Introduction

As I Looked at My Previous Reviews, I Realized Less and Less People were Rating My Reviews, "Helpful". So Now I'll do a Review on a Set I Really Like, A Set I Got at Wal-Mart for Only $30.

Review

I Bet About Now you all Know What This Set Has and What it Does, So Now I'll Give you The Real Flesh and Bloo-.......Let's Move On Shall We?

Minifigures

Your Average Coast Guard Heroes Have Very Nice Uniforms and Face Printing so Nothing New There. The Civilian, I Think, Has a Very Cool Torso. This is Also The First MF That Has The Glasses/Scowl Head with Hair.

Tower

The Tower is Very Nice. The First room is a Bit...Strange. The Second Room is More Intresting with The Medical Bed and Sink. The Control Room looks The Best I Think, and I Just Love The Glass Walls! The Patio is Another Good Addition, And The Radar is A Nice Touch.

Dock

Another Nice Part. I Like The Mini Light house And The Little Shark Warning Signs. The Bouys are Good too, and So is The Stickered Surfboard. And it's Fun to Have Stairs Leading to The Dock and Tower.

Patrol Boat

The Best Part of The Set is The Patrol Boat, The Medical Room is Very Well Designed And The Control Room is Great too, With 2 Printed Control Panels and an Opening Roof. The Anchor isn't Very Good But I Think the Crane and Life Raft is a Cool Feature. But I Don't Think This Boat is Better Than The New Fire Boat Released This Year.

Verdict

A Fun and Exciting Set! If You're Going to Buy This Set off Bricklink or Something Just for The Boat, I would Recommend The More Detailed Fire Boat of This Year. But The Whole Set Combined is Far Better Than The Single Boat. So I Would, Above all, Recommend This One.

9/10

I Hope you Enjoyed This Review! I Also Hope It is better Than Some of My, Apparently, Awful Reviews. Thank you for your Time!

One of the best Lego City sets. Here are some details.

Great ship. Pilot house lifts off to give easy use of medical area with stretcher. The crane on the back of the ship easily picks up life boat, and the life boat nicely locks to the deck. Stickers go on easily, great details! Light House is much better than I thought. A nice medical bay with sink, top floor has clock, weather map, and computer. Bottom floor also has a great varity of tools. Dock adds a nice touch but falls apart easily (no big problem). Perfect gift.

I was fortunate enough to have this bought for me for last year’s birthday and it has provided endless satisfaction, both as a display piece and as a working model. This was the first Coast Guard set that I got and since then I have been slowly collecting the remaining sets. I am very impressed with the whole set which encompasses three main parts:

The Tower is a very futuristic take on a coast guard base and stands proudly on a ‘rocky outcrop’. The lower floor houses a tool shop and maintenance area with large picture windows. The middle floor houses a well-equipped sick bay where casualties can be treated until they are transferred to a hospital. The top floor is dedicated to the control room with panoramic ‘wrap around’ picture windows. This area also has a large observation deck with handrail and spotlights. On the very top of the control room are the various radar / GPS / satellite communication devices. The tower features the warm amber and cool white colours, as does the rescue ship and other sets in this series.

The Wharf is pretty utilitarian in appearance and features a step arrangement allowing safe passage from the tower to the water’s edge. The wharf itself features self-draining decking, plenty of handrails, mooring posts, information signs, a dustbin, various pieces of cargo, access ladders and a lighthouse! I personally think that the lighthouse is unnecessary, as is the dustbin and cargo on a pallet (this would go against health and safety in a working area) so I have moved mine. Also in this area is a shark, reminiscent of Jaws, two marker buoys and a surfer on a board.

The Ship is a pretty true representation of a real rescue ship, particularly when you look at the German Search and Rescue (SAR) vessels. The interior (lower) houses a sick bay with fully movable stretcher and various pieces of life-saving equipment. My only grumble with this area is that the sides are partially open to the outside world so it could be wet / windy and this is the only unrealistic part of the set. The bridge area is a little sparse, although I have furnished mine better; this is open-backed to provide the skipper a good view of the developing rescue operation. The twin funnels and burgee mast with large radar dome atop finish this area off very well. The forepeak is decorated with windlass for anchor handling exercises, mooring bollards, cleats and fire extinguishers. There is also the presence of ‘non-slip’ pads on the upper deck and the stern deck provides a suitable area for launching / recovering the small Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) via the attractive and realistic crane arrangement. There are also handrails and more mooring bollards in this area.

Overall an excellent set, there are a few niggles but they can be overlooked as this set is so pleasing. I wonder what this year’s birthday will bring?

this is what it has-

1 shark
3 coast guard minifigs
1 surfer
1 surfboard
1 light house [mini]
1 small cargo platform
2 large fire estinguisher refills
2 fragile packages
1 boat-mounted 360 crain
1 floating boat
1 coast guard tower
1 dock [some say is flimsey, but is very sturdy]
2 flashing buoys
lots of gear
1 raft
4 small fire estinguishers
1 scuba helmet
1 scuba air tank
1 wheeled cot
2 life preservers
3 life hoops

The boat is so big. I saw it on display at Toys R Us and Lego Store, but until I pulled the giant hull out of the box, I did not really understand the scope of the size.

The ship went together easily. There are no really tricky steps, but there are some neat features such as a gurney for a patient that can be airlifted by the wonderful helicopter (7738). It also has an opening top to put in a driver, and the entire top section comes off easily to allow access to the area where the gurney is kept.

*I did have a problem putting the long stickers on the sides of the ship. There is a white stripe that starts right under the deck, then stops and continues after the bump on the side of the hull. Make sure to look at the picture, not follow the directions on placement, or it will be too far forward, and you will have a stripe that does not match.

The tower is fun too. It stands very tall, and has some nice features as well. The most captivating is the blue semicircular window that dominates the top level of the tower. Under that is a bed and wash basin. On the bottom level is a tool corral of sorts with lots of good coast guard materials.

I like the dock area. Some say that it is flimsy, but I don't think so. It is nice and long to accommodate the ship being parked there. It is nice looking with tie-ups all along, and boxes. I am not a fan of the little light house being on the dock. It looks a little out of place.

All in all, this is a great set. I am hooked on the coast guard sets since I bought the helicopter set. This one just adds to the safety of my Lego city water areas. I recommend this set to City and Coast Guard fans. There is a lot of playability with the set, and it just looks nice.