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Set #6973-1: Deep Freeze Defender
DIR By: MsRowdyRedhead
Date: November 3, 2012, 10:18 am
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Let's start with pics... THis one is an old film pic scanned..
HTML http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3987/legoiceplanetdeepfreezeic7.jpg
This brickshelf pic is much better than mine!
HTML http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/SpeedyPeetey/For-Sale/6973/6793_complete1.jpg
The 6973 Deep Freeze Defender is a large modular spacecraft from
the Ice Planet line, Circa 1993
It is one of the coolest starships in LEGO history! The two
front cockpits detach from the body, which can detach from the
rear cargo bay. You can also re-attach one cockpit to the center
of the body and the other cockpit to the cargo bay to make two
more medium-sized cruisers! These cruisers are good enough to be
sets themselves. As an interesting note, this is the only Space
set to include a garage door from the Town theme. The garage
door can open to launch a small scooter, as well! The color
scheme is blue and white as primary colors, and black and
neon-orange as the accents.
A cockpit module uses the pre-fab fuselage and sloping
windshield pieces to form an arrow shaped cockpit. The underside
is blue, and connects to two long white skis ( originally
Technic ).
The middle 'rocket' module supports the first set of main wings,
and holds the rocket launching station and satellite storage
bay. The front of this bay is a sloped cockpit piece with the
Ice Planet Logo embossed into it. Once raised, this sloping
piece allows access to the top of the rocket, where the
satellite can be attached. The rocket can be raised into launch
position and then launched into orbit! The underside of the
rocket module supports the 6 drive engines that help propel this
module through space.
The rear 'bay' module is the most massive on the ship, broken up
by large wings to the sides, and modular outer bay lights Two
connector pegs are needed to keep the intermodule connected with
the middle module, and two hinges,marked with arrows, hinge down
securely to form a tight seal when the middle module is in
place. Two black jets on top and six white jets on the bottom
provide propulsion. The most impressive feature of the bay
module is the rocket sled launch pad. Once the top jets are
safely moved up and off to the side out of harm's way, a
segmented bay door is rolled forward to open the top of the
launch bay, and the sled will rise into launch position. Once it
is launched, the door can be sealed again.
The rocket sled is a small, single pilot vehicle featuring
pilot-ski storage, a compact design, and a side magneto coupler
for attachment to the rockets of Ice Planet 2002.
The rear end of the bay module has two maneuvering jets per
wing, two at the rear, and two larger jets on sloping frames at
the top provide precise control over the positioning of the
module. Two long antenna at the wing tips of the module provide
the Deep Freeze Defender with its communication capabilities
I rated the set excellent because of its great features and
sweeping, spaceship look. Like most space themes, Ice planet has
some theme specific parts, like tiles, slopes, computers but
most of all, the 4x6x2 printed blue canopy.
This set has most of the octagonal corridor elements that were
so prized from the Blacktron 6987 Message Intercept Base of the
late 1980s. It is missing the very important inside-corner
element, tho.
Another piece from that era is the 4x6 sloping cockpit piece
with hinge connect.
Some other parts are interesting, like the blue cameras, the
blue garage bricks. In fact, all blue bricks of the set are
interesting! After classic space blue parts sort of disappeared
from the radar, so several space parts are quite rare in blue.
Also quite cool are the 3 sets of large 7x12 wing plates,
usually used in large airplane sets, and the garage door
elements that are used in the rear of the ship (half, including
the handle element, are white, the other four are neon-orange).
You also get these long blue bricks1x12; 1x14 and 1x16. They're
good parts to build whatever you want to...
The playability of the set is also excellent. The modular
construction , great for many configurations and scenarios ,
plus all the gadgetry and moving parts = an awesome play
experience. It's lots of fun to mess with all the stuff on this
ship, and to take it apart and put it back together in lots of
different ways. The two separate launch doors, the rocket, the
small space vehicle... there's just so much to do with the set.
If you're a Space Maniac, then upgrade this rating to "Gotta Get
It!"
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Re: Set #6973-1: Deep Freeze Defender
DIR By: Rakoua
Date: November 5, 2012, 3:15 pm
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Could you perhaps post a profile view of the ship? There are a
few things that I can't really make out from the top view.
Great review BTW.
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