Quick Review: LEGO Star Wars 40755 Imperial Dropship vs. Rebel Scout Speeder

Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set  40755 Imperial Dropship vs. Rebel Scout Speeder, a box of 383 pieces which will be available at the public price of €39,99 from October 1, 2024.

This product is one of those that are responsible this year for celebrating the 25th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars range and it is therefore a tribute to two references marketed in 2008: the sets 7667 Imperial Dropship et 7668 Rebel Scout Speeder.

This big Battle Pack brings together two modernized interpretations of the machines that were then sold separately and that allowed you to have fun without breaking the bank. Few fans of the LEGO Star Wars range have escaped these small, accessible boxes and this year's tribute seems appropriate to me.

We feel in this new box the effort to really give a fresh look to the two vehicles by taking advantage of many new pieces available in the LEGO inventory. The whole thing is a nice balance between modernization and fidelity to the original products, I find the exercise very successful even if the Rebel Scout Speeder seems visually more accomplished than the Imperial Dropship which I find a little messy.

To make this product a real toy for children, we have the possibility to separate an element of each of the vehicles: the turret for the Speeder and a platform hosting two Stormtroopers for the Dropship. Not enough to get up at night in terms of playability, but it's always something and we're not going to blame LEGO for overdoing it in this area.

This tribute set to two very popular sets of their time ticks all the boxes in my opinion to deserve its place in a series of boxes that references sets from the past by revisiting them without distorting them.

The figurines are well-balanced, even if these six minifigs are obviously not new. There is plenty to have fun with without having to pay again, but the set will probably not be a cheap supplier of figurines with its public price set at €40.

The minifigure in charge of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars range is, as usual, off-topic: here it is the astromech droid QT-KT, often nicknamed Qutee, who accompanied Aayla Secura during the Clone Wars.

There are a few stickers to stick in this box, we finally pay each vehicle and its three associated minifigs €20 instead of the usual €15 and the figurine allocation could have been more varied knowing that the set 7667 Imperial Dropship allowed at the time to obtain three Stormtroopers and a Shadow Trooper with a total inventory of 81 pieces.

The and 7668 Rebel Scout Speeder offered four rebel soldiers but with only 82 pieces in total. So we gain a few pieces here with 383 elements on the counter, we lose two classic figurines but we get an astromech droid new to LEGO. The balance is precarious but all those who have had the 2008 versions in their hands will probably have a hard time resisting... I am one of them.

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