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 review - 10215 Obi-Wans Jedi Starfighter collectable

Lego seems to be really good at surprising all it's fans. So when the Lego group announced that they were going to release a new range of Star Wars Lego sets, these fans straight away started wondering what they could actually be. They did not need to wait for very long though. The set for Star Wars Lego that was to be released around the end of 2010 (actually, it's just released in Australia) is going to be the Ultimate Collector Series version of Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter - called, naturally, 10215 Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter.

This ship is the one that was in the Attack Of The Clones movie and is a really smooth looking red and white starship. It is a ship that Jedi Knights have, super sleek and fast and officially known as a Delta-7 Aether-sprite class light interceptor. Although Jedi Knights only do peaceful missions, Obi-Wan found this starship to be very useful when he was pursuing Jango Fett with it's twin-barrelled cannon lasers. In the movie the starfighter used an external hyperdrive ring that was around the ship so it could travel in hyperspace, and although the smaller Lego Obi-Wan Starship sets had this ring the UCS set does not; its omission is one thing Lego could have improved on this model.

The set only has 676 Lego pieces, a lot but not many compared to other USC Lego sets such as the Imperial Shuttle - that has a huge 2500 pieces in the kit. It is a real big model, size wise. It measures 23 cm high (on the included stand), 47 cm long and 22 cm wide and it's retail price is around $99 ($174 in Australia) which I think is a bit much seeing it hasn't a lot of bricks nor Star Wars Lego minifigures - you could argue that the ship isn't minifig scale so should have a minifigure - but one would be nice.. The ship is really easy to build, nothing special of complicated during the build at all.This lego model has a really detailed cockpit and interior and outside has a droid minifigure - a R4-P17 - that rotates in the wing. This minifig will be quite a collectors item as it is bigger and looks different to other droids that are available in other sets.

As with all other USC models this one also comes with a plaque and a display stand to show the ship off properly - the ship can turn around 360 degress so you can pose it just how you like.. My major gripe would be the price point that this set is sold for. I know it is a USC kit but it is too dear, my opinion is wait to get it on sale before rushing out to buy it.

And just in case you need them, here are the complete building instructions for the Lego 10215 Obi-Wans Jedi Starfighter here .

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.

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.

Fantastic 2009 Star Wars Lego 7751 Ahsokas Starfighter

Wow, this Star Wars Lego set looks amazing, doesn’t it. The new 2009 7751 Ashoka’s Starfighter and Vulture Droid. I think this will be an instant collectable.

I think it is one of the better Lego sets made and it includes some rare Lego minifigures like Ahsoka Tano(Anakins apprentice) and a new droid, the R7-A7 droid minifig. The cool looking Buzz droids minifigures are a major plus in the Lego set.  Really, the Ashoka Starfighter is very similar to the 7669 Anakin Jedi starfighter , well exactly the same, except the colour and has some tiny details that are different.

Another new thing that is added on this set is the Vulture droid which is also really similar to the Vulture droid that is part of the 7660 Naboo starfighter set except now they are blue instead of brown. The Vulture droid goes into spider mode really well and looks great.

But sadly, the price really lowers the value of it, this set is really expensive, I am trying to find the cheapest 7751 Ahsokas Starfighter Lego set. Like I said it’s an awesome set but just priced way high especially seeing it is only a 291 piece Lego set.

And I really wish Lego would stop making Star Wars sets and just having stickers for the details instead of the way things should be and have them printed on the Lego blocks.

2009 Lego Star Wars - 8014 Clone Walker Battle Pack

Another nice unreleased kit. This Star Wars Lego set will be out around Feb 2009 and will be one set that is usually about the $15 range. The 8014 Clone Walker Battle Pack has a neat looking little Star Wars walker and four really good Clones.

It has three standard Clone Troopers, one with great accessories and one fantastic Clone Gunner minifigures . The Gunner mini figure has a standard Clone Wars helmet but it has a large black Republic symbol on the sides, with gold surrounding them and the body has the usual chest imprint but with an added triangle symbol and grey arms instead of white.
Nice and a worthy minifigure collectible. I am guessing that this will be a rare Star Wars Lego minifigure to collect.

Latest 2009 Star Wars Lego Set - 8019 Republic Attack Shuttle

Some nice new Star Wars Lego Collectable sets are coming. The new 8019 Republic Attack Shuttle set is meant to be released at the start of 2009 under Star Wars The Clone Wars Lego line.

It is not a bad looking Lego set, I like the dark red bricks and the lego minifigures that are included are Mace Windu looking like he does in the Clone Wars and not the previous sets, one Clone Pilot, and one Clone Trooper. The Lego ship is pretty much like the Republic Attack Shuttle in the clone wars movie, well close for being made out of Lego.

This is all pre release sets but I think it will be the final form now.

7681 Separatist Spider Droid Star Wars Lego Collectables

This 7681 Separatist Spider Droid is an excellent Star Wars Lego Collectable! It has four legs, medium and heavy guns, three battle droids minifigures (they have different arm to others), a Clone Trooper minifigure, the really cool looking and rare Commander Fox minifigure in his ARC trooper gear.
All in all the Separatist Spider Droid is very, very good.

The 7681 Separatist Spider Droid can stand on its own very easily, but its legs are a little wobbly so it may lean over on one side. This is probably because the Separatist Spider Droid lego looks extremely similar the one in Star Wars The Clone Wars movie that is just out, so it has to have skinny legs.
This is a great set considering the minifigures but a little expensive - get it when Lego has 20% off.

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.

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.

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!

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.