I can confirm the Commander Fox figure has “caused me direct mental, psychological, and physical harm due to the 2-3mm of white printed on the torso” lol
Jang mocking the overreactions to clone figs continues to be one of my favorite things. And then it’s immediately followed by fair and well-analyzed criticism of the fig. What a clear headed and professional guy!
@@waveburner1254Design wise, Fox is a regular Shock trooper with the red and qhite reversed. Lego got a bit of those colors in the wrong places with the fox
@@waveburner1254The rib section on Commander Fox is red in the show, but is printed white on the fig, so it's inaccurate. Exact same issue for Fox's knees as well actually, though the knees weren't mentioned in the video
@@waveburner1254 basically in universe the white on the chest piece is only on the pec rectangles not all the way down but honestly it doesn't matter at all and people complaining about it are just whining for the sake of whining
Lego can remember the details of an extremely rare gunship variant even down to the tiny republic logo on the ramp but gets Fox wrong in almost every way
I think that having Padme in this set is nice just because I can't remember the last time that we got a non-Jedi/Sith major character from the Prequals & the set itself is a nice looking set but yes even I agree that the poorly done trooper is poorly done, no denying that fact.
Jang, thank you for being level-headed and not caving into the circle-jerk of *unreasonable* phase 2 clone hate. I think that the holes are a good compromise to promote customizability and certain design decisions for the printing- while questionable and not 100% accurate- reflect what characters would look like if loosely interpreted as a toy. I also am pretty disappointed with how the white-on-red printing came out on Fox though, and I completely understand the outrage behind that.
I don’t get why people complain about the holes on Phase II helmets when the Mando & Phase I helmets have had them forever. Glad they added them to Phase II, it’s more consistent.
Hey Jang, not sure if you know, but with Fox, in addition to the white on the chest, and the terrible opacity, the knees were also supposed to be red. I don’t think it’s the worst thing in the world, but it’s a little crazy to me that something like this was allowed to slip through. Surely a lot of people at LEGO review stuff like this, right? It gives the impression that nobody at any step looked at the source material, which is a mindblowing concept.
That's exactly why I can't get over it. I design figures and for someone to make an error of that magnitude is incomprehensible to me. If you're actually the one who has to decide what colour each section should be on the figure, the only way I can think of to make mistakes like that is (like you said) to literally avoid looking at the source material and try to do it from memory.
I think both criticisms of the Fox figure are valid. There’s no reason for the chest plate and kneepads to be incorrectly colored, and there’s no reason for the white printing to be less than opaque. Not to mention the lack of the cloth. Unacceptable.
I love this set. I really support the smaller builds we have been getting lately (like the x-wing and tie fighter) but the price for this is insane. I would never spend more than $100 on this. I think the price would not be so bad if it came with two more guard troopers AND two clone pilots so you could really fill the whole thing out. Also just a small side thing I don't know why lego tiles off their troop transport decks. I think just about any kid is gonna replace those tiles with plates to fit more clones (but that is a super small nit pic)
jang, ive watched 2 other reviews of this set and yours is reminding my once again why youre my favorite reviewer on youtube. you arent sensationalist, youre always so thorough and honest, and most importantly, fair.
Printing issues aside, I really feel like the printed waist capes aren't as bad as people say, but they really should use dual molded legs to cover the sides
Although I've seen other reviews from people that got this set earlier, you provided some much needed viewpoints and overall did a phenomenal job reviewing this set. You actually pointed out things that others missed. Really appreciate you in this community.
Actually,on the wing turrets, I don’t think there’s ever been an actual cannon version where those were manned stations. It’s just that that’s something that previous toys did and now a lot of fans who are more familiar with their old toys than the actual designs expect it.
Fox is awful, that goes without saying, however I'm really digging this new LAAT design. The size looks more in-scale with the minifigures, and most of the angles look fantastic, overall a much improved model. Whilst I would have preferred the classic white scheme, the red and white is really striking.
