Builders can take the battle to the Separatists with this heavily equipped troop transporter from Episodes II and III and "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" television series
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Features include opening troop bay doors, removable command station and healing chamber, position able cannons, spy droids and flick missiles
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Deploy the speeder bike from the back; multiple decals to create different gunships for your army are included
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Includes seven minifigures: Obi-Wan Kenobi, four Clone troopers, and two new minifigures, Plo Koon and Asajj Ventress, a Sith Loard equipped with a new double lightsaber
Product Description Take the battle to the Separatists with this heavily armed troop transporter, as seen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Features opening crew bay doors, flick missiles and separate speeder bike. Includes seven mini-figures: Four clone troopers, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and two new minifigures, Plo Koon and Asajj Ventress, a Sith Lord equipped with a new double lightsaber. 1,034 pieces.
Customer Reviews:
Great hidden features but 3 major flawsSeptember 5, 2008 Mark Nance(Denton, Texas USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am actually a 28 year old Star Wars geek who animates LEGOs as a hobby (6th Grade Math teacher by day) who got this for his birthday from a very patient and understanding wife. I've been waiting 3 years for Lego to bring back the Gunship and it's back with mixed results.
The construction method is genius. The cockpits, wings, doors, cargo bay, and nose section are each separate sections that snap together upon completion. The only problem came when the nose section snapped to the cargo bay section, the columns were not sturdy and fell apart twice before snapping together. Together, however, they were very sturdy. As a completed gunship, the set is very sturdy and built with finger grips so a child could easily hold it. The two weakenesses in the set design are that there are not enough knobs in the cargo bay to hold several clone figures and that the rear of the ship is wide open and not closed. The ramp is not anywhere near wide enough to protect the rear cargo bay. That can easily be fixed by adding some pieces of your own to it. My main complaint is that for a $119.99 set you only get 5 minifigures. Amazon's product description says 4 clones. You really only get 2, Cody and another. The point of the Gunship is to carry a platoon of troopers into battle. The set only comes with enough to pilot it. Hopefully, LEGO will release more $9.99 sets at the end of December that come with 4 troopers and a small vehicle so you can load your gunship.
