Posted by legoDad42 in United States on 17 March 2010
The Aerial Defense Unit has far and away the best LEGO helicopter ever. Great build and huge on playability, this is a must buy. A very sturdy model so it'll hold up to kid play and AFoL's will love it for the design, build, details and great villian mini-figs.
PRO's - Twin rotating blades. Best feature on the kit and best working piece on a LEGO model in awhile. On the tail you have a lever you push forward against a rubber band that then pushes technique gears to spin the blades. The blades spin at the same speed but alternately so they don't touch. You keep pumping the lever forward and the helicopter's blades spin fast and looks great doing it! Talk about swoosh-a-bility...with the tail built upon a strong technique skeleton and the blades spinning madly, you'll be flying and swooshin' your ship all over the house without fear of pieces falling off. Well built and extremely sturdy model for play.
2-SEAT cockpit with large, great looking canopy. Printed tile control panel.
LEFT and right of cockpit has twin machine guns/cannons.
UNDER each rotor blade are 4 missiles/lasers.
4 LARGE cabin doors which open wide to access interior. Back doors on each side have a computer terminal mounted into the swing arm.
FRONT part of cabin has 2 zip line mounted(tied) to a backpack with clips for guns, binoculars, walky-talky, flashlight, etc.
BACKPACKS attached to Agents armor to repel/ascend from the craft. At times the weight of the mini-fig and backpack attached to the zip-line will pull down the Agent, repeling him into action.
LOCKS(outside left and right) for zip lines.
MID-SECTION column in cabin also has clips for aforementioned tools, equipment, etc.
BACK section cabin has area for a simple but effective jet-ski (holds in place with a simple lock in rear of cabin).
AGENTS Chase and Swift mini-figs with duel faces (Agent Charge single faced) and all have body armor.
GREAT looking Magma Commander (with trans orange head, silver helmet, silver right arm) and 3 Magma-Drones (with silver right arms).
This set also comes with a small/mini-Volcano base lair. Front door (with a nice looking mouth opening with teeth design) opens up and down with simple techniqe lever. Outside left of door is a laser rifle/cannon, left above has a platform with a computer terminal (w/silohette's of Agents helicopter and this base/lair), right above door is a large radar dish which swivels 360degrees (using a technique gear). Interior right has a simple screen/terminal with a countdown-like clock and left is a tilted small mount/platform which you fit in one of the Magma-Drones simulating either a repair bay or a duplication chamber (crankin' out Magma-Drones for the Commander's army).
CON's - None. Some say the little Volcano lair is cheap or silly to add in without more details but it's meant to be a forward radar station for the larger Volcano base (from Agent's first series). I suggest mod'ing this lair as I have(I've added more large stone wall pieces, foliage, detailed interior with computer terminals, added a swiveled throne for the Magma Commander, etc.)
Also for some, a good amount of stickers is a negative and in this case I agree. The helicopter looks better without the Agent's stickers but you gotta' use the computer terminal ones to complete the look for those areas.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND getting this set. Again, as I've said...this is far and away the best LEGO helicopter ever. This is a great Agent's vehicle and can be used for your Town/City sets as a police helicopter...or rescue helicopter. It's just FANTASTIC!
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