LEGO Star Wars 8038 The Battle of Endor

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In 2014 TLG will introduce the 10241 MAERSK LINE TRIPLE-E SHIP with the color "medium azure"... as the new LEGO color for Maersk models. This is a sad farewell for Maersk blue, a (until 2004) very rare to come by LEGO color.. which appears to have been retired as a color in 2011 (with the end of production of the Maersk train). Here is one of the strangest LEGO sets ever produced. From 1970-75 Minitalia sets were produced for the Italian market. These sets were produced because in 1970 the Italian Parliament forbade the importation of construction toys, for some strange reason. was released in August 2009, under the Star Wars theme, under the Classic Star Wars line and the LEGO Star Wars 10th Anniversary Line. All 4 versions of this Maersk ship have the USA/Canada style printing on the boxes... with the part count and writing in English/French/Spanish. Even those sold in Europe had this printing. Parts 60896, 60990, 60935, 62386, 64251, 64330, 87794, and 87807 are unavailable and have been left out of the model. The pilot is therefore not buildable, and all of his parts have been left to the side.

The corrugated pipes and rubber bands could not be flexed into position and have been left to the side of the model. The Midak Skyblaster piece is not available on LDD and has been left out of the model. The four Zamor spheres have been left to the side of the model. This ship set was really the first LEGO set to give us a nice quantity of Maersk blue LEGO parts. Prior to this, all the Maersk promotional sets only gave us a select few Maersk blue parts. One of the more interesting sets was the 340 Train Control Tower Set of 1968. This set came in several box types, 2 of which are shown here. The box on the left shows the box for continental Europe, without writing on the box top. The box on the right shows the USA Samsonite LEGO box, with "Model Maker" on the box top.

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So what likely happened was that with TLG LEGO sales in the USA... TLG may have feared that Samsonite LEGO sets from Canada could find their way to USA customers. So TLG decided to have unique set numbers for their USA sets... even though the same exact sets were sold in all countries. The fire sword (part 32588) cannot be dual-colored on LDD. It is supposed to be co-injected with 21 Bright Red and 191 Flame Yellowish Orange plastic. It has instead simply been colored 21 Bright Red.

The top and middle image show "LEGO System", which is standard for TLG production for continental Europe. The bottom image shows the British LEGO Ltd. version of the box with "The Building Toy", and this version was sold in Britain, Ireland and Australia. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of LEGO® Star Wars with the final battle for the fate of the Rebel Alliance – and the Empire! On the forest moon of Endor, a brave team of Rebels joins forces with a fierce tribe of Ewok warriors. Their mission: to destroy the secret Imperial bunker and take out the Death Star’s shields! This complete battle scene features an opening bunker with sliding blast doors, AT-ST scout walker with walking action, firing catapult, Ewok glider, 2 speeder bikes and 12 figures, including Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2, 3 Ewoks, 2 Scout Troopers, Death Star Trooper, and 2 Rebel Commandos! Overall, two very successful builds. I owe the latter to LDD 4's correction of a connectivity bug with part 30373-- the piece that forms the core of the model. Here are the 3 versions of the London Bus set... the top is the Europe/Australia box type, the middle one is the Canada box type, and the lower one is the USA box type... Part 41671 cannot be dual-colored in LDD. It should be co-injected with 40 Transparent and 106 Bright Orange plastic. It has instead simply been colored Bright Orange.

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The two Zamor Spheres (54821) cannot be attached to their launchers and have been left to the side of the model. The 2004 Maersk set was very popular (it was sold by LEGO Shop-At-Home), and in 2005 it was followed by a new edition that only differentiates from the 2004 version by mentioning "2005 Edition" on the box top.... The windscreen (2507) and 1x4 hinge (4315) are not available on LDD and have been left out of the model.

The 2011 introduced 10219 Maersk Container Train also had Maersk blue parts in that very nice train set. However, that appears to be the last Maersk set with actual Maersk blue colored parts.

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Parts 47299, 60917, 60926, 62386, 64251, 87794, 87807, and 87808 are not available in LDD and have been left out of the model. Because of this, Will Furno cannot be built, and all of his parts that are available have been left to the side. Chrome Silver is not available on LDD. The two harpoons (57467) have instead been colored 131 Silver.

Like the 340 Train Control Tower set, the Train Ferry Set had a different baseplate for Europe and Australia, than it did for USA/Canada Samsonite. The Samsonite baseplate has far more studs, and is much less complicated. The upper box, with minimal printing was mainly for the non-North American market, and does NOT list the content parts count. The lower box was used in North America, and shows English/French/Spanish text, the parts count... and also shows "EXCLUSIVE ANNIVERSARY EDITION" printed along the bottom front of the box. Due to the large number of both sets produced, there is really no difference in value for the 2 set types. However, this is not always the case. Another set from 1968 was the 343 Train Ferry Set. This too came in several versions, the upper box is the continental European version, the lower box is the USA Samsonite version. The 375 set for Canada was easy enough to tell apart from the 375 sets of Europe and Australia. Samsonite of Canada was still the LEGO licensee (until 1985) for that country... so there was always English/French writing somewhere on the box, and it would also mention Samsonite of Canada in small letters as well. LEGO boxes produced in the Czech Republic/Hungary sets produced for Europe generally have somewhat different printing on them than do those produced in Mexico for the North American market. This difference has often been the case, and in some decades past, there were even greater differences between boxes. During the late 1960s it was even likely that the sets themselves contained some different parts on both sides of the Atlantic. During the 1970s the same sets produced for the USA market even had different set numbers, than those produced for other countries. And even sets produced for the LEGO licensee (Samsonite for USA/Canada, Courtauld's (British LEGO Ltd.) for UK, Ireland, Australia) had different box types.Here's an example of a 1973/1974/1975 introduced set... the London Bus Set. The London Bus was introduced in Europe and Australia in 1973 under the 384 number, with minimal writing on the box. It was then introduced in Canada in 1974, also under the 384 number, but with "Building Toy" and "Jeu de Construction" in English and French within the LEGO logo on top of the box, and lesser writing in English and French (including mentioning Samsonite of Canada) on the side of the box. Then in 1975 the London Bus set came out under the 760 number, with the box showing English writing in large letters. (I'll explain the different set numbers in a bit). The laser cannons cannot attach due to a collision (may be an error; may not be-- I have neither the set nor the parts on hand to verify). They have been left to the side of the model. Also, the British LEGO Ltd. version (licensed to Courtauld's Corp.) has solid yellow glass garage doors in the set, even though the same trans-clear with yellow edging garage doors always shows on the box tops. The TLG continental European version of 325 always has the trans-clear garage doors with yellow edging. Here is another example... the 1978 introduced YELLOW CASTLE Set... introduced in Europe, Australia and Canada as set 375 in 1978, and as 6075 in the USA in 1980. In 1980 model set numbers went from 3 to 4 digits, which would explain the difference. The USA sets of the 1970s and 1980s had English writing, while the European/Australia versions came without writing (except mainly to list the ages of play for children, in different languages), since they were for countries covering many languages.