I know it's 'the same company' now...but shouldn't 'Tron' fetch his Barrister...:)

How did the solar sailer make it from Geonosis to Coruscant without hyperdrive? Wouldn’t it take years? It doesn’t LOOK like it would have a hyperdrive...

Wow this set was really expensive everywhere, huh.

I’d love to see a remake of this that can actually sail at one point! This isn’t bad though, just crazy expensive.

I’ll never join you, Dooku!

I got 95% of this in a bulk lot earlier in the year. Nice build and shape for a SW set of that time.

It's weird that the model from the early 2000's looked more movie-accurate, but maybe I've just been biased for years.

Clone Wars Dooku looked rather goofy :)

Those early Clone Wars sets would have been so much better without the goofy faces.

When I saw only the picture, I thought a new set has been revealed.

Debating whether to go on another tangent about set numbers in the 2009 Star Wars and City ranges.

@MCLegoboy said:
"Looks cool, and it's a decent build, but they should have found a way to attach an actual Sail even if it just sat off to the side when not attached because what's the point in calling it a Solar Sailer if it doesn't have the Sail?"

What’s weird is that I could have sworn there was a version that did have the sail but looking through brickset it seems I imagined it

@eiffel006 said:
"385 parts. For $55. In 2009. Ouch. "

This set has a lot of large bricks and is licensed. This is the reason for the price.

@brick_r:
Yeah, you lost me on that one. Also, re: yesterday, WB _has_ a water tower, with their logo on it, as depicted in Animaniacs. That’s why it’s in Animaniacs, and why it’s the logo for Watertower Records. I’ve actually seen it with my own eyes. There’s a stairway at Unversal Studios Hollywood where, about halfway down, you can peer over the fence separating the Universal property from the WB backlot. Stand in the right spot, and you can see the water tower. So, yeah, highlights of my family’s trip to Universal Studios Hollywood theme park include seeing Bruce, the Psycho house, the BttF clock tower (before it tragically burned down), one of the BttF DeLoreans, a M*A*S*H Jeep, the A-Team van...and the WB water tower. Hence why it’s amusing to hear they may have rented another one.

Maybe it wasn’t a water _tower_ that you heard about, but the film tank where they would have had to build a fake swamp to do all the water scenes, since you can’t safely do all that filming in a real swamp. Like a fleet of vintage cars, it’s not economical for studios to own and maintain these, so a few rental companies specialize in film tanks. Give them a location (often a parking lot that has been cordoned off), and they’ll assemble a watertight tank that you can dress like a stage and fill with water.

Regarding Titans, they did two very different iterations of Hawk & Dove. The main version is the ones who are in a relationship, but in flashback they show the original Dove. Starfire is a bit weird at first, but she glows orange when using her powers, which makes you realize how unrealistic the comics were in having a bright orange woman walking around in public.

@Brickalili:
Did you check Advent Calendars? If there was one, that’s where it would have happened.

It took me a bit of time, searches and patience to put my hands on this one. As a very unique design among all the others in SW universe, I was fascinated by its shorts appearances in the saga. I eventually found it at a reasonable price on Ebay, used, but had the worst surprise when I received it. Parts replaced with wrong color, bootleg parts mixed with Lego ones, missing parts, stickers awfully applied and stained, I was then understanding why it was that cheap. It was one of my first experience in buying sets on secondary market. I was then newbie with Bricklink, and much more naive than I am today. Even if I thought I should send it back to its dishonest seller, I kept it, made the inventory of the pieces I had to order. Made a few orders both on PaB and Bricklink for brand new stickers. And after a few weeks, having washed and cleaned it all, I eventually had the opportunity and satisfaction to build it once again but this time complete, and applied the stickers correctly. Even as an old and maybe out of date design and model (for sure it could come out better today with all the new available parts and techniques), it still is one of my favorite set. It's displayed proudly on my shelves with the others, looking just like brand new. And even has a special place in my heart, probably because of the story behind it, which gave me more bounds with it than with some better and bigger ones purchased safe and secure on LEGO.com ;)

This was a boring build and not great to display. Dooku looked weird in his CW minifigure form. But a couple more MagnaGuards was good.

I found that it just fell apart in my hands whilst building and even when displaying/playing it wasn’t very robust. Good idea but the balance wasn’t right

I bought a copy of this set and parted it out. The many reddish brown pieces that broke from this set is really unfortunate.

I was on holiday with my parents and they told me we could either go to a water park or I could get this set as a present. Naturally I went with this set.

No one’s giving lore about the amazing skeletal foot-droid thing? Back to the old Visual Dictionary…

@Brickalili said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"Looks cool, and it's a decent build, but they should have found a way to attach an actual Sail even if it just sat off to the side when not attached because what's the point in calling it a Solar Sailer if it doesn't have the Sail?"

What’s weird is that I could have sworn there was a version that did have the sail but looking through brickset it seems I imagined it"

If you unlocked all the minikits on the Geonosian level in LEGO Star Wars I, you'd unlock a midi scale build of this in Dexter's Diner that included the sail

The most beautiful LEGO set ever made.

@Spidermanager said:
"No one’s giving lore about the amazing skeletal foot-droid thing? Back to the old Visual Dictionary…"

I dug out the visual dictionary to see if I could find anything about the magnaguard, which there was! Here's what it says: "These feared droids guard separatist leaders such as Grievous. A photoreceptor in their chests let them fight on even without their heads."

@Lego_mini_fan said:
" @Spidermanager said:
"No one’s giving lore about the amazing skeletal foot-droid thing? Back to the old Visual Dictionary…"

I dug out the visual dictionary to see if I could find anything about the magnaguard, which there was! Here's what it says: "These feared droids guard separatist leaders such as Grievous. A photoreceptor in their chests let them fight on even without their heads.""

Very interesting! Almost the opposite of B’ Omarr Monks, which were pretty much brains in jars, I believe