![]() This set will be dependent on a few things. Small sets with hero figures seem to be popular. I just wish we could get a little variation. People will be making MODs of this set or MOCs for years to come and want more than one. He's probably not going to be worth a ton, but like the Jawa and the Ewoks (until they got released in more sets) he'll have value. I don't knowwhy they spent the effort to print Boba's back with all the stuff he wears. He really does tie together any Bespin Freeze Chamber scene. We've never gotten an Ugnaught in LEGO form before. The Ugnaught is the only fully unique character in the set. Boba and Han are pretty similar to but not quite the same as 75060 UCS Slave I Boba's torso is new and Han has dark brown instead of reddish brown pants. ![]() I don't care about the action features, even though I again understand the need to make it playable for all of the kids that want a playset based on a 35 year old movie. I'd love to try to figure out for myself how to MOD it into a playset that I actually want to display. I can understand why they used Boba, and this was one of the most dramatic and visually interesting parts of the film. I've already got Boba Fett and Carbonite Han. I'm actually not overly impressed with the character selection. I actually wound up liking this set better than I expected to. If it were me, I'd make an elevator with a turntable. The action is smooth, but it's not nearly as discreet as it should be. This one in specific takes up far too much space since it has to go out as well as down. So, I am not a fan of play features in general. It's not really anything special, just a way to keep it upright. The last thing that you build is a mounting bracket for the Carbonite block. As far as I can recall, there weren't any stairs leading down from the deck, they all went up. My biggest problem with it is that it's inaccurate. You utilize 2 stair pieces and a bunch of tiles. The next thing that you build is a rather impressive looking staircase. Notice in the background that there is also a control panel. The armature even has a swinging arm with ball to "lock" it into place. You build around the armature so that you can have a track to raise and lower the lift. The lift pops into the slot on the pre-existing structure. Without more of a jail cell, I can't imagine utilizing the bed though. The problem is, to utilize the play feature of the raising and lowering bed, you have to look at this side. Here you can see that the outer part of the structure is fairly plain, but obviously better than the inside. You add one more partial segment to the right side and throw some tiles on to clean up the edges. It's actually starting to come together fairly successfully. You snap the hide-a-bed onto the hinge on the left and cover it up with a wall panel. It might be a place to hide a minifigure. It's supposed to be a prison bed that you can put Han on. Here, you begin to create a deck platform to hold your characters. Throwing up walls to hide the armature and other structures of the play feature. We begin to create the greater structure. At the end of the review, I'll show it in action. when you pull on the pin, it rotates down, and you can turn the axle to allow it to rotate. You build up the wall to support the rest of the structure and complete the entire play feature here. The play feature takes shape with a hinged axle. This allows for a different axis of movement. Note the tiles that allow it to slide properly. this is a guide for the main play feature of this set. It's hard to tell at first what you are building. For this set, there are 2 numbered baggies and an instruction book. Some people may wind up picking up a set that is open box or, want to verify the box contents before beginning a build. I will say that 3 minifigures seems to be pretty standard for this price range. You're all smart enough to figure out a rough valuation based on that. I recently gave up on the price per piece calculations. I'd like to start fresh and view it with eyes unclouded. So, in my review, I'd like to set aside all of my frustrations and disappointments. There's not even a torture chamber or a lift arm for the freeze chamber. ![]() Well, I was one of the disappointed masses when I saw this set. How could they take an amazingly iconic set of scenes and chop it down to a half of a set with a goofy action feature? When we saw the pictures of 75137, there was an enormous outcry. When information leaked about the Carbon Freezing Chamber, there was a lot of hope, a lot of speculation, and a lot of fans quivering with excitement. People have been asking for new Cloud City sets in the decade since. For 13 years, there was no representation of the last third of the Empire Strikes Back. In 2003 LEGO released the Cloud City set 10123. ![]()
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