Inger Fountain

Star Wars LEGO Review Set 8092 Luke’s Landspeeder



Posted: Monday, March 01, 2010

by Inger Fountain
http://www.educationalgamer.com

The Star Wars LEGO set, Luke's Landspeeder is part of Lego's wave one for 2010. A Special Edition, this model is only available through Lego Shop At Home and select specialty stores. It is the third time Lego has released the Landspeeder since 1999, the first was part of the inaugural Star Wars Lego wave and the second came as part of the highly sought after set Mos Eisley Cantina.

This set has considerably more pieces than the first stand alone incarnation. That set, released in 1999 had two minifigures and a total of 49 pieces. This set has 163 pieces with five minifigures (6 if you count the security droid). The minifigures in this set are quite screen-accurate for the scene in question, which isn't always the case with Star Wars Lego sets. Often the sets are missing one key character that seems essential to the scene in the movie and more often than not it is the droids or the wookie that misses out (see Battle Of Endor, Jabba's Sail Barge, etc).

This set contains both droids and yes they are the droids you are looking for, Luke Skywalker, Obi Wan and a sandtrooper. The droids are the new versions of both R2-D2 and C3PO as featured in sets form last year like the Tantive IV and the Death Star. Obi wan and Luke Skywalker are also similar to last year's sets, though Luke has a printing on his legs. The sandtrooper is basically a stormtrooper with a black pauldron.

The vehicle is more detailed than previous sets and is more brightly colored. There are some design features in the set including the windshield piece and the storage areas in the back. Obi, Luke, C3PO and R2D2 can all fit neatly into the vehicle and smooth pieces on the bottom of the craft allow it to slide smoothly along most surfaces, much like Jabba's Sail Barge.

Priced at $24.99 it's a highly playable set and as mentioned earlier has a well rounded group of figures to get the most out of the vehicle and re-create scenes from the movies.

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