LEGO City #7279 Police Minifigure Collection Review

Theme: City
Name: Police Minifigure Collection
S/N: #7279
Year: 2011
Pieces: 57

Minifig: 4
Price: RM44.90, SGD16.90, USD9.99, GBP8.49

Box

I found a lot of collector were collecting this theme and are building their own ideal city out from it. But they just got better in every reissue. Anyway, I found this set interesting and grab it. The front of the box shows the details needed and nice box art. The top side of the box shows a police minifig in actual scale while the back are pictures and words in different languages.

Content

The set comes with an instruction booklet and two bags of bricks. I do not expect much from a small set like this but the accessories are tempting me to get it.

To view the instruction, please click HERE.

Accessories

There is this new crowbar and new backpack. Both were the new accessories this year. This is the first crowbar that I have get for my minifigs.

Animal(s)

This is a new dog which is are printed compare to the old dog that got no prints on it. The K-9 dog have different printing on the front if not mistaken when compared to the dog in the Pet Shop.

Minifigs

We get two police office and two robbers. They are not much of a new minifig but I think one of the robber got new torso so do the police officer which got the "POLICE" word printed at the back of the torso.

ATM Machine

It looks very simple and I am not too sure whether it is a newly printed slope piece but it looks like a ATM machine that lack of a few features like keypad and card slot. Below the screen are some box which can be open and close and the crowbar can be put in a good use.

Police ATV

The ATV looks small and bulky but I like it. It was a very simple build but was nicely design although I do have not see an actual ATV before. The police word are printed part. No headlight and rear light though.

Extra pieces

These are the extra pieces left from this set.

Completed model

Will recommend this to the city builder if the police force are not enough. Is a nice set with a lot of minifigs and is affordable.

Playability: 4/10 Playabilty. . . hmm. . . moving ATV wheel and open and close ATM.

Building experience: 4/10 Is a small set, so is quite fun depending on your mood at that point of time.

Parts: 8/10 Most of the parts are for minifigs and accessories. So I should give a high points perhaps?

Value for money: 8/10 Is cheap as the minifigs compensate the price of this set already.

Overall: 6/10 Just grab them for fun if you got nothing to build or too lazy to build a big set.

LEGO City #3367 Space Shuttle Review

Theme: City
Name: Space Shuttle
S/N: #3367
Year: 2011
Pieces: 231
Minifig: 1
Price: RM169.90, SGD65.90, USD29.99, GBP26.99

Box

I guess the space theme for City has been discontinued for quite some time ago before they bring it back again this year. The front of the box art shows the whole set with a nice background while the side shows the actual scale of the astronauts. The back of the box show the playability of this shuttle, a little information about the space shuttle, and ads for another set.

Content

There are two numbered bags of bricks, an instruction book, a loose piece of base plate and a sticker sheet to add some detail onto the plain white shuttle.

To download the instruction, please visit HERE.

Accessory

We do get some extra headgear for the astronaut, especially when he wanted to out of the shuttle in the outer space.

Minifig

We get only one minifig from this set, and he got both side of his torso printed. The print on the body looks good.

Space Shuttle

The front of the space shuttle are printed parts and the design of this shuttle are good as well although it is not that accurate since we cannot demand more customized parts to build a nice shuttle.

The cockpit comes with a two printed slope piece, a monitor and a controller. There is a seat and a mug place inside the cockpit as well. In order to place your minifig, you have to remove the whole piece in front.

The pair of wheel below the space shuttle can rotate 360 degree and it very loose therefore it keeps on rotate by itself. Guess the space shuttle going to crash itself.

The back of the wings are adjustable, for landing I suppose.

Now the payload bay where it keeps the satellite (??), an extendable bar where you attach the satellite to it and the extra helmet for the astronaut. The payload bay can be open.

This yellow bar are adjustable and rotatable. However, when compare with the big shuttle, this is nothing.

And lastly, the helmet that provide life support to the astronaut.

Here's a view of the back of the ship, main engine or thruster.

Extra pieces

Here are the leftover pieces after the assembly process.

Completed model

This is just a small shuttle with an improved design if we were to compare to those that are released in the early days.

I got no idea why I can't get a nice shot out of this set.

Playability: 6/10 There seems to be quite a few functions included in the shuttle.

Building experience: 4/10 It's quite easy to build, recommended for children.

Parts: 4/10 Don't think there is any nice part that comes with this shuttle.

Value for money: 5/10 The price is at the average range.
Overall: 5/10 Recommended for starter and kids, but the price is quite heavy for a kid to afford.