9497 Republic Striker Starfighter: the other set from SWTOR

This is the other set of this second wave 2012 with the Fury Interceptor of the 9500 set to be directly inspired by the world of video games Star Wars The Old Republic.

If the whole thing seems pretty ordinary at first glance, it must nevertheless be admitted that this set has some nice assets. On the one hand, the ship, which cultivates its family link with the X-Wing from which it takes over the canopy of the cockpit and on the other three new minifigs: Satele Shan (see this article about it), Jace Malcom, the Republic Trooper boss of Havoc Squad and a T7-O1 astromech droid.

On the minifig side, they are still at a preliminary stage but I already like them: Satele Shan is nicely screen-printed even if the minifig remains shyly dressed if we refer to her costume in the game trailerAlso interesting is Jace Malcom with his scars on his face and the coin based droid has the merit of being original. I'm already waiting for the Republic Troopers Battle Pack from Havoc Squad .... These two sets 9497 and 9500 from the universe of SWTOR open up huge possibilities for expansion in future waves of novelties.

I had been the first not to take an interest in these minifigs and to consider them negligible when these sets based on SWTOR. Over time and my peregrinations, I realize that these characters are definitely anchored in the Star Wars timeline thanks to the game and its universe.

The vessel has an interesting feature: The wings can be folded down and deployed at will and the two guns are articulated to allow them to be housed in the axis of the wings. Too bad the opening mechanism was not synchronized between the wings and the barrels. In terms of colors, the Republic Striker is a bit loaded: orange, green, white, two shades of red, gray, that's a lot. But we have to admit that for the youngest, the nice red and white ship against the bad black ship, it works.

Obviously, it is especially the minifigs that interest me here. With a Republic squad leader, an all-new droid, and a new Jedi, that's what I call renewing ....

The photos are from FBTB who also publish a video of the wing opening / closing on his flickr gallery.