Customer Reviews

LEGO Star Wars Trifighter Droid (8086)

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

The Droid Tri-Fighter is a nicely designed ship which looks great at all angles and comes with 3 Rocket-Battle Droids. Plus, it's a great value for your money piece wise (268 parts for $25.00 retail and current $20.00 Amazon and Walmart).

PRO's...

- Overall design of the vehicle. Looks great at any angle (front/side/back/top/bottom very well designed and sleek look).
- Open/close bubble cockpit.
- Laser cannons mounted top, left, right and centered.
- Rear engine well designed (3 thrusters).
- 2 long Rocket, flick-fire missiles underneath.
- 3 Rocket-Battle Droids with jetpacks (binocular pieces)...1 Rocket-Droid Commander with yellow crown and yellow stripe on front of body and 2 regular Rocket Battle Droids (all come with standard issue rifles).
- Build is nice which gives ideas for bending sections and engine designs.

CON's...

- Flawed cockpit. When opening the bubble halves, it pulls off the brick plate with hinge constantly. Not good for kids playability if they're taking out a battle droid pilot often.
- Even when securing back that plate, the clutch is off so when you close the bubble, it leaves a slight space/opening.
- No real seated area for pilot in bubble cockpit. Just sits in there loose. They should've thought this out more.
- Centered bubble should have the 'brain' of the ship instead of putting in a Rocket Battle Droid.
- No Buzz-Droids.

Overall it's a model I like because of the design. Playbility for older kids is fine, since you can secure the cockpit back no problem but for younger kids I suggest leaving the cockpit unmaned and closed so kid's won't have frustration when playing. Of note though, for the younger kid builder, they should have no problem putting this together with just some help from parents bending the sections to make the curved shape(the bracing arms). Also parents, make sure that first part of the build with the 3 pronged plate is lined up properly. Double check that first step for your kids.

I recommend this model for it's overall design for the AFoL and TFoL and it's an easy kit for kid's and parents to put together and play with but bear in mind the separation of the bubble cockpit when putting any pilot mini-fig.

Lego's are always fun, creative and interactive. Easy to hang on to and pretend to fly through the air. Thanks!

This was a very cool addition to the growing collection my son has. The Star Wars lego collection is very well done.

The building technique deserve praise. A bit repetitive, but that's expected. The "cockpit" is pretty lame, and the hinge pieces become loose when you try to open it. An awesome set, nonetheless. I will buy more for my collection.

The lego is good and stable, the price is cheaper than you can get from [...]. I recommend to 5 year old kids to play by themselves.

My six-year old son, Alex, has this to say about this set: "I think this set is great. It is very cool-I like the droids that come with it. The only problem is that the triple wings are tedious to make since there are three of them. I had to make one at a time. I've always wanted the circular windshield that comes with the set. It has more pieces than you would think. It has 268 pieces and I have the ship that battles it, the ARC-170 Starfighter."

So, my son woke up early to get this put together. It took him about an hour of carefully following the instructions to make the set, but once he was finished -- WOW! It comes with 3 rocket battle droids (if you take their guns out of their hands, they can all fit inside the cockpit). One thing I notice is that there is no seat inside the cockpit, so the pilot moves around a lot.

As a mom, I love that he had to read the directions -- usually he just looks at the picture and starts to work. Most LEGOs are predictable once you've built hundreds of sets. I like it when he has to work.

Very cool set -- it holds up well to being "flown" and played with, even by a younger brother.

Got this as a Gold Box deal for my 5 year old for Christmas..he loves it..great collection to his legos.

One of my key criteria for judging my...ahem, my SONS Lego toys is the piece count. Another is the count of unusual pieces. This toy is excellent in both regards, providing not only value but a plethora of unique Legos with specialized functions. It is also surprisingly rigid considering the overal design - you can hold this toy by any of its elements and play with it. I can't say that about a lot of the Lego star wars toys where they had to push the engineering limits of lego to get a toy that resembles the item from the movie (the Y-wing is practically fragile). The droid tri-fighter... solid.

Good: Lot's of guns, the 3 jump pack droids
Bad: the little cylinder pieces on the inner part of the "wings" fall off easy