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A review of the set I received for Christmas:
Set #: 7161
Name: Gungan Sub
Theme: Star Wars
Subtheme: Episode I
Year: 1999
Pieces: 375
Minifigs: 3 (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Jar Jar Binks)
Price: ~$49.99 (US$)
Though it has been criticized as being the worst Star Wars set, I like
this one. I am kind of thinking that people say that just because it is
inaccurate when compared to the movie. I'm going to eliminate this in my
review and not compare it to anything. So to start off, overall the set is
very nice looking. It has a nice color scheme of blue and dark and light grey
with small amounts of various colored highlights. It has the general
appearance of a stingray and is very sleek looking, not to mention absolutely
huge. Half of its length is its "tail," but still, the thing is a monster.
The main body of the ship is divided into three cockpits, one for each of
the minifigs. Each cockpit is covered with an interesting circular window.
Each window is mildly printed on, but for once, the printing is actually kind
of attractive. What appears to be a main feature of the set is that the front
and center cockpit can deattatch off of the rest of the sub. One of two engine
attatchments can be connected to the cockpit, making it a small complete
seperate submersible. The attatchments consist of a smaller one with dual
propellors, and a larger one with dual thrusters. Both of these fit snugly in
an aft storage section while the front cockpit is connected to the main sub.
However, you have to take off the propellors of the small attatchment and put
them in their own individual storage compartments when the sub is completely
together.
Moving to the rear is the cleverly constructed "propellor" of the ship. It
consists of four rotating pneumatic tube extenders in blue. They are twisted
around each other and look surprisingly good. The rest of the "propellor"
section can deattatch from the sub, like the front cockpit. If you add the
propellor attatchment to the front cockpit section, you can put the propellor
on it as well, though this is the only combination of attatchments that the
propellor will fit onto.
A small rocky outcrop or coral reef also is included with the model,
giving it a playset-ish feel. It isn't anything spectacular, just a few dark
and light grey 2x4 and 2x2 bricks with some plants as well as various sea
craetures: a clam, starfish, and stingray.
Summary:
Pros: Very nice looking and can be played with easily thanks to the numerous
combinations of cockpit and attatchments, there is also a huge selection of
great pieces that includes 6 1x2 trans-orange (!) bricks, 4 blue pneumatic
tube extenders, 3 round windows, 4 4x3 hinged panels, tons of wings and
wedges, and lots more.
Cons: You have to take the propellors off of the smaller minisub attachmnet in
order for it to fit in the aft storagre section, the deattatchable propellor
section doesn't fit on much.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Reviewed by: Greg Majewski, 12/26/99
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| Just wanted to add my own little bit to the review (GREAT review, btw). I feel the same way about the set. It IS pretty durn big! But look out! The box shows that you can make THREE submersibles with the detachable mini-sub. You cannot, in fact, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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