[REVIEW] 8083 Hoth Rebel Battle Pack

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[REVIEW] 8083 Hoth Rebel Battle Pack

Post by Selby-Tiger » Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:20 pm

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I know there is another review of this by Hatcher, and it is well done as usual. Unfortunately I didn't find that until after I told my daughter that this set didn't have a TnB review so she decided we should do one. So here goes, my first review with comments by The Builder.

From the S@H description:

Help the Rebels defend their base on Hoth!
Build up your Rebel forces and celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back! When the Empire attacks the hidden Rebel base on the ice planet Hoth, brave Rebel troopers and pilots fight back with their combat speeder with flick-firing missiles. Includes 3 Rebel troopers in cold-weather gear and Rebel pilot Zev Senesca.

Zev Senesca, now that is fun to say. I'm sure he is really in The Empire Strikes back, but I don't remember him. I remember "We used to bullseye Womp Rats in my T-16" and Wedge from the original triology but not Zev. Oh well. on the the pictures!
Open Box.JPG
This is the box and all of the pieces still in the plastic. First job is to sort them by color.
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Now, on to the Mini-figures!
MF as parts.JPG
Sorry about the marks on the table, we do a lot of art projects here :lol:
Here is how they are supposed to look
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And how we built them
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:lol: We made them almost the exact same!
Here's the set halfway through building it. It was a bigger ship than I thought it would be!
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The ship, driver and box for a background
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The whole crew, ready for action :x They all are mad because they do not want to be in a battle right now.
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The 4 extra pieces
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You might have seen R2D2 in some of the pictures, here he was helping us guard the extra pieces!

Overall

Build was cool, says The Builder. I thought is was more than you would expect from a set bought for Minifigures. Plus the price was right at Target this week ;)

Thanks for reading, we had fun doing this and I hope to do more if The Builder so decides.
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Re: [REVIEW] 8083 Hoth Rebel Battle Pack

Post by Tomatoe » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:45 pm

The figures are good, but the ship is way too small. Feels like Lego is only focusing on the figures in battle packs these days.

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Re: [REVIEW] 8083 Hoth Rebel Battle Pack

Post by lukeskywalker » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:40 am

Tomatoe wrote:The figures are good, but the ship is way too small. Feels like Lego is only focusing on the figures in battle packs these days.
That's true, but the figures are the main reason people buy them.

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Re: [REVIEW] 8083 Hoth Rebel Battle Pack

Post by sadowsk1 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:39 pm

That is kind of a shame just because the figures seem like an afterthought to building. I love the minifigs too make no mistake, but I would prefer more construction than more figures. Excellent review! Hope you guys are having a blast with the set and keep up the stellar work. It's good to hear family feedback on sets as much as afols!

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Re: [REVIEW] 8083 Hoth Rebel Battle Pack

Post by Selby-Tiger » Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:45 pm

sadowsk1 wrote:That is kind of a shame just because the figures seem like an afterthought to building. I love the minifigs too make no mistake, but I would prefer more construction than more figures. Excellent review! Hope you guys are having a blast with the set and keep up the stellar work. It's good to hear family feedback on sets as much as afols!
Thanks for the nice comments! I tried to use exact quotes from my 7 year old so if some of them sound a little AWESOME (corny) that is why. We will try to do more reviews, she seemed to enjoy it. I know I need to work on my picture taking skills, so why not :lol:

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Re: [REVIEW] 8083 Hoth Rebel Battle Pack

Post by legitimatealex » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:33 am

I do like the idea of battle packs, but they seem to get more expensive each time they come out and the pieces that are coming with them aren't all that great.
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