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  • 4.5
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  • July 11, 2008
    First Review
  • July 19, 2009
    Last Review
 
 
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 LEGO Agents: Mission 4: Speedboat Rescue
LEGO Agents: Mission 4: Speedboat Rescue
Agent Trace has been captured by Dr. Inferno's henchman Break Jawand he's about to feed her to his laser-guided cyborg sharks! As a LEGO Agent, it's your mission to save Trace with the help of your gadget-loaded super-spy speedboat. Detach the mini-sub and take Break Jaw by surprise! Includes Agent Trace, Agent Chase and Break Jaw minifigures, plus 2 sharks! Launch the flick-fire missiles attached to the sharks! Use the net shooter to stop the sharks! Detach the mini sub from the speedboat! Fire the speedboat's harpoon and use it as a zipline to save Agent Trace! Open the sides of the speedboat! Watch out for Break Jaw and his jetski! Speedboat measures 10" (27cm) long and 5" (13cm) wide!
 
Posted:February 4, 2009
Overall: 
5 / 5
5 / 5
The best Agent set for the money
" The speed boat is my second favourite lego agents set - after the mobile command center.
The boat itself is beautifully designed, with a small submersible which can be detached from the back of the boat. Stickers generally work well and make the boat look better; although the sticker on the front of the submersible makes it look worse.
The boat has loads of features, including a flick-fire missile, a net shooter, and a flick-fire grappling hook.
It is disappointing that the two sharks are not made using lego bricks, as they would look better that way. One shark has a machine gun, and the other has flick-fire missiles.
Overall, this is a very good set, and every function works perfectly. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: UK
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 Light Sensor
Light Sensor
Light Sensor
 
Posted:December 30, 2008
Overall: 
5 / 5
5 / 5
very useful sensor
" This sensor can measure the level of ambient light, and can also measure how much light an object is reflecting using a red LED.
By choosing in NXT-G (or any other environment) that the light sensor will generate light, you can also detect close objects (like the touch sensor does, but with light instead). This sensor is not quite as simple as the touch sensor, but is still very simple. It can replace the touch sensor in many situations, for example on roboarm only a light sensor is needed (it can detect close objects).
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I would recommend this to a friend!
From: UK
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5 / 5
5 / 5
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3 / 5
3 / 5
I would recommend this to a friend!
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4of 4found this review helpful.
 
 
Posted:August 17, 2008
Overall: 
5 / 5
5 / 5
Great Fun
" A great set, with power functions making the play experience even better.
I was very pleased with how big this model is, it has a huge bonet with a cool moving 6- cylinder engine and extra weight added with the four motors in the base. I thought that the whole front of the dozer was very realistic and had many great features, and i was especially impressed with the pieces designed to look like a pair of pneumatic cylinders at the front which lifted the blade!
This is loads of fun to play with and exiting to build.
One slight disappointment was that there was no differential, and this meant that only one side of the bulldozer moved the engine pistons, meaning that if you moved the left track on its own the engine would not move. Also, the right track is moved by its back wheel and the left by its front wheel which meant the tracks tended to slip on a turn.
However these minor disappiontments did not badly effect the play experience, so my overall rating is 4.6. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: UK
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5 / 5
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5 / 5
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 LEGO TECHNIC: Excavator
LEGO TECHNIC: Excavator
The LEGO TECHNIC Excavator is loaded with realistic details and working functions, including mechanical actuators that raise and lower the articulated arm, an extending and contracting bucket scoop, 360-degree rotating cab section, and rolling caterpillar tracks! Download building instructions to rebuild into a Tracked Dumper! Turn the gear to raise and lower the boom, then flip the switch to move the bucket scoop! Rotating cab turns in all directions! Features turning caterpillar treads! Excavator measures 7" (19cm) long and 12" (30cm) high! Add motorized power with 8293 Power Functions Motor Set!
 
Posted:August 17, 2008
Overall: 
4 / 5
4 / 5
Amazing excavator
" This new lego technic crawler excavator looks amazingly realistic because of the new caterpillar treads and the new linear actuators designed to look like real pneumatic cylinders.
There are plenty of nice parts in this set which are very useful for building other models in the future, Including 60 tread links, a turntable, 2 linear actuators, a bucket scoop and 3 new sized universal joints!
Functionally however, this set is not good at all without the power functions motor set, as the linear actuators are very stiff to turn with low gearing due to the complex of cogs and universal joints creating friction which spoils the play experience.
On the other hand, this set is amazing with the power functions motor set added to it, and i have had buckets of fun scooping up cocopops, corn flakes, rice or lego bricks using this digger.
One downside is that it is not possible to make the arm raise/lower and extend/retract at the same time, due to a gear box clutch arrangement which allows one motor to peform two functions on the arm, but it is easy to replace this arrangement if you have a couple of cogs and axles and you buy another motor and put it in the left side of the digger's body behind the cab.
Overall, this is a good set for the parts on its own, and i would rate it 3,3,5 (overall, play experience, value of money).
If you purchase this and the motor set, I would rate the pair together as 5,5,4, as the play experience is way better, but the motor set is slightly expensive. "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: UK
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4 / 5
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6of 6found this review helpful.
 
 
Posted:July 21, 2008
Overall: 
5 / 5
5 / 5
Best lego set ever made
" Lego Mindstorms NXT is an amazing lego robotics platform allowing users to build lego robots with digital and analog sensors, powerful interactive servo motors, sounds, a screen and even bluetooth allowing the robots to connect to other bluetooth devices like phones or computers.
It is very impressive how so many different robots can be made from a set with only 577 technic elements, including a 4 wheeled car with differential and steering, R2D2 style robots, animals (e.g: scorpions), humaniods and even robotic arms!
Programing on nxt-G is great for beginners but very frustrating for advanved users. however, there are alternative environments like nxc/nbc, RobotC, and microsoft robotics studio.
This set is not just a toy robot, it is an open ended real robot for children and adults, and is well worth the money, even at £180! "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: UK
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5 / 5
5 / 5
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4 / 5
4 / 5
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 LEGO MINDSTORMS - Rechargeable Battery
LEGO MINDSTORMS - Rechargeable Battery
Add the rechargeable battery to your LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot and end your need for AA batteries! Rechargeable battery is lithium. Requires #9833 Transformer, sold separately, to recharge battery. Please Note: Building instructions for NXT models do not include instruction for incorporating the rechargable battery. This battery will increase the depth of your NXT intelligent brick so you will need to adjust your models accordingly.
 
Posted:July 11, 2008
Overall: 
5 / 5
5 / 5
Rechargeable Battery for NXT
" I bought this rechargeable battery shortly after buying the Mindstorms NXT set (B8527). This battery pack lasts for at least three days of frequent nxt usage, while standard batteries or even high power batteries like duracell would last for no more than a day.
I strongly recomend this to any serious nxt user, as not only does it save money, it also means you have much more time to play with nxt, and even better, if your robot is designed to stay still (no wheels or treads etc..), you can keep the nxt charging while operating.
requires Mindstorms NXT set (B8527) and transformer (9833) to work "
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: UK
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5 / 5
5 / 5
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5 / 5
5 / 5
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
6of 6found this review helpful.