Artanis I

Some things are timeless and loved forever, some things are dated but we love them at the time & also in retrospect. Other things are too reminiscent of things that are dated. At the moment I put the new art in the latter, but we'll see.

It could be something very similar to Friends but in a completely different setting. Non real-life I'd imagine. That's a gamble for starters. An alternative is that it uses minifigs instead. That's also a gamble, as it seems the girls prefer the minidolls. It could be some sort of Disney Princess-like thing (without the Disney) made for older girls than Duplo is, fairy-tale type fantasy but avoiding licences etc. I assume you meant that this is an original TLG IP theme. They could've had flick-fire handbags...

Thanks guys, and for the comments. To some specific points: I agree with both of you, I actually had a chunk of commentary regarding Adi Gallia vs Stass Allie but I couldn't really get down to what I meant so I cut it. I intend to do Jek's starfighter & the Mando speeder this week if I can, I've built the sets & sorted some of the photos. They are the only sets I have / will be getting that aren't reviewed already.

I don't really like the look of that box art, it looks really dated, as though the original SW action figures were released in that exact box.

All & more photos available in full size on Flickr 75016 Homing Spider Droid Star Wars set based on Episode II: Attack Of The Clones Released 2nd half of 2013. Parts: 295 Mass: 386g MSRP/RRP: $29.99 USD, £29.99 GBP, €39.99 EUR, $39.99 CAD, $49.99 AUD, $69.99 NZD TLG's blurb: Take on the Homing Spider Droid™ in the Battle of Geonosis! As the Battle of Geonosis™ rages on, Jedi Master Stass Allie and a Clone Trooper™ spot a deadly LEGO® [i]Star Wars™[/i] Homing Spider Droid™ in the distance. Overpower the droid before it attacks with its articulated legs, rotating head, elevating lower gun and top-mounted flick missile! Then, take on 2 Super Battle Droids™! Includes 4 minifigures with weapons: Stass Allie, Clone Trooper and 2 Super Battle Droids. • Includes 4 minifigures with weapons: Stass Allie, Clone Trooper and 2 Super Battle Droids™ • Features articulated legs, rotating head, elevating lower gun and top-mounted flick missile • Weapons include a Lightsaber and a blaster rifle • Move the legs, rotate the head and fire the flick missile! • Use Stass Allie’s Jedi powers to stop the attack! • Recreate awesome battle scenes from [i]Star Wars™: Episode II Attack of the Clones[/i] • Build an even bigger Battle of Geonosis with 75015 Corporate Alliance Droid™, 75019 AT-TE™ and 75021 Republic Gunship™! • Measures over 7" (20cm) high, 10" (26cm) long and 7" (19cm) wide Instructions for download: (7MB) http://cache.lego.co...ons/6050673.pdf Bricklink | Lego Shop@Home | Brickset For reference, here are some shots from the movie & photos of Lily Nyamwasa as Stass Allie: Let's have a quick look at the previous version, 7061 from 2008: In 2013, TLG released a bunch of sets based on Episode II to tie-in with the release of the movie in 3D. Unfortunately this release was cancelled/postponed due to changes in ownership of things Star Wars and consequently the TV & movie direction plan. Due to the time & effort it takes to design Lego sets (especially licenced ones) TLG has had no real choice but to release a bunch of licenced sets that have no media promoting them. This set is one of those. Let's have a look at it. As is typical, we start with The Box. It seemed a big box for the size & price of the set. As is normal for Star Wars sets, the cardboard is very glossy and smooth. I found boxes from this wave to be more difficult to open than usual, I had a bit more trouble prying the boxes open without tearing the cardboard this time. Maybe they're using a different glue, the knife wasn't as slick as usual. Box shows us what we're in for, a technic based droid walker with obligatory flick-fire missile, a smaller more maneouverable (in-universe) similar droid, a couple of super battle droids, a clone trooper and a Jedi, this one being the Tholothian Jedi Master Stass Allie. Battlefield is set on the desolate surfaced sandy orange planet of Geonosis, and the very nice 2013 SuperYoda green box art border really makes the packaging attractive. Back shows us the posability of the builds & minifigs and also the flick-fire action. (Laser does not fire, BTW...) Along the top of the box are the full sized images of the included minifigs, also shown in smaller scale on the front. We are alerted to the fact that the Jedi minifig was not previously available. One side of the box also alerts us to this set being new... I'm not quite sure of many occasions when you would release a set that isn't new though. On the underside we have a lesson in safety and linguistics. The other side has a simple account of the set, including the main art. Next, we go Inside The Box Contents of the box are an instruction booklet, no sticker sheet, 3 numbered bags and a large technic wheel. The minifigs are divided through the bags. Let's see the instruction booklet. Nothing unusual on the front. Specifics on the numbered bags' contents, bag 1 builds the