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The and 9515 Malevolence is arguably one of the most successful of this new wave of Star Wars sets slated for mid-2012.
If you do not know this ship, here is a few words what it is:
The Malevolence was General Grievous' flagship. It was equipped with two gigantic ion cannons, which caused the loss of many Republic ships.
The fleet led by Jedi General Plo Koon was destroyed by this mastodon, which was then sent by Dooku to attack a medical center near the Ryndellia system.
But Anakin Skywalker and his teammates, aboard their Y-Wings, destroyed the Malevolence's two ion cannons before the attack.
Padme Amidala was also a prisoner of Malevolence, before being freed by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Grievous managed to escape and the Malevolence was destroyed while attempting to enter Hyperdrive mode when it was no longer functioning, crashing into a nearby planet.
Basically, that's it.
But this ship has been interpreted by LEGO in the past, and few remember it.
I told you about it already in january 2011 : You just need to participate in the game LEGO Star Wars: The Quest For R2D2 in order to gather the 4 parts of the instruction booklet allowing to build the Malevolence (749 parts) with the contents of the following sets of the 2009 range:
7748 Corporate Alliance Tank Droid
7749 Echo Base
8016 Hyena Droid Bomber
8017 Darth Vader's TIE Fighter
8018 Armored Assault Tank (AAT)
8019 Republic Attack Shuttle
8036 Separtist Shuttle
8037 Anakin's Y-Wing Starfighter
8038 The Battle of Endor
8039 Venator-class Republic Attack Cruiser
Obviously, Hoth Bricks saves you time by offering you the 4 pdf files you need here:
Malevolence - PDF Instructions - Part 1
Malevolence - PDF Instructions - Part 2
Malevolence - PDF Instructions - Part 3
Malevolence - PDF Instructions - Part 4
What would I not do for you ...
Forget the Wookiepedia visual that everyone has been posting since this morning, I really turned the whole internet around for you and found you a real RED Republic Starfighter visual that served as the inspiration for the set 9497 Republic Striker Starfighter...
This ship appears in the webcomic Star Wars: The Old Republic Blood of the Empire, a series of comics distributed on the web and which takes place in the world of MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic.
He will presumably also appear in the video game.
By the way, if you are a fan of comics and understand English, take a look on this comic in 3 acts. It is top of the range.
And all of a sudden, this 9497 set takes on a little more meaning: This ship is really red, it has these shapes, and the LEGO reproduction is convincing.
So, thanks who?
Many of you are probably wondering where some of the ships in the sets of the second wave 2012.
Look no further, they come either from the Extended Universe, or from the massively multi-player online game. Star Wars The Old Republic whose official launch is scheduled for 20/12/2011. (Note the official Star Wars The Old Republic game logo at the bottom right of the boxes of sets 9497 and 9500)
So the set 9500 Fury Class Interceptor, reproduces the ship of Sith Lords used in the game. Originally designed to perform missions of very high importance, it was later adopted by the Sith Lords who have made it their preferred means of transport.
Although this ship does not belong to the canonical Star Wars universe, its distant kinship with the generation of Tie fighters and Tie Defenders and its obvious resemblance to the Sith Infiltrator especially at the level of the wings allow it to integrate rather well and I must admit that it is a priori rather successful.
This machine will be delivered with a Sith Lord whose name we do not yet know (Darth Malgus ??) and two Sith troopers.
This second wave of 2012 sets therefore marks the opening of the LEGO Star Wars range towards extensions of the canonical universe.
Some will see it as a logical continuation, with the main ships having already been produced and LEGO being forced to renew to perpetuate the license, while others will cry blasphemy and treason because they do not consider The EU or the video games drawn. of the license as canonical.
It is a vast debate that I would not launch here, but which deserves to be opened ...
As with the Star Wars range, it didn't take long to see the first preliminary visuals of the 2012 LEGO Lord of the Rings range appear.
9469 Gandalf Arrives - Gandalf & Frodo
9470 Shelob Attacks - Samwise, Frodo & Gollum
9471 Uruk-hai Army - 4 x Uruk-hai, Eomer, 1 x Rider Of Rohan
9472 Attack On Weathertop - Merry, Frodo, Aragon & 2 x Nazgulhs
9473 The Mines Of Moria - Pippin, Gimli, Legolas, Boromir, 2 x Orcs & Cave Troll
9474 The Battle Of Helm's Deep - Aragon, Gimli, Haldir, Theoden, 5 x Uruk-hai
9476 The Orc Forge - 5 x Orcs
Those who expected something exceptional are at their expense. While these visuals are drafts, it does feel like this line is a big joke. We will have to wait for photos of the final versions to be sure, but I think that apart from the minifigs (and more), we should not expect much. It really feels like we're getting sets from the 1980s ....
It didn't take very long for the novelties of the second Star Wars wave of 2012 to be unveiled. Here are the images stamped CONFIDENTIAL and PRELIIMINARY of the new features to come with a list of minifigs (a priori, difficult to see on some visuals):
9496 Desert Skiff - Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian, Boba Fett & Kithaba
9497 Republic Striker Starfighter - Satele Shan, Republic Trooper & T7-O1 Astromech Droid (Star Wars The Old Republic starship & characters)
9498 Saesee Tiin's Starfighter - Saesee Tiin, Astromech Droid R3- D5 & Even Piell
9499 Gungan Sub - Queen Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn & Jar Jar Binks
9500 Fury Class Interceptor - Darth Malgus & 2 x Sith Troopers (Star Wars The Old Republic starship & characters)
9509 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2012
9515 Malevolence - Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala would be in this set (but we can clearly see Ahsoka on the box), General Grievous, Count Dooku, Battle Droid Commander & Battle Droid
9516 Jabba's Palace - Jabba, Salacious Crumb, Bib Fortuna, Gamorrean Guard, Oola, Han Solo, Princess Leia in Boushh outfit, Chewbacca & B'omarr Monk
Not enough to roll on the floor for now, but I remain positive: The preliminary visuals of the Star Wars range rarely pay homage to the final appearance of the sets concerned.
Once again, LEGO favors minifigs, it's obvious. the rest is there to fill the box ... Special mention for Jabba's Palace, which can hardly accommodate Jabba ....
Click on the links to view the images of the sets:
9497 Republic Striker Starfighter
9498 Saesee Tiin's Starfighter
9509 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2012
- Legodu13 : Not having either version I can't decide...
- Sakkurano : Magnificent, it seems to represent this beautiful cathedral...
- àkion : nice gift but nothing more, :)...
- àkion : Visually it's great, to see if it's solid or not...
- àkion : much too expensive, there are much better sets to have before...
- àkion : this one will complete my collection :)...
- àkion : the price is a bit high, but overall it's cool...
- àkion : a must to have in my opinion...
- àkion : original, it expands the HP universe but for the price it...
- àkion : Price a little high anyway...
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