Lego’s Star Wars Republic Gunship Is Here, and Larger Than Your Torso

Lego’s Star Wars units simply maintain getting larger and greater, and its newest “Ultimate Collector Series” construct is not any exception. At least this time, Lego and Lucasfilm followers are getting what they requested for, slightly actually, with the winner of a fan ballot final 12 months lastly being revealed right this moment.

The 3,292 piece set relies on a ballot run on Lego’s “Ideas” community website final 12 months, with the Gunship triumphing over the TIE Bomber and the Nebulon B Escort Frigate for the glory being the subsequent huge, plastic drain in your pockets. Retailing for $350, the UCS Republic Gunship (no it’s not referred to as the LAAT/i Gunship, however why would you get mad over a Star Wars Lego set having a distinct identify?) clocks in at round 13 inches excessive, 27 inches lengthy, and a whopping 29 inches extensive because of the gunship’s wingspan, which means you’re going to wish some critical shelf house to show the craft.

Aside from being only a large factor in and of itself, the gunship options opening bay doorways and cockpit enclosures, moveable blaster turrets at the entrance and aft of the ship, and mechanics for the two bayside “bubble” beam cannons to maneuver back and forth like they do in Attack of the Clones, reducing merry inexperienced swathes by means of the droid forces on Geonosis. It additionally comes with a show base for whenever you’ve discovered simply the place the hell you’re placing it, and two included minifigures (who’re very a lot not in scale with the ship), Mace Windu and a Clone Trooper Commander. While it’s not shocking they didn’t embrace extra Clones, as this isn’t actually a Lego mannequin the place you’re displaying the minifigures really in the equipment, given its dimension, it feels bizarre to not have a Clone pilot to go along with one of many Republic’s most iconic Clone Wars ships.

The UCS Republic Gunship is about to launch on August 1.

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