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Clone Wars? I think those pupils are pretty small, my friend. Besides, the Swamp Speeder was originally an Episode 3 set, and it includes an Episode 3 clone (with new torso print!!! ) It's definitely ROTS.

Actually, if you look at the box art, it does have flick-fire missiles. Sorry to burst your bubble! And Kits hands are quite annoying. I am lucky enough to have 2 of the old Kit, and his green hands look great. Why did they change? EDIT: Actually, on taking a second look, it looks like his hands might be green after all, the light may be off, making the hands look grey.

Lego has stated in the past that they cannot make holographic figures because the plastic they use to mold holographic parts cannot sustain minifig molds.

AAAGH!!! So many new posts! Someone said this before but it got passed over, so for clarification- that 'accessory' on the far right Rebel is just his visor pulled down. We need to look more closely! I was fooled at first too. It sure looks like the Imperial Officer has an Agents body armor piece, but why would he??? We need to see what the Ice Cutter does (there was something about a cargo box?...) before we judge it as another usual crappy battle pack vehicle.

Haha, eyesore that's perfect! The connections did strike me as most ugly, but another disappointing factor is that the cockpit literally looks like a ball stuck in front of the three-directional technic elements. If they could have come up with a way to smooth that transition, it would have looked a bit better even with the ugly wing connection. Three-directional... I name parts as I go. Do we have any word at all of Luke's Landspeeder? Because it is the simplest set, it may turn out to be one of the best!

That's what I was trying to say! I just couldn't put it into words. Thanks! We'll have to wait for battle pack pics; so far we only have pics of the Imperial one. The figs in it are great (except that light bley helmet ), but the set, apart from the speeder bike, is just terrible.

Well, I know none of you are going to agree with me but... I'm really disappointed. The freeco speeder has great figs and I love the streamline shape, but it just doesn't have the right feel to it... like a cross between minifig and midi scale. Good details, but not enough pieces for the price (then again, like all clone wars...). The Tri-fighter looks better than we all gave it credit for. The new fig is great, and they made some great improvements... except why is one of the panels on it black? The Arc-170 is amazing, I must say, and it would immediately be one of my favorite sets except for the piece/price ratio!!!!!! The Tie Defender is the biggest disappointment. It also has a terrible piece/price ratio, and it's too brick-built... not enough slopes. It's sort of ugly. Of course, I'll still be getting all of these because I'm a sucker for new figs.

Good luck, Klaus-Dieter, I hope this works, whatever chance we have! It was undoubtedly a great theme, and I missed out on it.

MUST RESTRAIN FROM PRICE RANT ABOUT TIE DEFENDER... Anyway, I really do hope they change the AT-AT pilot helmet. Why would they suddenly change it to grey?... And that battle droid 'commander' sounds interesting, let's not judge that Tri-fighter just yet.

We have already established that the Freeco speeder includes a Talz and either Anakin or Obi- Wan- no CATs.

Holy Wampa poodoo, that's a long post! I have no idea what any of that means, but you sound like you know what you're talking about! I think the CTT will be CW if the ARC 170 is CW, but we'll just have to watch the new season to find out for sure.

Signed. This is very depressing, unless TLC has a really good reason to cancel the line.

MIDI- scale?... You got all our hopes us. I was really hoping for a MINIFIG scale AT-AT, but oh, well. We'll see how it turns out.

Honestly, Lego, that's just more money you won't be getting from North America... I would definitely purchase this set if it was released in the US! So please change your mind!

Great review, this set is starting to grow on me! I love your humor at the end.

Someone mentioned earlier that they had seen some preliminary pictures... I don't want to be the person who angers eurobricks or Lego, but could someone post a link? If you can't or this has already been discussed (I don't want to read the ENTIRE eleven pages) then pplease ignore me. I was SO excited when the Malevolence showed up on The Quest for R2... but a closer look made me want to . I don't know what TLC is going for here! I don't think they will fit minigigs, and if it's midi scale then not only is it ugly and disproportionate but quite useless in a Separatist army.

At first glance I am not entirely impressed with this list. I am looking forward to the new CCT though, the old one leaves a lot to be desired. Let's not judge, though, considering what happened to the RBR recently! It will be interesting to see if they use the same mold for Boba and not the new jetpack; I'm going to assume that Palpatine's shuttle, GG's starfighter and the CCT are Clone wars because episode 3 is long gone! What I just realized as I'm typing this is: OH MY GOD! A NEW GRIEVOUS HEAD! (Either it will be really cool looking, or just terrible like all the other CW faces... most likely the latter. ) And what happened to the Invisible Hand we were supposed to get?!?!?!

I couldn't pick!... Actually I did, but it was difficult to choose! My pics are- Separatist Landing Craft- Rook Emperor's Arrival- Morten Sonne Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter- Dutch Rebel A- Wing- Jerac Cloud City- Kaitan Good job everyone!

