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The 2006 version is one of the first LEGO Star Wars sets I owned, and my first one to exceed 1,000 pieces and come with more than one instruction manual! I remember the first time I finished building it, I flew it around my house, humming the notes that played in the opening scene of A New Hope when the Star Destroyer flies overhead! BTW, the turntable in front of the Palpatine hologram is for the Darth Vader minifigure to kneel on while speaking to his master (and yes, it's missing a clear 1x1 plate for one of Vader's legs to attach to). And the sliding panels at the rear are supposed to reveal blasters attached to clips. And the black cheese slopes on either side of the superstructure are meant to hold green lightsaber blades that can be fired by flicking the gray Technic axles (Lego's first attempt at flick-fire missiles, although they were hard to fire consistently).
I was never interested in these until the 2024 one. They never really looked too good IMO. This new, however, has a good balance of accuracy and play features that appeals to kids and adults and that really does it for me. I think the smaller size works in its favor, it makes it look more proportional which I greatly favor over size.
2006 was the best in terms of playability but my god did it fall apart easy lol. Really want to incorporate the bridge and hologram features into my 2024 one when I get it
Yeh 2024 looks good but its so much smaller for what you pay for. I hate these sets getting smaller especially for the price its ridiculous. I wanna pay for a expensive price for a 2006 size and not for a small set. I care about size more than "techniques" I rather want a set worth it than it being as big as a 75$ ship set or something.
For the 2024 interior I agree the bridge is smaller than is desirable and the 2014 is better there. For the rear internal section even though it is smaller I think the aesthetics and the details in the 2024 version are nicer that the other two. I think the 2024 has the best exterior look too. The upper bridge on the 2006 is a really nice play feature even if it does not look as good externally.
@veteran-128 The details are poor, but understandable during 2006. The 2024 is the most detailed complete play-scale Star Destroyer despite its small size.
Definite pass. Playscale is my favorite scale (especially is playscale and minifig scale are equal); however, this is a definite pass. The set is still too undersized. The prior playscale sets were superior. Not a fan of this direction LEGO is going. It's interesting, Ninjago is getting BIGGER since the Crystalized wave, and Star Wars is getting smaller aside from the UCS line (which I am never a fan of).
Seeing how small the interior is, I'd much have rather had a death star playset at this pricepoint with like a dozen minifigures, and then a midi scale star destroyer. I really wanted Cal but idk, I may pass on this one, specially since they couldn't even give him BD1
I have a misprinted helmet for the stormtrooper in the 75205 Mos Eisley cantina, the front helmet print is about a millimeter or 2 higher than it should be
There’s some TCU movies that you missed like man steel that man versus Superman the first suicide squad movie wonder woman, and the first Justice league
The hidden handle is better for people who will only display it, but worse for people who wanna play with it. It looks worse with the flaps open, I would’ve preferred the old style of handle.
