LEGO Star Wars: Battle of Endor (Gift with Purchase)

2019 saw the 20th anniversary of LEGO's Star Wars line. To celebrate, TLG created a special "20th Anniversary" Star Warts line (reviewed Here, Here and Here). In addition to the standard retail sets, a handful of the sets in this line were created as polybags or as Gifts with Purchase (GWP) sets. I was fortunate enough to grab the Battle for Endor GWP back in October alongside  the new Resistance A-Wing and old BB-8 kits. 

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Part 1: Main Build

Let's start with the good items:

The entire model is constructed using studs-on-side techniques. Many of the bricks used to make up the forest floor have exposed studs to allow for the small AT-AT, 'Stud'-troopers and Han and Chewie builds to attach. The shield generator is a very nice build and is readily identifiable.

LEGO Speed Champions 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and 1970 Dodge Charger R/T

Cross Posted to Brick Set

Continuing working through the backlog of posting the photo gallery for each Speed Build. I'm also continuing the new style of post, hopefully its appreciated. I might also try writing more in general. This exercise has shown me my writing skills have gotten very rusty since high school. (4 years of engineering apparently does NOT do wonders for the reading/writing muscle...)

This is also my first long form "review" (can I call it that?) of a speed champions set. I had the old format so I'll have to figure out a way to re-jigger the two separate formats together.

Link to video:

Part 1: Main Build
I think the designer did a good job capturing the character of both vehicles in these six-stud wide vehicles. The midsections of both are built similarly with the major differences in how the front of rears are attached. Both cars also feature a pretty neat building technique where a 1 x 6 plate is secured in place from the top and is actually floating in place before that step. Really neat to see that mirrored in both vehicles.

LEGO Hidden Side Juice Bar

To celebrate (or push) the new Hidden Side theme, Lego gave away a Gift-With-Purchase (GWP) kit for the theme back in September. I got my version through this promo, and own absolutely zero other hidden side sets. Woomp-woomp.

(Apologies for the skewed angles in the pictures. I hadn't noticed the issue until creating this post. Unfortunately the Juice Bar has been dissembled into it's constituent pieces, so I'm not able to retake the shots.)

Link to Speed Build:

Part 1: Main Build
The juice bar comprises most the pieces included in this promotional kit. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I love the trans-clear pieces used to represent the juice machines and drinks. (I love trans-clear stuff!) The Juice Bar is actually a pretty hefty and structurally sound build. The orange and sand green colors play well together to give the Juice Bar a visually striking scheme. The awning is made with 2x1 curved slopes pieces in very attractive pink and green colors. 

LEGO Star Wars Jedi™ and Clone Troopers™ Battle Pack

This is a retired Star Wars Battle Pack from 2018 for MSRP $9.99. I picked this up because I am particularly fond of the Phase 1 clone troopers. I also experimented with MS Paint's sticker & edit features to make the thumbnail for the video. I think I was able to pull off the effect I was going for.

Link to Speed Build:

Part 1: Main Build
The main build consists of  mini-LAAT. It's not not quite right but what can you expect from such a small scale? At least with the maroon and lime green, the colors are correct here. The ship includes some very nice trans-clear royal blue pieces for the stud blasters and greebling. There's two represented blasters one the wings in addition to two stud shooters mounted on either side of the pilot's seat. The stud shooters are a bit hard to use when flying the ship around and also make a "face" to me. Pretty disappointing.