Without those, this would be a very boring build even by battle pack standards. On the good side, I like the splashes of blue and the big intakes/engines on the sides. But it looks like a speeder bike and an X-Wing had a weird blue baby, and here it is reporting for duty with its little backpack and everything. It’s a souped-up speeder bike, which fits the theme. Then we move onto our battle pack build – I can’t decide if this thing is weird good or weird bad. Regardless, he looks great, and it’s also great that he’s appearing for the first time in such a cheap set. The dark grey color is closer to gunmetal, which also may have suited IG-88 well. He looks perfectly rusty, the total opposite of a polished droid like C-3P0. His head has buggy eyes with tinges of copper, and the copper color carries throughout his front and back torso printing. Last but not least is 4-LOM, appearing for the first time in a Lego set.
There’s a spare straight arm included as well so he can be changed into a fighting pose with arms out and guns blazing. Anyway, he includes a clip on his back for storing an included blaster rifle (the only non-stud-shooter in the set) which is a great touch since IG-88 is known to dual-wield blasters. Now granted, that big weird head is what makes IG-88 recognizable – I just think that while other characters were getting upgrades, the droids should have gotten some love, too. IG-88 isn’t a bad figure, he just looks more like a battle droid with a big weird head. Maybe it’s just me, but I think the battle droid body needs an upgrade. Aside from that he’s a standard battle droid in dark grey, which is slightly disappointing. IG-88 only features one unique piece – his printed tube-shaped head with orange eyes. His armor is brown and rusty, and features a brick-built backpack. He features unique face printing and a bandage for his head. Regardless, if you don’t have Dengar yet, this is probably the best way to get him since he’s packaged with other unique characters. Or maybe it was cost – Zuckuss would have meant another unique head mold, which could have increased the price of a set like this. My thoughts are that Lego probably wanted a more recognizable character than Zuckuss to round out this pack – Dengar and Bossk have both appeared on Clone Wars (and Dengar also appears in the Aftermath novel), so it’s likely that they went for two more well-known characters and two ‘side’ characters in IG-88 and 4-LOM. He’s actually sort of an upset in this kit, as he should have been Zuckuss.
His Trandoshan head and hands are updated with a new shade of green, looking closer to an olive or arm green instead of the previous green that seemed to have a hint of mint color.ĭengar appears in his second recent set but is identical to his previous appearance in the Freemaker Adventures set, the Eclipse Fighter. Leaked box art eventually confirmed it, and I couldn’t be happier to get these characters in such a cheap set.īossk is updated from his initial appearance in 2010 and features belt printing, front and back torso printing, printed legs, and printed toes on his feet. When rumors started going around that the pack was four of the classic bounty hunters, I didn’t believe it. The selection of figures in this battle pack is a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Now that I’ve gotten around to reviewing it, I have to say I have mixed feelings about this one. Okay, so that doesn’t sum it up all the way This is the first of the 2017 battle packs I’ve gotten my hands on – and a few days early thanks to some stores seemingly not caring about street dates. So this battle pack includes four bounty hunters from Empire Strikes Back. Need help keeping the peace and just your troopers aren’t cutting it? Get this Lego battle pack and add several bounty hunters to help maintain order! Track down prey and maintain Imperial law with these official peacekeepers.