This document provides instructions for assembling a "Police Chase" playset, which includes a police helicopter and a getaway car, from MEGA CONSTRUX. The set is designed to unlock every builder's creative potential and is part of the "Wonder Builders" series.
Function Description:
The "Police Chase" playset allows children to engage in imaginative role-playing scenarios involving a police pursuit. The set includes two primary vehicles: a police helicopter and a getaway car, along with two minifigures (a police officer and a suspect). The police helicopter features spinning rotors and a cockpit for the police officer minifigure, while the getaway car is a sporty, two-seater vehicle for the suspect minifigure. The assembly process is broken down into detailed, step-by-step visual instructions, making it accessible for young builders. The playset encourages creative thinking, problem-solving, and fine motor skills through construction and imaginative play.
Important Technical Specifications:
- Product Name: Police Chase - Poursuite Policière - Persecución Policial - Perseguição Policial
- Product Code: GLK55
- Brand: MEGA CONSTRUX (part of MEGA BLOKS / MEGA CONSTRUX / PRO BUILDERS series)
- Components: Building blocks and specialized pieces for constructing a police helicopter, a getaway car, and two minifigures.
- Minifigures: One police officer minifigure (blue uniform, helmet with visor) and one suspect minifigure (red and white striped shirt with skull, orange hair).
- Helicopter Features: Main rotor with three blades, tail rotor, cockpit with seat, landing skids, and police markings.
- Car Features: Two-seater sports car design, yellow with black stripes, wheels, and a steering wheel.
- Age Recommendation: The packaging indicates a "3+" age recommendation, with a warning about small parts not suitable for children under 3 years. The detailed instructions and complexity suggest it's suitable for the "Wonder Builders" category, typically for slightly older children who can follow multi-step assembly.
- Material: Plastic building blocks.
- Packaging: The set comes in a box with product images and multilingual descriptions.
Usage Features:
- Step-by-Step Assembly: The instruction manual provides clear, visual, numbered steps for assembling both the helicopter and the car. Each step shows the required pieces and their placement.
- Minifigure Customization: The minifigures are modular, allowing for assembly of the body, head, and accessories (helmet/hair).
- Imaginative Play: Once assembled, the playset facilitates open-ended imaginative play, allowing children to create various police chase scenarios.
- Compatibility: MEGA CONSTRUX blocks are generally compatible with other MEGA BLOKS and MEGA CONSTRUX sets, allowing for expansion and integration with other building creations.
- Educational Value: Encourages creativity, spatial reasoning, problem-solving, and fine motor skill development.
- Multilingual Support: The packaging and manual include information in multiple languages, including English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, and various Asian languages.
Assembly Process (Detailed Breakdown):
The assembly is divided into two main sections: the helicopter and the car.
Helicopter Assembly (Steps 1-45):
- Base Construction (Steps 1-9): Begins with assembling the core base of the helicopter, involving layering flat plates and studded bricks.
- Cockpit and Interior (Steps 10-17): Focuses on building the cockpit area, including adding the pilot's seat (red piece) and control elements.
- Body Structure (Steps 18-25): Continues to build up the main body of the helicopter, incorporating various colored studs and specialized pieces for detailing. This includes adding the "POLICE" sticker/printed tile.
- Tail Section (Steps 26-27): Assembles the long tail section of the helicopter, attaching it to the main body, and adding the tail fin with the police emblem.
- Upper Body and Details (Steps 28-32): Adds more layers and details to the upper part of the helicopter, including pieces that will support the main rotor.
- Windshield and Canopy (Step 33): Attaches the transparent canopy pieces to form the helicopter's windshield and side windows.
- Top Section (Steps 34-37): Builds the top section of the helicopter, which will house the main rotor mechanism, using a combination of plates and studded bricks.
- Final Body Details (Step 38): Adds final small details to the top of the helicopter.
- Landing Skids (Steps 39-41): Assembles the landing skids using pipe-like pieces and attaches them to the underside of the helicopter.
- Lights/Sensors (Steps 42-43): Attaches small red and clear pieces to the front/bottom of the helicopter, likely representing lights or sensors.
- Rotor Assembly (Step 44): Assembles the three main rotor blades and the central hub.
- Rotor Attachment (Step 45): Attaches the assembled main rotor to the top of the helicopter.
Car Assembly (Steps 46-76):
- Chassis Base (Steps 46-49): Starts with building the base chassis of the car using black plates and adding initial yellow studded bricks.
- Interior and Side Panels (Steps 50-55): Builds up the interior structure, including the floor and lower side panels, primarily using yellow and some red/blue studded bricks.
- Seats (Steps 56-58): Adds the black seats for the minifigures.
- Steering Wheel and Dashboard (Steps 59-60): Assembles and attaches the steering wheel and dashboard elements.
- Front and Rear Bumpers/Lights (Steps 61-63): Adds the front and rear bumper sections and small light pieces.
- Hood and Trunk (Steps 64-66): Constructs the hood and trunk sections, using yellow plates and curved pieces to give the car its shape.
- Side Fenders and Details (Steps 67-73): Adds the side fenders, more curved pieces to define the car's body, and the distinctive black stripes.
- Windshield (Steps 74-75): Attaches the windshield piece and side mirrors.
- Wheels (Step 76): Assembles the four wheels and attaches them to the car's axles.
The minifigures are assembled separately, typically involving attaching the head, hair/helmet, and accessories to the torso and legs.
Maintenance Features:
- Cleaning: The plastic blocks can be cleaned with a damp cloth if they get dirty. Avoid harsh chemicals or abrasive materials.
- Storage: Store the assembled models or disassembled blocks in a container to prevent loss of pieces.
- Durability: The blocks are designed to be durable for repeated assembly and disassembly.
- Replacement Parts: The manual includes a list of all parts with their respective part numbers (e.g., 4x AM2950X, 2x AM0412APG), which could be useful for identifying and potentially ordering replacement parts if available from the manufacturer. The back page also lists customer service contact information.
The manual includes a "WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years." This is provided in multiple languages, emphasizing the importance of keeping small parts away from very young children.
The back of the manual encourages collectors to "More to collect! / Encore plus à collectionner!" and showcases other MEGA CONSTRUX sets (GLK52, GLK53, GLK54), suggesting the possibility of expanding the collection. It also directs users to megaconstrux.com/parents for more information. The product is made in Canada with domestic and imported components.
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