Sweden
01-29-2003, 09:47 PM
Seen only briefly in the original release of A New Hope as a model that Luke Skywalker was playing with and from what I’ve heard but didn’t notice myself as a real flying craft in the special edition version of the episode the T-16 Skyhopper has been requested by many fans.
This rarely seen but much talked about vehicle from the original Star Wars trilogy was for a very long time considered a most unlikely release by The LEGO Group due to the two above reasons but with the release of it in the January 2003 wave it was a pleasant surprise for most.
So it’s review time now.
The box:
See my review of 4480 Jabba’s Palace.
The instruction booklet:
See my review of 4480 Jabba’s Palace.
The building of the set:
Not much at all to say here, as it’s very easy to build.
The set itself:
No cockpit canopy? Yikes, poor T-16 Skyhopper pilot as it’ll get real nasty for him during flight but I guess the LEGO designers thought that the goggles will help a bit and I assume they left it out in order not to have to make a new part as well as a mold but it looks bad.
And to me at least it looks real bad and it looks like the designers didn’t finish off the set more then 75% but except for this little mistake the sets rather good and a nice feature is that all the markings on the T-16 Skyhopper is pre-printed unlike the 7163 Republic Gunship.
The LEGO version of the T-16 Skyhopper looks pretty much like the “real” thing as far as I can see especially since it’s made out of LEGO parts but of course accuracy can be discussed but I’ve seen so little reference on this vehicle that I can’t really comment it but it looks okay.
To sum things up:
All in all a very nice little set and a surprising release by The LEGO Group of a vehicle that didn’t get much screen time at all but a cockpit canopy would definitely have made this set much better then it actually is as it only seems like the designers finished it off at 75% or so.
So therefore I’ll give the T-16 Skyhopper a score of 3 out 5.
There you have it people. Hope you enjoyed my little review and contribution.
Kindest regards,
Lars “Sweden” Olsson in Sundsvall, Sweden.
This rarely seen but much talked about vehicle from the original Star Wars trilogy was for a very long time considered a most unlikely release by The LEGO Group due to the two above reasons but with the release of it in the January 2003 wave it was a pleasant surprise for most.
So it’s review time now.
The box:
See my review of 4480 Jabba’s Palace.
The instruction booklet:
See my review of 4480 Jabba’s Palace.
The building of the set:
Not much at all to say here, as it’s very easy to build.
The set itself:
No cockpit canopy? Yikes, poor T-16 Skyhopper pilot as it’ll get real nasty for him during flight but I guess the LEGO designers thought that the goggles will help a bit and I assume they left it out in order not to have to make a new part as well as a mold but it looks bad.
And to me at least it looks real bad and it looks like the designers didn’t finish off the set more then 75% but except for this little mistake the sets rather good and a nice feature is that all the markings on the T-16 Skyhopper is pre-printed unlike the 7163 Republic Gunship.
The LEGO version of the T-16 Skyhopper looks pretty much like the “real” thing as far as I can see especially since it’s made out of LEGO parts but of course accuracy can be discussed but I’ve seen so little reference on this vehicle that I can’t really comment it but it looks okay.
To sum things up:
All in all a very nice little set and a surprising release by The LEGO Group of a vehicle that didn’t get much screen time at all but a cockpit canopy would definitely have made this set much better then it actually is as it only seems like the designers finished it off at 75% or so.
So therefore I’ll give the T-16 Skyhopper a score of 3 out 5.
There you have it people. Hope you enjoyed my little review and contribution.
Kindest regards,
Lars “Sweden” Olsson in Sundsvall, Sweden.