Droid Escape (9490): A highly anticipated set ....

Here is an image of the minifigs and the Escape Pod that we will be entitled to in the set 9490 Droid Escape which finally comes to refresh the set 7106 Droid Escape released in 2001.

As I wrote previously, this set is in my opinion the most successful of this first wave of sets in 2012. First of all because it revisits a scene that has become legendary that LEGO will have taken 10 years to bring out in the form of a set, but also because the two Sandtroopers, well equipped otherwise, are for the first time as if they were covered in Tatooine sand. One more step for LEGO towards an even more detailed screen printing, a trend confirmed by other minifigs planned for 2012.

I just regret that LEGO does not decide to update the design of the blasters. Many manufacturers of custom accessories have already done so.

C-3PO is also new with its serigraphy, unusual for this character to whom we have become accustomed in his previous less detailed versions, but whom I am already delighted to add to my collection. For this time, C-3PO is presented in a dress which really sticks to the scene concerned by this set.

Finally, the Escape Pod is successful, it can contain the minifigs, and even with a few stickers, I find the content of this set very honest and balanced.