More deconstruction
A few more sets have now been deconstructed and this includes a few that feature in my "bottom 10" list or very close. The first set is the First Order Heavy Scout Walker ( 75177 ). Wookiepedia tells me what I already suspected: this is a vehicle (otherwise known as the All-terrain heavy scout or AT-HS) which never made it to screen and there's not surprise there: it's really ugly and totally ridiculous. It reminds me of some sort of nodding donkey. The way the legs move as the wheels turn is vaguely clever but otherwise, I could totally leave this set. Next up is the Sith Nightspeeder ( 7957 ), which is from the big face period of Lego Star Wars. It's from the Clone Wars cartoon, and it shows. Leave it. Third is the Magna Guard Starfighter ( 7673 ) from 2008. Not bad for its time but not my favourite set. Perhaps jaded by the fact that my version was a bit tatty and I made the mistake of buying without the minifigs, which meant I had to purcha...