jansued Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) Ok, I was crazy enough to drive 100 Miles to a special TRU where they didn't pay attention to the release date. So I bought the Hoth Set and the Droid Tank. Sorry, no review of the droid tank - the kids couldn't wait. (Yes, yu are right, I couldn't wait...) Here comes my review - please take it with some humor... Set Name: Echo Base Set Number: 7749 Theme: Star Wars Year: 2009 Price: EUR 26.95 Pieces: 155 Minifigures: 5 There are enough pictures of the outside, so here some from the inside and the building instructions There is a little poster named 2009 Mini-figure Gallery. Who finds all the mistakes? I count three... Oh, and there is a picture of the Home One Box - for those who didn't see it yet: The thing that really irritates me and makes me some kind of angry (remember, I drove 200 Miles to get these sets), is the emptiness of the box: Beeing an engineer, I tried to find out how much of the box is really needed -with some help from an old Rebel Trooper: Amazing, isn't it? Ok, I guess TLC would have problems to sell this little box for 26,95.-€ .... Allright, this is the contents: Let start with the minifigs: 2 Imperial Snow troopers 2 Rebel Snow troopers Han Solo A big grey squirrel with a saddle: After staying for some weeks on Hoth and beeing rejected bei Leia, Han Solo showed a strange interest in the big grey squirrel... but he still got the problem with getting on it.... The Imperials got a new E-WEB (who ever named this weapon E-WEB? I suggest Kill-o-Zap - D.Adams ;-) - ). The rebels show their respect to this new system. Ok, guys, its a nice weapon - but the name is really sh**. Their must be a strange sympathy for the Imperium at TLC - they sabotaged the defense post with some kind of Ejection Device...: Looks like they expected a really good stuntshow.. I hope this link works: Movie The only good thing TLC done for the Rebels is the little hideout in the turret: Ok, lets wait until those At-AT are gone... The rocket system inside the turret: Here the new set on its first mission: Where the hell are we? Its f***** cold, totally dark for the most times and there is strange smell all around. Get the squirrel out of the butter! Too late.... Overall Design: 8/10 The turret is a little bit too small. The E-Web could be more detailed. Build: 6/10 There's nothing new or unique in the way the set is built. Playability: 9/10 The rockets are cool and the ejection also. Minifigures: 10/10 Couldn't be better ... Price: 5/10 155 Pieces for 26,95.-€ No way. Total: 38/50 Conclusion A nice set - but far too expensive. The Minifigs and the Taun-Taun are very good, but a bigger tower and some more details would made it better, if not perfect. Comments and constructive criticism are welcome! Oh, I nearly forgot the leftovers: Thank you for reading my review! Edited May 25, 2009 by KimT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AwesomeStar Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) A good review of a good set. I have a Hasbro mini-version of this, and its just as good. Thanks for this Though perhaps tone down a wee bit on the language, I know you censored it, but, well, I'll leave it to the rest Good job ~A.S. Edited May 21, 2009 by AwesomeStar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baby Posted May 21, 2009 Cool set! Like it very much especially the minifigs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Armendariz Posted May 21, 2009 DoubleT has also done a review see it Here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danthebrick Posted May 21, 2009 Definate must have set though I agree the price is a little high. Thought the review was great! - no harm in chucking in a bit of humour with a review... now how many years before the set reaches the distant shores of the UK? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iotacode Posted May 21, 2009 One word: Awesome! Love your different approach, it totally brings out the fun in Lego. And thanks for sharing this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
commdr_neyo Posted May 21, 2009 are you going to review the Snail tank too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skipper 24 Posted May 21, 2009 Thanks for the review. What's wrong with the E-WEB turret name? Do I feel an attack of the giant grey squirrel MOC? . Nice work . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobskink Posted May 21, 2009 Minifigures: 10/10 Couldn't be better ... Another Endor Han, no Luke. But don't get me wrong, this looks like a cool set. Very funny revieuw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ratshot Posted May 21, 2009 Good Review. This is a set that I intend to pick up this summer. Mostly for the Rebel Troopers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarthPineapple Posted May 21, 2009 Sweet set! I really love it. They should really check their fig name spelling before printing the poster. 