Editorial Review: This is one of the more bizarre Lego collections you might come across. The set re-creates the scene at the end of Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, in which the newly incarnated Darth Vader--fresh off surgery--is raised forward and revealed, strapped to a Frankenstein-like chair. Here, the swiveling seat sits atop a platform, with a battered Anakin Skywalker on one side and Vader on the other. A five-armed, robotic surgeon stands nearby. The whole thing can be reassembled into a turret manned by the evil Sith Lord himself. The 53 pieces are all tiny; little Lego Darth is as cute as a button. An instruction booklet is included. --Andy Boynton
Product Description: The coming of Vader! Wounded in battle, Anakin Skywalker dons a suit of armor and is transformed into Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith! The origin of the galaxy's greatest villain is captured in this exciting set. Includes Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Medical Droid. 53 pieces.
Pointless Set I love Star Wars Lego sets. I really enjoy seeing how they work the details into the ships, and how they represent the characters as minifigs. The moving parts are always a bonus too. This set, which represents the moment at the end of Revenge Of The Sith where a maimed Anakin Skywalker is surgerically transformed into Darth Vader, is a bit of a dud for me. But then again, why Lego chose to make a set of what amounts to an operating room is unknown to me.
The highlight of this set is the medical droid. Using some basic common Lego pieces such as a rocket exhaust, some small radars, and droid arms, Lego has designed a pretty reasonable version of one of the two droids seen with Vader at the end of Episode III. However, wasn't there another droid in that scene? That one's not in here. Nor is the other character present at that time, Emperor Palpatine.
Instead you get two Anakin figs: a pre-op and a post-op, in the Vader suit. The Vader-suit Anakin has a new face lacking the eyebrows of earlier Vaders. (Lucas, rewriting Star Wars history, decided that the bushy eyebrows on Anakin as seen in Episode VI played by Sebastian Shaw would have been burned off by the lava.) Vader also does not come with cape or lightsaber, as he had neither in this scene.
Anakin pre-op is a somewhat useless figure. If you recall, at this point in the story, Anakin is missing an arm and both legs. These apendages are present on the figure, but his scarred-up face is kind of neat. Anakin comes with no accessories, just like Vader.
What's left of this set is an operating table (which can't sit horizontally as it does in the film, but at something more like 45 degrees). You can, however, elevate it vertical so you can simulate that moment at the end where Lord Vader rises. But it won't stay in that position unless you hold it yourself. The table has two sides, so you can just rotate it, and now you've got a fully suited Vader. Neat feature.
However, when it comes to play value, that's about it. Raising, lowering, and rotating Vader isn't going to keep many kids (or adults) busy for long. Nor will the building of this set, which will take about five minutes. The figures don't have much play value either, unfortunately.
So there you have it. I'm not sure what purpose this set will serve in your, or your children's collection. It's not much to display and not much to play with. It does have that neat medical droid though, and that's something.
Horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This you call ''DARTH VADER TREANSFOMATION''of lego suck like crap!! I recommend buying somthing thing else than this C-R-A-P. Here are the good things about this lego set it has Anakin and Darth Vader but darth vader darth vader didnt come with a lightsaber!! How stupid is that? I mean it has no moving featres [except the spinnig transform thingy] but besdse that it it just down right S-T-U-P-I-D!! Bye now
This Set Rox! This set is small but fun. It's cool how it has injured Anakin Skywalker and capeless (not that its a bad thing!) Darth Vader minifigs when they are in fact the same person! The dinky little Medical Droid comes with tools and you can have it drilling Anakin or Vader. Heres a little trick you can do with the minifigs:Take of the heads of the minifigs. Then put injured Anakin's head on Darth Vader's body. Have the Med Droid hold Darth Vaders helmet. Than you can do the part of the film when the helmet gets put on Vader. Good things come in small packages, and this set is no exception.
Great for young and older kids alike! Ok, so I'm not a kid but I did see the original Star Wars (A New Hope) in theaters when I was growing up. This is a great product and for the Star Wars junkie a must have. I find myself glancing at it here and there as it sits on my desk at home. Lots of fun for less then ten bucks!
A little set with great value Darth Vader's Transformation is an interesting little set that includes minifigures of Anakin and Darth Vader and shows the transformation.
The main reason I bought this set was for Darth Vader. I have always wanted one and this was the cheapest way to get him. So for only seven bucks it's not too bad. Also, you get an Episode Three Anakin. Just add some hair and he's good to go. I made my own Episode Three sets so Anakin was a good bonus.
The Set itself is pretty simple. Put the burnt Anakin on one side, Darth Vader on the other and then turn the spinner. The medical droid is pretty neat as you can have him drilling Darth Vader's suit. It's pretty small and compact, which appeals to me as I like little sets.
This set gives you a cheap chance to get two great minifigures; though the set itself is pretty good.
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