Review: LEGO Star Wars 75266 Sith Troopers Battle Pack

Today we quickly make the tour of the small LEGO Star Wars set 75266 Sith Troopers Battle Pack (105 pieces - € 14.99), a box that allows us to get enough to start building an army of Sith Troopers, Sith Jet Troopers and possibly officers of the Final Order.

As is usually the case in Battle Packs from the LEGO Star Wars range, the vehicle provided here is of little interest. This time it is a simplified version of the Speeder seen in the set 75100 First Order Snowspeeder marketed in 2015, which only serves as a pretext to sell us a construction toy whose main advantage is the presence of four minifigs. The machine can not really accommodate the entire squad delivered in this box but we can at least fix a Stud Shooter at the front to obtain an orientable barrel. It's always taken.

The canopy of the cockpit is more than symbolic, as are the seats and the engines. The finish of the model is far from complete, but with 105 pieces in the box and a public price set at 14.99 €, you should not ask for too much.

The Battle Packs of the LEGO Star Wars range are therefore especially interesting for the minifigs they contain. Some fans would prefer to get four copies of the same character, but others are happy to be content with the varied assortment offered by LEGO. Here, we are entitled to a "standard" Sith Trooper, two Sith Jet Troopers and an officer (or a non-commissioned officer) whose black outfit may suggest a sergeant or a squad leader even if the grade pad printed on the torso seems undocumented to me for the moment.

The Sith Trooper minifig delivered here is not exclusive to this small box, it is the one already delivered in the set 75256 Kylo Ren's Shuttle marketed since October 2019. The two Sith Jet Troopers are however exclusive for the moment to this Battle Pack and as for the white version of the Jet Trooper seen in the set 75250 Pasaana Speeder Chase, they benefit from a nice pad printing and convincing accessories with a jetpack in two parts including a small Tile pad printed.

As usual, under the helmets of these soldiers of the Final Order we obviously find a head of .... Angry clone. These three minifigs are equipped with Stud Shooters, as is the case with most Battle Packs featuring Troopers, and I regret once again that LEGO does not deliver some good old generic blasters, although I understand that the gameplay comes first.

The minifig of the officer of the Final Order is rather successful with its red piping on the chest and the logo of the organization led by Palpatine / Sidious pad printed on both the belt buckle and on the cap. The character's face is however not new, it is that of Lex Luthor, Bruce Wayne and several generic minifigs marketed so far in the Jurassic World or Star Wars ranges.

In short, a Battle Pack, it is always good to take for a collector of minifigs and with patience it is not uncommon to be able to obtain these small boxes for a price lower than the price charged by LEGO. I'm not sure these Sith Troopers will become as cult as the original Stormtroopers over the years, but these minifigs are visually very successful and deserve to find their place in your collections. And one more officer, even generic, is always good to take.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 9th February 2020 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.