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I think it looks nice, but I think it looks a little more Imperial then Republic. The grey color scheme just says Imperial to me, whereas Republic vessels that I know of are usually white except for walkers. Still, nice and armored. I do have one question: You keep picturing Mace with it on Brickshelf, but where does he go in the tank? It there an interior that I am missing? I saw that the back has two doors, but that looks too small for Mace.

A very nice and funny article. Thanks for posting the link! Some of their choices I find odd, like putting the Agents set on the list. Besides that, it was a great article! (But did you notice they said "LEGOs" in the opening paragraph? The horror!)

I have posted my sixth Academy review, 8821 Rogue Knights Battleship, in the forum. Review: 8821 Rogue Knights Battleship http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=27184 Thanks!

Up until this point, I have only done Star Wars reviews (because I wanted to help fill the Star Wars Review Index gaps). But I looked through some of the other indexes, and boy did I find gaps! So here is my first non-Star Wars review... Enjoy! Set Title: Rogue Knight Battleship Set #: 8821 Theme: Knights Kingdom II Pieces: 152 Minifigures: 3 Year of Release: 2006 Price at Release: USD $19.99 (I could not find information in Pounds or Euros, if you know, let me know) Buy It? Inventory? Peeron Bricklink The Rogue Knight Battleship is one of the final four sets of the Knights Kingdom II (Morcia) line; the others being 8823 Mistlands Tower, 8813 Battle at the Pass, and 8822 Gargoyle Bridge (which I'm hoping to review soon). While many people refer to Knights Kingdom II as the Jelly Bean Knights and dismiss it as terrible, I was always a big fan and I loved the colors. But perhaps LEGO realized that many people don't want brightly colored knights, so in the final four sets they toned down the colors and made everything dark and gloomy. Was it a good move or a bad move, you ask? I'm not sure it's either: so many people were already prejudiced against KKII that they didn't care what it looked like. But I liked all the KKII sets moderately well, and I'll start getting to why... INSTRUCTIONS First, we've got the instructions, which sports a nice picture of the set in action (but fear not, I too will present many action poses later on). You can probably already start to see the flaws: those wings, and oh yes! The oddly unclothed minifigures. But more on that later. Random page, displaying easy to follow instructions with excellent color differentiation. Back, displaying this set, the Gargoyle Bridge, and Mistlands Tower together. It sure makes you want to get them all, doesn't it? (That wasn't really a rhetorical question, it kind of does make me want to get them all.) SET - Overview This image is not my own, it is an official LEGO one, courtesy of Bricklink. In the sections following, I will break down all that you see in this picture. (I would have used the box pic from Bricklink, but it is actually the preliminary one, not the one I got - I know this for a fact) MINIFIGURES The minifigures are always a key part of any set, and here we get some good and some bad. I love all the oddly colored knights, and so I find that nice dark green armor with chain mail pattern on Sir Kentis to be very lovely. I also am very fond of the printing on Drascus's armor (he's the one on the far right), and speckle-y armor and helmets are always nice. However, there is one major flaw: the bad guys left home in just tank tops and underpants! They're dressed like the Spartans in 300, they haven't got any clothes! You could make the case that they're wearing yellow pants and sleeves (like an old train torso that was yellow), but it's just weird to me. Having 300 tie-ins is kind of neat though (joking)! So that you can take a better look at they're faces, here they are with helmets off! It was a little weak to just reuse Jayko's head for Kentis, but it's ok. I love that Drascus printing, you can now pick it up in several of the newer castle sets. The Rogue Knight's face is nice, but it was way overused back in 2006. Finally, the minifigures sporting their fancy, expensive weapons. Nice printings all around! SHIP Now getting into the bulk of the set, here is the title character, the Rogue Knights Battleship. It's kind of small for a battleship, isn't it? Since this side picture is the best to capture the bad parts, I'll comment on the bad now. First, the obvious: dragon wings as sails. From this angle, they look great, but if you think about it, those things can't catch any wind! You'd have to turn them to the side to catch wind, and then the look would be ruined. Nice look, but not so nice LEGO. The