Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO set 40820 Up-Scaled Santa Minifigure, a box of 761 pieces which will be available on the official online store from October 1, 2025 at the public price of €54,99.

As you probably already know, this large Santa Claus figurine is in the spirit of those in the sets 40819 Up-Scaled Racing Driver Minifigure, 40504 A Minifigure Tribute, 40649 Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure or even LEGO Harry Potter 76393 Harry Potter & Hermione GrangerIt logically takes up the techniques and the principle of construction with the advantages and disadvantages of the format mentioned many times in the past.

This large-scale Santa Claus has obvious decorative potential despite his limited mobility. However, you'll need to meticulously find the balance point of the construction to make him adopt a less static pose than those imagined by LEGO, which are limited to presenting the character standing or sitting.

With a little patience, it is possible to put this somewhat stiff Santa Claus on his feet as if he were moving. The arms are movable, the head is fixed and there is nothing hidden under the character's hat as is the case, for example, under the cap of the figurine supplied in the set. 40649 Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure. Lego still gives us a little hidden reference here with a micro Winter Village of a few pieces nestled in the heart of this Santa Claus's head.

For the rest, know that there are no stickers in this box and that the two patterned pieces provided here, the face and the brick on the torso, are therefore pad printed. We will note the difference in shade at the level of the white band located at the bottom of the torso with cream white pieces which meet the printed white pattern.

The cap is a bit messy with a finish that looks very rough from certain angles but the face benefits from the presence of the nicely textured beard to look more convincing than on figures of the same ilk which are usually deprived of a chin.

We will also note the small additional finishing detail welcome here with two Tiles placed on top of the feet which hide the tenons visible on the other figurines.

LEGO doesn't make the effort to provide the minifigure that serves as a reference for the build, even though we all already have at least one copy of the thing in our drawers, but it's a bit of a shame, especially for €55. At this price, LEGO could also have given us a scaled version of the usual brown bag attached to one of the hands. We can dream.

This 27 cm tall Santa Claus will easily find its place in a festive themed setting; it is well executed and will make a small impact on your guests. It will then return to its box, large enough to accommodate the entire assembled figurine, while waiting for a new opportunity to take it out again.

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Today we take a quick tour of the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 40806 Gingerbread AT-AT, a box of 697 pieces which will be available from October 1, 2025 at the public price of €59,99.

Even if many fans remain skeptical about this conversion of a well-known Star Wars machine, which is being given a very festive makeover for the occasion, the proposal will at least have the merit of existing. The idea isn't bad, with a fun adaptation, albeit a bit overloaded in places, and the whole thing may eventually appear a bit messy visually to some.

The gingerbread look is also a little spoiled by the presence of gray pieces on the inside of the legs, it almost looks like the AT-AT is covered in a brown layer more than it is really gingerbread. The overall readability is a little affected by the presence of decorative colored elements, but that is also the point of this type of exercise.

The construction does not deprive itself of access to the internal spaces of the machine with two movable side panels and the possibility of installing the provided minifig in the control station. The four legs are articulated and they allow some less static poses than on the official visuals, we can try to give an effect of movement to the machine. The cabin of the machine is fixed, it cannot be rotated or tilted.

This fun AT-AT, however, is not the version Midi Scale that one could hope for and the finish remains, no doubt a little deliberately while waiting for another more serious proposal, generally very crude. This product is clearly more of an elaborate joke than a successful stylistic exercise in a format that has been very popular since the marketing of several ships at this scale.

Those who receive this joke as it should be will not be disappointed, the others will have to be patient while waiting for the set 75440 Hoth AT-AT (525 pieces - €59,99) apparently planned for January 2026. The lucky ones who own a copy of the LEGO Star Wars set 4002019 Christmas X-Wing (1038 pieces) offered to the group's employees in 2019 will find an equally festive companion here.

