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In one of the new "comics" There´s a Dengar with the new Prince of persia headwrap. Same torso as before but couldn´t see if there was a new head on him.

I believe at least some of you are interested in the new keychains since the magnetsets are glued. Well, I guess Lego felt bad because these new keychains are actually pretty sweet. Only glued between legs and torso, the rest are held together with the metal pin. Have a look at my Boba keychain and Cad Bane below... There is of course still a hole on top of their helmets/heads/hats but no glue in between. With the Boba keychain you actually get a undamaged jetpack and cape. I cut the metal pin at the top of the torso´s neck. All headgear stays on well and doesnt fall of (unlike the hair on magnetset Anakin for an example). Torso and legs are chinaplastic, but I´m not sure about the other parts. The keychains I recieved today were Aayla (finally go her cheap ), Cad Bane, Boba, Palpatine (deathstar) and Bossk. A final pic to compare keychain-Boba with 8097 Boba (noticeable differences: Legs and arms are more like medium blue on keychain-Boba instead of sandblue, The waist is the same colour as the legs on keychainBoba. The little logo on Boba´s right chest is actually clearer on keychain-Boba than on 8097 Boba .:

The only problem s that the "pegs" in the hip tends to get worn when you remove the legs.

I don´t know if the grey/tan "hamburger" piece seen on some of the pics is supposed to be the "trainingball" http://photos.sirstevesguide.com/data/6177/medium/TOY_1203_resize.JPG

Can´t wait for the new Falcon. Looking at SirSteve´s photostream. Luke has dualsided head with blastvisor! Sorry to spam with pics

Leia´s hairpice looks to be the same on different colour. or is it?...

Haha! My wife loves Yoda so now I can buy multiples of this calendar without her nagging. Looks like he has one of them new open backpacks in dark brown on his back.

There´s a lot of complaints about the new Millennium Falcon regarding it´s small mandibles, but looking at the real model they´re actually ok sized, however the lack of bricks makes a gap between the mandibles and the main hull making the mandibles look smaller. Also, the oversized cockpit makes everything else look small. I will definately buy this anyway since I do not have any of the earlier versions and it´s a great set. Can´t wait to start doing mods and adding details to the interior.

I don´t know if it´s been mentioned in this rapid-growing thread but Wald seems to be sandgreen instead of Onacondas regular green. Hopefully it´s sand green so you can build a more accurate Greedo.

That Imperial v-wingpilot´s head actually looks quite awesome.

I like this new version. But the kids have the old one and in Sweden this new one cost 35 Euro so I´ll pass.

Yes, and include a picture of the silver Astromech dome on a R2D2body. About the battlepack, I opened this set together with my 2 kids and they really loved it. They got one minifig each (I got 2 :) ) and I don´t think they need more than that. A great set but no armybuilder. Of course I will buy at least 2 more of this set to stash away just in case.

