BMW Turns LEGO Toy Into IRL Hover BikeModular Dungeon Master Lego Set Is a Blast From Your Gaming Past At this year’s Toy Fair in New York, Lego was once again proudly displaying a whole array of hardware. As always, they had plenty of sets from their Star Wars line-up to show off. We took plenty of pictures to share with you… and put together a list of some of their best sets you can buy right now to build out (or kick off!) your Lego Star Wars collection. If you’re looking for a nice, inexpensive set to get your collection started, this could be the one. It features Yoda and R2 and lots of nice articulation. Printed bricks would be a nice improvement over the stickers, but at this price that’s not to be expected. 75317 Carbon Freezing Chamber – $23.85 It’s one of the smaller sets on store shelves right now, but it comes with Han, Boba Fett, and Ugnaught minifigs. That’s cool enough, but Lego built a pretty fun little action feature into this one.
There’s a mechanism that lets you pop Han in his Carbonite cocoon up from the depths. 75112 General Grievous Buildable Figure – $34.47 Not every Star Wars character translates well into Lego’s Hero Factory/Bionicle-style buildable figures. General Grievous is one that does… and it’s good form to give a nod to the prequels in your collection, even if you’re not a huge fan. This badass Grievous is an easy addition to justify. You can’t like the rebel troop’s odds of survival in this set — he’s outnumbered three to one — but what’s not to like about the Striker itself? It’s got good size and playability, some very nice printed details, and a reasonable price tag to boot. All good Lego Star Wars collections need an Imperial walker, and this is a solid option. Like the TIE Striker, this is a nice mid-sized set with a moderate price tag. It’s nicely articulated and has moving legs and turrets as well as Lego’s fun spring-loaded shooters. One nice bonus about this set: if you look around right now, you might be able to find a deal on it.
75093 Death Star Final Duel – $104.49 Why not make one of the most memorable scenes from the franchise the center piece of your collection? For about a hundred bucks, you get Luke, Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, and a pair of Royal Guards and a slick little playset that recreates that touching father-son breakthrough when Vader chucks Palpatine over the railing. If you’re a Star Wars fan and you’re building your Lego collection, how can you not want to add the Millennium Falcon to it? Lego has offered a few versions of the iconic ship over the years, and the current one is very cool. It measures 18 inches from front to back, and the interior is nicely detailed (and easily accessible). Minifigs include a gray-haired Han, Chewie, Rey, Finn, BB-8, criminal scum Tasu Leech, and one of his gang members. 75060 UCS Slave I – $272.87 This set is two thousand pieces of pure awesome befitting one of the baddest bounty hunters in the brick-built galaxy. It’s nearly the same size as the Falcon, and, like other UCS sets, Slave I is stunningly detailed.
It features a cargo hold (with room for carbonite-encased smugglers), wings and blasters that rotate, and four nicely-printed minifigs. All photos by our videographer Jonno Hill. View as: One Page Slides1. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out today for basically everything under the twin suns: PS4, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Windows PC, Mac, and iOS. While the last few LEGO games have taken dialogue directly from films, lending a new level of authenticity to the games, this one goes one step further, with brand-new stories, and new dialogue recorded by many castmembers from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That includes Harrison Ford, in the first video gamevoiceover work for the actor, returning again as Han Solo, pictured above at his recording session. But he's just the tip of the iceberg, as Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Max von Sydow (Lor San Tekka), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), and more have original dialogue in the game.
With 200+ characters, 80 vehicles and creatures, five hub areas, the full story from the film, plus all-new story missions that tell stories like how Han and Chewie captured the Rathtars or how C-3PO got his red arm, there's plenty in LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens to keep Star Wars fans occupied until Rogue One hits theaters this December. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is rated “E10+” for everyone 10 and older by the ESRB and is now available for PlayStation®4 system and Xbox One at a suggested retail price of $59.99; PlayStation®3 system, Xbox 360 and Wii U at a suggested retail price of $49.99; Windows PC (Steam) and Mac at a suggested retail price of $39.99; PlayStation®Vita system and Nintendo 3DS at a suggested retail price of $29.99; and play the first chapter for free on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, with subsequent levels, character packs and additional content available throughout the year via in-app purchases.I've built both the A-Wing and Darth Vader's TIE Fighter before.
Neither build had previously done a lot to excite me. I remember building 7150 TIE Fighter and Y-Wing back in 1999. That particular build colored my perception of Star Wars LEGO for the next decade and change. I also built 8017 Darth Vader's TIE Fighter which was miles better and 75003 A-Wing Starfighter. None of them really excited me enough to keep. I wish I had held onto them in order to compare and contrast, but that's the breaks. I didn't really need another Darth Vader or another Sabine Wren without her helmet. The original retail for 75003 was $24.99 and 8017 was $29.99. But their piece counts were 177 and 251 respectively. This set is more than 270 pieces more than both of those combined. Is it worth $35 more? REVIEW: SET DETAILSSet #: 75150Name: Vader's TIE Advanced vs. A-Wing StarfighterTheme: Star WarsParts: 702Price: $89.99 Some people may wind up picking up a set that is open box or, want to verify the box contents before beginning a build. For this set, there are 7 numbered baggies (numbered 1-6 with duplicate bag 6) and a bag containing stickers and a pair of instruction books.
