Set 9463 From the Monster Fighters theme - The Werewolf.

The Parts included are great! Silver Frog, Wheels, Steering wheel, Glow in the dark claws, Pistols, Dark green leaves, Seaweed, Veichle Grille, Moonstone Print, and some Bones.

Building the model was a Solid experience, some small hassles on the tree however.

For the Minifigures, we have Quinton Steele and the Werewolf.

Quinton Steele has some great Torso and Leg Prints, as well as a Solid Face. Also has a Nice Weapon.

The Werewolf has an Incredible Molded Head with some decent Torso and Leg print aswell.

For the Models we have Quinton Steele's Car and the Tree.

The car is a nice looking thing with some lights, silver frog and a grill, And has a place to hold his Weapon. Adds a lot of play value too having a decently sized Hero Veichle.

The Werewolf tree has this very spooky look with some Seaweed parts sitting on the leaves and the Moonstone with some Bones and Spikes covered around it.

But the main thing here is the play feature where by pushing down a Red Modified plate with a Hole, The werewolf goes flying and can attack Quinton Steele. This is a great play feature that can make for a lot of fun.

So overall this is a great set! The Parts are nice, the Figs are Nice, the Car is nice, the Tree is great.

The original retail value for this set was 20 Euros for 243 Parts, Which makes for a great PPP With a great Play value. You can get this Set for around 23 Euros used which is still a decent value.

The whole Monster Fighters theme is shaping up to be one of my all time favorites - I'm even packing up Star Wars sets to display these - and this set is no exception. It contains a werewolf, monster fighter, car and tree. The werewolf is a very cool figure with glow in the dark claws - I'm a sucker for monsters, and I love the glow elements. The monster fighter is reminiscent of one of the figures from the Adventurer series - he's dressed in safari khaki with a pith hat and monicle. The car also reminds me of one of the Adventurer cars.

The tree is the main piece of this set. It looks like a spooky old halloween tree with a small shrine in the front with one of the monster crystals. I think it is very well designed with the exception of the launching mechanism on top - I would have prefered just having a platform on top to hold the werewolf. Then again it's Lego - you can do whatever you want!

$20 seems like a fair price for this in my opinion. I think any kid would love to play with this set with dueling figures each with their own accessory. Placed with the other sets in this theme it looks very cool. I hope Lego makes more trees in this theme as it enhances the overall feel of a display.

LEGO Monster Fighters' The Werewolf is a personal favorite of mine. I have most of the sets in this discontinued series. The Werewolf mini fig is unique with it's head and glow in the dark claws. Major Quinton Steele is cool and everything, but he's just a typical old man somehow able to pull off a showdown with a werewolf. The tree you build is pretty cool, plus it has an area where you can shoot off the werewolf into Major Quinton Steele. Steele's car is cool, but it's as stale as Major Quinton Steele to be honest. The werewolf and his tree, including an orange moonstone, is the best part of the set. I'm not sure if they sell it still, but it's worth about twenty bucks at your local Walmart or Target. The Werewolf is a favorite of mine and is really fun to build. 

I usually buy City, Creator or Technics sets. I purchased this one just to change and try something new, and i was positively surprised.

First, the car is great. It is so much more stylish than the classic cars in City, the retro look is great. The color is also original.

I liked the tree too, it has an hidden mechanism to throw the werewolf at the car. It works good and it's fun. The spooky look is perfect for the Monster Fighter theme and the branches parts are a good addition for your MOCs. There are some good colors in this parts.

The minifig are also great, expecially the werewolf.

The Werewolf was perhaps the set I was least excited for following the release of the first images of the Monster Fighters theme and although it is far from a bad set, I am still left a little underwhelmed by this set overall. The Minifigures are superb, but the model itself leaves something to be desired in my opinion.

Box/Instructions

The box is square in shape and has some action packed artwork. Major Quinton Steele is driving through the haunted forest in search of the Werewolf and his Moonstone, but it looks like the Werewolf has found him first, because the ravenous Werewolf is diving down from his tree to try and stop the Major from stealing his precious stone. The atmospheric green mist is descending and the filthy waters of the swamp being driven through By Major Quinton Steele looks superb with various splashes making the whole design look very realistic. There are a few reeds in the foreground and some twisted trees can be seen in the background along with a full moon and lots of bats which, as always on these boxes, are amassing to provide a dark background for the Monster Fighters logo. In the bottom right corner the Werewolf is displayed along with his orange Moonstone.

The back of the box shows the features of the set and the glow in the dark claws. There is a small comic like on all of the other boxes showing Lord Vampyre adding this Moonstone to his machine while the Werewolf watches on.

The instructions have the same artwork as the box cover, I found no mistakes in the booklet and my set had no missing pieces.

Parts

There are in fact a great deal of useful parts in this set, including lots of brown parts (in various shades) and some tan as well. We get five small leaves in olive green which are brand new in this colour and a couple of dark green larger leaves as well which are nice. On the car a nice dark silver frog is used as a mascot which is quite a rare piece, as is the golden fez which forms the tip of Major Steele's blunderbuss.

