LEGO Star Wars Tantive IV

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That said, this is a nice model, fairly accurate to the original, although it seems a tad bit short and stubby… it should probably be a few inches longer. The scale, in regards of the size of a minifig, is far too small, as with all lego star wars capital ships, but that’s alright… as a minifig scale corellian corvette would be several feet long. The minifigs themselves are nice, I don’t recall there being any other Captain Antilles minifigs, and Leia and C3P0 are quite hard to find. You also get a rebel fleet trooper and one of the newer R2D2s with the metallic silver in places.

Overall, it’s a good set of a classic, iconic, starship. It’s a lego exclusive, so you won’t be finding this in stores, which I guess is why these vendors feel they can hike the price up. Having only been released in the past week (September 2009), this isn’t even close to being out of production and going into collector’s item prices. Just do yourself a favor and get it directly from lego… you’ll save $75, or more, that way.
Rating: 5 / 5

There’s a few LEGO models I own which stand out. The Milenium Falcon, the Agents mobile command center, the Skeleton chariot model, and this one.

It was a fun build for me ( I should note I am 44, but I am easily amused by LEGOs.) No part was tedious. Once I pre sorted the pieces, it went very smoothly. You do have to be careful, as is common with large models, when moving the model. I did have to rebuild some small sections. The center is the best place to hold it as I recall.

The model looks fantastic. I did not compare it in detail with the version you see in Star Wars, but that did not concern me overmuch. It’s close enough.

I assume a younger child might have problems with parts breaking off, but that’s pretty common with all LEGO models, especially the larger ones. The model does use technics elements, which give it a strong “spine.” The engines and the 4 wings are probably the most vulnerable.

The minifigs, are of course, nice. I know I have some of them from other models. I would think Captain Antilles has not showed up too often. It’s a bit more expensive than the 10 cents / piece I like to see, but I thought it was worth owning for it’s high cool factor (I am a geek sometimes, I can’t help it

The parts were pretty standard. I think some of the parts are in colors I have not seen before though.

Here’s a big plus…ZERO stickers. Yep. None. That makes me smile – I hate stickers.

Rating: 5 / 5