other major flaw here is the oars. Sure, with sails that bad, you'd need oars, but how are the knights supposed to row of the the oars are just attached and left to wobble on the side? You could take them off yourself to play with, but they're just in a terribly unrealistic and unhelpful place. On a good note, that piece of armor on the front is nice, if a little odd. Aerial view. This is where the good stuff can be seen: the wood planks and "rogue" design. The feel is very evil/mysterious, and grubby, like something some Rogue Knights would throw together. The shape of the ship is also not bad at all. Front. The ship looming towards us. Again, that piece of armor does well to make it looks rugged and spooky to me, a spiky foe to be reckoned with! Back. Not so scary from the back, and those misplaced oars are just hanging out. Detail 1: catapult. The Rogue Knights' small catapult is made of a little round pice I have never seen anywhere else, but I'm sure it is in some other sets. It fires as well as any "hand of god" catapult does, but it would be better if it swivels. Still, it's a nice detail and certainly welcome! Detail 2: anchor. This is the FAIL detail. While the anchor looks nice, every time you pick the ship up the anchor unravels and hangs down. That's why you shouldn't use a chain for an anchor, use the traditional string! Overall, the ship has a nice feel and fun to look at. Minus those flaws I mentioned (anchor, sails, oars), this would be a great boat. As it is, it is mildly frustrating to swoosh because of the hanging oars and anchor. TOWER The other part of this set is the defense tower. It's quite a simple design and not composed of many pieces, but it is a nice addition to the set nonetheless. It sports a little dock, bigger catapult, and oddly placed torch. That torch just sticks out and bothers me; frankly I think the set would look better without out it, or it should be on the top level. On the back side, we just have a vacant cave and empty tower piece. Perhaps a little table with chicken leg would be great in the cave for Sir Kentis to eat during his long days of lookout duty, but it's not necessary. (Sorry the tower piece isn't pushed on well!) Aerial. I just happened to be flying in a helicopter so I felt like snapping a picture. Not much to add here. This catapult works slightly better than the smaller one on the boat, but it's not great. This tower is a nice addition to the ship, and enhances playability, as I will show you in... ACTION In this section, I'll suggest some different types of fun you can have with this set! First, you can use that tower to hide Kentis, because he's young and too afraid of facing those evil Rogue Knights. (Note: The selective focus was on purpose in this shot.) But then Kentis musters up some courage and decides not to be a wimp, so he runs out to fire the catapult! He misses with his first shot because he has terrible aim, and then the Rogue Knights are too close. Kentis grabs his weapons and climbs up to defend from the top! Luckily, the Rogue Knights can't reach the top tower so decide to wait out the night waiting for him to come down. They didn't count on it being so cold, and they didn't bring pants or shirts, so they freeze to death. I didn't take a picture of it though, because death is morbid and frightening. SET - Final Overview Here is one last look at the set, as the ship looms towards the lone Sir Kentis and his tower. I did not intend to have such selective focus on the ship when I took the shot, but I thought it looks nice. CONCLUSIONS I have already provided some summing up after each specific part, but I'll restate it here. The ship has a nice shape and design, but the wings, oars, and anchor are truly terrible. The catapult looks nice, but can't do much. The tower is much better. My only gripe is the oddly placed torch, but it's still nice to have. The catapult isn't great, but it's a play feature, and it works well enough. Minifigures: 7.5/10 - the printing and faces are great, but where are the Rogue Knights' clothes? Parts: 9.5/10 - at 152 it's a bit less than should be in a $20 set, but it's a nice selection and the exclusive-to-this-set dragon wings are very nice parts. Build: 7.5/10 - a good build, not too much repetition, and several different segments to build, but there are those super ship design flaws. Price: 10/10 - you could make a case that it should have been a few bucks less, but LEGO doesn't price things at something like $17, so it's good. Playability: 9.5/10 - lots to do and many scenarios to be played, but .5 docked due to hanging parts that hamper the ship's swooshability. Overall: 8.8/10 - a calculated score that seems just right to me. I hoped you enjoyed my review, and there will be more to come!

