Hello everyone! It’s time for another throwback review! Today I have 8091 Republic Swamp Speeder, a 176-piece set with 5 minifigures and a price tag of £30.99 (UK), $29.99 (U.S.), $49.99 (Aus), and $59.99 (NZ). How good is the set?

On the left we have Barriss Offee, and on the right we have a Phase II Clone Trooper.

Barriss is a great figure. This is the only non-Clone Wars version of her minifigure, and she has an accurate outfit along with a new face print. I definitely like this figure and there isn’t much too improve in my opinion. She comes with a blue lightsaber.

The Clone Trooper is okay. He uses the old style of Phase II Clone Trooper helmet but it is a 2010 set so oh well. He is armed with a standard blaster.

Finally, we have two battle droids and one super battle droid. They are cannon fodder so are not anything interesting but I actually like collecting these guys so keeps the minifigures so yeah, the figure selection isn’t amazing but it’s not bad, with 4 massable figures and one great character. On to the build! The Swamp Speeder is fairly small for the price tag, but you can’t expect more from the piece count, really. It has two cannons at the front, and they have two flick-fire missiles each.

The missiles can be controlled by rotating the fan at the rear. This will control where they aim. It’s a pretty slick feature and I like it, though unfortunately you must fire the missiles manually. There are two control sections (accurate, but only one clone is included). They have nice joysticks and printed controls, while the armor panel in front is at about the right position. There are also wheels at the bottom (a feature not dissimilar to 75182 Republic Fighter Tank, though the ones on those are better hidden) to help you push the swamp speeder around. I find they make the speeder sit a bit too high but I don’t know what other wheels might’ve worked.

Welp, looks like the review was… The set is nice. I like the minifigure selection, especially with the awesome Barriss figure. 5 figures are also nice. The build is good too and the play features work well. The price, however… not so great. I think it should’ve been £19.99 (UK), $24.99 (U.S.), $39.99 (Aus), and $49.99 (NZ), especially considering its size.

Builds: 4/5

Minifigures: 3.5/5

Playability: 4/5

Price: 2.5/5

Personal Rating: 3.5/5

TOTAL: 3.5/5

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VaderFan2187 out! 😀