The white pith hat worn by the Major is great, but the three glow in the dark claws (you get an extra one) and the head piece for the Werewolf are even better than that! The orange printed Moonstone is excellent as well with some printing of a howling wolf.

Minifigures

The two Minifigures included in this set are both wonderful, I will begin with the heroic Monster Fighter.

The one Monster Fighter included in this set is Major Quinton Steele, he appears in one other set, 9466, The Crazy Scientist and his Monster, and this figure is identical to that one. He wears a white pith helmet, worn by many explorers and soldiers in the nineteenth century, which has a stud on top for attaching whatever you wish. His face is printed with a unique mechanical monocle and a moustache with side burns. His hair is mostly grey and there are a few wrinkles around his eyes. He has a sombre expression and a small amount of printing on the back of a few wrinkles just above his neck.

His torso is mainly dark tan but is printed with a brown bandoleer filled with silver bullets to defeat the Werewolf once and for all. He wears a jacket with various pockets and an open collar showing his white shirt beneath. Clasped beneath the strap across his chest is a map and on the back of his torso the bandoleer is continued. His arms are dark tan like his torso and his hands are yellow. His legs and hips are both printed, he has a brown belt on the hips with a silver buckle. On his legs are a pouch fixed on to his thigh, and two teeth hanging from a ring on his belt, perhaps from a previous encounter with the dangerous Werewolf. He wears dark tan trousers just like his jacket so the legs are cast in dark tan accordingly. He carries a brown and gold blunderbuss with a scope and it looks superb, suiting this Minifigure very well indeed.

The Werewolf is an amazing figure, enough to make it one of my favourite Monsters from this theme. The head piece is a supremely detailed mould and has some nice printing too. The shaggy hair of the Werewolf is cast in to this piece and runs part of the way down the back of the torso. He has two large ears and his eyes are printed in black and white. His nose is black and his bared teeth are also white. Most of the head piece is brown, however there are a couple of areas of darker brown printing on the fur going down his back. I much prefer this piece being used to the design used for the Werewolf from Series 4 of the Collectable Minifigures.

His torso is highly detailed also with a torn chequered shirt with red braces. The shirt is ripped to such an extent that a great deal of his brown fur can be seen on the torso and is printed with some texture. The shirt if actually very similar to that of the Lumberjack from Series 5 of the Collectable Minifigures, allowing you to create his hideous transformation from a standard Minifigure, to a ghastly Werewolf! The back also has the torn red shirt printed on it and braces. His arms are bare so are brown, as are his hands. He has two glow in the dark claws which are the same as those used for the Wolverine Minifigure in the Super Heroes theme, but those were metallic grey. These look excellent when it is light and even better when it is dark as they look very creepy when glowing.

The Werewolf wears blue trousers which are badly torn to reveal some more brown fur and the belt worn by the human who became this Monster is still intact on his hips. He carries no accessories as his hands are of course used to hold his glow in the dark claws.

The build

The build is not particularly interesting, it takes about thirty minutes and in that time no techniques are used which we have not seen before. The mechanism to launch the Werewolf is quite cleverly made and this build could provide some inspiration for constructing your own trees but beyond that there is little worthy of not here in my opinion. However, the build's simplicity makes it ideal for younger children as it is quite an easy to construct this model, this could increase the appeal of the set to that age group.

The completed model

The set itself is made up of two main parts, Major Quinton Steele's car, and the Werewolf's tree. The car is mostly tan with four headlights and an engine grille at the front, with the silver frog acting as an ornament for the vehicle. Revolvers act as for the engine and a small windscreen protects the driver. A steering wheel is in the car and there is space to seat a single Minifigure to control the steering wheel. There are clips on either side which can be used to store the blunderbuss and one other item. The rear wheels are much larger than the front wheels making the car appear a bit bizarre but nevertheless attractive. At the very back are some more grilles and some lights.

The tree is a bit of a mess I think. It looks quite spooky and decrepit as I am sure was the intention of the designers, but it looks a little unfinished. It makes use of a few masonry bricks to support the altar in the shadow the tree where the orange Moonstone is kept. On either side of this platform are bones and teeth, and behind is a translucent orange area, which looks almost like amber within the tree. At the top of the tree is the main feature of the set, a red button can be seen at the back of the shrub which allows you to fling the Werewolf at any unsuspecting travellers near the tree. It causes a small section to explode open which lets the Werewolf be flung without it being hindered by the branches at all. Some dark green weeds complete the look which hang from the leaves. This item certainly does look old and withered, but it seems little thought has gone in to this design as it really does look chaotic from all angles. This is what really pulls this set down in my opinion.

Summary

This is a model which I would recommend, mainly to get the fantastic Werewolf Minifigure, but also for the Major's car which is very nice indeed. This is a good parts pack if you want to make some trees, but the tree that we do get is a bit disappointing. However, given the excellence of the Minifigures, the wonderful car, and the very reasonable price, I am going to give this Monster Fighters set...

Overall - 7/10