FREE Shipping on orders over $35. Used & new (17) from $19.21 Sold by Hard To Find Toys and Fulfilled by Amazon. LEGO Monster Fighters 9461 The Swamp CreatureDetailsLEGO Monster Fighters 9463 The Werewolf FREE Shipping. Defeat the Swamp Creature and grab the moonstone! On board his swamp boat, Frank Rock is on the lookout for the Swamp Creature's moonstone. If the Vampyre gets his undead hands on it first, he could use it to eclipse the sun and plunge the world into eternal darkness. Can he make it past his slimy adversary and snatch the stone? Includes 2 minifigures: Frank Rock and Swamp Creature. 5.5 x 1.8 x 4.8 inches 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) #152,134 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #4,533 in Toys & Games > Building & Construction Toys > Building Sets 4.4 out of 5 stars LEGO Monster Fighters 9463 The Werewolf LEGO Monster Fighters: Zombie Chauffer Coffin Car Set 30200 (Bagged) LEGO Monster Fighters The Crazy Scientist & His Monster #9466
Hard To Find Toys 5 star73%4 star16%3 star7%2 star2%1 star2%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsIf you want the Swamp Creature, you'll need this set.11 year old says....Legos ruleOwn Your Own Black Lagoon for $6.99A nice little set - the swamp monster is great.Good product, not so good vendorLego Monster Fighters See and discover other items: lego rock star, lego world war 2 These are the instructions for building the LEGO Monster Fighters The Swamp Creature that was released in 2012. BI 3001/28-65G-9461 V29/39 [3.01 Mb]9461 The Swamp Creature is a Monster Fighters set released in May 2012. It includes two minifigures, Frank Rock, and an exclusive Swamp Creature. The set also also includes a small swamp boat with two flick-fire missiles, and a small piece of a swamp which holds the Swamp Creature moonstone. The set consists of two major builds. The first part is a small 4x4 piece of marsh, a 1x1 black brick with a clip holds a sea weed piece, then a 2x1 slope piece of the other side, a dark green transparent piece is used to hold up the 2x2 flat piece with a stud in the middle of it, which holds the Swamp Moonstone.
To decorate the marsh, there are a total of three dark green transparent 1x1 flat pieces to represent the sliminess of the marsh, and a new 2x1 piece is a clip, to hold a fish. There is also a green frog used to decorate an edge of the marsh. The swamp-boat has two large floats, which are connected with a few 2x2 pieces, and dark blue transparent pieces to hold it up, then, 4 small 2x1 arch pieces, and an angular brick with a hole in it and a silver stud on top of it, holds two receptacles on either side, which hold a flick-fire missile each, which has a dark red cone piece as the missile. Two connector pegs with knobs are used to hold trans-yellow stud pieces as lights, at the back of the boat is a 1x2 TECHNIC piece, with a connector peg which holds a propeller, above that is a 2x4 plate with positions a brown seat with a 1x4 plate with 2 knobs, instead of one, is used to hold two antenna used as joysticks, a radiator grille is also used to decorate the last two knobs of the 2x4 plate.
Frank Rock is on a mission to the Cold Sleep Swamp, in an attempt to retrieve the Swamp Moonstone. But the Swamp Creature who lives there lies waiting with it's spear at the ready, and won't give up so easily. Defeat the Swamp Creature and grab the moonstone! On board his swamp boat, Frank Rock is on the lookout for the Swamp Creature's moonstone. If the Vampyre gets his undead hands on it first, he could use it to eclipse the sun and plunge the world into eternal darkness! Includes 2 minifigures: Frank Rock and Swamp Creature Features swamp boat and swamp with green moonstone and fish Swamp boat features spinning rotor and dual flick missiles Accessories include moonstone and 3 weapons Battle the Swamp Creature! Drive the swamp boat! The swamp boat measures over 2” (4cm) high, 2” (5cm) wide and 3" (7cm) long 9461 The Swamp Creature | 9462 The Mummy | 9463 The Werewolf | 9464 The Vampyre Hearse | 9465 The Zombies | 9466 The Crazy Scientist and His Monster |
9467 The Ghost Train | 9468 Vampyre Castle | 10228 Haunted House | 30200 Zombie Coffin Car | 40076 Zombie Car | 5000644 Monster Fighters promotional pack | 9007248 Vampire Minifigure Link Watch | Mummy Alarm Clock | 5001375 Lord Vampyre Minifigure Clock | 850453 The Monster Key Chain | 850451 Lord Vampyre Key Chain | 850452 Ghost Key ChainLego Minifigures 14Lego Minifigure MonstersScientist MinifigureScientist LegoMonster ScientistCollectible Minifigures SeriesScientist SeriesCharacters MinifiguresMinifigure SeriesForwardNew LEGO Monster Minifigures: Mad Scientist | I've not made any secret of my increasingly "scattergun" approach to collecting LEGO; it was Star Wars that drew me back in after my lengthy Dark Ages, but my quest for Star Wars sets quickly expanded to encompass Indiana Jones, LEGO Exclusives (particularly the modular buildings) and Harry Potter, and before long I seemed to be taking a punt on pretty much anything and everything.... One theme which I've so far steadfastly resisted has been Time Cruisers, however.
