My son said he wanted this lego star wars set for a long time and was thrilled to receive it for Christmas. The fact it came with 4 figures was a bonus. He put it together without my help (he just turned 7). It's a nice set - but a bit expensive for what it is...even for lego's.
For the republic!!!:
The set is awesome. Great for junior builders 6-12. Good mini-figuers x2 clone troopers x1 star corps and x1 shock trooper but why couldn't there be a green clone trooper,a aerial trooper,a red clone trooper and a green scout trooper?Overall good set. But it's to much money here.
Good starter for the kids.:
I find ALL the 'battle-packs' Lego puts out are perfect to get your kid into Lego. Don't go too large with the models at first but instead pick up these clone battle packs or droid battle packs. Very easy builds for a 5 yr. old on up. This particular set comes with 4 Clone Troopers, a gunner station and a neat speeder-bike with a mount to put a blaster in the rear. You also get a set of binoculars for one of your Clones. I believe one of the Clones has a yellow stripe on his helmet (indicating a pilot)... more info
first clone battle pack:
the first clone battle pack is boring and lame. It has enough clone troopers but to many places to put them. If two go in the speeder and one on the gun turret than that leaves one clone for your army, not exatly a army builder. The speeder and turret are nice but unnessisary.
pros:
-shock trooper, star corps trooper, and two normal clones
-nice speeder
cons
-not enough figures! this set was fine exept for the lack of troops, don't get it unles you really wan't the... more info
