Coming exclusively to Target stores this August will be the all-new LEGO® Pirate Tank piloted by the Weequay pirates from the Clone Wars episode, "Dooku Captured"!
The 372-piece set, which features pop-up pirate driver, firing flick missiles, and hidden wheels for repulsorlift movement, includes new pirate minifigures Hondo Ohnaka and Turk Falso as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
LEGO Design Manager Jens Kronvold Frederiksen answered a few of our questions about the new Target-exclusive set, one of the first to be designed after a vehicle from the new series:
The Pirate Tank is relatively new to the Star Wars galaxy. Do you find it easier designing a LEGO toy around a ship that is less familiar to fans than say, an X-wing?
What makes design easy or difficult is more the general shape of the vehicle. But of course with the X-wing the fans know exactly how it looks, therefore it had to be accurate!
Were there any specific challenges in designing this particular vehicle?
The biggest challenge was that as the vehicle was brand new in the Star Wars universe, we did not have much reference in the beginning. But we got it in time, so we were able to make an accurate model.
What play features were added to this vehicle that we perhaps didn't see in the Clone Wars episode?
The idea of the pop-up pirate function was one we invented ourselves. We just thought that it could be cool.
Since the Clone Wars has brought a whole fleet of new vehicles to the Star Wars galaxy, do you have a personal favorite you'd like to see get made in LEGO?
I do not have a specific favorite. I like the Jedi starfighters, new Y-wings, Star-Destroyers, and Dooku's Solar Sailor. I think there are a LOT of cool vehicles in Clone Wars!
The LEGO Clone Wars Pirate Tank will be available exclusively at Target stores beginning August 1, and don't miss Target's LEGO page here!
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