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Lego Star Wars Sandcrawler | 
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| Brand: LEGO
Category: Toy
List Price: $139.99
Buy New: $124.99
You Save: $15.00 (11%)
New (19) from $124.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 2909
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.3
Dimensions (in): 4 x 15.1 x 22.6
MPN: 010144
Model: 4250429
UPC: 673419057288
EAN: 0673419057288
ASIN: B0009GIBO2
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Sandcrawler model ideal for Lego collectors and Star Wars fans | | • | Features Jawa workshop, droid crane, opening cockpit, and steering mechanism with moving treads | | • | Developed in co-operation between consumer requests, fans, and Lego designers | | • | 1,669-piece set | | • | Includes 11 mini-figures |
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Product Description
Luke Skywalker's Uncle Owen is shopping for some new droids at the Jawa Sandcrawler. There are plenty to choose form, including R2-D2 and C-3PO. But the Jawas drive a hard bargain, and danger is never far away. Re-create the classic scene from Star Wars Episode IV with this incredibly detailed model. Remove the center section of the Sandcrawler to reveal the Jawa workshop. Use the crane to load droids into the Sandcrawler, and open the hatch to reveal the inside. Cockpit opens to load a driver. Steering mechanism lets you guide the Jawa vehicle to its next adventure. Measures 15"L x 7.5"W x 9"H when built. 1,669 LEGO pieces in all.
Amazon.com Product Description
Find the droids you're looking for at the Sandcrawler! Made with incredible detail on the outside and inside, the Lego Star Wars Sandcrawler is as fun for Star Wars fans as it is for Lego collectors. Recreate the Film
As the story goes, Luke Skywalker's Uncle Owen is shopping for some new droids at the Jawa Sandcrawler. There are plenty to choose from, including R2-D2 and C-3PO. 
This detailed Sandcrawler comes with a crane, Jawa workshop, and moving treads. View larger. | 
Steering mechanism lets you guide the Jawa vehicle to its next adventure. View larger. | But the Jawas drive a hard bargain and danger is never far away. With Lego mini-figures of all the characters -- even the minor ones -- it's fun to re-enact this classic scene from "Episode IV: A New Hope." The set includes 11 mini-figures: Uncle Owen Lars, three Jawas, R2-D2, C-3PO, R5-D4, R1-G4, ASP droid, gonk droid, and Treadwell droid. Action-Packed
Recommended for ages 12 years and up, the Sandcrawler incorporates 1,669 elements. The center section of the model removes to reveal the Jawa workshop. A crane loads droids into the Sandcrawler. The cockpit opens to load a driver and steering mechanism with moving treads, which will guide the Jawa vehicle to its next adventure. Developed in co-operation between consumer requests, fans, and Lego designers, this Star Wars model measures 15 inches long, 7.5 inches wide, and 9 inches high. About LEGO
The world-famous building block set encourages a unique type of play that is fun, creative, engaging, and challenging. Taking its name from an abbreviation of two Danish words, "leg godt," meaning "play well," LEGO has been inspiring children and adults to do just that since 1932. Seventy-five years later, LEGO is one of the world's largest toy manufacturers, with products sold in 130 countries.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Too little function. January 1, 2009
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although it's fun to look at and gingerly play with, the fact is the mechanicals of the toy are lacking greatly.
First, the steering mechanism is way too delicate. You cannot press down on the vehicle. Why is this important? You need to be able to put the game players on the vehicle and if you press down, very often (three or four times in the last day) the steering mechanism pops out. It was just poorly designed. The mosaic of panels underneath around the steering column and rack-pinion steering mechanism was not play-tested enough and it shows.
Note to LEGO - you need to re-engineer the back-steering mechanism to the point where a kid can actually press down on that portion (from the top of the vehicle) and attach game peices to it.
As designed it's a contstant "Dad, can you fix this?" problem and it need not be that way.
Also, there were at least two peices in the kit that were not to spec and the plastic was deformed so that the track-runnings were cock-eyed. I've been building LEGOs for 30 years and never seen a kit with utter lack of playability and proper design.
I give it 1 star. Overall it looks cool. Play-wise, it's 1-star because a kid simply cannot play with it for 30 minutes before it breaks due to poor support for the rear-steering mechanism. (the strut breaks off into the compartment and fixing it a pain).
The weight should have been distributed over the panels with a long brick array.
If LEGO can custom mold parts for less significant force requirements, they can certainly do better job for the suspension of the vehicle.
Yea, it's a toy and what's the "big deal" right? Well, form and function should be balanaced and in this toy they are not.
Skip this one and get a different StarWars set.
Other nits:
There was no part list with part #s. For 1600+ parts, I expected to see a part list. The probability that some parts in your kit will be defective is higher and thus you need a part list.
No Jawa I know would tolerate this SandCrawler! ;-)
 best toy ever December 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw bad reviews on this product but none of them are true
it took me 1 day to build it and it is very steady
I use it a lot and my friends want it too!
best toy ever
Lego Sandcrawler Review (I couldn't think of a better title! :( September 6, 2008
I loved this set for many reasons:
1. The minifigures were absolutely fantastic,
2. The top middle section pops out, giving the builder better access to the insides, (which comes in real handy considering that this set requires more mantinence than it's worth)
Seriously, though, this set should only be built by accomplished Lego fanatics because of how big it is. 1,669 pieces is not for the faint-hearted. In closing, it is a really sweet set.
 Brace yourself and the toy! August 6, 2008
We were excited to get this toy because my son is really into all the droids and it comes with lots of them however it took 2 days to put this toy together because it kept falling apart. We had to rebuild the Sandcrawler twice because the bottom kept coming completely apart! My husband had to brace the whole bottom part with extra piece plates that we had from other sets. This is definitely not a "put together Christmas day" toy and if you don't have the time to put together all at once or a place to put pieces away from other children, you may want to skip this one until another time. Now that it is put together (for the time being), my son has been gently playing with it and he loves it.
details, fun, ways in, ways out June 25, 2008
I'm guessing the burnt orange and baige bricks are the stains like in the movie. Cool. I like to pretend the the crane is supposed to suck them up, again like the movie. The crane also can put them through the hatch.(the one left or right from the center, it depends witch side the crawler is on.) The hatch in the middle lifts off to let the crane on top, or so you can lift out the workshop. Lifting it out is easy, and can easily go back in. The Jawas have lots of tools. There is also a driver's hatch and a knob to turn the wheel thingies. There is a door too. The fun thing is, you can take other set figures and make mischeif around the crawler. Luke is a character I need to get, but that's okay, I can get him. This set is okay to leave just on a desk, table or open shelf, it is more fun anyway. Go have fun!
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