LEGO® Set Review: 395 1909 Rolls Royce

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[395 Set Photo] 1909 Rolls Royce
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Ages Experts 2 page manual. 1 model. ©1976
Price Range: Unknown (Got it as a gift)

Review Written: 11 October 1995 by Jacob Sparre Andersen
Special Features / Compatibility
  • None
    		• Extra Elements
  • 1 white Technic axle
  • 5 white horse cart style wheels
  • lots of 2 radius quarter round walls
    		• Decals:
    Scale: Approximately 1:20
    Errors: None.
    Ratings: Set: Must-Have Models: Excellent Playability: Fair
    Conclusion
    Certainly a nice way to build scale cars. If I should aquire this set again, the piece price should be competitive.

    Description

    White 1909 Rolls-Royce (Silver Ghost?). Open car with horse-cart like wheels. One spare wheel. No active steering. UK model (availiable as continental?). Comes with a box to put the model on. Seems not to be intended to play with.

    Impression

    [I] made my cousin give it to me. It took some time, but I managed in the end. The car was just standing on a shelf. He had thrown the instructions away, but a phone call to Billund handled that. The next day there was an envelope with 2*4 bricks on it in the mail. Now that I have the instructions, I'm going to take the car apart, wash the bricks and use them for something. I got the set to give the bricks a good home.

    Ratings

    Set Rating:Must-Have

    Lots of 2 knobs radius quarter round walls. 19 years old (better than most Whiskey).

    Model Rating:Excellent

    Makes a lot out of a limited choice of elements. Looks like a Rolls.

    Playability Rating:Fair

    It rolls. Made to be showed off, not to be played with.

    Likes

    Elements. Looks like the original. Good use of a limited choice of elements.

    Dislikes

    For exhibition only.

    Elements

    New

  • White horse cart style wheels

    Non-Plastic Elements

  • Rubber tires on the wheels
    Reviewer Information
    Reviewer Name Age (at review) E-Mail WWW Favorite Theme
    Jacob Sparre Andersen 23 sparre@cats.nbi.dk http://fys.ku.dk/~sparre/LEGO/index.en.html My own creations.

    I collect bricks, build out of those I have, and always wish for more bricks. Usually the models get mixed up in the rest of the collection within days. Have a look at my LEGO on the Web at "http://fys.ku.dk/~sparre/LEGO/index.uk.html" I've just recently started buying other stuff than Town and Technic, but I did get a few space sets as a kid (well, as a _younger_ kid).

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