I’ve never really liked the LEGO IG-88 design, which relies on an inverted 1×1 round cone to attach the 1×1 round brick to a standard battle droid body. Oooh, a rogue assassin droid! How terrifying! IG-88 has also appeared in several previous LEGO sets, and like the version in 10221 Super Star Destroyer (which depicts the aforementioned Executor), this one has a printed 1×1 round brick for IG-88’s head. IG-88 is another bounty hunter I’m not a huge fan of. Dengar wears his usual headwrap, with a backpack of unknown purpose. This minifig is identical to the one in 75145 Eclipse Fighter from the non-canon LEGO Freemaker Adventures animated TV series. Nevertheless, this is his third incarnation as a LEGO minifigure. On to the actual minifigs…ĭengar is a stupid-looking character with a bandage on his head like the ghost of Jacob Marley, and thankfully we never see him again (except in the deep background in Jabba’s Palace in Return of the Jedi). Then again, I’ve been replacing most of my default LEGO weapons with the more-accurate accessories produced by BrickArms, so I suppose the fact that the set comes with any official LEGO weapons at all is irrelevant. They’re outsized and disproportionate to the scale of minifigs, adding silly bulk where an existing LEGO blaster would be perfectly sufficient. Rounding out the list on the bridge of the Executor was the insectoid Zuckuss and the inimitable Boba Fett.īut first, it’s important to note how much I hate stud-shooters, which seem to be the standard weapons that LEGO is giving all minifigs these days. The set includes Dengar, 4-LOM, Bossk, and IG-88. Still, I wouldn’t have bothered building it except for this review. Okay, so it’s actually kind of cute, with oversized engines in front like a miniature podracer, a bank of four blaster cannons (plus stud-shooters), and a handful of dark azure pieces for color. In this case, I took 5 minutes I’ll never get back in my life so you can see a picture of this so-called speeder bike. I rarely build the odd little extras in Battle Pack sets, since I’d rather use the parts for something else. (Sorry guys, no offense - you’re all wonderful and talented people.) To put it bluntly, they seem to be table scraps from a junior LEGO designer’s desk. These vehicles rarely - if ever - depict anything seen in a Star Wars film or TV series, and are thus non-canonical. Who are we kidding here? The extra vehicles that LEGO includes in their Battle Pack sets are really just filler to ensure they’re not stepping on any licensing toes for the Lucasfilm action figure license by selling minifig-only sets. If that’s not enough already to run out and buy this set, read on for our hands-on review. 75167 Bounty Hunter Speeder Bike Battle Pack brings together four of the six bounty hunters in a single set under $15. In The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader assembles a motley crew of bounty hunters aboard his Star Destroyer, commissioning them to hunt down the Rebels. Since before the dawn of time, bounty hunters have been some of the most popular side characters in the Star Wars franchise, with Boba Fett and his iconic Slave I leading the pack.
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