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Given this, it's no surprise that many rejoiced when LEGO announced that they would indeed be releasing a new Jabba's Palace set, and true to their word, Set 9516 Jabba's Palace was duly released in the Summer of 2012 to generally favourable reviews. The back cover of the booklet (below - click to enlarge) suggests that Yoda has a penchant for surfing the Net when he's not battling the Sith; more specifically, he's been caught checking out LEGO's Star Wars microsite. The eagle-eyed might have spotted that the picture on the back cover predates the set by a good few years, as much revered Star Wars Set 7191 UCS X-wing Starfighter, released in 1999, is shown as being "NEW !" The set contains 6 minifigures and characters, and a more varied line-up you'd struggle to find. At the more conventional, even glamorous, end of the spectrum we have Slavegirl Leia (below). This set predates the appearance of flesh-coloured minifigures in licensed themes, so we're treated to a largely naked yellow torso complete with some subtle shading to indicate cleavage and belly button, plus a gold bikini to keep her decent.
Leia's legs are printed, which was relatively unusual back in 2003. The grey neck bracket you can see in the pictures allows a chain to be attached to the back of Leia's torso. There's no back-printing on the torso, and no alternate expression on the back of the head. This version of Leia is unique to the set. The Luke Skywalker minifigure (below) is also unique to the set. It features a simple torso print, but there's no back-print on the torso nor printing on the legs or an alternate expression. He does however sport a black fabric cape. A nice touch is the option of either a tan hairpiece or an interchangeable cowl - both are provided. EV-9D9 is the third minifigure which is unique to this set. According to Wookieepedia, this sadistic supervisor and interrogator droid is actually a 'she' rather than a 'he' - living proof that you learn something new every day, even at my age. The LEGO version features a dark red minifigure head with a unique face print mounted on a dark red upturned 1 x 1 tile with clip, but it's otherwise put together pretty much the same way as a standard battle droid, albeit in light grey and dark red rather than tan.
Moving from minifigures on to characters we come to Jabba the Hutt (below - click to enlarge). Jabba is made up of three separate parts - a large body section and two pieces which form his tail. While his sand green body is undoubtedly suitably corpulent, and his face is appropriately repugnant, the lack of printing is nevertheless disappointing. Jabba's arms are moveable at the shoulder, and he has standard minifigure hands, but in contrast to standard minifigures they don't rotate at the wrist. This version of Jabba appears in one other set - Set 6210 Jabba's Sail Barge from 2006. There are two 'brick-built' characters. The simplest is the humble GNK Power Droid, better known as a Gonk Droid. This version is unique to the set, although there have since been two alternative versions which can be found in Set 10144 Sandcrawler from 2005 and last year's Star Wars Advent Calendar. The body is a dark grey 2 x 2 x 2 container, and the printed door at the front, which opens, is unique in this colour.
Last up we have B'Omarr Monk. Wookieepedia tells us that the B'Omarr were a mysterious religious order based on the planet Tatooine; the B'Omarr monks believed that cutting themselves off from all physical sensation would free them from distraction and thus allow them to achieve enlightenment. Once enlightenment was achieved, the monk would have no further use for their senses or physical body; at this point their brain was surgically removed and transferred into a nutrient-filled jar where it could contemplate life, the universe and everything for the rest of its days. When it was necessary for it to be moved, the brain jar could be transported by a BT-16 perimeter droid (below). So now you know... B'Omarr Monk, from Wookieepedia The LEGO rendition consists of 13 parts. The obvious highlight is the 'brain', which is in fact a trans neon orange 1 x 1 round plate inside an upturned crystal ball globe, and the legs are katanas joined to the body by robot arms. Some of the more interesting and/or unusual parts that you can find in this set are shown in the picture below (click to enlarge).
Pride of place probably goes to the trans neon green plain minifigure head which is unique to this set. The old brown stairs only ever appeared in one set apart from this one, and the modified 1 x 2 brick with pin in old brown was included in just 3 sets in total up until the time that the old brown colour was phased out and replaced with reddish brown. The two different types of tan arch and the two sizes of inverted tan dish that you can see in the picture have each graced less than 10 sets to date, and the variant of tan 2 x 2 brick with dome found in this set can only be found in two other sets. Finally, the trans green frog at the top of the picture has appeared in a total of just 6 sets to date including this one. The build is short and sweet, requiring just 25 pages of the instruction booklet to guide you through. There's no baseplate, the lower level of the Palace (below) comfortably resting on just a few standard plates. There's a nice printed 1 x 2 tile at the entrance which presumably represents the controls to the front gate, and you can just about see a brown 1 x 2 brick with hole on the right side of the photo halfway back;
this allows for the attachment of Set 4475 Jabba's Message to expand the Palace. There's similar provision on the other side of the Palace to attach Set 4476 Jabba's Prize, albeit via a 1 x 2 brick with a pin, but you get the general idea. Once the lower level is complete it takes just a few minutes to complete the build. Structures of note on the upper level include Jabba's raised light grey 'throne', and a trapdoor to cast the unwary into the rancor pit below. Jabba's throne, which features an arch, a transparent neon green bowl to store the transparent green frog I highlighted earlier, and a chain to restrain Leia, slides forwards and backwards a short distance; when the throne is pushed backwards as far as it'll go the trapdoor drops open. Once released, the throne springs back to its starting position thanks to a couple of elastic bands on the sides. You can see the completed Palace below (click to enlarge) populated with its full complement of minifigures and other characters.
Luke is poised to plummet through the trapdoor into the rancor pit below, although luckily for him (although not us) there's no rancor down there.... So what's the verdict ? Well, this 2003 version of Jabba's Palace is distinctly modest in size and scope, even when the two small add-on sets mentioned earlier are factored in to the equation; certainly it's dwarfed by the 2012 remake. The set was surprisingly expensive when released, coming in at well over 10 pence / 10 cents per piece, and I'm sorry to report that it hasn't got any cheaper with time, either. The cheapest complete, boxed example on Bricklink right now will set you back around £85 plus shipping, and if you want a MISB example it'll cost you well over £100. This hefty price appreciation can in large part be explained by the inclusion of all the unique minifigures and characters, and the fact that collectors are willing to pay a premium to own them. For collectors of the LEGO Star Wars theme this is a must-have set, of course - a no-brainer.