You don't want to spend more than 200 € for a set of which only the box is really exclusive but you still want to be able to reproduce its contents? LEGO Star Wars set instructions Detention Block Rescue sold during the Star Wars Celebration 2017 convention are now available.

The PDF isn't high quality, but it's still better than nothing while waiting for a cleaner scan of the instructions.

No exclusive or unseen pieces or minifigs in this box, you can reproduce the scene with your usual inventory.

I integrated the parts list at the end of the PDF document to download at this address, it will save you from juggling between files.

If you absolutely want to get the box, you can go for a ride on eBay where it is trading around $ 200/250.

LEGO has just unveiled the exclusive set which will be on sale at the brand's booth during the Star Wars Celebration 2017 convention which will take place from April 13 to 16 in Orlando (USA).

For $ 40, those who have had the chance to be drawn to purchase this set entitled "Detention Block Rescue"will find there 220 parts to assemble the scene seen in theEpisode IV and two minifigs: Luke Skywalker and Han Solo in Stormtrooper gear.

Find it on eBay now in "pre-order" or from next April 13 for a price around 250/300 dollars.

Let's try to see the bright side of things, this will be the only exclusive offered by LEGO during the convention. No information for the moment on the number of copies which will be on sale.

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75419 Ultimate Collector Series Death Star, a very large box of 9023 pieces which will be available as an Insiders preview from October 1, 2025 on the official online store at the public price of €999,99.

It's clear that this new set hasn't met with unanimous approval among fans since the first leaks that took place a few weeks ago on the usual channels, and yesterday's official announcement only confirms the product's divisive nature. Its public price, which for the first time in the history of LEGO products reaches the symbolic threshold of €1000, to within a cent, has provoked mixed reactions, with those who consider the price excessive on one side and those who would possibly be willing to pay the requested amount, but not for the product as it is presented.

For LEGO, this public price is, in my opinion, above all a fantastic marketing operation which places the brand even more among the manufacturers who can afford to practice such an uninhibited pricing policy.

Whether the product sells well or not is ultimately of little importance; history will only remember the announcement of an overpriced adult toy which should in principle highlight all the know-how of the world number one in its field and contribute both to further establishing the manufacturer's reputation and to boosting sales of less ambitious but also less expensive products.

Regarding the artistic bias at work here, it is a proposal made by the manufacturer via its designers and it is up to everyone to appreciate it. We can debate the interest of offering a product that is in fact only an amalgam of mini dioramas gathered in a giant donut open on both sides but I think that many fans were influenced by the first leaks concerning the product and that the wait was a little surreal in the absence of visuals to confirm that LEGO was not going to market a giant ball. Let's be honest, if this box had been sold for €500, almost no one would find fault and the debate would probably not take place.

I'll make this clear for anyone who might be tempted to think I spend my time criticizing LEGO products. I'm a LEGO fan by default, committed to the cause, and so I'm just trying to keep a critical and objective view of the products I'm talking about here. It's simply a matter of pointing out anything that seems reasonably problematic to me with these products, rather than serving you endless descriptions of what you see for yourselves in the photos or serving you the soup without highlighting any potential flaws that I consider to be important.

Long-time collectors will know that LEGO has already covered the various topics covered here, often with individual proposals that are sometimes more detailed: the scene in which Luke and Leia escape in the set 75229 Death Star Escape (2019), Vader's meditation chamber in the set 75296 Darth Vader's Meditation Chamber (2021), the trash compactor in the set 75352 Emperor's Throne Room Diorama (2022), the throne room in the sets 75093 Death Star Final Duel (2015) 75291 Death Star Final Duel (2020) et 75352 Emperor's Throne Room Diorama (2023) or the exclusive set Detention Block Rescue (2017) and the set 7264 Imperial Inspection (2005) for other scenes seen on screen. Many therefore ultimately see here only a simplified and very expensive synthesis of these different scenes, all vaguely packaged in a giant, almost round but too flat pancake.

This Death Star does not seem to meet the expectations of many fans who see it as a playset for wealthy adults or spoiled children rather than a product that deserves the label Ultimate Collector Series and I quite agree with this state of mind but for very personal reasons: I do not blame LEGO for having chosen an 80 cm disc, the idea is in my opinion not bad, but I cannot be satisfied with the level of execution of the thing. This product does not do better than the rest of the manufacturer's offer on many points while its price positioning could have led one to hope for an exceptional set.

