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7709 Sentai Fortress was an Exo-Force set released in the year 2006.
Description
The set is built out of twelve main parts. Eight of these; the gate, the towers, the four walls, and the hanger, make up the fortress. The last four parts are the four vehicles; the Silent Strike, the Venom I (meca one´s personal battle machine), a Glider (Ha-ya-to´s little flyer), and the Venom Walker(spider-like robot)
The four walls are all similar; they just have different things moving on top of them. In the setup shown on the box, the front right wall (from behind) has a disk launcher. The front left wall has a bazooka gun and a missile. Behind this, in the rear left, there is a transport cart with a seat and a box behind it. The fourth wall has a two-seater passenger cart. A reason for this may be that the tower it connects to contains the medical bay. The walls themselves are 13 studs high. Each of them has one small rock piece in the center.
The frame of the gate is built out of six large orange bricks. The gates hinge, and can open either out or in. Along the front, from left to right (looking at the fortress), there are four symbols; Hikaru's, Takeshi's, Ha-Ya-To's, and Ryo's, respectively. There is a lock for the gate, although it can be bursted in with a large vehicle such as the Mobile Defense Tank or the Robot Rammer X1 from the Gate Assault.
The towers are also similar. The medical tower has a bed in the center level. A magnifying glass and a power cord shine a focused red light on the minifigure in there. On the top of it, there is a landing platform for the Stealth Strike, Ha-Ya-To's glider. The other tower has a weapons arsenal, with missiles and guns. The roof of the tower has a control center with two large bazookas facing forwards on either side. The transparent roof can hinge up and down. It contains two seats. At the front of both of the towers, there is a light grey ladder, although it does not appear to lead anywhere.
At the back of the building is the hangar bay. This has two large orange pieces stood upright to form the walls. There is a turbofan such as used in the Fire Vulture and Sonic Phantom on the back on a bar. Along the top of the hangar, there is a yellow crane. There are flip-down floors at half of the height of the hangar, both with a rack of tools. At the bottom, there is a structure which appears to be a refueling tank. Opposite it is a large brick with a large flat area, showing a plan for the Silent Strike, included in this set. There are two revolving pillars at the front, showing four different symbols.
The mechs are a similar size to the first four released (Stealth hunter, Grand Titan, Thunder Fury, and Fire Vulture) and Supernova.
The Silent Strike is very similar to the Stealth Hunter. It has blue wings similar to the Stealth Hunter's. Underneath them, a row of missiles run along both sides. The cockpit piece is the same as that used for Supernova. For weaponry, it has a large gun and a double-bladed sword, similar to the Stealth Hunter. Basically is a blue Stealth Hunter with steroids.
The Venom I is built in a very different way, and in a way that means the arms only have up-down rotation. It appears to have a large focus on guns and missiles, and not so much on the physical battle weapons, such as swords, hands, or saws.
It has two small vehicles; one for Ha-Ya-To, a small glider with missiles on the wings, and the other a small walker, with the body and arms of a silver Devastator.
The minifigures included are Sensei Keiken, Takeshi, Hikaru, Ryo, Ha-Ya-To, Meca One, and two Iron Drones. All normal minifigures (meaning humans) have reversible heads to display two expression.This first one is only available in two sets, the 7709 and 8118.
Notes
- Its alternative model is the "Sentai Tower".
- Another alternative model is Blightrunner.
- The Sentai Fortress can be also combined with 7706 Mobile Defense Tank to create the Magnalink.
- A third alternative model exists, but the building instructions were never released.
