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Well, the reason that the body was never included is that they wanted to
remain accurate to the movie. After I saw this set, I saw the movie for a
second time and looked at his starfigher. The R4 unit's head was all that
there was. It was not like r2-d2, instead it was built into the fighter.
Hence lego giving us only the head and not the body. I do agree that the
body should have been included for play value's sake, but the reason it
wasn't included is valid.
-stephen
In lugnet.lego.direct, Geoffrey Hyde writes:
> I have just purchased this set, and I am curious to know why TLG did not
> include a suitable body piece for the R4 astromech droid dome piece included
> in this set. I feel it would have increased play value for this set, and it
> would have been no problem for me to imagine that R4's body "disappears"
> when the Starfighter is in flight.
>
> I will not review this set formally, I will say though that it had no
> missing pieces, nor any extras. :-) It is quite a ship although I feel the
> cockpit piece could've had a bit more attention to it, and be more securely
> fastened. I had to resist the initial temptation to pick it up by the
> cockpit, as that is the most obvious pickup point - I can imagine the
> resulting crash landing it would have when kids pick it up for the first
> time!
>
> This is quite a good set, I am from Australia, and for the cost - $44.99 -
> it is quite good value for the set. Although the astromech droid body
> would've been a nice touch for this set! I sure hope TLG could either
> release it separately or include it in a future set (hint hint) perhaps as a
> part in a droid shop scene? ;-)
>
>
> --
> Cheers ...
>
> Geoffrey Hyde
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