My review of the Lego Star Wars, 75183 Darth Vader Transformation set with rare minfigures. What a great collectable.

The Star Wars universe brought in a lot of interesting minifigures, but nothing is quite like this. This Darth Vader Transformation set is one of the major Lego Star Wars minifigure collectables that can be very hard to find. What you will like about it is the fact that it covers a pivotal scene in the Star Wars world, and one that manages to change the entire saga into the long story we know and love today.

Who is the Darth Vader Transformation set for and what does it include?

LEGO suggests the 75183 Darth Vader Transformation set is for kids aged 7-12. The product itself comes with 282 pieces and complete details on how to build it. But the most important thing is the outstanding attention to detail and stellar quality provided here. The entire system is replicated according to the movie, and it has all the bells and whistles that you got to see during the movie.

The set is designed to be a Lego-themed recreation of the medical bay where Anakin Skywalker is turned into Darth Vader, one of the main antagonists of the story. You have the table that has space for Anakin, and once the table is lowered, it flips to show off Darth Vader.

Included with the set you have some interesting Lego Star Wars minifigure collectables. These are all rare Lego minifigures Darth Vader’s minifigure, Anakin Skywalker, as well as Emperor Palpatine. Aside from that, the set also has 2 medical droids. They don’t come as prebuilt minifigures however, you have to build them yourself.

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation video overview of completed set

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation all pieces laid out

 What makes the Darth Vader Transformation set stand out?

Maybe the best thing about this set is that it’s a faithful recreation of the movie. The table looks just like it did in the movie, and it’s double-sided to help you showcase the transformation of our hero into a villain. On top of that, there are lots of cool details here too. They added a force explode function, lightsaber rack, there’s even a helmet applicator. All of these provide context to the scene, but they also bring in amazing visuals and help you connect with the hero as he transforms into an antagonist.


It’s also nice to see that they added medical tool elements and even 2 lightsabers to show the transformation of our hero as well. If you want to send others flying once Vader learns about Padme, you can do that thanks to a dedicated force power button.  The set is 3” high, 8” deep and 17” wide. It really is an extraordinary, very high-quality Lego set that you will cherish and enjoy.

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation Anakin Skywalker and medical droid minifigures details

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation Anakin Skywalker turnin into Darth minifigures details

 Conclusion

There are lots of things to love about the Darth Vader Transformation set. It looks amazing, it’s almost identical to the scene in the movie and you also get multiple minifigures with it. Plus, you have plenty of accessories and a cool use of Force powers. This Darth Vader Transformation is great for kids and even people of all ages that love Star Wars. This set was before Disney bought the Star Wars rights, so this set is worth more money because of that.

Pros

•    Very detailed, high quality build
•    High quality minifigures
•    Lots of different accessories

•    Lower Anakin on the Table, raise it and get Darth Vader

Cons

•    Some customers had problems having the pieces stick
•    The heads of Vader and Anakin are almost identical

Here are a heap more photos of Lego Star Wars 75183 Darth Vader transformation set

 

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation all pieces in bag and instructions

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation black medical droid minifigure

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation box front

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation box rear back

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker minifigures

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation emperor palpatine minifigure

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation large medical droid minifigure closeup detail

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation large medical droid minifigure

lego star wars 75183 darth vader transformation video overview of completed set

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.

Star Wars Lego Freeco Speeder 8085 review

The Star Wars Lego Freeco Speeder 8085 is a set that comes straight from the Star Wars Clone Wars animated show. On the show it is also called the CK-6 Swoop and were the speeders used by the Republic on ice planets.

Anyway that’s enough about the background of the speeder , what about the Lego set itself. Well the set has 177 pieces and the design isn’t too bad for a smaller Lego set, the Star Wars minifigures are good as well. The Lego speeder is very easy to build and holds together very well so kids can play with it without the thing falling apart. The kit has a small sticker sheet for a few of the blocks to make it a Lego Clone Wars Speeder, this is one thing I don’t like – I have mentioned it before that I want printed bricks and to be honest it would not increase the sale price at all (it would only add cents to the manufacture price).

Now the two Star Wars Lego minifigures.

The Thi-Sen minifigure (Thi-Sen is the Chieftan of the Orto Plutonian tribe of Talz) has light grey body and legs with a dark grey hands, spines, cape as well as his face. His head, face, cape, and spines is all one piece just like how the Chewbacca minifig is, with a large molded head that goes down over the torso. He has just one extra, a spear. This Lego Freeco Speeder set is the only set this minifigure comes in.

The Anakin Skywalker minifigure is wearing snow fatigues - a dark royal blue parka that has a fur-edged hood. Anakin has white hands and light grey legs. This mini-figure has a double-sided head; one side has a face with goggles and a cover over his nose and mouth, the other side seems to be the standard Anakin face. He come with a blue lightsaber (it looks to be a different shade of blue compared to others) with a light grey hilt. Behind the cockpit plastic dome you can store Anakins light saber. The parka print is different than the print on the Han Solo one, it has a little more detail in it and has the Rebel symbol on the coat and hood.

Overall not a bad little set. Easy to build and the Lego minifigures are good. A couple of negatives are the stickers and the price, a little too dear for the size of the set (especially in Australia). My son give it a thumbs up.

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.

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.

7669 Anakin's Jedi Starfighter

The 7669 Anakin's Jedi Starfighter has just come out in January 2008.
The set includes Anakin's Delta-7 Jedi Starfighter in the same color scheme as his 7256 Jedi Starfighter and Vulture Droid Eta-2 Jedi Interceptor and the Minifigures included are Anakin Skywalker and R2-D2 .

Coming straight from the Clone Wars, Anakins Jedi Starfighter flies off into battle. This is the first ever set to be released from Star Wars Clone Wars. This set comes with a brand new Anakin Skywalker from the Clone Wars.