Today we are very quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75361 Spider Tank, a box of 526 pieces vaguely inspired by the second episode of the third season of The Mandalorian series, currently for pre-order on the official online store and which will be available from August 1, 2023 at the retail price of €52.99.

Confusion may reign in the memories of those who watched the third season of the series several months ago as soon as it was made available on the Disney+ platform and the set will then find some indulgent fans who will see it as a beautiful tribute to the concerned scene but all that seems to me all the same very summary and approximate.

The construction oscillates between crab-spider and spider-crab and it is of a relative visual sadness. I will be answered as usual that LEGO has probably worked on very (too) preliminary artworks of the thing but in my opinion this is no longer a valid excuse, especially when you have to pay 53 €.

We therefore assemble here the mechanical spider seen in the episode concerned and which still reserves some beautiful assembly sequences with a body that can accommodate a minifig, a rather correct head, six legs integrating a rubber element which gives them a semblance of cushioning and two movable clamps on Ball Seals. It is however very quickly put together, a little repetitive at times but it is the subject who wants it, and the thing will undoubtedly end up quickly at the bottom of a drawer even among the youngest. Do not look for the mechanism that allows the legs to move when the spider moves, there is none and the six appendages are fixed.

There are two Stud Shooters integrated into the hatch that closes the body of the spider but that will not be enough to save the furniture and justify the price of the product. For the price, LEGO could have at least added some accessories like the cage seen on the screen, just to have a little context around the machine and the characters provided. All it took was a few additional parts to expand the content of the set a little and offer it real playability, not enough to significantly impact the manufacturer's margin.

LEGO could also have made an effort on the color used for the spider, I know that the Star Wars range subscribes to gray but there was perhaps something here to embody the rusty aspect of the machine seen a little better in the caves of Mandalore.

We will probably almost all agree to conclude that this set will only find its audience thanks to the presence of the magnificent new minifig of Bo-Katan Kryze provided. The pad printing of the figurine is very successful and the hairstyle delivered as well as the facial features contribute to perfectly embody the actress Katee Sackhoff, central character of the third season of the series.

The hairstyle used lets the pad-printed headband appear on the character's head, it's perfect. I prefer this version of the character to that of the set 75316 Mandalorian Starfighter which for its part made direct reference to the animated series The Clone Wars, but it's very personal and I need both anyway.

For the rest, the Din Djarin and Grogu minifigures are those already seen many times in sets in the range, and the Darksaber is in my opinion a failure, LEGO contenting itself with using a classic handle and associating a simple black blade. There was probably better to do to embody the weapon in question, but its fate is sealed anyway and we will do with this uninspired accessory.
Those who have seen the episode in question will have noticed that a central character is missing here: the cyborg who controls the spider. One more figure would not have been refused, even if it is a secondary character, to make it easier to pass the pill of the public price of the set.

It is therefore in my opinion not the product of the year, it is too expensive for what it is, the reference to the series The Mandalorian is sloppy and only one of the three figurines is unpublished. Sorry for not crying genius this time, it's much too approximate and summary to convince me to spend the €53 requested. I will make the effort for the superb Bo-Katan Kryze minifigure but I will therefore wait wisely for this product to end up being offered at a much lower price elsewhere than at LEGO, which inevitably will eventually happen.

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

If you like LEGO boxes at least as much as what they contain, know that the visual of the packaging of the LEGO Star Wars set 75361 Spider Tank is now available. LEGO has indeed put this product online a few weeks ago on its official store but contenting itself with illustrating the sheet of the set with some official visuals without those of the two sides of the packaging.

So you now have the famous box in front of you, we know that it will above all allow us to obtain a magnificent minifig of Bo-Katan Kryze. For the rest, the 526 pieces in the inventory will allow you to assemble a mechanical spider that vaguely resembles the one seen in the second episode of the third season of The Mandalorian series and to obtain two more figurines in the process: Din Djarin armed of the late Darksaber and Din Grogu.

This derivative product is currently in pre-order on the Shop, availability announced for August 1, 2023. Public price of the thing: 52.99 €.

