Buy Lego Star Wars Hailfire Droid (4481)Lego Star Wars Hailfire Droid (4481) Product Description:
- Roll the Hailfire Droid into battle on its enormous tilted wheels that LEGO made uniquely for this model!
- Press the lever down in the rear to extend the under-carriage cannon!
- Contains 681 pieces, for ages 10-14
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
This is a big, beautiful model!
By Starsky
Whew! I built the Lego Hailfire Droid last night, and it is a monster. It has almost 700 pieces, and it took me over four hours to build. Definitely a good buy for anyone who likes the construction aspects of Lego. The model has a variety of interestingly-shaped pieces--I had to resist the temptation to cannibalize it for other creations before I was finished! You may not agree with the five-star education rating unless you're a gearhead. It is by far the most intricate set I've come across. Even in larger sets with more pieces I've never seen such a mind-bendingly complex design. The instructions are easy to follow (as usual)--it's the surprising ways in which the subunits combine that make this such a joy to build. Make sure you have plenty of table space!
I call this a 'model' and not a 'toy' for a couple of reasons. The first is the complexity of the design. Almost all of the pieces are normal or modified Technic pieces--lots of girders and snap tubes, very few flat bricks. The Hailfire Droid verges on the complexity of the Ultimate Model kits.
I also call it a model because, once built, you may not actually play with it much. Not that it doesn't have play value--it actually rolls on those huge wheels, which is VERY cool, and there is a big spring-action laser cannon that pops out from below the fuselage. The problem is that there is no good place to grab the thing! That might be a plus rather than a minus if you are looking for a model rather than a toy--the entire surface is crammed with cool machinery and loads of detail, but that does make it difficult to hold securely. Also, the completed vehicle is not fragile, but it is . . . rickety. Iit will NOT fall apart, unless you drop it or maybe hurl it across the room--in fact, I was pleasantly surprised at how securely the different subunits bolted together. But it does creak and squeak and even flex a little bit, as you might expect from a big, skeletal Technic vehicle. Think of it as Lego's B-52: huge, gorgeous, and sturdy--but more flexible than you might expect.
If you have a Mindstorms set, you might want to pick up a Hailfire Droid just to see if you can motorize it--my favorite Lego fantasy since I finished building mine! For everyone else, this set is still a great value: hours of fun construction, and a very big, very cool finished product.
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