'Jet Tropper'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zepher Posted May 21, 2009 Nice vreview, but why cut the box Actually, the box cutting was really cool! I enjoyed seeing what it really took. Doesn't look like a great set, but those figures are awesome, so I may still get it... if it ever goes on sale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchRebel Posted May 21, 2009 Hey Jan, thanx for driving 100 miles and share your hilarious review with us. Thanx again for all the effort and I had a good laugh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daxflame680 Posted May 21, 2009 Great review! I'm sure KimT would be willing to add this to the index when he gets back if you resize your images. This set doesn't include enough, IMO. 155 pieces for $25, that's too much, even if the minifigs are amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ILikePi Posted May 22, 2009 Thanks for the review! Even though this set is pretty overpriced, I want it even more now after reading your review. The only thing you might want to do is resize the pictures. They're way too huge. And why did you have to kill the box of a new, not-yet-released set? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RileyC Posted May 22, 2009 wow it looks awesome! I cant wait to get this set. I liek all the features in this set like the flick fire system and the rebel flippy thing. The Taun Taun looks really well done with the eyes Great review too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jansued Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) Hmm. I resized the pictures at Brickshelf and renewed the picture links - why they don't resize in here? Ah, just fixed it.... Greetings, Jan Edited May 22, 2009 by jansued Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Penguin Posted May 22, 2009 A lovely review of a nice set. ) I must admitt, first I found the set pretty useless and boring. But after this review I've somehow changed my mind a bit. I may even get a couple of those. ) Thanks for the review, Jan. ) Good day, gentlemen! ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joebot Posted May 22, 2009 Fun review, thanks! The tauntaun looks great. Too bad it doesn't come with a slice-open belly feature. I found your box-cutting experiment to be very interesting. Looks like about 10-20% of the box is really all Lego needs, meaning they're generating 80-90% waste. And weren't they just bragging up the fact in the past year or two that they've reduced their box sizes??? Seems like they could stand to do that again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thinkdoodle Posted May 22, 2009 This looks like a good set to build up the Hoth Base. The rebels' goggles look different from the goggles in Hoth Base (#7666). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CloneCommanderDelta7 Posted May 23, 2009 You got an extra Hoth goggle! You're so LUCKY! Great review! I love that taun taun. And the Hoth Troopers. And the Snowtroopers. You said that you also bought the Tank Droid, please review it soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commander_Rob Posted May 23, 2009 Great review. And a good set too, too bad my local TRU doesn`t pre-release any sets, they just reduce prices one week after I buy a big set. PS: E-WEB stands for Emplacement WEapon, heavy Blaster if I remember that correctly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UserNameInvalid Posted May 23, 2009 No way... 27 euros? Special Starwars price? Compensating for failed PAB repricing? Nice rodent, nice review, so-so set, extremely overpriced. For me: it's a 'no' mainly because of the price. BTW good oversized box demo. TLC pls take note! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zarkan Posted May 23, 2009 Thanks for the nice review. I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but I'm seriously disapointed with the Tauntaun. Mainly because... well, there's a huge line running down the middle! Seriously, that just looks bad from the front, and you know it's a problem when it looks even WORSE on the box. I'm sorry, but for 30 dollars I'd at least hope that the exclusive figure would be high quality. Ah well, at least I don't have to worry about it that much, since I've sworn off buying starwars kits altogether. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Future74 Posted May 23, 2009 Great review and a great set! I love the tauntaun. And to anyone who thinks this set is too expensive, try getting 2 snowtroopers, 2 rebeltroopers and a tauntaun via Bricklink Ah well, at least I don't have to worry about it that much, since I've sworn off buying starwars kits altogether. Wonder how long you're gonna keep that promise Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
