An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

In an all-out fight to the finish Indy and Mutt take on evil Irina Spalko in a deadly jungle battle. While Indy struggles to keep giant ants at bay, Irina and Mutt battle against each other in an intense sword fight. Watch out! Mutt barely avoids Irina's blade as she slices right through the table!

Relive the thrilling action of Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull in this awesome Lego Jungle Duel set. Includes: Indiana Jones with hat, whip and bag, Mutt Williams and Irina Spalko minifigures!
Fully equipped campsite with tent, campfire, table and ants!

An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

Indiana Jones and the Lego spin off adventure, 23 Jun 2008
I must admit when I first saw this range in the shop I thought 'another Lego franchise money spinner'. In recent years Lego has become more or less a movie franchise vehicle and it's not easy to find plain ordinary Lego these days. However, my son was really keen on it and was bought a larger kit for his birthday - which he played with so much I had no objections to him using his own money to buy this smaller kit too.

The 'Jungle Duel' kit is great value for money, it is one of the cheapest sets you can get but has 3 figures (Indy, Spalko and Mutt - complete with expressions), a tent, a table which splits during fights, a collection of swords, and lots of other tiny additions (including strangely, a banana). It's the quality you'd expect from Lego, including a durable fabric cover for the tent, and the bits stay put when assembled.

If I have one minor complaint it's that there is no container provided, just plastic bags which means we'll have to sort one ourselves or those tiny little pieces will be sure to go missing.

It doesn't take long to put together, and although I still think franchise sets don't have the versatility of plain Lego, with a bit of imagination there is plenty of playability here.

As featured in the new animated Clone Wars TV series, Anakin's starfighter is ready to do battle with the Separatists. This new model has retractable landing gear, flick missiles, and an ejection button for R2-D2. Suitable for ages 7 years +.

An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

Indiana Jones and the Lego spin off adventure, 23 Jun 2008
I must admit when I first saw this range in the shop I thought 'another Lego franchise money spinner'. In recent years Lego has become more or less a movie franchise vehicle and it's not easy to find plain ordinary Lego these days. However, my son was really keen on it and was bought a larger kit for his birthday - which he played with so much I had no objections to him using his own money to buy this smaller kit too.

The 'Jungle Duel' kit is great value for money, it is one of the cheapest sets you can get but has 3 figures (Indy, Spalko and Mutt - complete with expressions), a tent, a table which splits during fights, a collection of swords, and lots of other tiny additions (including strangely, a banana). It's the quality you'd expect from Lego, including a durable fabric cover for the tent, and the bits stay put when assembled.

If I have one minor complaint it's that there is no container provided, just plastic bags which means we'll have to sort one ourselves or those tiny little pieces will be sure to go missing.

It doesn't take long to put together, and although I still think franchise sets don't have the versatility of plain Lego, with a bit of imagination there is plenty of playability here.

"Scan the planet Artoo - we're going in!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with their first ever set from the new Clone Wars CGI animated series with kit #7669: Anakin's Jedi Starfighter.
The yellow enhanced Delta-7 starfighter is based loosely around the frame of 2002's Jedi Starfighter with a slightly larger hull and more detailing. It features moveable wings, positionable landing gear, 2 forward mounted blue flick missiles, removable cockpit and best of all, a neat little ejection mechanism for R2.
There is a connected lever that runs from the aft through the hull and when you push it in, a small bolt pushes up and ejects R2 upwards. The new flick missiles are much better than previous issues with a new piece design that stay clipped in the frame until you apply pressure the thin tail at the back of it.
You get two figures with the kit, R2-D2 and a new version of Anakin Skywalker. Unlike previous issues, this figure has more detailing on the facial feature making it look much better than the standard ones. Anakin's trademark blue lightsabre finishes the set.
The kit is composed of 142 pieces, not including the figures, missiles and weapons and measures 26cm long, 14cm wide and 8cm high - without landing gear deployed.
It takes about 15 minutes to build, there are 6 decals to apply and it's ready to go. A very nice starfighter and hopefully the first in a new wave for Star Wars Lego.

Whips, quips and collapsing sets - Indy's back! The quest to discover the secret of the lost Temple of the Crystal Skull was never going to be easy. Indiana and Mutt must battle past the dangerous Irina Spalko and then take on this treacherous temple. Can they survive the collapsing stairs, dodge the firing spears and defeat the hostile warriors? Find out if Indiana and his latest sidekick are up to the challenge of this perilous adventure.

The Lego Temple of the Crystal Skull set includes:
Indiana Jones, Mutt Williams, Irina Spalko, Russian Guard, 2 Ughs Warriors, armoured skeleton and 3 Akator Skeleton minifigures!
Cool vehicle.
Hidden features of the Temple include: moving staircases, hidden rooms, flying objects and lots of awesome details!
Temple stands 10 inch (25cm) high, Base measures 15 inch x 10 inch.

The droid army of the Clone Wars! The Separatist army is on the attack! Roll into battle with the giant-wheeled Hailfire droid with 8 flick-firing missiles. With support from the spider droid and super battle droid, fire the eight flick missiles before folding up the Hailfire droid and moving on to the next battlefield. Set includes spider droid, super battle droid, battle droid commander and 2 battle droids.

An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

Indiana Jones and the Lego spin off adventure, 23 Jun 2008
I must admit when I first saw this range in the shop I thought 'another Lego franchise money spinner'. In recent years Lego has become more or less a movie franchise vehicle and it's not easy to find plain ordinary Lego these days. However, my son was really keen on it and was bought a larger kit for his birthday - which he played with so much I had no objections to him using his own money to buy this smaller kit too.

The 'Jungle Duel' kit is great value for money, it is one of the cheapest sets you can get but has 3 figures (Indy, Spalko and Mutt - complete with expressions), a tent, a table which splits during fights, a collection of swords, and lots of other tiny additions (including strangely, a banana). It's the quality you'd expect from Lego, including a durable fabric cover for the tent, and the bits stay put when assembled.

If I have one minor complaint it's that there is no container provided, just plastic bags which means we'll have to sort one ourselves or those tiny little pieces will be sure to go missing.

It doesn't take long to put together, and although I still think franchise sets don't have the versatility of plain Lego, with a bit of imagination there is plenty of playability here.

"Scan the planet Artoo - we're going in!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with their first ever set from the new Clone Wars CGI animated series with kit #7669: Anakin's Jedi Starfighter.
The yellow enhanced Delta-7 starfighter is based loosely around the frame of 2002's Jedi Starfighter with a slightly larger hull and more detailing. It features moveable wings, positionable landing gear, 2 forward mounted blue flick missiles, removable cockpit and best of all, a neat little ejection mechanism for R2.
There is a connected lever that runs from the aft through the hull and when you push it in, a small bolt pushes up and ejects R2 upwards. The new flick missiles are much better than previous issues with a new piece design that stay clipped in the frame until you apply pressure the thin tail at the back of it.
You get two figures with the kit, R2-D2 and a new version of Anakin Skywalker. Unlike previous issues, this figure has more detailing on the facial feature making it look much better than the standard ones. Anakin's trademark blue lightsabre finishes the set.
The kit is composed of 142 pieces, not including the figures, missiles and weapons and measures 26cm long, 14cm wide and 8cm high - without landing gear deployed.
It takes about 15 minutes to build, there are 6 decals to apply and it's ready to go. A very nice starfighter and hopefully the first in a new wave for Star Wars Lego.

