Comments on: LEGO Star Wars Republic Gunship

By: D. Vieira

D. Vieira — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:37:02 +0000

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

By: C. Alverson

C. Alverson — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:06:22 +0000

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

By: Valerie A. Knight "Origami Swami"

Valerie A. Knight "Origami Swami" — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:07:05 +0000

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

By: Robert J. Hess "Robmetfan"

Robert J. Hess "Robmetfan" — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:35:02 +0000

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

By: Mark Nance

Mark Nance — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:37:30 +0000

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