Thanks Tim for this great review.
As for the issues you mention I found a Bosniak connection

Overall a fun set and I like lots of the parts but found the issue with the temple and tower to be really distracting for me. Workarounds are possible but shouldn't be necessary with the top priced toy of the theme. It's a reasonable priced set but get it on sale if you can to make up for the mentioned issues.
I only got the 4 smaller sets this weekend in Mexico City. Just realized they have parts from... up to six countries!!!! We all know PM has factories in Germany, Spain, Czech Republic and Malta. There are also some parts made in China, but did anyone know some production is made now in... BOSNIA ?




I also bought the World Cup soccer players and the Family Fun Winter sets this weekend but the labels still say "Made in Germany" or "Made in Malta"
Do you think the quality issue you mention could be related to compatibility between parts from EU, Bosnia and China?
Do larger sets 9429 and 9433 have components from 4, 5 or 6 countries?