Jack Panix said:
You think the mine cars are too long? I thought they were too short. I was disappointed that you can't get three mini-figs into a car. The photo on the box kinda fudges the reality of the set - it makes it look like you can get Indy, Willie, and Short Round in one car, but upon closer inspection, you can see that Shorty is apparently standing on air behind the car.
LEGO also did this photographic trickery with the Venice set. The box photo makes it appear that two figures can sit side by side in the boat's front seat when that is really not possible.
Still, I do like both sets and plan on getting additional copies if I see them on sale or clearance. I'd like to have a lot more of the mine track.
I had noticed that photoshopped Shorty as well, then I tried getting three minifigs in a cart, but the only way to do that is to place one at the side, and then the half barrel of the cart keels over
Couldn't really be bothered with that though. I think I'll make some new and improved mine carts for this set though; see if we can get closer to the thing they used in the movies
The mine tracks themselves are pretty darn neat! they feel sturdy, and with the couple of parts you can actually build a pretty fun track. Imagine what you could do with the tracks from two sets!
Also some fun photoshop box trickery regarding the tracks; in the photo they look like they make a big loop, so it seems like the tracks run for quite a bit, but you could never do that with the amount of tracks that come with the set
Still I have to say that the length of the tracks is actually pretty impressive. I had a hard time finding some place to put it!