The Echo Base set (7749) is a LEGO Star Wars set which came out in 2009. It comes with 5 minifigures and 155 pieces. This set doesn't include decals.

Minifigure:

• Han Solo: Han comes with his parka and the basic LEGO Town - Arctic hood. He has the same face as the one I got in the Desert Skiff set (except he got different skin).
• Rebel Troopers: The rebel troopers come with smiley faces (which is lame because I wouldn't smile if I was at war). They have white backpacks, white helmets and white goggles - which came out for the first time. The uniforms are the same as the other ones from the Hoth scene.
• Snowtrooper: There are also 2 snowtroopers in this set. The heads are black and the helmets (or hoods) are attached to the backpack. The helmets of those snowtroopers remind me of the power ranger Udonna from the Power Rangers Mystic Force show - except the backpack, of course ;-). One of those snowtroopers comes with a sniper and the other one with an e-web (also known as an ion cannon).
• Tauntaun: This is actually not a minifigure but the tauntaun is a brand-new element and animal. The legs and the tail don't move, but the arms do move. The saddle fits in there nicely and there's also a rein.

Bunker:

• The bunker is really nicely done. The turret does swivel a full 360°. You can also open the turret and hide a minifigure there, and you can also open the ceiling on the top to put someone in. There's also a button where you can shoot two flick-missiles. The bunker also comes with a neat catapult for the soldiers.

Positive:

• Minifigures
• First LEGO tauntaun
• No stickers
• Pieces for brickfilms and stopmotions

Negative:

• The turret will break off easily if you pick it up
• It's a little bit overpriced

All in all, this set is a great set and I would recommend you to get it. You can find this set on eBay and BrickLink for sure. Here is the link where you can check out the full gallery I made for this set on my website: www.klokriecher.de

Videos I made of this set:

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To start with; it's a relatively cheap set to purchase if you want to start collecting Hoth or 10th anniversary models. Whilst the design may seem simplistic at first, the overall completed look is very well shaped.

Minifigures: The perfect choice including a classic Han Solo in his blue hoth attire, An awesome Taunton, two classic happy rebels and two 2004 Snow Troopers.

The Trench: It provides the look and functionality of a Hoth trench complete with exploding play feature.

The turret: The turret can have its position switched easily. Rebels can either sit upon the turret top and fire Flick Fire Missiles from there or seek refuge insight a secret compartment.

Weapons: One Snowtrooper comes without a blaster for they have a E-Web Plaster instead. Otherwise, every other minifig has a standard 2007 blaster inculding one longer rifle.

NO STICKERS!

It may be a little too big to call it a battle pack, but that is essentially what it is. It isn’t enough to recreate Hoth on it’s own, but it sure does fill in the missing parts of other Hoth sets.

Minifigures

First of all, you get Han on a tauntaun. Why? It seems absurdly out of place with the rest of this set, but if you also own the 8089 Wampa Cave, then it makes perfect sense to add it to that set, and move the snowspeeder over to this set. But regardless, are you really gonna complain about getting Han on a tauntaun? I didn’t think so!

You also get 2 snow troopers and 2 rebels, it is for this reason I call it a battle pack. The rebels come with blasters as does one of the snow troopers, the other snow trooper has a cannon.

The Base

The base is fairly simple, a bunker and a turret, but it definitely gives you enough of a base to play with if you aren’t looking to spend a fortune. It also has several fun play features. The best is the ground where the rebels stand, it isn’t stable, and when you push it down the rebels go flying just like you would expect if they are hit by the cannon. This feature works incredibly well. You can also open the turret and hide a rebel inside, although I don’t understand why. And finally the turret features firing cannons, however I can’t get the missiles to do anything other than simply fall out. This would have been really fun if it worked better.

The Build

Nothing too special here, a little bit of technic, but don’t expect to learn anything new. I actually like the look of the interior of the turret cannon, and was wondering why it appears to get hidden, turns out it is the mechanism for firing the missiles. It gets covered up completely, which to me is a bit of a disappointment.

The Parts

Wow! This may be where a lot of the sets value is. Cylinders for the turret as well as several other interesting parts that make up the top. A flexible tube, a whip like thing, some large L shaped plates, and of course the tauntaun. Plus a bunch of larger bricks, this set doesn’t inflate the brick count with small bricks too much.

Overall

As a stand-alone set it isn’t bad, but given that Hoth doesn’t mesh well with other locals, you probably won’t be mixing non-Hoth Star Wars sets with this one too much. However, if you own other Hoth sets then that is when this set really becomes valuable. I would argue that if you had this set along with 8089 Wampa Cave as well as an AT-AT, you would have a very complete Hoth scene that includes all the major players and enough minor ones to create a good looking battle. I highly recommend this set if you can get your hands on one.

Lego should be rewarded for this set, it puts the imagined battle packs (8083 and 8084) to shame, and instantly makes any Hoth scene look ready for battle!

The turret gun is superb, compact and good looking, with reasonable flick fire missiles (fairly limp, but most are!) and nice integration into the set with the tube running to the bunker. I like that a figure can sit in the top. The only weak point is the door in the turret that could simply do with another hinge to feel less flimsy.

The bunker is great, just the right size, and with a really great feature: stand the figures in it, and push down on the hinged part and they fly up in the air as if the bunker has been shelled! I buy my Lego for display, but I couldn't resist shooting the rebels up in the air over and over again! It is a little fragile, in that bits come off the mechanism, but they're not hard to put back on so it's not so bad.

The imperial's web gun is also really good, only small but looking just right, and not all suffering for the lack of actual missiles (see 7666 where the web gun was very poor).

And the figures you get are great - I love Han's hood, and to have a Tauntaun in a set this price is great! There's not much to say about the snowtroopers and rebels, except that the rebels could do with proper faces.

Pros

• Great bunker with brilliant explosion feature
• Great looking turret gun
• Good troop booster
• Han on his Tauntaun! Brilliant!

Cons

• A few bits are fragile, but nothing too drastic
• The set is pre-rebels-have-faces so they're just smiling inanely

This is a fantastic little set. I had to get it second hand as I wrote it off alongside the silly made-up 8083 and 8084 - I wish I hadn't! It's properly movie accurate and is a really excellent battle pack - extra figures, but with a film-accurate bunker, turret, web gun (none of your silly white speeder bikes! Where did they come from?), and even a Tauntaun! I can't think of any reason not to get one, in fact I'm very tempted to get another...

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Pros

• E-web
• Taun-Taun

Turrent

Cons

• Could have used another snowtrooper

Overall this is a great set.