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More Information on a Blog About LEGO Hoth Wampa Cave

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div stylemargin0 autofloatleftpaddingright5pximg srchttpfarm1.static.flickr.com29652246551ca9865d0em.jpg width210 height160 div I have every Lego Star Wars set made so far by Lego. My son has most of them as well. This is one that I opened and made to play with him. Our favorites by far are all of the Jabba sets, Cloud City, Sandcrawler, Death Star and the Cantina set. This set however is one of our least favorites. It seems as though Lego is now officially going for pure profit and less durability and playability lately. br I am so sick of seeing Lego using cheap stickers for the sets and not printing on the pieces individually. This is a HUGE drawback of the latest sets. Kids can not play with them as little kids are so rough on them that stickers easily come off or get scratched. My son still plays with my old Space legos from the late seventies and early eighties. Those printed pieces are still shiny and bright even though they are heavily used.br The second problem I have with this set and other current sets of the last few years is the lack of true baseplates. I think lego is cutting costs by not including them in sets. This set in particular could have used a printed baseplate with some of Lukes belongings strewn about on the snow as well and maybe signs of a scuffle.br The third problem I have with this set is the design. It is not a well thought out design. Any Star Wars fan or good Lego Designer would not only watch the movie more closely but research other old Toys from Kenner and Hasbro to get set Ideas. Why would you include another badly designed snowspeeder with cheap stickers instead of printed parts like the older versions when you could have had a Tauntaun and a bigger snow cave Maybe even do what Hasbro did and make a Tauntaun with an opening stomach compartment for Luke to keep warm inside. Or make the cave bigger and have it open and close like the previous Yodas hut from Lego but biggerbr I noticed when my son was putting it together it was not a very sturdy design. The thing kept breaking apart at certain points. If you push down on the roof too hard it will just collapse. This is due to the use of the one piece tall wall pieces used to make the side walls of the opening. These pieces are always replaced by my son and I when building any Lego set with actual 1X2 and 1x4 pieces built up to make a sturdy wall. Cmon Lego! These are supposed to be Lego sets not Duplo! Why such BIG pieces all the time now!br As a fan of Star Wars and Lego, I have no problem paying ... bucks for this set but I feel that Lego is making HUGE mistakes by using stickers, big Duplolike wall pieces, and not giving us anything new but the minifigures. My son and I are going to have to completely redesign this cave and make it bigger as well as add a Tauntaun to make this set what it should be. I am glad to see Lego giving us the new figures and making an effort to give us new sets but they need to stop being so cheap and start hiring actual Star Wars fans to create the Star Wars designs. I really would like to see Lego improve their product. It would be nice to see them make toys of the caliber that they have been known and loved for for generations.keywordLEGO Hoth Wampa CavekeywordbabstemplateLEGOHothWampaCave, 2, , 18998, Toys, 0, , babstemplate