Customer Reviews

LEGO Star Wars Echo Base (7749)

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Very cute, new Star Wars Lego set. Easy to put together for your 6 year old with a nice amount of mini-figures.

PRO's-5 nice and very cool mini-figures (2 Hoth Troopers, 2 Snowtroopers, Hoth Han Solo) plus a great looking Taun Taun figure (so I guess you could say 6 figures). Cool looking Snowtrooper weapon and a rotating gun turret with a hidden door and top hatch to hold a figure. Also neat is behind the 'snow' wall the two Hoth Troopers stand on a tilting platform. When you push down on the center section you can snap the figures into the air simulating an expolsion.

CON's- The turret at times comes off too easily from the base but it's still very playable.

I recommend it for younger Star Wars Lego fans and for fans looking for some neat figures.

I needed input from my son who's the real expert: "It's based on a Hoth battle with Han Solo and a brand new, Lego creature--a Tauntaun! (this is exciting news) This has a special part where the figure can go flying when you push down on what they're standing on."

The stars are from our young user-expert, but as a parent, I would rate the educational value as a 4. The number of hours he plays with the Star Wars Lego set is pretty amazing (TV or video games get ignored). He uses a lot of imagination and takes mini movies of his playtime with creations.

I LOVE this Lego toy. Although it is outstandingly fun, has the FIRST EVER Lego Tauntaun, and is my most enjoyable Lego set, It is VERY, VERY breakable. Good stuff: Tauntaun is almost as fun as the rest of the set, can blast shot Lego men into the air with the press of a Lego piece, and can sometimes shoot bullets up to 2 feet.(When I tried) Bad stuff: Tauntaun is hard to put together, big-time breakable, and there is 3 pieces on the bad guy machine gun that are just SO hard to put on and SO hard to keep on. Buuuut, overall, I would recommend it a ToPs Lego toy!!!!!

My 5 year old loves this! The set takes very little time to assemble. My son has now changed everything and added it to his other sets. Still, very good set for the price.

First-ever Lego Tauntaun. This is the main reason that I purchased this. The Tauntaun was a request from all Lego Star Wars enthusiasts. The other minifigures, especially Hoth Han Solo, are great as well.

It is a very easy build for those familiar with multi-directional Lego Builds, but if you kid is new to big-boy or big-girl Legos they may need some help following the directions.

This set mixed with the other Hoth Legos make a great battle scene.

This set is cool but the tauntan is small.The outpost is well designed.The trench is small and can fit only two mini-figuers.Overall great set. Good job lego!

The best part of this scene is the cannon that swivels on the turret and the Tauntaun. Let's face it-Tauntauns do not grow on trees in the Lego world and are exclusive to this set. The fact that it also comes with two Snowtroopers, the Han Solo and two Rebels means 5 minifigs and said Tauntan for $40+ the other portions of the scene. A pretty good value. On it's own this scene can clearly shows a solid Hoth scene-but is by no means huge.

As part of a larger Hoth scene, this becomes essential. I have added it to the Limited Edition Echo Base 7879, Hoth Wampa Cave 8089, Hoth Rebel Base 7666 one additional Echo Base, two Motorized At-At's (10178), other dark gray and white misc pieces AND white dog toy stuffing for quite the display. All of you may not have these sets but feel free to copy! Looks amazing but takes up some space.

If you are in to Lego scenes from the original trilogy, this is a must.

I bought this toy for my nephews ages 7 and 9. They loved it and played with it for hours. There is a feature where you can catapult two lego men standing behind a barrier just like a scene in the actual star wars movie. I think that was their favorite since they just watched it. Anyway I would highly recommend this product for my nephews age range, especially if the kids have scene the star wars movies.

This is a great set. I have the Hoth Rebel Base and it goes really well with it. But it is rather expensive for only about 150 pieces. It comes with great figures and the Ton Ton is great but there should have been either more pieces or it should have cost less. The base is okay but I would rather have had more guys or a snow speeder. Well here are my pros and cons
Pros.
Great figures,
Good turret gun and snowtrooper gun,
Ton Ton,
Cons.
Not enough pieces,
Should have had something besides a little base,
Well I still love this set. There are still some cons but over all it is one of the best Lego Star Wars sets that they have come out with that is still fairly cheap.
I would recommend it to any of my friends especially if you can get one of the new battle packs, either snowtrooper or rebel trooper.

This was a birthday present for my 5 year old. He loves it. Lots of little pieces so I wouldn't recommend for under 4 years. It also requires some coordination.