Over the last couple of days I've picked up two of the Lego Mini Planet sets - 9674 Naboo Starfighter & Naboo and 9676 TIE Interceptor & Death Star, both down from $19.99 to $16.99 at Farmers in Wellington.
I've always been a fan of the Lego Mini sets, so it was great to pick up a new addition to the line (the Naboo Starfighter) and a newer version of a ship that I missed when it was first released (the TIE Interceptor).
Overall these are two very nice Lego sets, especially for the price. Playability suffers somewhat (being as the three items in each set are completely different scales), but they make for very neat display pieces.
The Naboo Starfighter is a little blocky - but that's to be expected from Lego right? Especially when trying to reproduce an exceptionally curvaceous ship on such a small scale. The TIE Interceptor is brilliant though, and much better than it's first incarnation as 6965 Mini TIE Interceptor. The wing articulation is fantastic, and the printed cockpit bubble is a really nice addition. Lego should really sell these separately so previous mini TIEs can be retrofitted.
My only dilemma now is whether to pick up the final set in Wave 1 - 9675 Sebulba's Podracer & Tatooine. I already have a Lego mini version of Sebulba's podracer from 4485 Mini Sebulba's Podracer & Anakin's Podracer, but the sculpt on this one is far nicer. Another big selling point of this set is the very cool Sebulba minifigure.