BAG 1: Instruction book 1 is all about building the A-Wing. When you begin construction of this fighter, it's different from previous versions of the ship, or most of your average Star Wars ships. You create a tile platform below a set of railing. It's pretty obvious that something slides here, but what and why? This segment appears to have be the part that slides. I'm not sure if it's the impeller or impelled. It appears to be the lever. The base of the fighter appears to be the platform that the upper section slides upon. You may notice that more of the body shape is being filled in, but it's quite a few steps before it looks like the end product. It's sort of hard to see here, but there are a pair of spring missile launchers underneath the front. The slide appears to be part of a completely hidden feature to launch the spring missiles. I like that it's unobtrusive. I actually couldn't picture what an A-Wing looks like at this point in the build. I had to pick up the box again to try to make it out.
Underneath of the chassis is a pair of rubber bands. This prevents the top from sliding on its own and launching the missiles by accident. I like that the slide feature isn't loose. And here's the end of bag one. It's not much yet, It's a lot more complex than the last A-Wing that I built though. Bag 1 also contained the 2 hero minifigures, Sabine Wren and an A-Wing pilot. BAG 2: I like that the details are green. I get a little tired of the white grey and red of most of the Star Wars universe. You expand the body and fill it in. It really begins to bulk up from here on out. You add slopes to continue shaping it, but to me, it still doesn't look like the ship I remember. Bag 3: I love these new wing pieces. I love the way these engine pods look. You guild them out separately. You snap the engine pods on. They pivot somewhat which is kind of offputting, but look great. Make a duplicate/mirror image engine pod. attach it in the same way with a hinge.
You make the gun pods separately. They seem a little large to me. The guns rotate, reminding me of the old Kenner A-Wing. It looks great to me. The action feature is nice in that it is hidden. There's no dial or lever or hole. For a smaller build, it had a lot of stickers. BAG 4: You begin the build of Vader's TIE Advanced. You also begin Instruction book 2. As you can see, there's 2 spring missile launchers fairly early in this build. Since you can't really do round, of course you use slopes. There's a lot of random colors that will be hidden in the final build. I don't really understand why there's tiles in here. Vader's got a comfy seat and a Battle Droid torso to steer with. You have to frame the TIE Fighter because the TIE Advanced has a lot of extra bulk. It looks like the tile is there to let you slide a sideways slope on. Youngish Tarkin and Vader inhabit bag 4. BAG 3: I'm going to call this section the Hyperdrive. Maybe it's the shield generators.
What kind of Star Wars geek am I that doesn't know what this section is for? Anyway, it's the part that sticks out from the back, making it obviously different than most TIEs. That's what makes it advanced. Maybe it's just the advanced stickers. Where 8017 used various pieces of kibble (or greeblies if that's your thing) this one has a couple stickers. Sort of disappointing from a build perspective. It's kind of hard to see here, there are 2 technic pieces that act as triggers for the spring missiles. You fill in the body shape and snap on a couple rounded hatch covers. I like the forward hatch a lot better than the old style cockpit piece. The upper one is larger and more detailed than before too. there's 2 different attachment points for the wings. There's an axle hole in the center to hold the axles sticking out of the main build. You also have a post attached to the wings that slot into the ship. Filling in the back of the wing was actually kind of fun. I liked the variety of pieces used to match the shape.
Grab the second bag because there's a X2 at the end of book 2. Snap the wings in place and put the spring missiles in. Vader's TIE is complete now. The individual builds are satisfying. I think that they look good and represent the vessels well enough. The size of Vader's TIE seems a little puny.It really seems that, for the cost, they could have made it a bit bigger. I honestly liked the puzzle aspect of putting the inside of the wings together. Remembering how flimsy the first TIE's wings were, this is a definite improvement. The A-Wing is satisfying in the build, but doesn't necessarily look to me like what I think of . The cannons are bulky, the body is stubby and not too sleek. But, when I look at pictures of the Rebels A-Wing, it's all accurate enough. When I thought that it would work well enough for an original trilogy display, it's going to be a bit off. Ok, so I'll talk about value for money. $90 is a lot for 2 smallish ships. The price per piece is high and there are no large pieces to offset the cost.
The number of minifigures is low for the price point. For $90 we're overpaying for a few unique minifigures and a couple of redone ships. $65 or $70 seems more in line with what you get. If it weren't for coupons and discounted gift cards, I'd feel really put out by the cost of this set. Vader's the same as the Death Star Final Duel with the white head and the 2 piece mask. I didn't review that set, so I'll say what I would have said then. The design of the helmet causes it to tilt up ever so slightly, so Vader appears to be looking up. The head in white seems a little goofy to me, but that's a personal thing. I understand it entirely, but neither of these are changes that excited me. Tarkin really reminds me of the 12th Doctor. Probably because of the hairpiece. The tan costume is a weird choice. I don't think that he's even depicted in that color in Rebels. Kind of a fail for me from top to bottom. The female A-Wing pilot looks good. She's functional as far as troop building, and since her body isn't decorated to be obviously feminine, you can head swap to fill out any number of aliens or others.