"Deploy the droids!, 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with a set from the Attack Of The Clones with kit #7670: Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid.
After the success of last years Clone Trooper and Battle Droid battle packs it's nice to see Lego continuing with new larger troop building box sets.
The set is an instant droid army and has 4 mini figures. There are two standard Battle Droids, like the ones from 2007's Trade Federation M.T.T., which have the arm with the upright grip and one Battle Droid Commander with a yellow body. Each one is armed with a blaster rifle. There is also a dark grey Super Battle Droid as well.
The next droid is the Spider Droid. A vastly improved and updated version from the previous release in 2005's Wookie Attack, it has more poseable legs, moveable antenna, movable forward cannon and moving eye scanners. It has a foot base of 7.5 sqcm, is 11.5cm from leg to cannon tip and stands 8.5 cm high to tip of antenna.
The kit is finished off with a Corporate Alliance Hailfire Droid. These antiaircraft weapon platforms have two upper mounted missile racks for dealing with enemy ships. The model has angled wheels with brown tread tracks (works best on carpeted floors!) and movable missile pods on each side. Each pod holds 4 red flick missiles. The droid measures 10 cm long, 13.5cm wide and 8cm tall.
The kit which is composed of 227 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and takes about 20 minutes to build. A excellent army builder and a must for all those Trade Federation fans out there. Lets hope Lego bring out a comparable Clone Trooper pack later in the year.

Stop the prison break-out! The whole Police Headquarters is on alert to catch escaped prisoners! When you catch the robbers, throw them back into jail. This fun set can be divided in two and arranged however you like it.

It all started here: Indiana Jones retrieves the Golden Idol of Fertility and runs for his life through the gauntlet of collapsing walls, shooting arrow traps, sliding doors, slithering snakes, spiked walls and a massive rampaging boulder. Suitable for ages 8 years +.

An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

Indiana Jones and the Lego spin off adventure, 23 Jun 2008
I must admit when I first saw this range in the shop I thought 'another Lego franchise money spinner'. In recent years Lego has become more or less a movie franchise vehicle and it's not easy to find plain ordinary Lego these days. However, my son was really keen on it and was bought a larger kit for his birthday - which he played with so much I had no objections to him using his own money to buy this smaller kit too.

The 'Jungle Duel' kit is great value for money, it is one of the cheapest sets you can get but has 3 figures (Indy, Spalko and Mutt - complete with expressions), a tent, a table which splits during fights, a collection of swords, and lots of other tiny additions (including strangely, a banana). It's the quality you'd expect from Lego, including a durable fabric cover for the tent, and the bits stay put when assembled.

If I have one minor complaint it's that there is no container provided, just plastic bags which means we'll have to sort one ourselves or those tiny little pieces will be sure to go missing.

It doesn't take long to put together, and although I still think franchise sets don't have the versatility of plain Lego, with a bit of imagination there is plenty of playability here.

"Scan the planet Artoo - we're going in!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with their first ever set from the new Clone Wars CGI animated series with kit #7669: Anakin's Jedi Starfighter.
The yellow enhanced Delta-7 starfighter is based loosely around the frame of 2002's Jedi Starfighter with a slightly larger hull and more detailing. It features moveable wings, positionable landing gear, 2 forward mounted blue flick missiles, removable cockpit and best of all, a neat little ejection mechanism for R2.
There is a connected lever that runs from the aft through the hull and when you push it in, a small bolt pushes up and ejects R2 upwards. The new flick missiles are much better than previous issues with a new piece design that stay clipped in the frame until you apply pressure the thin tail at the back of it.
You get two figures with the kit, R2-D2 and a new version of Anakin Skywalker. Unlike previous issues, this figure has more detailing on the facial feature making it look much better than the standard ones. Anakin's trademark blue lightsabre finishes the set.
The kit is composed of 142 pieces, not including the figures, missiles and weapons and measures 26cm long, 14cm wide and 8cm high - without landing gear deployed.
It takes about 15 minutes to build, there are 6 decals to apply and it's ready to go. A very nice starfighter and hopefully the first in a new wave for Star Wars Lego.

"Deploy the droids!, 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with a set from the Attack Of The Clones with kit #7670: Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid.
After the success of last years Clone Trooper and Battle Droid battle packs it's nice to see Lego continuing with new larger troop building box sets.
The set is an instant droid army and has 4 mini figures. There are two standard Battle Droids, like the ones from 2007's Trade Federation M.T.T., which have the arm with the upright grip and one Battle Droid Commander with a yellow body. Each one is armed with a blaster rifle. There is also a dark grey Super Battle Droid as well.
The next droid is the Spider Droid. A vastly improved and updated version from the previous release in 2005's Wookie Attack, it has more poseable legs, moveable antenna, movable forward cannon and moving eye scanners. It has a foot base of 7.5 sqcm, is 11.5cm from leg to cannon tip and stands 8.5 cm high to tip of antenna.
The kit is finished off with a Corporate Alliance Hailfire Droid. These antiaircraft weapon platforms have two upper mounted missile racks for dealing with enemy ships. The model has angled wheels with brown tread tracks (works best on carpeted floors!) and movable missile pods on each side. Each pod holds 4 red flick missiles. The droid measures 10 cm long, 13.5cm wide and 8cm tall.
The kit which is composed of 227 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and takes about 20 minutes to build. A excellent army builder and a must for all those Trade Federation fans out there. Lets hope Lego bring out a comparable Clone Trooper pack later in the year.

More awesome Lego!, 17 Jan 2008
I found this set in a local toyshop on my birthday and snapped it up. It's part of a recent range that's been brought out (presumably to coincide with the 4th Indiana Jones movie). The set is typical Lego; fun, durable and easy to play with. It has all the booby traps from the movie sequence (the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark), which all work beautifully. The boulder mechanism in particular is great fun. The plane (with snake!) is an excellent little addition. Great value for money and another fab toy from Lego.

Bombard the enemy from long-range using the AT-AP walker! Extend the retractable stabiliser leg while using the artillery cannon. Open the roof and side doors to access the cockpit and elevate, rotate or release the top-mounted heavy blaster cannon. Set includes two clone troopers.

An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

Indiana Jones and the Lego spin off adventure, 23 Jun 2008
I must admit when I first saw this range in the shop I thought 'another Lego franchise money spinner'. In recent years Lego has become more or less a movie franchise vehicle and it's not easy to find plain ordinary Lego these days. However, my son was really keen on it and was bought a larger kit for his birthday - which he played with so much I had no objections to him using his own money to buy this smaller kit too.

The 'Jungle Duel' kit is great value for money, it is one of the cheapest sets you can get but has 3 figures (Indy, Spalko and Mutt - complete with expressions), a tent, a table which splits during fights, a collection of swords, and lots of other tiny additions (including strangely, a banana). It's the quality you'd expect from Lego, including a durable fabric cover for the tent, and the bits stay put when assembled.

If I have one minor complaint it's that there is no container provided, just plastic bags which means we'll have to sort one ourselves or those tiny little pieces will be sure to go missing.

It doesn't take long to put together, and although I still think franchise sets don't have the versatility of plain Lego, with a bit of imagination there is plenty of playability here.

