Gunman Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) I recently deleted from my wishlist the UCS Sandcrawler and decided to review it:) Although I am not a big Star Wars fans, this set was pretty special for me, because of its design, being a big UCS set and for not being another spaceship in the line. I also believe it has a great potential of being a great investment for the future.. When it first came out I was snob towards it because I had marshal banana's amazing MOC stuck in my mind... The review will be done from Mr Rambi (Royal Guard) and Sir Gunman with the help of some extra guys who are not included in the set Enjoy! Theme:Star Wars Set:75059-1 UCS Sandcrawler Parts:3194 Figures:14 Cost:About 300 euros bricklink Box, front side: Back Side: Sides: Top side: Gunman:Man... thats pretty hard to open... come over here to help me... Rambi:Can't we call it a day...?I am really boooooorrrrreeeedd.... Gunman:Call someone else to help me... Rambi:Let me make a phone call to Vadie.. Gunman:Woot... He is already here...Look at his height... Rambi:Vadie can you give us a hand to open the package? Vadie:Move over. Vadie:zzzZZzzzppppppPPPppp Gunman:Man.. wtat is he doing.. he i sopening it like a knife through butter... Rambi:He owns one of the greatest lightsabers in LEGOland. Gunman:Thank got we have Vadie or else we would be here for a week. Rambi:He owes me, I had reviewd him about 2 months ago.. Vadie:Stop the talking and do some work to finish the unloading! Gunman:Oooo... Rambi look! Chickens! Rambi:Are you drunk again Gunman...? Rambi: Woww.. wtf... a bucket of nutella inside set..? Gunman:I told ya about the chickens and you didnt believe me...strange things happening... Vadie:Are you sure you bought a new set? Gunman:Wtf... why this brick is alone here...? Rambi:Maybe its "thebrick". All the contents: Gunman:Stickers again... LEGO should make them all in printed tiles...! Rambi:IT cant happen man... It costs very much for the company.. Gunman:And the set costed to us a lot, what should we do? Press a button and let the set made by itself?? Rambi:Come on Gunman.. lets finish this thing... Instructions Booklet (Classic quality, I would prefer it to be a bit more special, have a spiral or something) : First pages have some statistics and things from the movie and a small interview from Olva Kroigaard, the set's designer: All the subsections of Sandcrawler: Gunman:Does this hood look good on me? Rambi: You are fine... bring me the chest to finish him... Gunman:Strange-little-reddish brown things... Figures: Jawa Jawa with Gold Badge Rambi:How do I look? Gunman:Now its your turn to do stupid things..? C-3PO Luke Skywalker Owen Lars R2-D2 R2 Unit R5-D8 / R5-D4 Treadwell Droid R1-Series Droid Mini Treadwell Droid Gonk Droid (GNK Power Droid) Rambi: I called a friend with a loader to help us unload the parts from the bags. Gunman:Man weird friends you got... Rambi:Sssshhht! Stickers: Gunman:Let's get starting, we spent a lot of time with the preliminary Rambi:We must do good job... le's go! Gunman:Here.. take the brick. Rambi:Givf Gunman:Well I must say your weird friends... are useful at least... Rambi:Come on... lets finish this before he throws us down... Gunman:Owww man... the next step has a lot of pieces.... Rambi:Sec I am making a phone call... Rambi:I know... I know... weird friends.... Gunman:....... Gunman:Come on, hit it.... Rambi:Keep tight.. First section finished. Rambi:Let's go for the second bag...! Gunman:Ye let's go... Gunman:OHhh... this is heavy... maybe we should call the gorilla? Rambi:No.. let's do it... We can make it on our own. Second section finished. . Gunman:Let's go... Gunman:Rambi... are you thinking what I'm thinking...? Rambi:It's already arranged... Third section finished. Gunman:Paramm.... parammmm.. param.... Rambi:Man... I have this loader buzing in my ears... and now I have yo singing... Gunman:Man.. I have similar doors to my car... Should I take one? Because I crashed the previous week and I need to get it fixed... Rambi:You will need to fix your head if I throw it at you... Gunman:...that's crazy down here... a lot of pieces! Rambi:You knew it before you bought it... Fourth section finished. Gunman:I see dead people... Rambi:....? Rambi:Damn.. my hands are sticking... cause of those stickers/// Gunman:I told ya... We should raise a campaign against stickers!! Printed tiles once and for all! Fifth section finished. Rambi:chaoooooooooosssss... Rambi:Hmm wtf is this thing? Gunman:Its part of the inner crane of the sandcrawler! Gunman:Nice megablocks... Rambi:.... Gunman:...from crawler Sixth section finished. Gunman:Man... a lot of garbagge here... Rambi:Ye.... Gunman:Wow... heavy axles... Rambi:Ye... I'm sweat Rambi:Come.. .take the wheel... Gunman:Nice! Thank you... Seventh section finished. Gunman:Oww.. I am starting to get really tired. Rambi:Come on... not much left to do... Rambi:Man... are you serious.... are we gonna link all those pieces by ourselves? Gunman:Have