The inaccuracies with the Fox are particularly frustrating because they aren’t the result of limited concept art, like Jacen’s hair color in the Ghost. I like to give LEGO as much credit as possible, and the build/ figure selection is otherwise excellent (maybe lacking a figure or two) but it’s hard to overlook inaccuracies on a character that’s had official reference material for over a decade at this point. It’s very much not the end of the world like a lot of fans want to claim, but combined with the poor printing quality, it’s really unfortunate to see with a desirable character that’s likely not going to be remade anytime soon
I watched some other reviews of this set, since some reviewers got them earlier and I got reminded how professional you are in your videos, you set such a standard other reviews are unwatchable lol, thanks jang!!!
I probably watched this review 3 times before I bought this. Glad that you focused on it being smaller, but still a good play scale model. Thanks for giving a good honest review and not just bashing this for not being a “traditional” gunship.
As an artist, i just can't overlook the flaws of the recent clones and specially the lack of some details that some characters should have but don't. But the gunship size is quite fine. This also surprised me with the Ghost, cause that one is bigger and better detailed than the original. Also the sturdiness is there. Hopefully they do a recolor for the regular gunships later on in this scale. I'd be down for more unique versions of vehicles as this was quite a shocker they made the red one that was in the background of a few episodes. Much appreciated.
the only problem with modern clones is the fact they shifted out of kamas. Though I suppose people weren't willing to pay a bit more for kamas as shown with grievous starfighter. I enjoy the other parts of the clones like the style prints, helmet holes, etc
@@HondaOhnakaI think the biggest cost for that particular set though was the general grevious figure. Everytime he appears each set he is included in feels a bit too much. Same with that speeder set he had a few years ago.
For anyone interested you can fit 13 clones in the back with guns. You do have to work them in, and one stands up unattached but is held in place by two clones, and one sirs unattached on back but isnt able to move with back ramp up. I did this with the new clone packs. I got 5 and was able to use all 15 white clones. 2 pilots, 16 crew. If you have the p1 clone blister pack, id recommend using the body with yellow arms as it makes a nice lieutenant. Comfortable you cand fit 8-10, but if you set them right you cand fit a few more. You cand use the command station and all 5 crates from the clone pack, if you get 5, for the front cargo station. It can all fit and wont shift around. Going to modify the speeder since color matches gunship. Both are great sets for display and play.
Great review as always Jang! This one definitely needs more clone troopers. Two regular clones in a troop transporter is just not enough given how many came with the AT-TE and other troop transporters LEGO has done. I also wish the stud shooters were on ratcheted turntables even if it isn’t the most accurate to the show as that would’ve improved playability a lot.
i’m pretty sure the wing turrets never actually have people in them, they are controlled by the co-pilot. i like that the turrets are stud shooters, gives the set playability and makes more sense tbh
I really like this set in terms of its build, scale, etc. My big issue with this set is that Commander Fox's printing is not particularly high-quality. I could forgive inaccuracies, but when the white on the torso starts bordering on pink, that's not ideal. The legs also felt like they needed something else too them. Either a cloth kama or dual-moulded legs to indicate the kama. I know Lego don't tend to do dual moulded legs for non-UCS Star Wars minifigs, but I feel like some of them would strongly benefit from it. The Shock Troopers and Padme, as cool as they are in this set, could also benefit from it.
I’m honestly perfectly happy with this set. It’s my first republic gunship, it has a new Padme, and it has Palpatine in his “I am the senate” attire. The build is solid and pretty good, so I can’t really complain. The inaccuracies on the Clones don’t bother me, since I’m not obsessed with having them be perfect down to the exact detail, and I think they’re decent additions to my collection.
Thank you for the quality review. It has been so hard to watch other content creators hate on a very well designed "for play" set. I had no idea the structural integrity was that good. You will always be the best set reviewer.
I was initially confused why they didn't go for the more well known colour scheme but I ended up liking this design a lot better. I still hope they do make one with the episode 2 design for all the people who want it but can't afford the UCS one.
