Review:Space Alien
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Berrybrick
Country: America the Beautiful Gender: Male
Joined: February 2010 
№ of Reviews: 46 
№ of Featured reviews: 1
Building Experience: Enough is enough
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Minifigures Series 3 is the only series I have ever really collected. I would call it one of the better ones, but not the best. I'm usually tight on funds, and other than the bank that came out around the same time, there was little at all that interested me. I ordered a handful or two of Series 3 minifigures with the bank and a small Atlantis set, and was mostly pleased with my turn-out, which also included three space aliens.
Box/Instructions
The minifigure comes sealed in a small lime green bag, just like all of the other Series 3 minifigures.
The instuctions are a flyer with a checklist with all sixteen minifigures on one side, and a diagram showing how to put together a minifigure on the other side. Like the packaging, the flyer was identical what was included with all series 3 minifigures.
Parts
There are six parts included, if I remember correctly. The green alien head, his torso, the legs, the stand, the gun, and the beam.
I like the head. The colors look better than Squidman and Squidtron, but I would prefer the scale-y/barnacle-y design on the scalp to the thick black lines that are there.
I really like the torso, and like many (many) collectable minifigures, the only think I think could improve it is backprinting. I am not good at making this machinery look on figures (see my Gypsy Moth redesign as an example) so I really do like it. I would not have minded if they replaced the purple coloring with magenta, to match Alien Conquest, but since I did not collect that theme, it does not bother me.
The gun looks really good in gold, even though it isn't as useful in this color (in my opinion) and the purple beam is good, but a little more length would make it more useful (just because).
Minifigure
See parts, I guess. Really a nice minifigure we probably won't see in any actual sets.
The Build
All it is is a minifigure, I think we all know how to build one by heart and exactly what it's like, and if you don't, there's a diagram included.
The Completed Model
Again, a nice minifigure, not much good on its own though. I'm glad I reaped three of them, they are an excellent army builder and Squidman finally has his squid people now. I enjoy having them displayed with my (weak) Space Police III collection.
Summary
One of my favorite minifigures from the series, and good as an expansion to Space Police, Alien Conquest, or just on its own.
| Overall: |   4 / 5 |
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| Building Experience: | 1 / 5 |
| Parts: | 4 / 5 |
| Playability: | 4 / 5 |
| Minifigures: | 5 / 5 |
| Value for Money: | 4 / 5 |
CzechMate
Excellent!
I own 2 Space Aliens, and believe they are the best minifigures in Series 3.
Head
The head is the same as Squidman from Space Police III, but is lime green with black eyes and white pupils. It includes what looks to be wrinkles at the back, and a open and very scary mouth. His head can be used for alot of things, like custom aliens in Star Wars, Space Police IV, Sci-Fi, Alien Conquest and many others. The open mouth with the tongue poking out isn't really favoured to me, I'd prefer he didn't have it wide open, if it was shut, I'd prefer it much more. Overall, the head gets 8/10.
Torso
Torso is very well detailed, and a nice print. It has a what seems to be a life support system, or a hole to to heart (:P) It looks very professional, and good. The utility belt and the bottom, near his legs is a very nice feature, as it has 2 pockets, and the bucke for the utility belt. The breathing apparatus looks good, as it connects up to his head. The body can be used for many, many things. The gray arms look good, but don't really go with much from the figure, black replacing it would look a heap better. The purple is a very nice colour, and I plan to use it for other things. Overall, due to it's prints, I'll give it 9/10.
Accessories
He comes with a ray-gun in gold, and the "zap" piece. The ray gun is very nice, but why LEGO keeps putting in the "zap" pieces is beyond me. As it doesn't fit in the minifigure carry case, or in a box properly. The gun however is very nice, and can be used with other Sci-Fi figs. Overall: 9/10
Overall
| Overall Rating: | 5 / 5 |
| Play Experience: | 5 / 5 |
| Level of Difficulty: | 1 / 5 |
| Value for Money: | 5 / 5 |
| Pieces: | 5 / 5 |
- Cz
Klagoer
Space Alien
The Space Alien was one of the minifigures in this series that I could care less about having. When I got mine new from LEGO.com the hand was chipped and couldn't be fixed. But other then that he really has no new parts and is boring compared to other minifigures in this series. Overall, I was not impressed with this minifigure for lack of quality and detail.
What to Feel for if You're Getting it Randomly: Feel for the headpiece.
| Overall: |  1½ / 5 |
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