LEGO Atlantis #8076 Deep Sea Striker Review

Theme: Atlantis
Name: Deep Sea Striker
S/N: #8076
Year: 2010
Pieces: 260
Minifig: 1
Price: RM129.90, SGD41.90, USD19.99, GBP19.99

Box

First of all, my apologize for always using damaged box. The side of the box shows the actual scale of the Atlantis key while the back shows the the capability of the sea scorpion. Also there are no changes on the design of the box.

Content

There are four packet of bricks that comes in this set, an instruction booklet and also a sticker sheet which is use to decorate the sea scorpion. There are quite a number of parts that needs to be decorated with sticker.

To download the instruction, please visit HERE.

Accessories

The set include us with a green Atlantis key with stingray printed on it and also comes with a pair of flippers for the use of the diver.

Like any other set, the key is pack separately in a small tiny plastic bag.

Minifig

There is only one minifig that is included in this set, which is the diver and no sea creature. Is expected from Atlantis set, as much of the sets doesn't comes with a lot of figs.

The diver have two expression, smiley and fear I suppose.

Sea Scooter

The sea scooter is very small, however, surprisingly, it can stand by it own without any support from other bricks. I think this is well design by the designer.

Guardian Scorpion

Actually I'm quite disappointed with this scorpion. The tail can hardly stand properly and once you bend it, it will just fall to the front, probably because I put is straight. I will further show the weakness in the review.

First, we start of with the head of the guardian scorpion. The head just can't move is just there fix with technic pin and the only thing that can move is the jaw.

Next the snapping claws, both of them are movable and at the same time open and close to crush the diver and his "speedy" sea scooter. Hidden under the claw are two sharp razor.

Here's the leg of the scorpion which again is stiff and not movable. There's playability is pretty much limited as the only capability of the scorpion are the jaw, snapping claws and stinging tail.

About the tail, you can adjust the height and also bend it. However, it falls to the front quite easily and causing the scorpion to lose its balance.

Extra pieces

Six tiny pieces are left after we done assembling everything.

Completed model

This is not a good set if you are looking for something cool and high playability, but you can buy for the parts or for the sake of completing your LEGO Atlantis collection.

Playability: 4/10 Not really satisfy with the function that comes with the playset.
Design : 4/10 I just hate the scorpion, it looks ugly while looks pretty nice in the box.
Price : 5/10 Price is somehow reasonable here.
Overall: 4/10 Bad design, low playability, nice parts.