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Set Review: # 6575 Polar Base (New Arctic Theme)
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 22:23:48 GMT
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Ok I have to admit that I was looking forward to the arctic stuff when I saw
the preliminary photos online last year. New colors are good, and I basically
thought it was a "cool" idea, no pun intended.
I picked up #6575 yesterday at TRU, it appears to be selling briskly as there
were a lot more of them on the shelves last week then there were when I
purchased. Here are my thoughts:
First the whole set is polybagged individually, meaning that each large
component is in a sealed bag with a photo on the outside with all the pieces
in the standard perforated lego bags inside the photo bag. One large
instruction book has everything and as noted in a previous review from someone
else there are lots of photos from real polar expeditions included.
The set has four large base modules, a helicopter, a tracked vehicle, and a
snowmobile with a trailer/stretcher carrier. There are four minifigs and two
polar bears.
My main interest was in the base modules, I see the possibility of using their
components to build a large space base. Each module is made of large wall
pieces with a blue window and is mounted on a square white baseplate. There is
a communications module with a radio/weather tower that has a ladder outside
and sloped computer screen bricks as well as a new 2x4 window piece with a
good graphic decal. The medical module has a sloped door with a pop out
window and a small medical station incorporating a sloped PC screen and a new
flat tile with a graphic of a stethoscope and a clipboard on it. The HQ module
has a large tower assembly (like on older Aquanauts stuff) made of a grey
bottom with a transparent blue top. Inside the tower are some sloped PC
screens as well as a transparent piece with a new decal and a tile that looks
like a radar screen.
The lower part of the HQ tower has equipment racks for snowshoes and backpacks.
The last module is for bringing in the ice rocks and examining them. It
incorporates a neat swinging door and a table with a magnifying glass on it.
These are all made up of grey wall pieces with large blue slopes for walls,
they will be useful for lots of other construction and there were several new
graphic tiles used as well.
The tracked vehicle is like a truck with a cab and a tilting roof and an open
back for transporting cargo. There is a cargo arm with a ball and clip
attachment, but it is barely long enough to reach the ground. The track
assembly uses 2x4 axles and treads, it rolls pretty well. Nothing I noticed
was new other then orange bricks and slopes.
The helicopter is almost identical to the one in the large ResQ set from last
year with a tilt open cockpit and a winch in the rear. It uses the new skids
and incorporates several tool holders not used last year. Not much to get
excited about on this one.
The snowmobile is similar to the polybag #6626 except it travels on four skis
and has a trailer hitch.
Overall I liked the whole set. Lots of new elements and colors, I could think
of lots of other uses while I was building it and it was worth the $60.00.
Email me if you have any specific questions.
Skip
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Set Review: # 6575 Polar Base (New Arctic Theme)
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| I've had this set for about a month now and have incorporated over 90% of the pieces into structures. I think it is an excellent set with a lot of special pieces. I was annoyed with the excessive "bagging" of parts, but this seems typical of all (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.reviews)
| | | Re: Set Review: # 6575 Polar Base (New Arctic Theme)
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| (...) I think you're right Skipper, those windows look great for space associated usage. As I've been checking out the arctic sets on the shelf and in S@H, I get the feeling that they've been strongly influenced by the Star Wars theme. Those windows (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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