"Scan the planet Artoo - we're going in!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with their first ever set from the new Clone Wars CGI animated series with kit #7669: Anakin's Jedi Starfighter.
The yellow enhanced Delta-7 starfighter is based loosely around the frame of 2002's Jedi Starfighter with a slightly larger hull and more detailing. It features moveable wings, positionable landing gear, 2 forward mounted blue flick missiles, removable cockpit and best of all, a neat little ejection mechanism for R2.
There is a connected lever that runs from the aft through the hull and when you push it in, a small bolt pushes up and ejects R2 upwards. The new flick missiles are much better than previous issues with a new piece design that stay clipped in the frame until you apply pressure the thin tail at the back of it.
You get two figures with the kit, R2-D2 and a new version of Anakin Skywalker. Unlike previous issues, this figure has more detailing on the facial feature making it look much better than the standard ones. Anakin's trademark blue lightsabre finishes the set.
The kit is composed of 142 pieces, not including the figures, missiles and weapons and measures 26cm long, 14cm wide and 8cm high - without landing gear deployed.
It takes about 15 minutes to build, there are 6 decals to apply and it's ready to go. A very nice starfighter and hopefully the first in a new wave for Star Wars Lego.

"Deploy the droids!, 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with a set from the Attack Of The Clones with kit #7670: Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid.
After the success of last years Clone Trooper and Battle Droid battle packs it's nice to see Lego continuing with new larger troop building box sets.
The set is an instant droid army and has 4 mini figures. There are two standard Battle Droids, like the ones from 2007's Trade Federation M.T.T., which have the arm with the upright grip and one Battle Droid Commander with a yellow body. Each one is armed with a blaster rifle. There is also a dark grey Super Battle Droid as well.
The next droid is the Spider Droid. A vastly improved and updated version from the previous release in 2005's Wookie Attack, it has more poseable legs, moveable antenna, movable forward cannon and moving eye scanners. It has a foot base of 7.5 sqcm, is 11.5cm from leg to cannon tip and stands 8.5 cm high to tip of antenna.
The kit is finished off with a Corporate Alliance Hailfire Droid. These antiaircraft weapon platforms have two upper mounted missile racks for dealing with enemy ships. The model has angled wheels with brown tread tracks (works best on carpeted floors!) and movable missile pods on each side. Each pod holds 4 red flick missiles. The droid measures 10 cm long, 13.5cm wide and 8cm tall.
The kit which is composed of 227 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and takes about 20 minutes to build. A excellent army builder and a must for all those Trade Federation fans out there. Lets hope Lego bring out a comparable Clone Trooper pack later in the year.

More awesome Lego!, 17 Jan 2008
I found this set in a local toyshop on my birthday and snapped it up. It's part of a recent range that's been brought out (presumably to coincide with the 4th Indiana Jones movie). The set is typical Lego; fun, durable and easy to play with. It has all the booby traps from the movie sequence (the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark), which all work beautifully. The boulder mechanism in particular is great fun. The plane (with snake!) is an excellent little addition. Great value for money and another fab toy from Lego.

"Execute Order 66!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with another of the armoured walkers from Revenge Of The Sith with kit 7671: AT-AP Walker (All Terrain Assault Pod).
This model is a great representation of the walkers that you see stomping through the fungi jungles of Felucia. It features positionable upper legs, deployable third leg when using heavy mortar cannon which folds away when not in use, opening cockpit hatches, moveable mortar cannon and swivelling upper blaster cannon.
Each side of the Pod seats one Clone Trooper and one can sit on the upper blaster cannon. In the right side of the pod there is a rack which houses 2 heavy assault rifles.
You get two Clone Shock Trooper figures with the kit. Unlike previous issues, these have plain white trousers without the black waist bar in them.
The kit is composed of 380 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and measures 28cm long from aft leg to mortar tip, 17cm wide from foot to foot and 20.5cm high - without gunner in the upper seat.
It takes about 25 minutes to build and makes a very nice addition to any diorama, especially with the 2007 Clone Trooper Battle Pack. Lets hope they bring out the Trooper Carrier later in the year.

Equipped with two forward-firing laser cannons, two blaster cannons, and bombs, the Imperial landing craft is heavily armed and ready for battle. Set comes with pilot, two Sandtroopers and two Stormtroopers armed with blasters.

An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

Indiana Jones and the Lego spin off adventure, 23 Jun 2008
I must admit when I first saw this range in the shop I thought 'another Lego franchise money spinner'. In recent years Lego has become more or less a movie franchise vehicle and it's not easy to find plain ordinary Lego these days. However, my son was really keen on it and was bought a larger kit for his birthday - which he played with so much I had no objections to him using his own money to buy this smaller kit too.

The 'Jungle Duel' kit is great value for money, it is one of the cheapest sets you can get but has 3 figures (Indy, Spalko and Mutt - complete with expressions), a tent, a table which splits during fights, a collection of swords, and lots of other tiny additions (including strangely, a banana). It's the quality you'd expect from Lego, including a durable fabric cover for the tent, and the bits stay put when assembled.

If I have one minor complaint it's that there is no container provided, just plastic bags which means we'll have to sort one ourselves or those tiny little pieces will be sure to go missing.

It doesn't take long to put together, and although I still think franchise sets don't have the versatility of plain Lego, with a bit of imagination there is plenty of playability here.

"Scan the planet Artoo - we're going in!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with their first ever set from the new Clone Wars CGI animated series with kit #7669: Anakin's Jedi Starfighter.
The yellow enhanced Delta-7 starfighter is based loosely around the frame of 2002's Jedi Starfighter with a slightly larger hull and more detailing. It features moveable wings, positionable landing gear, 2 forward mounted blue flick missiles, removable cockpit and best of all, a neat little ejection mechanism for R2.
There is a connected lever that runs from the aft through the hull and when you push it in, a small bolt pushes up and ejects R2 upwards. The new flick missiles are much better than previous issues with a new piece design that stay clipped in the frame until you apply pressure the thin tail at the back of it.
You get two figures with the kit, R2-D2 and a new version of Anakin Skywalker. Unlike previous issues, this figure has more detailing on the facial feature making it look much better than the standard ones. Anakin's trademark blue lightsabre finishes the set.
The kit is composed of 142 pieces, not including the figures, missiles and weapons and measures 26cm long, 14cm wide and 8cm high - without landing gear deployed.
It takes about 15 minutes to build, there are 6 decals to apply and it's ready to go. A very nice starfighter and hopefully the first in a new wave for Star Wars Lego.

"Deploy the droids!, 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with a set from the Attack Of The Clones with kit #7670: Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid.
After the success of last years Clone Trooper and Battle Droid battle packs it's nice to see Lego continuing with new larger troop building box sets.
The set is an instant droid army and has 4 mini figures. There are two standard Battle Droids, like the ones from 2007's Trade Federation M.T.T., which have the arm with the upright grip and one Battle Droid Commander with a yellow body. Each one is armed with a blaster rifle. There is also a dark grey Super Battle Droid as well.
The next droid is the Spider Droid. A vastly improved and updated version from the previous release in 2005's Wookie Attack, it has more poseable legs, moveable antenna, movable forward cannon and moving eye scanners. It has a foot base of 7.5 sqcm, is 11.5cm from leg to cannon tip and stands 8.5 cm high to tip of antenna.
The kit is finished off with a Corporate Alliance Hailfire Droid. These antiaircraft weapon platforms have two upper mounted missile racks for dealing with enemy ships. The model has angled wheels with brown tread tracks (works best on carpeted floors!) and movable missile pods on each side. Each pod holds 4 red flick missiles. The droid measures 10 cm long, 13.5cm wide and 8cm tall.
The kit which is composed of 227 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and takes about 20 minutes to build. A excellent army builder and a must for all those Trade Federation fans out there. Lets hope Lego bring out a comparable Clone Trooper pack later in the year.

