| LEGO have had the Star Wars licence for just over | | | | comes with two battle droids and an Episode 3 clone |
| 10 years now and their new wave of sets hit store | | | | trooper. |
| shelves in the US, Europe and Australia sometime | | | | Next biggest set at 177 pieces is a sleek Freeco |
| during late 2009 and early 2010. Let's take a look at | | | | Speeder featured in an episode of The Clone Wars |
| the latest sets. | | | | based on the ice planet Orto Plutonia. The set |
| Generally, emphasis is still on the Clone Wars side of | | | | features two exclusive minifigs, Anakin Skywalker in |
| things with a couple of original trilogy battle packs to | | | | snow gear and the native Talz chieftain. This set also |
| cover old school fans. This is largely understandable | | | | retails for $24.99. |
| as The Clone Wars TV series is still growing strong, | | | | The Droid Tri Fighter is another re-release and this is |
| with Season Two showing in most countries. | | | | an improvement on the original release. It is larger, |
| These sets fitswith the new pricing of LEGO sets | | | | more detailed and a battle droid can actually fit inside |
| which is getting a little more expensive this year. Like | | | | the central control pod. Features 3 battle droids, 268 |
| most new sets, if you aren't fussed about the | | | | pieces and retails for $24.99. |
| getting minifigs you can pick up the main ships by | | | | The Tie Defender is the only extended Universe |
| themselves on ebay for alot less. | | | | offering of this wave, originally featured in the |
| The smallest (and cheapest) sets in this wave are | | | | videogame Battlefront: Renegade Squadron. At |
| the afore mentioned battlepacks. Sets 8083 and | | | | $49.95 it may seem overly expensive for only 304 |
| 8084 sit at about 80 pieces and feature 4 minifigs in | | | | pieces and two minifigs (Tie Fighter pilot and |
| each set for a RRP of $10.99 each. While 8083 | | | | stormtrooper). It is a large model though and is highly |
| features Rebel Troopers, snowtroopers are the big | | | | swooshable opponent for various rebel scum. |
| draw in set 8084 and you can expect to see these | | | | The last and largest release in this wave is the ARC |
| fly off the shelves as Hoth army builders increase | | | | -170 Starfighter, another re-release of a popular |
| their ranks. | | | | model. This version was featured in the Clone Wars |
| Luke's Landspeeder is a re-release of Luke's trusty | | | | and comes with Kit Fisto, an astromech droid R4-P44 |
| speeder from A Hew Hope. Designed to skim across | | | | and two clone pilots (each with different helmet |
| the sands of Tatooine this set has 163 pieces and | | | | patterns). This set contains 396 pieces and comes in |
| comes with Luke, Obi Wan and a Storm trooper. | | | | at $59.99 retail. Like most of this wave's sets the |
| And yes these are the Droids you are looking for, | | | | ARC-170 contains stickers that need applying. |
| both C3PO and R2-D2 come with the set which | | | | Overall this first wave of Star Wars LEGO for 2010 is |
| makes it a well rounded set for $24.95. | | | | a little more expensive than last year's releases but |
| The Republic Swamp Speeder is a set from planet of | | | | contains a few exciting figures and new, small |
| Kashyyyk as featured in Episode 3. The speeder is | | | | vehicles to collect. Hopefully we will get some larger |
| nothing to write home about but the set does | | | | sets in the coming year but with a more satisfying |
| contain Barriss Offee, a Jedi Commander who has | | | | price-per-piece price tag. |
| been never been featured in a set before. Also | | | | |