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LEGO Star Wars Wookiee Catamaran

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With all the recent re-releases in the Star Wars LEGO line, I had been anxiously awaiting the new Episode III sets. And looking through pictures of the sets before they were released, I was particularly attracted to the Wookiee Catamaran. I was not, however, as attracted to the price of the Wookiee Catamaran. After all, this set has 20 fewer pieces than the (equally as striking) ARC-170 Starfighter; and yet it costs $10 more. It really doesn't seem to make sense... until you have the Catamaran assembled and sitting gorgeously on your dresser for the world (or your friends) to see. Just by looking at the set on display, it appears there's more than 376 pieces. And of all the new Episode III sets I have put together, this one has to be the best-looking. It's dashing and simplistic at the same time.

Putting the set together was very easy, which can be either good or bad depending on the person. Because the two sides of the catamaran are basically identical, when you build the second "wing" you almost get in a groove and don't really even need the directions, much like with the legs of the AT-AT. The durability of the set would look as if it were a bit flimsy; and during the building process it is. But once you have it together, if you grab it by the center you shouldn't have any problems moving it from one spot to another. Also, putting the strings on the two holding areas that drop the blue neon balls was almost as tedious as threading a needle. But that's neither here nor there and inconsequential after you've finished.

As for the minifigs, you get 2 new Clone Troopers (who get their own neat little vehicle here), a new Wookiee Warrior, the too-often-used Yoda and Chewbacca, and Luminara Unduli, who's equipped with LEGO's newest fixation/trademark: the light-up lightsaber. Not a bad guestlist. So in conclusion, I'd recommend the Wookiee Catamaran to anyone who's got extra money to spend on something they'd love to have people gawk over in envy, but not necessarily play with.

This is a great toy!One time when I was playing with it, the wing fell and broke,but other than that it is a good toy.[I still think this toy should be cheaper].

I am 7 1/2 years old and it took me about two hours to build both the Swamp Speeder and the Catamaran. If you're more experienced than I am, well, it might take you an hour to do both. They were really fun to build and to play with when I was finished. The light-up light saber was really cool. And I especially like the blaster cannon. It shoots a rubber thingamajig all the way across our kitchen, and you have to be careful with it around your baby brothers or sisters or even your mom because it can HURT! I would buy it again anytime and recommend it to any Star Wars collector or Lego fan.

This is a great toy. It comes with 2 clone troopers with green and white suits, Luminara Unduli with a cool green light saber (mostly looks blue when it lights up), Yoda, a Wookie warrior, and Chewbacca. The only problem is the wings on the catamaran keep on falling off, and the hover craft thingy's clones fall off if you push it too fast through the air. This is a great toy, but if you're under 8, it'll be harder to build without help. Any lego collector should buy it.

This was an excellent toy. I am a 13 year old from Chatham Mass. And I love Star Wars. This particular set was awesome. The mini-figs are so cool, especially the clones. Yoda's pretty cool. It cost 10 dollars more than that ARC 170 starfighter I bought but its worth every penny. I started collecting about the time when the Episode 3 toys came out. I dont really like the random legos that arent based on something. I have all but 3 of the lego Episode 3 sets. I must admit that this set was the best. It has plenty of minifigs and cool featuers like the rocket, and the neon bombs.Its worth every penny.

This is an awesome lego set! It's really my 5 year-old brother's. Of course I built it. It has bombs you can drop, a missile, and six mini-figs. Including Chewbacca, Tarful, Yoda, two clones, and Luminara Unduli with a light up lightsaber.

You should get this Lego set.

This lego model is very fun. I love to build it. To the kid who thought this was a one star lego model and to everyone else who reads this, THIS IS NOT A TOY!!! This is a model. If you have had legos before, you'd know that legos break easily, especially if you play with them. I would reccomend this toy to responsible people, our kids 8 and up.

I feel a bit sheepish - every other reviewer seems to unequivocally love this set. So I suppose I must step up to the plate and offer a dissenting opinion, even if I'm the only one that feels that way.

LEGO Star Wars has become a recent passion of mine, and I've been absolutely delighted with all the sets I could get my block-building fingers on...until the Wookiee Catamaran. It was a sobering reminder that not everything LEGO does is magic.

I have two major "issue areas" with the set - one, theme, and two, the set's durability. I'll get to the theme later, but I'll take some time to disagree with the other reviews in terms of the set's construction. The most noticeable and frustrating thing are the side panels on the pontoons. These curved, brown pieces (which look great) have broken one of the major tenets of LEGO's success - support. Most LEGO models, in clever and inventive (or merely basic) ways make sure that the modular blocks stay on by using other blocks to anchor and support. This is because it's implicit that kids are going to be playing with these things, so they need to be tough. But, for this full-grown LEGO fan, the freakin' unsupported side panels kept falling off, and I wasn't playing with the set :) . Sometimes, they would fall off at a touch, sometimes, during the construction itself in an unrelated area. There was a lot of colorful language associated with the building of this set, which was made all the more annoying due to the fact that you need to build two huge pontoons, each alike to the other. If anyone out there has built the LEGO AT-AT, you might have experienced a similar feeling building four identical walker legs - the pontoons were tedious and not very rewarding. "Aha!" I realized after building both. "Now I have two huge canoes!"

In its defense, the catamaran itself is a marvel of LEGO engineering. It has a functional propeller, a working rocket launcher, and even "bomb" bays in the pontoons. It's sleek and distinctive, but that leads to the theme issue...

It's a boat. Star Wars is about spaceships and walkers and hovercraft and tanks and speeders and fighter jets - not boats. It doesn't fit the mold, and to make matters worse, I can't remember it from Episode III. Yoda did not look sternly at Chewbacca and say, "To the Wookiee Catamaran go we must," So, it's mostly by itself in the Star Wars boating department, and for that, it's just less attractive.

Besides the catamaran, you get a neat little Clone hovercraft, though the more I look at the thing, the more I feel it could have done with some more bells `n' whistles. Rounding out the set are our decent but not spectacular cast of minifigures - little Yoda (with walking stick), gruff Chewie (with bowcaster), anonymous "Wookiee Warrior" (with spear), little-known Jedi Luminara (with light-up green lightsaber), and my personal faves, two Clone Troopers (with green piping on their armor and blue-tipped blasters).

In summary, the set disappointed me, but it's not bad. If you're lured to a big, bad brown boat and a cast of the Muppet Show from another galaxy riding it into action, buy the Wookiee Catamaran you will.

This toy is horrible it breaks in half a lot and its hard to play with