LEGO Star Wars Slave I Toy by LEGO

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LEGO 75243 Slave I – 20th Anniversary Edition includes 1,007 pieces and 5 minifigs. The set is available at the LEGO Shop Online starting April 1 ( USD 119.99 | CAD 159.99 | GBP 109.99). This model can seat a minifigure. It also has the ability to fold into a landed configuration, drop seismic charges, and comes with a display stand for mounting.

Let’s take a deeper look at the features highlighted for this build of the Slave 1 and some of the play functions. One of the built-in functions made with Technic liftarms is a grip. It can be neatly folded away. The third fold showcases the 4 other sets that are part of the 20th Anniversary series, while the fourth fold shows a few key film scenes, including a large image of the ship on the Cloud City landing platform as carbonite-frozen Han is loaded into the cargo bay. On the top right of the box is an updated, monochrome version of the classic LEGO Star Wars logo, now in pseudo-metallic silver.

75312 Slave I (The Mandalorian)

Hi. I read about an issue with the UCS Slave 1 where the front section may eventually droop with time after being placed on the stand. See topic below for reference with a picture: The build process does not have any particularly complex techniques, and building each section slowly revealed the experience bit by bit, but visually, the end result is quite pleasing. The only slight peeve I have with a ship like this is that there is no mechanism for the Slave 1 to be displayed in flight mode (as opposed to just leaving it flat down in a parked mode). The UCS version included a stand to display it upright, but there’s no such feature here. However, this should not be too difficult to fix with LEGO parts of your own, but the beauty of the Slave 1, to me at least, is when it’s displayed upright. And last but not least, was this gap really noticed during the design process ? If yes, what were the solutions you could offer to solve it ? I'm pretty sure that with the variety of tests and TLC expectations you were praising, you could have anticipated it. You can see the finished Slave 1 model below perched securely on its display stand in flight mode. The secret compartments on each side are open revealing the hidden weapons. Despite the ship now being upright the wings remain in the correct horizontal position thanks to the mechanism I described earlier. You can see Boba Fett without his helmet in the picture below. Unlike some of the older versions which came with a plain, unprinted minifigure head, this version gets a printed flesh head. He doesn’t have an alternate expression however. You can also get a better look at his printed arms in the picture.

Can you let me know what you find? I would very much like to hear what you think about the mod I did. I'm not good at doing these things so I won't be able to tell if it is 100% in-system or too complicated. I'm just a new AFOL and I only started buying LEGO again just 3 months ago after a dark age of 25+ years. In fact, your UCS Slave 1 was the Lego set that brought me out of the dark ages. Slave-1 is a 1,996-piece set released in January 2015. It is a Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) that includes redesigned Boba Fett and Han Solo minifigures, a new Bespin Guard minifigure, and a Stormtrooper. It is appropriate for ages 14 and above. Similar to many previous iterations of the Slave I, the model includes a redesigned compartment for the Han Solo in Carbonite piece, positionable laser cannons, a redesigned control area, concealed missile launchers, and laser cannons, and redesigned wings. An exceptional model, one which will be talked about for years to come.

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Designing a set isn't nearly as simple as some adult fans believe. Sometimes I wish we would invite some of you to bring your creations you believe are good enough to be sets and have a simulated quality meeting with our engineers.

With Slave 1 now complete, all that’s left to do is to build the display stand and attach the UCS plaque, at which point we’re done. The display stand (below) looks a tad flimsy but turns out to be more than capable of securely supporting Slave 1.

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The next minifigure is a Stormtrooper. Unlike the Bespin Guard and Boba Fett he’s not exclusive to the set, having previously appeared in this form in Set 75055 Imperial Star Destroyer. For me, he’s pretty much perfect, with lots of print detail on the front of his torso and legs and a fantastically detailed helmet; you really have to wonder whether LEGO can reasonably cram any more detail into to their Star Wars minifigures than they do at present. To be honest, my Slave 1 isn't that old yet (less than 3 months) and so I haven't actually seen it droop as much as the one in Anio's picture. But I did notice that the gap would widen when I changed the position from a horizontal to a vertical stance, which made me think that the technic structure needed more reinforcement. Hence I did the mod. At least now, my mind can rest at ease leaving it on the stand for an indefinite amount of time. Stage 5 involves stitching together the front and rear sections of the ship with a pair of sturdy Technic spars. Once this has been achieved it’s time to add further detail to the underside of the ship, specifically Slave 1’s distinctive engines and large radar dish plus some additional greebling. Finally, twelve clear 1 x 1 round plates are topped off with clear 1 x 1 round tiles which are strategically attached at intervals to the underside to give the impression that the ship is floating when it’s set on its base. The yellow Technic T-shaped liftarms you can see in the pictures below have only previously appeared in Set 70142 Eris' Fire Eagle Flyer, while the light bluish grey 10 x 10 inverted dish utilised on the underside has only previously appeared in 3 sets.