This was a great set! It took me a while to find this set, but it was worth it!

Building experience : Well, it was great! It only got 4 bricks because it was kind

of easy and short. It's not quite accurate to the movie either.

Parts: The parts where amazing! The new printing on the new minifigs like the new Anakin Skywalker! I also loved the amazing new green colored pieces ( sorry I get a little

excited with green cause it's my second favorite color.)!

Playability: Yeah, quite a lot of playability actually. I'm so glad that the astromech

can actually Get a seat without having to rip its head off and stick it on! Now that feature,

is very accurate to the movie! I was so excited! The lava droid is also very accurate as

Anakin rides on it. The only part that's not accurate is Obi-Wan's rock. The rock is lower

than Anakin's droid!

Value for money: It's a bit pricey at $40.00. I mean it's 13 cents a piece! It

was worth it though. Because this is an awesome set!

Overall: Well, I think think that concludes my review! After all, it is one of the best

sets you could hope for!

4.5/5

One of the most legendary scenes in the entire Star Wars saga has finally been given the set it deserves. The older set 7257, Ultimate Lightsaber Duel, was suitable for younger children with plenty of playability and lots of features, but it really needed updating and at last we have this set, and what a fantastic set it is! Five superb Minifigures, a nice Eta-2 Actis Class Interceptor model and a couple of bits of scenery to accurately recreate the scene from the film. Let's have a look at the set in more detail...

Box/Instructions

The box is really wonderful, the front shows the newly appointed Darth Vader and R2-D2 piloting the fighter over Mustafar, which is clearly visible on the left of the box cover. There are a couple of explosions to add a sense of action and movement, as well as a small framed image of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker (now Darth Vader) duelling on the platforms floating above the lava on Mustafar's surface. The entire box has the new dark blue border which I love with a gallery picture of the five Minifigures included in the set, the three new Minifigures are highlighted with a stamp next to each of them. The top border of the box shows that incredible shot of Darth Maul in action swinging his deadly lightsaber around on the same dark blue background, which towards the left of the box turns white beneath the Star Wars logo which looks great. The back demonstrates all of the features of the set including the opening cockpit, adjustable wing flaps and flick fire missiles. There are also some images of the duel as it unfolds in the movie, first with Nute Gunray looking terrified at the destruction of his final guard, leaving him helpless to defend himself from the Sith Lord. Then a shot of Obi-Wan and Darth Vader duelling over the lava rivers, and then finally, the defeated Darth Vader as the lava rises around him with Obi-Wan watching as his former Padawan is engulfed. Those three images in particular I adore and I hope they include images like these more often. Finally, there is a group of blueprint pictures of the starfighter from various angles.

The instructions share the same cover image as the box and I found no mistakes and had no missing pieces.

Parts

There are plenty of nice parts in this set, the most attractive of which is probably the vast amounts of dark green in the set. There are smooth and studded plates and some nice tan sloped pieces, as well as the lovely wing tip pieces and the unique Jedi Starfighter canopy. There is a fair compliment of brown as well and two red circular plates which are rare and could be very useful for inclusion in your own creations! I also very much like Nute Gunray's elaborate dark red hat, in the dark bluish grey colour featured in set 8036, Separatist Shuttle, it looked somewhat underwhelming so I am delighted that we now have it in a more suitably regal colour.

Minifigures

There are five Minifigures in this set and they are all superb. I will start with the fairly basic R2-D2 which we have seen numerous times before, he is a lovely figure though with plenty of detail on front and back of the dome as well as a very detailed print on the cylindrical torso. Next, the Security Battle Droid is similar to what we have seen before, however unfortunately it is not identical to the one from set 7877, Naboo Starfighter. This droid has a completely dark red torso with no printing or detail, I would have preferred to see one with a printed torso coming in this set but I am glad that the figure was included at all as Lego were certainly not obliged to add it, so overall I am definitely satisfied with this Minifigure. He carries a short blaster.

Now we come on to the really excellent new figures, starting with Nute Gunray. He wears the lovely red mitre I mentioned earlier on in the review which has lovely moulded details and is accurate to his appearance in this scene from Revenge of the Sith. His face is olive green and has extremely good details with plenty of wrinkles and shiny golden eyes which look very sinister as well as a disdainful grimace which is very suitable for his cowardly character. His torso is dark orange with brown arms and olive green hands. It is printed on the front and the back with lots of ornate patterns and folds in the cloth which continue on to the slope which forms the lower part of his outfit which is also dark orange and has similar printing to the torso piece. Overall a superb Minifigure which is far superior to the Clone Wars one we have seen previously.

