Review: 6781

[RangerBob]

I apologize for some blurry pics. I had to use my moms cam and it's... nah just say, it's bad.

Also I apologize for my bad English. Especially my bad LEGO English.

With the upcoming Space Police 3 I want to take a look back to the roots. So I do a review of my first Lego Set I can remember: 6781.

Some "Freaks" might see some mods at this pics. That's 'cause I couldn't find some parts. The one who finds the mods wins a free coffee. He/She just has to pay for it himself/herself.

There are also no pics of the Instruction sheet. Probably it's at the same spot, where the missing parts are.

Enough of the talk, lets head for the review.

The Minifigs

With the ship there comes one police man and a Black Tron.

I really like the Black Tron. The dark dangerous look he has. In my childhood it was the perfect minifig for Darth Vader.

The policeman is okay. It looks fine but in my opinion it doesn't fit to the ship's color scheme.

But still 10/10 because of the Black Tron (One of the best Minifigs ever!)

The Ship

The ship has a nice design but also has some failures.

But lets start with the positive aspects of it.

One of my favorite parts is this:

The best little jail ever made in Space. The trans-red bars look like laser. That's why it's not recommend to touch it.

It looks more escape-proofed than the one they used in Space Police II and it looks (imo) better than the upcoming cells in Space Police III.

The cell had a clever system to attach it onto the ship.

my other favorite part is this one:

bendable wings (here bend down as much as possible).

Maybe that's why i like the X-Wing so much.

The ship had also a light system. But sorry, I couldn't make a pic of it as I don't have a 9V battery

But that's what LEGO is all about. Your own imagination, so lets use it here

The trans-red bricks and the computer glow if you push the button (and have a battery inside the battery box )

Nice

But with building it like this, there comes the first major issue.

when you push the battery box back into the ship, the withe computer is inside the cockpit.

BUT no one can use it, while the windscreen is shut! There is no space for a minifig to sit in front of it!

lets come to the second problem.

It has no, NO thrusters!

This Ship has no chance to lift off. Sad but true.

But again! Here comes our Imagination into play.

A minor problem: the front weapons aren't sturdy and easily fall of.

So a bit modding and you got the perfect ship to hunt down criminals.

But after all the ship is Ranger Bob proofed

result:

Minifig: 10/10

Playability: 8/10

Build: 8/10

+ 1 Nostalgia Bonus point

Overall: 9.0

Hope you liked my review. ( I think i overused the word "but" )

I take off

Edited May 19, 2009 by KimT

[CP5670]

I love this ship, despite a few flaws it has. It's one of the top two or three space sets of all time for me. This was one of the few electric sets from that era that actually used the lights well and did something really unique with them.

There were also a number of unique pieces in it. The trans-red canopy extender, trans-red 1x6 bricks, computer light, black/red arrow tiles and black 1x2 conducting plates only ever appeared in this set.

For some reason, this set only appeared in the 1989 catalog in the US. It wasn't in any subsequent catalogs, and in fact I didn't even know of its existence until I heard about it on the internet over 10 years later. I picked up two copies off ebay soon after that.

BUT no one can use it, while the windscreen is shut! There is no space for a minifig to sit in front of it!

This is surprisingly difficult to fix due to the way the conducting plates are arranged, but it's doable. I've modified mine to allow room for a second minifig there.

It has no, NO thrusters!

This Ship has no chance to lift off. Sad but true.

This was a problem with all the SP1 sets in general. I added small engines around the wings on mine, although there isn't any room on the model for a large thruster.

It's funny how SP1 ships had tons of weaponry but no engines, while SP2 ships had plenty of engines but hardly any weapons.

[Spacefan]

For not using "curved slopes" and only having basic color bricks, most Space sets of this era managed to look pretty darn cool imo.

Playability was great too!

[Algernon]

I personally prefer Space Police II. I do like this set though, it's very hard to find nowadays!

[Asuka]

Thanks for that nice review, RangerBob.

This one´s my favorite Classic SP set and one of my all-time favorite LEGO spaceships as well.

A real beauty, and it´s only real weakness IMO, the lack of some decent engines, led me to

some pretty fancy speculations about alternative reactionless propulsion engines...

[CP5670]

Thanks for that nice review, RangerBob.

This one´s my favorite Classic SP set and one of my all-time favorite LEGO spaceships as well.

A real beauty, and it´s only real weakness IMO, the lack of some decent engines, led me to

some pretty fancy speculations about alternative reactionless propulsion engines...

The funny thing is that one of the UK catalogs says that SP1 has the "fastest ships in the galaxy." Maybe they do use some unconventional form of propulsion.

[RangerBob]

maybe the light system is the engine and the ship just flies backwards?