Review: LEGO Star Wars 75274 Tie Fighter Pilot Helmet

Today we are quickly interested in the LEGO Star Wars set 75274 Tie Fighter Pilot Helmet (724 pieces - € 59.99), one of three boxes launched this year which allow you to assemble reproductions in LEGO versions of emblematic helmets from the Star Wars universe.

After the (almost) white version of the set 75276 Stormtrooper Helmet I was telling you about a few days ago, it is a question here of assembling the helmet of a pilot of Tie Fighter and it is thus logically very ... black. Of the three models currently released, only the Stormtrooper and Boba Fett models have black background pages in the instruction booklet. Here, for the sake of legibility of the assembly instructions, the pages are with a gray background as is the case for the vast majority of LEGO sets.

The principle of the internal structure that will accommodate the different textural elements remains very close to that used for the Stormtrooper helmet with colored parts, windows, hooks to fix the nose of the helmet and intermediate plates to stiffen everything. We also find over the pages some technical solutions identical to those used for the helmet of set 75276, in particular for the nose of the model. If you follow the assembly of the two models in question, you will realize it, but the phase of assembling the various modules which constitute the external texture of this helmet proposes some variations which will allow you to quickly forget these similarities.

The presentation base on which the small presentation plate is attached is identical to that of set 75276, it is logical and consistent to maintain a range effect even if I find more and more this plate with the big LEGO logo superfluous .

The exterior texture of this helmet being black, we can distinguish here much less the colored parts that appeared between the different white sub-assemblies of the Stormtrooper helmet. The two gray pad-printed parts of the nose are bordered by two small stickers with in the end a rather hazardous alignment between the patterns of these different elements which spoils the visual rendering a little.

The other detail that saddens me about this model: the gray flexible tubes on which the 18 pieces are plugged which give their texture to the two pipes remain visible if you do not carefully distribute these pieces to hide them. There is still space when the 18 parts in question are in place and it is therefore necessary to tighten these elements on the very exposed portion of the curve to the detriment of the lower part of the pipe for an optimal rendering.

If you are an observer, you will understand that everything that is not on the sheet of stickers (see above) is pad printed. So we get two pretty Dish which attach to the front of the helmet and which largely contribute to giving a rounded (and smooth) effect to the upper part of the model.

This second helmet is one centimeter higher than that of the Stromtrooper (19 cm high, base included) and unlike the latter it benefits from an alternation between smooth areas and stepped studs on the upper part and on the back. rear of the model which I think is really beneficial for the overall aesthetic. This smooth headband accentuates the rounded effect of the helmet even if it also gives the impression that the product lacks volume in certain places, especially when viewed from the back.

As for the Stormtrooper helmet that I presented to you a few days ago, it's up to everyone to see if this profusion of tenons and the staircase effect on the curves of the model suits you. The fact remains that the designer did what he could with the chosen scale and that he did not do too badly in my opinion once again.

This pilot's helmet being black, it will be necessary to work on the ambient lighting to expose it in its best light. It is also when several models are exposed side by side that this new collection takes on its full meaning in my opinion: these helmets certainly have their faults and their approximations, but the concept works rather well when several models are brought together and observed. 'a certain distance. I hope that LEGO will extend the experience with many other models, the helmet of Phasma, a red helmet of Sith Trooper or even versions for example based on the helmets of the Mandalorian seen in the Disney + series and Sabine Wren (Rebels ) would ultimately be welcome.

Note: The product shown here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 5th May 2020 next at 23pm. the shipment of the prize to the winner will only take place when the sanitary situation allows it.

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.