I’m very happy with the concept of this set, and disappointed with the content of it. A new gunship variant after 10 years so it stands out on the self? Wonderful! Simplifying and downsizing it a bit to more easily fit with the new trend of downsized Star Wars sets? I can get behind that? It costs the same as last year’s AT-TE and has only five minifigures? Hold on… I get it, Lego is interested in itself being a premium product. But I’ve been struggling to really care about any Lego theme this year because I don’t feel like the price hikes are scaling with the impact of inflation on other aspects of everyday life, and most certainly aren’t truly justifying spending $140 on what would have been a $100 set not even three years ago. When I bought those downscaled X-wing and Tie Fighter sets in 2021, I genuinely thought they were the start of a new era of affordable Lego Star Wars after years of ties being 60 and X-wings being 80. Now we’re right back to expensive sets, only we’re also stuck with fewer minifigures per set on top of that with some notable exceptions. Maybe Lego needs to take a backseat to other hobbies for a few years while I reevaluate how much I want to give to them.
To be fair to Lego, I wanted Phase 2 helmets with holes for awhile. They're not the worst but could be better. I land in the middle. They ought to have been integrated better but aren't a deal breaker for me.
Gunship build looks really good in the video. It seems to have a plenty of space for minifigs and cargo (I won't know how many figs you can actually fit until I get my hands on the ship), especially for the size, and that's lovely. The proportions of the ship did take a hit, but I like the size and I think it's a decent compromise. And the unusual dark red color scheme has grown on me--though I'm still a little concerned about the durability of the bricks in this color. Have they fully fixed the issue with it, I wonder? I do hope that LEGO releasing the two large, dark red dominant sets (this one and Ahsoka's T-6 shuttle) means the issue with brittle-ness has been fixed. (I don't really have modern dark red pieces of the last few years, and I recently had a bunch of older DR pieces fall apart on me when I reassembled an old set with the colors in it. It's still fresh in my memory) I'm not sure about the "color choice" for the transparent clear windshield pieces 'cause on a couple of review videos & pics I've seen so far, the lack of tint seems make it hard to see the shape & outlines of the windshields. But I'll with hold my judgement on it until I see the thing with my own eyes. Padme and Palpy figs look pretty nice (they got the print opacity right for Padme's torso). Clone helmets still have the "tiny faces" and thick mouth which I just can't ignore, and Fox's torso print is just... unfortunate. I think we should all use the feedback form on LEGO's website & (needless to say, politely) point out these blatant quality issues, as well as inaccuracies in the print design (for those who care about it). And I've also recently come to see the issue people are having with the attachment holes on normal Phase2 clone helmets. When you look at helmets from the front, both the one with and without the holes, the profile of the holed helmet is indeed noticeably inaccurate... personally, I can live with the inaccuracy in the shape as a necessary bad (it would indeed be great if they come up with an alternate helmet mold for normal clones that has holes where they should be, with a new visor attachment piece) in the current state of things, and the thing that bugs me more is the size & design of the visor-nose-mouth print which makes the "face" of the helmet too small & toy-ish even for a minifig, but I do at least see where they are coming from now. With all that said, this set's still attractive to me, and I'll be waiting for a discount in the future. Ty for the review Jang!
The print on the helmet looks worse too. The white line on the fin and the white below the mouth are smaller compared to the shock troopers and the knees are the wrong colour. How does this figure have so many mistakes when it should just be an inverted shock trooper without the lines on the brow
After the Ahsoka T6 Shuttle disappointment (thanks Backside Wing) this was one of my other wanted sets. And it is looking surprisingly good! Solid build, good selection of minifigs and decent value. But as soon as I saw the first official pictures of Fox, I knew that his torso wouldn't be opaque. That is my biggest complain about this set. I like Fox's Design! He looks amazing. But that opacity, especially against red, really bugs me. Pink? No thanks! I don't want a minifig that fell into the wrong washing Machine looking like the fabled red sock among white clothes.
Hold on... the Ghost and Phantom, Shin Hati's starfighter, the E-Wing, Ahsoka's shuttle, this gunship. Is this current crop of sets the least grey wave of ships we've gotten in modern times?
