"Execute Order 66!"

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.

"You may begin landing your troops!"

Lego continue to celebrate Star Wars' 30th Anniversary with their largest kit to date this year with the excellent Trade Federation M.T.T. (Mobile Troop Transport).
Larger and packed with more detailing than the previous 7155 kit release from 2000, this model is an excellent reproduction of its on-screen counterpart at a large 42cm in length, 20 cm high and 15 cm wide.
The MTT is packed with features. There are two large opening hatches on each side. The rear ones allow access to the vehicle bay and the forward ones allow access to the droids and weapons storage racks. The upper front has small opening panels on each side so you can see the Pilot Droid inside and the roof opens up and back to allow access.
The front end opens right out with an upper and lower hatch and through the use of a ratchet mechanism inside you can extend the Droid racks out which house a rather cool 16 Battle Droids.
There is also a hatch at the rear to allow the Droid Transport to get in and out. The Droid Transport is an update of the 7126 Battle Droid Carrier from 1999, with improved features. There is a Pilot Droid to drive and the back has the capacity to fit any of the modules with the kit. The main pilot control section, Droid racks, weapons rack and navigation pack can all be placed on the rear part of the carrier allowing you to put whatever you want on it.
The kit is great fun to build with 1175 pieces (not including Droids and weapons) and takes about 2 1/2 hours. It comes complete with a whopping 16 Battle Droids, 2 Security Battle Droids (red), 2 Pilot Droids (blue) and a vastly improved Destroyer Droid. The Battle Droids also have an improvement in that one arm has the hand upwards so now they can hold guns properly as opposed to the sideways stance they've had in the past. Each droid has one of the new blaster rifles and there are 2 of the assualt rifles stored on the navigation pack inside.
This kit is an absolute must for any Star Wars collector and an instant army builder, especially when combined with a few of the 7654 Droid Battle Packs. Now all they need to do is update the Trade Federation A.A.T. and we'll have the full army!
Roger, roger!

"Set course for Utapau."

Lego continue their 30th anniversary releases with this fantastic Jedi Starfighter with detachable hyperdrive ring.
Based on the previous releases of Anakin Skywalker's Starfighter and the two from the Ultimate Space Battle set, the blue Jedi Starfighter has the same design with a few improvements built in. The cockpit assembly is sturdier than the previous issues and the hull has special adaptors to allow it to connect to the hyperdrive ring. Because of this, other Jedi Starfighters cannot dock with the ring which is a shame.
The ring itself measures a full 28cm across and has six engines and two missiles which can be launched with a flick of the finger. The ring itself is a little fiddly to assemble, relying on small Technic parts in the construction and as such, younger builders may find this difficult.
The kit comes with two figures, Obi-Wan Kenobi and for the first time, Kit Fisto! Kit comes equipped with a green lightsabre.
Construction time is about 50 minutes. A great looking kit and a must have for those fighter squadrons.

Ideal first lego

small and sturdy enough for you to rebuild quickly(and also the ideal choice to encouage you child to follow the plans and make it themselves, as there are few pieces and instant results.

GREAT FOR TOM FANS

I bought this item for Christmas to give my 2 year old son who is completley mad for helicopters and was particular impressed with Tom and his helicopter from the cartoons scenes. He just loves this helicopter much more than any of the other ones he has. Tom is his favorite caracter.

Great kit

I haven't built a tech lego kit for a while (age 32 ish) but at the current price I couldn't resist this model. It took at least half an hour to build, so not a bad challenge. The bike has lots of realistic detail like the working pistons, chain drive and suspension. I am very happy with the kit and the resulting bike looks great on my desk. I'll have to start saving my pocket money up for another kit :-)

Luxury living for small furry creatures!

This is a lovely little set - all the items are well made and very detailed. Included is a working (light-up) fireplace, and an upholstered settee and two armchairs. There is also a coffee table, coffee maker, telephone and telephone cupboard, magazine rack plus lots of little accessories. The Sylvanian Families Victorian Living Room Set is excellent value for money, and would provide many hours of amusement for any child.

A must if you have duplo

Once you have this board you can firmly attach your duplo constructions to it, and make more interesting things. When I make a house for my daughter I can now attach the garage just next to it on the base plate rather than using more blocks to attach it to the house itself.

The board is about 40 cm square so you can build BIG!

Great addition to my (sorry my childrens) ever expanding lego and duplo collection. Megabloks of the same size as dublo also fit, but they are a bit lose on the plate.