Let's not lie to ourselves and pretend that this is of real interest, many people will only buy this box for the Darth Vader minifigure that is new in this form. This figurine seems very successful to me with a pretty pad printing that is very appropriate and totally in line with the other more classic gingerbread figurines already on the market.

LEGO, in my opinion, missed a clear opportunity to provide us with a rigid plastic cape that would have been perfect to stick to the subject matter and give substance to the accessory. The piece of fabric that we will have to make do with benefits from a print in the theme but it is still as cheap when we know that LEGO is now capable of offering much better.

This festive-looking AT-AT will obviously easily find its place in a staging based on gingerbread structures, for example with the sets 40809 Festive Gingerbread House, 10267 Winter Village Gingerbread House, 40337 Mini Gingerbread House or, 40139 Gingerbread HouseOutside of the holiday season, this product will have difficulty fitting into a serious diorama; it will have to be put away and brought out again each year.

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Today we take a quick look at the contents of the LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog set. 40769 SEGA Genesis Controller, a small box of 260 pieces currently offered on the official online store from €130 of purchase without restriction of range. The offer should in principle be valid until September 17, 2025, if stocks permit.

In this box, you can reproduce the controller of the SEGA Mega Drive console (the European name for the Genesis console) with a micro diorama of the iconic Green Hill Zone from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe on the back. Nothing crazy about the assembly process; it takes a few minutes and the longest part is still sticking on all the stickers provided.

The packaging includes a large sheet of stickers to decorate the micro diorama on the back of the build, three different identification plates, and three complete sets of three buttons for the controller. This abundance of additional pieces allows LEGO to offer this promotional product in all markets by offering a correct model of the controller as it was marketed at the time.

Don't try to compare the LEGO version with the real controller, the product offered by LEGO is only a very approximate representation of the object. We still easily recognize this iconic controller for a whole generation of players and that is the main thing. For those who are wondering, the Tile pad printed which is used to represent Sonic in the middle of the micro diorama is also delivered in the set 77006 Team Sonic Command Truck (69,99 €).

LEGOI could also have sold this box for around twenty euros, the product would certainly have found its audience among retrogaming fans who already have the sets 71374 Nintendo Entertainment System et 10306 Atari 2600 on their shelves and who plan to add the console from the set on October 1st 72046 Nintendo Game Boy. one can also wonder why LEGO chose the current period for this promotional offer, this small box is not in line with any of the sets launched on the official online store at the moment.

In short, this product is undoubtedly worth the effort of spending €130 on the official LEGO store; the construction is accomplished and the set will be able to sit alongside other products celebrating the gaming consoles of another era. Otherwise, you will quickly find many copies for sale on the secondary market and you will thus avoid paying full price for your sets on the Shop.

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We're talking about it now so you'll have time to forget we talked about it: today we're quickly taking a look at the contents of the LEGO Minecraft set. 21280 Advent Calendar 2025, a box of 300 pieces which has been available since September 1, 2025 on the official online store at the public price of €34,99 and elsewhere for a little less.

The LEGO Advent calendar landscape is changing a bit this year with the arrival of a Minecraft version that's replacing the Marvel version. Why not? The Marvel version was going around in circles anyway, and the Minecraft universe at least has the potential to provide us with micro-thingies to build that, even if they aren't wildly creative, are at least in keeping with the license being used.

This calendar is also the one with the largest inventory this year with 300 pieces, while the Star Wars version has 263 pieces, the Harry Potter version has 278 pieces, the Friends version has 237 pieces, the Disney version has 231 pieces and the CITY version brings up the rear with 186 pieces.

As with this year's Harry Potter edition, this calendar allows you to get a nice handful of figurines, including Alex, Steve, a Creeper, a drowned man, a vagrant, a Snow Golem, a zombie, and a Santa villager. That's already pretty good; at least we're guaranteed to have eight satisfying panels.