I wish they had included both sliding components of the doors. Always wanted a gunship that did that. Though honestly id probably save my money for the new mega construx halo elephant.
Thanks! That's about... 1/3rd of it! A constant battle to find space to display the stuff, about 80 snap kits in. Just barely started getting into painting & kit bashing though; gotta keep the focus on the LEGO!
I would say that this gunship is closer to minfigure scale than the 2013 version. To me, the 2013 version is best gunship Lego has produced, but this 2023 model is very nice!
Ignoring entirely the price tag, I really love what LEGO is doing with Star Wars ships, in terms of scale and colours. I dont really pay to much attention to how exact the scale is compared to the source material, what interests me the most is the minifig scale : if the ship is big, them it should accomodate a lot of minifigs, period (I really hate big ship that turn out to be one seaters). This gunship perfectly meets my expectations. I also like the gunship we got from the Andor series: scaled down, yet fits as many minifigs as you'd expect ❤
One of the thing that bugs me the most has got be the lack of any canonical pilot troopers Like the last phase 2 clone pilot we got was in the v wing from 2014 if I’m not mistaken
Jang, thanks for the great review, I might actually pick this one up. The design work of the ship itself is quite nice, I have the 2013 gunship and am quite looking forward to seeing these two side by side. As for the Padmé design, I believe the design you're looking for is from the Malevolence set 9515. In that set, she wears a pretty similar (senator?) outfit.
Once again, Jang comes in as the best reviewer to give some MUCH-needed insight for ACTUAL consumers rather than toxic fans or… erm… Lego “investors”. Thanks again, chief, can always count on The Jang.
Build is great, it looks very good. Coruscant Guard look good. Padme good. Palpatine good. Its a shame Fox didn’t come out right. I’ll pick this up when Walmart drops the price, it’ll probably go to $112 like the AT-TE did!
I agree, if they don't give a cloth kama, just paint the side of the legs. I really wish that they took the diaphragm paint and just layered it on top of the pink pecs
I always think, "man people really overreact to most lego star wars issues these days." And then i realized half the people who talk about/review/get upset about these things arent very mature. Jang is an actual adult capable of acknowledging and criticizing flaws but without making it a bigger deal than it has to be.
You always have the most W takes on things, and even when you're disappointed in a set you're always level headed about it, I really appreciate that about you
Value is a real toss up with this one; it is smaller and technically less expensive than the last one from ten years ago, but there is so many Star Wars crafts and vehicles of this price range this has to compete against. Like the Ghost, this will need a bit of a discount, if only because the other sets, like the Inquisitor Transport Scythe, AT-TE, Razor Crest and even the deeply flawed Justifier have had quite sizeable discounts. Also interesting how four of the five sets have very similar piece counts to each other too, the Ghost being the outlier of the group. I do like the colour scheme of this Gunship and that it's not yet another grey or white ship. More figures would've been more welcome and made it less awkward as the AT-TE has three more, even though those three more figures are battle droids. One to keep an eye on this Gunship.
The biggest issue I have with this set is the direct comparison to the AT-TE. That one gave you 5 minifigs- all clones, with an _accurate_ Cody, cough cough- plus 3 droids, for the same price as this. I think it's not too much to ask for at least 1-2 more Coruscant Guard, or even a pilot. Considering that the figs are such an immense draw to these sets, it'd be nice if they weren't as stingy sometimes, and this is all ignoring the issues with Fox. Ah well, it is a really cool set overall, it's just having to contend with the previous LAAT sets and just feels like they saw the success of the AT-TE and were like "... How much less can we give them and they'll still buy it?"
Nice set but I’m not paying that price. Which leads me to the Cmdr. Fox print, if LEGO is going to be asking premium prices for the Star Wars line then the minifigures should be premium as well. No excuses.
the biggest thing i feel could help the door, is simply putting the front hinge father back, since then it would open up more. other than that, it's a great design
Small build like a vulture droid? Bruh, a vulture droid is a 30 dollar set on its own. People get way too carried away with the little add ons that they expect to see in order to justify the price. "It's not bad, but they should have thrown in 2 extra clones, a side build, some more accessories, a light brick, another ship, 5 battle droids and Yoda. Then I'd buy it."