Very WWII-ish (which the original stormtroopers and Empire were partially based on) Nice to see just a rolling weapon, instead of some kind of hovercraft or walker like most other entries (including mine).

Nice in depth review as usual. I noticed in the reviewer's academy thread that you joined, but you still posted this review here. Did you not want this review to be one of your ones for the reviewer's academy? If you did not know, you have to post at least your first three reviewer's academy reviews in the reviewer's academy forum, to be critiqued by the teachers.

"Droid Fighters, up ahead!" -Naboo fighter pilot. Set Name: Droid Fighter Set #: 7111 Theme: Star Wars Episode I Pieces: 62 Minifigures: 0 Year of Release: 1999 Price at Release: USD $5.99 Buy it? Inventory? Bricklink Peeron I held off buying this fighter for quite a while when it came out. The reason was I didn't see any point to a set without minifigures. I owned a bunch of Episode 1 sets, but I hadn't seen the movie so I had no connection to this ship. Eventually, when I was on vacation somewhere, I didn't have any LEGO to build so I bought this guy when I saw him in a store I was in. (Yes, I just personified a machine, but it is sort of a character, right?) I still don't care for sets without minifigures. INSTRUCTIONS My box is gone, but my instructions are not. The front shows the normal design for Ep1 of that time: plain-ish design, cute Ep1 logo, and still the System logo. A random page. Easy to follow instructions with good color distinction; you can see on this page the difference between dark grey and black. The back: there's no minifigures to help "build" the ship like on most instructions from those days, but there is inspiration for another great LEGO Star Wars alternate model, the chicken walker with hat! MINIFIGURES Ha ha, I fooled you with that headline, there aren't any! I can still comment on the lack of though. Personally, as I stated above, I could care less about sets without minifigures. That being said, I would have loved to see at least one battle droid with lit megaphone thrown into this set. I remember trying to mod this when I got it to fit a battle droid inside to pilot it, but it didn't work out. If you try it, let me know if you can get results! SET - Flying Ok, now that I'm past what's not there, I'll start talking about what is there. First, here is a picture of the Droid Fighter in flying non-battle mode. It looks alright, has that nice printed "eyes" piece, and is fairly swooshable. The wings jiggle a bit when picked up though. Then it opens up for battle, and - whoops! Looks like it will soon be time to talk about what's not there again. If you couldn't guess, the answer is weapons. Weapons aren't there. It's not very menacing without weapons, I guess this is a friendly Droid Fighter. The side. Not much to see, no weapons, but those nice printed tiles that were quite common in SW in 1999. There are many uses for them, such as machinery. The back. Note those red taillights, maybe they work as a turning signal. They can be viewed better in a standing picture later on. A final picture of flying mode from the front. This demonstrates again the friendliness of the craft - no weapons! I think it actually looks pretty cute, and not really too blocky/chunky. SET - Standing I have already established that while this set looks ok, the lack of weapons is a bit silly. Now here's where things really get ludicrous, the conversion from flying mode to walking mode. Here's the instruction's picture of it. Yes, you actually have to just take the head off, and put it on the front. I find it especially crazy that in the picture for how to fold it, they have you moving the head up a row over a couple of steps. That's just whacko! Here is the Droid Fighter in standing mode. Again, the body looks fine, if a little un-sleek, but that head just sitting there on a pile of bricks looks really weird. Different angles will illustrate this better. A close up of what there is when the head is slid off: a computer "brain" I suppose. (Note: there are supposed to be two 1x4 brown tiles, but I could not find a second, so I used two 1x2's) From the side, the head is getting to look more awkward... ...but not as awkward as from the back! It looks so crazy, perched on that high neck, and with that pin hanging out at the back. What was LEGO thinking? Finally, imagine yourself as a small Jedi, about to be crushed by this odd looking beast! Here you can also note that open hole in the neck, where the head attaches to the body. Looks like a gaping wound to me. If I had any of the four newer versions I would of course do a comparison, but I do not. From pictures, it seems the Ep3 version of this that came with Anakin's Ep3 JSF is very similar to this, and equally crappy. It at least had weapons. The two newest versions are much better, and can transform without taking the head off and plopping it on the front. Now I'll sum it all up. For a sleek little flying ship, this looks pretty good. Only a little too chunky at the base. But for a flying fighter, the question is again raised, where are the weapons? The walking mode is not nearly as good. Firstly, the head looks absolutely terrible (even worse in real life), and it is not very stable. The perks of this set are: it can be swooshed, and has six printed pieces (head, four side tiles, computer tile). The bad parts are the walking mode, the wings flop a little, and the four wing panels fall off incessantly. Ratings time! Parts: 10/10 - good range, nice printed pieces, rare-ish long wing planks, and perfect price-per-part ratio. Minifigures: 0/10 - it has no minifigures, but I believe it needs at least one battle droid. Build: 8.5/10 - not repetitive, but a little annoying and those wings just keep falling off! Playability: 6.5/10 - it can be swooshed, but it can't be in a battle because it has no guns! Also, you can't play with the walking mode at all! The wings fall off when you play with it. Price: 7.5/10 - technically, this should get a 10/10 because of perfect price-per-piece ratio, but this set is lacking. For the same price at the same time, you could get Qui-Gon and Darth Maul battling, or Obi-Wan and Luke with their Landspeeder, both much more fun. This set should have been like $4, but I understand the piece count brought it up. Overall: 6.5/10 - a calculated score. Where I come from this would be a big fat D, which is perfect for this set. More to come!

