Sign In
Register
Help
Add Reply
Name: Construct-a-Zurg
Theme: Toy Story
Year of Release: 2010
Pieces: 118
Price: $24.99 USD
S@H description:
The Evil Emperor Zurg is out to conquer the galaxy!
Now you can build Buzz Lightyear’s arch-nemesis, the Evil Emperor Zurg! With his powerful sphere-shooting cannon and rotating waist, this poseable galactic overlord is more than ready to battle Buzz and his little green alien friend the next time they meet. Includes alien minifigure!
Since my Construct-a-Buzz was starting to feel lonely, I picked this set up from Walmart recently, and I thought I'd review this next in order to fill the last gap in the Toy Story review index.
Let's start with the box. The box art is the same as on all the first wave Toy Story sets, except that it sports a Special Edition tag on the front, and several more on the side in different languages.
The back shows a straight-on shot of the set and its play features.
Inside the box, you will find two bags, a Midak Skyblaster, a tube, an instruction booklet, and a cardboard envelope containing Zurg's cape. No stickers! Yay.
A random instruction page showing the secret support of Zurg's body:
Click here to view the inventory page, and click here to see one of the ads in the back of the booklet.
Some notable parts: A bunch of pieces we have never seen in purple, including those new half cylinder parts; yellow Zamor Spheres; the three printed parts of the set; black 1x2 cheese slopes; and the alien's head still in its individual bag.
The only minifig included is this LGM (Little Green Man). Here he is getting his head out of its bag:
Done! Isn't he cute? He even has some back printing!
And here's the set itself, the Evil Emperor Zurg, in all his pointy might! He's pretty impressive to look at. He is quite sturdy, but he tends to lean toward the right where his weapon is.
Left side. Here you can get a good look at the disk that displays the power levels of Zurg's blaster, numbered 1-11. The choice of a textured brick in Zurg's elbows seems odd, but it does make it look more interesting I suppose.
Back view. From this angle, the evil emperor looks very similar to a certain other Dark Lord.
Here's the back without the cape:
The right side. The blaster doesn't look as good from this angle.
A bottom view where you can see that Zurg has a stick up his... well, you know.
Left over parts include two studs and some Techinc bits:
And here's a little action shot:
"Who says purple is dead!"
Compared to the "real thing", it looks pretty good, although the blaster is way inaccurate.
There's not much you can do with this set. Zurg's waist and head can turn, and you can shoot little balls with his blaster, but there is not much to shoot at except for the poor little LGM.
However, if you also have 7592 Construct-a-Buzz, you can have all sorts of fun!
Example:Bonus:
If power was measured by cape size, this little emperor would already be ruler of the universe!
Behold! The Evil Emperor Shrunkhead!
Zurg (with chipmunk voice): "Fear me!"
Hi res versions of all pics can be found in this brickshelf folder.
Ratings:
Design: I think the design is pretty good. Zurg is spot on and pretty sturdy. The only things that drag the design down are the blocky arms with unposeable elbows and the inaccurate blaster. 4/5
Parts: It's a set mostly made out of purple. Need I say more? All parts are very useful, except for maybe the blaster and the top of Zurg's head. It might have been better if the horns were silver versions of those on Mola Ram's headpiece stuck into holes on the new purple piece. But then again, this way it's sturdier and more accurate. 4/5
Minifigs: There's only one in this set, but considering it's a bonus, it's great that it's included. The LGM looks very cute and movie accurate and you just want to have a whole bunch of them! 5/5
Build: The build is rather simple really. No big surprises or challenges. Not bad either though. 3/5
Price: 118 pieces for $25 is not good, not even for a licensed set. The fact that it's limited edition is no excuse. 2/5
Playability: Well, for what it is (a buildable Zurg action figure), it's quite alright. The blaster works very well and Zurg's waist & head can be turned easily. The only thing missing are poseable elbows. And as mentioned above, it would have been nice to have some other target than the LGM. 3/5
Overall: 4/5 It's pricey, slightly inaccurate, and you need Construct-a-Buzz to be able to actually play anything with it, but it looks great on display and is a good parts pack! And it's always great to have another one of those LGMs.
I hope you enjoyed my second Toy Story review. As I said in the last one, more are still to come.
To the Okymobile!
Top
MultiQuote
Posted 11 January 2010 - 01:48 PM
