This year marks the the 20th anniversary of the Clone Wars – the animated series from Genndy Tartakovovsky – introducing new characters and events to the Star Wars storey, it helped to prepare viewers for the Revenge of the Sith in 2005 – introducing characters such as General Grievous, Asajj Ventress and more.
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of delving into the mythos of the Clone Wars, the LEGO Group have today officially revealed a 5374 piece version of one of the the Republic’s Capital ships, the Venator Class Attack Cruiser. Priced at 649.99 USD/649.99 EUR /999.99 AUD/559.99 GBP /15254.9 TRY /263990.0 HUF /849.99 CAD/5499.0 CNY, the set will go on sale on 1st October for LEGO Insiders and on the 4th for everyone else.
The Venator is the second UCS scale set that appeared during the Prequel era. The Venator Class first appeared towards the end of Attack of the Clones, but really came to the fore during The Clone Wars animated series.
This new set measures 109 cm long and 54cm wide and is 12.5 cm tall.
It comes with 2 minifigures: Captain Rex and Admiral Yuralen, the requisite information plaque and a printed Clone Wars 20 brick.
I love the detail shown in this model – including the smallest of Republic Gunship models, sitting in the hanger.
I have to admit, this is an impressive looking build, and with the kids who grew up with the Clone wars starting to grow up and get well into their 20s, this set could well be the Millenium Falcon UCS for the next generation – solving the question of Graduation or 21st birthday presents for that Star Wars fan in your family. Of course, as has been the case more often these days with USC Scale sets, storage and display is becoming an issue, simply because of the sheer scale of the model.
I’d love to know what you think of this model – leave you comments below.
As I mentioned earlier, the set goes on sale October 1st for LEGO Insiders and October 4th for everyone else. It is priced at 649.99 USD/649.99 EUR /999.99 AUD/559.99 GBP /15254.9 TRY /263990.0 HUF /849.99 CAD/5499.0 CNY
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