LEGO System Deep Sea Refuge review! 6441 from 1997!

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  • A look back at a truly pivotal set from my LEGO history. This was the big playset from the Divers sub-theme of late 1990s System.
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  • @cactusninja7514
    @cactusninja7514 4 года назад +358

    Well I think we all owe something to this set. RUclips would be pretty bland without our favourite lego guy.

  • @diavolokingofcrimson7348
    @diavolokingofcrimson7348 4 года назад +190

    Lets dive in to it

  • @pingu255
    @pingu255 4 года назад +85

    I wish they would do what they did in the early 2000s, re releasing classic sets :(

    • @smegintheheads822
      @smegintheheads822 4 года назад +10

      I would love to get the western sets from when I was a kid but sadly lego doesnt seem interested.

    • @frankiesomeone
      @frankiesomeone 4 года назад +19

      Yes! I thought the Legacy line was a great idea! Now would be the right time to re-release some 80s/90s classics, ~30 years is just about right to cash in on nostalgia.

    • @kevinm5940
      @kevinm5940 4 года назад +2

      @@ratbat1072 they probably won't if they don't change their entire art style.

  • @LostWhits
    @LostWhits 4 года назад +73

    I miss the alternative builds on the boxes and instructions. Also miss that sweet sweet GOLD.

  • @coffee3879
    @coffee3879 4 года назад +43

    i feel like the x-ray mechanic could be used in so many other sets as a cool play feature

    • @LordShrub
      @LordShrub 4 года назад +8

      I had a couple of Exploriens sets 6856 and 6899 that had the same mechanic with both blue and red transparent pieces. The stickers were different, alien themed.

  • @nivekaman9288
    @nivekaman9288 4 года назад +34

    They really should bring back these old sets

  • @Lordodragonss
    @Lordodragonss 4 года назад +137

    Call me a weird guy but this set is way better designed than any diver set we have got in past years (including the new 2020 line). Ok Friends line was great.
    Nowadays sets are so huge, while you can get same effect with less pieces.
    I's sad they got rid of those great side pieces with windows - I would love to see new version of that.

    • @idkwhattohaveasausername5828
      @idkwhattohaveasausername5828 4 года назад +6

      There's something really nostalgic about this set and I didn't even grow up with it

    • @robos3809
      @robos3809 4 года назад

      I agree

    • @criminalmind27
      @criminalmind27 4 года назад

      Hands down

    • @NicWir
      @NicWir 4 года назад +1

      Nothing can beat Aqua Raiders

    • @legobrickabrac
      @legobrickabrac 4 года назад +2

      I think the recent under water theme was good. Those parts with the windows are cool.

  • @alexslegocity7189
    @alexslegocity7189 4 года назад +62

    The "big ugly rock piece" who else remembers that from Jangs aquariam?😂

    • @asdrubaelvect3995
      @asdrubaelvect3995 4 года назад +5

      It's how they've always been named, the BURPs and LURPs. Personaly, Iv'e always loved those pieces since finding one in my attic made me rebuil one of my favorite set and brough me back to lego after my dark age. Gotta love the 6761-1Bandit's Secret Hide-Out.

    • @lingqintu8098
      @lingqintu8098 3 года назад +1

      I think I do

  • @brickbrotherstudios1813
    @brickbrotherstudios1813 4 года назад +21

    Jang must have had a splash-back when he reviewed this set!

  • @Karemaker
    @Karemaker 4 года назад +10

    Big thanks to the patreon members bringing us these last few vintage reviews; I've really enjoyed it. Also big thanks to Jang of course for the great quality content.

  • @chrisheli1
    @chrisheli1 4 года назад +16

    I have so much nostalgia for this set. The colors of the sub and base, the porthole pieces, the clasic fishing boat. It brings me right back to starring at the magazine's as a kid imagining that else i would make out of my favorite sets.
    Thank you for this review Jang

  • @JorisKoolen
    @JorisKoolen 4 года назад +10

    I never had any sets from this theme, but I always found it one of the coolest Lego themes. The submarines are designed so well, and everything just invited you to play with it. I think the fun factor for this is through the roof.

