Gold Heist - Good style, but sloppy design
Posted by
jkool
in United States
on
17 September 2009
Like many others, I waited for Space Police 3 with excitement! I grew up with SP1 and SP2, so I was very happy to see the return of the SP line. I'm not entirely satisfied with the sets released so far, but that's only because my expectations are so high.
The main problem with this set is that neither vehicle is really fleshed out. I would have much rather seen them bulk up the Police ship a little more and forget about the little alien craft which is really poor.
Specifically, improvements I would've liked to see would be a little more support so the engines in the front didn't just wobble around. I don't mind the top "hovercraft" style engines swiveling, but the front ones need to be fixed to give the craft more stability.
The cockpit just seems half finished on the police ship, and I wish they had built it up a little more on the sides. The way the cockpit swivels open on the top and front is a very nice design, but there is nothing to lock it in place and it comes open very easily. Minus 1 point.
The price point is fair, just over 200 pieces for $19.99 should be easy to swallow for any LEGO lover.
As an aesthetic complaint, I feel that this is not really a "Space Police" ship, but more of an armored money carrier more suited to a futuristic city theme. This would normally be OK, but this is Space POLICE, and for that I have to take off a point.
The tiny blue window is almost too small to be useful. I would've liked to see a slightly bigger window, but to be fair, it fits here as a small window on an armored transport vehicle. The only problem with this being an armored transport vehicle is there is no armor! Minus 1 point.
2/5
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