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Star Wars playset featuring a once deleted scene from The Phantom Menace

Features

  • Qui-Gon with lightsaber
  • Obi-Wan with lightsaber
  • Security Battle Droid
  • Gungan Sub
  • side knob rotates river and lets Gungan Sub fall off waterfall
  • figures fit on pivoting boom to jump to shore
  • rotate plant to Force Push battle droid over
  • rotate rear dial to knock out battle droid
  • battle droid upper body breaks to simulate lightsaber attack
  • slide-open roof reveals Naboo Starfighter Hangar inside
  • sliding lever launches Naboo Starfighter (not included)

This is one of the coolest playsets for The Phantom Menace. The rotating "river" is cool though doesn't match the painted waterfall. It is paper, so be careful with it. You also get the Force Push action that launches a battle droid. And you get one with the upper body attached by a string to make it look like it was slashed by a lightsaber. The boom that holds your Jedi easily collapses to hide in the stonework.

On the left side, you also get another play area with the Naboo Hangar. There's cool rod that moves a starfighter out to make it look like it's launching. If you look inside, you can see stickers showing rows and rows of Naboo Starfighters. You could even add an AAT and depict the scene where Anakin flies away.

However, the neatest aspect of this playset is that it depicts a scene originally cut from the film. While later added to the DVD release, I can't help but think they would have started sketching this playset beforehand. Either way, it's a really cool addition to the line.

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