"I have to say, this set it by far my best purchase yet, and i have a lot of sets! I love the deep sea theme and i have the starter set an scuba scooter too. I loved it that much that i have gone and bought the Deep Sea Exploration Vessel, which i am very much looking forward to building."
"Pros: -The sub looks cool -3 minifigures -Lots of gold and jewel pieces Cons: -Whale spine and rock not that well built -A little pricey"
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Overall:
5/5
Great detail and very sturdy
Posted:September 19, 2015
Rachelhe
From: Austin
From: United States
Age: 45-54
Gender: Female
Customer Type: LEGO Fan
Building Experience: Advanced LEGO builder
Purchased For: Self
Build Time:
01hrs
Build Time:
20mins
Play Experience:
5/5
Value for Money:
5/5
"The sub is the feature of this set. It's very sturdy once assembled and great for play. It is very streamlined and really looks like an underwater sub.
I put this set with my scooby doo haunted lighthouse set for additional play, (oh no! The swamp monster has a mini-sub! Don't let him get away!)
It is a bit more complicated than some sets and young children may need a hand."
"Deep Sea Submarine (60092) is the third and largest Deep Sea-themed set that I've bought. The set was on sale, so I couldn't resist buying one. It contains three minifigures (one of which is a female), a shark, and a large submarine for deep sea exploration. The 11 stickers that the set contains are an added bonus for a sticker-loving Lego fan.
I don't especially like the sea, or the various dangerous creatures that lurk under the surface, so I wondered what made me buy these sets. When I completed this set I realized that they bring to mind the Dirk Pitt/NUMA adventure novels written by Clive Cussler, which I've enjoyed very much.
The first part of the build is the treasure chest along with the rock formation and whale skeleton that surround it. I especially liked the whale backbone which is hinged to the mountain top piece by a connector peg that allows the backbone to move up and down. I was pleasantly surprised to come across the orange-yellow crab because I hadn't noticed it was included in the set.
The second part of the build is the very cool yellow-grey-and-black submersible with two flexible arms and a space for one minifigure. The sub is packed with details, such as tanks, rotating thingamajigs, tubes, and hatches. I just love the tilting propellers, the grabber fingers (by the way: the shark is so smooth that it's really difficult to get a hold of it with the fingers), and the flexible tubes. The innovative use of the grey mailboxes got a few chuckles out of me. However, the best part of the submersible, in my opinion, is the fact that even an adult can get a really good grip of it because of the two-stud-wide protrusion between the two ballast tanks under the sub.
Usually, when building Lego sets, I almost always manage to break some bricks off either when adding new ones to the build or when handling the finished product. This time that did not happen. Either I've become more careful with my handling the models or this submarine is made of sturdier stuff than the previous Lego sets I've built.
For me personally, the most difficult part of this build was getting the stickers attached to the inside of the yellow 1x2x2 wall elements. That was pure torture - and the stickers are still not aligned properly! The second most difficult part was to put the black "robot arms" (part number 6006739) on both ends of the black cable (part number 6112605) without bending the cables too much. I also didn't realize that you had to push the cable all the way through the robot arm to get the right cable length, so I had to backpedal a bit.
I have only very minor points of critique: 1) The carrot top used to attach the red leaf element to the mountain top piece would have been better had it been brown. Now it stands out perhaps a bit too much. 2) The submarine arms could have been a wee bit longer for a better reach. 3) I also noticed that in order to get the sub driver to actually grab the controls, one has to fiddle with his arms and hands quite some while before that is possible. 4) Since I've purchased the sets 60090 and 60091 before this one, I now have three identical smirking male divers and two identical smiling female divers. I sincerely wish there was more variation in the minifigure head selection and perhaps also in the torso selection. 5) I completely agree with the previous reviewer who pointed out the missing yellow 1x1 flats from near the tail section. However, I decided to use cheese wedges (design id 54200) to fill in the holes.
The Deep Sea Submarine is a very nice-looking and surprisingly sturdy set for the Lego fan who just can't get enough of marine adventures."
