Saturday, May 1, 2010

LEGO Atlantis #8057 Wreck Raider

Theme: Atlantis
Name: Wreck Raider
S/N: #8057
Year: 2010
Pieces: 64
Minifig: 2
Price: RM59.90, SGD19.90, USD9.99, GBP7.99

Box
Atlantis, the new underwater theme has the unique figure. Well the box art looks good, but a little bright while the side shows us the actual scale of the Atlantis key and the back of the box shows us the functions and also the type of key we are getting.

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Content
Going to the content, we get two packs of bricks, an instruction booklet and a sticker sheet. There are quite a number of pieces that needed to be add detail.

content instruction booklet sticker

To view the instruction, please visit HERE.

Accessories
We get a trident, a pair of flipper and an Atlantis key which is pack separately in a small plastic bag. Below are the picture:

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accessories

Minifigs
We get a shark warrior and a diver with eye-patch. A few thing that I would like to say before going into the picture is that:
- the shark warrior head is no headgear, different from the Harry Porter version.
- the shark warrior head have a very nice printing.

minifig

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The diver have two face expression and both side of his torso printed too.

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As usual, the unlucky me get a not nicely printed diver hip. (TT) The new diver headgear looks great although the visor is not movable.

Raider
The raider sure looks good from the box art. There seems to be a different feel when you see the completed model when compare to the box art. I don't know why though, but I can assure you is not the detail problem.

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At the front are flick-fire functions with two missiles that is added a hook on them. Maybe this is the most effective way of fighting a shark.

Here's the missiles.

missiles

There is these turbines at the back of the raider which is adjustable.

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Extra pieces
Only two pieces are spare for this set. I think is pretty much right, as other parts usually do not have spare.

extra parts

Completed model
I would say this raider is pretty unique, in a way it is constructed as you can see everything is placed in the middle plus it is a creative way of using the main body part, which is the round thing below it to construct a vehicle.

completed model

Playability: 8/10 We can't expect much of a playability from a set this small.
Design: 8/10 Overall, the things looks good, a unique way of using that round pieces.
Price: 5/10 Is quite expensive over here, but the figs do help save the day.
Overall: 7/10 Seeing the parts you get plus the figs, is pretty good.

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