LEGO Star Wars 8038 The Battle of Endor

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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. 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 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.The windscreen (2507) and 1x4 hinge (4315) are not available on LDD and have been left out 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. 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.

This set came in 2 different box designs... the older 1966-67 box (top image), and the later 1968-70 box image (middle and bottom image). The top image is older because it shows prototype gas pumps, which are unknown in any collection. 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... The two Zamor Spheres (54821) cannot be attached to their launchers and have been left to the side of the model. 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).

Frequently Asked Questions about Lego set 8038 Star Wars The battle of Endor

The corrugated pipes and rubber bands could not be flexed into position and have been left to the side of the model. 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. 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. The blast doors on the front of the shield generator bunker cannot be opened together. They are opened separately by different cogs. Also, the exploding armour-plated walls on the sides of the building cannot be launched off, but still can be removed.