Imperial landing craft... and Flappy Helen
Today's deconstruction is one of the Imperial Landing Craft - 75221 from 2018. This is a nice enough set with some reasonable play features. However, it pales into insignificance against the much older, smaller 7659 from way back in 2007. I was lucky to pick up a brand new version of 7659 for a bargain because the box was missing - everything else was still new and sealed! To compare: 75221 is bigger all round and weighs in 636 parts whereas 7659 has 471. Both have 5 minifigs, though to be fair perhaps 75221 pips in this area. Playability is where I remain in awe of 7659. You get: cockpit (on both) the rear wings are on 7659 move on technic gears (much inferior toothed hinges on the later set) rubber bullets on 7659 (vs small stud shooters) Opening middle section (on both) Working bomb shutes on 7659 The whole middle section detaches on 7659 To be fair, 75521 does give you an extending ramp Here are some photos of the playability functions: I ...