What really grabs my attention are all the finite details, like the bullet holes and cracks. I love the use of the Indiana Jones KOTCS tents on one of your buildings. Also, the layout of this is nicely done; it is easily viewable in any direction while giving it a street-like appearance and feel. Way to start of with a bang! (no pun intended)

Your frost effect is genius! I love the simple connections on the arms and legs. Nicely done! And I was thinking the same thing about Hoth, Darth Legolas!

I have grown rather fond of models like this; cute, chubby little midi-models that can actually fit people! The space inside is a great surprise, and great idea for the cockpit. Two thumbs up! :thumbup:

... When you buy lego waffles religiously. (And if you do, THEY DON'T MAKE THEM ANY MORE! ) ... Instead of a dry erase board, you tack a baseplate on the wall and make words with Lego plates. This is the most entertaining topic since '1000 ways to clean the dust off your sets!' ... that's not a real topic, if anyone was wondering.

We all knew Spongebob was gonna kick the bucket eventually... I think we should wait for more photos before we judge this theme. Just look what happened with the Rebel Blockade Runner! And a request from my little bro, could someone direct me to the list of Bionicle sets?

Set Number/Name: 5980 Squidman's Pitstop Theme: Space Police (III) Year of Release: 2009 (TRU Special Edition/Exclusive) Pieces: 389 Minifigs: 4 Price: 49.99 USD at TRU Resources: Brickset, Bricklink After the second mass release on Lego.com, I went to my local TRU looking for the Hoth set and Corporate Alliance tank droid, and they didn't have them. But then this caught my eye, as I thought it wasn't coming out for a little while more. I decided it was worth reviewing and as I was posting this, I found it had already been reviewed... Ah, well. But, since this is such a controversial set, I think that buyers leaning either way need all the details they can get. I had to do this with an old camera since my normal one broke a few days ago, so the pictures will not be of the best quality. Since my first review, uh, didn't go so well, I have double checked everything this time... hopefully. Box and Pieces: The box, depicting the hideout on an asteroid. The minifigs. Squidman and the Skull Twin appear to be captured, and the police officer doesn't seem to notice Snake slipping away. These guys need better training. The back, showing the set features. I was surprised to see that the back of the box did not show all of the functions, like the safe with gold. The two instruction books. Random instructions page. I noticed something strange on the back of the first instruction book. Coming out of the containment thing is... what is that? It looks like a city mechanic with a glow-in-the-dark Snake helmet... Is this an accidentally inserted preliminary image? I have no idea if this has shown up before, because this is the first Space Police set I have bought above $10. The DSS, with a bunch of small stickers. Most of them look quite good when applied, a rare case. The 4 marked bags, each of which has a smaller bag inside. There is also a red rubber hose separate. The pieces... not a lot for $50. Another note is that this is the most random selection of pieces in any set I have ever seen! If you are looking for any certain type or category of piece, do not buy this set. To give you an idea, there are only 8 or 9 pieces that go above a count of six! Actually, the most frequently occurring piece in this set is the 2X2 red brick that forms the four pillars at the bottom of the set. The Minifigs: Four figs in a $50 set is a pretty good deal, but they're not too special... We get the frequently occurring reverse-head officer with a walkie-talkie, and Squidman of course (It's his pitstop after all!). A skull twin is also included, which is nice if you don't want Hyperspeed Pursuit, but annoying if you want both twins! And then there's also Snake, which is very annoying since he shows up in four sets now, like the blue rock monster! Everyone else shows up in two, except Frenzy... which ticks me off because I'm not a big fan of the $20 set. If they had replaced Snake with Frenzy in this set, it would have probably made it sell better. But you do have to appreciate printed backs! A better view of Snake and the Skull Twin. God, I hate this camera! The Vehicles: The other thing you get in Bag One is the police ship. Here is the start. Then we add some more on, including two side handles for a rocket launcher and handcuffs. The pilot has no controls, which makes it sort of hard for him to steer. Also notice the blue technic pins, it's an interesting way to attach the wings. The finished ship. Notice it has no guns except the launcher, maybe the slopes at the end of the wings are supposed to be guns?... This ship looked really neat from the preliminary photos, but up close, it's debatable. The cockpit is waaaaay oversized, and also... There is a giant gaping hole in the front of the ship. :wacko: :wacko: I know these pilots need some leg room, but this is ridiculous! However, I really do like the simplicity of the engines. Bag 2 contains the other three vehicles. Squidman's is the most probably the most appealing; it has a very simple frame. The finished ship, with nice flame decals. It's hard for him to sit down, and when he stands his cape sort of gets in the way. But it's very swooshable. Next you build snake's ship, with a boat hull-looking design. Nice use of pistols as part of the engine. They do tend to wiggle a bit, though. The front of the ship is slightly bulky, but is nicely camoflaged when the engines are added. That's a huge gun! The big engine exhaust pipes add more macho. The two engines, with small stickers applied. This is actually my favorite of the vehicles. Since the aliens are supposed to be a 'biker gang' (I believe Kranx is the leader) it