This was a set I remember really wanting as a kid but could never find it in stores. After reading through the rest of the reviews, I realised that I was so lucky. Found it on eBay for $80 with just the under flick missile missing. The best thing of all, the treads which everyone has been bellyaching about were pre-constructed. I probably would've disliked this build if some other random eBay guy hadn't done 162 pieces worth of work for me already! The set displays extremely well and the troopers with them are neat. I'm not going vroom, vroom with the piece rolling around roughly, but the treads sound superb rolling around, and it's a neat, expanded universe Star Wars set that I'm happy to have in my collection =). Obviously pretty expensive due to rarity nowadays.

This is it. The big ten. And it's a very great set!

Box/Instructions:

It was a fairly large box, with lots of content. It shows the crawler with the cockpit more towards the rear, guns blazing. The set itself certainly does justice to the appearance on the box. As for the instructions, this was the first set where two instruction manuals were included. The first manual constructs the cockpit and one of the treads. The second builds the second tread and the missile mounted at the bottom of the craft.

The Pieces:

As you may expect from some of these ground sets, this one includes a butt-load of treads. One hundred sixty-two, to be exact. It's not the sandcrawler from 2005 (which had two hundred seventy-two), but it's still a lot. It uses a lot of pieces a standard TIE fighter would use, but it also has a few others.

The Minifigures:

The set includes two shadow stormtroopers. They never showed up in any of the movies, but black stormtroopers are pretty awesome. Just possessing armor like that would be the coolest thing ever.

The TIE Crawler:

I will admit that this is a VERY cool ship. Or vehicle, whatever you may call it. It's pretty loaded with features. The cockpit can open up to fit one shadow stormtrooper. It's a pretty spacious cockpit, with plenty of room to breathe. Mounted below the cockpit is a flick-fire missile, and not the kind that's used now, but the kind that was used back in '07. It's not a great flick-fire missile (when have they ever been great?), but it's as good as it's gonna get. It does look cool. The detailing on the rear of the cockpit is also very cool. The stick with four domes is almost like a handle you can hang on to to move it forward and backward. Moving on to the treads, you will see right away that they can rotate 360 degrees. I prefer them when they stick out in front of the cockpit, but it's entirely up to you. I've also driven it when the cockpit towers above the ground, and that looks pretty great. The treads help move the vehicle forward and backward, and they work best on carpet. On the side of the treads are hidden guns that flip out for a surprise attack. They work very effectively. An extra feature that I made up is removing the entire outer section of the tread and putting an extra stormtrooper in there. Because of how thick the treads are, it actually works quite well. Overall, a very neat vehicle!

The Final Verdict:

Pieces - 10/10 - Great piece choices, especially the treads.

Minifigures - 10/10 - Black stormtroopers. Enough said.

TIE Crawler - 9/10 - The flick missile docked points.

Final result - 9.67/10. It's a great vehicle all in all!

I got this at amazon,and I was not dissapionted with this set.But what I don't understand is why everbody thinks this is Garbage and So what if the Most of the pieces are treads.

Box/Instructions

The box has a grassland background with the TIE Crawler in it.And the instructions are nothing special (Just ordinary gray color on the inside).

Parts

Two satelite dish pieces,a printed Glass sheild and lots of treads(and more lego peices)

Minifigures

Two Rare Shadow Stormtroopers

The build -Very Standard

The completed model

Nice!Great exterior and looks menacing

Summary

Despite all the other reviews that say this set is bad,I think this set is quite good.If you find this set buy it.

This set has 568 pieces but 163 of them are treads!

Pros
- Opening cockpit
- Hidden missiles
- The two giant wheels can turn over either way
- Shadow Troopers
- 4p off RRP on Amazon {GASP}

Cons
- 163 tire treads
- Nowhere for other Trooper
- Bottom rocket always falls out

This set has got to be one of my favorites.

Pros:

design
minifigures (awesome!)
tank treads
no stickers

Cons:

flick fire missile

Overall, set gets 5/5. if you don't have it, buy it, immediately!