Skipper 24 Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) 30005 Imperial Speeder Bike Theme: Star Wars OT Parts: 29 (excluding minifig) Figs: 1 Price: Free, Promo Year: 2009 Brickset Peeron - Not availible Bricklink When deep within the forests of Endor or on the open plains of Naboo the Imperial Speeder Bike is guaranteed to get you where you want in a flash. This set was released on 5/09/2009 as a free promo with a select few newspapers including the Daily and Sunday Mirror. It was available to collect from WH Smith & Toys 'r' us Stores on this day. 1. Bag and instructions The Polybag that is seen with most Promo's these days The instructions. (I'll try to get scans up soon) You can find the piece numbers on the instructions like on most small impulse sets too. 2. Minifigs, set overview and parts Here is a shot of the whole set. Pretty good for a promo And a rear shot The single minifig is still fairly impressive for a promo The parts selection mainly comprises of a a load of common parts but a few un-common pieces can be seen 3. The Build Here's a little walk through of the build Stage 1-2. Here you build the Storm Trooper and base of the speeder Stage 3-4. On this step you add the clips for the handle bars and uncommon piece (on the back)which I was pleased to see. Stage 5-6. Now the base of a hinge component and the two control sticks have been added. These are the pistols you receive with agents sets. Again I was pleased to see these un-common, useful parts. Stage 7. Now we have some Gun type things created from axes. More parts I was happy to see. Stage 7.5. This is the front assembly created for stage 8 Stage 8. Pretty simple, attaching the the section we created in stage 7.5 to the base of the hinge. Stage 9-10. All there is to do here is add on the steering vanes and the minifg. Somehow he steers with his fore arms. 4.Final Thoughts & Comparison Before we continue here is a quick comparison shot between this promo and the RAG Speeder Build 7/10 Although simple I did quite enjoy building it Minifigs 9/10 The only better fig would have been a scout trooper Design 6/10 Non canon and not very original, why didn't we just get and Endor speeder? Parts 9/10 I was really surprised at the parts excellent selection included with this Price 10/10 Free promo, what more can I say Playability 8/10 It isn't much of a standalone but if combined with other sets it will incorporate well Overall 49/60 Excellent. I think it was the fact it was a promo and a good piece selection that really 'did' it for this set I found out what the axes are for! Edited September 6, 2009 by BoneyT Quote
KimT Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 Great review. You made it just in time to be part of the frontpaging of this UK event I'll add this to the index within long. Quote
TheBrickDaddy Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 Great review, this set is starting to grow on me! I love your humor at the end. Quote
prateek Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 Great review. IMO this is the best promo ever from Lego Quote
Skipper 24 Posted September 5, 2009 Author Posted September 5, 2009 Great review.You made it just in time to be part of the frontpaging of this UK event I'll add this to the index within long. Guess I'm just good like that . Thanks for the soon to be indexed. Quote
sunejensen01 Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) If I could get this set for UK prices I probably would buy multiples. So I suppose it is nice for the price. Having said that I really think the design is obscure and way under SW lego's normal standard. Those axes really really annoy me.... Well, it's probably just a matter of taste, but I would personaly never pay a hiked up e-bay price for these. Edited September 5, 2009 by sunejensen01 Quote
Kaitan Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 I picked up 5 of these today - that was as many as my conscience would let me have 65p for a stormie! What a bargain! Plus a handy bag of extra pieces - some of them semi unusual. Kaitan Quote
charlieboy Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 I got a couple aswell,tomorrows(sunday) kit looks pretty good too,i'll grab a few each day i think,shame not all the kits come with minifigs tho Heres the list of whats to come- Sat 5th Sept - Imperial Speeder Bike Sun 6th Sept - Clone Walker Mon 7th Sept - Mini TIE Fighter Tues 8th Sept - Battle Droid on STAP Wed 9th Sept - Mini V-19 Torrent Thurs 10th Sept - Mini Grievous's Starfighter Fri 11th Sept - Collectors Box Sat 12th Sept - Poster Quote
ADHO15 Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) Heres the list of whats to come-Sat 5th Sept - Imperial Speeder Bike Sun 6th Sept - Clone Walker Mon 7th Sept - Mini TIE Fighter Tues 8th Sept - Battle Droid on STAP Wed 9th Sept - Mini V-19 Torrent Thurs 10th Sept - Mini Grievous's Starfighter Fri 11th Sept - Collectors Box Sat 12th Sept - Poster And the stickers on Sunday 13th as well, don't forget. Great review, Skipper! Nice to hear another person's views on the set as well. Edited September 5, 2009 by ADHO15 Quote
hollisbrick Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 You guys are sooo lucky! It's a bit like a steam-punk Quote
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