  • @Justin-Hill-1987
    @Justin-Hill-1987 4 года назад +16

    The control panel print on the right side of the yellow submarine's cockpit was more commonly found in the Ice Planet 2002 sets.
    For a while, I lost my blue control tile, so I had to order a few of this replacement tile in bulk on Bricklink for my 441 due to its rarity...

    • @Minkabomber
      @Minkabomber 4 года назад

      That’s what I thought to.

  • @cactuschatt
    @cactuschatt 4 года назад +35

    Back when they would give you a baseplate so you would have room to play on it

    • @DarkSim64
      @DarkSim64 4 года назад +11

      #bringbackbaseplates
      Sets never feel complete to me without a baseplate.

    • @rachellemurphy6836
      @rachellemurphy6836 3 года назад +1

      @@DarkSim64 agreed

  • @dirkbeekhuis7286
    @dirkbeekhuis7286 4 года назад +11

    Must be a Nice memory with the set. The 2019 fire station is the set that ended my dark age and took me back with Lego. I started building a city since then

  • @khululyp
    @khululyp 4 года назад +9

    The blue console print in the submarine cockpit was also present in the ice planet 2002 theme. Also an interesting looking theme no one talks about.

    • @Lordodragonss
      @Lordodragonss 4 года назад

      That's most popular space theme after Blacktron and classic.

  • @petitponeydu7727
    @petitponeydu7727 4 года назад +4

    it's insane that jang started building mocs before i was even born, hell before most of us watching his videos were even born. my question is tho, what was the first moc he built using parts from this set back in 99 ?

  • @Justin-Hill-1987
    @Justin-Hill-1987 4 года назад +9

    One of the greatest sets in the LEGO Town Divers subtheme.

  • @jmc3763
    @jmc3763 4 года назад +2

    I love when you get to review an older/vintage/out of print/etc set. I nice break from your bulk of content of new set releases. I hope we get a creation like you mentioned using these pieces with some of your old ones to make a new dive center. Thanks Jang and the patreon sponsor.

  • @brickchangeproductions7478
    @brickchangeproductions7478 4 года назад +7

    Love the story behind this! There’s always that one set that bring you out of a dark ages. Mine was the 8014 clone battle pack in 2008-09... that and a LEGO store opening nearby.

  • @WilliamMcCluskey13
    @WilliamMcCluskey13 4 года назад +5

    Just a bit of extra trivia. Seaweed commonly grows to 100m, and has been found as deep as 350m.

  • @rhysellis928
    @rhysellis928 4 года назад +3

    Great picture quality for a great set. I never got into the divers theme at that time, but in some ways I wish I had. I do definitely miss the 1990s box art. But I think that this set more than anything proves that you don't need "action features" for a toy to be fun. There's more than enough things to do with the differing water based vehicles and accessories available. This was a great throwback, thank you.

  • @migatron1
    @migatron1 4 года назад +4

    The boxes were cool, but I'm glad they got rid of the unnecessary plastic, as most people probably don't keep boxes

  • @Double.J
    @Double.J 4 года назад +1

    I used to have this set as a kid, it was freakin sweet. I got it for Christmas one year. 👍🏻👍🏻 I totally miss it.

  • @darcyyu3166
    @darcyyu3166 4 года назад +11

    They should remake some of the larger old sets

  • @chironex3588
    @chironex3588 4 года назад

    Unbelievable coincidence. It was this Set what i bought 7 Years Ago on Ebay and what just brought me back to Lego. I love this Set and actually i cant you even tell why. I love everything about it. The choise of color, the Shape, the underwater landscape and espcially the level of detailing inside the interior. The microscope and the x-ray machine in the Lab section makes this marine research base so cool

  • @JoeFF85
    @JoeFF85 4 года назад +3

    Jang: reveals he was already an adult, returning to LEGO, in 1999
    Me: realizes he was only 14 in 1999
    Also Me: Jang is aging as gracefully as a minifig!

