My 5 yr old grandson loved it.
This was a present for my grandson's 5th birthday. It is exactly what he had been wanting and had not received from Santa. He is having a lot of fun with it.

Lego Sepratist Shuttle
It is a very good ship for .00.

Pros
Lots of good figures
Opening back door
Big cockpits

Cons
No place to put the figures
Antena on cockpit falls
No ship guns

Great Lego Set
My son is a Lego fanatic and a Star Wars fanatic! This was a huge hit with him!

A bit disappointing
I was disapointed. Though the shuttle has gear opening doors,it has space for only two minifigures(pilot in front and Nute Gunray in back.). Gunray has a little chair that goes in and out of the shuttle. That and the gear doors are the only cool features in the entire set. Kind of a rip off if you ask me.

10 year old loved it!
My 10 year old loved this lego set. The directions are easy to follow, my son did NOT have to ask for help. He put the shuttle together, on his own, within an hour. It has a sliding rear door, which was a big hit. It comes with 4 men, which is nice, as some of the sets only have 2 men. This is a fun lego set and a great price for what you get.

Uncle Owen!!!
This set is cool, lot of pieces and took me about 4 hours to put together. My son loves it because all the different droids, like the Gonk. I heard that this is the only set that has Uncle Owen and the Jawas in it. The set is a little fragile when pushing on it, especially the base. It actually broke when I was pressing down (too hard) to connect one of the top parts. It wasn't too hard to fix, but it is a little fragile in that respect. Overall it is a nice set to have as a collector as well as a parent because my son loves playing with them. This is just a pretty unique set from lego as well as Star Wars. If you're a fan of both, I think you would enjoy this as well.

YUCK!
it is the most stupidest set in the world. it's bottom brakes like crazy! NEVER buy this set!! its bottom brakes when you push it so it can move!

Good set, weak bottom
My son had a great time building this. It is the best lego set we have in terms of how much fun he had building it and playing with it. The base is just a little too weak for the size of the toy. Other than that it is a great product.

Star Wars Sandcrawler
My son loves this Lego set. He is mildly autistic and was able to put this together,mostly by himself, in 2 days. He is still playing with it. Next on the list is the Death Star!:)

It's good not only Star Wars' FAN but also children.
What a way to spend 2+ hours! The final product is really great to play with and has so many different things to do.

Local adopt-a-troop group
A local group where I live is looking for one of these to be donated to our adopt-a-troop program.
A soldier put this on his wishlist and they are having trouble getting him one.

Bad engineering design!
My nephew really wanted this Lego set and he used his own, saved allowance money for the hefty 6 price tag in order to get it. He was very proud to have built it himself (took him about 5 hours to do so) and I recevied a distressed call the next day saying that it had fallen apart and broken. Having built lego sets since 1978, I consider myself something of an "expert" in Lego building. This set follows a growing trend in Lego sets nowadays: namely, they are very structually weak and fall apart way too easily! In the case of the Lego Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser, while it is a very cool vehicle, it is one of the weakest sets I have ever encountered in all my years of building Lego. There is not enough re-inforcing to keep the bottom of the craft attached to the rest of the structure and it repeatedly fell off, requiring re-attachment several times. I finally tired of re-attaching the bottom and I super-glued the bottom to its very few (and weak) attachment points. I did this at the request of my nephew, who just wanted to play with the set already, as gluing Lego pieces together goes against my Lego philosophy.

Yes, it is a very cool ship, with lots of neat features, but overall, it is way too flimsy and weak for everyday play by youngsters (or adults). This trend has become the norm with Legos I have noticed (especially amongst the Star Wars Lego sets) and I have become very disapointed in them.

Legos Rule!
I gave this Lego set to my grandson for his 7th birthday. He was ecstatic! He is both a Star Wars fan and a Legos fan. Both his parents and I want him to use his imagination and creativity and Legos are the best!

Design's not perfect, still a great model though
Like almost all the larger Star Wars Lego sets, this one is delightful to look at (but not so durable to hold/play with). On most of our Star Wars ships, I grabbed additional "reinforcing" pieces from our existing collection to make the model sturdier---it's possible to modify it in a way so as not to change the outer look of the ship. Without additional reinforcement to the design, this set is more like a cool display you might keep on a shelf or desk and play with carefully. The price-per-piece cost is about right, lower than many current sets; there are not any truly unique parts to add to your large collection though.

The pieces (almost 1200) are NOT in numbered baggies for building purposes. To avoid major frustration searching for parts during construction, you will need to do some preliminary sorting by color or type. With the pieces somewhat sorted out, this is still what I would consider a challenging build for a smaller child. Because there are a lot of connecting sections, it's critical that certain pieces are in exactly the right place; with less-than-perfect attention to detail an inexperienced builder might realize down the road that something isn't fitting together correctly because of an earlier oversight (mercifully, mistakes can be corrected in most cases without breaking the whole thing back down). Kids might learn a good lesson there---pay attention to instructions, check your work carefully, be persistent, etc. There are 2 booklets of instruction and most of the ship is modular, so there are plenty of opportunities for taking a break during the process. I would say this took about 2 hours to get finished.

The ship is very cool though---moving wings and a fully retracting main compartment, bomb-dropping mechanism, escape pod, and more. All the Star Wars sets are great to look at and this one is no exception. The only challenge is keeping the thing together during play time!

LOVE Legos!
Legos always go over well in my house, and this one was no exception. Especially if you are also a Star Wars fan!