My favourite two Minifigures in this set however are Anakin, or Darth Vader, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, both of whom look incredible. Obi-Wan is a fantastic Minifigure, his hairpiece is very suited to him and is the same as the one we see on the Clone Wars edition of his character. His face print is also excellent with a simple ginger beard and eyebrows as well as a bit of wrinkled detailing. His head is double sided with one side showing a straight face and the other with gritted teeth, apart from that they are just about the same, although the angrier face has a couple more wrinkles around his eyes. His torso is highly detailed with the folded cloth of Jedi robes and a brown belt with a silver buckle. His legs are plain dark tan which looks great combined with the lighter colour of his torso and is accurate to the film, he comes along with his famous blue lightsaber as well.

The best of the bunch for me however is Darth Vader himself. His hair piece is the same mould as that found on his Clone Wars incarnation but is cast in a much darker brown colour which reflects his new allegiance to the Sith as well as being a bit more accurate to the film than the lighter brown. His double sided face is absolutely spectacular with loads of scars and folds in his skin which he has picked up from his various encounters during the Clone Wars, as well as a hatred filled expression and sunken eyes. The other side has another serious face but this time with the evil yellow eyes of a Sith Lord and some more scarring. His torso is incredibly detailed with folds of cloth and Anakin's unique dark brown and black Jedi robes. He wears a lovely brown belt with gold highlights which is continued onto the back of the torso. The Jedi robes are also printed on the back and look excellent. His legs too have some printing, they are predominantly brown, but the top half of the front of each leg is printed black to reflect his appearance in the movie. He carries a blue lightsaber just like Obi-Wan Kenobi.

The build

The build does not take too long, about thirty minutes. It uses a few interesting techniques, for instance the way in which the flaps at the tip of each wing are attached using various clips and bars. The way in which the guns are made is also fairly interesting both on the inside and outside edges of the wings, much more durable than the ways in which the guns have been attached previously to these fighters. It must have been quite difficult during the design process for the designers of the model to create a good strong left wing when such a large hole needed to be left for R2-D2 to sit in. They have totally achieved this aim as there is no way the model is going to crumble as you fly it around. It is also nice to see how the arms have been attached on the lava collection droid (DLC-13 Mining Droid to be precise) using Exoforce robot arms and Technic tube connectors. There are several stickers in this set which could be a bit off putting for sticker haters but I would not worry too much, they are very easily applied as they are mostly very large stickers. If you prefer not to apply them at all, that is fine as well because it does not really take away from the look of the set, but it is certainly worth adding the grille stickers beneath each wing tip panel which look outstanding on the ship.

The completed model

When the model is ready to go, it looks superb. The scenery elements look accurate to the film and are a great inclusion allowing you to have an epic battle with your Obi-Wan and Anakin (or Darth Vader) Minifigures. I live how a bit of lava is included beneath them for extra realism and they are supported by translucent cylinders to give the illusion of them hovering above the lava. On the mining droid I love how they have created the illusion of the top section with the droid's eyes floating above the bottom section using a single translucent stud which works very well. The other platform has adjustable flaps and some kind of light beacon being held up on a pole in one corner just like in the film. The Jedi Starfighter itself has perfectly captured the unique shape of the wings and the cockpit, which I quite a difficult task in Lego. It has plenty of features including an opening cockpit, two flick fire missiles slung beneath the right wing of the ship, and the four opening air flaps which look great when opened or closed. The wings can be adjusted as well from just next to the cockpit on either side and there are clips inside the cockpit where Anakin's lightsaber can be stored if you separate the blade and the hilt. Best of all however is the ability to place R2-D2 into his place on the wing, a feature which has been absent on previous incarnations of this ship and looks really incredible. Some people were concerned about the legs sticking out under the ship when viewed from the front, but you hardly notice them due to the symmetrical missile pod on the opposite wing. The only negative I have to say about the entire fighter is the look of the ship from beneath. Whatever you do, when you are flying it around, avoid looking at the underside of the wings as they are utterly chaotic featuring a vast array of mismatched colours. Nevertheless, this is fairly easily ignored as this area of the model is hardly on show at all and it can be fixed with a couple of colour swaps.

