Review: 6772 Alpha Team Cruiser

[The Cobra]

Welcome the woman amongst action men: Alpha Team's first Lady, Radia!

Set data:

6772: Alpha Team Cruiser

Year: 2001

Theme: Alpha Team

Subtheme: N/A

Pieces: 56 (no extra)

Price: 7 USD / EUR / UKP

Building time: less than 15 minutes

MISB on review: No

More info: Brickset - Peeron

Box / instructions front: the Lady and the beast

Box / instructions rear: cool alternate models

Random instructions page: building on a wing (and a prayer?)

The girl herself: makeup and hair matching bodysuit main colour.

The cockpit: front view

The cockpit: side/rear view

The rear: featuring an hinged trans neon green radar dish

The rear: main engines (thumbs up to who chose to use flames!)

Thrusters: front and rear

Thrusters: sides

Complete model: all hinges flat

Posabilty: choose how to place side thrusters and radar dish

Comic page: came at the end of the instructions booklet. Actually, Radia has neither radio nor binoculars.

Secret code: to unlock some content on then-AlphaTeam site

Review:

I bought the 6773 Copter in my dark years, and thought it would be cool to own another AT set. This one is quite cheap (I Paid 7 Euros incl. S/H, isn't that a deal?), but really a good one. All AT sets feature the same colour scheme (varying in the 3 different lines, this one being the original before Mission Deep Sea and Arctic Alpha Team), and this is a really good one, with lots of trans neon green pieces; purple is good too. No printed pieces but only three stickers, and that's a pro to me. Unfortunately, no accessories at all. Excellent model design with 3 well placed hinges. And, hey! A female minifig!

Rating: 4/5

[Lt. Col. Thok]

Very nice review, I like how you've reviewed this little set. I always admired the Alpha Team; however, I never bought any until the ice version.

[Erdbeereis]

A nice review of a great small set!

The set is pretty good I think. Radia is quite the fig with all of that purple... The design of the cruiser is nice. It's a very different shape than you usually see.

I would give this set a 4. Thanks for the review!

[Scyzoryk]

Nice Review!

And I'm just wondering, will you post a review of the copter?

[The Cobra]

As The Pillows would sing, "I think I can". Fact is, the copter is obviously not MISB either, so it's a bit more difficult (at least, to me) to review it as it deserves. But I'll give it a try. And thanks everyone for the feedback.

[CP5670]

Cool review. This is the only set among the first wave of Alpha Team that I don't have, and it looks like something I should pick up. The purple grills on the wings look a little out of place though. Maybe they're there just because it's a woman's ship.

I always liked the original Alpha Team line with its ResQ-like color scheme. My favorite set is probably the helicopter, and the ship from the Ogel base is also very well designed. However, I think the series went largely downhill after that. The Deep Sea or Arctic sets never really appealed to me, except for a few of the smaller Ogel subs.

Edited September 13, 2008 by CP5670

[Pencoin]

Cool review, my most liked Alpha Team sets were the Artic ones more specifly the IceBlade if I remember correcty.

Edited September 13, 2008 by Pencoin

[bullet8542]

Nice review Thanks, I never really had the opportunity to pick any Alpha team sets up.

[KimT]

I never knew Alpha Team had a female member.

Thanks for sharing this set with us.

I must admit she's somewhat good-looking, notch notch know what I mean

I'll rate this above average because of the great minifig and the equally great pieces.

[samthelegoman1]

Great set, but it would be better if they gave Radia and extra hairpiece for when the hat is off.

[Runninglizard55]

sorry for bumping an old topic but i just wanted to say that i had this set:

and i loved it i wish i had more of these sets