January 2009

Assembly: Difficult with 1,669 pieces Durability: Poor Overall Grade: F Number: 10144 The reason this was so difficult to assemble is it would not stay together. In fact, we never did get it together and much like the Jawas’ Sandcrawler in the movie, we used if for spare parts. It held a lot of promise. [...]

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Assembly: Challenging with 1170 pieces Durability: Poor Overall Grade: D Number: 8039 This LEGO set had so much potential; however, it is very disappointing to spend so much time putting something together (1170 pieces and two instruction booklets) just to have it fall apart when someone looks at it funny. This is not much of [...]

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Assembly: Moderate with 259 pieces Durability: Superb Overall Grade: A Number: 8036 Turn the knob to open the back hatch and hide Nute Gunray inside so he can make his way across the galaxy in the Separatists Shuttle to battle, loot and conquer. Our 8-year-old son put this one together himself in a snap. It [...]

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Assembly: Challenging with 636 pieces Durability: Superb Overall Grade: A Number: 8019 Sweep down over the Separatist droid army and unleash auto-firing flick missiles and drop bombs on the enemy. Our 8-year-old son put this one together himself — his first two booklet set. He says it was a bit challenging as it took a [...]

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Assembly: Moderate with 407 pieces Durability: Superb Overall Grade: A+ Number: 8018 Here’s another from the Clone Wars. Our 8-year-old put this together himself quite easily. If your child is ready to start building his/her own sets, I’d recommend this one. This set is very well designed and has stayed together well in spite of [...]

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Assembly: Challenging with 1.034 pieces Durability: Superb Overall Grade: A Number: 7676 With two instruction booklets and 1,034 pieces, this LEGO set takes awhile to put together. After assembly, it is sure to satisfy builders, collectors and plain old players alike. The younger set is sure to like as it is taken from the new [...]

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Assembly: Challenging with 1,326 pieces Durability: Superb Overall Grade: A+ Number: 7662 Take a deep breath before starting on this behemoth. With 1,326 pieces and two booklets, it is going to take awhile; so grab a Snickers. One of the coolest features of this LEGO Model is the hatch that opens and reveals a secret [...]

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Assembly: Challenging with 801 pieces Durability: Fair Overall Grade: A+ Number: 7261 The name of this LEGO model is one of the coolest things about it — Clone Turbo Tank. It just sounds cool. It is actually more like an AT-AT on wheels. What it lacks in durability, it makes up for in Star Wars [...]

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Assembly: Challenging with 781 pieces Durability: Good but sails come off easily Overall Grade: B+ Number: 6210 Jabba’s Sail Barge recreates the opening scene of Return of the Jedi in which the rebels rescue their comrades held by none other than Jabba the Hut. Mini Figures include Princess Leia (in her harem girl garb), Han [...]

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