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tbh, the lack of play-features is what makes me refrain from buying this set. The minifigs are great, and I want to have them all, but the AT-AT is just a posable model with two spring loaders. All the minifigs can do is stand in front of that model. The troop compartment is non-existent, there is just some space that happens to be empty. You can open the cockpit but then what? You cannot look into it when closed, i.e. in 99% of the poses. No ramp for the troops to disembark, no other transport options (I liked the speeder bike), just nothing. If I want a model, I'd prefer a UCS set, even though I have to admit that this AT-AT is a pretty good model.

Sure! I am just afraid that lone candle won't last long, will be replaced by another, whereas his superiors probably pop up every week again even when defeated by some kids.

Why is it that there are no bad guys so far? I mean they would be a major selling point, wouldn't they? I expected them in the 2014 line actually. I am not very much impressed by the visuals of Rebels, but Agent Kallus certainly looks nice as a minifig.

I mean the 75051 "Jedi Hunter" set, which probably features the Inquisitor from Star Wars Rebels. Edit: never mind, it seems to be a Yoda chronicles set. My bad... For some reason, we got them earlier in Germany, which is unusual, but I don't complain, even though I prefer the English dub. You can watch them for free (if you have a German IP, I guess): http://www.superrtln...-clone-wars.php But I recommend watching them on the big TV screen, and the stream does not seem to allow the quality...

To be honest I find them rather stereotype characters... Kanan may work out well, because - stereotype or not - such a character can be amazing. Ezra however makes me feel like it is a kids show, again. I have mixed feelings. But indeed, getting more background makes the sets more interesting! What happened to the Inquisitor set? Any news on that? We all know that baddies sell well.

They were regularily aired on Super RTL, Germany, as planned.

I hope for a microfighter with a figure that is usually hard to come by like the Emperor or the new Scout Trooper; alternatively some new ones like ARF Troopers in digital Geonosian camouflage; and - most important - Senators! Bail Organa, Riyo Chuchi, Padme...

I just saw the first four episodes of the Clone Wars Season 6. Not much materiel for Lego so far: some Kaminoan craft, a Taxi, shielded troopers... But, seeing Kamino again, I think we need a Kamino set. (But the episodes were good! More background on Order 66).

Just saw Episode one again: Chancellor Valorum's Shuttle Build: Shuttle and maybe landing platform Minifigs: Chancellor Valorum, Senator Palpatine, 2x Senate Guard Oh yeah, look how wrong I was... Obviously snowspeeders seem to sell well.

Thank you for this review! I am still not sure if I shall buy the ship, but they captured the essence of the ship really well I think. This ship is a more of a patrol than a troop carrier, so I am fine with its limited space. It just the usual downsizing of Lego. PS: indeed, not a turret, a search probe.

Exactly, in my country you could buy them in Lego stores by Christmas already (= big sales as you can imagine), and they are available in the online store now. I think they will hit the other retailers soon.

Prequel and CW-fans. The latter being hurt the most, I guess but at least we got some nice parting gift, the Police Gunship. I am however looking forward to the Rebels-sets, even though it will depend much on how the show goes. I was not a CW fan in the beginning... Same here, I like all the Naboo-ships, but they are probably difficult to make in Lego.

Same here, I would like to see it as I am strongly considering buying the set myself. Btw, I may know it already, but the German Lego website has listed all the Winter 2014 sets and many of them have nice little promo videos; here is the Vulture Droid e.g.: http://www.lego.com/de-de/starwars/products/episodes-i-to-vi/75041

No difference at all: http://static3.wikia..._cammonitor.png CW http://static1.wikia...Thiresenate.png E.3 Only Commander Fox Phase II has a unique design but he is not available in Lego. However, Lego has the habit of making slightly different prints for CW and Movie clone armour, even if they are identical in design. But as long as there are no movie Shock Troopers the CPG ones will nicely fit, imo.

Sorry, I missed that. Indeed in this case it is probably the Death Star Trooper renamed or perhaps given a black cap (unless that one is the Imperial Officer of course).

