Review: LEGO Star Wars 75233 Droid Gunship

Today we are quickly interested in the LEGO Star Wars set 75233 Droid Gunship (389 pieces - 59.99 €), which follows the set 75042 Droid Gunship marketed in 2014 which had itself in its time taken over the version of the set 7678 Droid Gunship launched in 2008. There is almost always a Droid Gunship on the shelves at LEGO.

We can also see here a message from LEGO to those who have gotten into the habit of storing these boxes in the hope that one day they will be able to finance their retirement in the Caribbean: reissues, reinterpretations and other "improved" remakes follow one another and the movement is accelerating.

No big update on this new droid seen in Episode III and aside from the few aesthetic evolutions of rigor we find the metapieces that allow to give it its rounded shape and the few guns that bring it a touch of playability. It will be difficult to do better on this scale anyway and the inevitable future reissues should be of the same barrel.

Once again, LEGO is taking a few liberties by putting a pilot in this standalone droid. We will not complain, this is the opportunity to get an additional Battle Droid that must be extended here in the cockpit ...

No unnecessary finishing touches under the droid, but the missile guns are very well integrated. Just push on an element to trigger the fire of two missiles at the same time. When deployed, the somewhat coarse landing gears touted in the official product description only loosely tilt the ship, which rests on its front guns.

LEGO still does not deign to provide a discreet or even transparent support to allow the object (flying) to be properly presented in a diorama or on a shelf. However, this is not a simple collector's reflection, I think that even the most playful fans would find their account there.

Be careful with the stickers to stick on the rounded parts, the youngest and those who are not very familiar with the exercise of the installation of these stickers will have to show patience and thoroughness not to disfigure the machine.

No balanced balance of power here, this box is only half of what it reproduces. You will have to go back to the cash register and afford the set 75234 AT-AP Walker (74.99 €) to be able to finally launch a credible confrontation on the beach of Kashyyyk. The bill will swell in passing, but when you love you (almost) not count.

I never thought I could write this one day, but the two Battle Droids provided in this box are actually the real stars of the product.

They are now a little more mature than the monochrome versions that LEGO has provided us by wagon so far in different boxes. The pad printing of the robot's head is very successful and the olive green torso gives a very "Kashyyyk" semblance of camouflage to these figurines.

For the rest, we will retain the discreet update of the pad printing of the face of Chief Tarfful with a look now more aggressive than on the version of the set 75043 AT-AP released in 2014. As usual with wookies, the minifig version doesn't really pay tribute to the size of these creatures, but we'll do with it.

The wookie blaster is still embodied by the 1989 musket, and while the accessory vaguely does the job, it's about time LEGO thought about a more accomplished version of this weapon.

Yoda is identical to the version seen in the sets 75017 Duel on Geonosis (2013) 75142 Homing Spider Droid (2016) et 75168 Yoda's Jedi Starfighter (2017). Still no patterns on the legs, a few folds in the minds of those on the chest would have been good. Shame about the bubbles in the lightsaber's blade. In 2019, it's a mess for a manufacturer of plastic toys, whatever the technical excuse that explains the presence of these bubbles.

In short, a box that will probably not fit in the Hall of Fame of the best sets in the LEGO Star Wars range, but which will allow those who still stood away from products in this range in 2014 to catch up.
This correct set but without real panache, will end like many others on sale one day or another. Be patient and you will save a few tens of euros on arrival. Amazon already offers it at a lower price than the LEGO Shop:

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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 19, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

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