We will remember the festive version of Steve with his torso flanked by a Snow Golem, I think that this figurine will be enough to make collectors happy. It should also be noted that the vagabond provided here is currently only delivered in this form in the set 21277 The Pickaxe Mine (54,99 €).

A few animals are also included in the three-box program, with a cat, a polar bear, and two sheep coming in the same box. Two boxes yield a micro Warden and a micro Iron Golem.

The rest of the calendar is made up of various furniture and accessories, with each figurine having at least one weapon or accessory. The festive feel of the calendar is ensured by the presence of the villager in Santa Claus outfit, the Snow Golem in the decorated tree and a gift provided in Alex's box. I repeat for those who might be wondering, there are no stickers in these calendars, all the patterned elements are therefore pad printed.

I could complain about the presence of a lot of seemingly uninteresting mini-things to build here, but this Minecraft-licensed product apologizes for providing us with these simplistic constructions because it's right on topic.

Spending €34,99 for this is not an exaggeration, but this product will soon be available for less than its retail price, and it could then please a young fan who never tires of accumulating variants of the game's iconic characters, animals, and various accessories.

This first LEGO Advent calendar based on the Minecraft universe should therefore not disappoint young fans; inside there is plenty to have a little fun with, expanding existing dioramas and adding a few festive versions to your figurine collection, which are always a good idea.

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We're talking about it now so you'll have time to forget we talked about it: today we're quickly taking a look at the contents of the LEGO Harry Potter set. 76456 Advent Calendar 2025, a box of 278 pieces which has been available since September 1, 2025 on the official online store at the public price of €34,99 and elsewhere for a little less.

Don't blame me too much for spoiling the contents of these calendars for you, most of those who spend their money on them do so because they know exactly what's inside and the product descriptions also display their entire contents.

As you probably already know, I'm not a big fan of these LEGO Advent calendars. I generally find them far too expensive for what they have to offer. There's nothing to eat inside, and the mini-things to build are often so bad that I can imagine the disappointment of the youngest when they open the box in question.

For once, I'm changing my mind with this 2025 version of the Harry Potter licensed calendar, which really seems to me to be of a higher level than the previous ones. There's real content, each panel makes a decent proposition and I don't think fans will be disappointed.

The distribution between mini buildables, larger items and minifigs is, as is often the case, balanced, with this time six creatures, nine objects and eight figurines.

The creatures, Hedwig, Buckbeak, Aragog, a thestral, a mandrake and a Patronus are ultra-simplified versions but they are immediately recognizable and we can consider that this is already a small feat when we remember the contents of certain boxes of the previous calendars. Here, there is no doubt, we know what we are building and the result is very correct.

The nine objects to assemble aren't all top-notch, with a rather sloppy Sorting Hat and Chocolate Frog and a barely passable monster book, but the selection still contains some lovely creations such as the Hogwarts acceptance letter, a butterbeer, Bertie's surprise sweets, three potions including an acceptable Love Potion and even two beautifully pad-printed galleons. As you probably already know, there are no stickers in these calendars, so all the patterned pieces are pad-printed.

The minifig selection is also very good with eight characters: Harry Potter, Cho Chang, Draco Malfoy, Hannah Abbott, Angelina Johnson, Luna Lovegood, Blaise Zabini and Cedric Diggory.

All eight students are dressed in a superb ugly Christmas sweater in the colors of their respective houses, and each of the four sweaters is logically featured twice. This is always better than outfits already seen and reviewed in other sets in the range, and these festive versions will remain easily integrated into a collection of variants of the different characters without seeming too out of place.

I know many fans enjoyed the 2024 version of this product (76438 Harry Potter Advent Calendar 2024) because it allowed the Great Hall to be fleshed out a little with different furniture and statues, this 2025 version, which changes approach, should not disappoint them with constructions that are a little less easily integrated into existing dioramas but which give substance to each of the 24 boxes. Young fans should get plenty for their pocket money, even if adult collectors will probably remain a little hungry.

