So, here we are: Day 7. We move to the prequels for this very cool Naboo Starfighter from Episode I. Much of the ship designs in the prequels are not as interesting (to me) as the ones from the original trio, but the Naboo Starfighter really captured my imagination: sleek, beautiful, elegant. It seemed to be very much the kind of design that the peaceful and artistic people of Naboo would come up with.
It's the kind of design that a people would come up who don't do really "do war" so the few devices of war they have speak to what they truly value: beauty. Not conquest or killing.
Imagine what the U.S. could build if we didn't spend half our federal budget on engines of death.
The build for this one is quite good - as always for these microfigures, very few parts are used. The LEGO masters managed to make this about as close a model of the real thing as possible.
Look at that!
But I will admit to some disappointment that we had the same ship a few years ago in another Advent Calendar. We don't need to duplicate, LEGO. On the other hand, for those who haven't been doing these calendars for the past number of years, this is a really cool ship that others should be allowed to collect, so maybe duplicating it this year isn't too bad of a thing.
But as the Advent calendars seem to deliver more disappointments each year than they did the previous year, this duplication just seems another sign of laziness at LEGO.
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