And for even more boxes, here is also the one of the set below 75363 The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter Microfighter, a set also in pre-order at the public price of 15.99 € with an availability also announced for August 1, 2023.

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LEGO today unveils a new reference in the LEGO Star Wars range: the set 75361 Spider Tank, a box of 526 pieces which will be available at the public price of €52.99 from August 1, 2023. This derivative product is directly inspired by the second episode of the third season of the series The Mandalorian, it features the robot-crab-spider seen in the Mines of Mandalore, Din Djarin with the Darksaber and its new blade, Grogu and Bo-Katan Kryze with more accomplished pad printing than the previous version of the character seen in the set 75316 Mandalorian Starfighter.

This set is already in pre-order on the official online store, LEGO undoubtedly wishes to seduce the fans while they still have the content of the episode concerned in mind:

LEGO STAR WARS 75361 SPIDER TANK ON THE LEGO SHOP >>

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Forward for a very large batch of new LEGO which are available from today on the official online store and at some retailers. This summer wave brings together many references distributed in the majority of the major ranges of the manufacturer, there is something for everyone, for all tastes and almost for all budgets. Note the VIP preview which allows you to buy the LEGO ICONS set today 10321 Corvette before the global availability announced for August 4th, remember to identify yourself on your VIP account.

On the promotional offers side, you can get a copy of the set 40593 Fun Creativity 12-in-1 free from €80 of purchase until August 6, 2023 and choose from one of the two polybags offered from €40 of purchase until August 6, 2023: LEGO Speed ​​Champions 30343 McLaren Elva with the code MCE1 or LEGO Friends 30417 Garden Flower and Butterfly with the code GFB2.

Also note the sale of four lots of two sets with a 20% reduction on the price usually charged for these boxes individually:

As usual, it's up to you to see whether to crack without waiting by paying the full price for these boxes or whether to show a little patience and wait for the inevitable reductions that will be offered in the boxes. weeks and months to come at Amazon, on FNAC.com, at Cultura or even at Auchan as well as some other retailers.

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Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75363 The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter Microfighter, a small box of 88 pieces currently in pre-order on the official online store and which will be available at the retail price of €15.99 from August 1, 2023.

We are not going to get too excited about this product, it is a version Chibi of Din Djarin's new vessel for which the designer has done his best given the constraints of the format.

It is therefore necessarily a little coarse and very approximate but it is in the spirit of this range of more or less successful products which undoubtedly has its followers. We vaguely find the silhouette of the N-1 fighter, the reactors benefit from a little texture and all this gray is even embellished with a few yellow pieces which recall the patterns present on the version seen on the screen.

The designer could however have made the effort to respect the positioning of the cockpit which should be frankly set back from the wings, but this product is obviously not a model and the format requires "collecting" the whole construction.

Two Stud Shooters are built into the front of the ship in case anyone wants to play around with the thing and the two characters provided can be fitted into their respective locations. No canopy for the cockpit, it is symbolized here by a very small transparent element, nor a dome to protect Grogu who is very exposed at the rear. This is once again in the spirit of the range which likes to leave the pilots of the different machines or vessels in the open air.

For the rest, it's very quickly assembled, there are no stickers and the youngest will no doubt have a little fun with the ship before storing it in their toy box to keep only the two figurines finally added to their collection via this relatively accessible box for their pocket money.

The two minifigs provided are obviously not new, but those who just want to get the Mandalorian minifig, also available in this form in the set 75361 Spider Tank, and the usual Grogu figurine with its color differences between the head and the hands can do it here for 16 €. No additional hair for Din Djarin, we will have to do without.

We will especially remember that the sets of this range with a single character were usually sold at the public price of 9.99 €, it is not the inventory of 88 pieces that makes the price explode and it is therefore this pesky Grogu with a head greener than his hands who raises the bill by 6 € for this time. It is much too expensive for what it is, so we will wait for a reduction at Amazon or elsewhere.

Note: The product shown here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at 1er August 2023 next at 23:59 p.m. Just post a comment under the article to participate. Your participation is taken into account regardless of your opinion. 

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