The retail price of this Harry Potter-licensed calendar, set at €34,99, remains far too optimistic for the content offered, but we all know that it is already possible to find this box elsewhere than at LEGO for much less, and that the most patient will save a few more euros in a few weeks. However, you shouldn't wait too long; we know that these products, which are in high demand at the end of the year, sell out quickly.

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Today we go very quickly around the contents of the LEGO set 5009609 Jack Sparrow's Compass, a small box of 151 pieces that will be offered to members of the LEGO Insiders program from the launch on September 12, 2025 of the LEGO ICONS set 10365 Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship (2862 pieces - €349,99). The offer is expected to last until September 18, 2025.

I won't draw you a picture, this is about assembling Jack Sparrow's compass and LEGO makes the effort to offer us a rather accomplished construction despite the reduced inventory of the product. No stickers in this box, the dial which is the only element with a pattern is therefore pad printed.

It should be noted that the design of the piece has changed significantly since the official product visuals were released. The dial is now a little less faithful to that of the compass seen on screen, whose pattern starts from the center of the dial with more pronounced cardinal points.

For the rest, it's quickly assembled but the object has real decorative potential if you display it next to the Black Pearl. It will bring a little touch of color near the black ship and this unpretentious little promotional product seems to me much less mean than the one offered for the purchase of the Death Star. For those who are wondering, the dome in Trans Black of the cover is the one already seen in 2023 in the LEGO set 76993 Sonic vs. Dr. Eggman's Death Egg Robot.

One could criticize the choice of color Medium Dark Flesh for the compass frame which is much darker on screen, but the contrast between this accessory and the ship which will be displayed next to it remains interesting. A gray or black frame would have had less potential.

As you might expect, the item has no real functionality, even though the dial rotates on its axis and you can have fun with it for two minutes. That's already very good for a small promotional set designed to reward all those who purchase it as soon as it launches and at the full price of the set. 10365 Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship.

Once again, it's a shame about the usual yellow cardboard box; this packaging doesn't really showcase the contents of the products inside. The same product delivered in conventional packaging would have had a little more character. We'll make do.

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We're also talking again today about the LEGO Star Wars promotional set. 40771 TIE Fighter with Imperial Rack, a small box of 236 pieces which will be offered on the official online store for the purchase of the LEGO Star Wars set 75419 Ultimate Collector Series Death Star (€999,99) from October 1 to 7, 2025.

This product expands the staging proposed in the Death Star hangar by installing the intended stand and the TIE Fighter alongside the Tydirium shuttle. It's hard to consider that LEGO is making a big effort here for its most loyal customers, the TIE Fighter is at the level of a product stamped 4+ and we have the impression that everything was removed at the last moment from the initial set to create a product offered under condition of purchase.

The ship's finish leaves something to be desired, the three minifigs included, two Stormtroopers and a TIE fighter pilot, are far from being new and they reuse elements already seen in other sets. This "gift" which is supposed to thank those who will spend €1000 on a very large box at its launch is therefore far from being the exclusive reward that we were entitled to expect for such an occasion.

Small consolation, it is possible to install the pilot at the controls of the TIE and the small trolley provided transports two of the pad-printed crates available in several sets of the LEGO Star Wars range since 2020. For those who are wondering, the pad-printed canopy of the TIE Fighter is not new, it is the one available in the LEGO Star Wars set 75401 Ahsoka's Jedi InterceptorNo stickers in this box, we console ourselves as best we can.

On arrival, we have the impression of an artificial "DLC" that completes a diorama with somewhat empty spaces, and when we observe the thing installed in the hangar, we immediately understand that everything was planned from the start to give the impression that something was missing in this area. Will this promotional product, which clearly displays on the packaging its compatibility with the large box, be able to sway the most hesitant? Nothing is less certain, even if the overall diorama may visually seem incomplete without the contents of this box.

