Right now I feel like I could write this whole review myself! Hey guys, today I have a review of 75049 Snowspeeder, a 2014 Summer set with 279 pieces and a price tag of £34.99 (UK), $29.99 (U.S.), $59.99 (Aus), and $69.99 (NZ).

Let us check out the minifigures first.

The first is Luke Skywalker. He wears a nice orange flight suit and a detailed white helmet. His head print is new, with a visor on one side and his face revealed on the other side. There are a bit of lines on the face but I don’t mind too much. Luke comes with his blue lightsaber.

The second is Dak Raltar. He wears the same flight suit as Luke but has a generic white helmet with two blue logos. At the time his head was brand new so I find the smiling/scared view perfectly suited to the young, naive pilot who meets an untimely end. However, this head has been reused on most generic Star Wars pilots since which is unfortunate. Dak has a blaster pistol.

Lastly, we have a Snowtrooper. This has been redesigned for 2014 and I love the new helmet mold, which is significantly more accurate than its predecessor. The trooper wears a neck bracket with a 1×1 printed tile on the back, and also has a white kama. He wields a regular blaster. The Snowtrooper also comes with a small sidebuild, an E-Web Blaster Cannon. This is probably the best LEGO version of the E-Web, without being laughably oversized or with a stud shooter on an undersized body. I think this is a nice build. The main build is, of course, the eponymous Snowspeeder. It is white all over and is pretty sleek. It’s similar to the one from 75014 Battle of Hoth, but has some improvements which I think make it look a lot better. The cockpit canopy opens with space for two figures to sit back-to-back, just like in the real thing. They do have to lean back a fair bit until their heads knock one another, and they have stickered controls. The cockpit opens via clips at the back, though the front half is attached using click hinges. There is a stud shooter at the back which represents the rear gun. Although this is not accurate I actually like how it looks, and I don’t think it looks bad at all. There is a string which you can extend that has a grappling hook at the end, so you can trip out any AT-ATs. Also, here you can see the tails of two spring-loaded shooters under each wings. You can shoot off 1×1 round translucent light blue studs, or you can put on the grappling hook and shoot it off instead! However you have to unwind the rope really far before shooting it if you want to shoot off the hook far enough. The stud shooter itself can hinge up and down slightly and rotate.

There’s also opening airbrakes represented by flag elements above stickered 2×2 tiles, but you probably already noticed those. Other than that, not much to say except for the fact that the official set image shows an extra Snowtrooper which is NOT included!

Overall, I think this is not a bad set. The figures are nicely detailed and the model looks pretty sleek. However, I find the price rather high, honestly, and something like £19.99 (UK), $24.99 (U.S.), $39.99 (Aus), and $49.99 (NZ) would’ve been more reasonable in terms of the speeder’s size.

Builds: 4/5

Minifigures: 4/5

Playability: 4/5

Price: 3/5

Personal Rating: 3.5/5

TOTAL: 3.7/5

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VaderFan2187 out! 😀