Review: Star Wars 75448 Clone Shock Trooper Mech

This is a new for 2026 set.  I haven't reviewed many of the Star Wars/Super Hero mech sets recently.  Mainly because the pricing on them was crappy.  I have a bunch in my "To Do" pile but as the pricing was pretty good for this one I figured I'd take a shot.

Box.  MSRP is $14.99, for a $0.10 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  4x7x1 Triple Inverted Slope, Bracket Brick, Chest

Armor, Printed Tile, Plate, Inverted Tile, Tiles w/Studs on

Ends, Double Studless Slope, Corner Plates, Large

Jumper, Grille Tile, Brackets, Ball Joint Plates, Cheese

Graters, Clip Plates, Bricks, Panel, Slopes w/Cutout, Round

Plates, Minifig Candle, Cheese Slopes, and Bar Claw.

Parts 2.  2x6x2/3 Bent Plates, Wedge Plates, Tile w/Studs on Edge,

Plates, Technic Plates, Studless Slopes, Bar Plates, Ball Joint Plates,

Corner Curved Slopes, Rounded Plates, Round Plates, Plate w/Pinhole,

Inverted Studless Slopes, Slopes w/Cutout, Studless Slopes w/Cutout,

Cheese Slopes, Bracket, Transparent Round Tiles, 1L Liftarms, Pin

w/Axleholder, Clip Bar Holders, Axle, Triggers, and Stud Shooter.

Parts 3.  2x6x2/3 Bent Plates, Brackets, Plates, 2x2x2/3 Plates w/2 Studs

on Side, Studless Slopes, Curved Slopes w/Studs, Double Curved

Wedges, Truncated Cones, Ball Joint Plates, Grille Tiles, Cheese

Slopes, Round Plates, Pin/Axles, and Studless Slopes w/Cutout.

Build.  Frame (2Rh+d8/2Rd/1Y/2W).

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  At.  (0)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +15 (A).  Plenty of good parts and a decent price for once.

Review: 30728 The Razor Crest Polybag

As it's May the Fourth, let's do a Star Wars review.  This is one of the "Free with Purchase" items from Lego for the event.  Hopefully it'll be more readily available once the movie drops.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99 for a $0.08 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Round Bricks w/Pinholes, Truncated Cones, Driving Ring Extensions,

Plates, Round Plates, Rounded Plate w/Pinhole, Brackets, Brick, Inverted

Slope, Corner Tiles, Axle Plates, Round Brick, Corner Tiles w/Cutout, Bar

Plate, Door Rail Plate, Jumpers, Inverted Slopes w/Cutout, Quarter Domes,

Ingots, Studless Slopes, Cheese Graters, Clip Tiles, Tile w/Studs on Ends,

Bar Studs, Axle, Half Pins, Friction Pins, Curved Slopes, and Offset Plate.

Build.  IO Frigate (2Ras+d8/2W).
 

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have

  parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)

Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  Ship-in-a-Bag.  It fits IO scale and has some interesting building techniques.

Review: 30727 Star Wars TIE Advanced Polybag

The new for 2026 polybags are starting to arrive.  It looks like paper packaging has finally made its way to the United States.  I found this one at Barnes & Noble.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99 for a $0.07 Price per Piece.  

Instructions.

Parts.  Half Circle Plate w/Cutout, Dishes, Plates, Translucent Plates, Bar

Plates, Double Inverted Slopes w/Cutout, Tiles, Large Jumpers, Slope, Wedge

Plates, Tiles w/Studs on Ends, Transparent Dish, Round Tiles, Clip Plates,

Brick w/Stud on Side, Corrugated Brick, Large Cheese Slopes, and Brackets.

Build 1.  Two Frames (2W) and a Station.  

Build 2.  Cannot be built at the same time

as Build 1.  Frame (2W) and a Station.

Build 3.  Cannot be built at the same time as

Build 1 and 2.  Set Build.  IO Frigate (2W).

Build 4.  Cannot be built at the same time as Build 1, 2, and 3.  IO Frigate (2W) and HVA.  You could turn the Frigate into a quad walker if you wanted too.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  Frame-in-a-Bag, Ship-in-a-Bag, useful pieces, good parts count, this one's a winner.

Review: 75391 Star Wars Microfighter Series 11 Captain Rex Y-Wing

Let's finish out the Star Wars Microfighter review week.  This is the release from last year, I'm calling it "Series 11" but there isn't a Series tag on the box.

Box.  MSRP was $12.99 for a $0.13 Price per Piece.  I paid $8.49 at Target for a $0.09 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Plates, Brick w/Studs on Side, Bricks w/Pinholes, Inverted

Arches, Stud Shooters, Bricks, Brackets, Corner Bricks w/Cutout,

Tiles, Translucent Plate, Cheese Slopes, Studless Slopes, Flick

 Missiles, Stud Shooter Triggers, Rounded Plate, and Round Plate.

Parts 2.  Corrugated Round Bricks, Truncated Cones,  Round Plates, Round Bricks

w/Pinholes, Translucent Dishes, Plate, Jumpers, Printed Cheese Slope, Translucent

Round Tiles, Studless Slopes, Translucent Cheese Slopes, Stadium Tiles, Friction

Pins, Axle/Pins, Bars, Wedge Plate w/Cutout, and Corner Tiles w/Cutout.

Build. Two IO Frigates (2Ras/1Y) and a HVA. 

