Review: LEGO Star Wars 40451 Tatooine Homestead (GWP)

Today we are interested in the small LEGO Star Wars promotional set 40451 Tatooine Homestead, a box that will be offered from € 85 purchase of products from the LEGO Star Wars range on the occasion of the annual May the 4th operation which will take place from May 1 to 5, 2021 (details of the planned offers can be found on the Good Deals page)

This new product will expand the collection of scenes microscale initiated in 2019 with the sets 40333 Battle of Hoth (offered during Operation May the 4th in 2019) and 40362 Battle of Endor (offered during Triple Force Friday in October 2019) and completed in 2020 with the set 40407 Death Star II Battle offered on the occasion of May the 4th.

This fourth small box honors Tatooine by applying the same construction principles as the other three mini-dioramas with a SNOT base (Studs Not On Top) and some micro-constructions that come to dress the thing.

As usual, the assembly of this set with the reduced inventory of 217 pieces is very quickly dispatched. The mini diorama is flanked by a pad-printed element which reminds us that the scene is from Star Wars and that we are in 2021. There was no doubt something to do better than telling us the year the product was marketed, but the collection effect is there.

As the product title suggests, this includes putting together the Lars family farm with its outdoor hut, underground yard, vaporizers, and Luke's Landspeeder. Further in the dunes, we set up a Sandcrawler with his two Tiles Identical pad-printed sides around which are gathered some micro-characters seen on the screen in Episode IV: two Jawas, C-3PO, R2-D2, Luke Skywalker and Owen Lars. Beru Lars with his brown skirt and blue waistcoat is also present in the underground courtyard of the farm.

I was hungry for more with the promotional set 40407 Death Star II Battle that I found visually a little messy and I find here what allowed me to appreciate the two other references based on Hoth and Endor already available in this collection: a readable diorama with a relatively clean staging and mini-constructions summary but faithful. It is successful and it is once again proof that LEGO can do without a polybag with a new or exclusive minifig, provided you show a little creativity.

As this new product is a promotional item offered on condition of purchase, there is therefore no reason not to add an additional micro-diorama to your collections as long as you plan to spend your money on the official online store at planned dates.

These small thematic sets do not take up too much space, they are aesthetically rather successful and this format changes us a bit from the usual scale of classic sets. LEGO values ​​these small boxes at 14.99 € or 17.99 € in this specific case and I am convinced that even if they were sold at this price instead of being offered on condition of purchase, they would find their audience quite easily.

See you on May 1st for the launch of the offer that will allow you to be offered this nice little set from € 85 purchase in products from the LEGO Star Wars range.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at 4th May 2021 next at 23pm. 

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.