I was excited to see the reintroduction of these little droids. Though it was not from one of my favorite movies in the Star Wars saga, the droids are still pretty cool, and a must have for a collector’s army. When I picked this pack up over the Lego Clone Troopers Battle Pack 7655 I wish I had payed more attention. The troopers finally come with guns that look like they did in the movies. These sets are now all back ordered. According to the lego site they will ship more in June. Bummer.
I’m a parts collector. 90% of the time I buy a set based on the parts in it. So you’ll rarely see me assemble what the box says I should. Case in point, this little critter I made before integrating the parts into my collection. I think it’s a mechanical dino-droid. I don’t know. I just made it while watching scrubs a week or so back. . .
BTW, if you really want these sets tomorrow, you can get them now used for $20. Or back order them through Lego for 10 and wait for them to ship.
Y’know, if you want one of these sets and don’t want to wait for the backorder, you could always…go to a store. The Somersworth Target had three or four of both of the troopbuilders when I was there the other day, and the Target in Concord had just stocked a full case on the shelf last Tuesday.
It’s nice to see several SBDs in a low price point set. As much as I liked them in Eps. II & III, I certainly wasn’t going to shell out for a 7163 Republic Gunship just to get two of the Lego versions of ‘em. (Mind you, I would have happily picked up an RGS or two if any of the things had ever made it to clearance, but that wouldn’t have been just for the droids.)
Thats good to know. When I went back for the storm troopers they were gone. I’ll have to look again.