Review: Polybags LEGO Star Wars 30384 Snowspeeder & 30461 Podracer

If you are one of those people who absolutely want to collect all the LEGO products marketed for the 20th anniversary of the LEGO Star Wars range and you already have the five standard sets, the bust of Darth Vader (ref. 75227) and the small exclusive set (ref. 40333) offered on the LEGO Shop on the occasion of the May the 4th operation, you also need the two polybags stamped with the logo that is present on all of these products: the references 30384 Snowspeeder et 30461 Podracer.

In these two bags, you will find smaller versions of machines also available in their usual format in two of the sets of the anniversary range. The 58-piece Podracer from bag 30461 is nothing fancy, but it could have been a nice little collector's item if it weren't so fragile.

The fins of the two front engines only hold by a tenon and the transparent rod is simply plugged into the gray part placed under the cockpit. There is also no representation of the cables which in principle connect the nacelle to the motors .... The machine becomes almost impossible to handle without losing a few parts in the process and will have to be content to sit enthroned on a shelf or a desk. .

For its part, the Snowspeeder of 49 pieces of bag 30384 is on the other hand rather solid, nothing falls and the machine is easy to handle. This is in fact a scaled-down reproduction of the Snowspeeder from set 7130 (1999) and the result is very convincing with a level of detail that is really satisfactory for a model of this scale. And it's gray, so it's the right color ...

The machine will easily find its place in a snowy diorama, either to take advantage of a perspective effect, or to fix the scale of everything you need to build around. If you're not too keen on these scale stories, you can even use them to flesh out the playset 75241 Action Battle Echo Base Defense and its extension, the set 75239 Action Battle Hoth Generator Attack.

These two bags that every good collector of the LEGO Star Wars range must add to his collection are therefore of unequal quality, even if it seems obvious that the realization of a Podracer on this scale is a little more challenging. than designing a Snowspeeder.

The other challenge is to obtain these polybags which are more or less exclusively distributed or sold by certain brands. there is always the option of the secondary market, but if you find these bags in your favorite toy store do not hesitate to indicate it in the comments, I will add the info here.

We already know that the 30461 Podracer polybag was recently offered at Toys R Us during an animation and that it was seen on sale at Jouéclub. Polybag 30384 Snowspeeder is well distributed in Europe, it has been seen on the shelves of several Eastern European brands. I know, it makes you a nice leg ...

Note: The polybags shown here, supplied by LEGO, are as usual put into play as a single set. To participate in the draw, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before the June 2, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

Update : The winner was drawn and was notified by email, his nickname is indicated below. Without a response from him to my request for contact details within 5 days, a new winner will be drawn.