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6540 Pier Police Review

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Hi everyone this is a review of 6540 Pier Police.

Basic info:

Set name: Pier Police

Set number: 6540

Year released: 1991

Number of pieces: 327

Theme: Town, Nautica

Minifigs: 4

Price: $44.00

I hadn't touched this set for a few years until seeing it today and deciding it would make a good set to review. No stickers that cover more than one brick so I could easily take it apart!

Box:

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Instructions:

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Catalog:

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On to the review!

The pieces:

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A good mix of colors. Lots of black and white obviously but with a good mix of other colors especially the gray pier pieces. :wub: Notice in the upper right corner the police 1 x 6 bricks. The black brick with white police writing is a sticker, while the white brick with black police writing is printed.

Interesting pieces:

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Most of these pieces aren't that interesting to fans of classic town but the motorcycle windshield and the police writing printed on ordinary parts are neat.

Minifigs:

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4 classic smileys.

The build:

-Motorcycle

After the minifigs the first thing to build is the motorcycle.

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This is how the windshield attaches

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The finished motorcycle, very few pieces added.

-Car

Next up is the small car

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The chassis with a few parts

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The step before the windshields are added

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The finished car.

-Speed Boat

Now we begin building the speed boat

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Don't worry, the holes in the hull will get sealed up eventually.

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The finished speed boat

-Patrol Boat

The biggest vehicle, and my favorite, is the patrol boat.

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The start of the build

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Almost all the black is done, the string is attached which allows the boat to tow things.

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Everything but the windshields built now

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The finished patrol boat in all of its glory! The top raises up.

-Pier

Now starts the actual pier.

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The start

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The underside which keeps the base sturdy for building. Without this support the pier would be very unstable.

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Lovely waiting room for the soon to be inmates :sceptic:

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The second floor office is taking shape. The police officer gets a new computer on his desk and a nice inverted support next to his head. :tongue:

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Right before the second floor windows

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The finished set!

Playability:

The whole nautica theme was desgined to be playable with each other.

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The knight and imperial officer are on the prowl for red motorcycles in their dark shark!

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They finally spot an unguarded ship carrying a red motorcycle.

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Held at bow point, the poor worker is forced to make the crane place the red motorcycle on the dark shark.

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Unfortunately for the pirates, the pier police is right next to them!

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The knight is completely outnumbered, he has no choice but to surrender.

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The worker has other plans for the imperial officer however.

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The entire package.

Rating:

Design: 7/10 I really like the design of the patrol boat, but I feel like everything else is kind of sloppy.

Minifigs: 7/10 The minifigures in this set are nice but overall are in general pretty average for that time period.

Playability: 9/10 Does not have that much playability as a set alone, but having a land and sea based police operation gives it lots of versatility.

Price: 8/10 $44.00 for 327 pieces was actually a pretty good deal back then. Also includes the pier pieces which explains the price.

Parts: 9/10 I really like the parts in this set. Lots of plates in different colors and bricks.

Overall: 40/50 80%, it's a good set but has to live up to even better sets in the same series.

Thanks for reading!

Edited by Zorbas
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Thanks for this classic town review 'jd5775', a great set and I wonder why they haven't brought out another one since.....the pier is a fantastic idea for playability, though the boats are not water tight. :blush:

The police car is cute, a Lego Panda cop car ! :grin:

Brick On Review On ! :grin:

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Thanks for this great review! With the exception of the car, I think this entire set would fit in well with today's modern harbor sets.

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My favorte police set. My town would be overly harbor (I have 7 total Launch + Load seaports/Intercoastal seaports) so this is the best option for me to have as a police station. It's just a nice set overall.

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Thanks for a nostalgia. = ) Had 2x same sets when I was young.

These old baseplates are much cooler than new (in 4645 or 7994 )

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Great, detailed review. Hard to believe that was twenty years ago! But for a few changes that set seems like it could have been released this year.

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great review indeed! :classic:

this set shows how much Lego has evolved in 20 year's time or so. it was all so small back then... a boat... only four studs wide... imagine this having to keep up with the brand new speed boats :sceptic:

the motorcycle kinda surprised me, honestly. i thought that by this time all headlights on cycles were 1x1 round plates, this one still has the regular 1x1 square plate... oh well... the windscreen is pretty nice though...

a nice set indeed, but not a real "classic" imo

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Thanks for the quality review. This set will always stand out for me because it's the first "real" set (as in, cost over $15) I bought after I had my first job. I still love this set. The large police boat combined with the Coastal Cutter (another of my favorite sets) made a formidable aquatic rescue team.

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Great job on this review. I like this set a lot, especially the vehicles. The police station is the perfect size for the pier :thumbup:

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