That's an interesting tip, perhaps I'll try that. Still, I doubt there's any way you can affectionately handle your K3PO for an extended period of time without him losing his original fresh white gleam. (Yes, I love my minifigures, but it's not in a creepy way)

I believe when Bonaparte comes around, he will give you Academy viewing powers. Once he has said "Access Granted" to you in this thread, the reviewers academy forum will be visible to you as the first forum on the Eurobricks Forums page.

I think he just means he would spell it the American way, and that of course was a humorous comment. Personally, I love fresh white. What I mean by fresh white is when you open a new set like 7666 Hoth Base and spill its contents out, I love seeing and building with all that shiny new white. The only problem is that after you've touched it for a while it loses its fresh white quality, and I've got to go by more new sets with white! I have a similar "problem" with clear pieces: I just love them when they're fresh, but then they get all cloudy form fingerprints! When I'm building, I like to use brown, except that I hate mixing old and new browns, so I often get frustrated. I do not have a least favorite color, but I just hate mixing my new browns with old browns and new grays with old grays.

I felt this set was ok when I got it. It was the first set I got that actually had a problem with it: one of those two light gray wedges sticking out on the front was dark gray! I was quite confused. Nice printed battle droid/front piece though.

Great MOC all around. I love all the little huttlets, but what really caught my eye was Mace's force push. You captured the position of the pushed spider droid so well, it's just brilliant! Also, nice customized Clones.

Another nice review! The instructions picture of the minifigures has always made me laugh: Anakin looks like a demented frog! Also, Mischa07, you said "A neat little set from episode II with two great minifigs." Did you mean two great minifig designs? It doesn't matter, I just wanted to point that out. I loved and still love this set, but you're completely right about the speeder bike being flimsy. Just a little fun fact: That printed vaporator piece also comes in green in the Spider-Man origins set, the one with Osborn turning into the Green Goblin is his lab.

Nice review, as usual! I really like this set, I would vote "great" if a poll was there. You should still consider joining the reviewer's academy!

I believe what Bricks meant was that either the box is preliminary and LEGO will later change the box to have him with gray hair, or the figure with gray hair is preliminary and they will change the figure to match the box.

In all of the Clone Wars episodes, Palpatine has had Blonde hair. I say he is going to get blonde hair in the Venator because of this pic: The other box pics also picture him with blonde hair. I could be wrong about this though, perhaps they will decide to change it to gray. I personally hope I am not wrong.

I think the box images aren't going to change much at all. Most things were pretty final by the looks of them, but there are a few exceptions. The ewoks will hopefully get a paint job on them, and Palpatine will get blond Dooku hair instead of the gray Dooku hair he had at Toy Fair. Everything else was pretty final though.

Yes, I think it does look like the minifigures are hanging out, but personally I think it looks really cool. I like this new bow style for the second wave of Clone Wars sets a lot more than the old style. Each of the new boxes displays the set in a here-it-is, no super-cool graphics or anything style. I really like actually having the whole set pictured as it is, instead of the close-ups of features that the first Clone Wars line had.

Nice review of a set that I find quite nice, but I'd love to see more of your opinions in your reviews and more comments about the set. You should really think about joining the Reviewers Academy, it certainly helped me become a better reviewer and post reviews that are even more interesting for the rest of us. Great start reviewing, though!

To me, this set is just too flat and blocky. The sub in the movie is smooth and rounded, and looks like the organism that it is supposed to be. Star Wars trivia-ish: Gungan subs are grown, not built. This set, on the other hand, looks just like a machine to me, and is cut off halfway. The Sub is supposed to be rounded around the bottom as well as the top, but this is just a flat top on an even flatter bottom.

I would also love a redo. I remember a poll on LEGO.com several years ago, asking which set fans would most like to see a new version of. The Sith Infiltrator was on it, so maybe that won. WHile new sets from Ep1 seem unlikely to me soon, perhaps The Clone Wars will have another Naboo episode that features a Gungan Sub, and then we can get a new one. That would be awesome, and make for some new CW characters, my favorite!