More awesome Lego!, 17 Jan 2008
I found this set in a local toyshop on my birthday and snapped it up. It's part of a recent range that's been brought out (presumably to coincide with the 4th Indiana Jones movie). The set is typical Lego; fun, durable and easy to play with. It has all the booby traps from the movie sequence (the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark), which all work beautifully. The boulder mechanism in particular is great fun. The plane (with snake!) is an excellent little addition. Great value for money and another fab toy from Lego.

"Execute Order 66!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with another of the armoured walkers from Revenge Of The Sith with kit 7671: AT-AP Walker (All Terrain Assault Pod).
This model is a great representation of the walkers that you see stomping through the fungi jungles of Felucia. It features positionable upper legs, deployable third leg when using heavy mortar cannon which folds away when not in use, opening cockpit hatches, moveable mortar cannon and swivelling upper blaster cannon.
Each side of the Pod seats one Clone Trooper and one can sit on the upper blaster cannon. In the right side of the pod there is a rack which houses 2 heavy assault rifles.
You get two Clone Shock Trooper figures with the kit. Unlike previous issues, these have plain white trousers without the black waist bar in them.
The kit is composed of 380 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and measures 28cm long from aft leg to mortar tip, 17cm wide from foot to foot and 20.5cm high - without gunner in the upper seat.
It takes about 25 minutes to build and makes a very nice addition to any diorama, especially with the 2007 Clone Trooper Battle Pack. Lets hope they bring out the Trooper Carrier later in the year.

Wicked! , 28 Dec 2007
Like I said this lego set is brillent for people who like glactic war!
My brother loves this lego model, but one thing I MUST say is that you can get it £8 cheaper on the lego website, come on amazon.

Imperial Landing craft, 07 Nov 2007
This was my first Star Wars LEGO purchase! I remember seeing the film as a small child when it was first released in 1977; I thought then that the Stormtroopers were the best of all the characters. This set/model comes with four of them, 2 x Sandtroopers (with the orange epaulettes, as seen on Tatooine), 2 standard Stormtroopers and a TIE fighter pilot figure. The actual shuttle has folding wings and a removeable fuselage (body) so that your troops can "mount up"! it comes with two missiles that fire and also bombs that drop. For me it was a must have, and re-introduced me to the world of LEGO, thirty years after I gave up playing with it. Go on dads treat yourselves, just make sure that you are not paying over the odds, and that the retailer that you purchase from hasn't removed the figures and then cut the price.

"You may begin landing your troops!", 16 Dec 2006
Lego kicks off the 30th Anniversary year for Star Wars with a collection of vehicles including this rather excellent Imperial Landing Craft.
Seen only briefly in the remastered version of A New Hope, the ship is seen taking off in the background after depositing a squad of Sandtroopers and Dewbacks onto Tatooine to look for a certain escape pod!
The kit is well made, resembling the ship in great detail and it is packed with features. The central hull has 6 opening hull plates on each top side to allow access to the interior but the whole middle section can detatch as a 'drop pod' as well.
By turning the handle at the back a gear mechanism allows the wings to fold up for landing or down for flight mode.
The 'drop pod' has several features inside it including 2 forward firing missiles launchers (one on each side) with missiles similar to the one in the current Slave 1 kit (#6209) and these are activated by pushing the side laser cannons in a little. There are also two levers at the back which allow bombs to be dropped from either side as well.
The ship is about 32 cm long and has a flat wingspan of 36cm and is quite easy to build in about 45 minutes.
However, the best selling point about this kit is the figures that come with it. You get an Imperial Pilot for the ship, 2 Stormtroopers to man the firing cannons and 2 Sandtroopers as well. Finally, after making Star Wars themed sets for 7 years, Lego have at last made blaster rifles for their figures! No more aiming with megaphones any more! Each Stormtrooper comes with a Blastech E-11 rifle and each Sandtrooper come with a concussion grenade rifle.
All in all, the Imperial Landing Craft is a great kit and a very welcome edition to the Lego universe.

View cool scenes from the TV series and watch Ben transform into different aliens using the Omnitrix Alien Viewer! Includes a built in storage area for the disks. The animating omnitrix, the name of Ben's watch, is true to scale for added realism.

Each omnitrix comes with animation chips for 3 different Aliens, featuring 8 animation cells depicting Ben's transformation into an Alien, 3 disks included plus 1 disk available with each of the 10cm Collectable figures - (sold separately). ben ten.

An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

Indiana Jones and the Lego spin off adventure, 23 Jun 2008
I must admit when I first saw this range in the shop I thought 'another Lego franchise money spinner'. In recent years Lego has become more or less a movie franchise vehicle and it's not easy to find plain ordinary Lego these days. However, my son was really keen on it and was bought a larger kit for his birthday - which he played with so much I had no objections to him using his own money to buy this smaller kit too.

The 'Jungle Duel' kit is great value for money, it is one of the cheapest sets you can get but has 3 figures (Indy, Spalko and Mutt - complete with expressions), a tent, a table which splits during fights, a collection of swords, and lots of other tiny additions (including strangely, a banana). It's the quality you'd expect from Lego, including a durable fabric cover for the tent, and the bits stay put when assembled.

If I have one minor complaint it's that there is no container provided, just plastic bags which means we'll have to sort one ourselves or those tiny little pieces will be sure to go missing.

It doesn't take long to put together, and although I still think franchise sets don't have the versatility of plain Lego, with a bit of imagination there is plenty of playability here.

"Scan the planet Artoo - we're going in!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with their first ever set from the new Clone Wars CGI animated series with kit #7669: Anakin's Jedi Starfighter.
The yellow enhanced Delta-7 starfighter is based loosely around the frame of 2002's Jedi Starfighter with a slightly larger hull and more detailing. It features moveable wings, positionable landing gear, 2 forward mounted blue flick missiles, removable cockpit and best of all, a neat little ejection mechanism for R2.
There is a connected lever that runs from the aft through the hull and when you push it in, a small bolt pushes up and ejects R2 upwards. The new flick missiles are much better than previous issues with a new piece design that stay clipped in the frame until you apply pressure the thin tail at the back of it.
You get two figures with the kit, R2-D2 and a new version of Anakin Skywalker. Unlike previous issues, this figure has more detailing on the facial feature making it look much better than the standard ones. Anakin's trademark blue lightsabre finishes the set.
The kit is composed of 142 pieces, not including the figures, missiles and weapons and measures 26cm long, 14cm wide and 8cm high - without landing gear deployed.
It takes about 15 minutes to build, there are 6 decals to apply and it's ready to go. A very nice starfighter and hopefully the first in a new wave for Star Wars Lego.