They are hard to come by these days, so I understand you. My situation is different as I have two Commandos and one Commando Captain already, which is enough for me. That said, I am such a fan that I might consider buying a BP if it is nice. I am just afraid, we will not see them again because they are a CW-creation and CW-Lego seems to be dead; if the summer wave is an indication SWR is the new big thing. The movies however are always en vogue, so there is hope that Lego will be doing a movie version of the Senate Guard, maybe a battlepack with both styles: E.1 and E.3. I think it is more likely they would be paired with another Republic unit, but what? The obvious choice would be the Red Guard, but that one is done already in the actual Death Star-BP. Judicials? That may fit, but probably would not sell well... Clone Shock Troopers? Well, we have them in the Police Gunship, which actually increases the odds: the actual BPs include one type of released figures (at least in molds) and one entirely new.

In the EU they are more or less the same, but I think Lego means the grey shirt enlistet crewmen, which I would like to see.

This would be so great! Especially since I like many of the figures but would not buy the sets they usually come with. Well, all Senate Commandos belong to the Senate Guard, but not every Guardsman is a Commando. They could go together, although I would prefer a battle pack with Senate Guards and BX Commando Droids - these faced off in CW: http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121211042618/starwars/images/1/1d/Peace_conference.png

Huh? The actual micro-fighter wave includes one.

Although I agree with the general sentiment, most of the "Republic figures" are Clones and Clones and Clones... The Senators and non-Clone military personnel is needed - Bail Organa - Mas Amedda - Ryu Chuhi - N. Papanoida (George Lucas!) - Senate Guard (E.1&E.2) - Senate Guard (CW) - Senate Guard (E.3) - Admiral Yularen - Human Fleet Officer - Tan Divo - Coruscant Underground Police - Coruscant Police Droids - Lux Bontheri

AT-OT + Galactic Marines = insta-buy. Anyway, does the absence of any CW-set for summer mean the CW-line is dead? I knew it would eventually die, but I had hoped for at least another wave. Currently, I just look forward to the Rebels-sets. None of these OT-sets appeal to me.

I recently bought this although I still not know exactly why, maybe because I liked the Mandalorian-Maul-story arc. Anyway, this set is seriously odd. I mean, the speeder is the one used to rescue Satine, and she is not included - neither are her companions. The Super Commandos only pursued the speeder but never got close to it until the crew disembarked. Maul got "normal" robotic legs before he set foot on Mandalore, so he is in the wrong place too. He also had robes on Mandalore so you can't really use the minifig or its torso for a Mandalore-story. Nevertheless, the speeder is accurate (except the gun), as are the minifigs themselves. They just don't go well together. Unfortunately this means my last hope of getting a Duchess Satine minifigure is lost, too. PS: the helmets are really cool. Really cool. I can see why Lego did them despite the fact that we will never see the Maul Commandos again on screen.

It is hardly Lego's fault that Jackson&co decided splitting the movie. And, to be frank after watching DoS, they should not have done this anyway. Lego is between a rock and a hard place picking the right sets, especially since the Hobbit is movie difficult to get sets out of it. Just imagine the Mirkwood Spiders and the Barrel Escape had come with this wave - it would look much better, would'nt it? In the last wave, they were just out of place. The only glaring omission not counting those two, imho, is the lack of the Dwarven Forges and Smaug. But how to make a set out of it? I just hope they get the Battle of the Five Armies right. I have been waiting for armoured Dwarves ever since Gimli mentioned them in the movie. And seeing them in the first Hobbit really made me wanting them more.

I am not an army builder and admittedly, pure army building sets seldom appeal to me. But sometimes they do. Let me explain: In a character driven world like LotR/Hobbit I have very little desire buying tons of soldiers. Helm's Deep, the Orc Forge and the Urukhai army were almost that I needed (plus Legolas). I understand many AFoLs hold different views on that matter. It is a little different with Star Wars, where the Clones have become stars of their own (and the license may allow for battle packs). But even in the SW universe, I found the Mandalorian battle pack with four identical figures to be the worst set for quite some time. The point is, I would buy battle packs for certain scenarioes, but I strongly dislike if they only include multiple identical figures. Give me at least variations. Like the recent Utapau-set, two Airborne Troopers, two regular Troopers. That was ok with me. Two Rohirrim and two Urukhai... I would consider it.

On another matter: I criticized that the Police Gunship did not include Policemen. I just rewatched the episode with this ship and it apparently was manned by Shock Troopers. Thus it is just screen accurate to include them. And, also, it does look very good in Lego, after watching the CGI version.