Review: LEGO Star Wars 75261 Clone Scout Walker (20th Anniversary)

Today is the turn of the LEGO Star Wars set 75261 Clone Scout Walker (20th Anniversary) to undergo a quick test. This small box of 250 pieces pays homage to the 7250 Clone Scout Walker set from 2005 with a new interpretation of the AT-RT and a few additional elements to bring a little playability to the set.

Once again, the machine proposed here rather pays homage to another version of which it is a more logical evolution, that of the set 75002AT-RT from 2013. LEGO has also once again seen a little too big with a machine that is ultimately really oversized and on which the minifig looks a little ridiculous.

The AT-RT is in principle 3.2 meters high and if we make here a quick size comparison with the minifigure whose helmet barely protrudes from the front fairing, we are almost six meters away ... This choice in terms of Scale might be excused if it was here in the service of product playability, but that's not even the case.

If the finish of this disproportionate vehicle is rather correct, it is even to the detriment of playability. This AT-RT must indeed be content to remain motionless on its two legs and it is not even possible to orient the cockpit downwards. It's still nerd for a toy that comes with ground-level opposition, embodied here by the Battle Droid and Dwarf Spider Droid that the front cannon can't even aim directly at.

The AT-RT delivered here is therefore only a disproportionate display model that looks better without a minifig placed in the cockpit. By replacing the unsightly blue pine visible on the sides of the machine, it is a rather successful model and to go to the end of the logic, the machine launcher placed at the front becomes almost superfluous.

The only stable pose that I managed to get is the one below and it exploits all the capacities of the construction ... It's much too static for my taste, especially for a collector's product sold for 30 € which is intended to pay tribute to 20 years of Star Wars products in LEGO style.

To accompany the AT-RT in this collector's box, LEGO is therefore delivering a Dwarf Spider Droid and, according to the official product description, "a section of trench"minimalist with a shooting station.

Nothing super exciting here, but it's always taken to get a start of a mini diorama Kashyyyk atmosphere that will complement the content of the sets 75233 Droid Gunship et 75234 AT-AP Walker marketed since the beginning of the year.

Come to think of it, this set is more like an extension pack for the two other boxes already on the shelves than a product carefully selected by a handful of enthusiastic designers to integrate a series of collector products.

As for the figurines provided, the assortment is rather correct with three generic figurines to amass according to your desires (and your budget) for an even more robust Kashyyyk diorama: a Battle Droid without camouflage, a nameless wookie which takes up the Legs of Chief Tarfful and new facial pad printing and a Kashyyyk Trooper identical to the one seen in the set 75234 AT-AP Walker.

The wookie is always equipped with its endless blaster, a pity that LEGO does not decide to make an effort on this point to finally offer us a weapon more faithful to the one seen in the film.

It is Darth Vader who takes on the role of the off-topic collector minifig which will be enough to convince many fans to spend the 29.99 € requested by LEGO for this set.

The minifigure is really vintage with its helmet dating from the 7150 TIE Fighter & Y-Wing set marketed in 1999 and seen since in many boxes before being finally replaced by a new model in 2015.

The minifigure is faithful to the original version, but the character's head is in fact new: if it takes exactly the pad printing of that of the 2009 minifigure, it is the base color of the part that changes (Light Gray in 1999 against Light Bluish Gray for the 2019 version).

We obviously find the usual logo a little too intrusive pad printed on the back as for the other four collectible characters, but the cape helps to hide the thing a bit and the minifigure really keeps its vintage side, even seen from the back.

In short, this potential Battle Pack should find its audience among those who will take the opportunity to enlarge their Kashyyyk dioramas with the generic figurines provided and build up a small fleet of AT-RTs.

Those who want to collect the five sets marketed for the 20th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars range will not have the leisure to ignore this box which in my opinion did not deserve to be one of those planned to make homage to a range which in 20 years has been able to offer us much better products. But as usual, it's up to you.

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