Comments on: Hi-res images of 8098 Clone Turbo Tank and 8089 Hoth Wampa Cave

By: spinner11

spinner11 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:07:06 +0000

Cad Bane [the blue guy] is so cool. Also the new rebel pilot is amazing. And the new twilek minifig is so cool.

By: peterlegowizard

peterlegowizard — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:37:17 +0000

that wierd dude with the hat must be mine!!!! PS wampa=ugly

By: Thanel

Thanel — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:03:52 +0000

I got a tauntaun sleeping bag for x-mas. It has intestines inside and a lightsaber zipper pull. That’s as much sense as I can add.

By: Ochre Jelly

Ochre Jelly — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:56:31 +0000

Omg, a unicorn horn brick: Now I can finally finish that Charlie the Unicorn vignette!

By: Brickwares

Brickwares — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:53:42 +0000

Damn, is it just me, or does it seem like the designers of the Clone Wars vehicles have a bet to see who can make theirs the most ludicrous and terrible looking?

By: Ochre Jelly

Ochre Jelly — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:52:03 +0000

“And I thought these sets smelled bad… …on the outside!” :D

By: kunert

kunert — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:28:17 +0000

OK, I didn’t think of that (pretty much an off-camera event), but still. I’m pretty cynical about LEGO forcing the purchase of two 7749 sets just to get yer basic 2 Tautauns.

By: Puddleglum

Puddleglum — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:23:16 +0000

Ooops, to finish the thought:

It would be like having a set with luke, droids, landspeeder, tusken raiders, and burnt Lars home, and somehow leaving out obi-wan.

By: Puddleglum

Puddleglum — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:18:19 +0000

^The snowspeeder make sense, since it was Zev I believe who picked up Han and Luke the next morning. What doesn’t make sense is the lack of Han & Tauntaun. It’s like

By: kunert

kunert — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:18:16 +0000

Putting a snow speeder in that Wampa set makes no sense play-wise. Including a Tauntaun instead would make perfect sense.

By: Ochre Jelly

Ochre Jelly — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:27:47 +0000

Yeah, that tank set definitely follows Lego’s past SW tactic, of putting the most ‘desirable’ new figs in the most expensive set. And that’s a pretty disappointing tank design right there, compared to similar sets with more awesome designs, like the Republic Attack Gunship 7676.

By: Morgan19

Morgan19 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:30:44 +0000

SW sets (if not LEGO in general) are definitely pricing themselves out of my interest levels these days…

By: alldarker

alldarker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:53:34 +0000

I’m actually glad the Snowspeeder hasn’t changed all that much. Continually changing designs would make it pretty hard to make a uniform looking ‘army’ of sorts, which for some collectors is part of the fun. This fits in well with the 4500 Snowspeeder and the 7666 Snowspeeder. I like both of these sets, even as a mostly OT collector, and the upcoming Slave I is great too.

As a European, I’ll not even go near the whole price discussion, save to say that if I picked these up in the States at full price, even at a TRU, I would still save a LOT of money compared to buying these at my local shops…

By: CrustaceanFreak

CrustaceanFreak — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:36:28 +0000

The snowspeeder doesn’t look too different from the last one I bought (I think it was 2004 or so, around the same era as the first AT-AT). It all looks so “meh”. I am looking forward to the new Slave I, but for now, I’ll save my money for Creator and Space Police.

By: David4

David4 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:23:21 +0000

$10 sets now a days have 65ish pieces, times that by 4 and you still have less peieces than the Snow Speeder. LEGO prices in general these days have been really insane.