I grew up to the original Star Wars trilogy and saw them all in the theater, as well as had a few of the action figures. When they released the Star Wars Lego sets in 2000, I purchased quite a few of the various sets available. One of the sets that wasn't available at that time was the Imperial AT-AT. Back in November I did some searches for Star Wars Lego sets, in anticipation of Last Jedi and found the

; however, I couldn't bring myself to spending $150 on this set. While looking around at some of the various sets available I found this AT-ST walker on sale.



The instructions for this AT-ST Imperial Walker are easy to follow, with the various pieces added to the build displayed in their own box to make it simple to know what you need. Our two year old was more than excited to help with the assembly process and took the two of us approximately two hours to assemble. Once the entire AT-ST walker was put together I was pleasantly surprised with just how impressive in size that it is. I like how you can turn Baze Malbus and the Imperial AT-ST driver's heads around to show different expressions. There is a round Lego piece on the back of the pelvis that allows you to rotate the control cabin without directly interacting with it. Both of the side turrets and the front turret are able to be adjusted up and down.



The legs on this AT-ST walker, by default, can only move backwards; however, if you flip the 7x3 Technic pieces upside down, at the joint section of the leg, so the 3 are facing upwards, instead of down, then you will be able to bring the legs forward as well. I personally do not care for the spring loaded shooter aspects, but I can see how some children might have fun with it (careful Ralphie). I feel that they should've either included a regular Stormtrooper or replaced the Rebel Trooper with one, as this is an Imperial set and is heavy on the Rebel minifigs. I would've preferred that the decorative pieces had been printed on directly, instead of needing to place stickers on them.



If you are a Star Wars fan and enjoy putting together Lego sets then this is definitely a good investment for your collection. If you are new to Lego building then you should probably start with a few smaller sets before trying to tackle this one, as it does take a little bit of time and being familiar with the building process helps.



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