  • @BrickTsar
    @BrickTsar 4 года назад +1

    This was actually a wedding gift that we got! Nice one :)

  • @briangman9836
    @briangman9836 4 года назад

    this is one of the earliest memeories of lego I have ever had my cousin got this for christmas and we built it together (I was probably like six so I was more detriment than help) he gave me the boat to play with Asap so he could finish the cool parts and I was none the wiser. (somehow I snuck a shark to chase my boat at some point). Such great memories.

  • @victhebric66
    @victhebric66 3 года назад

    This!!... This was my very first lego set my parents bought me as a kid in the early 2000s. They bought it at a thrift shop and surprisingly it came with all the pieces and original box. Oh man your video just took me back to 2004. I've created so many different things over the years with these pieces. Good times, simpler times.

  • @thrillhouse4151
    @thrillhouse4151 Год назад

    I still have the pieces from this, I remember sitting in the car with my sister and her friend after buying this set, it must’ve been on the shelf for a couple years and it was on sale, that was such a golden age for me.

  • @10PADCGAIAMA
    @10PADCGAIAMA 2 года назад

    And yes, I do like the old boxes Lego had in the 1990s. You can preview the mini-figures with the windows, and you can really check out different alternative builds inside and on the back. Really attracting.

  • @metalltitan
    @metalltitan 4 года назад +1

    Probably one of my most favorite sets as a child. Usually assembled as per box instructions and then expanded upon with creations of my own. Also went surprisingly well together with the Arctic Exploration sets.

  • @Ladondorf
    @Ladondorf 4 года назад

    Very happy to see that vintage reviews are back.

  • @r100curtaincall
    @r100curtaincall Год назад

    This was always one of my favorite sets as a child. It was very special to me.

  • @AClassicBrick
    @AClassicBrick 4 года назад +2

    I don't know what it is about these old sets, but I almost always prefer those over their modern counterparts. Probably nostalgia, even tho I was born the year this released... I'm not saying the modern sets are bad by any means, there is just something about the simplistic look of these old sets that makes me enjoy them more. I'm not much into Star Wars, but I will say that this doesn't apply for it, the newer Star Wars Models are always waaaay better than the old sets.

  • @TheKikukiku89
    @TheKikukiku89 4 года назад

    My mom bought me that set new in box back in 2001 I believe, it was discontinued but it was in this teachers supply store. This set means so much to me because it was the first Lego set I got that was over the $50 range lol. Back then my parents could only afford the cheaply priced sets on the $7.99-$19.99 scale...and I still have it :)

  • @salvadorcantu7566
    @salvadorcantu7566 2 года назад

    Agree with you, this was my 2nd Lego set, I got this as my 6th Birthday gift (my first one being 6563 Gator Landing). I remember it was advertised in the box that the boat would float, but it mever did, but sank quite slowly so was quite fun to play with it.
    Didnt appreciate this set enough as a kid, and I regret using the parts to build other stuff. Now that I look at it agains as an adult, I can see how awesome this was, the special parts, the sea animals, the chrome coins, the giant plates, the equipment, the printed tiles, the x ray machine. Sure, I was excited as a kid when I got this, but as soon as I got the Star Wars sets, I thought this was boring.
    They should remake this, I'd totally buy it.

  • @jacobnion2525
    @jacobnion2525 4 года назад

    I got this set for christmas back in the day. It was magnificent and also the largest set I ever got from my parents. It's beautiful.

  • @0FoX0
    @0FoX0 4 года назад +1

    Dude, this one was emotional for me also. I been working far for home for 6 months, pretty homesick, And this jut hit me in the feels, It´s my most beloved set in display in my house, seeing you so emotional about it. Dude I understand you, Great job with this review!!!

  • @thedeegee1601
    @thedeegee1601 4 года назад +2

    The little boat reminds me of the one from Jaws 2 ^^

  • @_Pikalika_
    @_Pikalika_ 4 года назад +1

    Would love to see Shark cage cove reviewed

  • @SatomiForward
    @SatomiForward 4 года назад

    My brother won this set. He got it when Lego held the Titanic contest. He built a seabase and I believe he was second or third place. I still have the original instructions. Bless your pateron!! Loved this set.

