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The finished submarine complete with stickers and Rabbid! |
Yesterday His Nibs made a post talking about how useful this little set is (See HERE). I said nothing. My first hands on dealings with these sets was back
in August, last year, when I found a few sets going cheap on Amazon. A few clicks
later and I had my first Rabbids. You can see the story
HERE and it continues
HERE. I was surprised at how much
traditional Meccano is included in these sets. Prior to that I had my suspicions these could be useful but did not get a chance to go any further. Last year (2013) at the London Toy Fair I noticed a new Rabbid Submarine but did not get to look at it because His Nibs had
dismissed it as kid's stuff he was not in the slightest bit interested. I must admit, the Evolutions sets were taking my attention as well and I did not go back to look at the Rabbids at the time.
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From the other side before the sticker patrol visited |
Recently all the 'boys', including Ralph, have been going mad buying up the
Evolution helicopter sets that were listed at a ridiculously low price by
Pixmania. While looking at the offers Ralph noticed the Rabbid Yellow Submarine going
cheap and ordered a couple that duly arrived a few days later. I decided to build one of these sets. The box was in its French livery Set No
7253
The Lapins Cretins, Le sous-marin. On opening the box and
looking at the contents, I noticed several new parts two nicely curved yellow
parts (C951) used as parts of the subs main body, these I could immediately see
other uses for as a long loco cab roof or the roof of a showman's engine or even a pay kiosk roof on fairground model. Shame it isn't red. It
comes with two yellow plastic 'missile' launches (C945) and plastic ammo
(C943). I suppose these are meant to be torpedos, thinking about it?? I had not noticed until Ralph mentioned it, some new small curved
yellow metal strips (C667). The set contains a powerful pull back motor and
various other building parts, in metal and plastic, that look to have potential.
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Simple construction makes this set fun to build |
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The Rabbid socket! |
For a change, the instruction
manual for this set is refreshingly easy to follow with no glaringly obvious mistakes! There were no problems encountered in the build and all the parts were there. I still think the paint is a little too thick but I have seen worse. This is a good set,
plenty of play value and a good kit for builders parts.
For the youngsters
collecting Rabbids, there is another addition dressed in yellow bib & brace
trousers with blue head gear printed with an anchor. All in all a very nice kit. To stop him rattling around and falling out, Meccano have included the must-have part for 2014 - the Rabbid socket. Now don't all rush at once!
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Pull back motor - who wants a race? |
Just as I was getting a soft spot for these daft sets it looks as if they will disappear. There were none to be seen at the Toy Fair I assume that will be the end of them. Oh well, we will see what happens over the coming months. Now all I have to do is get Ralph to build the other one and we can stage submarine races!
Sue
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