![]() ![]() ![]() I heard someone say, “this place can be a little rough.” Inside the Cantina Now that you’re familiar with the premises, let’s take a walk inside, shall we? You can see how everything kind of tucks into each other nicely to create a solid structure of a spaceport. Little connector hooks easily let you clip it in if you want.Īnd finally, here’s a bird’s mynock’s eye view of the whole shebang. You can attach the Jawa Shop to the main Lego Mos Eisley Cantina if you want or leave it as a separate building. And from the back, you can see another one of those neat vertical-lifting doors. There’s a larger living quarters attached to the little Jawa shop too. When you’re stuck on a pretty lifeless planet like Tatooine, the laws of supply and demand definitely fall in favor of the Utini-shouting Jawas. Jawas really are the perfect examples of supply and demand. And chances are you’re buying back your own stuff anyways. In it, you can go up to the curmudgeonly little thief and pay three times what you originally paid for those power convertors. The equivalent of a lemonade stand, there’s a separate building called the Jawa Shop. The Cantina was nice enough to not only build our friend an area to relax in, but there’s even a trough of water and some food.Īnd yes, you can even open his mouth. It was mainly used as transportation for those Sandtroopers. This big green lizard is called a dewback. The build for these was pretty fun and it always amazes me how these Lego Master Builders can somehow combine all these odd pieces to make something as simple as a door look super cool. Opening and closing these doors is as simple as lifting them up. Heck, I wonder if anyone’s got that as a tattoo in the real world?Īnyways, the Cantina entrance has that cool door, some steps leading up to it, and a few large rings to tie up your bantha or bounty. While I can’t read whatever alien language that is above the door, I love it. There’s also a door in the back and, on the top, you can see a few dome ceilings and an overall “roof” that is easy to remove for internal access. I love the way different shades of brown and tan are worked into the walls to simulate the desert-like feel overall. The front of the spaceport features a pen for a Dewback (and food and water for the big guy), along with a front door and what looks like one of those moisture farm weather probe thingies.Īround the back are all kinds of storage containers, including an Imperial logo on one (Wonder what’s in there…) and another of those weather station doohickies. When you finish building it, you can close it all up or open it for further interactive play. One thing that blew me away with this Lego Star Wars set is that it acts as a true playset. This set was so much fun to put together because of all the characters (21 minifigs!) and memorable details. Who knew Lego Star Wars sets could be so emotional? Trivia fact #1: The funky band that plays the Cantina Theme is actually called Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes.Īnyways, when my amazingly generous wife got me the Lego Mos Eisley Cantina set for my 50th birthday, I was instantly shot back some 45 years to that wide-eyed toddler watching an ugly pig-faced human scream, “You’ll be dead!” at our farm boy Luke, only to see a flash of light and then the walrus-face guy getting his arm sliced off. A mix of danger, crazy looking creatures and violence all introduced against that upbeat “Cantina theme” song made it impossible for this then-5-year-old not to fall in love with the Galaxy’s Greatest Trilogy. Next to the Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader lightsaber battle or the assault on the Death Star finale, the best part of the original Star Wars is easily the Mos Eisley Spaceport. The Lego Mos Eisley Cantina may be a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but it’s also a true build-it-yourself testament to the essence of Star Wars. ![]()
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