#PHLUGreviews: Bad Cop Pursuit (70802)
First off, we would like to thank the LEGO CEE team for sending in a collection of The LEGO Movie sets to the Philippine LEGO Users Group (PHLUG) for review. PHLUG members will be reviewing TLM sets in the coming days.
To start things off, we have 70802 Bad Cop's Pursuit. This set which retails for $29.99 has 314 pieces and 2 minifigures. When I first saw the image my first impressions were crocodiles and a flying police car. Not really very compelling for my tastes but that changed when I got to build this set.
In the movie, this set features a scene where Bad Cop engages on a train chase with the main characters. After Wyldstyle built a ramp that catapulted Bad Cop’s car into the air, Bad Cop reassembled his into a flying car which hovers above the train and shoots the tracks into collapse making Emmet (almost fall) into a bunch of robotic crocodiles.
The box was not as compact as the 70800 Getaway Glider and 70801 Melting Room sets. I felt like the box could be smaller as there was plenty of space left with the contents in it. I know that LEGO has improved their packaging in recent releases with more eco-friendly packaging. The box was very glossy though and sturdy which is always a good thing. Inside the box were the instruction booklet (x1) and sticker sheet plus 3 plastic bags (2 of which had "offspring" smaller plastic bags in them).
A quick scan of the set shows that most come in black and white as majority of the parts were used to build the police glider.
Though definitely not the set with most number of new and rare elements there are a few that are worth mentioning.
Mini Shooter Gun - probably one of the most anticipated new part (technically an assembly) of 2014, this gun impressed me quite a bit. It consists of the actual LBG gun (Mini Shooter With Ø3.2 Shaft) which is currently found only in this set and the trigger (Trigger For Mini Shooter) which are 2 separate pieces. One would have to snap the trigger in the middle of gun and load it with a 1x1 stud, press the trigger and BAM! I was surprised at how much power that small thing has. It didn't even have a spring but it sure did knock-out Emmet pretty good. This gun sure beats those flick-fire missiles. I have no doubt that a lot of kids will find this new element very enjoyable and that there will be a lot of lost and misplaced 1x1 studs around the house.
Piece of Resistance – this new element pivotal to the LEGO Movie’s story is actually a 1x2x1 red brick with a stud holder on one side (Brick 1X1X2 With Extra Tube Side). The trailers showed this part being carried around by Emmet after he has presumably found them and it seems that it holds great importance to save the world. I am looking forward to see MOCers use this piece and in what other ways this brick can be used aside from being just an accessory to Emmet.
White Roof Parts – though pretty common in other colors, this is the first time that this piece is shown in white.( Slope 45 2x1 Double/Inverted) I am glad that LEGO did not go the route of just applying a white sticker onto a black piece as this being available in white opens up a whole range of possibilities in building. There is also the “Attic Brick” (white 2X4 double 45° slope) which makes its debut in this set. According to The New Elementary - my current fave LEGO blog, this element has been existing for 50+ years but has never come in white until now. You get 2 of each new element in the set.
Other notable elements are: two types of white angular plates (1x Angular Plate 1,5 Top 1X2 ½, 2x Angle Plate 1X2/1X4) which are only found in 4 and 9 sets respectively. A new color of Brick 1X2 Fric/Fork Horiz.End, a fairly common frictional hinge piece found in white for the first time this year and is only found in 1 other set. Two rare plates: a 2x14 tan plate (found only in this set) and a 2x8 dark blue plate (found only in 2 sets). And of course, the tower/girder pieces (Lattice Tower 2X2X10 W/Cross). Though found in the more common black color, this set offers you 4 of them which is the most this piece appeared in a single set. More hangars!
The last time you had a chance to get 2 dark green crocodiles was in 2008’s 8632 Mission 2: Swamp Raid set from the Agents line and the last time this bad boy appeared was 4 years ago in World Racer’s 8899 Gator Swamp, so the fact that you get 2 of these reptiles in this set will certainly delight some collectors who are into LEGO animals. I think this animal assembly is pretty awesome especially since most LEGO animals these days that we see are the “cute” ones which appear in the CMS and Friends line.
The main guy of our film Emmet also appears on this set. His torso, legs, hair and double-sided face is pretty common at this point as its found in most LEGO Movie sets. He is shown here with a back plate with knob piece that holds the Piece of Resistance.
While Emmet is the film’s main guy, Bad Cop / Good Cop certainly is this set’s main fig. I would just like to point out how I am amused by the fact that TLG and the movie’s director was able to use the double-sided face feature of LEGO minifigs to develop a character that is unique to the film. According to Brickset, the torso is unique and helmet is unique to the set. I love how his aviators really shine and is chrome printed (looks like).
You get to build two structures in this set. The first one is the elevated train track (or at least a portion of it) which rise from a swamp-y piece of land. At first I thought it was a plank where-in Emmet was pushed to the edge but after seeing the “I am Batman” clip, I know get and appreciate more the scene this set portrays.
Nothing pretty special in the build. You get a very asymmetric build of the track which is good. The unevenness brings an element of realism to the set.
Also, the play feature of this structure while very, very simple is pretty fun. TLG must have used this “trap-door” function a million times heck, there’s even a part for it. But that did not remove the fact that it is actually very fun to make someone fall into a bunch of robotic crocodiles just to be devoured.
Next is the surprisingly impressive flying police car. I tell you, the box art doesn’t give justice to this build. It’s retro-sleek! Very reminiscent of the muscle cars of the past yet it is very “Fifth Element” at the same time.
There’s only a handful of SNOTs here but there’s more than enough slopes, hinges and bows to make it sexy. The new roof pieces give the side of the car a sharpened edge; it is also used to hide the car’s most impressive feature.
When you flip-open the sides, it reveals a hidden weaponry which turn two ways. Watch this video.
I am really impressed with this little clever contraption. It is just plain cool.
My only question after seeing the clip from which this set was based from is: why did LEGO pass the opportunity to make a train set out of the LEGO Movie. It would be nice to hover the police car beside a train just like in the movie. I don’t know if it’s because last year’s Lone Ranger Constitution Train Chase was flop or something but I think a train set is still a train set. But that being said, Bad Cop’s Pursuit was a surprisingly satisfying set. A lot of people including me, felt “meh” when we first saw the set but that certainly is not the case anymore.
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