"Deploy the droids!, 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with a set from the Attack Of The Clones with kit #7670: Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid.
After the success of last years Clone Trooper and Battle Droid battle packs it's nice to see Lego continuing with new larger troop building box sets.
The set is an instant droid army and has 4 mini figures. There are two standard Battle Droids, like the ones from 2007's Trade Federation M.T.T., which have the arm with the upright grip and one Battle Droid Commander with a yellow body. Each one is armed with a blaster rifle. There is also a dark grey Super Battle Droid as well.
The next droid is the Spider Droid. A vastly improved and updated version from the previous release in 2005's Wookie Attack, it has more poseable legs, moveable antenna, movable forward cannon and moving eye scanners. It has a foot base of 7.5 sqcm, is 11.5cm from leg to cannon tip and stands 8.5 cm high to tip of antenna.
The kit is finished off with a Corporate Alliance Hailfire Droid. These antiaircraft weapon platforms have two upper mounted missile racks for dealing with enemy ships. The model has angled wheels with brown tread tracks (works best on carpeted floors!) and movable missile pods on each side. Each pod holds 4 red flick missiles. The droid measures 10 cm long, 13.5cm wide and 8cm tall.
The kit which is composed of 227 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and takes about 20 minutes to build. A excellent army builder and a must for all those Trade Federation fans out there. Lets hope Lego bring out a comparable Clone Trooper pack later in the year.

More awesome Lego!, 17 Jan 2008
I found this set in a local toyshop on my birthday and snapped it up. It's part of a recent range that's been brought out (presumably to coincide with the 4th Indiana Jones movie). The set is typical Lego; fun, durable and easy to play with. It has all the booby traps from the movie sequence (the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark), which all work beautifully. The boulder mechanism in particular is great fun. The plane (with snake!) is an excellent little addition. Great value for money and another fab toy from Lego.

"Execute Order 66!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with another of the armoured walkers from Revenge Of The Sith with kit 7671: AT-AP Walker (All Terrain Assault Pod).
This model is a great representation of the walkers that you see stomping through the fungi jungles of Felucia. It features positionable upper legs, deployable third leg when using heavy mortar cannon which folds away when not in use, opening cockpit hatches, moveable mortar cannon and swivelling upper blaster cannon.
Each side of the Pod seats one Clone Trooper and one can sit on the upper blaster cannon. In the right side of the pod there is a rack which houses 2 heavy assault rifles.
You get two Clone Shock Trooper figures with the kit. Unlike previous issues, these have plain white trousers without the black waist bar in them.
The kit is composed of 380 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and measures 28cm long from aft leg to mortar tip, 17cm wide from foot to foot and 20.5cm high - without gunner in the upper seat.
It takes about 25 minutes to build and makes a very nice addition to any diorama, especially with the 2007 Clone Trooper Battle Pack. Lets hope they bring out the Trooper Carrier later in the year.

Wicked! , 28 Dec 2007
Like I said this lego set is brillent for people who like glactic war!
My brother loves this lego model, but one thing I MUST say is that you can get it £8 cheaper on the lego website, come on amazon.

Imperial Landing craft, 07 Nov 2007
This was my first Star Wars LEGO purchase! I remember seeing the film as a small child when it was first released in 1977; I thought then that the Stormtroopers were the best of all the characters. This set/model comes with four of them, 2 x Sandtroopers (with the orange epaulettes, as seen on Tatooine), 2 standard Stormtroopers and a TIE fighter pilot figure. The actual shuttle has folding wings and a removeable fuselage (body) so that your troops can "mount up"! it comes with two missiles that fire and also bombs that drop. For me it was a must have, and re-introduced me to the world of LEGO, thirty years after I gave up playing with it. Go on dads treat yourselves, just make sure that you are not paying over the odds, and that the retailer that you purchase from hasn't removed the figures and then cut the price.

"You may begin landing your troops!", 16 Dec 2006
Lego kicks off the 30th Anniversary year for Star Wars with a collection of vehicles including this rather excellent Imperial Landing Craft.
Seen only briefly in the remastered version of A New Hope, the ship is seen taking off in the background after depositing a squad of Sandtroopers and Dewbacks onto Tatooine to look for a certain escape pod!
The kit is well made, resembling the ship in great detail and it is packed with features. The central hull has 6 opening hull plates on each top side to allow access to the interior but the whole middle section can detatch as a 'drop pod' as well.
By turning the handle at the back a gear mechanism allows the wings to fold up for landing or down for flight mode.
The 'drop pod' has several features inside it including 2 forward firing missiles launchers (one on each side) with missiles similar to the one in the current Slave 1 kit (#6209) and these are activated by pushing the side laser cannons in a little. There are also two levers at the back which allow bombs to be dropped from either side as well.
The ship is about 32 cm long and has a flat wingspan of 36cm and is quite easy to build in about 45 minutes.
However, the best selling point about this kit is the figures that come with it. You get an Imperial Pilot for the ship, 2 Stormtroopers to man the firing cannons and 2 Sandtroopers as well. Finally, after making Star Wars themed sets for 7 years, Lego have at last made blaster rifles for their figures! No more aiming with megaphones any more! Each Stormtrooper comes with a Blastech E-11 rifle and each Sandtrooper come with a concussion grenade rifle.
All in all, the Imperial Landing Craft is a great kit and a very welcome edition to the Lego universe.

Excellent when you know how!, 30 Jan 2008
This is a lovely little addition to the Ben 10 range. When you collect Ben 10 figures you get free viewer discs and this watch enables you to view them. The key is that there is a clear plastic section on the watch face and to view the aliens you need to ensure this section is pointing at a strong light source. If you don't do this you won't be able to see anything.

Don't be fooled into thinking this is a cheaper version of the 'Ominatrix' there aren't any lights etc but it does say exactly what it does on the packaging. Personally though I like this more as it encourages imagination whilst being a bargain!

My 5 year old son and his friends all love this toy...so if you're considering one..buy I say!

great fun, 09 Jan 2008
this toy is very good it comes with two slider discs and you can get more with the toys and it has a removeabile strap if its too small it fits me on the last hole it fits 5 discs(and you can see the discs in the watch unlsss you have it up side down or something stupid like that)

Not As Good As It Looks!!, 09 Jan 2008
This is a very deceptive toy - I bought it thinking it would be a smaller version of the Omnitrix when in fact it is nothing like it - No sounds and no light, It doesn't actually do anything!!
As stated in the previous comment - If you look into the viewer you cannot even see the aliens on the changeable discs as there is no back light!
My son has the deluxe Omnitrix and his little sister wanted one, so I thought I'd opt for this cheaper version as she's only young. But she was most disappointed when I gave her this Alien Viewer and she realised that it does nothing at all - She won't even pick it up now!!
Granted, It does look the part, but it really isn't a patch on the proper Omnitrix!


Ben 10, 28 Dec 2007
My son loved this watch, best thing he had for Christmas but personally I feel differently, ok you have discs that you slide in to see scenes of Ben but how do you see them? if you put your eye to the eye hole you effectivly block the light entering the watch to see the scenes. My son loved it tho so make of this review what you eill :-)

If you love popping bubblewrap you'll love this! Comprising a set of 8 buttons on an otherwise flat surface, the super addictive Puchi Puchi emit a small popping sound when pressed, giving the sensation (and, one has to admit, satisfaction) of the bubble-wrap 'pop'! The ideal keyring for your keys, bag or clothes; Puchi Puchi gives your bored or stressed hands something to do without any mind games! The best thing is that, unlike conventional bubble wrap, your Puchi Puchi bubbles never run out! Pop until your heart's content! Hurray for this little Japanese addiction!