Sorry to force another 8095 review on all of you, but I´ll try to make it interesting. If I break any review-laws, please let me know. And I do not know how to make a poll. :) Reviewers: Mordatre & Clone Trooper 1139 (not included in this set) Theme: Clone Wars Animated Series (Episode 10 Season 1. Lair of Grievous) Year of Release: 2010 Summer/Autumn Pieces: 454 (didn´t count myself) Minifigs: 3 (New General Grievous, Nahdar Vebb, A4-D Droid) MSRP: 49 USD?/ 49 Euro? (probably 550 SEK in Sweden) This seems like a set you either love or hate. I think afol´s generally dislike re-releases. On Bricklink the 1st version of General Grievous Starfighter set 7656 (used) starts at around 45-50 USD, and a Grievous minifig normally cost around $30 so I say there´s definately a demand for another set with the infamous Grievous. Is it just the same set with a new minifig?, or is it really worth the higher price? On to the review... I believe Vulture droids attacked the DHLtruck from Amazon.fr because it arrived like this... 1139 gives a damagereport on the actual legoboxes. Only 5% damages. Good. Pictures of front, back and side. Inside: Instructions, Dreaded sticker sheet and 4 numbered bags. Instructions and partslist. Each numbered bag holds all pieces for each step in the instructions. Just like in "8038 Battle of Endor". Very easy to follow and you do not need to rip all bags open just to get the minifigs out. For me this set contains alot of good parts. Not that many rare items but a good selection of plates, wedges, tiles, slopes and assorted smallparts in dark bley, black and tan. Stickersheet. Five stickers, 2 for the cockpit, 2 on the engines and 1 for the droid. The only one I really dislike is the droids face. Bag 1. Parts for minifigs, Grievous chair and his weaponrack. 2 green and 3 blue lightsabers with silver handles. Grievous comes in chinabags. Nahdar Vebb with standard Mon Calamari head. They got the torsoprint spot on compared to how Nahdar looks in the Clone Wars episode. There´s always room for more Calamari. He´s Kit Fisto´s former Padawan. EV A4-D repairdroid is a flimsy minifig. Hard to make him stand up with all his "gear" on unless you place him on a studded baseplate. Except for the wrong colour (should have been dark tan or geonosis red) I think he´s accurate enough. However his face being a sticker lowers his value alot. The General disassembled. No extra arms. Feels like the same plastic used on Super Battledroids, which means they WILL break eventually. Some people think he´s too detailed, I say we finally get a minifig that looks like Grievous. If you want a yellow classic minifig, buy a City set. A new minifig is born and 1139 shows he´s more than cannon fodder by giving the General a calming hand. Some stretching to soften his plastic limbs and he takes his first steps. HE WALKS! We´re all happy! -So this is my new home... Impressive. It´s a rough thing being born, and a swedish afternoon temperature of incredibly hot 12 degrees Celsius is more than he can handle. While Grievous is testing his Separatist comfort-chair 1139 brings vanilla ice-cream. What a pal! (A4-D looks pissed.) No, Grievous arms do not look good on battledroids. They´re a little longer and thicker. Bag 2. Sorry I didn´t sort the pieces better, my 4,5 year old son who got this set as a present told me to build the fighter NOW. He was very excited about it. 1139 and Grievous at work. Step 31 I think. Very solid build, you can use it to whack someone without breaking it. 1139 just finsihed what holds the windscreen in place when closed. Very simple. A rubber technic part causing friction. Also, slope with cockpit-sticker. Cockpit finished! The sliding cockpit is a masterpiece. Flawless action and no breaking parts. A huge improvement from set 7656. The 1x2 dark bley plate stops it from sliding off when opened. The rubber technic arrangement holds it in place when closed. Great playability! 1139 needed to remove his helmet when closing the cockpit. Obi Wan needed to lean back a little but he did fit which is good if you are re-enacting the death of Grievous Bag 3. Great detail on the engines! Hidden missilecompartment is well built and another great thing for playability. Bag 4. Final pieces. 1139 gets excited! Lock and load! (Almost like a tank) Complete set! Starfighter. The ship is supposed to be a legoversion of Grievous modified Belbullab 22 starfighter. I think they got close enough. Details. Thrust vectoring fin folded and unfolded. Works as a landing gear, but fighter is so front heavy it´s only neded when placing minifigs in cockpit. Close up of one of the triple laser cannons. Can be moved up and down like in set 7656. Nothing fancy about it´s belly. Big badaboom is held by 2 studs and is placed on the long light bley plate. Hidden missiles in action. Compared to Anakin´s starfighter. Flap. These should point in towards vector fin as seen on the boxcover. Spares. Probably the first kid in Sweden to own this set. Not that he understand the awesomeness of owning a set before it´s released. He´s just happy to finally get a Grievous minifig. --------- Conclusion: I really had fun building this set with my impatient 4,5 year old son. Interesting build and not that repetetive. The final set turned out great I think. Lot´s of playfeatures (you DO know it´s a toy for kids right?), details and interesting minifigs. Starfighter is heavy and very sturdy. Easy enough to hold when swoshing. I have owned 2 7656 (both sold) and this version is much better I think. More expensive yes, but there are sales, discounts and cheaper stores to get it from. I will probably buy this set when it´s available at a lower price, sell Nahdar and droid, keep Grievous on display and use the parts for MOC´s. Thank you and goodbye.

A new TIE in bley/black would be nice. Used ones in Sweden sell for 30-40 Euro so there´s definately a demand for them. Here´s a conversion of mine.

Finally got hold of a 8129 here in Sweden and did some mods to it. Most obvious are the printed discs and reducing the "hump", it´s also 1 brick taller. Still have a few details I would like to fix but I ran out of parts. More pictures: http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/mordatre/lego2/at2.jpg http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/mordatre/lego2/at1.jpg http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/mordatre/lego2/at4.jpg

Me too got the white sticker. Saw this guy on flickr who contacted costumersupport about it and they sent him another white stickersheet.

Could be from the magnet set. Look for "China-stamps" on the inside of the arms.

I bet that within 2 years people will pay $20 and more for them assassindroid sets.

When this topic jumps 5 pages in 6 hours you know there are prelim pics available. I think BP´s are the most interesting here (stupid with 2 bombsquad troopers though). Battle droid carrier is somewhat interesting for my kids and I might get this on sale. I´m looking forward for the official photos. By the way,like someone said the clone commando is one of captain Locke´s troopers:

I guess it started with the clone gunner. Them armybuilders soon got a stockpile with gunners and nowhere to put them. Then we got Zev, At-AT driver and hoth officer that indeed are great minifigs but how many of them do you really need? I guess you could sell them now for less than a megablock, or stash them for 3-4 years until they become rare and then sell them. Or we can take them apart and put the pieces to use in this thread. (Their legs and the officer´s fleshhead are of course useful in loads of places) I´ll start with some ideas. Admiral Wulf Yularen and Commander Wolffe. (A plain officer torso would have been more useful of course.) Space Police alternative and spaceman. Swat, bicycle, skateboard, snowboard or other people who needs a pair of cool shades. And of course a zombie-helmet! Feel free to add your ideas, or let this thread die.

I think it´s good with this crap-wave. Now I can catch up buying the last waves sets.

With that Mando-pack all kids could have their own Jango Fett because of it´s similar colours (blue/silver). Wich is great news for my kids! :)

Borrowed a pic to quickly photoshop a possible mod. Adding a row of studs to the rear and front (red circles) will reduce the hump. Also added printed dishes for the leg-joints.

Jammiedodger714, can we get another look at the rear? Is it possible to make something out of the rear compartment (more troops, speederbike or weaponstorage)?

Great review! I still think this set is great. It´s not that hard to increase the size of this thing with a few extra bley parts. The new Solofig wears his Bespin outfit which is great for them who already own a hoth-Solo (yes it´s wierd to include him and 3po though). The only complaint is another sneak-version of Veers and no printed leg-joint-dishes (anyway I bought 8 of these printed dishes from bricklink a couple of days ago ). Final problem is that I have 2 kids, so I need to buy 3 sets, and my wife does not really get the importance of owning an AT-AT.