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The Hasbro Naboo Fighter is one of the better Hasbro Star Wars vehicles I have seen since the Landspeeder. One of my only problems with it is the fact that the tail (which starts out separate from the fighter when packaged) is slightly wobbly, and it often pops out. Also, the firing missile is tedious to find and put back into the fighter, only to be shot back across the room, but I have this problem with all projectile-firing products. The “Movie Sound” buttons are placed out-of-the-way enough that you can’t accidentally trigger an annoying noise, a problem I have had with the Han Solo Blaster Pistol, but conveniently enough that you get it going on your first try, a problem I have had with the “Power FX” Luke in X-Wing. As for the educational value … Is “Star Wars” REALLY 5 Stars educationally? Come on! The most intellectual part is the scrolling credits! Still, a good toy otherwise.


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  • Irving [ 02Jul10]

    After reading a lot of the reviews here, it convinced me that this next version of Rouge Sqaudren was just as good, or even, better then Rougue.

    Well, I’ve played Rougue Squadren many, many times, again and again over the years.. and I just recently bought this game expecting a game thats just as good, but I have been let down dramaticly.

    First off. You need to know passwords to access things to help you to get through a lot of the levels, it’s too hard without them. The game play is sluggish at times, but a lot of the feel of R.S is lost in this version. There is no veiw from inside the cockpit in this one either.

    Secondly, there is hardly any ships you can use. Even when you unlock all the crafts, there is only the Naboo fighter (which is in Rouge Squadren if you use the code to unlock it) and it’s just the same as an X-wing. There is a Naboo Bomber. Which is just like the bombers in R.S only it’s a four engine Naboo plane, very slow, hard to monover and almost useless at times. There is a Naboo Police fighter or something that is just a Blue Naboo fighter with less capabilities, you can also unlock the Sith fighter, which is probably the best one to use on mission thats you can use it in. On other levels there is ones where you use Speeders, there’s 3 speeder roughly the same with diffrent speeds and guns but all handle about the same, plus you can unlock an ATT tank which is fun, but not helpfull in some areas. And there is a boat sort of thing you use on a couple of water levels. This game lacks fun with the ships because most of them are the same with different speeds.. at least R.S you knew which ship was best for what and could use them on most missions, this one has a few levels where you can use ships, but without codes you can only use 1 per level, and when you get the medals you can have about 3 to choose a level, or 4 if you have codes.

    Gaining medals in this one blows, because in R.S you needed the infinitie lives code to win, but in this one you still have to have 3 lives left to achieve it, because even tho you wont get a game over, the end stats still say you crashed or died -3 times, which makes it annoying to stay alive and not commit suicide to get your rockets, or missles back to hom ein on enemys for a much easier and quicker win.

    When reading things here I thought when they said you could change ships during a mission meant during the game at any time, but thats not the case at all. In a couple of the missions you start off with a ground patrol, or a flight patrol and find your way to a hanger and THEN you select what craft you want to continue the mission with. That idea is ok, I guess.. but doesnt make this game better then R.S.

    It’s very hard to see vice droids when your shooting at them. They blend in with the back ground color, and there not easy to target for some reason untill your up close to them.

    The 3 bonus missions arnt much, the most fun I had on one of the missions was the last one, the battle above Naboo. You have to take out the sheilds and radars of that ship Aniken blows up from the inside. It’s short, but not too bad.

    There are a few changes from R.S, but this one is a downfall compared to it. It’s not as much fun, there not enough crafts, it would have been nice for codes to enable the Falcon or Tie Fighter or X-wings or something… it’s imposible to get the medals above the Gold rank.

    This game lacks the fun and adventture the last one had.

