LEGO 2002 / Alpha Team / Mission Deep Sea Sets

Alpha Team's Mission Deep Sea was released was the second theme released after the unnamed theme a year later in 2002. This subtheme took the characters into the depths of the ocean. The sets focused on vehicles and mutant animals controlled by Ogel, the evil villain. The Alpha Team sets maintained a fleet of underwater vehicles including the Alpha Team Aquatic Mech, a large undersea robot operated by Dash. Set 4795, Ogel Underwater Base and AT Sub, was the first set to have both heroes and villains in it.

2002 LEGO Sets

2002 was an interesting year for LEGO. While there were a couple of highly collectable sets such as the Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer (10030-1) and the Pirates Black Seas Barracuda (10040-1) most sets did not see the kind of growth that previous years had experienced. However, the Star Wars theme carried a lot of the collection's weight, it was the year Star Wars celebrated its 25th Anniversary. The Western theme which included the iconic Fort LEGOredo (6762-1) help the overall investiability of 2002. During 2002 LEGO released a number of new themes including the original Spider-man and Island Xtreme Stunts as well as some prominent subthemes including Episode II: Attack of the Clones for Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Mission Deep Sea under Alpha Team.