Posted May 9, 20177 yr So the new sets only seem to be available in Hong Kong thus far. I picked up a couple from Toys'R'Us, and have reviewed the first of them on my YouTube channel. I believe this is the first review of this set on YouTube. Not up to the professional standards of Jang and the like, but I hope it's useful for people. LEGO Star Wars 75166 Review - First Order Transport Speeder Battle Pack I'll build and upload videos of 75180 Rathtar Escape, 75182 Republic Fighter Tank and 75186 The Arrowhead over the next few days. Not picked up (and have no particular plans to pick up) any of the other sets.
May 9, 20177 yr So the great rush to review these sets begins! Good review, though i recommend you speed up the building part, especially if you move onto larger sets. Also, that is an officer figure. First Order officers ranking major or colonel wore teal coloured uniforms (Though depicted as dark blue in the set). Looking forward to the other reviews!
May 10, 20177 yr @MartinCliffe Thanks for doing the review! I still haven't gotten around to writing a pre-review for that set, and it's out in Asia already...
May 10, 20177 yr Author On 2017-5-9 at 7:40 PM, TheGeneralMoe said: So the great rush to review these sets begins! Good review, though i recommend you speed up the building part, especially if you move onto larger sets. Also, that is an officer figure. First Order officers ranking major or colonel wore teal coloured uniforms (Though depicted as dark blue in the set). Looking forward to the other reviews! Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately Vegas only does time-lapse at maximum 4x speed by default, which is a pain. But I tried to speed things up for my review of the Republic Fighter Tank (75182). Picked up a Bounty Hunter Speeder Bike Battle Pack in Toys'R'Us this afternoon, so that'll be next. As for the confusion over the figure, I'm sure you're right, but I would have expected some kind of code cylinders or something on an officer, rather than a plain blue tunic? Certainly the grey figures all had them. But whatever, best battle pack in some time IMO. Edited May 11, 20177 yr by MartinCliffe Embedded video
May 10, 20177 yr Author Bounty Hunter Speeder Bike Review also up now (75167). Edited May 11, 20177 yr by MartinCliffe Embedded video
May 10, 20177 yr 49 minutes ago, MartinCliffe said: Republic Fighter Tank (75182). Can you confirm if the clone gunner can fit in the cockpit with the hatch closed? Major deciding factor for me.
May 10, 20177 yr 1 hour ago, MartinCliffe said: As for the confusion over the figure, I'm sure you're right, but I would have expected some kind of code cylinders or something on an officer, rather than a plain blue tunic? Certainly the grey figures all had them. But whatever, best battle pack in some time IMO. Yeah, the costume designers choose to have the uniform simpler for higher ranking officers. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Datoo Great to see the other reviews are up!
May 10, 20177 yr Author 45 minutes ago, VaderFan2187 said: Can you confirm if the clone gunner can fit in the cockpit with the hatch closed? Major deciding factor for me. Yes, fits in fine. No place in there for the blaster though, and it looks a bit naff clipped on outside. 20 minutes ago, TheGeneralMoe said: Yeah, the costume designers choose to have the uniform simpler for higher ranking officers. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Datoo Great to see the other reviews are up! Thanks, not very up-to-date on my Wookiepedia reading!
May 10, 20177 yr 5 hours ago, MartinCliffe said: Yes, fits in fine. No place in there for the blaster though, and it looks a bit naff clipped on outside. That means I'm gonna get this. Thanks! BTW why don't you embed the video here?
May 10, 20177 yr Author 5 hours ago, VaderFan2187 said: That means I'm gonna get this. Thanks! BTW why don't you embed the video here? Er, because I don't know how to... there's no obvious button for this? The only other forum I'm on (a music one), I click one button, paste in the URL and I'm done. But happy to learn!
May 10, 20177 yr 51 minutes ago, MartinCliffe said: Er, because I don't know how to... there's no obvious button for this? The only other forum I'm on (a music one), I click one button, paste in the URL and I'm done. But happy to learn! Take the full link (as in the one your browser shows above) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVkDCZR9WA&feature=youtu.be When you paste it it will automatically embed. :)
May 11, 20177 yr Author Cool, thanks, have updated the other posts with the videos. Hopefully get the Rathtar Escape set reviewed later today.
May 13, 20177 yr Author 8 hours ago, wilson3a10 said: Which location you bought in HK? Toys'R'Us... bought most of the sets online because they were doing free delivery and 10% discount last weekend. Bounty Hunter set I bought in Festival Walk
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