The LEGO Sandcrawler comes with 3296 pieces making it the 7th biggest LEGO set ever created! It costs $299.99 making it very good value for money and measures 48X16X24cm. It comes with 14 minifigures; 4 Jawas, Luke Skywalker, Uncle Owen, C-3PO, R2-D2, an R2 unit, an R1 Series Droid, a Gonk Droid, R5-D4 and a Treadwell Droid. I like all of these minifigures, especially the Jawas and wide variety of droids. All the Jawas come with their blasters and a single speeder and Luke comes with his lightsaber, even though he didn't have it at this point. The vehicle itself is full to the brim with play features but still looks like a UCS set. There is a lot of griebling coating the crawler and this detail really brings the vehicle to life and the different shades of brown make it look really good. The entire thing rolls on caterpillar tracks that can be turned via a knob at the back. Another knob on the top can be turned that operates a chain system that lowers the front door. This mechanism not only works well, but looks great as it opens inside. The interior can be easier accessed by opening flaps on the sides and top. Inside is a storage and engine bay. The storage bay has three slots in which you can put the three crates included. There are no spare pieces to put in these but you could put a droid inside. There is also a working crane in here to lift the droids and pieces. The engine bay contains some of the steering mechanisms and other machinery that sort of act as the engine. There is a second crane in this room and three attachments for. The difference between this crane and the other is that this one lifts over the edge onto the outside. The three attachments are one that represents the vacuum that R2 was sucked into, the second is a 3 clawed grabber and the last one is an attachment that clips onto the crates. These also work for the other crane so you can mix and match. If you open the top front flap, the control area is revealed. In here are some consoles that you can allow your Jawas to operate and that look good. On one of the sides is a lighter brown indent which is actually a hatch. This allows you to slot the crates in through the side straight into the cargo bay. Underneath here are a series of smaller flaps that, when opened, reveal space for smaller storage crates that you can store whatever you want in. Finally, at the bottom, there is a small ladder and a hatch that represents the entrance for the Jawas but unfortunately it is too small to actually work as one. Overall, I think this is a really good and accurate-looking model that that takes me right back to Episode IV. The amount of play features for a UCS set is astounding and I honestly thing children could get hours and hours of fun out of this thing. I love the minifigures as a lot of them are new and the entire set is great value. The perfect balance, in my eyes, between price, looks, playability and minifigures.
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