Here is my first review for my blog. I received the Desert Skiff for Christmas 2012. The set features: Skiff, Sarlacc, and 4 minifigures. First up, the minifigs: Boba Fett features a well detailed torso and legs, a very nice mandalorian-style helmet, an uncommon olive-like green jetback, a cool shoulder blanket-thing, and an average gun. Lando Calrissian has a nicely detailed torso, however, his legs could be a little better than just plain tan. Kithaba has a nice hat (always a nice piece), however it dosen't match the red on his pants, nice torso, but again the legs are too plain! Finally Luke, well, yea it's Luke's hair, well detailed torso, and once again the pants are just too plain, this is getting crazy! All the minifigs have good head pieces as well, except for one thing, why, why I ask you, are Lando and Luke smiling? I mean come on! What kind of a guy smiles when he's about to get eaten alive literally by a Sarlacc? Speaking of Sarlaccs the one included with this set is very nice and I think very movie-accurate. Now for the skiff, it's very detailed and it wasn't until a few days ago that I looked at it and said: "Wow, this is awesome!" I realized how really cool and well designed it is. The front has the perfect piece for it and it all comes together very nicely, the fact that the plank swings in and out is a nice feature, and the side parts with the shafts are nice. However (there's always a however :( ), in the very back where the set comes together there are two triangular points that kind of stick out from the model that could have been easily remedied with a different piece. Anyway here are the pros and cons
Pros: Great minfigs, movie-accurate Sarlacc, and cool skiff
Cons: Plain pants, smiles on Luke and Lando (?), and the two triangular parts protruding from the back
So overall the pros rule over the cons and I would definitely suggest this set to a friend! This is the Lego Spy, out.
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| The Minfigs included with this set |
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| The Accessories (whoops, missing an "s" in accessories :P) |
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| Several views of skiff (click to view larger) |
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| Nice pic of Sarlacc |
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