Stickers! Lots of nastily-shaped stickers!
I applied the stickers first to get them over with. They weren’t nice, but I’ve known worse…
That over, I could get onto the fun of building. And this
was fun to build. Everything slotted together easily, and the instructions were very clear throughout. My only problem was not a serious one: I had followed the instructions as written, and put in the torch holders. But every time I did something to the structure, the torch holders fell out again!
On the eighth fall, I decided to leave them where they were for the time being.
I was a little surprised at the upper part – it is only resting on the lower part, not snapped into position. It is secure enough, but I told myself that I’d need to remember that it did come off.
I guess I don’t listen to myself. It was only a very short time later when I pressed down on this ladder to lock it into place:
… And the upper floor flipped up towards me and nearly went crashing off across the table.
The upper floor houses the altar which, on the press of a button, cracks apart, and a small demon comes flying out into the air.
Well, supposedly that’s what happens. I obviously have the wrong sort of small demon. The altar pieces certainly went flying into the air – one of them travelled (at speed) about 3 feet/90 cms, but luckily not towards me. The demon, however, did a somersault and landed back in the altar.
I think it is a pity, though, that the button for the flying
altar pieces demon is in such a visible place. Convenient for access, sure, but I wish they had put it
behind the altar.
It can be sort of hidden, with a well-placed writing desk, and by only looking at it from a slightly sideways position.
Not quite sure
why one would jam a writing desk up against an altar, mind you, so I’ll come up with a better solution later.
The klickies have got interesting eyes, with a paler streak along the bottoms. I tried to take a photo of this, but only succeeded in making one look cross-eyed, and the other one look like they have hollows for eyes.
The reality looks better than that! Here they are all togged up:
I got ridiculously over-excited about that censer! I really really love it.
And here is the big demon:
It is the same height as a troll.
A couple of other little things I am delighted about. One is this spell book. (Printed, not a sticker, I’m glad to say.)
And the other is this spell sheet or spell scroll:
… Which can be rolled up and carried in a scroll case on the back of one of the klickies.
I understand that this set would not be everybody’s choice for themselves or for their children – ‘Oh, let’s play summoning demons!’ - but for anyone who sees it more as fun fantasy … well that’s just what it is. Fun to build, a fun building, and with fun characters also.
Here are two of them having fun:
