Review: LEGO Star Wars 75225 Elite Praetorian Guard Battle Pack

Today we take a quick look at the small LEGO Star Wars set 75225 Elite Praetorian Guard Battle Pack (109 pieces - 14.99 €).

As much to admit it right away, I believe that we can consider that this Battle Pack is in fact only an addon for the set 75216 Snoke's Throne Room (74.99 €) which was a bit stingy in Praetorian Elite Guards.

This new set allows us to add three guards to our collections and they are now equipped with real legs and no longer with tunics symbolized by a curved pad-printed piece. It's always taken for the gameplay even though I tend to find the tunic versions more respectful of the film's outfit.

In the box, there are therefore four minifigs and some parts that will be used to assemble what appears to be a training space with a weapon rack and a droid armed with a blaster and a lightsaber.

While the two gray platforms can be rotated to stage a clash between two guards, this set of pieces looks more like a vague display than anything else. The more DIYers will try to connect this platform to Snoke's throne room to give their diorama a little more scale. Here.

On the minifig side, we therefore obtain a new type of helmet in two copies, torsos identical to those seen in set 75216, neutral red heads ... and a First Order Stormtrooper. This minifig seems to have got lost in this box and LEGO would have done better to offer us the third variant of the helmet seen in The Last Jedi instead of that generic soldier who has nothing to do here.

The weapons provided in this box are only simple assemblies of existing elements but they rather faithfully reproduce the versions seen on the screen. Voulge vibrator, Bilari Electro-Chain Whip, Electro Bisento et Twin Vibro Arbir Blades are almost instantly recognizable and the included assortment gives you the choice for your workout. Too bad the shoulder pads limit the possibilities of movement for the three guards a bit.

Regarding the First Order Stormtrooper, we find the usual outfit of the minifigs sold for a few years already associated here with the new version of the helmet already seen in other Battle Packs with a slightly modified pad printing.

Hopefully, one day LEGO decides to offer us the third variant of the helmet that equips the Praetorian Elite Guards. Even if the final bill to be paid to faithfully reproduce the scene from the film may then be even more expensive, it would be a shame to ignore the possibility for LEGO to close a file that has already cost us nearly € 90. We are no longer close to a few dozen euros.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is included as usual. To participate in the raffle, simply post a comment on this article before February 10, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

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