After seeing the dark red squidman minifig online I was sure interested in getting one. That guy could be used for all sorts of story lines. Even though the Atlantis theme is set in some undersea fantasy world that set could play as a Lovecraftian type appearance of an elder god as well. Just take the guys with the scuba gear out and put in a couple of robed humans. Toss a victim on the alter, good to go.
I actually built the set and it's still sitting on my work table a month later. It's partially because I like it and partly for inspiration. I'm working on an undersea themed diorama with Brian and Matt for the May Comic Con over in St Paul. I have one thing started and a couple of other ideas. Brian said he is kicking around some thoughts in his noggin. We need a bunch of stuff going on if we want to fill up a space 160 by 128 studs. That's 50 by 40 inches. Holy Crap! I better get busy.
It's a fairly good set with 354 pieces for 40 bucks. That averages about 12 cents a part and some of the parts are good ones. You get that nice red squid guy, two humans in their great scuba gear and lime green flippers. I saw someone stick them on the back of the legs pointing straight down so the minifig looks more like he's swimming. I'm using that in our diorama. The different uniforms on the various minifigs from the undersea themed sets over the years will add a variety to the activities in the diorama.
You get 8 of those green spiney viney pieces above. That will come in handy for some sort of undersea plant. You get 4 of those barbs in white and another of the disc keys. This one with a squid on it or is that Cthulhu? You get a fairly good assortment of tentacles in black and white. You get a lot of pearl gold parts. I'm sure we'll see a lot of those golden gates in MOCs to come. Those dark tan plates will come in handy as will the tan inverted arches. I always find the dark blay parts useful, especially the slopes and log bricks. There are some good tan plates. I guess I should be taking this set apart, I'm going to need a lot of tan for the seabed, so every bit will help.
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