"There is always a bigger fish." - Qui-Gon Ginn Set Name: Gungan Sub Set #: 7161 Theme: Star Wars Episode 1 Pieces: 375 Minifigures: 3 Year of Release: 1999 Price at Release: USD $49.99 Buy it? Inventory? Bricklink Peeron I acquired this set in 1999 or 2000 at a Toys R Us when there was a buy two get one half off sale. The other set I got that day was 7150 TIE Fighter and Y-wing (perhaps I'll get around to rebuilding that and reviewing it). My sister got to build and keep this set; she wanted it because it was the only set with Obi-Wan at the time and she had a crush on Obi-Wan. It has sat on a shelf collecting dust for some time, and I spent a good few hours scrubbing it with a toothbrush and washcloth for this review. INSTRUCTIONS Since it belonged to my sister and she had the instructions, I cannot find them. I bring you the pictures of the instructions from peeron.com. The front, with usual layout/design from Episode 1 sets of that time. A random page. These instructions are actually a little hard to read in that you have to really look around to see the new pieces being added, as you can see in these two steps. The back, with the cute little minifigs building the set design and interesting alternative models, definetly something a kid could come up with. There are also some other alternative models inside the instructions as well as a comic, but I have so many other pictures to show you I decided to omit those and let you go to peeron.com yourself and look if you like. SET Before I begin my overview, I must tell you that I am missing three pieces. I cannot find a second one of the gray tube or a fourth rock with plant such as these: Now onto the set. Here is the overview pic, with comments to come below as I go through absolutely everything. MINIFIGURES The Gungan Sub comes with three characters with hyphenated names: Qui-Gon, Jar-Jar, and Obi-Wan. Qui-Gon and Jar-Jar came in several other sets. But not of course the rare "bad shave" Qui-Gon you see here. I'm only joking, it's a misprint! Young Obi-Wan only came in this set, which made him rare at the time. I have to wonder why Obi-Wan has to wear a hood, instead of having hair like Qui-Gon does. Did LEGO not feel like making a hairpiece for Obi-Wan, or did they just want to give buyers a brown head? We'll never know... (Lightsaber hilts are old chrome by the way) And the backs, not much to see here except Qui-Gon's braid and Jar-Jar's nice head mold. The minifigures really are one of the best parts of this set, nothing missing here! ROCKS It wasn't enough to just have a Gungan Sub, or LEGO was trying to reach a certain piece count, so they threw in these rocks with seaweed and stingray. This is an ok addition, but as you will see they should have concentrated on just making a better sub instead of adding a random rock formation. The clam and starfish are nice additions once you have it, though. The back of the rock formation. The build of these rocks is not straight up and down, which is good, put it still just looks like a pile of bricks. Gray bricks, though, and those are always welcome. GUNGAN SUB No, for any of you still wondering, a Gungan Sub is not a submarine sandwich with Jar-Jar meat. Sorry, you Jar-Jar haters. Now comes the worst, and biggest, part of this set. Of all the blocky Ep1 models, this is about the blockiest and worst, a sleek ship pretty much trashed by LEGO. It reminds me of stingrays, a theme I never cared for. Here is an overhead look. The profile of this ship is just so square, and it should be so smooth and rounded. The only good parts I see here are those printed cockpits, printed folding tiles on top, and blue anchor, as I will discuss separately below. An already striking problem is how movie-inaccurate this set is in regard to where the minifigs are. They are supposed to all be in the front cockpit, but LEGO has put them each in a separate compartment. And it is Obi-Wan driving in the movie, so he should be in he front anyway! But never fear ye movie fans, all the minifigs can be fit into the front cockpit, without a single mod! I said they could fit, I never said they could fit well! Both sides are the same, so here's just the left one: Now the back, showing the long blue tales and trans-orange light. This picture also better shows how low down the cockpits are on the ship, and how flat it is. This is what is in each side compartment of the ship, controls for Obi-Wan and... Jar-Jar? Who would ever give controls to Jar-Jar, that is a bad idea! Those bricks also look uncomfortable for minifigs backs on long journeys. And poor Qui-Gon in the front gets no controls at all! Looking at the above pictures, you may have noticed some flaps on the ship. First, there are these two in front of the side compartments, opening to reveal rudders, or spinners, or whatever they're called. Then the middle "cargo bay" opens up... ...to reveal these two, things. Ok, they're actually alternate engines. For what, you ask? Wait and see, I'm getting to it. The front and tail sections of the ship are attached by pegs and holes, and are detachable. This is the simple attaching system. Here is the whole set detached. Note that those trans-orange spinners from the secret hatches attach to one of the alternate engines. Now Qui-Gon can zoom away on stealth missions, using engine 1: Engine 2: And engine 3: Meanwhile, back at the ship... Obi and Jar-Jar are stranded! This is ludicrous! Why would anybody playing with this set want to fly off with Qui-Gon and leave our other friends behind? Qui-Gon: Bye guys, I'll be back in a bit. Obi-Wan: Oh, off on another useless adventure master. Jar-Jar: Meesah pressin' dah buttons while yousa gone, ockie day?! (Note: that is not in the movie.) However, if Qui-Gon is using engines 2 or 3, they can have some fun driving around backwards! SPECIAL PIECES In this last section, I'll discuss the special pieces in this set. The Gungan Sub comes with three of the same uniquely printed cockpit pieces and four uniquely printed folding pieces. While there are no other Star Wars ships from the movies I can see these in, they certainly could be put to good use in Gungan MOCs, or any underwater MOCs at all. Those folding tiles also look a bit like Rorschach from Watchmen, so maybe they could be used in a "Rorschach Ship." The blue anchor would go great in brightly colored imperial or pirate MOCs. Those three gray printed tiles were quite common in Star Wars sets of that time, but are still special. Plenty of industrial uses. Lastly, the Sub comes with four of those trans-orange bricks pictured here. Also great in underwater MOCs and MOCs that need odd lights. Well, I'm out of pictures, so I'll start summing it up. This set is way too blocky, making it look ugly. It is pretty sturdy, so you can swoosh it around. The whole mini-detaching thing is an interesting feature, but it's really silly, leaves the other minifigs behind, and looks even worse than the whole sub together. The rock formation is also nice-ish, but what are you supposed to do with it in relation to the set? That component seems to be for display only, and I wouldn't want to display the ship in the first place. All of the pieces going towards these dumb features should have been used to improve the look of the Gungan Sub itself, which is the main part of this set! And why does Obi-Wan have to wear that hood all the time, it must get awfully stuffy! So, the ratings: Minifigs: 9/10 - only because Obi-wan should at least come with a hair alternative. Pieces: 8/10 - ok selection, nice printed pieces, blue anchor, and trans-orange bricks, but not enough pieces total and not the right pieces to make it look sleek. Build: 6/10 - here I deduct points because the thing is just darn ugly. Playability: 8/10 - you can swoosh it and change those engines on the mini-sub, but not much else. Price: 7.5/10 - should have been ten bucks cheaper for that piece count. Overall: 7.7/10 - a calculated score, that looks about right to me. Sometimes I wish this had been a submarine sandwich with Jar-Jar meat, so then I could gobble it up and not have to look at it again. But wait, I'm vegetarian! I hope you enjoyed my first big review, and please comment.

