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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: By Jon (NY) - See all my reviews = Durability: This review is from: Star Wars Clone Wars StaRFighter Vehicle - Snowspeeder (Toy) I'm so glad Hasbro is back to paying attention to the original three movies!
The size is comparable to the old one, maybe a little smaller and less beefy looking in the engines, but it is probably closer to the design of the film model. The best parts about it are a) a sleek scale size harpoon gun (always hated that old big goofy thing, though they give you that as well - actually fires like the old one - your choice) and b)a super clear one piece canopy - molded in clear plastic with the frame painted instead of the old snap-in windows. The new canopy is hard clear plastic so this might mean it won't take as much punishment (the old frame was more pliable soft plastic with a break-away window) but it looks better. You NEED this to go with your new 2010 Imperial AT-AT(see my review) and a Dack figure plus the 2009 Snowspeeder pilot Luke and 2009 removeable helmet AT-AT drivers, and Rebelscum dot com has it that there will be a Hoth...Read more 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: By = Durability: This review is from: Star Wars Clone Wars StaRFighter Vehicle - Snowspeeder (Toy) I was going to rate "educational value" as 3 stars, but then I thought, "This is a great lesson in science fiction vehicular design done right!" Five stars!
The scale of this model is extremely close to movie-accurate, as is the coloring. The inside of cockpit is surprisingly well-detailed, and even the area between the seats have little knobs with gold paint on them. The canopy, as another reviewer mentioned, is a clear plastic that is painted (at first I kind of felt like lifting the canopy will scratch off some of the paint, but the paint seems to be bonded right to the plastic). Underneath the canopy there is even a quilted-looking texture painted separately, which really keeps that part from looking flimsy or incomplete. It's tiny details like that that really make this more of a collector's model than a toy, although it's built very sturdy and is certainly tough enough for some rough play. There's a little access panel that comes off once you...Read more By = Durability: This review is from: Star Wars Clone Wars StaRFighter Vehicle - Snowspeeder (Toy) The snowspeeder -- one of the signature ships of The Empire Strikes Back along with the dreaded All Terrain Armored Transports -- has been around in toy aisles since 1981. The first model featured light-up cannons with a whining firing sound, but was a reasonably good replica with some fun features. There have since been at least three remakes of this vintage ship -- the basic Power of the Force Snowspeeder from around 1997, the Power of the Jedi "crashed" Snowspeeder with Luke and Dack figures, and a recent Target exclusive with Zev Senesca. The 1997 model had better sounds and lights, but a terribly oversized tailgun with harpoon. The POTJ and Target versions returned to the smaller tailgun, though I think we lost the sounds and lights along the way. With so many models hovering around, I wasn't even going to buy this latest one, but in a moment of holiday weakness I did, and I am very glad.
The 2010 Snowspeeder has by far the best likeness to the "real thing" (if...Read more |