  • @Dilly958
    @Dilly958 4 года назад +5

    Cool set

  • @martino087
    @martino087 4 года назад +1

    Fun set! Remember playing with it at a friends place.

  • @MrSnakeFilms
    @MrSnakeFilms 4 года назад +4

    It’s actually such a good set yet it’s from quite a while ago! I really like the design and colours as well as the sea creatures! :D

  • @stanstools728
    @stanstools728 3 года назад

    Everyone who played with Lego as a kid. Will have one special set they remember as a kid. Mine was mystic mountain time lab. Time travelling set. I got it for Xmas and had hours of fun playing with it.

  • @brzeczyszczykiewicz4476
    @brzeczyszczykiewicz4476 4 года назад +1

    I was just about to finish my childhood Lego adventure when these sets came out. Wanted these so badly, especially after all the Aquazone theme the years before. Thanks for sharing!

  • @thorakvideos2495
    @thorakvideos2495 4 года назад +1

    My favorite set that I own! It's just fantastic in everyway!!!

  • @rightroboticarm
    @rightroboticarm 4 года назад +1

    I would agree. I love this set just like JANG. It's an OG and special set. It should be re released

  • @KoneSkirata
    @KoneSkirata 4 года назад

    While this set ended your dark age, it was also my first big set as a kid. It is very special to me and I went through hell and high water to collect all the pieces again after my dark age ended to assemble it again. I still display it and it always brings a smile to my face. The only piece I failed to find was the dolphin, sadly, which saddens me greatly.

  • @vincentgiasson7551
    @vincentgiasson7551 4 года назад

    It' great that eventhough RUclips and Lego are your fulltaime job, you still spend personnal time building sets and enjoy Lego!!! Great for you Jang!!!

  • @_day_light
    @_day_light 4 года назад +1

    This content. So wholesome and enjoyable, thank you Jang, for everything, thank you Luisa S and thank you everyone else who loves these videos ✨

  • @MMMMMMMMMM857
    @MMMMMMMMMM857 4 года назад

    Yes, please keep those 80s/90s reviews comming!!! 😍😍

  • @rezcellent
    @rezcellent 4 года назад

    I’m 23 and don’t ever watch lego vids on RUclips but I’ve been on ur channel lately. Subbed. Appreciate the reviews. Also we all value ur opinion. Keep it up man.

  • @kyletile2873
    @kyletile2873 4 года назад

    I generally enjoy all of your set reviews, but this one was really fun. I love seeing how sets and pieces have changed. LEGO forensics. The minutiae is so satisfying to me.

  • @Bill-mw7sh
    @Bill-mw7sh 10 месяцев назад

    I had this set as a kid. Was my favorite. I still have the pieces.

  • @KrosmasterTeamSpain
    @KrosmasterTeamSpain 4 года назад +1

    Thats was my first ever LEGO SET when i was a Child, it was incredible, i got mine a lot of used but that seems impolute. We have great memories about the same set.

  • @brandonfreeman999
    @brandonfreeman999 4 года назад

    I'm turning 32 soon, I LOVED that Submarine. THANK YOU FOR THIS, seriously

  • @felixwadsley1980
    @felixwadsley1980 4 года назад +1

    thank you patrons i love this set

  • @kingkramer
    @kingkramer 4 года назад

    I remember I bought just the yellow submarine from this set at a yard sale back when I was only 7 years old (I don't remember if the dude sold the rest of the set too). Coincidentally, that yard sale was where I bought my Pokémon Sapphire copy, which was my first ever main-series Pokémon game, and my Squirtle plushie, both of which I have gotten massive enjoyment out of. Looking back, I probably owe a lot of my childhood to whoever that guy was!

  • @dweeb1018
    @dweeb1018 4 года назад +2

    Its a really good looking set in my opinion.

