Story and Photos by David Syczylo (Boba Binks)

 

INTRODUCTION
Armed with cannons, long-range missiles, torpedoes and bombs, the Y-Wing Bomber is one of the Republic's primary combat vessels. Clone Troopers and Jedi both pilot this vessel on assault and reconnaissance missions. A gunner sitting in the bubble-domed turret can blast attacking ships approaching from behind, while the pilot can fire forward-mounted cannons and torpedoes at enemy vessels up ahead. Y-Wing Bombers see action from the first days of the Clone Wars and help destroy the deadly new Separatist vessel Malevolence.

The Y-Wing Bomber measures at 27" long! Clearly one of the largest and scale accurate vehicles produced by Hasbro. If this trend continues there will not be much room to display such fine items in collections around the galaxy.

So is this ship worth the expensive price tag? No. This ship could easily be sold for in my opinion in the prince range of $34.99 - $39.99. Just because it is “new” does not mean Hasbro had to jack up prices (repainted ARC Fighters come to mind). With the expensive price tag it would have been nice to include an Astromech Droid since all we have so far in the Clone Wars line is R2-D2 and R3-S6 "Goldie."

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

  • Retail $64.99 to $69.99

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