Australian Star Wars LEGO 7957 Sith Nightspeeder Review

Australian Star Wars LEGO 7957 Sith Nightspeeder Review. I saw this LEGO set in the local stores, in Australia, for a while now but never really liked the looks of it, I am not keen on Clone Wars sets. But seeing it was a Star Wars LEGO set we thought we had better go and buy it.

The main reason, I guess, for buying it would be the three Star Wars minifigures included. It has an Asajj Ventress minifig which has a different body and printed legs than the one from the 7676 Republic Gunship set. The second minifig is Savage Opress, which is a LEGO minifig with horns on its head, like Darth Maul. The third minifig is a slightly different Anakin Skywalker that has a better body pattern. All three minifigures are only available in this set and I must mention that the backs are printed as well (fairly rare for minifigures).

The vehicle is also very nice but I haven’t a clue what the real one from the show looks like as I haven’t seen one on an episode. It is a combination of a engine base that two speeder attach to one side, I am not sure if I like it or not but at least it is different. Building the set is very simple and fun and one big surprise was they had some printed bricks – at last, some real printed brick and not stickers. Unfortunately not all were printed and some still needed stickers – gee for the price they could all be printed.
Looking at the price of this set in Australia, it is a crazy $50 – way too expensive for a small set of only 213 pieces. I think this set is really just for the die-hard fans as it is over-priced for what you get.

Here are the Lego 7957 Sith Nightspeeder  instructions as a PDF if you want.

New Star Wars Lego Sets Released 7676 Republic Gunship

Below are some photos of the newest Star Wars Lego sets released. There are quite a few of them, the fantastic 7676 Republic Starship is one of them. This heavily armed troop transporter is part of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie.
It has great parts like the 2 cockpits in front and the 2 on the wings open, missiles, and a cool Star Wars Speeder Bike that comes out of the back hatch. This great Lego set includes five Lego minifigures to collect: Commander Cody, Clone Trooper, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and two new Star Wars Lego minifigures, Plo Koon and Asajj Ventress, a Sith equipped with a new double lightsaber.
As you can see it's a big set , look at the size of the box. My boy loves it, he wouldn't let this Star wars Lego collectable set out of is hands.

Lego Building Instruction for 7676 Republic Gunship

I have posted photos and details on the yet to be released Star Wars Lego 7676 Republic Gunship before, the one with 5 Star Wars Lego minifigures - 2 Clone Troopers, Asajj Ventress (will be a rare collectable), Obi-Wan Kenobi and Plo Koon (will be a rare collectable).
Well it is still not released but you can actually download the build instructions from Lego themselves!!! Download them and try to build one with spare Lego you have laying around.
Here are the links :
Star Wars 7676 Republic Attack Gunship Building Instruction Part1 - Download size: 11.14 Mb
Star Wars 7676 Republic Attack Gunship Building Instruction Part2 - Download size: 11.33 Mb

Close up photos of new Star Wars Minifigures

Here are some close up photos of the new minifigures that will come with the Star Wars sets in August 2008 ( here and here ). These are pre production but this looks like the final thing.
The 7673 MagnaGuard Starfighter has General Grievous' elite personal bodyguards - MagnaGuard minifigures from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
7676 Republic Gunship, all the gunship's minifigs are brand new, including one episode II clone trooper, Obi-Wan Kenobi (clone trooper armor), Asajj Ventress (with Skirt), Plo Koon and Commander Cody with pauldron and visor on helmet.
7675 AT-TE Walker, has 2 clone troopers, a Battle Droid on STAP, Anakin Skywalker, the Togruta padawan Ashoka and Rotta minifigures.

Clear photos of pre-production Star Wars Lego - Gunship, AT-TE and V-19 Torrent

I have a few nice and clear photos of the pre production Star Wars Lego kits that are coming out mid 2008, images of the 7676 Republic Gunship, 7675 AT-TE Walker, and the 7674 V-19 Torrent Starfighter. The Walker and Gunship look great.

7676 Republic Gunship

7675 AT-TE Walker

7674 V-19 Torrent Starfighter

More photos of pre-release 2008 Star Wars Lego

I posted the other day about pre release Starwars lego and now I have tracked down more sneak peek photos. These are much better in quality and look like what the final release will look like. The Star Wars Lego mini figures are great! Click the photos for bigger versions.

7676 Republic Gunship mini figures close-up.
7673 Magna Droid Fighter - Magna Guard mini-figure.
7675 AT-TE Walker prerelease mini-figures.

7675 AT-TE Walker pre release box.
7676 Republic Gunship box.
7675 AT-TE Walker mini-figures.

(photos are from Jedi News - thank you, from all the Lego fans out there!)

New pre-production Star Wars Lego 2008 models

Here is a sneak peek of some soon to be in production models for latter in 2008. These photos are pics taken of magazine/catalogue pages ( I think Toys R Us) so they look a little distorted.

First is the 7676 Republic Gunship, looks like it come with 5 characters/ mini-figures ... 2 Clone Troopers, Asajj Ventress, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Plo Koon.

Second, the 7673 Magna Droid Fighter, looks like a P-38 , seems like it will come with two Magna Guards mini-figures.

Third the 7674 V-19 Torrent Starfighter, the wings fold/ transforn but no idea if there are characters with it, hopefully a pilot at least.

The last model, 7675 AT-TE Walker, looks pretty decent. It will have 5 mini-figures... 2 Clone Troopers, Anakin Skywalker, Asoka and Maze. Excellent!