The latest set in the Hoth line, Echo Base. There are a lot of play features for such a basic set design. If Lego got smart, they'd modularize these Hoth sets so they'd fit together. I'm still trying to figure a smooth way to get the Hoth Playset (#7666) to connect nicely to this one.
Here it is from the outside, including the two snowtroopers. Don't waste your time looking for the snow speederbike in Episode V, you won't find it, and after a few battlepacks you'll probably have more than enough of them already. The heavy blaster cannon is a nice touch though.
View from the inside. A nice area for the tauntaun to hang out, with a rack to hold the saddle and reigns. More on him later... Han & Chewie in the bay area (which needs a door somehow). The red droid is R-3PO, which apparently has two brief cameo appearances in the movie. I'll have to go back and watch to see if I can spot him.
The command center with a swivel chair for Leia (she has an alternate expression on the back of her head, but I didn't get a photo of it). The falling "icicle trap" on the left is a little annoying and may not last very long.
The medical bay under the care of 2-1B, complete with bed and bacta tank for Luke.
The tank opens up for easy access...
And Luke gets to lay down on the bed (notice his alternate expression). The weapon storage area behind 2-1B...
...folds down for access from the outside, which may come in handy if one of your rebel troops forgets to bring a gun of his own and happens to be outside.
Here's the outside view of the tauntaun pen, along with the swivel turret out front and the two flick-fire missile launchers along the top. Seriously, a door would help improve security.
The gate lowers to get the tauntaun in and out.
It seems nearly everything on this set does something, which means lots of playability. Eight minifigures (two of them have alternate expressions), one vehicle, one animal, and lots of room for imagination. This is a great addition to your other Hoth sets. I'd give it a 9/10. Full marks would've been given if it could link somehow to the other sets, as I mentioned before.
It seems nearly everything on this set does something, which means lots of playability. Eight minifigures (two of them have alternate expressions), one vehicle, one animal, and lots of room for imagination. This is a great addition to your other Hoth sets. I'd give it a 9/10. Full marks would've been given if it could link somehow to the other sets, as I mentioned before.
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Great reviews here - very clear and nice photography so we can see what the sets build up to. I really like the comparisons with older versions of the sets. I have half a memory of a snow speeder bike in the Hoth scenes of ESB, but that might have been digitally inserted in a later version of the movie. There is a speederbike in my ATAT (Set 4483).
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