Product Description

Hoth Rebel Base With 7 Figures

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5367 in Toys & Games
• Brand: LEGO

Features

• Star Wars 30th Anniversary
• Limited Edition

Customer Reviews

"This is Echo base, do you copy?"
Lego continue to celebrate Star Wars' 30th anniversary with this limited edition kit of Echo Base from The Empire Strikes Back.
The kit features the main bay doors to Echo base, a computer station, repair bay, repair vehicle, Snowspeeder and a gun turret.
The doors are quite well done, even if the scale is about 10 times too small and have a neat little gear mechanism on ech side that allows you to roll them open along the tracks.
The repair bay and computer station are attached beind on hinged plates that swing right out along the playset doors or behind them. The repair bay is a yellow base attached to a turntable (on which the Snowspeeder can fit) and has a repair crane with moveable armature. The computer station features an opening display screen and a tool rack which has an ice axe and a drill with it.
The gun turret is excellent, with room for two figures inside and a mechanism identical to the ones on the Star Destroyer kit from 2006 which allow you to push a button on the side and small blue missiles fly out of the front.
The Snowspeeder is a great update of the OTC 4500 kit from 2004. Based on the same frame it has a completely hinged canopy (making it much easier to get Dak inside), a harpoon gun and tow cable on the back and removable engine panels on each wing which can be hoisted up by the crane when the ship is docked in the repair bay.
The kit is easy to build and can be done in 30 minutes.
The best thing about the set is the figures that come with it. You get Luke Skywalker and Dak Ralter to pilot the Snowspeeder, 2 Rebel Hoth Troopers, 2 Imperial Snowtroopers and for the first time, a Probot and K-3PO!
The troopers all come with blaster rifles and Luke comes with his trademark blue lightsabre. A great kit, a fun one for kids and a must have for collectors - especially for the K-3PO.
A Lego shop exclusive for £40 at a store near you!

Price
I find it hard to believe the price you're selling this at. This is £39.99 to buy new from Lego Direct and most other retailers. I cannot believe you have set this at £88.00.

Amazon- ouch!
I was appalled when I saw that Amazon was charging £124.95 for this toy, previously on sale by Lego at about £40 - now they've added an extra £50! My view of Amazon has taken a nosedive at this profteering - Lego goofed by not having enough stock this year, but it seems plenty of retailers are happy to cash in on the shortage so that only the richest and most desperate parents can get one. Very sad.