jedi, dwarf spider droid, and the mid-section of the homing spider droid. Bag 2 builds the clone and the 4 legs. Bag 3 builds the 2 battle droids, and the top & bottom of the droid. The instructions themselves are exactly as you would expect, no real need to look at them here. Towards the back of the booklet is a nice "checklist" lineup of the 8 regular sets from this wave - 5 based on Geonosis, 1 on Tatooine, 1 on Mandalore and 1 wherever and whatever Jek-14 has to do with Star Wars. I don't know yet. The parts inventory also conveniently shows us the lengths of the technic rods. Curiously I only recently realised that black is used for even lengths and grey for odd lengths. Makes sense now that I know why they're sometimes one colour and other times, the other. The booklet got a bit curled up in the box, so I had to hold it down to get it flat enough for the photo. We don't need to see the back, we know what hideous horrors adorn the back of instruction booklets. Now for the parts: Not much in the unusual category, but I hadn't seen these before: Here she is, the highlight of the set. That probably isn't saying much though. Lovely printing on the soft rubbery plastic headress, the back of it looks very weird. It's not as noticeable on the front, but you can see on the back of the torso the "feminine lines" of the waist. So we build one of these: I like the way the battle droid torso is used here, it's a very useful piece for auto-greebling. His eyes look a bit downcast... perhaps he needs some encouragement or guidance from someone to look up to. Well, we'll work on that! We start with this. These bits weren't used. Part 2 of the build has 4 identical items, they don't take too long and aren't too tedious so the build isn't as annoying as it can be for some sets with identical sections. No real unusual or overly interesting parts to me. Those brown parts make a reappearance, much to KimT's likely disgust... although take a look at the reference picture and you can see why they're there. It's the same clone that we've already seen in a few other sets this wave and last. Our progress looks a little bit similar to this: As may be evident in the photos, the leg assembly allows them to be quite posable. The feet are very loose, so by trying to animate it with one hand it will flop around a lot, and the feet often curl under. So posing the model takes a bit more care than you may be expecting. These bits felt left out: We complete the model with part 3: I've gotta say, battle droids are not very interesting minifigs. And have very flimsy connections. A bunch of small add-ons. The curved slope wedges make this version look a lot rounder, but at the same time seem slightly less spherical than the previous. Put it all together and whaddayaget... The separatists found these to be extraneous to the needs of the war effort: Total extra parts in this set: Model/set evaluation: It's not a very interesting set to me, but I think that is mainly due to the original source material being so skinny-legged. If the legs were more substantial I believe the set would be too, and more interesting. I don't think this set is worth the $50. I'd say reduce the size of the legs a few studs, bring them slightly closer to the body, remove 1 battle droid and drop the price a few dollars. It may seem more enticing then, but as it's turned out there's just too much space. Either that or bulk up the legs (they wouldn't be as true to the source though) and lose a droid to keep the same price? It's not a rubbish set, it's just a bit empty. I do however think that this set captures the look of that droid quite well. The dwarf isn't quite there in terms of accuracy, the original is a sphere with legs and a nose like a stinger, whereas the model is a sphere on a box with legs and a nose like Mr Squiggle. While it loses a bit on that side, it seems a better looking Lego model than the bigger droid. The main model looks good in the core, I think it's let down by its spindly legs. If you're one of those types that buy sets for the parts to build MOCs from, I think this isn't a bad option. Plenty of reusable parts, especially of the technic variety. It's also a set you could easily have multiples of, the only superfluosity would be having an army of Stass Allies. Any battle diorama would easily welcome more clones, super battle droids and spider droids. Minifig selection: Well, a clone, a new Jedi & 2 SBDs. It's not bad. I don't really find the BDs or SBDs very interesting so I'd rather an extra clone instead, but I think 2 droids is right. No problems with a plain white clone, the battlefield was lined with them. And because there's only been 1 per set this year, if you get 1 of each or a few sets you can get a decent collection but not too many. I think the Jedi option was an unusual one, I would've expected Stass Allie in a Saleucami Episode III set more than a Geonosian Episode II set, but we haven't seen her before and probably won't see her again. Thanks for reading/skimming, I hope this was useful to you. I don't have any other versions of these models, but any other photo requests let me know. Any questions/comments feel free to share.

