Lego Star Wars Review Set 7753 Pirate Tank

The Lego Star Wars Set 7753, Pirate Tank, is part of the Clone Wars series of sets released in 2009. The set is a vehicle featured in the Clone Wars TV series episode Dooku Captured where a gang of pirates lead by Hondo Ohnaka captured Count Dooku and took him to their hideout on the planet Florrum.

The Pirate Tank Lego set is a Special Edition, which means it is only available online at Lego Shop At Home and select speciality stores. It comes with 372 pieces, 3 minifigures and retails for $39.99. The minifigures include Obi-Wan Kenobi in the same gear as in the Republic Attack Gunship (7676) and the new figures of pirates Hondo Ohnaka and Turk Falso who both have detailed printing on the rear of their head pieces. It is a good cross section of figures and a relatively cheap way to purchase Obi Wan in Clone Wars gear and two exclusive and highly detailed figures.

The tank vehicle Tank measures 9′? inches (24.1cm) long and 6 inches (15.2cm) wide. It has wheels underneath to move it along the ground. The canon swivels easily and a minifigure can be placed in the canon chair, while flick fire missiles sit in the front and back of the vehicle. There is also a mechanism that pops open an area in the top of the tank to house either a driver or a prisoner.

It is a good looking set, quite an unusual design for a tank with a long thin shape instead of the regular short and wide design, and the tank could double as a flying space ship if you are not worried about breaking Star Wars canon.  The set contains stickers which is a shame because the pieces and colors are quite nice and would have been impressive pieces without stickers.

Overall a good set with some nice screen-accurate figures and a sleek, well designed vehicle.