Stunning review, Inky!

As to the set, this is one that I didn't care for when it came out, and it hasn't grown on me. Though it offers all that could really be wanted from a Cloud City set, having the key rooms and plenty of cool figures, I still find this set unappealing. The set just seems downright ugly to me. It really suffers from the time it was released with so much blocky grey. Greebly grey is better, but I find the execution of this set poor.

Hopefully, if LEGO releases a new Cloud City set, it will vastly improved by the current, prettier style.

Recently picked this set up on ebay. Bought it at a good price thinking I would flip it to make some money. After assembling to verify completeness, I think I am gonig to keep it. This is a great set.

It still baffles my mind how expensive this set has gotten. Just the Boba Fett and Lando figs alone will set you back over $150. This was a set that sat on shelves for months and got terrible reviews. Lego couldn't give it away. Now a used complete set goes for over $400. Crazy.

I really like this set. It is one of my absolute favorites of the Star Wars line. I like the different play areas and scenes. The figures were nice too. And, as far as I know, its the only set to have yellow and brown figures living together in peace and harmony. It was definitely worth the $100 when it came out.

And looking at your review, it makes me want to buy the Death Star playset.

Steve

The best bit of this set is the Boba Fett. no wonder he alone costs so much.

Great review but i can't say the set does anything for me although i do wish that i had bought a few to sell now lol!

I really wish i'd seen this set and bought it. Perhaps someday i'll see it on Ebay or something.

This is an excellent review. I think it is really good how you have shown video's of the play features as well.

Great review videos were a great way of portraying the features, pity i never picked it up

Edited April 17, 201410 yr by Steph 104th

Boba Fett is the real star of the set, featuring printed arms and legs, in addition to the torso and amazing helmet.

The one thing I do love about the set is the Boba figure (and not just because of the price on it).

What do people really love about the set, aside from Boba Fett?

The best bit of this set is the Boba Fett. no wonder he alone costs so much.

I'm a bit taken aback that people regard Boba Fett as the "star" minifigure of this set. Yes, the version here is exclusive, but it's still very similar to the other Boba Fett minifigures from the first several years of the theme, and they're just different variations of the same basic costume, the standard Boba "look," which is effectively the same throughout all his scenes in the OT (yes, I'm aware there are actually some minor variations to his costume between the two movies, but for practical intents and purposes it's the same - certainly nowhere nearly as different as the totally different outfits worn by most of the other major human characters). Lando Calrissian is here in his introductory outfit, the "definitive" Lando, and there's no other set that features even a variation on this costume - only his skiff guard disguise for infiltrating Jabba's retinue and his general's uniform from the raid on Death Star II. Princess Leia Organa is also here in her Bespin gown, and again this is the only set with a minifigure of the character in this outfit (albeit in the now-outdated yellow-skinned look). Yet Boba Fett is somehow the big draw, for merely having a different interpretation of the same look he's had in every OT-era set in which he appears.

Minifigs:: Thoughts: Fantastic torso prints all of them, including a few leg prints. Leia, Luke, Lando, and Boba are all exclusive to this set! They are simply amazing.

Though that's technically true for all of them including Luke, his torso does appear elsewhere in a set or two, and can be readily combined with a Luke head, hair, etc. from other sets to recreate this figure.

All that said, though, this is indeed a great review of a great set.

Edited April 17, 201410 yr by Blondie-Wan

Impressive review! I barely remember this set, I was only a kid then, but reading your accurate review made travel back in time!

I think the room you refer to as the dining room is not that at all and that's why you say it's not accurate. I always thought that was the room where leia and han say they don't trust lando. In that room in the movie it has white chairs, table, big spiral sculpture and weird plant by the door just like in this set

nice.

Ah, the awkward moment when Lego began to realize Yellow can't really stand for ALL skin colors and realized they at least had to switch with franchises.

Recently picked this set up on ebay. Bought it at a good price thinking I would flip it to make some money. After assembling to verify completeness, I think I am gonig to keep it. This is a great set.

Just interested-do you think that it's worth the money?

I have it and feel that it was worth the money since I got it used at a good price - $378 including all fig's... It is a great set for scene creation, as good if not better than the Death Star. Is it worth the money? Well that all depends on where you find value in a set. IMO Lego is for playing with - Although value cannot be ignored, it is never the motivating factor for me.

I have often wondered if there are people out there betting their future on Lego sets... "Honey - We cannot go on holiday; They found a warehouse full of 10179's and we are busted!"

But getting a set and possibly not taking a loss on it isn't a bad thing!

I really like this set and hope we will get a re-design soon. But the set itself isn't sooo good. Cloud City is just one of the most iconic parts in the movie.

I really like this set and hope we will get a re-design soon. But the set itself isn't sooo good. Cloud City is just one of the most iconic parts in the movie.

Lando Calrissian is in Star Wars: Rebels (the new series) (yes, this has been confirmed a few months ago).

We don't know if Lando is at Cloud City at the time of Rebels, but if he is.....maybe a 2015 CC set?

Edited August 10, 201410 yr by Jedi-Bendu

I hope not! This MUST be an OT set!

Edited August 10, 201410 yr by Robert_88

I hope not! This MUST be an OT set!

Agreed.

If they do a Death Star approach I wonder how they will deal with the bottom...and not fall over.

You are right. That's the point. etui samsung galaxy s5 mini coque galaxy s5 mini

Edited September 15, 201410 yr by aliamoi

It would be cool if they did the different scenes like the Death Star all the way around the top part and then gave you the option to hang the whole thing and connect the long bottom part when hanging and then just take it off if you want to set it on a flat surface. They would really have to make a secure hanging system though cause that would be brutal if it fell.