Review 8077 Atlantis Exploration HQ

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What you think of this set?

1 - Never knew lego has this set.
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14%
2 - Nice, but a waste of my time.
2
28%
3 - It's ok, nothing special to me.
0
No votes
4 - Cool set, but there are so many cool theme's already.
2
28%
5 - I want this set too or own one already!
2
28%
 
Total votes : 7

Review 8077 Atlantis Exploration HQ

Postby AFOL12v on Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:51 pm

Name: Atlantis Exploration HQ
Set No.: 8077
Theme: LEGO / LEGO Action Theme
Year: 2010
Pieces: 356
Minifigs: 3
Price (when it was in stores): USD 50$ (which equals about EUR 50€)

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Today I'm a proud owner of this set. It would be a nice project of mine town to do some research in the sea. Let's first see the box and it's contains.

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Lets see the minifigs which come with this set. Two members of the diving team and one Manta Warrior.
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And one little minisub to defend the laboratory.
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The foundation where the sub can park, where it can be a laboratory.
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Finally I could start with the sub itself.
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Here you can see the interior of the sub itself.
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Arrived a bag number 3.
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The first weak design of this set. The front motors aren't connected strong to the sub.
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The sub can defend itself form monsters, but it can only shoot 4 times. The harpoons need to be reloaded outside again.
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The front of the sub is getting shape.
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These pieces are new to me. Maybe already seen in other sets, but for me it's THE piece for this set.
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The new pieces are used to hold the trans-bright green cylinder hemisphere 4 x 4 .
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The end of the building is near. Only the long stickers are hard to apply nicely.
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The building is completed now.
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Now lets see the set itself around the clock :sweet: .
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Lets see what it looks like when you open the sub, to transform in a laboratory.
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This is the front of the laboratory when placed on its own foundation, which must be on his place first before diving with the sub.
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And offcourse the inside of the laboratory itself.
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I hoped you enjoyed this review as much I did, while making it. I'm gonna use it for my town while they still build it. Mine town what to explore the ocean floor. Just in case, the sub will be equiped with some weapons, just in case. The divers won't know it, but they will encounter monters around here and need more than the installed weapons. Soon they have to ask help form the powerminers which need to fight against them.

I will make pic's of that later. For now, I'm finish this review.
Mine layout/collection:
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Re: Review 8077 Atlantis Exploration HQ

Postby Benny on Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:54 pm

Thanks for the review mate!

I think this set is the best or close to the best of the line. Probably wont get it tho as it wouldn't fit anywhere in a City imo and I don't have that much spare cash to have a set like this just sitting around somewhere else.
And for parts it's not a great set imo...


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Re: Review 8077 Atlantis Exploration HQ

Postby xzanfr on Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:26 pm

Thanks for showing this.
It was one of the atlantis sets that I really liked the idea of. The sub itself actually looks pretty good on its own - I really like the windows and all the little details inside.
As a base it doesn't work quite as well but it's still one of the best from the atlantis line. Lots of play value with the transforming operation.
I'm also glad you've found a place for it in your city ;)
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