• Naboo N-1 Starfighter with Vulture Droid

    <h1>Naboo N-1 Starfighter with Vulture Droid</h1><div class='tags floatleft'><a href='/sets/7660-1/Naboo-N-1-Starfighter-with-Vulture-Droid'>7660-1</a> <a href='/sets/theme-Star-Wars'>Star Wars</a> <a class='subtheme' href='/sets/subtheme-Episode-I'>Episode I</a> <a class='year' href='/sets/theme-Star-Wars/year-2007'>2007</a> </div><div class='floatright'>©2007 LEGO Group</div>

    Naboo N-1 Starfighter with Vulture Droid

    ©2007 LEGO Group
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    Star Wars Set #6: 7660 Naboo N-1 Starfighter with Vulture Droid

    Written by (TFOL , bronze-rated reviewer) in United States,

    Two opposing starfighters from the same movie in one set? Those are always good sets. Here is a prime example of one of those. Two awesome vehicles fighting over the droid control ship has officially been boxed together. Let's see what I think!

    Box/Instructions:
    A fairly medium-sized box, with the vulture droid chasing the Naboo fighter. I feel like this should be the other way around. The instructions reveal an extra piece to the puzzle that I'll get to later, so I guess sometimes the instructions are full of surprises!

    The Stickers:
    This is the first review I've actually done the stickers on, and although some would say it would go with the box/instructions, I feel as if they should stand out on their own, since they actually stick onto the set. If I'm correct, there should be seventeen. Five of them are used on the vulture droid, and the rest on the Naboo fighter. Seventeen may sound like a lot to some, but for two vehicles, I call it acceptable.

    The Pieces:

    The pieces here are good choices, especially the antenna pieces mounted on the rear of the Naboo ship. The missile pieces are always fun, especially since playability is increased.

    The Minifigures:

    There are three included here, all of them posing as the good guys. The Naboo pilot isn't bad, but the tan-and-brown color scheme isn't accurate to the red jumpsuit that's in the film. He could, however, also pose as a security guard, which is why the hat was included. The Anakin Skywalker that's included is a remake, and a good one. The helmet that's included can be put on him or the Naboo fighter guy, and Anakin also can use dark-tan-Harry-Potter-hair. As for R2-D2...well, it's R2. You can't get much farther than that.

    The Naboo N-1 Starfighter:
    Much improved from the first minifig-version. The engines look good, and the overall design is good. Just one thing irks me: The light stone gray should be SHINY. The Naboo fighter is shiny and yellow! I mean, the UCS version clearly saw this, because it's UCS, but they should really start doing that in regular sets too. There is a projectile missile underneath that I noted earlier, and all you do is pull back a short lever and the missile flies out. There's good distance, too. The cockpit introduces another major letdown: the canopy doesn't slide forward. In the movies, it slides forward. Here, you just lift it of to put a pilot in. It would work well for a stop-motion, though. Also, the cockpit has very little room inside it. The minifigure has to stretch his arms up quite a ways to access the controls. R2-D2's spot is sort of a fail in some ways. First, if the ship does a barrel roll, the droid just slips out. The door on the bottom serves as an ejection mechanism, but it could be how he gets into the ship, as the droid enters through the bottom. Next isn't a feature, but sort of something I feel is worth pointing out: The gap with a red thing between the ship and the tail just doesn't seem right if you build it according to the instructions. I fixed this by putting the stopper of the bar before the little yellow cone. The piece is then somewhat invisible. As for the engines, they're pretty good. I wish they would've had the blue light thing, but not everything can be done. Leaving it at that, it's a pretty nice and sleek-looking ship.

    The Stand:
    With the rod sticking out of the bottom, the ship doesn't stand up properly. But if you slip the rod into a hole in the stand, it stays even just fine. You can move the ship back and forth (I always found this to be fun), and shoot the missile from one spot. The nicely-curved ladder moves and allows Anakin or the pilot to climb into the cockpit.

    The Vulture Droid:
    It's definitely a step up from the previous version. The head pivots up-and-down properly using black battle droid arms, and it even rotates, which gives it a droid-like quality about it. The leg joints connecting to the main body pivot so it can go into "walking mode". It's a perfect version. But the flick missiles are awful. If you tilt the droid downward, the missiles fall out, and I'm not sure the droid itself was planning on this. But that's the only con. Everything else is spot-on.

