Box/Instructions

Nothing special or notable, push tabs on the box, instuctions are ordinary stapled ones, left loose in box.

Minifigures

The set includes two fantastic minifigures, a diver, Jeff Fisher, and a guardian in the form of a barracuda apparently, though to me it looks more like an angler fish, which would suit the set better. The latter is the far more interesting of the two, as the head appears in only one other set, City of Atlantis. It's made of a rubbery sort of plastic that TLG often seems to use for some hairpieces and animals, and it slots on to the torso fine. Despite the fact that the head covers most of the torso, it still has a detailed print.

The diver however, should not be overlooked and his suit is brand new for the second wave of Atlantis. Unlike the first wave, this one features yellow highlights rather than lime green. His torso and legs are covered in mechanical details and look great.

Parts

This set has a good variety of uncommon parts, most notable of which are the earth green dragon wings and the speckled gold helmet, as well as the curved covers which make up the sides of the fish. The wings and cover are in this colour exclusive to this set, and indeed there are a fair few pieces which come in uncommon colours here, so it may be well worth picking up for that.

Build

While fairly easy, it makes good use of SNOT for the sides of the fish, and is quite satisfying to construct. There are several stickers to apply, and this may be a source of annoyance to some, especially on the body of the fish, but are not really necessary for the overall look of the model.

Completed Model

It's a great looking model overall, and having the small ruin and scooter certainly add to it, and you can feel that an effort has been made with them. The bulbous eyes are quite fun, and the snapping mechanism works well, though the fangs are prone to falling off. I'm not to keen on the top fins, which look a bit out of place, or the tail, which for some reason rotates around a pin. It could have been mounted on a hinge to move realistically, which would have made more sense. It dwarfs the only previous angler, released a good four years earlier.

Final Thoughts

The price per piece ratio is bang on average, and I think it's well worth the RRP in the US, though here it's a bit pricier, being only £18.99 compared to $19.99 pre-Brexit. It definitely looks the part on display, and the smaller models add something to it. Overall, a nice purchase to make.

Should this be posted as a Parent or AFOL? There are lots of reviews by AFOLs so lets keep this one as a Parent. I started as a parent a few months back but my toddler son, who doesn't really like scary Atlantis things such as crabs, sharks and ugly bug-eyed fish, has brought me out of the dark ages. He's more interested in his Duplo stuff and he likes to fiddle around with the Creator Lighthouse, for example.

It looks like others have already covered the greatness of this set pretty well, I mainly just wanted to give this model all fives and publicly state to the fine folks at Lego (who I imagine read these things?) that if this is the kind of imagination that they're going to market then I'm hooked, so to speak.

The whole Atlantis line is top-of-the-line IMO, particularly the minifigs. The Barracuda guy you get with this set is about the most compellingly bizarre toy I could imagine, besides the funky fish which is so ugly you just gotta love it. I wish it had a part in the movie, I didn't see it? The guy who dreamt this stuff up needs a raise!

It looks like this is a redo of Aqua Raiders set 7771 from 2007?

http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=7771-1

Here's looking forward to seeing what version three will look like in the years to come, bring it on Lego and thanks for a great website Brickset!

a good set but the angler fish was smaller than I expected. the barracuda figure is really fun to play with and so is the diver and his speeder. the angler fish has some mint parts to it as well. so overall it is a good set.

And here we are with the third of my 2011 Atlantis sets.

I was a bit skeptical at first due to the departure of the black theme for the 2010 Atlantis Creatures. But I gamely went on and bought it as I want the new Angler Fish Warrior minifigure and sets featuring those awesome columns. I do hope LEGO will be selling the individual element pieces so we can build MOCs with those snazzy columns.

The part of the set featuring the new Column has it looking like it's fallen over from it's time underwater. There's touches of seaweed to give the impression of being underwater and there is a gold treasure chest with two gems (1 blue, 1 green) and a gold Atlantean helmet.

There's two minifigures, an Atlantean Diver and an intimidating looking Angler Fish Warrior. The Fish Warrior has a mouth printed on his torso and a special head piece so his head is placed lower down over his torso. He's just a mean looking little character. The Diver features the new yellow look for the suits instead of 2010's lime or neon green. He's also carrying a camera for taking pictures of his finds and discoveries.

The Diver has a small Speeder to help him get around or get away from danger quickly.

The Prize Winner for this set is the giant Angler Fish. Angler Fish look fearsome and the only thing more fearsome would have been if LEGO does a model of the Hairy Angler. What I hadn't realized before is that one of the Angler's teeth is gold. His jaw has a little pull tab in the design so that during play, you can open and close his toothy maw. The tail looks a little funny to me, I'd have done a design where instead of spinning, it could move back and forth/side to side like a real fish tail. The side fins are classic Dragon Wings cast in a dark green. The light lure on the Angler is a lego gem, so you can either be luring an unsuspecting diver by either the assumed piece of treasure or light. Finishing this build off is something we'll all have to live with for the Atlantean sets are the stickers. On the Angler, they are a bit tricky to figure out how to get them matched up to the proper side of the fish. What helps is remembering to keep the triangle symbol oriented up like an arrow. What I liked with the stickers, once you finally get them on is the texture they have to give a sense of leather or scales on this huge monstrosity.

The bar has been set. This angler fish is the best brick-built animal of all time. It looks fantastic! It is eerily life-like. The bulging eyes, the mouth full of teeth, this fish is a great design--it looks like it'll bite your finger off. And it's done without fake-organic style bricks (okay, maybe the old green dragon wings qualify, but they are a classic piece.)

The rest of the set is fine. Fun figures, and a few of the new "pillar" cylinders (boy do I need a thousand of those.) But the star is the fish, the model is great, and it is made of a lot of nice, useful, dark green parts. Well done, LEGO designers.