WesternOutlaw Posted December 26, 2008 Posted December 26, 2008 7032 Highway Patrol & Undercover Van Set #: 7032 Theme: World City - Police & Rescue Year Released: 2003 Piece Count: 151 Minifigs: 2 List Price: $15 (USD) Set 7032 Highway Patrol & Undercover Van reminds me so much of Classic Town. With it's 4-stud-wide vehicles, excellent minifigs, and lots of extras brings me back to a simpler time in which Classic Town sets were abundant in Lego's line-up. Let's take a closer look at this set and let you decide how well you like it. Starting with a similar box as other World City sets, not much in terms of detailed boxart: The back of the box still shows some alternate models including an airplane and jeep: The set includes three small stickers: I like the accessories (some not pictured as I left them attached to the vehicles), esp. the road block and lap top computer: The set includes two figs, a nicely detailed police officer, and "Man In Black", the mysterious Mr. X. I love that black suit : My favorite of the two vehicles is this Highway Patrol vehicle that I think looks more like an all-terrain vehicle or 4-wheel drive. The black 1x3 doors gives it the Classic Town look: Here it is at a different angle: I like the creative use of the grill piece and the 1x3 angled plates: The back end has some space and hooks for attaching police equipment: The van is pretty nice as well, but very non-descript. I suppose the alternative would be to have large POLICE decals on each side of the van, not really making it very undercover. I like the use of the small train windows on each side of the van: The van also includes some surveillance equipment: I love the back end with opening doors. The inside can be used to store some of the police equipment: Here's a Highway scene with both vehicled stopped for a road block: And the complete set: Final Thoughts: Although I don't think the name really describes this set very well, it is a wonderful little police set for the World City collection. As mentioned above, with the 4-stud-wide vehicles complete with 1x3 doors, this set really has a Classic Town look in my opinion. I esp. like the Police Jeep and the Man in Black, the two highlights of this set. It was a good value set offering a lot of police chase fun. Quote
5150 Lego Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 Nice review! I remember buying this along with 7044 helocopter years ago. I bought this set formy nephew, and the helocopter for myself! This was during my dark ages and i remeber him and I having alot of fun playing with both these sets. Brings back some good memories. Thanks for bringing me back Brickster! Quote
CP5670 Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) These vehicles are definitely reminiscent of classic town. The van is strikingly similar to the one in this set. The camera and radar/antenna can actually fit inside the van, which I think looks better than hanging them on the outside. The MIB is one of my favorite town minifigs, and the printed badges are also a nice touch. The tires in my set were slightly defective though, bulging out at the edges for some reason. The van's wheels wouldn't turn smoothly with them and I had to replace them. It's a good thing those tires are so common. Edited December 27, 2008 by CP5670 Quote
Section8 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Above average for the World City line, which makes it average compared to the rest of the Town line. The van is a good feature, but the chunky tires make it look odd. It would have been neat if the van was made to look like a flower or delivery van, pretty typical of undercover vans in movies/tv. Quote
Zarkan Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Thanks for the great review, Brickster. Honestly, this is how 4 wide vehicles should be done. I've never been a fan of the tiny go-cart style vehicles in many old town kits, but that doesn't mean I don't like four wide at all. On the contrary - sets like this one show that you can stay in the 4-wide scale and still achieve a smooth and fairly realisticially scaled design. Add two great looking vehicles to two nice figures and some good acessories, and you have a 5 from me! Quote
Darth_Legois Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Im still kicking myself for not geting this! I remember seeing this on the shelf and not geting it! I miss that old police torso, Its more realistic then the new ones... Anyway I gave it a above average, Nice review too Quote
SheepEater Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 Hi! I'm not one for "necromancing" old threads needlessly, but this is one of the VERY FEW town sets for which I was able to recreate one of the alternate models from a single photo from the back of the box - the plane with control center. Hopefully my photos will help people recreate it, including myself - I never bothered to recreate it in LDD or any virtual lego software! http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=390256 Quote
PsyKater Posted August 14, 2012 Posted August 14, 2012 (edited) Above average for the World City line, which makes it average compared to the rest of the Town line. The van is a good feature, but the chunky tires make it look odd. It would have been neat if the van was made to look like a flower or delivery van, pretty typical of undercover vans in movies/tv. 100% agree to this statement! Edith has just noticed how old this thread was... Edited August 14, 2012 by PsyKater Quote
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