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LEGO Star Wars Republic Gunship
Posted By ed2yp79 , on January 23, 2010 at 3:44 PM .Category: Construction Blocks & Models
- 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
- Features include opening troop bay doors, removable command station and healing chamber, position able cannons, spy droids and flick missiles
- Deploy the speeder bike from the back; multiple decals to create different gunships for your army are included
- 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
- Contains 1,034 pieces
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… More >>
LEGO Star Wars Republic Gunship
I am actually a 28 year old Star Wars geek who animates LEGOs as a hobby 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.
Rating: 4 / 5
The lego was given as a birthday present and he loves lego and star wars.1,034 pieces and he has put the 5 figures together already.
Rating: 5 / 5
Some people have been saying that this set is not very durable, and falls apart esily. I don’t want to be rude, but all the reviews saying this occured when the set belonged to a fairly young child. This set is very durable, and meant for MILD play. This is definately one of LEGO’s best SW sets ever!
Rating: 5 / 5
Purchased this for my son, we never finished it, it is really for the determined and finding each and every piece is a pain in the rear as they are not segregated in any way. That being said it is legos which in any form are a great toy.
Rating: 3 / 5
i got this for my son for christmas. he had to have it. it took a while to put together. i am dissapointed that the lego company does not label the bags 1, 2 or 3 like they do in the others sets. there were alot of pieces that took a long time to find in this one. once you put it together it is not as big as you would expect. but that is ok because when you try to open doors to play with it it falls apart. my son wants a big one like the death star but i don’t think we will get it because none of the star wars sets have numbered bags. we put together the police station which is large but did not take that long because the bags are numbered.
Rating: 3 / 5