I'd be curious to know why they didn't print the red on white instead of white on red for Fox's torso. I think it would've turned out better and the side profile of the fig wouldn't be so red dominated
I know you’ve got a pretty full plate but I’d love to see an unbiased comparison of this set and last years AT-TE since they are the same price. But I understand if that’s not a priority or something you’re interested but if you do I’d definitely love to hear your thoughts. Great review, love all your content!!!
I am interested in how it’s built because my 2010 version just crumbles when you grab it from the top 😂 enough that even now I can put it back together from memory
While it's unimportant to the build or toy quality, it's interesting to note that the Coruscant gunships were of the space-capable variant, and could be utilized in combat in a vacuum. Although not seen, they were likely heavily engaged in combat during the Battle of Coruscant.
Hi JANG, on the print quality stuff: What is to be done? I got a Winnie the Poo set with Poo having a red torso with a yellow belly print overtop, it is not opaque enough as per usual by now. I mentioned this in my review of the set and customer service reached out. They asked if i wanted a new (maybe) better torso. And to back my review up i asked them yes send me another torso. The new torso is of equal non-opaque quality. I am wondering if i go to the nitpicky customer path and ask for yet another (and another and another and another) or cave in and let it be. Feels to me like customer service might want some customer support in telling management, print quality has to be better. But i don't like the waste in shipping time and energy and in pieces if we would all go the route of telling Lego we don't like the non-opaque prints. Maybe i make pictures and send an email for them to use to forward through to management. If more customers would we could email-bomb print management to do better.
Fox would have looked so much better with a white torso and red arms with red printing to match the legs. It would have been less accurate but definitely would have looked better as a minifigure.
I can confirm the Commander Fox figure has “caused me direct mental, psychological, and physical harm due to the 2-3mm of white printed on the torso” lol
Jang mocking the overreactions to clone figs continues to be one of my favorite things. And then it’s immediately followed by fair and well-analyzed criticism of the fig. What a clear headed and professional guy!
I also love this... and I am a Lego Star wars collector.
I hate how toxic the community became on certain topics
@@waveburner1254 its not accurate to the character in universe. The lower white on the torso should be red
@@waveburner1254Design wise, Fox is a regular Shock trooper with the red and qhite reversed. Lego got a bit of those colors in the wrong places with the fox
@@waveburner1254The rib section on Commander Fox is red in the show, but is printed white on the fig, so it's inaccurate. Exact same issue for Fox's knees as well actually, though the knees weren't mentioned in the video
@@waveburner1254 basically in universe the white on the chest piece is only on the pec rectangles not all the way down but honestly it doesn't matter at all and people complaining about it are just whining for the sake of whining
When he said “alternate face for the senate”
That made my day
Lego can remember the details of an extremely rare gunship variant even down to the tiny republic logo on the ramp but gets Fox wrong in almost every way
tbf the minifigure designing and set designing departments are different
I love the idea that LEGO set designers are apparently designing these things from memory.
It's just the rib section being miscolored no? While we all want a better helmet mold and cloth kamas, it's not inaccurate
@@The3gg Both the ribs and the knees are the incorrect colour
@@The3ggknees are wrong too
I think that having Padme in this set is nice just because I can't remember the last time that we got a non-Jedi/Sith major character from the Prequals & the set itself is a nice looking set but yes even I agree that the poorly done trooper is poorly done, no denying that fact.
Wanna hear something crazy? We haven't gotten a Dooku figure for TEN YEARS! And he's the main antagonist of an entire film! Insane
Jang, thank you for being level-headed and not caving into the circle-jerk of *unreasonable* phase 2 clone hate. I think that the holes are a good compromise to promote customizability and certain design decisions for the printing- while questionable and not 100% accurate- reflect what characters would look like if loosely interpreted as a toy. I also am pretty disappointed with how the white-on-red printing came out on Fox though, and I completely understand the outrage behind that.