Summary

Overall, I would certainly recommend this set. It features five excellent Minifigures, including the especially wonderful Nute Gunray, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader. The three models all look lovely as well and the entire set is filled with features and playability. Who would not want to recreate one of the most famous duels in the entire Star Wars saga? This set gives you all you need and more to do that, as well as allowing you to form another excellent scene from the film where Darth Vader executes the various Separatist leaders in Lego! The cost too seems perfectly reasonable, especially given that five Minifigures are included and the two duelling platforms. I am very pleased with this set indeed, which I previously dismissed as one of the weaker sets of the wave. However, due to the lack of any printing on the security Battle Droid Minifigure and the dreadful appearance of the underside of the wings I am going to dock this set one point, which still leaves it with a very respectable...

Overall - 9/10

a magnificent set,not completly worth $50 but good enough :P

FIGS:

Darth Vader: great figure and i like the double sided head.

Obi-wan Kenobi: looks much better than the 2005 version.

Nute Gunray:looks better than the clone wars version.

Battle Droid: never can have too many....

R2-D2: meh.

PROS: i love the figs of Obi-wan and Vader they are the best part of the set. I like the fact that they included the mining droi and mining platform so that you can recreate the battle scene.

I like how they made R2 fit in the star-fighter more to the style of the film.

CONS: Vader has no hood and cloak and Obi-wan has no cloak.

I gotta say this is one the best sets i've gotten by far,i didn't like the price but it was worth it for the figs,i would highly recomend this set even though it takes some time to build.

I wasn't really buying any Lego star wars sets for a while because i kind of grew out of it but when a set like this hits the shelves it makes you want to buy it right away! I'm a huge fan of the prequel trilogy even ROTS isn't my favorite movie of the 6 i had to buy this set. I wasn't too sure about the steep price for just a small amount of pieces but it was well worth it. You can play with this set for as long as you want or you can have it as a cool display. the mini figures are one of the best that Lego has ever created,

Anakin or should i say (Darth Vader) is simply fantastic and very movie accurate and i really dig the two sided face thing. Obi wan is looking terrific, finally a movie accurate ROTS Obi Wan, now if we can just get a movie accurate AOTC Obi Wan ! lol. R2 is same old R2. The Nute Gunray is an awesome little collectible figure any star wars fan should own. And just a standard battle droid. The interceptor is spot on with WAY more detail than the yellow and red ones that came out in '05. I also love the platforms and droid thing that Obi Wan and Anakin fight on, a really nice touch Lego added to make the set worth $40. I recommend this set for anybody associated with Star wars, its just that great.

Now i am waiting for Lego to come out with a set for the arena battle set from AOTC :) I would certainly buy that set and have no idea why Lego didn't make one in 2002. It was the first major battle that started the Clone Wars. Whelp, in the meantime ill be waiting Lego !

Out of all the firrst 2012 SW sets, this one is definetly my favorite. Why? Well read on!

Box/Instructions

I like the new box design, as the minifigs don't hover over the image! The back of the box shows the scene from Revenge of the Sith in a little comic style. The instructions are in a booklet of around 65 or 70 pages. One thing I can say is I don't like Darth Maul lurking in the backround. Maybe I'm just too used to Vader being in the backround...

Parts

The window is a very unique part, just like most of the other SW windows. The wings could easily be used to make a Star Tours logo. What can I say? The ride is great!

Minifigures

The set has 5 minifigs, 3 of which are redesigned and exclusive to the set. You get a redesigned Darth Vader (or Anakin, but Anakin is so called 'dead' at this point). You get dark eyes with an angry mouth for fighting, while the other side is for Vader to burn in the lava. Obi-Wan is looking great, as we finally have a true ROTS Obi-Wan. We also finally have a movie verson of Nute Gunray, as the other was a CW version. Nute Gunray looks great, and I'll probably use his head to make Hobgoblin from Spiderman. As for the other 2, you get a security battle droid with a red body, and an R2-D2 (mine had a head misprint; a first for me). Overall, the minifigs are great!

The build

The build is very easy and took me less than 30 minutes. It should be a pretty easy build for most.

The completed model

The completed model looks great. The ship is wonderful and the platforms are a bonus. There's no seat in the cockpit, but you can fit Vader's lightsaber behind where he sits. R2 fits nicely in his spot, but sometimes it goes with him :/

Summary

Overall, this is a magnificent set, but I have 2 complaints, each putting .5 off my score. One, the set is overpriced, with around 13 cents a brick. My other complaint is a lack of Padme. Hey, she's important to the scene! That aside, the set is wonderful and I give this a 9/10