Orient Expedition game
cards.
Appearance
The elephant and cart is looking very good. The use of a crate on top
of the elephant works quite well. The cloth add a very nice touch. The
car is in the (by now) usual very simple and boring style. It is rather
pricy even when considering the large parts going into the elephant.
Construction
The dark grey elephant is made from a dinosaur body with two sets of
long dinosaur legs. The head is new and the ears are possibly separate
pieces. The upper part of the trunk is the short thick dinosaur tail,
while
the lower part is a new piece that is also used as the tail. This
implies
that there is new part to hold the tail at the rear of the elephant.
The cart has rather large spoke wheels, are these new or have
they previously
been used in Belville? The car is basically made from a 4 x 10 Plate
and
the the 4x5 car piece (http://img.lugnet.com/ld/7/30149.gif)
in LtGrey. I am tired of getting that part in the same old colors. I
WANT
IT IN RED, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW, WHITE, ORANGE AND BROWN! And yes I am
shouting
out loud! This is just too much after 1380.
Playability
As this is a very basic vehicle set there are not much else to do than
driving around and getting in and out of the cars. Maybe Miss Pippin
Read
has something in her cart the Mr. Hates want very badly? Any way you
need
to add the jungle where this can take place.
Availability
7414 will be available from January 2003.
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