Another smaller set, this little thing only took 23 minutes to build, not to say it wasn't a fun build, and not to say I don't have my thoughts on the mini figures. First we'll delve into the vehicle that this Droid Escape Pod set features, the escape pod which R2D2 and C3PO escaped from the Empire in in the first Star Wars. I have very mixed feelings on the vehicle itself. Post stickers, I very much like the look of the pod. But I am not a huge fan of applying stickers, and this set really does require them in order to basically not look like crap. While the detail and complexity of the nose and engines are very good, the main body is just a solid grey colour, and when I first built this thing, thanks to my dislike of stickers, I really didn't like the way this set looked, it was boring to look at, simple as that. with the stickers on, it looks far better, giving it more visual intricacy, that it was sorely lacking. The set does slightly redeem itself in that the pod is hollow, and can be opened up with 2 hinged doors to reveal seating for R2D2 and one mini figure, the interior was actually the most interesting part of the build, and I like the colours and design. the mini figure you can sit in there is C3PO, 1 of the 2 mini figures I bought this set for, he and his fellow Droid R2D2 being 2 of my favourite characters in the film, and I really like the figures. R2D2 is as simple as he looks, consisting of 4 pieces and 2 points of articulation, but that's fine, and the print on him is incredible, full of nice little details and great colours, the same can be said of the more conventional C3PO figure, and he has a great little head sculpt. of course though, while they're my first R2 and C3, I know previous versions of these guys have been released, in fact, previous versions of this very set have been released in the past. while this is a very different looking design to the first 2 versions though, the only standout difference is the inclusion of 2 Jawas, and while they do also have very good torso prints, I still don't think much of them, in the same way I think little of the Thug from the Speeder bike set, they aren't interesting of even named characters from the film. All in all this set is a very mixed bag, it comes with 2 great mini figures, and 2 more that I'm pretty much indifferent to. and while the pod has a nice interior, and looks decent with stickers, it looks crap without them. That and the fact previous escape pods have been released and previous R2D2's and C3PO's have been released, makes this a pretty redundant set if you already have 1 or both of those 2 things. But if you don't, like myself, I would recommend this set, simply for the Droids.
Another smaller set, this little thing only took 23 minutes to build, not to say it wasn't a fun build, and not to say I don't have my thoughts on the mini figures. First we'll delve into the vehicle that this Droid Escape Pod set features, the escape pod which R2D2 and C3PO escaped from the Empire in in the first Star Wars. I have very mixed feelings on the vehicle itself. Post stickers, I very much like the look of the pod. But I am not a huge fan of applying stickers, and this set really does require them in order to basically not look like crap. While the detail and complexity of the nose and engines are very good, the main body is just a solid grey colour, and when I first built this thing, thanks to my dislike of stickers, I really didn't like the way this set looked, it was boring to look at, simple as that. with the stickers on, it looks far better, giving it more visual intricacy, that it was sorely lacking. The set does slightly redeem itself in that the pod is hollow, and can be opened up with 2 hinged doors to reveal seating for R2D2 and one mini figure, the interior was actually the most interesting part of the build, and I like the colours and design. the mini figure you can sit in there is C3PO, 1 of the 2 mini figures I bought this set for, he and his fellow Droid R2D2 being 2 of my favourite characters in the film, and I really like the figures. R2D2 is as simple as he looks, consisting of 4 pieces and 2 points of articulation, but that's fine, and the print on him is incredible, full of nice little details and great colours, the same can be said of the more conventional C3PO figure, and he has a great little head sculpt. of course though, while they're my first R2 and C3, I know previous versions of these guys have been released, in fact, previous versions of this very set have been released in the past. while this is a very different looking design to the first 2 versions though, the only standout difference is the inclusion of 2 Jawas, and while they do also have very good torso prints, I still don't think much of them, in the same way I think little of the Thug from the Speeder bike set, they aren't interesting of even named characters from the film. All in all this set is a very mixed bag, it comes with 2 great mini figures, and 2 more that I'm pretty much indifferent to. and while the pod has a nice interior, and looks decent with stickers, it looks crap without them. That and the fact previous escape pods have been released and previous R2D2's and C3PO's have been released, makes this a pretty redundant set if you already have 1 or both of those 2 things. But if you don't, like myself, I would recommend this set, simply for the Droids.
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