I repeat, as I do every time I present a product to you: this is not about giving you a Prévert-style inventory of all the product's subtleties. Don't spoil yourself because you'll also be spending your €1000 just to have the pleasure of discovering certain details, and spoiling the surprise would be pointless, or at least probably wouldn't change your mind about your potential purchasing intentions.

The usual technical defects that can legitimately be criticized for standard LEGO products are also present here, with numerous pieces scratched upon unpacking, a sticker sheet that is unacceptable at this price, minifigs, some of which are cheap with minimalist or no pad printing, and a finish that frankly leaves something to be desired in places.

The building experience isn't phenomenal, with assembly that's certainly entertaining and time-consuming enough to give the impression of getting value for money, but ultimately just involves stacking bricks without any particularly original techniques. There's no complex internal structure based on elements from the Technic ecosystem; it's barely at the level of a Structure without the interior fittings whose construction could add a little diversity and this product makes intensive use of very large elements without compensating with more meticulous and satisfying phases. This Death is an assembly of modules to be built separately with a certain overall fragility which does not facilitate movement.

This is one of the problems with this set, which is supposedly aimed at a demanding clientele: a lot of empty space. Under the pretext of reproducing the Death Star with its endless corridors, LEGO takes the opportunity to install sections with a very minimalist finish everywhere. It lacks finishing details even though we all know that the Death Star is not an IKEA store, and we have the impression of being faced with a playset of the usual level whose different scenes are connected to each other by long corridors that are a little too empty, just bigger and more voluminous.

LEGO does make the effort to include some features that could be described as playful in this product, such as the ability to set the trash compactor in motion using a dial on the back of the build, a working elevator that moves between levels, a rotating axle that allows you to switch between two views of the planet Alderaan, some sliding doors, and a retractable section of the bridge in the tractor beam area to recreate the scene with Luke and Leia. However, once again, these are features of a children's playset that will only be used once or twice to verify that they work properly.

LEGO is trying to sell us an overpriced toy and is doing its utmost to offer us this playability that many would have been happy to do without in favor of something more visually accomplished. In any case, these features are probably not what will tip the scales in favor of a possible purchase for those who are hesitant because of the high price of the product. Once again, LEGO is not following through on its own concept and this product, which could have offered real interactivity, does not, for example, offer any possibility of motorizing the elevator, even separately, or integrated lighting for the darkest spaces.

Another flaw that smacks of cost savings: the back of the construction, which was clearly not the designers' main concern. There was probably a way to properly "close" the other side of the playset while remaining well within the budget, but you'll have to settle for a really basic finish with panels used on the other side that remain clearly visible, or the white strips that serve as stars on the opening of the hanger and that protrude from the back.

We can reassure ourselves by saying that this product is only designed to be displayed against a wall, all this still reeks of a lack of effort to offer a model usable on all its sides. We will also have to deal with the curved section of the throne room canopy, it protrudes at the back and will prevent the Death Star from being properly placed against a wall. For €1000, I think we could have had a curved back face allowing us to present the Death Star with its dioramas visible or simply in the shape of a half-sphere with its exterior surface visible. One clarification: do not expect to hang the product which shows a little more than 8 kg on the scale on the wall, it is not structurally designed for that and nothing is planned.

You have to deal with a huge sheet of stickers and the presence of these stickers, already difficult to tolerate in much cheaper products, borders on indecency here. How can you market a plastic product at €125 per kg that is supposed to serve as a showcase of the manufacturer's know-how and impose more than sixty stickers. The latter are graphically very well done with real attention to detail but this Death Star deserved better than these stickers that will one day end up peeling off. LEGO does not even provide a second spare sheet of these consumables.

As for the figurines, we're promised 38 characters. This figure should impress us, with the guarantee of being able to fill the construction with original and varied minifigs. The selection is, however, mixed with a large handful of identical figurines, sometimes down to a face: half a dozen Stormtroopers, two Imperial Royal Guards, two Imperial Navy Troopers, two Imperial Crew Members and two Imperial Gunners, i.e. fourteen minifigs for five variants.

We still have three variants of Luke Skywalker, two variants of Han Solo, Chewbacca, Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader, Palpatine, Grand Moff Tarkin, Colonel Yularen, Admiral Motti, General Tagge, Director Krennic, an Imperial Navy Officer, an Imperial Shuttle Pilot, an unnamed Imperial dignitary, Galen Erso, the droids 5D6-RA-7 ​​and R3-T6, and a Hot Tub Stormtrooper, a running gag seen in several Star Wars-licensed video games since 2006, notably under the nickname Beach Trooper.