They could put a quantity limit on it, say 5 per customer to prevent hoarders/scalpers.

There's no need to say "how can they be battle packs if there's no opposing minifigs to battle" if you instead refer to them as "army [building] packs"... then it doesn't matter if there's no droid "army pack"

Relevant to your conversation, I previously put all my Monster Fighters stuff together after building the Haunted House (only a 12 month wait after originally doing this review...) Just imagine a Lego built background & scenery, it would look excellent!

I'm surprised that they haven't been done yet. I picked up 4 sets today, 3 of which I couldn't find a topic with the number in the title so if I get any time I will try to do them.

Update. No special SW prices for the Tiger's birthday unfortunately, although so far the only regular sets I haven't seen at Target are the Republic Gunship & AT-TE (only set I haven't seen anywhere yet). So 3 of the 4 I've not seen in Myer yet are in Target.

1) For now, yes. 2) You can get it cheaper in chain stores. For free S@H delivery you must spend $150. It will eventually turn up somewhere, most likely not until next month at the earliest. It was reported recently that TRU will have it. If so, you may as well get it full price from S@H with free delivery, bonus giveaways & VIP points (that translate to a 5% discount). (Of course you need to buy something additional that costs $10.01 or more)

Perfect sense.

When I built my Orthanc last month I set up a camera to stop-motion the build. Unfortunately I underestimated the battery requirement and was too impatient to wait and finish the job at a later time, so I only got through the first booklet - bags 1-4. It is highly unlikely that I will pull it apart to do the rest, but anyway here is part 1. Full set photos in Flickr set also including all the slides from the video.

Just realised us scary ominous Imperials are under command of a Captain StrawberryIceCream... now there's a Spaceballs reference waiting to happen. Hope no one "jams" our radar... Question: can we have digital editing for our entries, eg backgrounds, lighting/colour effects etc? And clarification: would something like a bed of cotton wool clouds be considered illegal under this "All entries must be built from real LEGO. No clone brands, no third-party custom parts, no digital entries." (I understand that the entries are judged by their Lego content of course) or do we need to make the entire setting out of Lego too? P.S. spelling correction: fulfull fulfil

So far not everything, I don't remember where else & what, but definitely a few Myers have some of the sets: Rep. Gunship, Geonosis Duel, Barge, Spider Droid set with Stass Allie. No Jek Starfighter, Darth Maul Mandalorian, Tank Droid with Jango Fett, or AT-TE yet. (As for the planets, they only just came up on S@H so my guess is that they won't be out until next month?)

Works if there are unlimited supplies of troopers to replace the defective ones, but it's not like they grow in factories on a production line or anything. Hey, there's an idea! A clone army.

I'll try that anyway, it worked once when it wasn't supposed to. One of the times they offered a TC-14 I think. But I'm pretty sure May the 4th promos are usually independent of theme. Not sure about your 2nd statement there, as the current deal includes a Galaxy Squad polybag regardless of what theme you buy from, and I got a TMNT keyring & Jor-El polybag with Orthanc. Jor-El polybag?

Those were the 2 numbers I figured most likely. Yes that was my question, thanks.I'm curious as to what our value will be, because it said "Star Wars purchases" and although I could easily find $150 of Lego for the free delivery, $100 of full price SW Lego could be a stretch.

Artanis I: pilot recruit present and ready to patrol any "small moons"... For Aiur The Empire!

Okay, please add me to the list with my current avatar. I might be changing my avatar to non-Shadows related stuff (back to something green again...) so don't make it the auto-change-with-my-avatar thing, please. (Unless you want a green futuron lion knight TIE pilot!) I'll leave the sig-fig in the signature.

Except if you're getting Lego, there is no such thing as getting older. Back on topic-ish, does anyone have access to the S@H promotion calendar for Australia? (Is that something you get with Lego Club membership?) What I want to know is the Aus specific details for the upcoming SW polybag giveaway for next month. It is reported that you have to spend $50 on SW Lego for USA.

With all your Lego purchases, I thought every week was your birthday week

Thanks Navy Trooper Fenson. Shame I already ordered the only SW set I'd be likely to buy from S@H next month. What to do?!?

Or at my Target, the new LOTR sets have disappeared, there's now a bunch of last year's Hobbit sets, (where were they 3 weeks ago when Hobbit sets were half price ) but most of the shelf space that used to be Lego is now stocked with Megasucks.