     
  • Benbassat [ 02Jul10]

    I am really getting into this game! I like the missions a lot. The strategy is like Rogue: you need to pay attention to what your friendly ships doing, you have to pay attention to what they’re saying, and you have to pay attention to the mission objectives. Escorting convoyes, freeing prisoners, locating a downed ship are some objectives you have to complete. The variety of ships and changing vehicles mid-mission does add a lot to it. Nice movie sounds – hum of the STAP, Episode 1 droid (Federation Droid Army) voices. Effects – firing though a canyon echoes everywhere. Stereo – Droid ships passing by pan L-R in stereo. Lighting effects – firing laser through dark canyon lights it up as it passes through (like Forsaken 64). Varied vehicles – each handle and fire differently. Approximately same difficulty, style and just as fun as Rogue. A 50/50 blend of land and air vehicles is a primary difference (Rogue was all air combat). The AI is the same as Rogue, the Droid ships are flying on invisible roller coaster rails, just manuever behind them and blast away. Beautiful scenary. Control of the Naboo ship in the outer space missions – a little confusing at times. I think any fan of Episode 1 and/or Rogue Squadron will like this game. If you watch the first half hour of Phantom Menace again, it’s neat to see how this game expands on the story of the Trade Federation occupation of Naboo. Very cool!

     
  • Newmyer [ 03Jul10]

    I played this game a couple of years ago, and beat it. I enjoyed it the best I could, but I couldn’t help feeling that is wasn’t that fun. It was basically an updated version of Rogue Squadron, “with better graphics and new campaigns.”

    If you have an N64, these graphics will amaze you, as they are better than any other N64 game, “except for Mario 64.”

    In the end, this is a decent game, just not the best.

     
  • Hood [ 03Jul10]

    This is an exelent game,if you like being in ground speeders.It is very similar to Rouge Squadron.You go into space,something new if you played Rouge Squadron.It has exelent graphics.

     
  • Hatch [ 04Jul10]

    I’ve had this toy for 2 years now, and still havent changed the battery, Amazing ha!. Its smooth, I keep admiring the shape of it, its amazing! Just like in the movie. The Cockpit ‘lid’ pops open, and inside is pretty well detailed. R2-D2 is behind the cockpit, you cant pull him out but his head rotates. Behind R2-D2 is two clear buttons, so it dosent stand out. The front one activates the ‘flyby’ sound. The second makes the laser’s light up and a shooting sound. Underneath the N-1 Naboo fighter is nice smooth chrome, also the proton torpedo is there, just push the ‘misslie’ into the hole and it should click in. To fire it press a small clear button. The tail of the starfight comes off, so does the engines. The tail sometimes droops. When you get the Starfighter in packaging, you will have the parts nicely stored in cardboard.With the loose parts (Engines and tail) just push them into the appropriate sockets. To take them off, just pull on it till it comes out, dont worry it wont break.

    I would’nt give it to kids under 3 0r 5, as of the protin torpedo and the detachable parts.

     
  • Birdwell [ 04Jul10]

    Cockpit needs work as most figures do not fit without work.

     
  • Barnes [ 05Jul10]

    Upon reading the other reviews, I think we must have gotten a slightly flawed toy. The ship is sleek and looks great, and my son loves it, but our cockpit lid fell off about 2 days after we got it. I put it back on but it just falls off again. My son, who is slightly too young to really compare his toy to the one in the movie, doesn’t care at all about the missing cockpit lid. We also accidently stepped on the pointy tail and bent it, and we can’t straighten it out again. Once again, my son doesn’t care, and he still plays with this toy a lot.

     
  • Ferro [ 05Jul10]

    We’ve had the Naboo Fighter for over a year now and it doesn’t sit still for very long. My son plays with it several times a week. The parts have held up well, and I’ve not had to replace the batteries, yet.

     
  • Kiefer [ 06Jul10]

    My friend loaned me these CD’s recently, and let me say they are nothing compared to the original soundtracks.

    The recordings sound actually half decent for synthesized instruments, but after hearing the superb London Symphony Orchestra in the original recordings, any artificial orchestra (and even some real orchestras!) is a real let-down. Especially painful are the sequences which call for lots of brass; the LSO was so great at delivering a theme at full blast in an intense action scene, and the MIDI brass just sounds cheesey. The interpretation is poor in a few key sequences as well, too.

