Review: LEGO Star Wars 75236 Duel on Starkiller Base

Today we quickly tour the LEGO Star Wars set 75236 Duel on Starkiller Base (191 pieces - 19.99 €), a small box which proposes to recreate the scene of the confrontation between Rey and Kylo Ren seen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

It is obviously a set to be stored in the "license spin" box. Those who would have liked to reproduce this scene have long since had the minifigs of the two characters concerned in their collections and this playset does not add much more than what any diorama on a white background could allow.

Many of the reviews that I have seen or read so far bluntly gargle at the "features" built into this playset: the two trees that tip over with one of them revealing a cache in which there is a blaster and the platform that opens under the feet of the two protagonists, as in the film. I still remember that even the Kenner playsets of my childhood did better in terms of things that open, tilt, close, etc ... There is nothing to cry genius when a construction toy is good. use of all its possibilities.

To conclude like LEGO the fact that thanks to this set "... Children can relive unforgettable moments from Star Wars: The Force Awakens ..."is a bit pretentious in my opinion. The circular platforms Rey and Kylo Ren are on are movable but you have to manipulate them by hand so that the sabers collide. Two rods placed under the base would have been welcome to be able to easily move the two supports and watch a fight without fingers that disrupt the action.

In fact, this set is mostly a small exhibition product compact enough to hang around the corner of a desk or shelf without being too intrusive. It's a discreet nod to a scene in the film that probably didn't deserve better and those on a budget who would only like to afford a single box based on this film may find something here. to please yourself.

I see from here coming all those who will tell me that this set allows above all to obtain an exclusive minifig of Kylo Ren. And this is the case, with a minifig which is indeed new and for the moment exclusive even if it is in fact only a graphic variant of the minifig seen in the set. 75139 Battle on Takodana (2016) with a few additional tears on the character's tunic. The head provided here is new but the cape provided in the set 75139 has on the other hand gone by the wayside.

Kylo Ren has two facial expressions here, it is consistent with the unfolding of the scene concerned and the side of the face with the injury is very successful.

As LEGO often does things halfway, Rey's minifig delivered in this box is the one already seen in half a dozen boxes that feature the character. I know very well that it would have been difficult to do otherwise, Rey wears in this scene the same outfit as in almost all of the film.

However, a discreet modification of the pad printing of the torso and / or legs would have been enough to delight collectors and give a different destiny to this set. I point it out in passing because it's still just as inadmissible: the flesh-colored hue of the neck of Rey's minifigure is too dull and does not match the character's head.

In short, this little set about which LEGO declares "... Prepare for epic creative play on Starkiller Base! ..."is in my opinion a nice display product for an adult fan in need of space more than a toy to give to the little ones. You can see it as an Architecture set from the LEGO Star Wars range ...

I forced my 9 year old son, a Star Wars fan like many other things, to play with this playset and he just knocked over the two trees before going back to playing Moonlighter making fun of me and my "toy" " too expensive.

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