Continuing on my Star Wars set reviews, here is another set from the winter 2017 release line. The Duel on Naboo (#75169) was released in the US on 17 February 2017. The cost is $24.99 in the US for 208 pieces. This works out to $0.12 per piece. I waited for the set to go on sale at Amazon.com for $19.99 so I got it at $0.096 per piece. The set contains 3 minifigures. Since it is based on Episode 1, it includes Darth Maul, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Qui-Gon Jinn. Onto the build... First up the obligatory pictures of the box to include the front and back.
The contents are 3 numbered bags, the instruction booklet, a sticker sheet with one sticker, and 2 larger plates not in bags.
Bag 1 contains Qui-Gon Jinn with a green light saber. It starts the base that includes the giant shaft that Darth Maul falls down after he is killed.
Bag 2 includes Obi-Wan with a blue light saber, continues with the shaft build, and starts on the walkway. It also starts with a simple Technic mechanism to work the force field that opens and closes during the fight scene.
Bag 3 finishes it up and includes Darth Maul with his dual sided light saber. I didn't throw the sticker on in the event I wanted to use the pieces for something else. You can see how pulling the Technic piece out closes the field and then pushing it back in opens it again. Other than that, it is a pretty simple set. The building techniques aren't really out of the ordinary and the pieces aren't really that exciting. Overall, buy this set is you want the minifigures. Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jinn last appeared in the Sith Infiltrator #75096 in 2015. The younger Obi-Wan was in Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor (75135) from 2016 so it was very recent. Definitely wait for the set to be on sale. As of the writing of this post (22 June 2017), it is 16% off on Amazon.com.