If the sets were strictly based on the book's material, then I can agree that it would be kid-friendly and not that violent. However, the movie is being directed by Guillermo del Toro, known for dark, creepy movies like Pan's Labyrinth (and Hellboy also a bit), so I can bet The Hobbit will also be not entirely LEGO-age range kid friendly. If sets were just based on the book, they would probably not do so well because not so many kids in that age range read The Hobbit.

I voted for curved chrome as the best. It looked so awesome and sleek. Also, while the chrome may flake, that's only if you play with it and take it out and in the minifig's hand often. If it's just for display, it is beautiful. Straight bley is the worst for me. I have always thought the standard lightsaber hilt is a bit too clunky, and add a boring color to that to get a downright yucky piece. I was so annoyed when they switched to bley for lightsabers, but the new silver is pretty good. Let's not forget, there are also straight old light gray lightsaber hilts, such as came in the original AT-ST. These were never released as lightsaber hilts exactly, though.

I like that the message that these ads convey, but perhaps the use of the copyrighted logo is a problem. If you look closely, the pixel "bricks" do not even look too much like LEGO pieces, they are far too large and stretched out. @ Asuka, what does that Cambell's soup can have to do with the discussion? Are you referencing Andy Warhol's use of the soup can in his artwork? If so, I suppose a connection can be drawn between that art and this art. However, Andy Warhol's use of the soup can in his painting was strictly art, taken by anyone to be just art. These ads, on the other hand, would be convincing to someone who is not an avid LEGO fan that they are official messages from LEGO. These are too much on the imitation ad side of things, not strictly art.