actually looks like a space bike! Well, to my needs-to-be-more-critical eyes. I thought this car was interesting in the prelims, but once you're holding it... It's just terrible. The chassis is made of the s-shaped piece with a few things attached. The completed chasis. I shall now chastise the chasis. (I made a funny! ) The front hinged piece makes it look quite ugly, and the Skull twin can't even hold the handles. And why is the engine so high up? The completed car. The spikes were a good idea, but not well-executed... just like all of the summer exclusive sets. The way the chasis is built causes the car to slant, giving it an interesting look. Cast, take a bow! Well, looking at all the vehicles, at least we can have more high speed chases. The Main Set Bag three is the lower part of the pitstop. You start by building a nitrogen tank and a cart with a coffee mug and dynamite. The support structure. Is this the best TLC can do? There is no middle support, so it's dangerous to press down in the middle of the completed set. The real building process begins. Even now it looks slightly random... you ain't seen nothing yet. A safe that will become part of the wall. This is probably the gold stolen by Frenzy and transported by the Skull twins. Anyone else notice that there has been an outrageous number of gold theivery and 'heist' sets in the past two years? You can start to see the randomness... Is this a good or bad thing? We'll see later. More accessories: two toxic waste bins, three spray paint cans (nice touch!) and two bullet-riddled fins that you can exchange with the ones on Squidman's vehicle to 'customize' it. Here is the completed Bag Three. A crane lift is added; it is a nice addition but is sort of flimsy. Also you get another spike piece on the front... *sigh.* Bag Four is the upper portion of the building. The back wall is my favorite part of the set. It rotates! The front has tools needed for repairs... ...and the back has weapons! This criminal hideout is now complete! Notice the stolen police missile launcher. There is also a Mars Mission gun, except with a neon yellow cone, and two Agents guns with yellow cones. I thought that it was strange to add those cones, and it could only remind me of one thing... Never liked those huge guns in the Slave I set anyway. The wall is added, and it works like a charm! When flipped to the gun side, the black cheese slopes at the top lock in with the ones at the bottom perfectly. However, the spaces in the wall don't have to be that wide. A cover, stating 'Universe-L Parts' is put neatly over the safe (Hehe, they made a funny!). A rat and chainsaw are also put in. The back wall is completed, and now you can see the randomness. However, I like it! It really shows that this is a hideout, not just a red-painted repair shop. It looks like Squidman used everything he could find to build his shop. But why are there flames?... The barred window is great, and there is a chain over it to keep intruders out. However, Squidman, you have to remember... ...sometimes an extra precaution can hurt your chances of escape! The windshield is added, with a nice bullet/grafiti sticker. This shows that Squidman isn't too smart. You'll need more than that one pane to make your shop airtight! The sign and satellite dish are built next. When attached they are both fully mobile and move in any direction. At this point the pictures were getting so bad that I had to adjust the lighting, it took me ten minutes to get it looking good, I hope it looks better now. These are the flick fire missiles on the back of the sign. It would be kind of freaky for an officer if you were flying towards your target and then a sign shot missiles at you! And the complete set! It's very colorful and definitely adds character to the Space Police line, you have to give it that. Here's a close-up of the safe, showing you how the sign covers it. This is a shot of the interior, very roomy for such a small set. You could fit the six aliens in here. This also gives an idea of how many accessories this set comes with- a lot! Here are the toxic waste barrels. Now you see them... Now you don't! The mechanism is fairly simple, but you have to press down really hard for it to work. Another thing that struck me as odd in this set is that a lone police officer with one small, barely armed ship is going to try and stop an entire nest of criminals. He's at a bit of a disadvantage! ...But then he comes back with a little extra help, and sends those space dogs on the run! Squidman's first day on the job: Uhhh... define 'pimp out.' Final thoughts: I think that this set is worth getting if there is a sale or if you had a coupon. This set gives a place for the bad guys to hide out; let's hope they release a police space station! Yes it doesn't have too many pieces, but it adds variety and you get a real 'hideout' feel. I feel very confident after this buy (partially because I used a $5 coupon ) Design: 8/10 Some clever ideas, but holes and gaps leave a little to be desired. The bottom supports is what really hurts this set. Build: 7/10 Nothing special, pieces are very random. Playability: 10/10 Absolutely no doubt here, kids will be all over this thing, from the different ships to the functions inside. Minifigs: 7.5/10 Yes we get four, but Snake and the officer are extremely repetative. Price: 7/10 $40 would have sold this set for many collectors. Overall:39.5/50, or 79%. A decent C+. Hope you enjoyed the review and happy building!

YES!!! I am thrilled to see that the Tantive is $150. Thats a fine price for 1400 pieces. I will definitely be getting this. But Leia's desk is a complete copy of Palpatine's... Ah, well, it's a sweet desk! The SDCC minifig displays are definitely interesting, but not like we couldn't get them somewhere else. Still waiting to see what the main set is though. And what is this talk about a mini LAAT? Sorry I'm not up to date!