If you can hold out till Sept. 16, which is when the LEGO Death Star is next expected to ship, this mother of all LEGO Star Wars creations should be well worth any time spent waiting for the mail carrier to bring it. Heck, at 3,803 pieces -- including 24 minifigures and droids (six of which are exclusive to the set), a Dianoga trash-compactor monster, and a TIE Advanced fighter -- it'll probably take you till the holidays to complete it, so you're looking at two full seasons' worth of LEGO bliss for around $400. Not so bad when you break it down, is it?
Putting to shame the old Kenner Death Star playset many of us may remember from childhood, the LEGO Death Star packs three levels' worth of characters, chambers and moving parts, and comes complete with a superlaser death ray so you and the kids can enact your own destruction of Alderaan.
There's also the famous chasm, which you can swing across with the accompanying Luke and Leia minifigures, the Imperial conference chamber where your Darth Vader minifig can choke out disobedient commanders, and the Emperor's throne room where you and Lord Vader can battle it out for the sake of the galaxy. And no questionable prequel-era characters here, bub: The minifigures -- the aforementioned as well as Chewbacca, Han Solo, Grand Moff Tarkin and a host of others -- are strictly Episodes IV through VI:
$399.99 from the LEGO Shop.
