Death Star, take two
There are imutable laws governing the universe. The worst goes something like this: you’ve just purchased gadget or toy X when, short time later, you discover that toy X+1 is available, where X+1 is effectively X, except better and with all the stuff you originally wanted.. It happened with the Eee PC and now with the Lego Death Star.
My Death Star is still safely ensconced in the original cardboard box, waiting for a day when it is to be unpacked, built and displayed. There is no doubt I want this one, though. It is too cool to let you click the link to the official site – I’ll provide all the images here because I can.
Whereas the original Lego Death Star is a big ball with little internal detail the box of the new kit provides some clues as to its obvious appeal to fans of the Star Wars universe.
It’s a fully detailed model of the Death Star’s interior and depicts some of the more memorable scenes from the original series of movies! These include the Superlaser control room and target monitor, Imperial conference chamber, TIE Advanced hangar bay with moving launch rack, Emperor’s throne room, droid maintenance room, detention block and everyone’s favourite, the trash compactor. A diameter of 42cm means it’s a rather large model and ready for primetime in any display.
For collectors, the all-important inclusion of 25 minifigs has to be mentioned. Here most of them are:
Feast your eyes on these pictures of the interior detail
A TIE Fighter is included. How could it not be? 9cm wide, fitting onto a launch rail within the heart of the Death Star.
Some may say: doll’s house. I say: great addition to the Lego Star Wars collection! At USD 400, not cheap either.
