Thanks to a fellow shipyarder,"thanks again, John" I was able to acquire this version of the Arc 170 that I had been looking for and hadn't found yet.
First off, what a great looking package on this one. The box art is excellent and makes one wonder weather or not the box should be opened or just displayed as is. I couldn't resist though and opened this one up like a Christmas present.
The fighter is well packed as they always are and the individually wrapped parts are well secured and easy to find and assemble using the easy to read instructions. This ship features, a stunning paintjob, two opening canopies with seating for three"two in the front and a tailgunner for the back", opening x-foils, a rotating tail gun, firing missiles from the wingtips, one retractable landing gear, and two bombs that are triggered to drop from a trap door that is triggered from the well thought out and placed retractable handle with trigger that swings down from a trap door in the bottom of the fuselage. Of all of the ROTS era ships, this is one of the most correctly scaled to the 3 3/4 figure size along with the Jedi Star Fighters, in my opinion. This is defiantly my favorite release of the arc-170 and will be a proud addition to my ship collection.
