In part one of the review I looked at the box, its contents and the instructions. I had intended to complete the review in part two but I haven't quite finished post-processing the photos as I've had other commitments this evening, including helping to run a kids' computer club at my local community centre.

This part then will cover the minifigs, the peripheral components of the set and the construction of the Exo-Suit. I'll publish part three tomorrow morning which will cover the completed model and my overall opinion.

Here are the parts tipped out ready for building. As you can see, if you look past the green minifig parts and yellow barrel parts, it's mostly light- and dark-grey, and a few in metallic silver. There are quite a few trans-yellow plates too which I believe Mark added to make it a bit more interesting and easier to build.

Mark stated on Reddit that he had limited colour changes available for the set. I'm not sure exactly which parts are in new colours but I believe the 2x2 inverted dome in light grey is one of them.

The minifigs look fantastic. It great to see a classic space logo on a real minifig again. The male head is a Ninjago head, I'm told, which actually looks pretty close to Pete's expression when he's deep in thought :)

They are not printed on the back, but then you wouldn't expect them to be. The eagle eyed among you might spot, in the picture of the parts above, that there's a spare green airtank backpack included for some reason.

The first item to be constructed is the 8x8 base and barrels. Mark has provided us with eight 2x2 curved slopes, which is a new part, so they are very welcome.

Next, the turtle is built. The inclusion of a turtle was a great surprise, given that it didn't form part of the original Cuusoo submission. Pete has been building armies of turtles like this for years, and it's become something of a signature model of his.

This particular one is true to Pete's original design except for the head which utilises a 1x2 clip plate rather than Pete's usual 1x1 to hold the head on, and it has two 'eyes' rather than the usual one.

The 3x3 metallic silver dish used for the turtle's shell looks excellent. It seems to be a fairly common piece although it's the first one I have seen (I've not built my VW camper yet, which uses them for hubcaps).

Here are all the peripheral parts in the set.

Is the baseplate a turtle docking or charging bay, or somewhere to store the barrels? You decide...

Construction of the Exo-Suit begins with the body. It's a complex structure with studs pointing in all directions. It takes 20 steps to get to this stage.

The Technic ball hip and shoulder joints are attached to the body using four '2X1 St.Ø4.9 Hole W. Half Beam' which I remember Mark telling me when it was new what a useful part it would be.

The front of the cockpit has been added here. It looks suitably greebly.

A view of the bottom of the body. The 2x2 inverted tile is printed with a 'hot engine' pattern that's been used before.

Before completing the body, the two legs are constructed, which are identical. The ankle, knee and hip joints use ball-and-socket joints thus making them very poseable and able to withstand the rigors of play.

The foot can also be rotated on the blue pin/axle connector which provides a degree of movement not normally possible in official LEGO models of this type. A good job has been done of disguising the large ball and socket pieces with plenty of greebling.

Once the legs are attached, the arms are built. As you can see the barrels hide a Technic axle connector which facilitates the wrist connection. Many have complained about the use of barrels here but I think they look OK.

The back has details that were not present on Pete's original, including the metallic silver flexi-hose and wheel hub caps.

One thing I didn't mention when discussing the instructions in part one was that, as has become common in Ideas instruction books, there are small snippets of information scattered throughout it which in this case describe various features of the model. One of them tells us that the hub caps are, apparently, 'excess heat radiators'

Construction is completed by the addition of the claws, minifig protective cage and more greebles. Please come back tomorrow for photos of the completed model. Sorry to keep you waiting so long...