I don’t get why people complain about the holes on Phase II helmets when the Mando & Phase I helmets have had them forever. Glad they added them to Phase II, it’s more consistent.
Hey Jang, not sure if you know, but with Fox, in addition to the white on the chest, and the terrible opacity, the knees were also supposed to be red.
I don’t think it’s the worst thing in the world, but it’s a little crazy to me that something like this was allowed to slip through. Surely a lot of people at LEGO review stuff like this, right? It gives the impression that nobody at any step looked at the source material, which is a mindblowing concept.
That's exactly why I can't get over it. I design figures and for someone to make an error of that magnitude is incomprehensible to me. If you're actually the one who has to decide what colour each section should be on the figure, the only way I can think of to make mistakes like that is (like you said) to literally avoid looking at the source material and try to do it from memory.
I just love Jang’s reviews. It’s a shame Fox has errors with the printing, it just kills the excitement of his return after so many years.
I think both criticisms of the Fox figure are valid. There’s no reason for the chest plate and kneepads to be incorrectly colored, and there’s no reason for the white printing to be less than opaque. Not to mention the lack of the cloth. Unacceptable.
I love this set. I really support the smaller builds we have been getting lately (like the x-wing and tie fighter) but the price for this is insane. I would never spend more than $100 on this. I think the price would not be so bad if it came with two more guard troopers AND two clone pilots so you could really fill the whole thing out. Also just a small side thing I don't know why lego tiles off their troop transport decks. I think just about any kid is gonna replace those tiles with plates to fit more clones (but that is a super small nit pic)
Ehh this is way more fleshed out than any of those small builds
Remove either Palpatine or Padme and add one more clone trooper would've been better.
Regardless if you tile it off or not you'll not be able to comfortably fit more than 10 clones
I love Jangs reviews.
He is the only one who is arguing nice and out of the point of view as a toy for children... which it is.
Keep on going Jang
jang, ive watched 2 other reviews of this set and yours is reminding my once again why youre my favorite reviewer on youtube. you arent sensationalist, youre always so thorough and honest, and most importantly, fair.
Printing issues aside, I really feel like the printed waist capes aren't as bad as people say, but they really should use dual molded legs to cover the sides
Although I've seen other reviews from people that got this set earlier, you provided some much needed viewpoints and overall did a phenomenal job reviewing this set. You actually pointed out things that others missed. Really appreciate you in this community.
Actually,on the wing turrets, I don’t think there’s ever been an actual cannon version where those were manned stations. It’s just that that’s something that previous toys did and now a lot of fans who are more familiar with their old toys than the actual designs expect it.
Fox is awful, that goes without saying, however I'm really digging this new LAAT design. The size looks more in-scale with the minifigures, and most of the angles look fantastic, overall a much improved model. Whilst I would have preferred the classic white scheme, the red and white is really striking.
The inaccuracies with the Fox are particularly frustrating because they aren’t the result of limited concept art, like Jacen’s hair color in the Ghost. I like to give LEGO as much credit as possible, and the build/ figure selection is otherwise excellent (maybe lacking a figure or two) but it’s hard to overlook inaccuracies on a character that’s had official reference material for over a decade at this point. It’s very much not the end of the world like a lot of fans want to claim, but combined with the poor printing quality, it’s really unfortunate to see with a desirable character that’s likely not going to be remade anytime soon
Love the set, but I think it's dying for one or two more clones...
I watched some other reviews of this set, since some reviewers got them earlier and I got reminded how professional you are in your videos, you set such a standard other reviews are unwatchable lol, thanks jang!!!
That extra 3mm of white looks better than Fox in canon.
About the kama.. I don't want cloth, or rubber, I want dual molding.
Always excited to see your take on figs. Often imperfect, but rarely as bad as complaints make them sound
I probably watched this review 3 times before I bought this. Glad that you focused on it being smaller, but still a good play scale model. Thanks for giving a good honest review and not just bashing this for not being a “traditional” gunship.
