LEGO 7931 - T-6 Jedi Shuttle

This set was obtained with some spare cash on vacation. Photographs were taken of the box in my hotel room before being discarded so that the LEGO bags would fit in the luggage. The box was huge for a set consisting only 389 pieces. It also had a rather high price-to-pieces ratio. But that's part and parcel of collecting a massive licensed theme like Star Wars. The T-6 Jedi Shuttle made several appearances in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series. 

The build process was rather short. I took a mere half hour or so to assemble the ship. The shuttle measures 35 cm wide, 25 cm long and 12 cm tall. There are some nice-looking pieces in white and red. The outstanding bit of this set would be the two new Jedi Master mini-figures - Shaak Ti and Saesee Tiin - in addition to the previously released Obiwan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. 

The play value of the shuttle is evident in the flick-fire missiles (although its role as an ambassadorial vessel means it doesn't actually have weaponry), rotating wings and retractable landing gear. This was promoted as a companion set to go with the LEGO 7930 - Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship and you would have great fun having aerial battles with the two. 

Taken from the LEGO.com website: "Battle the bounty hunters in deep space!

Racing to a distant Clone Wars battlefield in their T-6 Jedi shuttle, the Jedi have been ambushed by bounty hunters! With flick missiles, a rotating wing for flying mode, and a detachable cockpit that turns into an escape pod, the Jedi shuttle may be more than a match for the Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship. Includes Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, all new Jedi Masters Shaak Ti and Saesee Tiin minifigures."

Box (Front)

Box (Rear)

Box contents

Mini-figures (l-r): Shaak Ti, Saesee Tiin, Obiwan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker

Build process:

Here, we see that steps 6 and 7 have been mislabelled in the instructions manual.

Shuttle (top)

Shuttle (bottom)

Retractable landing gear

Shuttle (front)

Shuttle (rear) - love those blue engines

Shuttle (side) - wings rotated

Shuttle (front) - wings rotated

Shuttle (rear) - wings rotated

Cockpit ejects and becomes and escape pod

Sticker sheet

Spare pieces

Lego Star Wars SDCC 2010 exclusive Cube Dudes

This is the third year in a row that Lego has released an exclusive product under its Star Wars line at the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). Participants at SDCC 2010 had to enter a raffle and picked for the right to purchase this Clone Wars edition of Cube Dudes for US$75 each. My own set is numbered #0302 out of approximately 2000 sets available and was purchased off a seller on eBay.

The set of 5 Star Wars Cube Dudes came packaged in a cube cardstock box and were designed by Angus Maclane. The set consists of 5 figures from the Star Wars franchise, namely C-3PO, R2-D2, Yoda, Captain Rex and Obi-wan Kenobi. They are characterised by relatively large boxy heads stuck on top of tiny bodies for a cartoony feel.

Angus Maclane has been creating hundreds of Cube Dude characters from a range of popular culture, TV, movie and toy franchises. You can check out his other designs on his Flickr stream. Lego took notice of his efforts and began collaborating with him. By day, he is an animator at Pixar, whose movie credits include the award-winning "Wall-E".

On the whole, these are cute little darlings that are easy to put together and would be a good addition to any collection. I spent barely an hour putting the five figures together. They also display well if you have more than a few of them. I certainly look forward to further Cube Dude releases in future.


Box (front)


Box (back)


Box (top)


Box (underside)


Serial numbered #0302


Contains 416 pieces. Unfortunately, I was missing a 1x2 white plate brick.


2 of 5 bags containing C-3PO (l) and R2-D2 (r)


2 of 5 bags containing Obi-wan Kenobi (l) and Yoda (r)


1 of 5 bags containing Captain Rex. There was also a supplemental bag with 2x 1x1 smooth square plates which they must have included after realising an error in the number of pieces required.


Instruction booklet (front and rear covers). Note the glossy figure silhouettes.




Instruction booklet (interior)



Obi-wan Kenobi



Captain Rex (my favourite figure from this set)



Yoda



C-3PO



R2-D2 (I had to steal one non-essential piece from him to build Obi-wan's hand)


The Laurel and Hardy duo from Star Wars


Full line-up


Mini-figure included for scale comparison (As you can see, they're really quite tiny...except for the head)