  • @unmatchedplayz9173
    @unmatchedplayz9173 4 года назад +2

    Well thanks to the patreon supporter we get this awesome set!!

  • @jasonmcgrody9472
    @jasonmcgrody9472 4 года назад

    Two minutes into the video and I must say that's an incredible looking set for something from 1997.

  • @RedPanda83815
    @RedPanda83815 4 года назад +2

    i got this when i was 4 for my birthday, remember it really well, was really fun

  • @cptxander
    @cptxander 4 года назад

    I miss those boxes so much and wish Lego sets of today still had them

  • @sHART1780
    @sHART1780 4 года назад

    in summer 99 my family moved and my dad bought my brother and I each one toy and I got this set from toys r us. it was amazing. amazingly enough the stickers are still on the pieces 21 years later.

  • @swimmerbc
    @swimmerbc 4 года назад

    Now I know where all those unique pieces from my childhood lego box came from! I imagine my family had this set, but it was long destroyed before I came around.

  • @MenWithVen
    @MenWithVen 4 года назад

    This was my "Lego that got away" as a kid. I always wanted this set so bad. I had other sets from the theme but really wanted this one. I've always had a thing for underwater bases since. The upcoming underwater base doesn't cut it for me but this one is still my fave. Wish I could get hold of it

  • @guleri
    @guleri 4 года назад

    Looks like a very nice set.Love that it is so many different sea creatures in the set.

  • @TheSkellingtonGhost
    @TheSkellingtonGhost 4 года назад +1

    "Great white shark. Is it great? It's okay" lol

  • @therevanchist8508
    @therevanchist8508 4 года назад

    One my favorite sets to play with as a kid. I think I still have all of the pieces in random places.

  • @adrianl4517
    @adrianl4517 4 года назад

    I had a friend who had an older brother who had this set, a pirate ship and a large red container ship, so ive etaen so many fihures with that "great" white. Great review jang, love your recent development of your content! It feels so much more engaging.

  • @TitanShadow
    @TitanShadow 4 года назад

    I like that this was your first set as an adult & that you never built this set properly and now can review it fresh!
    The set that ended my dark age was the first Mantis #97115 from Mega Bloks in 2013. First Lego set was the 2015 Sith Infiltrator (Scimitar). The first Cobi set was the Jagdpanzer MK IV/70V that I bought august of last year.
    All started with watching your videos!

  • @ChiruYES
    @ChiruYES 7 месяцев назад

    I remember as a kid, this is the set my eyes would always go to. There was this one brochure we had that had this kit in it and I always stared at it. I was so curious to see exactly what the interior of the sub and base was.

  • @cjp1599
    @cjp1599 2 года назад

    Amazing how much better this is than the current underwater lab. Love this set!

  • @adinsx144
    @adinsx144 4 года назад

    This was my first big set as a kid. So glad I get to see it again!

  • @therealkikwip
    @therealkikwip 4 года назад

    I won this set from one of Lego's building challenges! 2nd place was this set, Lego Island PC game, and a piece of coal from the Titanic. Many Good times had with this set and the cool pieces it came with.

  • @legosi9328
    @legosi9328 3 года назад +1

    I want this set sense how nostalgic it is

  • @ShadowdragonYamiryu
    @ShadowdragonYamiryu Год назад

    Great review! This set is also extremely nostalgic for me as well, I believe it was my first set! At the very least it’s the earliest set I remember building and playing with. Such a nice trip down memory lane. 😊

  • @blurrlightt
    @blurrlightt 2 года назад

    That alternate build with the big lab, cafe thing was nice

  • @WilliamMcCluskey13
    @WilliamMcCluskey13 4 года назад

    I love the return to classic set reviews. Thanks for starting them back up!

  • @DrMcBrick
    @DrMcBrick 4 года назад

    Thanks for doing this! This is one of my all time favorite sets...special to me too... I got one of these sets for my (now grown) kids for Christmas and we played the heck out of it for years! Such great memories watching this video. 😀

  • @amafangames
    @amafangames 4 года назад +1

    This set is so much better than the new one from this upcoming city wave...thats sad
    And this is not nostalgia speaking, because this set is 6 years older than me!