There are actually only seven new characters never before seen in the LEGO Star Wars range in this box: Admiral Motti, his assistant the droid 5D6-RA-7, General Tagge, the anonymous Imperial dignitary, the astromech droid R3-T6, Galen Erso and the Hot Tub Stormtrooper. The rest of the cast delivered in this set has logically already been seen in other sets in the range which dealt with the subject and not everything is new here with already available elements reused for Palpatine, Darth Vader, the six Stormtroopers, the two Navy Troopers, the two Imperial Gunners, R2-D2, C-3PO and Chewbacca.

The pad printing of the imperial officers' torsos is correct, however we regret the lazy use of neutral pairs of legs or the absence for example of a pattern on the bottom of the imperial dignitary's robe. I am especially disappointed to see that LEGO does not take this opportunity to replace the usual soft fabric capes with plastic versions. This is already the case in other ranges and in much cheaper products, the manufacturer in my opinion misses a technical opportunity that could have raised the overall level of the set a little and tried to justify its price.

This selection of figurines leaves me with mixed feelings, with some good ideas, some new characters, but also a lot of reuse of common elements, and an overall finish that is also not at the level of an overpriced set for demanding fans.

It is also worth mentioning here the offer associated with the launch of this set from October 1, 2025 with the possibility of receiving a copy of the promotional set as a gift. 40771 TIE Fighter with Imperial Rack (236 pieces) with a TIE Fighter, the hangar mount in the designated location, two Stormtroopers and a pilot leaves an aftertaste of content removed from the initial product to make it an artificial "gift" that should motivate the undecided. It's almost mean for a set sold for €1000, we could have hoped for real preferential treatment worthy of the investment with a more exclusive promotional product.

As you know, I rarely mention the packaging of the products I'm talking about. But the snub here is so amusing that I'm still showing you some views of the inside of the box as well as the visual present on the three sub-packages that contain the 81 bags and the six instruction booklets. We'll especially remember the very pretty visual that highlights the Death Star in its real form. A bonus that probably won't change your mind, Palpatine is in the bag bearing the number 66.

I want to appreciate this product despite the flaws I note and I will be one of those who will acquire it as soon as it is launched. I am not disappointed by the choice to make a giant diorama in the form of a large, slightly narrow disc, but I still cannot be satisfied with the very approximate finish of the thing. If you are looking to convince yourself that this product is exceptional in every way, you will easily find enough to do so in the four corners of the internet in the coming days. Sorry not to come and feed a little more the marketing machine which will find excuses and justifications for all the flaws stated here, I will pay €1000 for this box like many other fans and I am all the more demanding with what I do with my money when it comes to such large sums.

It's simply LEGO like you find in the entire usual product range, nothing more, nothing less, without special attention to the points that often pose problems. It's a shame, the most expensive set in the manufacturer's history was also supposed to be a milestone in terms of the care taken in the overall finish of the product and this is clearly not the case. It's just bigger and therefore more expensive.

Note: The product shown here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at September 25, 2025 at 23:59 p.m. Simply post a comment below the article to enter. Please note: your opinion of this product has no influence on your chances of winning.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars Diorama Collection set 75339 Death Star Trash Compactor, a box of 802 pieces which will be available at the public price of €89.99 from April 26, 2022. With this new collection of mini-dioramas, LEGO is frankly targeting adult fans who do not have the space or the desire to fill their living room with imposing vessels or other devices from the Star Wars universe but who still wish to display their passion for the saga via a few discreet decorative elements. It was already the possibility offered by the helmets marketed since 2021 and these new stagings will bring a little diversity on the shelves of the fans.

To launch this new collection, LEGO has therefore selected three "cult" scenes from the saga. The selection was not very difficult: in the Star Wars universe everything is more or less cult for many fans and the product in question here refers to the scene of Episode IV (To New Hope) in which Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia, and Chewbacca become stuck in the 3263827 trash compactor. The place is inhabited by a dianoga, a creature that attacks Luke Skywalker before C3-PO and R2-D2 prevent everyone from ending up in an imperial pancake.