An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

Indiana Jones and the Lego spin off adventure, 23 Jun 2008
I must admit when I first saw this range in the shop I thought 'another Lego franchise money spinner'. In recent years Lego has become more or less a movie franchise vehicle and it's not easy to find plain ordinary Lego these days. However, my son was really keen on it and was bought a larger kit for his birthday - which he played with so much I had no objections to him using his own money to buy this smaller kit too.

The 'Jungle Duel' kit is great value for money, it is one of the cheapest sets you can get but has 3 figures (Indy, Spalko and Mutt - complete with expressions), a tent, a table which splits during fights, a collection of swords, and lots of other tiny additions (including strangely, a banana). It's the quality you'd expect from Lego, including a durable fabric cover for the tent, and the bits stay put when assembled.

If I have one minor complaint it's that there is no container provided, just plastic bags which means we'll have to sort one ourselves or those tiny little pieces will be sure to go missing.

It doesn't take long to put together, and although I still think franchise sets don't have the versatility of plain Lego, with a bit of imagination there is plenty of playability here.

"Scan the planet Artoo - we're going in!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with their first ever set from the new Clone Wars CGI animated series with kit #7669: Anakin's Jedi Starfighter.
The yellow enhanced Delta-7 starfighter is based loosely around the frame of 2002's Jedi Starfighter with a slightly larger hull and more detailing. It features moveable wings, positionable landing gear, 2 forward mounted blue flick missiles, removable cockpit and best of all, a neat little ejection mechanism for R2.
There is a connected lever that runs from the aft through the hull and when you push it in, a small bolt pushes up and ejects R2 upwards. The new flick missiles are much better than previous issues with a new piece design that stay clipped in the frame until you apply pressure the thin tail at the back of it.
You get two figures with the kit, R2-D2 and a new version of Anakin Skywalker. Unlike previous issues, this figure has more detailing on the facial feature making it look much better than the standard ones. Anakin's trademark blue lightsabre finishes the set.
The kit is composed of 142 pieces, not including the figures, missiles and weapons and measures 26cm long, 14cm wide and 8cm high - without landing gear deployed.
It takes about 15 minutes to build, there are 6 decals to apply and it's ready to go. A very nice starfighter and hopefully the first in a new wave for Star Wars Lego.

"Deploy the droids!, 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with a set from the Attack Of The Clones with kit #7670: Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid.
After the success of last years Clone Trooper and Battle Droid battle packs it's nice to see Lego continuing with new larger troop building box sets.
The set is an instant droid army and has 4 mini figures. There are two standard Battle Droids, like the ones from 2007's Trade Federation M.T.T., which have the arm with the upright grip and one Battle Droid Commander with a yellow body. Each one is armed with a blaster rifle. There is also a dark grey Super Battle Droid as well.
The next droid is the Spider Droid. A vastly improved and updated version from the previous release in 2005's Wookie Attack, it has more poseable legs, moveable antenna, movable forward cannon and moving eye scanners. It has a foot base of 7.5 sqcm, is 11.5cm from leg to cannon tip and stands 8.5 cm high to tip of antenna.
The kit is finished off with a Corporate Alliance Hailfire Droid. These antiaircraft weapon platforms have two upper mounted missile racks for dealing with enemy ships. The model has angled wheels with brown tread tracks (works best on carpeted floors!) and movable missile pods on each side. Each pod holds 4 red flick missiles. The droid measures 10 cm long, 13.5cm wide and 8cm tall.
The kit which is composed of 227 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and takes about 20 minutes to build. A excellent army builder and a must for all those Trade Federation fans out there. Lets hope Lego bring out a comparable Clone Trooper pack later in the year.

More awesome Lego!, 17 Jan 2008
I found this set in a local toyshop on my birthday and snapped it up. It's part of a recent range that's been brought out (presumably to coincide with the 4th Indiana Jones movie). The set is typical Lego; fun, durable and easy to play with. It has all the booby traps from the movie sequence (the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark), which all work beautifully. The boulder mechanism in particular is great fun. The plane (with snake!) is an excellent little addition. Great value for money and another fab toy from Lego.

"Execute Order 66!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with another of the armoured walkers from Revenge Of The Sith with kit 7671: AT-AP Walker (All Terrain Assault Pod).
This model is a great representation of the walkers that you see stomping through the fungi jungles of Felucia. It features positionable upper legs, deployable third leg when using heavy mortar cannon which folds away when not in use, opening cockpit hatches, moveable mortar cannon and swivelling upper blaster cannon.
Each side of the Pod seats one Clone Trooper and one can sit on the upper blaster cannon. In the right side of the pod there is a rack which houses 2 heavy assault rifles.
You get two Clone Shock Trooper figures with the kit. Unlike previous issues, these have plain white trousers without the black waist bar in them.
The kit is composed of 380 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and measures 28cm long from aft leg to mortar tip, 17cm wide from foot to foot and 20.5cm high - without gunner in the upper seat.
It takes about 25 minutes to build and makes a very nice addition to any diorama, especially with the 2007 Clone Trooper Battle Pack. Lets hope they bring out the Trooper Carrier later in the year.

Wicked! , 28 Dec 2007
Like I said this lego set is brillent for people who like glactic war!
My brother loves this lego model, but one thing I MUST say is that you can get it £8 cheaper on the lego website, come on amazon.

Imperial Landing craft, 07 Nov 2007
This was my first Star Wars LEGO purchase! I remember seeing the film as a small child when it was first released in 1977; I thought then that the Stormtroopers were the best of all the characters. This set/model comes with four of them, 2 x Sandtroopers (with the orange epaulettes, as seen on Tatooine), 2 standard Stormtroopers and a TIE fighter pilot figure. The actual shuttle has folding wings and a removeable fuselage (body) so that your troops can "mount up"! it comes with two missiles that fire and also bombs that drop. For me it was a must have, and re-introduced me to the world of LEGO, thirty years after I gave up playing with it. Go on dads treat yourselves, just make sure that you are not paying over the odds, and that the retailer that you purchase from hasn't removed the figures and then cut the price.

"You may begin landing your troops!", 16 Dec 2006
Lego kicks off the 30th Anniversary year for Star Wars with a collection of vehicles including this rather excellent Imperial Landing Craft.
Seen only briefly in the remastered version of A New Hope, the ship is seen taking off in the background after depositing a squad of Sandtroopers and Dewbacks onto Tatooine to look for a certain escape pod!
The kit is well made, resembling the ship in great detail and it is packed with features. The central hull has 6 opening hull plates on each top side to allow access to the interior but the whole middle section can detatch as a 'drop pod' as well.
By turning the handle at the back a gear mechanism allows the wings to fold up for landing or down for flight mode.
The 'drop pod' has several features inside it including 2 forward firing missiles launchers (one on each side) with missiles similar to the one in the current Slave 1 kit (#6209) and these are activated by pushing the side laser cannons in a little. There are also two levers at the back which allow bombs to be dropped from either side as well.
The ship is about 32 cm long and has a flat wingspan of 36cm and is quite easy to build in about 45 minutes.
However, the best selling point about this kit is the figures that come with it. You get an Imperial Pilot for the ship, 2 Stormtroopers to man the firing cannons and 2 Sandtroopers as well. Finally, after making Star Wars themed sets for 7 years, Lego have at last made blaster rifles for their figures! No more aiming with megaphones any more! Each Stormtrooper comes with a Blastech E-11 rifle and each Sandtrooper come with a concussion grenade rifle.
All in all, the Imperial Landing Craft is a great kit and a very welcome edition to the Lego universe.

