Star Wars Lego 8036 Separatist Shuttle Set

This Star Wars Lego set is the great 8036 Separatist Shuttle. And why is it great? A few reasons, it is available in August but my local store has them already, the price is really good for what you get, and there are five Lego minifigures; two of those are rare Lego minifigures not available in other Lego sets.
The Lego Separatist Shuttle is a fairly simple ship, big enough to hold a minifigure pilot and the Gunray minifig - it is a Star Wars shuttle after all. The doors for the Viceroy work well by sliding open, nice touch, you just twist the side knob and gears open the doors. The pilot area has an opening cockpit for the Droid Pilot and it is solid gray - that's because this Lego Shuttle is an automated ship and doesn't need a pilots window, so true to the shows I guess. The spacecraft is strong and wont fall apart easily like some Star Wars sets and sits down on folding legs. Again the set contains decals/stickers - I wish the Lego bricks themselves would be printed instead. The Lego stickers were mainly blue stripes.There are the rare Lego minifigs: a Neimoidian called Viceroy Nute Gunray and Rodian from the planet Rodia called Senator Onaconda Farr, both great looking Lego characters - as well as two Battle Droids and one Pilot Droid minifig. The pilot has a blue body, older Lego Pilot droids had a painted chest didn't they, so this may be a minifigure worth collecting as well?Overall this a Lego Star Wars set worth buying, the Separatist Shuttle is a good looker and three out of the five Lego minifigures are rare collectables. Buy it , it is a bargain. The set has 259 parts and an easy build for anyone, didn't take my son very long.

And just in case you want to look at the 8036 building instructions, here are the 8036 Separatist Shuttle building instructions from Lego.

Cheap Lego Star Wars Minifigures – Again with the Clones

Even Palpatine was mighty pleased with himself as he admired the Imperial clone army; after all, he got a good bargain for the most menacing machine of war. While the Kaminos did imply that it takes deep pockets to avail of their services, the long term plan always makes it more than worth it. The same can be said about collecting Star Wars minifigures.

Minifigures are the Lego people that inhabit the Star Wars Lego toy world. They have detachable legs, hands and heads and they vary according to the paint job they possess. While some are pretty common and produced in large numbers, some are rare pieces that can cost a fortune. Cheap Lego minifigures are cheap not because they cost less per piece, but because they cost less as a set. It’s is pretty much like assembling parts for a pod racer, if it’s not for Sebulba, might as well buy it in bulk.

Often times, Lego sells a series of minifigures in a single package at a cost lower than purchasing each piece at retail value. Another alternative is to acquire any large sets you may need for your collection before purchasing minifigures directly. Large Star Wars Lego sets often have several minifigures and these will add to your collection. This is particularly helpful if you are planning to recreate scenes such as the Battle of Geonosis which requires a lot of Clone Trooper and battledroid minifigures. This would entail lots of clone trooper types from medics to commandos, and while buying each trooper minifigure is expensive, one can always opt to select the options I’ve listed above.


Still, the cheapest way to collect Star Wars Lego minifigures is to purchase them in bulk from other collectors. There are Lego Star Wars collectors who specialise mainly in vehicles and have no need to keep the minifigures so you could always arrange to purchase or trade for their minifigures. Another advantage of sourcing your minifigures from a collector is that you can be assured that the quality of the Star Wars minifigures would most likely be in good condition, as shiny as a Naboo Starfighter but as cheap as a Tatooine barge, a deal that would even make a Hutt proud.

Buying from other Lego collectors also allows you the option of actually buying individual parts instead of a whole minifigure. Some minifigures use generic parts, only distinguished by a unique head or torso. If you can manage to acquire the unique parts, you can purchase the other pieces cheaply in bulk. Pieces, when sold, are always cheaper than the minifigures as a whole. It is just like buying service parts piece by piece to assemble a whole new droid. If an adolescent Darth Vader can do it, so can you.

While the Kaminos may have perfected the science of creating, growing and training clones, you do not have to feel outclassed by amassing your own army of Lego Star Wars minifigures. Just remember these few simple non-Jedi tricks and you will have your own personal army of minifigures before the next Sith comes.

Lego 7680 The Twilight Star Wars Clone Set

This is Anakin Skywalker’s starship in the Clone Wars movie. Yes, I know it is an ugly looking Lego kit but remember the ship was ugly in the movie as well. I had been looking around for the cheapest 7680 Twilight Lego set and ended up at Ebay. Now it is built.

Anakins ship is called The Twilight, it is a tough, solid built ship and it shows in this big Lego Star Wars set. The Twilight Lego set has retractable landing gear and its wings can rotate so you can go from flight to landing mode. I like the cool, firing flick missile and the laser cannon turrets move around easy on the top.

A great little extra is the side-mounted escape pod and a winch with a tow-cable. The 7680 Twilight has a great group of minifigures - Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka (his apprentice), the ever cool R2-D2 plus little baby Rotta the Huttlet.

This is a big Lego set and it is a little hard to build, takes a while to complete. Remember it is going to be 30cm x 46cm! Big!! It's worth buying so look around for a great price and get it.