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  Once again, nice pieces and colors but the price kills the score.   At the Clearance price it gets an A+.

Review: 75344 Star Wars Microfighter Series 10 Boba Fett's Starship

This release for the Star Wars Microfighter line is from two years ago.  I'm calling this "Series 10" but it doesn't have a Series tag on the box.  There was another set released that year but I never picked it up.

Box.  MSRP was $9.99 for a $0.12 Price per Piece.  I bought this for $4.00 at Walmart for a $0.05 Price per Piece

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Wedge Plates, Translucent Windscreen, Plates, Bracket

Bricks, Clip Plates, Tile, Rounded Plates, Large Cheese Slope,

Translucent Plates, Brackets, Inkwells, 3L Axle/Pins, Flick

Missiles, Wedge Slopes, Macaroni Bricks, and Cheese Slopes.

Parts 2.  Plate, Inverted Studless Slopes, Studless Slopes, Tile,

Wedge Plates, Brackets, Corner Wedge Slopes, Bricks w/

Axle Hole, Slopes, Panels, and Bricks w/Studs on Side.

Parts 3.  Dish, Macaroni Tiles,

Plates w/Pinhole, Tile, Large

Cheese Slopes, Bushings,

and Lightsaber Hilts.

 

Build.  IO Frigate (2Ras+d8/2W).  Systems are Black.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  This was a decent set -- good parts, good colors -- but that Price per Part kills the score.

Review: 75321 Star Wars Microfighter Series 9 Razor Crest

This release for the Star Wars Microfighter line is from three years ago.  I'm calling this "Series 9" but it doesn't have a Series tag on the box.  This was the only one released for that year.

Box.  MSRP was $9.99 for a $0.10 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig.

Fitting that the head is just a blank.

Parts 1.  Plates.  Wedge Plate w/Cutout, Wedge Plates, Bracket Brick, Tile w/Clips, Round

Bricks w/Pinholes, Brick w/Studs on Side, Bricks w/Pinhole & Plate, Bar Plate, Large

Jumper, Double Curve Slope, 2x2x2/3 Plates w/2 Studs on Side, Tiles w/Studs,

Brackets, Inverted Studless Slopes, Corner Plates, Offset Plate, and Stud Shooters. 

Parts 2.  Round Plates, Round Large Jumpers, Wedge Plate, Plates,

Grille Tiles, Ingot, Jumper, Wedge Studless Slopes, Large Cheese

Slopes, Tiles, Printed Large Cheese Slope, Cheese Graters, Friction

Pins, Translucent Round Plates, Quarter Circle Tiles, Translucent

Cheese Slopes, Truncated Cones, and Stud Shooter Triggers.

Build.  IO Frigate (2W).

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  At.  (0)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +15 (A).  It's not a bad set, you get a build and plenty of spare parts.

Review: 30708 Star Wars Millennium Falcon Polybag

This can be found in the Lego section of Walmart.  A quick glance at the package art leads me to believe that the set build may fit inside the size limit for Frigates in Intercept Orbit.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99 at Walmart for a $0.07 Price per Piece.  

Instructions.

Parts.  Quarter Circle Plates, Half Circle Plates w/Cutout, Quarter Circle Tiles,

Pin/Axle, Wedge Plates, Plates, Ingots, Taps, Minifig Binoculars, Round

Tiles w/Pinhole, Large Jumper, Dish, Truncated Cone, Brick w/Pinhole &

Plate, Translucent Plates, Apollo Studs, Rounded Plates, and Brackets.

Set Build.  IO Frigate.

Free Build.  Two IO Frigates and a HVA.

 

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  It's a Ship-in-a-Bag right out of the gate and you can stretch it into more than that if you don't want to build it as is.  Definitely worth it.

Review: 30685 Star Wars TIE Interceptor Polybag

Found in Target in the Toy Section on a sidekick with other polybags.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99, for a $0.10 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Wedge Plates, Brackets, Tiles, Round Jumpers, Dishes, Printed Translucent Dish, Plates, Hinge Plates, Grille Tiles, Large Cheese Slopes, and Bar Studs.

   

Set Build.  This is a good

size for an IO Frigate.  

Free Build.  With a few modifications you get a quad walker.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  At.  (0)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +15 (A).  A Frigate/Frame-in-a-Bag.  A couple more parts, or a few cents cheaper, and it would have the max score.

So it turns out this is my 2,000 post.  Guess my math was off as it's a couple weeks earlier than my prediction.

Review: 30680 Star Wars AAT Polybag

I know we're barely into 2024 but I was somewhat surprised to find two new poybags at Barnes & Noble.  This one is quite different from Wednesday's review though.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99, for a $0.07 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Dish, Plates, Wedge Plates, Round Tiles, Quarter Circle Curved Slopes, Arches, Curved Slopes w/Cutout, Bricks w/Stud on Side, Brackets, Slopes, Cones, Studless Slopes, Turntable Base, turntable Top, Double Curved Slopes, Boat Sliders, Minifig Hose Nozzles, Bar Plates, Plate w/Pinhole, Clip Plates, Rounded Plates, and Bar w/Stop.

Free Build.  IO Frigate (2Rs/2Y). 

 Set Build.  2Ra/1B/2Y.

Size Comparison 1. 

Size Comparison 2.  As you can see it pushes the edges of "The Box" but is somewhere between a Chub and a Classic in height.  

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  Frame-in-a-Bag.  I think a squad of these wouldn't look out of place on any gaming table.