you any weird friend in mind? Rambi:Not this time.. Let's do this... Gunman:Ok.... Eight section finished. Gunman:Parttttttyyyyy! Rambi:Come on let's finish this.... Rambi:Oppp....cool part here Gunman:Ye that's like the "worm... something" part Gunman:Let me rest.... Rambi:Patience... Gunman:Do you hold tight? Or I gonna fall down? Rambi:Ye... hit it! Rambi:Yeee...... we made it bulletproof! Gunman:You gonna fall down and I dont have money on my paypal to buy you again... You gonna stay with a broken head. Rambi:Ok... Ok... I am coming down. Ninth section finished. Gunman:What do you think about my hairpiece??? Head:You look Ridiculous... Gunman:I asked Rambi... not you... Rambi:Were you thinking of moving to friends them...? Gunman:Man... I shouldn't try to cheer us up... Gunman:Man... You should call Vadie for this step... Rambi:Be careful... Tenth section finished. Gunman:Wait us... we are coming down there...! Rambi:Man... Nice view from uphere... Eleventh section finished. Gunman:Look what I bought from China... Rambi:Come lets try them out! Zzzzzzzzzzzpppppp! Ktaap.... ZzzzzzzzzzPPPP! Gunman:Man... look at those columns... Are we building a modular building or something... Ramdi:Wow... indeed look at them... Gunman:This part has really inderesting parts... Rambi:Ye... Look at this inverted slope... Gunman:Come... let's push together so it clicks in. Rambi: 1...2...3... now! clap! Gunman:Great! Its in! Twellfth section finished. Rambi:We really needed this help... Gunman:Ye man... I am really tired. Small mistake in instructions booklet. At small wedge plates it says x1 while it should say x4. Gunman:Relaxxxxxxx Rambi:Coooooool.... Thirteenth section finished. Rambi:Owww look at him... He will go upside down! Gunman:Eehhhhh! Gunman:High-tech command station! Rambi:Ye indeed its amazing...! Fourteenth section finished. Gunman:Oww... my head... I can't see anything... Rambi:Be careful... Come.. I will take it off you. Gunman:Nice crane e?? Rambi:Yeee top notch...! Rambi:Relax...... Gunman:Come... We almost finished this! Gunman:This section has nice design.... Rambi:Ye indeed... very well done... Fifteenth section finished. Gunman:Here's come Vadie again... Gunman:Let's go.. almost finished Rambi:Yupi...! There is a small fault in the instructions. At this step and during the construction of the command room, it shows the same sticker, but there are two different ones at the sticker sheet. Gunman:Here comes our wagon... Rambi:Boxes are ready too..! Inside view Gunman:A lot of boxes... Rambi:Ye.. damn... Sixteenth section finished, UCS Sandcrawler is now ready! Spare parts: Critism: Its one of the top sets in my opinion... Must buy even for the not so big Star Wars fans like me... It has a great design, an amazing series of minifigs and a very roburst construction together with a lot of functions to play with! Design:10/10 A great design with a very roburst construction based it technic bricks. Price/Pieces: 9/10 The set has an amazing collection of bricks, but in my opinion its one of those sets you should canibalize for MOCs... you just keep it for display or play with it. Playability:10/10 Its size gave the capability to its designer to include a lot of different functions to play with making it a really great PLAY set for all your scifi scenarios! Building:9/10 A bit tiring building procedure, but its expected due to its size... Though it has very inderesting details and technics from the designer... Specialy the technic part of the set. Total:9.5/10 Amazing set... No words to say... Just looking at the series of the minifigs included you can safely say its worth its money... I suggest you buy it if you are 50/50 before its price begin to skyrocket! Sandcrawler vs smart comparison Vadie relaxing... Thanks a lot! 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xboxtravis7992 Posted January 12, 2016 Makes me want one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brainless Posted January 12, 2016 nice pictures and nice text Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tariq j Posted January 12, 2016 Very good pictures and text/story! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GallardoLU Posted January 12, 2016 fun review, and this reminds me the sand crawler is roughly (nearly perfect) in scale with the Heroica, and other Lego game microfigs. it really give a sense of immense scale once you place one of those near it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calanon Posted January 12, 2016 Thanks for the review! It was very amusing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azrielsc Posted January 13, 2016 Lovely photos and commentary! Makes me wanna open mine and start building... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vodnik Posted January 13, 2016 Maybe I should finally build mine :) And looking at this review images I just got an idea to try to robotize it using Mindstorms I bought just recently :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
