I guess many of Star Wars fans like this Jedi Interceptor design a lot. These two interceptors popped out at the beginning of Revenge of The Sith movie. They brought us the scene of part of the Clone Wars on scene. Very cool.
There is a LEGO interceptor in green: Anakin's Jedi Interceptor (9494). That one is very similar to the a bit newer yellow one (75038). I'm not sure why I totally miss that one at that time. Maybe, it's my personal preference with green color (I don't like it much). It would be cool if I had all 3 putting together for picture... (a bit regret now)
Lots of pro reviewers should have YouTube and blog posts about the detail of this new red Jedi interceptor. I don't want to spend time to do the same thing. You can google them by yourselves. The main thing that I want to say is... This Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor is not bad but it's a lazy product from LEGO if you put Anakin's yellow one side by side.
The wings' details are now using bigger stickers to represent. The red curved "shoulders" are narrower instead of using 4 streamline triangularly bricks like the yellow one.
The droid slot isn't as good as the yellow version. Obi-Wan's droid's shoulders are showing! (I already took out one plate height under the droid but still showing a lot). If you look at the light grey 1x4 plate at the joint of the flipping wing, you will find the red one's uses a 1x4 with 4 studs showing. The yellow one uses 1x4 tile. Of course, you can replace them later. It's your call.
The last thing I want to say is the back. I don't like all 3 Jedi Interceptors' back. They look very unfinished. The red one is the same.
Many people rebuilt the smooth wings with bricks stacking towards the front instead of LEGO's way stacking plates from bottom to top. I believe it is the best way to do the interceptor's MOD version (if you really like Jedi Interceptors and you have time).
Although it's a lazy product, I still like to look at both of them on my shelf.
I actually like the socket on Obi-Want's interceptor better. It makes the droid sit a little higher, but it's more structurally solid and the actual shape is more correct compared to the movie and the height thing is more to be blamed on the fact that LEGO astromech droids can't telescope their legs (which the droids in the movies are doing); incidentally, most Hasbro astromechs can't telescope their legs either so you also see this issue when trying to use real astromech action figures in the Hasbro interceptors from 2005.
ReplyDeleteThe change in the cockpit fenders is LEGO trying a new thing to capture the shape, because it's a screwy one to try portraying with LEGO; the 2012 and 2014 sets are themselves using a different method compared to the 2005 and 2007 sets (which is the closest in line layout, but the rear portions of it are flat).
Using the 4x6 semi-smooth plates (with a return to stickers for detailing) is a change made for structural strength, it helps make the wings more solid. The only real problem with it is an error in the stickers - the open circle emblem is oriented the wrong way. The use of 1x4 plates instead of tiles is another structural strength thing; when it comes to 1x4s, plates have a firmer grip than tiles do.
As for the brick-built wings that certain fans prefer, IMO those are stupid garbage cooked up by people desperate to pretend their LEGO model isn't LEGO so then why are they even bloody playing with LEGO in the first place. It's extra-junky because it means no footholds on the wings.