The opening sets that caught my attention were “The Phantom” and “The Ghost”. The reason I noticed this was because I hadn’t seen these spaceships before. Turns out they appear in the new TV series: Star Wars: Rebels. Both ships include minifigures from the TV series and both have a unique look. “The Phantom” looks like a cross between a shuttle ship and a cargo transporter. “The Phantom” looks like some kind of personal combat ship, perhaps in a vein similar to how the Millennium Falcon was for Han Solo in The Original Trilogy. I guess everything will be revealed later this month, as soon as the TV series premieres.

The next set I noticed was the Star Wars Snowspeeder, and this one I almost bought for my son. He loves Empire Strikes Back, and we’ve spent many hours recreating the Battle of Hoth. This looks great, and I urge you to look it up if you like Lego sets from the original trilogy. Also included with Luke Skywalker, Dak Raltor (his gunner), along with a Snowtrooper. The speeder has two spring loaded missiles, and also a rear harpoon hook / blaster.

If you want to do your best, the next set I want to mention would be the AT-AT (Armored All Terrain Carrier). This looks like a genuine thing too, and you can shake your head, fire missiles (again spring-loaded), open the side hatches, and set up the hatch that Luke uses to finally destroy these four-legged traveling tanks. This set has five minifigures, of the Imperial variety.

Next is the Imperial Star Destroyer. This is one where you will need a spare room to stay! You can take off from the top to reveal the interior, including the bridge, control room, and more. You get eight minifigures with this: Darth Vader, Imperial Officer, two Stormtroopers, Imperial Navy Trooper, Imperial Crew, plus two unique new figures: an Emperor Palpatine Hologram and Mouse Droid.

If you really have money to spend and a spare room to store it, the Jawa Sandcrawler is next. This thing is great and again it looks good. It comes with a steering gear, work cranes, folding front ramp, lift-up side panels, and loads more (even a speeder bike!). A true eye-catcher, the Sandcrawler includes a wide variety of minifigures, including Luke Skywalker, Uncle Lars, C3P-O, R2-D2, Jawas, and a few other droids.

The last two I found were wing B and Mos Eisley Cantina. The B wing has a rotating cockpit (just like in the movies), adjustable wings, and spring loaded missiles. Three minifigures come with the B wing. The Mos Eisley Cantina set looks amazing and is actually a great addition if you are also looking to include some characters from the Original Trilogy in your current Lego collection. These include Luke Skywalker, Ben Kenobi, Han Solo (and Greedo, you decide who shoots first!), Cantina Band, Dewback, and Sandtrooper.

Having seen these sets, I will almost certainly be back to get my son the Snowspeeder, and depending on how Star Wars: Rebels goes, he may also get some new Star Wars vehicles to add to his collection!

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