As an artist, i just can't overlook the flaws of the recent clones and specially the lack of some details that some characters should have but don't. But the gunship size is quite fine. This also surprised me with the Ghost, cause that one is bigger and better detailed than the original. Also the sturdiness is there. Hopefully they do a recolor for the regular gunships later on in this scale. I'd be down for more unique versions of vehicles as this was quite a shocker they made the red one that was in the background of a few episodes. Much appreciated.
As an artist, I can, because its not that deep
the only problem with modern clones is the fact they shifted out of kamas. Though I suppose people weren't willing to pay a bit more for kamas as shown with grievous starfighter. I enjoy the other parts of the clones like the style prints, helmet holes, etc
@@ChildishBrandino20Not asking for more of a company with this much money is being compliant with complacency of the company
@@ChildishBrandino20 if you look at phase 1 Gree they literally got the smallest detail on the chest right. That was more than 10 years ago.
@@HondaOhnakaI think the biggest cost for that particular set though was the general grevious figure. Everytime he appears each set he is included in feels a bit too much. Same with that speeder set he had a few years ago.
For anyone interested you can fit 13 clones in the back with guns. You do have to work them in, and one stands up unattached but is held in place by two clones, and one sirs unattached on back but isnt able to move with back ramp up. I did this with the new clone packs. I got 5 and was able to use all 15 white clones. 2 pilots, 16 crew.
If you have the p1 clone blister pack, id recommend using the body with yellow arms as it makes a nice lieutenant.
Comfortable you cand fit 8-10, but if you set them right you cand fit a few more. You cand use the command station and all 5 crates from the clone pack, if you get 5, for the front cargo station. It can all fit and wont shift around.
Going to modify the speeder since color matches gunship. Both are great sets for display and play.
"Alternate face for the Senate" I just think that line is humorous.
Great review as always Jang! This one definitely needs more clone troopers. Two regular clones in a troop transporter is just not enough given how many came with the AT-TE and other troop transporters LEGO has done. I also wish the stud shooters were on ratcheted turntables even if it isn’t the most accurate to the show as that would’ve improved playability a lot.
i’m pretty sure the wing turrets never actually have people in them, they are controlled by the co-pilot. i like that the turrets are stud shooters, gives the set playability and makes more sense tbh
As a long-time fan, I really enjoy your reviews and this was an excellent critique and well-rounded review of this gunship.
I really like this set in terms of its build, scale, etc. My big issue with this set is that Commander Fox's printing is not particularly high-quality. I could forgive inaccuracies, but when the white on the torso starts bordering on pink, that's not ideal. The legs also felt like they needed something else too them. Either a cloth kama or dual-moulded legs to indicate the kama. I know Lego don't tend to do dual moulded legs for non-UCS Star Wars minifigs, but I feel like some of them would strongly benefit from it. The Shock Troopers and Padme, as cool as they are in this set, could also benefit from it.
Watching this review hits me with how positive Jang is, he barely complained about the smaller things others have
lego print light color on darker color challenge: impossible
I’m honestly perfectly happy with this set. It’s my first republic gunship, it has a new Padme, and it has Palpatine in his “I am the senate” attire. The build is solid and pretty good, so I can’t really complain. The inaccuracies on the Clones don’t bother me, since I’m not obsessed with having them be perfect down to the exact detail, and I think they’re decent additions to my collection.
Thank you for the quality review. It has been so hard to watch other content creators hate on a very well designed "for play" set. I had no idea the structural integrity was that good. You will always be the best set reviewer.
I was initially confused why they didn't go for the more well known colour scheme but I ended up liking this design a lot better. I still hope they do make one with the episode 2 design for all the people who want it but can't afford the UCS one.
Waiting for the commercials of “if you or a loved one has had mental anguish over legos commander fox minifigure, you may be entitled to compensation”
I love when you give your price thoughts at the end...always your thoughts are cheaper price...lol...I totally agree everytime 😂
More Clones in this set than we got in the last Gunship.
