LEGO Star Wars: TIE Bomber
Though the finished product is a fun toy--a spectacular Tie Fighter with many mobile parts, a missile that can really be fired, and a little black-suited pilot--it is almost more like a 3-D puzzle than a toy. For younger kids who don't have the patience to wade through the directions, which though text-free are really quite detailed, the 229 pieces may end up in a big, hopeless muddle. But for kids with the ambition and focus, or for parents who want some together time with their kids, the task of putting the thing together is certainly doable, and the result is a fun and colorful slice of theStar Warsuniverse of your very own.--David Stoesz