The construction with its base and its three ends of walls is very quickly assembled. The scene is presented on a support designed to give it cachet and allow it to end its career honorably on a shelf. The back wall with its magnetic closing door (in the film) is fixed. The two sections of side walls are mobile and can be manually brought closer to the center of the diorama to simulate the start-up of the compactor. No complex mechanism or gears with a wheel at the end, you push with your fingers.

A very satisfying little detail: the construction of these two side panels seems messy at first glance, but we see that on arrival everything fits together perfectly, provided you have carefully placed the different minifigs in the intended locations beforehand. We can therefore have fun five minutes to put the grinder into action by pushing on the walls and the integrated functionality has at least the merit of offering two possibilities of exposure.

The dianoga certainly deserved better than the frankly symbolic representation proposed here. The critter plays a significant role in this scene, but unfortunately it only has one red eye that protrudes from the center of the diorama. In their time, the sets 10188 Death Star (2008) et 75159 Death Star (2016) which depicted the waste compactor in one of the compartments of the Death Star at least made the effort to offer us an assembly of a few parts to correctly embody the creature and there was no doubt a way to make a little better on an exhibition product entirely to the glory of this scene of a few minutes.

C-3PO and R2-D2 are installed behind the diorama facing the console which allows them in the film to disable "all mechanical grinders that are level 5". On the screen, the two droids are obviously not just behind the wall of the room in question, but their integration into the construction went through this shortcut and it is well executed. One could almost regret the lack of finish on the back of the diorama but the presence of the two droids is more of a wink than anything else.

LEGO has chosen to illustrate each of the products in its Diorama Collection by using a line of dialogue pad-printed on a Tile placed on the front. We are therefore entitled here to the sentence pronounced by Han Solo: "...One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner!...". This line of dialogue in English is not necessarily remembered by French-speaking fans who will best remember the phrase "...there is one thing for sure, it's that we're all going to lose a lot of weight..." and LEGO would have been well advised to propose the Tile in different languages, to give meaning to its presence in non-English-speaking markets. We'll do with the original version.

No stickers in this box, the three patterned elements are stamped. To populate this mini diorama, we get six figurines: Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2. The most observant will have noticed that these figurines combine new elements and parts already seen in other sets in the past: C-3PO keeps his head available since 2012 with his eyes more or less well centered depending on the boxes and he enjoys a brand new torso and pair of legs. The pad printing is very successful and LEGO finally makes the effort to properly dress this droid whose arms and feet usually remained neutral.

R2-D2 reuses the dome seen in several boxes since 2020 but it benefits from pad printing on both sides of the white cylinder. The minifigure now lives up to what you would expect from a manufacturer like LEGO and R2-D2 finally has a truly accomplished representation.

The Princess Leia figurine uses the torso available since 2016, the head which dates from 2019 and which is also used for Captain Marvel and the hairstyle which dates from 2011. Chewbacca remains equal to itself, it is the figurine of 2014 which is provided here.

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo inaugurate a new version of the Stormtroopers armor on which Luke receives the head dating from 2015 which has also been used by Gunther from Central Perk and Han Solo the head marketed since 2014. I prefer this version of the armor to the one seen in the set 75159 Death Star (2016) then in the mini-set exclusive to the Star Wars Celebration convention in 2017, the reference Detention Block Rescue, the shadow effects and the mixture of gray and black proposed here seem really relevant to me.

We will also talk about the other two dioramas from the new collection launched by LEGO, but I must admit that I am particularly convinced by this one. The scene concerned is correctly interpreted, the integrated functionality is anecdotal but it makes it possible to propose two variants of exposure and the endowment in figurines is consequent with two droids finally treated as it should be. The presence of C-3PO and R2-D2 on the back of the diorama will surprise your friends who come to visit you and the whole thing will fuel a few conversations during a dinner. We can in passing be offended by the price charged by LEGO for this box or wait wisely for Amazon to get on the file.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at April 8, 2022  next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment (something to say what) under the article to participate.

Update : The winner was drawn and notified by email, his nickname is indicated below.

Not in Orlando, Florida this weekend? LEGO has thought of you by bringing into play on Twitter twenty copies, five boxes a day, of the exclusive set that will be sold during the Star Wars Celebration convention.

To try your luck, you need to have a Twitter account, follow the official LEGO account and retweet every day the message posted by LEGO. The winners will be notified by private message.

The chances of winning are slim, but whoever tries nothing gets nothing.