Review: LEGO Star Wars 75277 Boba Fett Helmet

Today we are finishing this series of three quick reviews of the LEGO Star Wars helmets "for adult fans" marketed this year with that of the set. 75277 Boba Fett Helmet (625 pieces - 59.99 €). The helmet to be assembled here is logically the most colorful of the three and in my opinion it is also the most successful, the model even affording the luxury of not using any sticker.

As with the other two models in the range, the internal structure of this helmet uses the principle of mixing colored bricks separated by plates that hold everything together. Small variation here which will be useful later during the construction process: a bar placed on one of the sides of the internal module on which the two sub-assemblies will be clipped which serve to reproduce the yellow bands seen on the reference model.

On the LEGO version there are only 12 "Jedi Kills Stripes"instead of the 14 which should have been integrated so as not to anger the most fundamentalist fans, but the reproduction of this detail without using one or more stickers is appreciable.

There is also another very appreciable detail in the upper area of ​​the model: the impact that slightly depressed and damaged Boba Fett's helmet, here reproduced with the help of a few gray parts. It is also this attention to detail on the part of the designer that makes me prefer this helmet to the other two.

The two sides of the model are not identical and the LEGO version is here too very convincing with very faithful colors and a sufficient level of detail that allow this exhibition product to be truly presentable from different angles. The range finder with holographic display placed on the right can be folded down to the face via a hinge integrated into the sub-assembly attached to the side of the helmet.

On the other hand, lovers of original techniques will appreciate the solution used to create the loudspeaker and the various details of the communication system integrated into the helmet. The back of the helmet in the LEGO version also conforms to the reference model, and the dedicated sub-assembly perfectly reproduces the red trench which serves as the cooling zone for the helmet's processor and which circulates there.

On the front, the designer is doing in my opinion honorably for such a complex model and on this scale. The two "cheeks" of the helmet clipped to the internal structure are sufficiently detailed and they frame at the right angle the central module which perfectly reproduces the lower zone of the visor.

The lower part of the helmet also uses many smooth parts and the contrast with the upper hemisphere and its visible studs is here very marked. I would have preferred a completely smooth surface for the top of the helmet, the tenons visible on the sides of the construction would have been enough to mark the "LEGO spirit" of the product wanted by the designers (see the designers interview).

Of the three available references, I think this one is the most interesting to build. We alternate the colors, we discover or we put into practice original techniques and the final result is very satisfactory. The alternation of colors on the different sub-assemblies also facilitates the understanding of the instructions and avoids the relative weariness encountered during the assembly of the two other models, almost monochrome.

Same remark as for the other two products in this range about the small pad printed presentation plate: The LEGO Star Wars logo is in my opinion superfluous here and there was probably better to do by taking advantage of the space available on the part used.

As I said during the test of the set 75274 Tie Fighter Pilot Helmet, I think this new collection takes on its full meaning when the different products that make it up are presented together.

Taken individually, the other two helmets in the range are visually a little sad and it is only when they are associated with this third reference that the whole takes a little cachet and that the concept reveals all its coherence and its potential. . However, if it was necessary to make a choice and buy only one of the three references marketed, I would be satisfied with this one.

A final criticism for the road: the packaging of these three helmets are much too big for what they contain and even if the marketing dictates its law, the logistics sometimes take care of reminding us that these very thin cardboard packaging do not support the transport.

Note: The three helmets in this collection are currently out of stock on the official online store, but I think they will be available again during the operation May the 4th which begins on May 1st.

Note: The product shown here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at 9th May 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.