Lego Star Wars Review 2010: Set 8095 General Grievous' Starfighter

When Lego releases the second wave of Star WarsHoping to regain a little credibility, Lego has altered
toys for 2010 much attention will be paid to thethe design completely and the new version is much
redesigned minifigure of General Grievous who comesimproved. Grievous is instantly recognisable as his
with his redesigned starfighter in set 8095. GrievousClone Wars version and thankfully comes with
was featured in only one of the Star Wars films,specially sculpted pieces and printing on his head.
Episode Three Revenge Of The Sith where his badThe new starfighter design is also an improvement.
guy turn was overshadowed by the real bad guys,There are pop out missiles on the side of the ship
Darth Vader and Darth Sidious.and a more accurate windscreen piece. A well the
When George Lucas put together The Clone Warsdesign is more colourful, though not so as it detracts
animated television series however, Grievous becamefrom the overall accuracy of the ship. It's quite
the primary antagonist and his ruthless reputationsturdy and swooshable, an enjoyable build and play
grew with the killing of Kit Fisto's former apprenticefor fans over eight years.
Mon Calamari Jedi Knight Nahdar Vebb in the SeasonThe set comes with 454 pieces, the three minifigures
One episode entitled The Lair Of Grievous. Nahdar isand a whole heap of chrome handled lightsabers for
also featured in the set, as is the droid EV-A4-D.Grievous to wield. As Grevious is a fairly specialised
Lego originally released Grievous as a figure tofigure that I doubt will appear in a magnet set
accompany the first release of his starfighter in 2007anytime soon, chances are this set will attract alot of
but it was maligned by fans as possibly the worstlove from fans because of the minifig appeal.
minifigure design of the Star Wars Lego universe.