I understand LEGO's desire to try to justify a purchase at the usual retail price of its most popular sets by compensating with free products, but the launch of a box that reaches the €1000 mark for the first time deserved, in my opinion, an offer worthy of the event and not a tasteless product with a basic finish and which contains nothing new or openly exclusive.

Should we equate this choice with a certain arrogance on the part of the manufacturer who knows that his big box at €1000 will sell without any effort? Without doubt yes, we can imagine that the set 75419 Ultimate Collector Series Death Star finds its audience despite the criticism and a price that can almost be considered absurd for a toy intended for spoiled children or adults who can afford to spend such a sum on their favorite hobby.

I was one of those who got fooled by the infamous VIP Black Card provided at the launch of the set 75192 Millennium Falcon in 2017, I'll be one of those who will be content with this little promotional product in 2025. This time, I will at least have something other than a broken promise in my hands, even if it is not at the level of what I hoped to get to thank me for being there on the day of the launch of the set 75419 Ultimate Collector Series Death Star.

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Today we are quickly interested in the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75419 Ultimate Collector Series Death Star, a very large box of 9023 pieces which will be available as an Insiders preview from October 1, 2025 on the official online store at the public price of €999,99.

It's clear that this new set hasn't met with unanimous approval among fans since the first leaks that took place a few weeks ago on the usual channels, and yesterday's official announcement only confirms the product's divisive nature. Its public price, which for the first time in the history of LEGO products reaches the symbolic threshold of €1000, to within a cent, has provoked mixed reactions, with those who consider the price excessive on one side and those who would possibly be willing to pay the requested amount, but not for the product as it is presented.

For LEGO, this public price is, in my opinion, above all a fantastic marketing operation which places the brand even more among the manufacturers who can afford to practice such an uninhibited pricing policy.

Whether the product sells well or not is ultimately of little importance; history will only remember the announcement of an overpriced adult toy which should in principle highlight all the know-how of the world number one in its field and contribute both to further establishing the manufacturer's reputation and to boosting sales of less ambitious but also less expensive products.

Regarding the artistic bias at work here, it is a proposal made by the manufacturer via its designers and it is up to everyone to appreciate it. We can debate the interest of offering a product that is in fact only an amalgam of mini dioramas gathered in a giant donut open on both sides but I think that many fans were influenced by the first leaks concerning the product and that the wait was a little surreal in the absence of visuals to confirm that LEGO was not going to market a giant ball. Let's be honest, if this box had been sold for €500, almost no one would find fault and the debate would probably not take place.

I'll make this clear for anyone who might be tempted to think I spend my time criticizing LEGO products. I'm a LEGO fan by default, committed to the cause, and so I'm just trying to keep a critical and objective view of the products I'm talking about here. It's simply a matter of pointing out anything that seems reasonably problematic to me with these products, rather than serving you endless descriptions of what you see for yourselves in the photos or serving you the soup without highlighting any potential flaws that I consider to be important.

Long-time collectors will know that LEGO has already covered the various topics covered here, often with individual proposals that are sometimes more detailed: the scene in which Luke and Leia escape in the set 75229 Death Star Escape (2019), Vader's meditation chamber in the set 75296 Darth Vader's Meditation Chamber (2021), the trash compactor in the set 75352 Emperor's Throne Room Diorama (2022), the throne room in the sets 75093 Death Star Final Duel (2015) 75291 Death Star Final Duel (2020) et 75352 Emperor's Throne Room Diorama (2023) or the exclusive set Detention Block Rescue (2017) and the set 7264 Imperial Inspection (2005) for other scenes seen on screen. Many therefore ultimately see here only a simplified and very expensive synthesis of these different scenes, all vaguely packaged in a giant, almost round but too flat pancake.

