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Introduction After two days of waiting I finally had the opportunity to build the newly acquired 75017 Duel on Geonosis. This set gives us one of the best lightsaber duels overall, the one between Yoda and Count Dooku towards the end of Attack of the Clones. This new set is kind of a remake of set 7103 from 2002 Jedi Duel which also featured Count Dooku and Yoda. This is my first review, I tried to stick to the rules. Please, don’t be to harsh on me… Not all the pictures are perfect... Set Title: Duel on Geonosis Set #: 75017 Theme: Star Wars Subtheme: Episode II: Attack of the Clones Pieces: 391 Minifigures: 4 Year of Release: 2013 Price at Release: USD ??, GBP ??, EUR 49.99 , CAD ?? I think that most of you are interested in the set because of the figures. So I will focus a little bit more on them. Let’s get started… Box Here you see the box with the new Yoda design and some action. Minifigures are there as well: Back of the box: And the side with Poggle in real-life size: The box opens on the side which leaves me with a medium level of destruction : Contents Inside we have of course the manual and three bags. Furthermore there are two separate pieces: a 8x16 tile in dbg and Poggles wings. I was quite surprised to find the wings outside a bag. According to Bricklink the large tile only appeared once in dbg in a set before. I was quite lucky some time ago as I found three of those at PAB in my Lego Store in Cologne . No stickers, very good. Instructions There is one instruction manual with the typical good structure and explanation as we know nowadays. A random page of the instructions. The parts (sorry, the pictures here are really not good): The minifigures Starting with the minifigures, first we have Poggle the Lesser. We have had some Geonosian before, but we get him for the first time as far as I know. For comparision (from Wookieepedia) With a lot of front printing Some nice backprinting And in all of his glory with the plans for the DS Overall, I think it is a fantastic figures with very nice details! Next up we have the new and non-CW Count Dooku. Again for comparision from Wookieepedia We have two different faces (nice) but no backprinting (not so nice, but due to the cape okay). Sorry again for the crappy pictures, have to work one that one. I like the new Count Dooku a lot, as I think his face os more or less perfect! And finally Yoda, again for comparision (from Wookieepedia) Front and back with hair and nice printings And finally all four of them including the droid. As you can see, Dookus light saber handle is still in silver The build The build was really fast, starting of the speeder in bag 1. It continues with the entrace to the lair in bag 2 and finally we have to other to parts with the Yoda play feature and the falling thing (whatever it is) that threatens to smash Obi-Wan and Anakin. I didn't take pictures of every step as it was really speedy. Here you see the finished speeder with the entrance. I liked the way the arch was buildt as it is really stable. There are some nice rock parts, a lot of slopes. Really, nothing that special. You can flick-fire the two elements (tower handles???) and remove the lamp quite easily. There is a compartment for the force-lightnings, the light sabers and so on. The build of the other parts of the cave was quite nice. Of course it could have been bigger, but you will get a lot of useful feature for a playset. You can have Yoda jump around in crazy ways. There is only one little problems: His lower part is of course heavier that his head. So it is almost impossible to do a real somersault. It is a nice playfeature, but I prefer Yoda without necklace. Here you see the additional parts of the lair. One part of the wall on the left side can also be 'flick-fired' As there are no Obi-Wan or Anakin included I had to squash someone else. I doubt that Yoda will allow Dooku to escape... And finally, the spare parts (quite a lot in my opinion). Nice, an extra light saber handle: Ratings Functions A lot of playability! I think that the different features are cleverly integrated. You ‘only’ need the new RGS and Ep. II Obi-Wan and Anakin to completely rebuild the fighting scene. 9/10 Parts Nothing to special, rocks are nice. Despite that everything as usual. Some technic elements, a lot of spare parts. 7/10 Minifigures I think that most of you will buy the set because of the minifigs. Well, at least I did. And they are great! It is a good set to include Poggle, but if you want to be 100% close to the movie, you need Obi-Wan and Anakin. Therefore... 9/10 Price We all know, Lego Star Wars is expensive. This set makes no expection. But in my opinion the price-per-piece-ration is okay, especially regarding the great figures. 7/10 Accuracy: The scene is quite nice. The entrance to the cave is really good. You could move different parts with the force. But, Obi-Wan and Anakin are missing, but we get Poggle. Of course the lair could have been bigger. 8/10 Overall: Buy it if you want the figs. The setting is nice, playability is good. What do you want more: 40/50 This is my final verdict. I hope you liked the review and can turn a blind eye to some of the pictures. Looking forward to your comments.

