Ok I cave, I'm finally going to review a set

I'm a long-time fan of Space Police II (too young for SP1), so I felt a great need to get the new SP sets. Lego has evolved a lot since 1990, but I'm not disappointed by these sets.

Long gone are the linear color schemes of Space, this set actually reminds me of the styling of the Exploreans. I think this set will be more appreciated by those who want lots of realistically moving parts. The moving engines are realistic to me, but become cumbersome and flimsy. Personally, this is how I'd build it, regardless of stability, so I'm all for it.

I love the design of the ship, even if the cockpit is wide open on the sides (it is, afterall, a cargo carrier). The way the cockpit opens is pretty awesome, even if it's not so practical. I really dislike the stickers, not sure why Lego insists on pouring them into every new set. However, I like the control panel here.

As mentioned, the flick-fire missile arms are very flimsy, but I never use them anyway.

One strange feature is the SP officer's helmet. It's very cool looking, but doesn't provide any protection from space (it's completely open on the bottom)

Overall, i'd have to highly recommend this set for those Space fans.
I can't wait to get the Galactic Enforcer and pair it next to my Galactic Mediator :)

Set #5971 Gold Heist: I bought this set on sale last year and I was not dissapointed, at least not in the set, I was a bit dissapointed that the instructions had been bent and creased making it tricky to follow them as the book kept trying to close on me.

This set is in a box that can be a little deceptive. It is not as large as the box would indicate, and buying it full price is defnitely a hit or miss decision. On the one hand I don't think it's so bad even at full price, but others might feel as if they are being cheated.

Transporting a shipment of Space Gold is one Space Police Officer in his strange and quirky designed vehicle (I liken it to the armored car of space.), the ship uses stickers for some things, namely showing off that this is a POLICE vehicle. It is armed with flick-fire missiles, something that I feel is an interesting addition for play, and makes for a nice display as well. The safe is small, but with only two gold bricks (gold colored plates) it can be forgiven, also if it were any larger our alien thief would have a hard time getting away with it.

Let's be honest here though, LEGO has decided that the criminal (his name escapes me at the moment.) can get away with stealing the gold on a small, one-person hover vehicle. We're talking something that is akin to the hoverboards in Back to the Future. For the size that they stuck this set in they could have easily given us a few more pieces to make something as impressive or at least large enough as Kranx's Space Hog in Freeze Ray Frenzy. It's a crying shame all the unused potential.

True Moders/Mocers can easily modify the vessel with existing parts, probably beef it up a little, but for kids some of them might prefer to have two larger vehicles, especially at the price LEGO is asking for this set.

A nice bonus however is the inclusion of two pairs of LEGO handcuffs, I really like them and they make it easy for the Police Officer to arrest the thief. (Why can't I remember his name?) I would still recommend this set though to any Space enthusiasts or anyone who is just looking for new/unique Mini-Figures to add to their collection, especially if you can find it on sale.

WOW! The Gold Heist is a very entertaining set. With all these different and rare parts, the only set with the space crook, Frenzy, and flick-fire missiles! The details are AMAZING in this set. This has some of the most awesome functions! A lot of this stuff you can roll around 360! I only have one problem: Frenzy's Speeder. How is a criminal supposed to escape in THAT speeder? It can't even fire lasers! This set has some fairly rare parts AND, some awesome minifigures!

Pros

• Awesome size for a $20 set!
• Frenzy
• Gold Bars!
• Awesome, you can take back the safe!
• Rare parts.
• Great functions!
• Functions work like they're supposed to!
• Awesome details!

Cons

• Only two gold bars.
• Frenzy's supposed to escape with THAT?!

Overall, if you can still find this set, BUY IT! :D

This is the third cheapest substantial Space Police set (impulse excluded) and it isn't the worst set i've ever seen.

minifigs + tools:
stats:
- 2 - frenzy & police
- frenzy is unique to this set
- handcuffs
- gold
This set is the only set to contain frenzy (so far) and he isn't a disappointment. His eyes make him look like he's crazy, and he uses a standard body, with only a customised head piece. The handcuffs that come with the set are perfeect. They fit minifig arms well and can be linked together for a minifig criminal chain. Unfortunately, the Police Officer isn't quite up to standard. He lacks an airtank and his head is common within Mars Mission sets.

pros:
- frenzy - the first minifig with 4 arms using basic minifig legs and torso
- frenzy's upper body rotates
- frenzy's lower body works just like a normal minifig
- handcuffs fit
- gold looks like gold
cons:
- police officer lacks airtanks
- police officer's head is common

'hyper hopper' - frenzy's plate with jets:
stats:
- 14 pieces only
- handlebars
- essentially a plate with a handlebar piece and jets
A massive disappointment, but since Frenzy is quite tall, it would be hard to fit him in an enclosed vehicle. It clips to the vault, but the clip thing often swings around violently with the vault attached.

pros:
- fits frenzy on
- handlebars can be used for many other things
- flame pieces can be used for many things as well
cons:
- very, very small
- how could someone actually sit on it and not fall off in real life?
- leaves frenzy very vulnerable to freeze rays

vault:
stats:
- clips into space freighter and hyper hopper
- holds gold
A simple construction, yet brilliantly designed and very tough. It holds the gold with plenty of room to spare; perfect for the two handcuffs (one is a spare part).

pros:
- sturdy
- lots of space
cons:
- none, really

XL Space Freighter:
stats:
- swivel jets
- freeze ray guns (flick fire)
- opening cockpit
- hold and drops vault
This is the main feature of the set. It has two swivelling engines and two swivelling engines with wings and guns. This can get annoying without blutack (random note: blutack = the solution to everything and anything..except food and water). The cockpit isn't enclosed, but this allows for some brilliant cockpit engineering, in which the roof folds back and the front folds forward. Shame about the controls though, 'cos it's just a sticker. There are a lot of stickers in the set, but I've seen more. The vault is held in place by a technic beam and the two upside down cones on the top of the vault.

pros:
- great cockpit!
- swivelling rear engines - looks like a hover craft
- the cheapest SPIII set to have guns (not flick fire missiles, guns)
- fairly sturdy
cons:
- front engines swivel - that can be fixed by...BLUTACK (or craft glue/superglue/rubber glue/etc
- cockpit isn't enclosed - to allow for the opening cockpit
- from the back it looks very flimsy
- vault sometimes refusees to fall off

overall:
Great for functions, not so good for structure
3.5/5
but unlike many people, i listened in maths classes and have rounded it UP to 4/5

What lego thinkin' all these stickers. A very great set,although it's VERY. And I mean VERY flimsy. All these stickers drive me crazy, too. But we have pros too four-armed frenzy was pretty much the reason I bought this set, and he's VERY cool The speeder is epic fail. The gold attachment thing is cool, but the fire falls off VERY easily. I also don't get why they put the extra boost there. Epic fail. The space police ship is pretty cool, not thinking about the flimsiness or the stickers. The cockpit is the best opening I've ever seen. It's technic, and that's cool. The flick-fire freeze rays. err... missiles. Why are they rays when they are suppost to be missiles? The gold safe is cool, but it's not the best. Overall, it's a very great set, but just remember the flaws. Kaboomlegoman, out