Posted August 10, 200915 yr Sorry, I couldn't see how to make this a poll! Name: Mini Snowspeeder Theme: Star Wars Minis Year: 2008 Pieces: 66 Minifigs: None Price: Unknown, as it was never officially released (to my knowledge!) For some reason, I recently decided to try and make this set from the Instructions which you can get from Lego.com and after a couple of Bricklink orders, I was able to do so. Please find my review below ... First up, given that there isn't a "packshot" for this set (as it's unreleased), is all the parts laid out (minus the spares, I didn't think it necessary to buy the spares!!) : Not a bad selection, all in all. Nothing particularly rare either, making this set perfectly buildable for anyone with a few spare parts. The first page of the instructions builds the main body of the snowspeeder : With this scale, I think they achieved the shape of the cockpit pretty well. It may have looked better if they'd had the 2 x 1 cheese slopes at the time of production (I *think* they've only come along pretty recently?!). Next up, you build the wings : Yet more use of the ever brilliant cheese slopes to create the shape here. I'm not sure why we need the Orange round plates on the front ... maybe for a bit of colour? But I guess you can just take those off if you want to. In order to create the angle of the wings, there are a couple of plates added underneath each one. These stop the wings from becoming too angled. And here's the final model ... not a bad looking set all in all, although there's just something, that I can't put my finger on, that's not quite right, towards the back?! Maybe I've just got a distorted view based on the minifigure scale sets we've had in the past?! The Ratings : Playability/Swooshability : 10/10 (very swooshable indeed) Design : 9/10 (as I said, there's just something that's not quite right ... and could use the 2 x 1 slopes nowadays) Price : 8/10 (as you can't buy this officially and the re-sellers on Bricklink are charging too much for the parts, although you can, like me, just buy the parts yourself) Overall : 9/10 (A few flaws, but pretty good overall) If you have the parts or have the patience to go through the Bricklink inventory to get the bits you need then I would say go for it. nb : this is quite possibly my first "proper" review for Star Wars, so I hope it's ok :) Edited August 11, 200915 yr by KimT poll added
August 10, 200915 yr I think they had a set like that about 5-6 years ago.From, Go Cubs Go! Right here. It was released in '03 Great review Big Pete. I can see what you mean, it's so small, it just lacks that certain charm that the snowspeeder has. Nonetheless, it is a nice little set, too bad it wasn't released.
August 10, 200915 yr Author I think they had a set like that about 5-6 years ago.From, Go Cubs Go! there is a slight difference is size & scale though? ;)
August 10, 200915 yr Good mini-review. While it is a nice, accurate model, it seems to miss something.
August 10, 200915 yr it looks more like the tydrium shuttle cockpit. maybe we can call this a midi-sized model?
August 11, 200915 yr maybe we can call this a midi-sized model? Could be. Great review. I made this on LDD and it looks pretty good, much better than the real MINI set. I think this set was released in Japan or something as a promo or freebie.
August 11, 200915 yr Great review and great pics, looks like a sweet little set they should have released here.
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