The set is quite small and quick to build. That being said it was quite fun and great to see elements from Revenge Of The Sith coming together. It also meant we were able to get straight into his education – er, I mean playing.

In case you don’t know, Anakin has just been beaten by Obi Wan and left for dead. However, Emperor Palpatine finds him alive and transports him to his medical bay.

This set, as you can see, is set in the medical bay. We have an Anakin Skywalker – post battle – mini-figure. He’s printed well to appear like he just lost. He can be attached to the bed in the centre so the medical droids can work on him. From my memory, it’s a surprisingly accurate recreation of the film.

We zoom in to see the medical droids working on Anakin.

As the operation continues Anakin starts to turn into Darth Vader. At this point, we reach the main play feature of this set. The bed can be turned over the reveal the underside of the bed. It looks the same but now we have The Darth Vader mini-figure. It’s a clever way to “transform” into Darth Vader and it works pretty well.

Once the medical droids have done their job, all that remains is to place Darth Vader’s helmet on his head. This is done by a lever that holds it. You just push it down and it goes on his head. In application it works ok but not always very easy. Sometimes it’s not lined up right and the helmet just falls off and you’ll have to try again. It’s not my favourite part of the set which is a little disappointing as that was a big moment in the film.

I always remember when the helmet is finally on as being an epic dramatic moment in the film. The weight of what we know is to come in a very simple image. The sound of Darth Vader breathing still brings chills to my spin. But in a good way.

Once Darth Vader is ready the bed lifts him up. Just like in the film. At this point we also see Emperor Palpatine begin talking to the new Lord Vader.

Darth Vader steps off the bed. Palpatine tells hims Padme is dead and his rage is complete. Darth Vader will become the villain we know is coming.

The Transformation of Darth Vader is complete.

Conclusion

Overall, this has been a fun set. The main reason is it was a cheap way to add some major star wars mini-figures to my collection. You get Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine.

While not mini-figures you also get medical droids that are quite good builds. This one is my favourite droid and he comes with 6 different tools to help him make Darth Vader

I’d recommend this set mainly for the characters. It’s pretty good fun and at this price point you can’t go wrong.

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Mini-Figures

This set comes with Aayla Secura, the distinctive looking blue Jedi, a Clone Trooper Gunner, and two battle droids.

Aayla Secura is well printed and comes with a light sabre. She’s very distinctive and the hair piece does a great job replicating the character. I was impressed with this mini-figure.

The clone gunner is also well printed and looks great. I really like the clone mini-figures and this is no exception. He even comes with a blaster which is great for when he’s not driving the tank.

The Lego battle droids are good but feel a bit flimsy to me. The articulation of the body and head is really good as it enables you to pose them with their weapons. Otherwise they just fall over. The other plus side of being flimsy is they fall apart easily when they’re played with and lose the battle.

Overall I like the mini-figures but I’m not as keen on the droids.

Lego Star Wars Republic Tank

The build for the lego republic tank is fairly quick but the end result looks great.

In the series the tank hoovers and this gives the impression it is hooving. In fact, there are wheels on the bottom that work well on carpet, or any other flooring and make it easy to move around.

The tank itself looks great and has cannons on either side. There is a stud shooter that is fun to play with and a bay in the back to store ammunition.

The tank has an imposing looking view from the front. If I was a lego mini-figure it would look pretty hard to penetrate.

On top of the tank is an access hatch to the cockpit. There is plenty of space to fit the gunner in and it closes securely. Inside the cockpit are some controls and a seat.

Conclusion

Overall, this is a good set. It’s not too big but it’s fun to build and play with and the Aayla Secura mini-figure is great to have in the collection. I can also see this being great as I start to expand my star wars lego collection.

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This set has a fairly low price point and is almost worth it just for the two Jawa and Tusken Raider. You also get a droid but strangely not R2D2. My memory may be fairly me but I’m sure in the film it was R2D2 and not the R3T2 supplied with this kit. That being said I haven’t seen this droid before so it is nice to add it to the collection.

The Mini-Figures

The mini-figures are perhaps the main draw for this set. There are two Jawa. Even better, they are distinct from each other which is fantastic in my opinion.

As you can see they are both different (body printing) and both the smaller mini-figures. I can understand why but I would much prefer it if I could articulate the legs. It doesn’t affect play too much – even when they’re holding their stud guns.

The Tusken Raider is another good mini-figure for the collection.

You’ll notice the printing on the body and the legs and the head is well executed in my opinion.

In addition to the figures there is also a droid – R3 T2.

I’m not too familiar with this droid but it is well done.

In my opinion the mini-figures are a major reason you might want to get this battle pack. I can imagine some people buying it a couple of times just to get the Jawa in a relatively cheap set.

Service Vehicle

The service vehicle is a quick but surprisingly fun build.

It comes with two stud shooters which are pretty fun to play with. There is plenty of space for both Jawa to ride although there is no apparent steering wheel or means of actually driving it.

At the back there is a crane and space to carry their tools. You’re supplied with a hammer and a spanner. The crane is well capable of carrying the droid and this is also pretty good for playing with the set.

Conclusion

Overall this is a decent set for the price point. It’s quick to build and a lot of collectors will get it primarily to the mini-figures. However, it has been a lot of fun playing with the set and it’s only let down by the lack of R2D2.

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