We Build LEGO Star Wars Battle Droid with STAP, an Impressive and Versatile Set

The droid successful question is 1 of the B1-series conflict droids that popular up each implicit the spot successful the prequel trilogy. They look earnestly cool, adjacent if they mightiness autumn successful conflict astatine the specified proposition of a blaster bolt oregon a lightsaber swing. This LEGO conflict droid is simply a spot stockier than the ones successful the movies, but that’s astir apt due to the fact that a droid this size with thinner limbs mightiness autumn isolated nether its ain weight.

This acceptable comes with 10 bags of LEGO blocks, positive a full-color acquisition manual and a sticker expanse of decals. First you physique the bot’s torso, followed by its legs, feet, arms, and head. Its hands are peculiarly neat, arsenic they’re comprised of 2 fingers and a thumb, each of which tin determination independently (the amended for gripping a blaster, oregon the STAP's handlebars).

Its legs, arms, and feet are each attached utilizing shot joints, truthful you tin airs them successful each kinds of ways. This comes successful useful erstwhile you privation to basal it up, due to the fact that it lets you find the halfway of gravity for the airs you privation to use.

With my son, I’ve built a fig of the LEGO enactment fig sets, similar Iron Spider-Man and New Captain America. This conflict droid is akin to those, but it looks mode better. Its limbs are excessively heavy to look movie-accurate, but unless you’re comparing them side-by-side, you apt won’t notice. The gears connected the knees and the bladed rods connecting the forearms to the elbows are a bully touch. It’s conscionable a large looking droid overall.

While astir of the item connected the droid comes from however the LEGO pieces acceptable together, you’ll request to affix decals connected immoderate of the pieces. As with each stickers, you request to spot them carefully, oregon other your droid whitethorn look a small wonky and amateurish.

After gathering the conflict droid successful full, you assemble its weapon, the E-5 blaster rifle. Next up is the minifigure version, which is similar an artfully shrunken-down clone of the full set. It looks terrific.

Lastly, you assemblie the STAP speeder and basal (the acronym stands for Single Trooper Aerial Platform). In Star Wars lore, a STAP is simply a repulsorcraft utilized by the Trade Federation, astir famously successful the Invasion of Naboo, arsenic depicted successful The Phantom Menace.

The STAP is simply a beauteous modular physique that starts with the skeleton of the structure, utilizing assorted colored bricks that volition aboriginal beryllium hidden by the brownish exterior of the vehicle. I emotion it erstwhile LEGO sets person colorful bricks hidden wrong them. First, the colors interruption up the ocular tedium of what whitethorn different beryllium a bland build. Second, the colorful bricks marque it easier to spot which ceramic goes wherever successful the acquisition manual.

Once the wrong of the conveyance is assembled, you adhd the exterior bricks, which are each a azygous brownish colour successful this case. The extremity effect is an exterior that’s satisfyingly creaseless and curvy. The STAP has handles you tin clamp the droid’s hands onto and ft rests you tin unafraid its feet to. It’s a big, sturdy set, with a basal that’s conscionable wide capable to clasp it up. The extremity effect is truly impressive. I’d easy urge this acceptable to immoderate fans of the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

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Jul 1, 2025 8:20 pm