Customer Reviews

Lego Star Wars 7659 Imperial Landing Craft

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is a really great ship. My son has six or more star wars lego ships and he likes this one the best. It took us a while to build but the directions were pretty clear. He is 9 and just loves it. It has two cannons that shoot and also two other levers you press and out pops some other bombs.

I'm quoting my son who says the Imperial Landing Craft is a great set even though there were set-backs while putting it together. Some parts had trouble staying in place and whole sections would drop off as he was working, particularly the top wing and side compartments, though he is an experienced Lego builder. That said, he loves the features. Moving parts work smoothly. The mini-figs are a nice addition to his collection. And now that it's together, it seems fairly durable. He agrees with the other reviewer--go out and buy it!

if you want stormtroopers and sand troopers than buy this set!for fifty dollers you get the craft itself,which shoots missiles and drops bombs,2 stormtroopers whith the newly molded guns,and two sandtroopers with shoulder straps and newly molded rifle guns!in other words buy this set!and don't mind the price tag because it's worth every penny for 471 peices!lego realy hit the jackpot this time!hey!are why are you just sitting there?!go buy.now!!!!!

As an adult collector, this is my favorite set so far - but there were some strange design choices. Building it was much trickier and more delicate than any set I can remember, so if you're buying it for someone under 10 make sure an adult is there to help them out. One disappointing thing I've never seen before was sloppy directions: pieces appearing out of nowhere in one step that are added in the next, additions to the back of the model where you can't see exactly where to place the pieces, and there was even an extra page stuck in the box with a revision to one of the steps. I managed to get it all together, but younger folks will probably throw this set through the window in frustration at the poor directions.

There are a few places where parts can be easily broken off or the gears can jam up while playing with it as well. As a result I would think this is more aimed at the adults - but in that case, why did they load it up with cool kid-stuff like shooting cannons, dropping bombs, etc? It sort of strikes a balance between realistic collector's set and kids' play toy, but doesn't really hit either mark.

That said, even for all its warts it's a fantastic set when finally built. The gearing for the wings is a thing of beauty, and many of the pieces are generic enough that you can build plenty of new creations out of this set.

One minor thing I don't understand is why they left the top doors for the crew compartment separate - they could have joined them together on each side with one more piece and made the whole model much more sturdy. As it is all six pieces flop about individually. It's really odd.

I think the toy is fairly magnificent. I had much fun building it. It comes with likable features, like an enormous troop compartment, movable wings, a firing missile, a pilot's "control center",bombs, and 5 Imperial cronies- 1 pilot and 4 stormtroopers(actually two are sandtroopers). The only problem is that it is so gigantic and awkward that it is somewhat hard to carry.
I believe this toy is very educational. It will make you have excellent mental durability, as well as the ability to arrange and create.
The overall sturdiness of the piece was good. Except for some minor annoyances(especially in the troop compartment), the piece was fairly durable.
My ideology is that this toy is always worth a try. Even though its expensive(49.99!), you should buy it.

My son received this as a Christmas present. It is his first regular lego kit. Up until now he has been using the larger blocks.

We had a great time putting it together. It is a little tricky and I ended up doing a lot of the work. He is 4 and it was still a little difficult for him to be patient and work through the instructions.

As we finished each component he got more and more excited. When it was done he just loved it. Of course it wasn't long before he started 'breaking' it. I put it together a few times, then we just tore it apart.

Then we started the real fun of creating our own ships and other things. His birthday isn't far away and he is already asking for more lego kits. This is a really great toy.

Oh - and I rated this well on education too because it involves some really cool stuff with gears and levers. We took the time to look at how it went together and why it worked. Very neat stuff. Even with all the pieces lego didn't have when I was a kid and the movie theme, this is still great for creative play.

the imperial landing craft is very good, the folding wings are pretty hard to assemble. Other than that its a 1 class toy
( 5 star!)

My bought this with birthday money he collected and could not wait to receive it! He loves it! He built it in 1 day because he worked on it all day and it was exactly as he expected! If you have a lego kid they will like this! The only thing was it was shipped as fast as we thought it might be.

Le regalé esto a mi hijo de 10 años y le encantó, es un poco más grande de lo que esperaba y tiene algunas partes en las que necesitó un poco de ayuda para armar, asi que fué muy entretenido para ambos. Estoy muy complacido. Por supuesto que hay que tener delicadeza a la hora de jugarlo porque seguramente se necesitará recolocar alguna que otra pieza, ¿pero no es esa la idea? ¿que se pueda armar y desarmar cuantas veces se quiera?

This was bought for my five year old who is a huge lego and star wars fan. I knew it would be a little advanced for him, but it was a success because it brought all the family together and even some nephews to help put it together. It was fun. I was very pleased with it. My son loved it.