    Star Wars fans really deserve better than this; get the re-mastered trilogy set:
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002YCVLU/qid=1121091193/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8155271-9982339?v=glance&s=music

     
  • Keeffe [ 06Jul10]

    Let me start out by saying that this album isn’t nearly as bad as many people are saying. I bought it about a year ago at a store up here when the initial album I was looking for was sold out. Not wanting to leave empty handed, I glanced around and found this totally by chance (maybe the force made me find it, who knows:)) and decided to give it a shot.

    I wasn’t entirely sure of what to expect when I put it in once I got back. Initially after the first fifteen minutes of listening to it, I started to feel as if I maybe should have bought something else, BUT at the same time it was still catchy enough to leave in until the end of the first disc. Before I knew it, I listened to all three discs in one sitting while working on a paper and I must say, it was definitely worth whatever I payed for it.

    The music is different enough where if you’re getting tired of listening to the same things over and over, you can put it in and not worry about listening to something you’ve heard millions of times over. However the music is similar enough where if you’re in a Star Wars mood, you can put it in and still be satisfied.

    The “sythnesized” Star Wars sound is very catchy after a while and a very good addition to any hard core Star Wars fans’ collection, or just to anyones collection of music in general. It’s interesting to hear how the music is still able to catch all of the emotion that is in the original soundtracks (especially in Episode III) and still sound different. I will admit that the tracks seem to be a bit out of “order”. While episodes 4, 5 and 6 come first (which is fine) episode 2 is next, followed by 1, then episode 3, and then back to episode 2 again. Not sure why this is, but it’s not a real big deal, just a little odd. Definitely worth buying if you’re into collecting all things Star Wars.

     
  • Ishikawa [ 07Jul10]

    I’m gonna keep this one short & sweet…I’m a lifetime fan of Star Wars, loved the music as much as I’ve loved the movies themselves, sought to buy the original scores, had to choose between the real deal and this one, saved 20 bucks buying the Story Continues, and loved it from day one. However, once listened to a few times from start to finish one can’t help but spot the obvious, while this is an awesome production and re-recording of the original scores, the Global Stage Orchestra relies solely on synthesized instruments and you can feel the absence of REAL instruments. But it’s still a keeper…especially for the Imperial death march. ~*REDD*~

     
  • Erlandson [ 07Jul10]

    The synthesized instruments sound horrible. First off, when I bought this, I saw the name “Global Stage Orchestra” and was looking forward to hearing an orchestra — of real instruments. What I was in for was a bad synthesized interpretation of John Williams wonderful music. If he were dead, I’m sure that he would roll over in his grave.

    Many instruments sound so bad that it’s distracting. For example, the smooth woodwind lines in “Duel of the Fates” sound detached and mechanical. Some brass instruments (which Williams uses liberally) sound more like car horns. Obviously not put together by a vocalist… the rear cover reads “MUSIC AND VOCALS PERFORMED BY THE GLOBAL STAGE ORCHESTRA.” Apparently vocals are not music… which may be close to the truth in this case, since the vocals sound like hollow midi sampled voices. With so many great recordings out there… spend the extra few dollars and get a recording from a real orchestra.

     
  • Enright [ 08Jul10]

    This made a nice birthday gift for a 9-year old boy interested in Star Wars. He was very excited about it. Something different.

     
  • Brink [ 08Jul10]

    I ordered this for myself because, well I’m a Star Wars kid from the 70’s. I’m pretty sure I had all the action figures and the DeathStar for them to play in. So I thought it would be nostalgic. Overall the product is great, and fairly simple to set up. Plus my employer doesn’t have a policy barring this from being proudly displayed in my cubicle. The disappointing part… only 2 “Sea Creatures” hatched and I think the bigger one ate the smaller one.

     
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