LEGO Star Wars 8087 TIE Defender

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br />Built in response to the Rebellion’s highly-skilled starfighter forces, the top-secret TIE defender is the ultimate expression of Imperial power and technology!

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As Zaarin's forces attempted to escape with several TIE Defender prototypes, an Imperial strike force, consisting of TIE Defenders and assault transports, arrived to prevent the loss of the prototypes and to recapture the base itself. The TIE Defender has been a fan favorite ship for quite some time, despite it's somewhat limited appearances in universe.They also proved instrumental in capturing magnetic pulse warhead technology from the Rebel station RS-32. Find a surprise treat behind every door of the 2023 LEGO® Star Wars™ Advent Calendar in the run-up to Christmas! Testing of the original prototype indicated the need for a more powerful hyperdrive [23] and production models included a class 2, [7] ND9 hyperdrive motivator [1] modified from the version developed for the TIE Avenger.

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The small tractor beam projector developed for the TIE Avenger could be easily fitted to the Defender. Though information obtained by the New Republic on Spirana in the year following the Battle of Endor indicated that there were over ten thousand production TIE Defenders unaccounted for, [25] the cessation of production prevented it from ever achieving widespread use.Their effectiveness against Rebel forces earned them the nickname " X-wing Killers" among TIE Defender pilots and crew. Nonetheless, any TIE/D Defenders that were already created prior to being decommissioned were placed into groups such as Elite Force, at least two of which would later be used during the New Republic's Liberation of Coruscant to defend the Imperial Palace.

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As a final test of the trainee's abilities, the pilot learned to use the TIE Defender as a light bomber to attack capital ships, using warheads to quickly eliminate their shields and ion cannons to disable them for capture. TIE Interceptor I've anticipated for a good while, and the Fang Fighter is a decent enough companion.

Stow weapons and tools in the storage compartments, then jump into the cockpit and get ready for launch. Since the cost of a TIE fighter is listed in the same book as 60,000 credits, the TIE Defender would have to have a 300,000 credit value to be five times the cost.

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It does rest on the stand fine, and I've left mine alone for a few weeks and it hasnt budged, but I will be looking at fixing the issue once I get a spare moment.

Join our Yoda of Brick Film, Kamil, for another masterclass where he will show you how to recreate blaster shots with transparent LEGO bricks, plastic wrap, a bit of cardboard and a flashlight! The practice of designing craft to explicit consumer specifications was one that Sienar would continue with the later Scimitar assault bomber [18] and Aleph-class starfighter. He shouldn't have it by the time this scene came into the season, but Lego didn't have that info when they designed the set. Are you volunteering to travel as necessary to weigh the parts each time someone here gets a set to review? Within the cloud were hidden thousands of miniature tracking devices which would attach to the hulls of surviving fighters.