Excellent when you know how!, 30 Jan 2008
This is a lovely little addition to the Ben 10 range. When you collect Ben 10 figures you get free viewer discs and this watch enables you to view them. The key is that there is a clear plastic section on the watch face and to view the aliens you need to ensure this section is pointing at a strong light source. If you don't do this you won't be able to see anything.

Don't be fooled into thinking this is a cheaper version of the 'Ominatrix' there aren't any lights etc but it does say exactly what it does on the packaging. Personally though I like this more as it encourages imagination whilst being a bargain!

My 5 year old son and his friends all love this toy...so if you're considering one..buy I say!

great fun, 09 Jan 2008
this toy is very good it comes with two slider discs and you can get more with the toys and it has a removeabile strap if its too small it fits me on the last hole it fits 5 discs(and you can see the discs in the watch unlsss you have it up side down or something stupid like that)

Not As Good As It Looks!!, 09 Jan 2008
This is a very deceptive toy - I bought it thinking it would be a smaller version of the Omnitrix when in fact it is nothing like it - No sounds and no light, It doesn't actually do anything!!
As stated in the previous comment - If you look into the viewer you cannot even see the aliens on the changeable discs as there is no back light!
My son has the deluxe Omnitrix and his little sister wanted one, so I thought I'd opt for this cheaper version as she's only young. But she was most disappointed when I gave her this Alien Viewer and she realised that it does nothing at all - She won't even pick it up now!!
Granted, It does look the part, but it really isn't a patch on the proper Omnitrix!


Ben 10, 28 Dec 2007
My son loved this watch, best thing he had for Christmas but personally I feel differently, ok you have discs that you slide in to see scenes of Ben but how do you see them? if you put your eye to the eye hole you effectivly block the light entering the watch to see the scenes. My son loved it tho so make of this review what you eill :-)

Didnt live up to the hype, 11 Jul 2008
I was a little disappointed with this toy as the buttons are very hard to press, and the random sounds that you are rewarded with seem to take forever for them to come. However, as soon as you get your little suprise sound, you soon start popping again to get another one !

Does what it says on the tin, 14 May 2008
Maybe a stressbuster. Maybe good for a smoker to occupy their hands. You just "pop" the buttons and it feels vaguely like bubble wrap. After a certain number of "pops" you are rewarded with a random noise. Thats all there is to it. Simple and diverting.

Build the most awesome ship in the Star Wars universe! With the Imperial Star Destroyer, no one escapes the clutches of the Empire! This incredible vehicle opens up to reveal all the details and workings of the Empire's most famous starship....

Lower Darth Vader's mask in his meditation chamber, kneel before the Emperor's hologram, fire the turbo laser cannons, direct the battle from the command bridge with Grand Moff Tarkin, and release the escape pod for emergency evacuations!

Includes Darth Vader, Grand Moff Tarkin, Imperial Officer, two Stormtroopers, two Emperor's Royal Guards, Imperial Astromech Droid and Mouse Droid minifigures.

Length: 58 cm.

An Action-Packed Indy Set, 18 Jun 2008
This Lego Indy set gives a little insight into the movie merchandising business - namely that a large proportion of the set does not even feature in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

There is no Russian dinghy or tree/net combo in the movie, although perhaps there was at one time before scenes were cut. Anyway, the DUKW-style vehicle in this set is very good and well detailed, as are all the other parts. It's all easy to put together and good fun for my kids to build and play with (children may need a little help with the fiddly stickers).

The net trap is a good play device and there is a generous four minifigs, featuring two Russian soldiers, Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. The latter is surely one of Lego's greatest creations as his whole outfit, down to shoulder bag and whip, is spot-on.

This is a good value set with detailed models and well worth buying.

Indiana Jones and the Lego spin off adventure, 23 Jun 2008
I must admit when I first saw this range in the shop I thought 'another Lego franchise money spinner'. In recent years Lego has become more or less a movie franchise vehicle and it's not easy to find plain ordinary Lego these days. However, my son was really keen on it and was bought a larger kit for his birthday - which he played with so much I had no objections to him using his own money to buy this smaller kit too.

The 'Jungle Duel' kit is great value for money, it is one of the cheapest sets you can get but has 3 figures (Indy, Spalko and Mutt - complete with expressions), a tent, a table which splits during fights, a collection of swords, and lots of other tiny additions (including strangely, a banana). It's the quality you'd expect from Lego, including a durable fabric cover for the tent, and the bits stay put when assembled.

If I have one minor complaint it's that there is no container provided, just plastic bags which means we'll have to sort one ourselves or those tiny little pieces will be sure to go missing.

It doesn't take long to put together, and although I still think franchise sets don't have the versatility of plain Lego, with a bit of imagination there is plenty of playability here.

"Scan the planet Artoo - we're going in!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with their first ever set from the new Clone Wars CGI animated series with kit #7669: Anakin's Jedi Starfighter.
The yellow enhanced Delta-7 starfighter is based loosely around the frame of 2002's Jedi Starfighter with a slightly larger hull and more detailing. It features moveable wings, positionable landing gear, 2 forward mounted blue flick missiles, removable cockpit and best of all, a neat little ejection mechanism for R2.
There is a connected lever that runs from the aft through the hull and when you push it in, a small bolt pushes up and ejects R2 upwards. The new flick missiles are much better than previous issues with a new piece design that stay clipped in the frame until you apply pressure the thin tail at the back of it.
You get two figures with the kit, R2-D2 and a new version of Anakin Skywalker. Unlike previous issues, this figure has more detailing on the facial feature making it look much better than the standard ones. Anakin's trademark blue lightsabre finishes the set.
The kit is composed of 142 pieces, not including the figures, missiles and weapons and measures 26cm long, 14cm wide and 8cm high - without landing gear deployed.
It takes about 15 minutes to build, there are 6 decals to apply and it's ready to go. A very nice starfighter and hopefully the first in a new wave for Star Wars Lego.

"Deploy the droids!, 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with a set from the Attack Of The Clones with kit #7670: Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid.
After the success of last years Clone Trooper and Battle Droid battle packs it's nice to see Lego continuing with new larger troop building box sets.
The set is an instant droid army and has 4 mini figures. There are two standard Battle Droids, like the ones from 2007's Trade Federation M.T.T., which have the arm with the upright grip and one Battle Droid Commander with a yellow body. Each one is armed with a blaster rifle. There is also a dark grey Super Battle Droid as well.
The next droid is the Spider Droid. A vastly improved and updated version from the previous release in 2005's Wookie Attack, it has more poseable legs, moveable antenna, movable forward cannon and moving eye scanners. It has a foot base of 7.5 sqcm, is 11.5cm from leg to cannon tip and stands 8.5 cm high to tip of antenna.
The kit is finished off with a Corporate Alliance Hailfire Droid. These antiaircraft weapon platforms have two upper mounted missile racks for dealing with enemy ships. The model has angled wheels with brown tread tracks (works best on carpeted floors!) and movable missile pods on each side. Each pod holds 4 red flick missiles. The droid measures 10 cm long, 13.5cm wide and 8cm tall.
The kit which is composed of 227 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and takes about 20 minutes to build. A excellent army builder and a must for all those Trade Federation fans out there. Lets hope Lego bring out a comparable Clone Trooper pack later in the year.

