Blue TIE fighters
Back in the day, Lego TIE fighters were blue. I've never understood this design choice from Lego as I don't believe that they ever featured much blue in them in the films! Still, it doesn't look too bad and they now form a distinct subgenre in the Lego Star Wars universe. Anyway, I reckon there were a total of 8 unique sets, though some of these appeared multiple times in different sets. Here's my list: 7150 : TIE flighter (with Y-wing) from way back in 1999. This is actually a Darth Vader (or Advanced) TIE and did indeed come with Darth himself. Very simple. Later reappeared in 7152 and 7262. 7146 : TIE fighter from 2001. This one came with a TIE pilot and a standard stormtrooper but usefully a stan to precariously balance it on 4479 : TIE bomber from 2003. This one really harks back after 7150. 10131 : TIE fighter collection (2004). This introduced a new version of the Darth Vader TIE and a slightly remodelled ve...