Hi, I haven't seen them on Monday in the LEGO store

I went for old grey levers for the top and black levers for the bottom. I like it a lot that way. You can combine old grey levers (with black base) with the new ones quite easy. In my opinion you only see the difference if you know it.

Went to my local LEGO shop in Cologne and bought 75017 Duel on Geonosis. It looks fantastic: new Yoda, non-CW Dooku and Poogle ...

I did pay around € 800 - 850. I had to make two bigger orders in the US as those parts were not available in Germany for a reasonable price. But I strongly support the hints given from different user: Do not underestimate shipping costs. It is okay to pay 0.02 more for a single where you need 100 if you save 10.00 of shipping costs. ( I know; not that hard to calculate ) Oh, looking forward to that one. I would also be interested in your mooding of the shield generators if you have one. This is my current solution: What do you think? I am really looking forward to you ideas for improvement. For comparision

It depends, what does incomplete mean. I had to buy around 4,500 pieces for my MF and didn't pay that much. Same with me. I do have enough magnets but I am still working on a good solution for the engines.

Hi dwong, DS2 is absolutely possible. I am doing this right now. I got some parts via PAB from LEGO directly as they are less expensive in such a high number. It is a lot of fun, so try it. The ISD is a different topic. There are some parts (at least: magnet holder, main engines and the shield generators) that are really expensive or not available. With a little modding it is not impossible, but quite hard I guess.

I couldn't resist and bought the new UCS X-Wing 10240. I am already in love...

Thank you very much for this great review! I wanted to wait until christmans to get this set... But I have to think about that as I am going to our local LEGO Shop today as I want to get the special Han May the 4th figure

Yesterday I finally bought Palpatine's Arrest after several weeks thinking about it. I am looking forward to the build and especially to the figures.

I really like the design. As I missed the older one, I will absolutely get this. Oh man, summer will be so expensive (UCS X-wing, RGS, AT-TE, Duel on Geonosis,...)

@BrickieB: fantastic post, thank you! I finished my bricklinked 10179 in January. It is so funny, I even did like all the starting stuff (e.g. ebay).

After bricklinking the 10179 Falcon (so much fun) I started to collect parts for the UCS Snowspeeder 10129. I am currently waiting for my last orders to arrive. There are some parts that are not really available, so I have to change a bit (especially the windows). I will show some pics when I am done. All I can say so far is that I will be way below the price for a complete set.

I am with the Tie Fighter, too. As I just got back to LEGO quite recently I bought a couple of sets from 2012. It is a tough call, but I'll go with the Tie Fighter.

Practically no. But if you want to be on the safe side, you should do the part where Luke sits (top cannon) and the inner sides of the front in grey or at least in black. That should be around 10 bricks.

From my point of view almost all technic bricks can be replaced with different/less expensive colors. I absolutely agree on the 6.6L bar, the 6L is quite fine. Furthermore I bought four times "rigid Hose, 20L" and cut two of them to the right lenght for the shorter ones, as they perfectly sum up. That worked out quite nicely.

Hope you are having fun doing this, Minus2. I finished my "bricklinking 10179-project" two weeks ago. I am kind of sad, that it is done by now, so I started on the UCS Snowspeeder (10129).

Hello all around the world After leaving my dark LEGO years couple of months ago, I thought it would be a good idea to join EB as an active member (been lurking around here for several weeks). Back in my old days I was especially into Technic. Some years ago the SW UCS series got my attention. But it took some more time until I finally realised, that I have to start building. So I did! Of course, I will be joining the SW section. By the way, I think I am an AFOL (33 years) and I am from Germany. So, all the best to all of you