More awesome Lego!, 17 Jan 2008
I found this set in a local toyshop on my birthday and snapped it up. It's part of a recent range that's been brought out (presumably to coincide with the 4th Indiana Jones movie). The set is typical Lego; fun, durable and easy to play with. It has all the booby traps from the movie sequence (the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark), which all work beautifully. The boulder mechanism in particular is great fun. The plane (with snake!) is an excellent little addition. Great value for money and another fab toy from Lego.

"Execute Order 66!", 03 Feb 2008
Lego kick off their 2008 Star Wars series with another of the armoured walkers from Revenge Of The Sith with kit 7671: AT-AP Walker (All Terrain Assault Pod).
This model is a great representation of the walkers that you see stomping through the fungi jungles of Felucia. It features positionable upper legs, deployable third leg when using heavy mortar cannon which folds away when not in use, opening cockpit hatches, moveable mortar cannon and swivelling upper blaster cannon.
Each side of the Pod seats one Clone Trooper and one can sit on the upper blaster cannon. In the right side of the pod there is a rack which houses 2 heavy assault rifles.
You get two Clone Shock Trooper figures with the kit. Unlike previous issues, these have plain white trousers without the black waist bar in them.
The kit is composed of 380 pieces, not including the figures and weapons and measures 28cm long from aft leg to mortar tip, 17cm wide from foot to foot and 20.5cm high - without gunner in the upper seat.
It takes about 25 minutes to build and makes a very nice addition to any diorama, especially with the 2007 Clone Trooper Battle Pack. Lets hope they bring out the Trooper Carrier later in the year.

Wicked! , 28 Dec 2007
Like I said this lego set is brillent for people who like glactic war!
My brother loves this lego model, but one thing I MUST say is that you can get it £8 cheaper on the lego website, come on amazon.

Imperial Landing craft, 07 Nov 2007
This was my first Star Wars LEGO purchase! I remember seeing the film as a small child when it was first released in 1977; I thought then that the Stormtroopers were the best of all the characters. This set/model comes with four of them, 2 x Sandtroopers (with the orange epaulettes, as seen on Tatooine), 2 standard Stormtroopers and a TIE fighter pilot figure. The actual shuttle has folding wings and a removeable fuselage (body) so that your troops can "mount up"! it comes with two missiles that fire and also bombs that drop. For me it was a must have, and re-introduced me to the world of LEGO, thirty years after I gave up playing with it. Go on dads treat yourselves, just make sure that you are not paying over the odds, and that the retailer that you purchase from hasn't removed the figures and then cut the price.

"You may begin landing your troops!", 16 Dec 2006
Lego kicks off the 30th Anniversary year for Star Wars with a collection of vehicles including this rather excellent Imperial Landing Craft.
Seen only briefly in the remastered version of A New Hope, the ship is seen taking off in the background after depositing a squad of Sandtroopers and Dewbacks onto Tatooine to look for a certain escape pod!
The kit is well made, resembling the ship in great detail and it is packed with features. The central hull has 6 opening hull plates on each top side to allow access to the interior but the whole middle section can detatch as a 'drop pod' as well.
By turning the handle at the back a gear mechanism allows the wings to fold up for landing or down for flight mode.
The 'drop pod' has several features inside it including 2 forward firing missiles launchers (one on each side) with missiles similar to the one in the current Slave 1 kit (#6209) and these are activated by pushing the side laser cannons in a little. There are also two levers at the back which allow bombs to be dropped from either side as well.
The ship is about 32 cm long and has a flat wingspan of 36cm and is quite easy to build in about 45 minutes.
However, the best selling point about this kit is the figures that come with it. You get an Imperial Pilot for the ship, 2 Stormtroopers to man the firing cannons and 2 Sandtroopers as well. Finally, after making Star Wars themed sets for 7 years, Lego have at last made blaster rifles for their figures! No more aiming with megaphones any more! Each Stormtrooper comes with a Blastech E-11 rifle and each Sandtrooper come with a concussion grenade rifle.
All in all, the Imperial Landing Craft is a great kit and a very welcome edition to the Lego universe.

Excellent when you know how!, 30 Jan 2008
This is a lovely little addition to the Ben 10 range. When you collect Ben 10 figures you get free viewer discs and this watch enables you to view them. The key is that there is a clear plastic section on the watch face and to view the aliens you need to ensure this section is pointing at a strong light source. If you don't do this you won't be able to see anything.

Don't be fooled into thinking this is a cheaper version of the 'Ominatrix' there aren't any lights etc but it does say exactly what it does on the packaging. Personally though I like this more as it encourages imagination whilst being a bargain!

My 5 year old son and his friends all love this toy...so if you're considering one..buy I say!

great fun, 09 Jan 2008
this toy is very good it comes with two slider discs and you can get more with the toys and it has a removeabile strap if its too small it fits me on the last hole it fits 5 discs(and you can see the discs in the watch unlsss you have it up side down or something stupid like that)

Not As Good As It Looks!!, 09 Jan 2008
This is a very deceptive toy - I bought it thinking it would be a smaller version of the Omnitrix when in fact it is nothing like it - No sounds and no light, It doesn't actually do anything!!
As stated in the previous comment - If you look into the viewer you cannot even see the aliens on the changeable discs as there is no back light!
My son has the deluxe Omnitrix and his little sister wanted one, so I thought I'd opt for this cheaper version as she's only young. But she was most disappointed when I gave her this Alien Viewer and she realised that it does nothing at all - She won't even pick it up now!!
Granted, It does look the part, but it really isn't a patch on the proper Omnitrix!


Ben 10, 28 Dec 2007
My son loved this watch, best thing he had for Christmas but personally I feel differently, ok you have discs that you slide in to see scenes of Ben but how do you see them? if you put your eye to the eye hole you effectivly block the light entering the watch to see the scenes. My son loved it tho so make of this review what you eill :-)

Didnt live up to the hype, 11 Jul 2008
I was a little disappointed with this toy as the buttons are very hard to press, and the random sounds that you are rewarded with seem to take forever for them to come. However, as soon as you get your little suprise sound, you soon start popping again to get another one !

Does what it says on the tin, 14 May 2008
Maybe a stressbuster. Maybe good for a smoker to occupy their hands. You just "pop" the buttons and it feels vaguely like bubble wrap. After a certain number of "pops" you are rewarded with a random noise. Thats all there is to it. Simple and diverting.

For adults not children!, 03 Apr 2008
My son enjoyed patiently building this model over 4 days at Christmas but found that every time he wanted to play with the model it fell apart as its base is not strong enough to support the model and the engines stick out below the base so they fall off every time it is put down. Finally after months of frustration we contacted Lego who supplied some extra bricks to try and stabilise the base (a known problem obviously) but that didn't work so we returned it. A great model for adults but simply not suitable for playing with - don't waste the money for kids.

Patience game, 28 Jan 2008
One piece of strong advice. You must have unlimited patience to build this. It's not a matter of skill, but the emotional skill - I spent 3 days making this, I pick it up and ... BANG! Base falls out, I spent hours rebuilding it, then give up later after reducing me to tears twice.

There are loads of good points though; it comes with a Darth Vader figure [I have been looking for one for ages], an exclusive, no, two - Grand Moff Tarkin and the