Set Review: #5982-1 Smash ‘n’ GrabName: Smash ‘n’ Grab
Set Number: 5982-1
Theme: Space Police III
Year: 2010
Pieces: 188
Minifigs: 1
Price: USD 19.99
Brickshelf GalleryA few things before we get started. I've made a few more changes to the format. One, I separated the "Build and Design" category in the review to "Minifigs" and "Build and Design," since I felt that the minifigs in a set warranted their own category. In the "Final Grade" section, I combined the "Build" and "Design" categories into "Build and Design," so I would get an even 50 as the denominator for the final rating.
We’ll be taking a closer look at set #5982-1: Smash ‘n’ Grab, one of the latest Space Police sets to hit the market!
The Box
The box art for the 2010 wave of the Space Police sets slightly deviates from the 2009 box design. You have probably noticed that the logo has changed a bit – it now has a red glow emanating from it. There also is a red bar at the bottom of the box. Furthermore, the background depicts a futuristic city inside some sort of bubble, instead of a barren asteroid. The box still shows a mug shot for the alien (or in this case, robot) included with the set. Here, we have a lone yet incredibly brave Space Police Officer going after Squidtron in his ship, with an ATM machine in tow.
The back of the box shows the numerous features the set has, like the tow crane, the opening cockpit, the flick fire missiles, and the ATM machine containing money.
The Pieces
Inside you’ll find four polybags, the instructions, and a sticker sheet. The first thing you’ll notice as soon as you open this set is that it contains – you guessed it, dark purple pieces!
The largest polybag contains some nice pieces, like a transparent yellow windscreen, a dark purple wedge, as well as two black cylindrical pieces. I’ve never been a big fan of the Technic engine pieces, but two dark purple ones do come in this set.
The next polybag comes with even more goodies, like several 3x1 dark purple slopes, and two 2x2x2 dark purple cones. It also contains Squidron’s head, the Space Police Officer’s helmet, and printed leg pieces. There are also several brown slopes in here, great for MOCing. Best of all, this set comes with a blue 2x4 tile – yet another great piece first introduced this year!
This polybag contains a considerable amount of yellow 2x2 rounded plates, definitely useful in MOCing. It also comes with two black trapezoidal flag pieces, air tanks, as well as the officer’s dual printed head. Like the last polybag, this one also contains some brown slopes, albeit they smaller. Finally, it also has three 1x4 dark purple tiles – it just keeps on getting better and better!
I cannot even begin to tell you how many amazing pieces are found in this lone polybag. I suppose I’ll start off with the dollar bills – they aren’t all that common, and two of them are included in this set. Next up, we have a ten 1x1 yellow Technic bricks – the most ever contained in a LEGO set. We also have several barbs in yellow, as well as two transparent purple 1x1 cones (set #7673-1: Magna Guard Starfighter is the only other set to contain trans-purple cones). Also, the set includes two trans-red minifig visors, which believe or not, we have not seen since the late 1980s to the early 1990s! I should also point out that set #5981-1: Raid VPR also comes with the trans-red visors, so this latest wave of Space Police sets is certainly a nice blast to the past. More new pieces like four 1x3 light bley tiles are included with this set.
Best of all, this set comes with
seven dark purple cheese slopes, with one of them being an extra piece! This is one of two sets that contain dark purple cheese slopes, the other one being set #4338-1: Monster Pod.
Here is the sticker sheet included with the set. Unfortunately, some of the stickers are applied on some useful pieces, so I didn’t apply them. The stickers could however be useful on some MOCs.
The Instructions
The background for the instructions is simply white and a shade of blue gradually blending into each other. The colors are clear and easy to differentiate.
The last few pages of the instructions have mug shots of all the alien criminals introduced in the first wave of Space Police III sets, with pictures of all the sets above.
The Minifigs
Smash ‘n’ Grab comes with two minifigs: Squidtron (Squidman’s robot clone) and a Space Police Officer. Squidtron’s outfit is roughly similar to the Skull Twins’ outfit – they both have the same leg pieces. The Space Police Officer’s outfit is the same as last year with the only difference being the helmet.
View from the side. I am very impressed with how the new Space Police helmet looks from the side – I think it would work great in military themed creations.
Squidtron has some back printing, as well as the Space Police Officer.
Removing his air tank reveals the back printing (same as last year’s Space Police Officers) as well as his yelling expression.
The Build and Design
The first thing to build is the ATM machine. As you can see, it is very oddly shaped. Seeing as there are a bunch of brown slopes surrounding the ATM machine, I am guessing minifigs in LEGO Space like to build their ATM machines embedded in rock walls.
There is a little panel that opens up in the back to store the hundred dollar bills.
The next thing to build now is the actual vehicle itself.
One of the main features of this set is a mechanism for launching the flick fire missiles. Basically, if you push the ball joints at the rear of the vehicle, it’ll launch the flick fire missiles located on the front.
The model about halfway complete. The dark purple cheese slopes are just about to be applied.
After about 10-15 minutes or so of building, you’ll end up with a completed and pretty sweet looking Space Police set.
I really do like the dark purple, yellow, and black color scheme. It gives the vehicle a rebellious and anarchistic look, which is perfect for a vehicle belonging for a galactic outlaw.
A view from the top. I also like how the designers used the fence and the spikes in the front and on the crane; it gives the vehicle more of an edgy look. The engines are very detailed as well.
The orange things are actually the flick fire missiles, not headlights. They are much easier to fire with the mechanism but still go about the same distance as a missile launched without the mechanism.
Squidtron does look rather mischievous while inside his ship.
But of course, justice shall always prevail.
Final GradeBuild and Design: 9/10 – The build was short, but it was interesting building the flick firing mechanism as well as all the details on the vehicle. The color scheme as well as the details on the vehicle gave it an anarchistic look perfectly suitable for a vehicle belonging to a criminal. The ATM machine also had some unique texturing to it.
Pieces: 10/10 – All sorts of great pieces for MOCing, as well as a decent amount of dark purple pieces.
Minifigs: 7/10 – The minifigs are mostly recycled from last year’s minifigs with either a different color scheme or accessories, but they still look great.
Playability: 7/10 – The addition of the ATM machine certainly adds to the playability factor, as well as the flick fire missiles.
Price: 9/10 – USD 19.99 is appropriate for a set with 188 pieces.
Final Grade:42/50 or 8.4/10Even if you’re not a LEGO Space fan, I highly suggest you get this set, only because it has so many great parts. If you are a LEGO Space fan, then it’ll only mean double the fun for you!
