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(More customer reviews)It's from the new Force Unleashed video game that's coming out later this spring. The model doesn't look like much, actually, and the design of the model seems very poorly thought out. It's fairly fragile. Lots of large pieces are held on only by one or two studs and easily fall off just by carrying the thing around.
The "wings", you might call them, move together by a long technic piece through the middle of the ship; there are two gears that make them move with what I assume is supposed to be the engine; they are supposed to point up at one point and forward at the other, but when you point them forward, they actually point down, so I had to add an extra piece to stop it from dropping so far. In addition, the landing gear fall off very easily.
The "battle damaged Darth Vader" that comes with it is...well...stupid. For a battle-damaged helmet, they took a black facemask from the old "aqua raiders" sets and put the neck portion through the viewport in that. They include an intact Vader helmet, but his body is still battle-damaged, so it looks even more stupid.
It does include a spring-loaded missile launcher thingy. But, it's other "weapons systems" don't resemble anything from the Star Wars universe.
This set was hastily created as a tie in for the video game to try and drum up sales. If you're a Star Wars nerd like me, it's worth it I guess. But if you're buying it for a child who will play with it, you're better off finding one that won't fall apart.
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Product Description:
Carrying Darth Vader's apprentice on secret missions across the galaxy, this sleek black starship with rotating wings and folding landing gear is fully armed with blaster cannons, hidden missiles and a firing rocket to destroy your enemies. Includes minifigures of Imperial officer and pilot Juno Eclipse, battle-damaged Darth Vader and Vader's Apprentice. Press the lever to fire the hidden missile. Rogue Shadow measures 13" x 12". 482 pieces.
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