

It features hidden wheels that give it a hover effect, allowing kids to imagine their tank gliding effortlessly across the battlefield. The Republic Fighter Tank is packed with thrilling features that enhance the play experience. This brick-built set allows kids aged 7 and up to recreate exciting clashes between Mace Windu's 187th Legion Clone Troopers and the Battle Droids. In terms of other galactic vehicles, the Imperial Light Cruiser (from The Mandalorian) provides an impressive build, and if you feel like giving the Imperial forces some representation, the $40 TIE Fighter is a steal.Star Wars: The Clone Wars fans can now bring the epic battles to life with the LEGO Republic Fighter Tank (75342). If you’re looking for something more reasonably priced but still impressive to look at, the Death Star Trench Run Diorama is a fantastic display piece, as are its sister sets, the Trash Compactor and Dagobah Jedi Training Diorama. Or there’s the longer-than-your-coffee-table Lego Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer, measuring 43 inches and costing an eye-watering $699.99/£614.99. There’s the giant AT-AT, standing tall at 25 inches.
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If money is no object, you may want to add to your Ultimate Collector’s Series collection.

(Hint: it’s the Landspeeder.) Other Lego Star Wars sets to consider This is the cheapest currently-available Ultimate Collector’s Series set by a long margin (the next being the $350 Republic Gunship) and we know which one we’d rather buy. Perhaps it’s not quite as impressive in scale as the 7,541 piece Millennium Falcon, but it’s also a quarter of the price. This is one of our favorite Lego Star Wars models of recent years, perfectly balancing detail, build quality, and price. Yes, you should absolutely buy the Lego Star Wars Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder.

Should you buy Lego Star Wars Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder? Badly-placed stickers could quite easily ruin the aesthetics, and we don’t think you’d lose anything by leaving them off altogether. Here, they’re used to add a dark red stripe to the engines along with some edging around the front of the Landspeeder. Yes, stickers are constantly a bugbear amongst Lego builders, but particularly so in more expensive, made-for-adults sets. The only reservation we have about the Lego Star Wars Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder is its use of stickers. That instantly makes it stand out amongst the crowd Lego models – and Star Wars ships in particular – tend to be angular by their very nature. Where to even start with the design of this set? The curved edges are perhaps our favorite, something cleverly achieved by layering together sloped bricks and curved plates. Lego has done a great job over the years replicating it in various sizes, but none come close to the accuracy and attention-to-detail of ths UCS Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder. Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder is an iconic vehicle from the Star Wars universe, and as such it deserves to be treated with love and respect. Lego Star Wars Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder: Design So, once you’re finished with them, you’ve got a fantastic finished model to admire. This is perhaps the slowest part of the build, but aside from the stand they’re the last things to do.

Thankfully, Lego has varied the construction of each a little, so each engine isn’t a complete replica of each other. Next is the in-tact engine to sit on the other side of the ship, and finally the central engine that sits on top. You’ll build the broken engine first, complete with its exposed wiring and mechanics. Unfortunately, there’s a little repetition when it comes to building the three engines of the Lego Star Wars Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder.
