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General => Report & Review => Topic started by: Richard on October 21, 2006, 01:44:07

Title: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: Richard on October 21, 2006, 01:44:07
REVIEW OF THE FAIRY-TALE KING (4256)

The Fairy-Tale King has a terrific new throne! The owl relief is first-rate both on the throne back and on the arm fronts of the throne.

There's nothing much new about the King except for the decoration.

The King's costume is a mixture of blues and greens which probably won't win him the King Suit of the Year Award ... ;)

The black panther really doesn't add much to this set even with his gold-plated chain.

The first picture shows the parts bags.

The second and third pictures show the assembly directions which are straight forward and very easy. That is ... EXCEPT FOR SYSTEM-X !!!  For some reason, Playmobil decided to put two pieces in this set that require System-X connectors. However, they did not include the tool required. And, if you've ever tried to connect System-X without the little tool, you can appreciate how important this tool really is.

Edit: Images removed because posting pictures of plans is not allowed by Geobra!  :P
Title: Re: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: Richard on October 21, 2006, 01:48:14

The next two pictures show the owl detail of the the throne back. And, the third picture shows the detail on the throne arms.

Title: Re: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: Richard on October 21, 2006, 01:49:20

The last pictures show the King's "different" colour combination. the King on his Throne and the "strange" System-X bases for the lamps.

Hope everyone enjoyed this review of the new Fairy-Tale King and his throne.

All the best,
Richard
Title: Re: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: Little Jo on October 21, 2006, 06:09:43
Thank you Richard for this detailed review. Seems that there are coming some more fairytale themed reviews from you. I really appreciate this.
Title: Re: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: Sylvia on October 23, 2006, 09:15:23
Hi, Richard!

These photos are great!!!  :)9

Thanks for taking the time to write up these reviews of the fairytale sets. :-*

It really helps to see what these items look like close-up. :yup:
Title: Re: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: playmofire on October 23, 2006, 15:31:43
Excellent review, Richard. :)
Title: Re: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: Richard on October 23, 2006, 16:11:12
Thank you Richard for this detailed review. Seems that there are coming some more fairytale themed reviews from you. I really appreciate this.

Thanks, for your kind words, Jochen ...

However, the Fairy-Tale KING and the Fairy - Tale CARRIAGE (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=1086.0) were really the only two that were of any real interest to me.

Hi, Richard!

These photos are great!!!  :)9

Thanks for taking the time to write up these reviews of the fairytale sets. :-*

It really helps to see what these items look like close-up. :yup:


Thank you, Sylvia ...

I am very fortunate to have really bright sunlight to take these pictures.

Excellent review, Richard. :)

Thanks for the nice compliment, Gordon ...

All the best everyone,
Richard



Title: Re: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: Little Jo on October 23, 2006, 16:48:44
I am very fortunate to have really bright sunlight to take these pictures.

Haven't you always bright sunlight around you?!? (apart from the nights)
Title: Re: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: Tiermann on October 23, 2006, 17:23:18
Thanks for the pictures Richard. If anyone needs any system x tools just let me know - I have a whole bag of them  8}
Title: Re: 4256 FAIRY-TALE KING AND THRONE
Post by: Morgan on October 28, 2006, 22:45:36
This is a very nice set. I like the new throne, finally the king can sit down without removing his royal cape.  ;D

But don't we have enough kings, queens, princes and princesses in our klicky-world by now? I'm running out of boxes, shelves and drawers they can rule in, I'm running low on kingdoms  :-\