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The wait is over! After 25 years of LEGO Star Wars, we're finally getting a set of one of the most iconic scenes in Star Wars. The Boarding scene of the Tantive IV, where the first ever on-screen ship with the first ever humans made their appearance in a Star Wars movie! So does this set live up to all this time of expectations or fail in some areas? Board with us in this review to find out!
[Review products provided by the LEGO group, but all opinions are our own and honest - we don’t have to praise sets to keep receiving them.]
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Techniques:
Seems like the LEGO designer had cake after designing this set with this pink part!
Close-up of an interior section of the floor build showing the use of a pink part.
The image of the right corner of the build showcases several interesting SNOT connections and a small build of the trooper-knocking mechanism, that is simple and effective.
Video of the back of the left wall shows this clever and simple Technic system that allows for one lever to open the door smoothly and another, at the other extremity of the set, to open more abruptly. When the door opens, it pulls the panel with the printed door and shows the opened exploded door.
Rendered image of the exploded door effect, with the use of several transparent parts.
SNOT Techniques and Technic systems make for a smart 502 parts set.
SCORE: 3 out of 5 for Techniques.
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Video demonstrating how the door system works, pulling one of the levers, connected by the same axle, will open it.
The door system from the play perspective is very interesting and well executed, working perfectly and allowing for a fun play feature for kids and two display options for adults.
Video explaining how the trooper-knocking mechanism functions, a small Technic Liftarm positioned on the front of the set, connected to an axle where a section of the floor is also attached, can be turned making for this feature.
Beware the blaster fire! Another fun feature of this set is the possibility of knocking out troopers that are positioned under these movable floor sections.
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Features:
Yes, we can recreate that terrifying Rogue One scene.
A dark and ominous video of the set. The door opens revealing Darth Vader, and shortly after he ignites his Lightsaber.
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Accuracy:
A decent blend of nice part usages, stickers, and a printed door makes this set very accurate for display.
An image of the entire set is displayed next to a fan art by Paul 'Wiz' Johnson. circles are highlighted in both images to show the accuracy of the build. Highlighted in blue is the left section of the set showing the door section, highlighted in green are the back wall panels characteristic of the ship, and highlighted in red are the details of the protruded arches in the back wall.
A clip taken from Star Wars IV: A New Hope is depicted showing the boarding scene at the beginning of the movie used as inspiration for this set.
Some techniques in this set are similar to the ones used in the Skywalker Saga game.
Another image of the set, slightly rotated to the right, shows similarities to the interior of the Tantive IV when compared to its in-game representation.
Even though this set only features one side of the wall, which is obvious because it allows for a better play experience, the details are there with a lot of care for the ship’s interior design.
SCORE: 5 out of 5 for Accuracy.
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