Lego 7930 - Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship

The Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship made its appearance in an episode or two of the Clone Wars animated series. There are 389 pieces in this set and the gunship measures 30cm wide, 25 cm long and 15cm tall.

It has rotatable twin engines for flying and landing modes, a cockpit that opens and a prison cell. The best thing about this set are the four mini-figures included -- Sugi, Aurra Sing, Embo and an IG-86 assassin droid.

I enjoyed building this and there is great play quality with this set given the number of figures and the bits of the gunship that move and open.


Box (front)


Box (back)


Contents were sealed and sorted into three numbered bags for each stage of the build process and an instruction booklet


Decal sheet



Minifigures (l-r): Sugi, Aurra Sing, IG-86, Embo

Build process (cockpit):












Roof of cockpit stores weapons

Build process (wings):










Build process (engines):






Landing mode (top side)


Landing mode (side)


Landing mode (front)



Flying mode (side)


Flying mode (top)


Flying mode (front)


Cockpit (close-up)


Cockpit (opened)


Swivel cannons


Cell


Engine


They were really generous with the spare bits in this set

Lego 6209 - Slave I

I've always thought the Slave I was an odd-looking thing, but it happens to be the craft of choice for Jango and then Boba Fett, the coolest looking bounty hunters in the Star Wars Galaxy.

This Lego set was among the first ones I bought back in 2007, picking off the last piece from the shelf at Simply Toys during their sale. This one impressed me more then i thought it would. It is bigger then I expected, and sturdy. 537 pieces and no brick stickers at all!

What is impressive about this set is the amount of features that I didn't even realise it had when I bought it. It has a cargo hold, realistic detailing, many very good minifigs, a bomb compartment, visible swinging guns, missile bays, and a real launching one, for heaven's sake! The cockpit moves up and down according to the movement of the ship, and there are compartments in the side for anything you might care to put in there.

There are four minifigs, including three of the five bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to hunt down Han Solo. They could have done a better job on designing Han Solo though. Also, the cockpit dosen't open, you have to take it off.


Box (front)


Box (back) featuring 2 alternative designs


Mini-figures



Slave I


Wings



Cockpit


Rear


Twin blaster cannons


Concussion missile launcher


Proton torpedoes



Cargo bay


Flight mode


Boba Fett


Bespin Guard


Dengar


IG-88


Han Solo (in carbonite)


Instruction booklet and spare pieces