This Death Star does not seem to meet the expectations of many fans who see it as a playset for wealthy adults or spoiled children rather than a product that deserves the label Ultimate Collector Series and I quite agree with this state of mind but for very personal reasons: I do not blame LEGO for having chosen an 80 cm disc, the idea is in my opinion not bad, but I cannot be satisfied with the level of execution of the thing. This product does not do better than the rest of the manufacturer's offer on many points while its price positioning could have led one to hope for an exceptional set.

I repeat, as I do every time I present a product to you: this is not about giving you a Prévert-style inventory of all the product's subtleties. Don't spoil yourself because you'll also be spending your €1000 just to have the pleasure of discovering certain details, and spoiling the surprise would be pointless, or at least probably wouldn't change your mind about your potential purchasing intentions.

The usual technical defects that can legitimately be criticized for standard LEGO products are also present here, with numerous pieces scratched upon unpacking, a sticker sheet that is unacceptable at this price, minifigs, some of which are cheap with minimalist or no pad printing, and a finish that frankly leaves something to be desired in places.

The building experience isn't phenomenal, with assembly that's certainly entertaining and time-consuming enough to give the impression of getting value for money, but ultimately just involves stacking bricks without any particularly original techniques. There's no complex internal structure based on elements from the Technic ecosystem; it's barely at the level of a Structure without the interior fittings whose construction could add a little diversity and this product makes intensive use of very large elements without compensating with more meticulous and satisfying phases. This Death is an assembly of modules to be built separately with a certain overall fragility which does not facilitate movement.

This is one of the problems with this set, which is supposedly aimed at a demanding clientele: a lot of empty space. Under the pretext of reproducing the Death Star with its endless corridors, LEGO takes the opportunity to install sections with a very minimalist finish everywhere. It lacks finishing details even though we all know that the Death Star is not an IKEA store, and we have the impression of being faced with a playset of the usual level whose different scenes are connected to each other by long corridors that are a little too empty, just bigger and more voluminous.

LEGO does make the effort to include some features that could be described as playful in this product, such as the ability to set the trash compactor in motion using a dial on the back of the build, a working elevator that moves between levels, a rotating axle that allows you to switch between two views of the planet Alderaan, some sliding doors, and a retractable section of the bridge in the tractor beam area to recreate the scene with Luke and Leia. However, once again, these are features of a children's playset that will only be used once or twice to verify that they work properly.

LEGO is trying to sell us an overpriced toy and is doing its utmost to offer us this playability that many would have been happy to do without in favor of something more visually accomplished. In any case, these features are probably not what will tip the scales in favor of a possible purchase for those who are hesitant because of the high price of the product. Once again, LEGO is not following through on its own concept and this product, which could have offered real interactivity, does not, for example, offer any possibility of motorizing the elevator, even separately, or integrated lighting for the darkest spaces.

Another flaw that smacks of cost savings: the back of the construction, which was clearly not the designers' main concern. There was probably a way to properly "close" the other side of the playset while remaining well within the budget, but you'll have to settle for a really basic finish with panels used on the other side that remain clearly visible, or the white strips that serve as stars on the opening of the hanger and that protrude from the back.

We can reassure ourselves by saying that this product is only designed to be displayed against a wall, all this still reeks of a lack of effort to offer a model usable on all its sides. We will also have to deal with the curved section of the throne room canopy, it protrudes at the back and will prevent the Death Star from being properly placed against a wall. For €1000, I think we could have had a curved back face allowing us to present the Death Star with its dioramas visible or simply in the shape of a half-sphere with its exterior surface visible. One clarification: do not expect to hang the product which shows a little more than 8 kg on the scale on the wall, it is not structurally designed for that and nothing is planned.

You have to deal with a huge sheet of stickers and the presence of these stickers, already difficult to tolerate in much cheaper products, borders on indecency here. How can you market a plastic product at €125 per kg that is supposed to serve as a showcase of the manufacturer's know-how and impose more than sixty stickers. The latter are graphically very well done with real attention to detail but this Death Star deserved better than these stickers that will one day end up peeling off. LEGO does not even provide a second spare sheet of these consumables.

