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That's an amazing collection Cavegod! I can't imagine how long it took for you to design & build them all, I don't think that I would ever have the ability or patience. Do you work with a 'trial and error' approach or use software? I tried using Lego's Digital Designer, but it was way too frustrating! Did your sandcrawler survive the journey home? I'm looking forward to seeing the interior of it!

The new sets are now available in the UK from Lego.com. The price for Echo base is £91.99, so I think that I’ll be waiting for that one to go on sale! The other prices are in line with the pre-discounted ones from Amazon etc. Tesco Direct seem to have the best deals at the moment (slightly less than the retail, plus a further 20% off).

Tesco Direct have the new sets available. There's currently 20% off all of them, and the starting prices are a little lower than Woolies! The sort option looks a little messed up, if you sort High - Low it doesn't work very well....so just keep scrolling! The Podracer set is £79.97, but after the 20% discount it should be £63.98, total bargain!

Sounds great, I'd pay a lot of money for one! Ah well, perhaps it will happen one day.....although I realise that I'm in the minority about this

Very nice work StoutFiles. I really like your version of FX-7, he looks really cute! I’ve been debating a small MOC of the medical bay myself, although I’ve had a problem trying to source the clear-trans blue 2 x 4 x 6 cylinders via Ebay. I tried using a couple of the 2 x 4 x 4 but they look rubbish, as Luke doesn’t fit in that well. Have you considered illuminating the bacta tank? (the blue looks really nice with Technic LEDS!)

Wow, that’s an amazing collection gratefulnat although I couldn’t have positioned the UCS Snowspeeder like that though, as it’s far too valuable!! I really want a UCS Star Destroyer and a Death Star II one day, they both look superb

Thanks for the photos MightyMegs The Death Star Trooper looks great, finally with a correctly-shaped helmet! This will be worth buying just for him I’m not too sure about the shape of the new cockpit window though, but I guess that's being a bit too picky! A definite improvement on the earlier versions, especially the colours.

Great review, thanks Shame about the set, although I’ll probably still buy one eventually for the minifigures. I’m really disappointed with this; they could have done so much more with it. It’s actually worse than Home One (7754) which was totally random!

Just ordered mi(7965) and was in stock (UK) and will be here saturday. I've just checked and it's not available in my UK either (mine's the one to the North of France and to the East of Ireland! ) although we barely get broadband in the South-West so perhaps it's still en-route via a very slow phone line! Ah well, perhaps one day we might see them.......

I have one, and it’s my pride & joy However, I paid a lot for it (via Ebay, new, in January this year) although it’s genuinely worth every penny. I bought it for me, rather than as an investment, and if Lego re-issued it I’d buy another. It’s amazing to build, but it does take up a fair amount of space so bear that in mind! I can see why this set is getting so expensive, but I’d be happy to see the price settle down to a more sensible level.

Now that is impressive! I hadn’t realised that it was so large - excellent work cavegod! I sold my UCS Sandcrawler last year and have regretted it; I know that it’s not perfect but I did have a soft spot for that lump of brown & orange plastic. Have you made any progress on the inside?

Well, if it’s €100 then it should be about £85 which doesn’t seem too bad (at least for an exclusive!) Perhaps I might get this after all, as I missed out on 7666 when it was still a fairly sensible price. One thing seems likely though; the price of 7749 should take a nose dive, as it’s no longer unique on the TaunTaun front!

Argos are selling 8089 - Hoth Wampa Cave for £24.99 each, although the stock seems to be fairly limited, so you might need to be quick. Total bargain, even cheaper than Amazon!

I just bought 2 x 8089 Hoth Wampa caves (one for me, one for my nephew!); they're currently on sale in Argos (UK) at £24.99 each, which is the cheapest I've seen them.

That part may be helpful too : http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=87408 (Anio) My Technic (8043) Excavator uses these to power the tracks & they work really well, but I’m not totally sure that it would cope with the load it would be under? There’s one on either side, which allows it to skid steer, and each one contains a single 4565452 and 4514557. I guess that you could power both tracks in each pair using a single bracket & a long rod? Pages 25-27 of instruction book 1 might help, good luck!

Sounds interesting, I'm really looking forward to seeing it! Is it another vehicle or ship? All of your MOCs are amazing (especially the Executor & Slave 1), and it's great that you share your designs

I collected vintage Star Wars figures for a couple of years and, during that time, rapidly developed an aversion to anything less than white. Stormtroopers & Biker Scouts had a nasty habit of turning various shades of cream or yellow, and I really struggled to find mint ones. I was a bit disappointed to find that the shuttle was not pure-white, but perhaps I’m a bit strange to worry about such things! I put mine on display for a couple of days and then returned it to its box for safe keeping; it was the hardest set that I’ve ever dis-assembled....!

Tesco Direct have 8043 Technic Motorised Excavator for £129.97, but if you order it before midnight tonight there's an extra £10 off (via a e-voucher code that you add at the checkout TDX-KYTF); this code is valid for any toy over £100. I couldn't resist!

This looks very impressive! It must contain a massive amount of parts; the detailing on the sides, bridge & engines are excellent. Well done!

Very impressive, it looks great! It's nice to see the minifigures in the photos to give a better idea of the scale (and it's always good to see a Limited Edition C-3PO as well! ). What plans have you got for the interior? - lots of Technic LEDS are always a good starting point!

Hi, and welcome! My only suggestion would be to put it on Ebay with either a suitable reserve or starting price! In the couple of years that I've collected SW Lego I haven't ever seen one advertised (on Ebay at least), so it would be very interesting to see what it will make! Good luck whatever you decide to do

A smile crept across Han's face....at least he would get away from C-3PO for a while!!

I totally agree with the other posts. I’m in my mid 30’s and am thoroughly enjoying my regression into Lego. I was addicted as a child (encouraged by my older brothers!) but eventually moved onto other things. Then, a couple of years ago, my lovely wife bought me the UCS 10178 AT-AT for a present and it re-ignited my childhood obsession! I’ve concentrated on Star Wars and built every set that I’ve purchased; if I don’t like them I’ve sold them on via Ebay. There’s a healthy market for opened sets and, provided you take care of them, the amount you loose is normally very minor. Don’t worry about what anyone else thinks, it’s a great hobby to have. Anyway, if Lego was designed purely for kids, why would they create 16+ sets?

That’s an impressive collection of UCS sets ; I hope that I'll own the majority of these at some point in the distant future! I’ve been looking for a MISB Death Star II for a while, but they’ve got very expensive.

These all look amazing! The Death Star scene is superb (although I’m a little biased as it includes my favourite UCS set!), and the Tatooine display looks stunning!