    The Final Verdict:

    Note: Multiple numbered bags or ships are always more fun to review, because the final countdown is more accurate.

    Stickers - 8/10 - Definitely add pizzazz to the ship, but 17 is a lot.

    Pieces - 10/10 - Good use of pieces, especially the antennas and missile.

    Minifigures - 8/10 - Predictable, but are still good.

    Naboo Starfighter - 8/10 - Points off for the cockpit, tail, and R2's spot.

    Stand - 10/10 - A neat addition, and easy to display and shoot enemy targets from a stationery standpoint.

    Vulture Droid - 9/10 - The missiles docked a point.

    Final result - 8.83/10 - An overall great set that just needs to be tweaked a bit.

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  • Naboo N-1 Starfighter with Vulture Droid

    <h1>Naboo N-1 Starfighter with Vulture Droid</h1><div class='tags floatleft'><a href='/sets/7660-1/Naboo-N-1-Starfighter-with-Vulture-Droid'>7660-1</a> <a href='/sets/theme-Star-Wars'>Star Wars</a> <a class='subtheme' href='/sets/subtheme-Episode-I'>Episode I</a> <a class='year' href='/sets/theme-Star-Wars/year-2007'>2007</a> </div><div class='floatright'>©2007 LEGO Group</div>

    Naboo N-1 Starfighter with Vulture Droid

    ©2007 LEGO Group
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    Value for money

    It's Blowing up From the Inside!

    Written by (TFOL , bronze-rated reviewer) in United States,

    This is a fantastic set. The Naboo N-1 is sleeker than the old version, and the droid starfighter looks incredibly better than the old version. Unfortuneately, I lost the Anakin minifig, but luckily, it came with an extra pilot!

    Vulture Droid

    Like most of the versions, this one is unique to this set. It has some good stickers and pieces, and the wings work well. Unfortuneately, it has the old missiles, which fall out in landing mode.

    Pros

    • Stickers
    • well-working wings
    • nice color
    • good pieces

    Cons

    • old flick-fire missiles

    Naboo N-1 Starfighter

    This thing looks extremely cool sitting on a shelf, and even comes with its own little landing stand. It also has a blunt missile launcher, and a cool droid drop system.

    Pros

    • good stickers
    • good pieces
    • droid drop system
    • blunt missile launcher
    • landing stand
    • speargun

    I think this is an amazing set, and it is a great set to have two of. It is definitly worth the money.

    1 out of 3 people thought this review was helpful.

  • A Great Set

    Written by (Unspecified) in United States,

    I will admit that I am a little biased because the N-1 is one of my favorite ships. I even thought about purchasing some extra grey pieces so I can chrome them.....

    Pros:
    The stand for the fighter
    3 minifigs
    The drop out for R2D2
    great improvement from the first N-1

    Cons:
    Putting on your own stickers
    It's grey not chrome

    1 out of 1 person thought this review was helpful.

  • Great for only 30 usd

    Written by (Unspecified) in United States,

    well worth the money.if you got the money get it.
    heres some pros
    -great looking both the N-1 and the droid ship
    -plenty of mini-figs 4 price
    -neat little stand 4 the N-1
    -sturdy 4 me(every1 complains bout tail pieces but mine r fine)
    basically everything is great but wish the pieces were the chrome
    like the real ship.also no sliding/opening cockpit

    0 out of 1 person thought this review was helpful.

  • Awesome!

    Written by (Unspecified , silver-rated reviewer) in United States,

    I love this set. It is the one that got me out of my 'dark ages'. (I was buying Bionicle, but the last true Lego set I had gotten was about a year earlier and I had felt ripped off with it).

    Pros:

    -Both ships are quite accurate.

    -Good figs.

    -The Vulture droid is awesome! It actually has a good walking mode. I modified it so the mode is more accurate.

    -The N-1 is huge for its price.

    The N-1 has a good droid socket that only exposes the head of an R2 unit and can hold a full one, not just a head.

    Cons:

    -The Vulture droid has flick-fire missiles.

    -To make the flick-fires worse, they are the old kind that doesn't stay in place as well.

    -Making the flicks even worse, they have colored cones on the end.

    -The N-1 doesn't have a very good cockpit.

    These four cons are just fairly small ones. This is a great set, and with a reasonable price.

    1 out of 1 person thought this review was helpful.