As for the figurines, we're promised 38 characters. This figure should impress us, with the guarantee of being able to fill the construction with original and varied minifigs. The selection is, however, mixed with a large handful of identical figurines, sometimes down to a face: half a dozen Stormtroopers, two Imperial Royal Guards, two Imperial Navy Troopers, two Imperial Crew Members and two Imperial Gunners, i.e. fourteen minifigs for five variants.

We still have three variants of Luke Skywalker, two variants of Han Solo, Chewbacca, Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader, Palpatine, Grand Moff Tarkin, Colonel Yularen, Admiral Motti, General Tagge, Director Krennic, an Imperial Navy Officer, an Imperial Shuttle Pilot, an unnamed Imperial dignitary, Galen Erso, the droids 5D6-RA-7 ​​and R3-T6, and a Hot Tub Stormtrooper, a running gag seen in several Star Wars-licensed video games since 2006, notably under the nickname Beach Trooper.

There are actually only seven new characters never before seen in the LEGO Star Wars range in this box: Admiral Motti, his assistant the droid 5D6-RA-7, General Tagge, the anonymous Imperial dignitary, the astromech droid R3-T6, Galen Erso and the Hot Tub Stormtrooper. The rest of the cast delivered in this set has logically already been seen in other sets in the range which dealt with the subject and not everything is new here with already available elements reused for Palpatine, Darth Vader, the six Stormtroopers, the two Navy Troopers, the two Imperial Gunners, R2-D2, C-3PO and Chewbacca.

The pad printing of the imperial officers' torsos is correct, however we regret the lazy use of neutral pairs of legs or the absence for example of a pattern on the bottom of the imperial dignitary's robe. I am especially disappointed to see that LEGO does not take this opportunity to replace the usual soft fabric capes with plastic versions. This is already the case in other ranges and in much cheaper products, the manufacturer in my opinion misses a technical opportunity that could have raised the overall level of the set a little and tried to justify its price.

This selection of figurines leaves me with mixed feelings, with some good ideas, some new characters, but also a lot of reuse of common elements, and an overall finish that is also not at the level of an overpriced set for demanding fans.

It is also worth mentioning here the offer associated with the launch of this set from October 1, 2025 with the possibility of receiving a copy of the promotional set as a gift. 40771 TIE Fighter with Imperial Rack (236 pieces) with a TIE Fighter, the hangar mount in the designated location, two Stormtroopers and a pilot leaves an aftertaste of content removed from the initial product to make it an artificial "gift" that should motivate the undecided. It's almost mean for a set sold for €1000, we could have hoped for real preferential treatment worthy of the investment with a more exclusive promotional product.

As you know, I rarely mention the packaging of the products I'm talking about. But the snub here is so amusing that I'm still showing you some views of the inside of the box as well as the visual present on the three sub-packages that contain the 81 bags and the six instruction booklets. We'll especially remember the very pretty visual that highlights the Death Star in its real form. A bonus that probably won't change your mind, Palpatine is in the bag bearing the number 66.

I want to appreciate this product despite the flaws I note and I will be one of those who will acquire it as soon as it is launched. I am not disappointed by the choice to make a giant diorama in the form of a large, slightly narrow disc, but I still cannot be satisfied with the very approximate finish of the thing. If you are looking to convince yourself that this product is exceptional in every way, you will easily find enough to do so in the four corners of the internet in the coming days. Sorry not to come and feed a little more the marketing machine which will find excuses and justifications for all the flaws stated here, I will pay €1000 for this box like many other fans and I am all the more demanding with what I do with my money when it comes to such large sums.

It's simply LEGO like you find in the entire usual product range, nothing more, nothing less, without special attention to the points that often pose problems. It's a shame, the most expensive set in the manufacturer's history was also supposed to be a milestone in terms of the care taken in the overall finish of the product and this is clearly not the case. It's just bigger and therefore more expensive.

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