Vorkosigan Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) Name: Starblaster Showdown Theme: LEGO Marvel Superheroes Year: 2014 Pieces: 196 Minifigs: 3 Minifigures Price: USD $19.99 This is my first review so I welcome critique. Lets get started with the box art. Nice banner with the Guardians of the Galaxy team and an action oriented scene of the three components - a Nova Starblaster, a Sakaaran Necrocraft, and Star-Lord. The Star-Lord figure is used to demonstrate the scale of the set. Showing off the action features, typical flick fire missiles. The instructions, comic included across multiple sets, and the dreaded sticker sheet. A moderate amount of stickers for a set of this side. No printed parts other than the figs. Two numbered bags are included, 1 for the good guys, 2 for the bad. No truly unique parts, but I believe these guns are new for the GotG sets. The style seems very Halo-ish, especially the smaller ones. I also threw in the orb because hey, it contains an Infinity Stone so that's something. Not that rare but I haven't seen this rocky wedge piece before. Ok now for the figures The sakaaran is common to the GotG sets, detailed printing but nothing that great to me. Star-Lord has a different more casual outfit compared to the Milano jumpsuit. His printing is excellent, including leg details. Comes with both hair and helmet. I also quite like the Nova officer, especially his helmet. I think he'd make a good figure for a totalitarian police force in a moc. He's unique to this set. Star-Lord fully suited up. I didn't take many pictures of the build since the construction is fairly straight forward, but here is one shot of the inside of the engine / wing assembly on the Starblaster. Here we have the three components fully constructed. For details, first the Necrocraft: A very simple ship to provide an antagonist. Not too thrilled with it but it gets the job done. The windshield stickers spice it up but are a bit garish to me. The titular Starblaster is quite good looking for a small ship. Nice color scheme, cool articulated tail / wings. Instantly recognizable from the movie. Stickers are not too bad to apply and look good. With the way the tail spreads out, it could really use a transparent stand for display. Playability: 9/10 (Swooshable ships, the orb to fight over, what I'd expect overall) Design: 8/10 (Great design for the scale on the Starblaster, so-so design on the Necrocraft) Minifigures: 9/10 (Star-Lord and Nova officer are great, Sakaaran is okay but less critical anyway) Price: 8/10 (Good value for a licensed set) Overall: 8.5/10 (Overall a solid part of the GotG collection. And if you don't have budget for the Milano I think this and the Rocket polybag get you the best two characters at a good price with an iconic ship as well) Edited January 2, 2015 by Vorkosigan Quote
Graham Gidman Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 I honestly just want this for the minifigures... Great review! Quote
MrManiac Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Nice review, and I agree with most of your points. This is a very swooshable set with some good characters and play value. Definitely the number 2 set of the GotG-theme, after the Milano. Quote
JaseTJ Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I'm surprised nobody's picked up four (or more) of these yet to make a MOC of that scene where they all connect... Then again, you couldn't really make much of a force field to go along with them, could you... *shrug* Great review. I never managed to get any of the GotG sets, but I want the Milano and this one... Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Fine review, thank you. I'd also be in this for the minifigs. Quote
Elrond Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks for the review. I got this set last month. The minifigs are pretty good but I thought the vehicles were nothing special. I wish they didn't use two shades of blue for the Nova corps trooper though, it looks a little weird. I don't know why they did this since that's not how they look like in the movie... Quote
Vorkosigan Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Interesting point about color of the Nova corps officer jumpsuit. I think all dark blue would have been more accurate, but maybe it was thought to be too low contrast with the ship? Or if it was all medium blue then printing of the leather armor on the legs and maybe some boots could have been nice. I still like the figure as-is though. Quote
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