Number of Pieces: 251
Year of Release: 2015
Minifigs: 3
Purchased Price: About SGD 50
The AAT played a big part in the famous battle on Naboo, annihilating the fellow tribesmen of Jar Jar effortlessly with its lethal armoury. It was almost a mismatch, given how primitive the weapons of the opposition possessed. Anyway, the AAT caught my attention with a design that resemble closely to a modern day tank - sloping armour plates, big guns and rotating turret. Any occupants must feel really safe inside this heavily fortified vehicle, especially when you see that you enemies are charging up to you with spears.
In the second year of launching the Star Wars range, LEGO decided to introduce the 1st generation 150+ piece AAT. If you have seen what shared the shelf back alongside the 7155 AAT, it is not hard to make the decision to purchase one then. In fact, if I had known that the value will sky rocket years later, I would have bought a few more then. In an era (back in 2000) where system building dominated the design and curvature was a foreign vocabulary in LEGO Star Wars, the 7155 brought a breathe of fresh air with a totally curved front armour and, get this, huge printed bricks! I remembered the only down side to the set then was the tendency for it to tip over due to the heavy command turret, relative to the overall weight of the AAT. How does LEGO outdo it with this set then?
Building Experience
This set comes packed in a slightly oversized box with the typical 2015 box design. The word "Disney" appeared at the right bottom corner of the front design, which made me suspect for a while if this is a "cartoon set" or a "movie set"? (I don't collect the former) After some research, I concluded it was not a Clone War or Rebel version which prompted me to include this in my collection inventory. I quite like the graphics on the front though, with Jar Jar Binks attempting to wrestle the cannon as seen in the Battle of Naboo, and as a result, sending the Battle Droids fleeing.
Three packs of bricks slipped out when I tear open the perforated lines on the box. Content also include a small 60+ page building instruction and a 16X2 piece used for the spine of the AAT. Splitting of the 200+ bricks into 3 packs seemed a little overzealous but I have to admit, it did make building a lot much faster. And in my case, it was a 30 minute uninspiring build.
The Finished AAT
Side profile |
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Front profile |
Levers for missiles activation |
The hazardous missiles |

Minifigs
In recent years, there have been numerous Star Wars sets that suck big time with the vehicle design but were saved by the excellent accompanying minifigs. This, on the other hand, is not one of them. While the three minifigs are appropriate companion to the AAT, they are uninspiring and appeared too many times in other sets. Guess I am really spoilt by the heightened standards of the minifigs now.
This Jar Jar Binks was first seen in 2012, with the 7929 Battle of Naboo set. I remembered I was rather impressed then with the revised design from its predecessor. The shield was especially impressive but after 3 years, the novelty has kind of worn off. Jar Jar comes with a one-piece highly detailed head piece and movie accurate colours. His torso is printed on both sides with very organic and primitive vest designs.
Do I need to introduce the droids? Ok. There are two. One common battle droid and the other, a blue pilot one. Period.
Conclusion
I cannot fully describe the sense of disappointment with this set. I guess the bar was set rather high by its predecessor 15 years ago, so much so that it will almost take a miracle to overcome that expectation, especially given that this is not a big vehicle and therefore, has its limitation in terms of how much it can improved on. Having said that, I still feel rather let down and is now in urgent need of a good build next to soothe my melancholic soul. Bring on a UCS next!
+ Better stability and sturdiness
- Disappointing curved amour plate design: too bulky and no printings!
- Empty cockpit? Really?
- Spring loaded missiles kept firing off accidentally
- Uninspiring minifigs