Review: 10131 Tie Collection

[Motti]

I am posting thios review because there is none here. I bought this set in 2006 mainly because there was nothing to buy. 2006 was a disappointing year for me, with the exception of Slave I and the ISD minifig-scale. I ended up buying all of the sets anyway, but all of them ended up becoming scrap with the exception of this set (hencce this posting). On with the set: This set was 70 USD. Considering the first TIE was 20 USD, that's already 40 USD for the 2 regular TIEs, 20 USD for the TIE advanced (assuming the Y-wing from the OT set was 30 and the TIE was 20), and about 10 for the weird Tie droid. It's not bad value, except that these ties did not have stormies OR stands. The only reason, it seems to me, that they included the droid TIE was so people would buy somehtinh "new", even though the rest was completely unoriginal. It doesn't fit well, trust me, with the rest. But it is the first EU set, and Lego had to be quite creative to create this one, (but not creative enough to release new models). You can't blame Lego for releasing these Ties again because it was the OT year, where everything is a huge recap. Onward with the pictures!

General pic of Vader and his escorts during th trench run

But this Tie droid blasts the Falcon and allows Vader to shoot Luke, saving the Death Star and destroying the Rebel Alliance!

Side view

Cockpit view

Contains a very curious droid brain, obviously a product of lego designers (just 3 random pieces thrown together, it's unrecognisable. Fits snugly into the cockpit.

The new Tie at left and the original version at right.

The old one is better because the cockpit doesn't fall off without holding firmly onto it.

pilot

left guy is the new one, the right is thge old. only difference is the old brown/new brown change. (they didn't have black heads back then.

the advanced sucks in detail in comparision with the new model.

same hinge probelm that easily breaks off every single time you lift the cockpit!

Three vaders. (I still need the head from the Death Star/ Tie advanced). Left is the one from the set, the right is the same one except it is old colours (the final duel) Middle is from the minifig ISD

Edited December 29, 2008 by Motti

[SWMAN]

This was a great set and an easy way to add to a Tie Fighter collection. You might want to either make the folder public or actually add some pictures to the post so people can see the set.