Heroes in a half shell!
I previously picked up my first 2 LEGO TMNT minifigs along with villainous Karai, you can read about that here
That left me needing Raphael and Donatello to complete my initial goal of the 4 brothers for my city. There were a couple of options available to be me, I looked at 'minifigs only' sales on both ebay and bricklink but this isn't always the most cost efficient method.
In the end I settled on set number 79105 Baxter Robot Rampage. This not only gives me my 2 turtles, but also April O'Neil, Baxter Stockman and a cool mech to build. After some searching, I was lucky enough to pick up a still sealed copy of this set for just £24.99 delivered. An absolute steal for this long retired set. Let's take a look...
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| Box Fresh! |
Originally released in 2013, this set contains 4 minifigs, a buildable mouser robot, 2 small vehicles for the good guys and Baxter's Mech that gives the set it's name.
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| I miss the days of mini comics on the packaging. |
3 parts bags, 2 instruction books and a small sheet of just 2 stickers make up the contents of the box.
The first bag gives us 3 of our minifigs and the brick built 'mouser' robot. Both of the Turtles are included here.
Raphael was always my favourite of the crew, his grumpy looking face captures his personality perfectly. His included Sai are standard, and come included in many Ninjago sets.
Donatello is a lighter shade of green than his brother and comes with an angry facial expression and a staff that looks way more brutal than the one I associate with him. Printing on both the Turtles is great even if they aren't the most detailed, they both come with their own style of shell.
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| Note the different types of shells to match the prints of their owners. |
Next we have April O'neil, although not a match to the April I'm familiar with (Don't forget these sets are licensed from the 2012 show) It was great to get her included, I believe she only came in this set.
She has a yellow, printed torso, dark blue legs with black boots, and a double sided head print with smiling and serious facial expressions. I really like her hair piece.
The Mouser is simple little build but resembles the design of the original well enough, I wish the set had included more than one though as these little guys often attack In Swarms.
There are also 2 small vehicles for the Turtles included in this 1st bag, first up is Donatello's kart.
The kart is a basic but fun little build in yellow and shell green and features clips to hold Donatello's staff and purple skateboard.
Raphael gets as small, one man glider in the same colour scheme. While I quite like the kart, I'm less of a fan of this one, something about it's proportions just seems a little off. Like the kart it has space to clip the weapons of the user, and also.includes flick launchers mounted on the underside of the wings.
There is just a small propeller at the back of the glider, however it is has a design flaw that if you angle the launchers out they prevent the propeller from spinning.
On to bag 2 and the bigger build of the set. Baxter Stockman's mech is actually based on the design from the show, albeit given the lego treatment.
The cockpit/torso is built first and has a very nice opening hatch for the pilot to enter through.
The rest of bag 2 builds the mech's arms which are attached via ball joints making them very pose-able.. 3 canopy pieces are used as armor to protect the front of the mech.
The 3rd and final bag features the lower torso of the mech and the legs which are identical builds.
The finished mech is large, imposing and absolutely fantastic. Built primarily in grey, it has a few very cool play features.
Both of the claw hands open and close and are large enough to grab a minifig. The right claw has a push launcher and is tethered to the mech by a string piece.
The left claw doesn't detach but does have launcher that contains a projectile that has a cool, printed disc piece.
The mech also features shoulder mounted flick launchers. The upper torso can rotate from the lower part for more posing options and we have ball joints on the ankles. Even the toe claws can move!
Lastly, Baxter Stockman himself comes with a silver helmet and shoulder pauldron piece, a double sided angry and neutral face print. A nicely detailed unique torso and plain navy legs.
Overall this was a great set and build experience from a fantastic theme I missed out on originally. Excellent minifigs and a lot of play value. I purchased this set for the minifigs, but the mech was the surprise standout for me.
This set contains 397 pieces and originally retailed for around £39.99. It is unfortunately, long retired. Online auctions or bricklink are your friend if you want to track down one of your own.
Thanks for looking as always
Important notice about the blog...
That's it for me for my Turtles collecting. At least for now. Due to the ongoing Covid 19 crisis I'm not able to purchase any lego or other bricks at all for the foreseeable future (other than a few outstanding bootleg minifig orders I'm waiting for) as luxury's like toys are placed on the backburner.
I hope you're all staying safe, and I'll be back with more updates when I'm able. Take care out there!
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