This theme, which consisted of a total of just 9 sets, had a brief run in 1996 and 1997 before sinking with barely a trace, and the sets look completely bizarre. Take for instance Set 6492 Hypno Cruiser (picture below - click to enlarge) which was also available in the U.S. as Set 1853. I mean, just look at it - a schoolboy and a professor driving a multi-wheeled vehicle which is propelled by a combination of what look like dragon wings, jet engines, a helicopter rotor and a dragster engine. Pursued by a monkey. Someone must have been having a laugh. Set 6492 Hypno Cruiser : Bizarre... You need more proof ? Ok, then - check out Set 6495 Time Tunnelator. Honestly, it almost defies description, but I guess I can try... Kind of like a genetic fusion of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, an antique aeroplane and a dragon. With wooden beer barrels on the side. I have to be honest, these Time Cruisers sets hurt my brain and while I generally don't shirk a challenge, I've not yet dared to dip my toe into this theme.
When I saw the first images of the new Monster Fighters theme, I have to confess that my first thought was "Time Cruisers". Consider for instance Set 9464 The Vampyre Hearse (picture below - click to enlarge). Maybe it was the dragster engine that brought to mind the Time Cruisers sets, but the whole concept of a dragster hearse, its engine secured to the bodywork by bones, seems entirely bizarre. Or is it just me ? The Vampyre Hearse isn't an isolated case, either. Take Set 9467 The Ghost Train (picture below). I could just about get my head round the plane from the set being piloted by a Vampyre Hunter in a Van Helsing-type scenario, but just check that train out ! From the cow-catcher and Boo-esque diabolical grinning face on the front to the bones and the dragon wings, it's utterly baffling.... Anyway, I finally got my first sight of the Monster Fighters sets "in the flesh" at the London Westfield LEGO store a couple of weeks back. The store had the full range of sets on the shelves, and at least one set built and on display.
After spending a few minutes debating the wisdom of dipping my toe into yet another new LEGO theme, I eventually decided to get my wallet out and take a closer look at one of the sets. Set 9461 The Swamp Creature is the entry-level Monster Fighters set, and you can see the box above. Given the subject matter of the theme, the artwork is suitably dark and moonlit, with a spooky font spelling out the name of the theme. Opening the box reveals a small, folded instruction booklet and two sealed bags of pieces. There are no stickers in this set. You can see a few of the more interesting pieces from the set in the picture above (click to enlarge). No parts are unique to the set, although the trans-neon green Moonstone, also known as "Rock Stepped with Swamp Pattern" (or just "ice lolly" as far as I'm concerned) can only be found in one other set. Dark green sea grass has been around since 2009 but this is only the fifth set it's ever appeared in; this is also the case for the sand green modified 1 x 2 plate with clip on top which I also highlighted in my recent review of the Ninjago Fangpyre Mech set.
You get a smattering of flat silver pieces including five 1 x 2 tiles with grille which have only previously appeared in 3 other sets. I've yet to grow tired of the grooved 2 x 2 round bricks, although you unfortunately only get one of them in this set, in light bluish grey. The front of the instruction booklet (above) is pretty much identical to the box art, apart from the absence of a close-up of the swamp creature. The booklet is 27 pages long, which seems a lot given how small the set is; each stage of the build gets a parts call-out, and there's an inventory of parts and a couple of pages of advertising for the LEGO club and a LEGO survey at the end. Love 'em or hate 'em, flick-fire missiles are here to stay, even in sets as small as this; don't fire them at anyone's head, kids, or it'll end in tears, apparently.... And so to the build; first up as ever are the minifigures, of which there are two - the Swamp Creature, who is exclusive to this set, and Frank Rock, who appears in two sets including this one.
With his scaly printed torso and legs, webbed head and red-tinged fish eyes the Swamp Creature (below) is every bit the corny matinee monster of my youth and I think he looks great ! He also features extensive back printing and a webbed fin on the back of his head. Below you can see what's underneath that goofy rubbery head-piece - big, staring eyes and sharp teeth ! He definitely looks more scary this way. Given that his face is largely covered by the head-piece, there's no back-printed alternative expression, just a few more scales. Monster Fighter Frank Rock (below) is notable for his Elvis-style quiff, cheesy grin and cool shades, although if you prefer your heroes to be pensive and considered rather than cocky and brash then you can reverse his head in order to get a different look. The printing on the torso and legs is classic LEGO Adventurers fare, and it's nice and detailed. His legs are olive green, which is an interesting new addition to the LEGO colour palette this year.
Frank's preferred mode of transport is an Everglades-style airboat (below - click to enlarge), albeit one which is loaded out with considerably more weaponry then you'd likely see on any airboat in the Florida Keys... As well as a pair of flick-fire missiles, the craft also features a couple of front-mounted clips to hold Frank's revolvers. The set is completed by a small section of suitably swamp-like scenery, which includes the neon green ice lolly Moonstone. LEGO has built the Monster Fighters backstory around the search for a number of different coloured Moonstones, each of which is hidden in a different location. I'm assuming that the fish is destined to be eaten by the Swamp Creature; not sure if the frog is on the menu too or just passing by. I suspect that most will buy this set for the minifigures alone, but the airboat and scenery elements do add some modest play value, not to mention making the set a little more interesting for folks like me for whom minifigures aren't the be-all and end-all.