Product Description

The Separatist army is on the attack! Roll into battle with the giant-wheeled Hail-fire droid with eight flick-firing missiles. The heavily-armed and armored spider droid is close behind, backed up by a squad of battle droids. Includes folding Hail-fire droid, spider droid, super battle droid, battle droid commander and two battle droids. 249 pieces.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #512 in Toys & Games
• Brand: LEGO
• Model: 4517221
• Released on: 2008-01-21
• Dimensions: 11.50″ h x 11.30″ w x 1.90″ l, .65 pounds

Features

• The Separatist army is on the attack! Roll into battle with the giant-wheeled Hailfire droid with 8 flick-firing missiles.
• The heavily armed and armored spider droid is close behind, backed up by a squad of battle droids!
• Includes folding Hailfire droid, spider droid, super battle droid, battle droid commander and 2 battle droids.
• Halfire droid has giant movable wheels and flick-fire missiles!
• 249 pieces

From the Manufacturer
LEGO® Star Wars Hail-fire Droid & Army of Droids (7670) – The Separatist army is on the attack! Roll into battle with the giant-wheeled Hailfire droid with 8 flick-firing missiles. The heavily armed and armored spider droid is close behind, backed up by a squad of battle droids!

Customer Reviews

Great battle toy in the Star Wars lego series
This toy is fun when used in a battle. I to not reccomend this toy if you dont have a clone vehicle to battle against. What I do like about it is that it comes with a pack (four) of battle droids. Also it includes a spider droid. This I hated because it is extremely hard to position its legs to stand on the ground. The hail-fire droid on the other hand is capable of firing 8 “flick” missles. Do not expect this toy is a good missle launcher! It can only shoot them 4-6 inches which is not a lot. Do not buy this toy if you expect to let it sit and look at it every once in a while. Buy it if you love to battle star wars vehicles and characters.

Lots of fun!
I loved playing with LEGOs as a kid, and I love Star Wars, and so does my husband – so when my husband and I got engaged we registered for a bunch of Star Wars/Indiana Jones LEGO sets. I know it seems like a weird registry gift, but why not?

To our surprise, we actually did get quite a few LEGO sets from our friends, and I think so far this is my favorite – it has some really neat pieces and it was fun to put together. It’s now on display on our DVD shelf. The missle launcher is fun too My husband really liked putting together the treads for the hailfire droid’s wheels.

More Lego Fun for a 9 year old
Bought this for my 9 year old grandson, who adores Lego and has for years. My grandson LOVED it and was thrilled to get it as one of his Christmas presents. He had it built within a very short period of time. Because these kids get so good at assembling Lego, (and I am not sure if this is already the case) I would like to see Lego develop some kits for higher levels of expertise, and more challenging for those Lego maniacs like my grandson who can go for “zero to 60 in 3 seconds flat!” Didn’t matter to him, he was happily playing with it all day. God bless Lego–it has kept kids thoroughly entertained for decades.

Product Description

Get busy building! This jam-packed tub features an extensive assortment of LEGO bricks and other fun elements. It includes a building plate, mini figure, windows, doors and wheels. New container allows for easy clean-up and efficient storage. The transparent lid lets builders display their models. Includes building instructions for five models and photo inspiration for 25 more. 405 pieces. Tub measures 7.56″H x 15.12″W x 8.98″D.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28 in Toys & Games
• Brand: LEGO
• Model: 4565551
• Released on: 2007-08-01
• Dimensions: 13.50″ h x 7.70″ w x 7.30″ l, 2.35 pounds

Features

• This new tub features a great assortment of LEGO bricks and elements
• Includes building plate, minifigure, windows, doors and wheels
• Includes building instructions for 5 models and photo inspiration for 25 more
• New container allows for easy clean up and efficient storage – The transparent lid lets builders display their models
• 405 Pieces

Customer Reviews

OK Place to Start, but You’ll Want More
I bought this for my children and to relive my days of playing with Legos in the 1970s. The kids really enjoy playing with them. I like this generic collection of mult-purpose bricks better than the sets that are designed to build one unique item. For the price (normally around twenty five dollars), you get a reasonable amount of stuff. On the down side, there are a lot of the smaller bricks (1 x 2 and 1 x 1). After playing with this for a few days I found that my kids wanted plates, bricks (2 x 4 and 2 X 8), and wheels (my son loves to make cars). I went to lego dot com where I was able to buy these specific things separately. Also, if you want to find some odd parts from old sets (even going back to the 1970s) try bricklink dot com. It takes awhile to navigate the site, but you can buy whatever individual pieces you want used.

In summary, buy this set first from Amazon and then go to lego dot com or bricklink dot com to buy wheels, bricks and plates.

Toy dollars well spent
No they are not cheap. No the box isn’t full to even half capacity. But these toys are still around for a reason: they rock. More specifically, they are indestructible, offer immense replay value, encourage creative quiet and thoughtful play, promote fine motor skill development, and they are just plain fun.

Think about the countless cheap $3.99 and $4.99 soft plastic throw away toys you’ve bought over the years: invariably imported and with unknown lead content, cost pennies to make, including the polly pockets, fairies, mermaids, bratz, little ponies, strawberry shortcakes, littlest petz, etc. All of those toys are very restrictive in the type of play they permit, fall apart, and lose your child’s interest after a few days.. until you buy another worthless set for their next “fix.”

In the case of legos i would argue that if you just refrain from buying those cheap blister packed toys for a few months you will have saved more than enough to get this or another “flexible” set of legos. I don’t care for the elaborate lego sets that have you follow intricate instructions to build a pirate ship, or harry potters house, or a star wars backdrop,etc. Those are just as restrictive and inflexible in their play.

So get this set or something similar as soon as you are sure your kid won’t choke on a brick. It is something they will play with now and in the future. You’ll beat inflation, you’ll have it for future kids you might have, or those who might visit, and it will always have excellent resale value on e_bay.

As for the merits and value of this particular set, i think it is fairly reasonable relative to prices for used, bulk collections you might get on an auction website, or compared to the more expensive, larger, thematic sets – such as the “townhouse”, lunar lander, or whatever. It has 4 wheels, 2 axles, 1 figure (a mechanic dude), a set of mini tools for the figure, 1 door, 2 windows, some clear pieces for windshields or windows, a propellor/windmill piece, a radiator grille, a cute mini steering wheel, and assorted bricks including some long ones. The base unfortunately isn’t even standard height, but sort of a cheap 1/5 or 1/4 height. So that’s a little lame. So it isn’t perfect but i can’t find a better variety pack for the price. Although the Lego 4+ Basic Bulk Set might be a good second set to consider.

We got this set to augment the pink little girls set with the jump rope on the box. Together they are a reasonable set but its still a small collection. I would contend that similar to the defense department maintaining an army that can fight a war in 2 theatres at once, you should have enough legos to build 2 houses at once. That is unless you have more than 2 kids…