  • @kopakaskoolkompanion
    @kopakaskoolkompanion 4 года назад

    The one print in the submersible's cockpit is actually nigh-exclusive to the Ice Planet 2002 theme, with this being one of only 2 sets outside that theme to use it!

  • @anneliseolsen6896
    @anneliseolsen6896 4 года назад +1

    Ah, Mr. Jangbricks, the two printed tiles in the cockpit are, when seen from the subdriver's perspective, on the right side, originally from M:Tron and BlackTron sets, and on the left side, originally from the Iceplanet sets.

  • @funky_munky1779
    @funky_munky1779 4 года назад

    This was one of my first sets given to me as a kid! I don't remember playing with this all built up as I was really young at the time. Awesome look back into the past and great review as always, JANG!

  • @evanpirog2659
    @evanpirog2659 4 года назад

    YEESS JANG! I love this classic review. I had the stand alone Submarine set (6442) from this line. When I came out of my own "dark age", rebuilding that sub and building up an underwater scene was a top 5 priority.

  • @kronosaur417
    @kronosaur417 4 года назад

    My older siblings had this set when they were younger, it was always one of my favorites.

  • @PituDituOfficial
    @PituDituOfficial 4 года назад

    6:42 I believe that print was used in Ice Planet 2002 first. I love 1997s divers. So much nostalgia for that line. I have rebuilt the smaller submarine just to have it around me, because it's almost as neat as the Aquazone ones.
    90s was the great time for sea exploration in lego xD

  • @Jakes_Cars
    @Jakes_Cars 4 года назад +2

    I've got loads of pieces from this set in my collection but I've never owned the set. Nice video Jang 👍

  • @ruterga
    @ruterga 4 года назад

    One of my first sets!!! It's so nostalgic!

  • @xronstube
    @xronstube 4 года назад +1

    Lol I love how instead of going with the newest lego sets, he goes over the oldest he can find xD. But he still somehow makes it work :D

  • @ICanRideMiBikeWithNoHandleBars
    @ICanRideMiBikeWithNoHandleBars 4 года назад

    This was one of my favorite themes as a kid.
    When I was 10 I went to my local K Mart, where LEGO had a “4D” experience event for this theme. They had a trailer with a VR system that simulated flying over the ocean as a seagull(?) and also diving under the water in the sub. You got splashed and felt the breeze, it was like a way cheaper Disney ride lol.
    They sent us home with a few swag items. I remember they had a CD soundtrack that went along with the 4D video they played. It was dope lol. I got a poster and some other things too, like stickers or something. It was an awesome promo experience.

  • @LostWhits
    @LostWhits 4 года назад

    I'd love to see some of those window/panel pieces in your aquarium for kiddies to look through.

  • @josephzielinski8817
    @josephzielinski8817 6 месяцев назад

    I have that Deep Sea Refuge set too for Christmas present in 1998, since I was 8-year-old.

  • @defenderprime8046
    @defenderprime8046 4 года назад

    Now this is pretty cool! I don't remember this set at that time, but it does remind me of the Lego Aqua Raiders theme that came out years after that, had the entire collection myself. But this one is quite interesting, the huge number of underwater animals is not common anymore in today's sets, it would cost way too much I think! But I like the feature that separates the underwater base in 2, that's really cool, and thanks for showing this set, Jang!

  • @fruitsnackia2012
    @fruitsnackia2012 2 года назад

    i still have this set :P i sits up on my shelf still built the day i built it in 1998

  • @brosa1212
    @brosa1212 3 года назад

    Def one of my favorite sets I got as a kid

  • @Raven319s
    @Raven319s 4 года назад

    I always wanted this set back in the day. This was one of those that was just a tad expensive for my parents to buy or bad timing in saving xmas and birthday money. Such a cool set! I’m lovin the throwback reviews again.