TIE Bomber

Name: LEGO TIE Bomber 4479
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 4479

69 · MIXED REVIEWSINVESTMENT GRADE: BB2003230 pcsHigh agreement · 99%

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LOVED (8)

01Accurate proportions
02Good functions
03Clever integration of missile launcher within secondary pod

+5 more with Collector

CRITICIZED (8)

01Fragile construction with wobbling Technic pin connections
02Odd colour distribution, particularly blue pieces on fuselage
03Absence of cockpit controls

+5 more with Collector

Build Facts what critics report

🧩 Difficulty

intermediate

🎯 Audience

all

📐 Size

Big and somewhat bulky

In Their Words most-used terms across every critic review

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What reviewers are saying

"I never fancied this set much. It's big and somewhat bulky. Still I got me two of them. (They were cheap), and now I am actually quite fond of it."

EuroBricks

"Among very few Original Trilogy models never revisited by LEGO Star Wars, a minifigure-scale TIE Bomber is undoubtedly the most notorious."

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Ecosystem

10188 DS (Millennium Falcon) 87 — Reviewer notes uncertainty about whether the TIE included in the 10188 Death Star uses the same modular building approach as the standalone TIE sets.

7263 TIE Fighter — Uses the same wing connection construction with Technic pins linking fuselage and solar arrays; reviewer personally owned 7263 as child and found wobble bothersome, though wing detachment was fun for simulating explosions

75008 TIE Bomber & Asteroid Field 71 — Original pilot minifigure design of 4479 was only replaced in 2013 with 75008, testament to its excellence

75347 TIE Bomber 72 — Modern 75347 is certainly more accurate in design than 4479; however 4479 has superior bomb-dropping playability with downward-firing flick-missiles versus 75347; 4479 offers more play value and configurability

🎨 Designer Jens Kronvold Frederiksen (named by critics)

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"I never fancied this set much. It's big and somewhat bulky. Still I got me two of them. (They were cheap), and now I am actually quite fond of it."

Key Pros

✓Good playability with missile launcher and detachable modular parts
✓Modular design allows for easy ship dismantling during play
✓Fair pricing for the period and piece count

Key Cons

✕Bulky appearance
✕Annoying use of missile launchers (detracts from film accuracy)

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Editorial Source

"Among very few Original Trilogy models never revisited by LEGO Star Wars, a minifigure-scale TIE Bomber is undoubtedly the most notorious."

Key Pros

✓Accurate proportions
✓Good functions
✓Clever integration of missile launcher within secondary pod

Key Cons

✕Fragile construction with wobbling Technic pin connections
✕Odd colour distribution, particularly blue pieces on fuselage

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Minifigures & Standout Parts

In this set (1)

Imperial TIE Fighter Pilot - Brown Head

Standout parts (per reviewers)

missile launcher
Featured on the bomb-section; uses the standard fancy missile design. Reviewer notes this is an ever-beloved component but also finds it somewhat annoying as it adds playability at the expense of film accuracy.
Printed ordnance pod elements
Superb printed elements recreating braces flanking missile aperture on original vehicle
4x4 and trans-blue 2x2 dishes
Consistent with other TIE Fighter sets released during early and mid-2000s

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