Lego Monster Fighters - The Crazy Scientist & His Monster

What's Cool

• Cool color scheme, using an unusual green flesh color for skin.
• Great expression on the face.
• Superb head piece which gives the monster a high forehead with safety pin printing and hair in the classic Frankenstein's Monster style.
• Nicely detailed printing on the torso.

What's Not Cool

• Nothing, this is the best "Frankenstein" monster that LEGO have produced so far.

What's Cool

• The Crazy Scientist comes with a cool phial of chemicals.
• Great body printing gives the scientist an assortment of test tubes and equipment.
• A double-sided head piece gives this character two crazy expressions.
• The hair piece gives the scientist the perfect mad professor look.

What's Not Cool

• Nothing. This is an improvement on the Crazy Scientist mini figure from the mini figure 4 series.

What's Cool

• Comes armed with cool fencing sword and pistol.
• Nice grey bowler hat.
• Great face printing gives Rodney a nice expression.
• Highly detailed printing on the torso for pinstripe effect plus pocket watch and tie.
• Awesome robot leg for stomping on mosters.

What's Not Cool

• Not much but the color scheme could have been a bit more interesting. Black leg/hips would have been better.

What's Cool

• Comes armed with special monster-hunting gun.
• Nice body printing gives added detail on torso and legs.
• Head printing gives the major a colonial look.
• The major has a pith helmet to add to his explorer look.

What's Not Cool

• Quinton Steele looks extremely similar to mini figures produced in older themes.
• Color scheme is a little dull.

To see the full set in close up, minifigures, car and laboratory, take a look at this video review of the Crazy Professor and his Monster LEGO set.

The Crazy Scientist's laboratory is a really good LEGO design with lots of different types of pieces making up the building and loads of little items which make up the crazy laboratory look, such as wrench, bone, skull in a glass dome, microscope and of course the contraption which brings to life his monster.

The "beam of life" uses a light brick to make it look like a beam shooting into the head of the monster to bring it alive. The beam is on a tilting mechanism and the monster lies on a bed which can be moved using a little wheel. This beam is housed in a little tower, on top of which is an assortment of translucent bricks which include the moonstone for this set.

A small jail is included to imprison a monster hunter hero and the fun thing about this is that by hitching a chain from the back wall of the jail to the car, you can bust your mini figure out of jail. On top of this building is a small catapult device. Why this should be up there I can really understand but no doubt kids will get a kick out of firing bricks at the monster hunter mini figures. The other feature of this laboratory is the collection of vermin which includes a rat and a spider with its web.

The monster hunters' car is not the reason to buy this set but it is a unique design from LEGO and comes in an unusual color.

The car is equipped with monster hunting gadgets such as radar and missile devices on the roof and on the side.

The car is a strange design but completely in-keeping with the type of period that LEGO have obviously chosen for the Monster Hunter sets and it can be used as a pursuit weapon with one mini figure sitting on a little side seat where he can spear or shoot at the Crazy Scientist and his monster.