Thursday, April 10, 2014

Expansions

Ok, so a couple of weeks ago, shortly after my last post, I had the opportunity to go by one of the very few Lego stores in my state, and made sure to bring a decent chunk of cash. Luckily, they had a decent clearance section (mostly for damaged boxes, so far as I could tell), and I was able to get the 2013 75019 AT-TE! This is, honestly, my first large-sized Lego set I've gotten since I was a kid. My son and I had a great time putting it together, taking turn on building different parts of the set. It also included my first Mace Windu, whose purple lightsaber looks a great as you'd think. The other Jedi, an alien I don' recall from the movies (and is apparently called Coleman Trebor, a hilarious name for an alien warrior), but looks a lot better then many other Lucas alien designs (something I've always felt was a weak point for the franchise). The yellow-coded Clone Commander is a nice addition, though I would have rather gotten a super battle droid to go with the battle droid commander than yet another regular battle droid.

The AT-TE itself is pretty fantastic looking. I love the ball turrets at the front and rear, and the main cannon looks good too. I do wish the "interior", such as it is, was a bit more detailed/involved, but whatever.