The set comes in a tiny box that contains a folded sheet of instructions, a sticker sheet, and two unnumbered baggies of bricks. The pieces build one minifig, a one man submarine, and a little platform to hold the treasure.

The minifig, Lance Spears, is pretty good, but if you own any of the other Atlantis sets, he isn’t anything you haven’t seen before. He includes a helmet with oxygen tanks, flippers, and a harpoon gun. The paintwork on the figure is pretty awesome and adds a lot of detail. He also has a double printed face. Not much else to say here.

The platform is designed to look like a small chunk of ruins on the seabed. It has a little pedastal that holds the golden chalice and there’s a sprig of seaweed that comes up from the corner. There’s also a little red snake, which seems really out of place to me. Are there really snakes like this slithering around on the bottom of the ocean? Ah well, even so, I won’t gripe about a free snake.

The little sub is simple enough. It has two spinning propellers that can pivot up and down, and a set of grabber claws on the front. Like most of the smaller subs in this line, there’s no seat, instead the diver just hangs on to a set of handlebars. The wings are hinged and can fold down into different positions while the craft is in use. A pair of stickers provide some cool details along the top. Overall, this isn’t a bad little vehicle, but there are a couple of things that bug me. The handlebars should stick out farther and the grabber arms are a little too stubby to be much use. Still, I’m glad to get as many of the small subs in this line I can get for when I finally pick up the Exploration HQ.

Impressive or not, it’s tough to complain a lot about these impulse sets. You still get a bunch of cool stuff for five bucks. It’s a fun build and the finished product certainly has play value. Although, if this is your first Atlantis set, you won’t have any bad guys for the diver to fight, except for that snake. Ocean Speeder is a good way to get introduced to the Atlantis line, but if I didn’t already have the next larger set, this one wouldn’t have won me over.