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I have on display for 2-3 years a white model based on the 1996 Exploriens Starship. I keep it most of the time away from direct sunlight and it hasn't yellowed at all. I think white (and other light coloured) bricks tend to yellow only under continuous exposure to direct sunlight. If you can protect your Legos, I think it shouldn't be a problem. I have also seen the 10212 Imperial Shuttle displayed at a Lego store and I was impressed. To me it also felt considerably larger than what I had thought. The price may look steep but when you see it in flesh you realize why. Even with UCS standards this thing looks really adult, maybe because the building technique doesn't leave many studs visible. It's one of the best Legos I've ever seen, no doubt about it. I may be getting it one day.

Right! Finally the second wave of SP3 is available in Germany and I bought -right when I saw it in a Lego store- my (too) long anticipated 5983 -Undercover Cruiser. I cannot say that it exceeded my expectations, because they were too high, but it is still very good! I was surprised by the smooth 'automatic' rotation of the wings, when one performs the transformation. I was also pleased to see that tilting the rear part down is obviously meant to act as a support for landing. In this case the vessel does not stay 100% parallel to the ground but the angle is almost negligible (and it is a toy, for a toy it's very, very well thought through!). I will start soon though with the construction of a landing stand as it was my plan (thanks again, Toa Of Justice for the idea) to have the ship properly displayed. I made a quick first effort and it is a very easy task. I am already contemplating of buying also the Lunar Limo and the SP Central...

I wish we got one day a UCS type of Sci-Fi set, something for an adult audience. But I cannot see any big market for TLC to bring something like this in production anywhere soon :-/ However in the imaginary case they did, I would like an abstract spaceship, something like a 7644 MX-81 Hypersonic Operations Aircraft or a 7674 Star Wars V-19 Torrent.

Looks very professional for a first design, wow... ...and attractive, too

What a great review Rufus!!! I am not a City specialist as I buy almost exclusively Space but I think if I ever wanted to feel like 10 years old again, I would choose this set. I think the concept is great! A classic City set in every aspect but strongly influenced by the experience Lego has gathered from the Creator Houses and the Modular Houses. It was a necessary addition to City. I hope we will soon see more styles of City houses, maybe a block of flats or something?

'Fair comment', Artanis I, even though I pretty surely remember that you also value a lot spaciousness? I can only comment on your unbiased way of thinking and judging of my comments, many thanks!

so, that's the difference, I counted the length of the Exploriens Starship without the buggy, because in display I have it without it. Haha, it always seems funny to me when you people talk about the spaciousness of a spaceship as the defining criteria, as if you organize parties in there Honestly speaking, the Galactic Enforcer is not packed with features, but hmm... it still does more than the Cosmic Fleet Voyager and is much more detailed. At least if you compared it with a really feature rich spaceship, like the Mission Commander or the Deep Freeze Defender, then I would understand your point. But then again the aforementioned feature-rich spaceships suffer from almost complete lack of space, so I guess that wouldn't satisfy you either. I think the Galactic Enforcer is a good compromise between features and spaciousness.

sooooo much better than the original

Do you also count the hanging baggy on the overall length of the Exploriens Starship?

Hey, I'm also puzzled by your statement. I am pretty sure that the Galactic Enforcer is the longest spaceship TLC ever made (excluding Star Wars sets, we are talking about Space Proper here), actually it's a bit longer than the previous big spaceship, the 6982 - Exploriens Starship. Honestly speaking, already the Galactic Enforcer is borderline for children, if it were any bigger they wouldn't be able to lift it...

Looks great! Who is the fisherman under the hat? And how did you make his legs look bent?

I'm in awe... of how much money people spend on MOCs... these things must have cost a fortune!!! Anyway, they all look great. The Futuron version is my favorite though, white and trans. blue is the most space-like combination for me.

And this: and this: looked also better than roboforce. I actually owned a 6940 - Alien Moon Stalker as a child and it was great!

Whether successors of the Space Police or not the fact is that Unitron was a poor theme; only four sets, a ground vehicle with peculiar wheel arrangement and a generic space station which was a copy of the Spyrius station, which in turn was a simplified version of the Ice Planet 2002 station, which in turn was also very similar to the older Blacktron and Futuron stations. And then this Star Hawk II, which was a mess; great plan view marred by those mountain-like side... thingies and a colourful, sparkly mosaic of a tail to complement the cheesiness of the set. I tend to believe that these sets were not designed by the same designers working at Lego headquarters but they must have been commissioned to some others especially to develop the theme for the American market. The exchangeable cockpits that were the core of theme did not bring again anything new to the table because by 1995 they were extremely common since the days of classic Space and Blacktron I and II.

Hmm... Because usually an agency is using a specific colour combination for all its operations. From a practical point of view, a unified colour combination, makes products (Lego toys too) easier identifiable by the customer. And most importantly, if one theme uses strictly a specific colour combination, it's easier to combine the sets for larger MOCs...