I'm glad you can see how much space is in the gunship I've seen so many complaints about there being no space in the gunship when there's tonnes
I’m very happy with the concept of this set, and disappointed with the content of it. A new gunship variant after 10 years so it stands out on the self? Wonderful! Simplifying and downsizing it a bit to more easily fit with the new trend of downsized Star Wars sets? I can get behind that? It costs the same as last year’s AT-TE and has only five minifigures? Hold on… I get it, Lego is interested in itself being a premium product. But I’ve been struggling to really care about any Lego theme this year because I don’t feel like the price hikes are scaling with the impact of inflation on other aspects of everyday life, and most certainly aren’t truly justifying spending $140 on what would have been a $100 set not even three years ago. When I bought those downscaled X-wing and Tie Fighter sets in 2021, I genuinely thought they were the start of a new era of affordable Lego Star Wars after years of ties being 60 and X-wings being 80. Now we’re right back to expensive sets, only we’re also stuck with fewer minifigures per set on top of that with some notable exceptions. Maybe Lego needs to take a backseat to other hobbies for a few years while I reevaluate how much I want to give to them.
Yeah in 2021 prices were looking surprisingly good on a fair number of sets, but it’s been a steep downhill since then
To be fair to Lego, I wanted Phase 2 helmets with holes for awhile. They're not the worst but could be better.
I land in the middle. They ought to have been integrated better but aren't a deal breaker for me.
Gunship build looks really good in the video. It seems to have a plenty of space for minifigs and cargo (I won't know how many figs you can actually fit until I get my hands on the ship), especially for the size, and that's lovely. The proportions of the ship did take a hit, but I like the size and I think it's a decent compromise.
And the unusual dark red color scheme has grown on me--though I'm still a little concerned about the durability of the bricks in this color. Have they fully fixed the issue with it, I wonder? I do hope that LEGO releasing the two large, dark red dominant sets (this one and Ahsoka's T-6 shuttle) means the issue with brittle-ness has been fixed. (I don't really have modern dark red pieces of the last few years, and I recently had a bunch of older DR pieces fall apart on me when I reassembled an old set with the colors in it. It's still fresh in my memory)
I'm not sure about the "color choice" for the transparent clear windshield pieces 'cause on a couple of review videos & pics I've seen so far, the lack of tint seems make it hard to see the shape & outlines of the windshields. But I'll with hold my judgement on it until I see the thing with my own eyes.
Padme and Palpy figs look pretty nice (they got the print opacity right for Padme's torso).
Clone helmets still have the "tiny faces" and thick mouth which I just can't ignore, and Fox's torso print is just... unfortunate. I think we should all use the feedback form on LEGO's website & (needless to say, politely) point out these blatant quality issues, as well as inaccuracies in the print design (for those who care about it).
And I've also recently come to see the issue people are having with the attachment holes on normal Phase2 clone helmets. When you look at helmets from the front, both the one with and without the holes, the profile of the holed helmet is indeed noticeably inaccurate... personally, I can live with the inaccuracy in the shape as a necessary bad (it would indeed be great if they come up with an alternate helmet mold for normal clones that has holes where they should be, with a new visor attachment piece) in the current state of things, and the thing that bugs me more is the size & design of the visor-nose-mouth print which makes the "face" of the helmet too small & toy-ish even for a minifig, but I do at least see where they are coming from now.
With all that said, this set's still attractive to me, and I'll be waiting for a discount in the future.
Ty for the review Jang!
My question is why did Lego get the Commander fox torso wrong. Doesn’t make sense
The print on the helmet looks worse too. The white line on the fin and the white below the mouth are smaller compared to the shock troopers and the knees are the wrong colour.
How does this figure have so many mistakes when it should just be an inverted shock trooper without the lines on the brow
Jang's reviews makes me love those sets more then I did. ❤
After the Ahsoka T6 Shuttle disappointment (thanks Backside Wing) this was one of my other wanted sets. And it is looking surprisingly good! Solid build, good selection of minifigs and decent value.
But as soon as I saw the first official pictures of Fox, I knew that his torso wouldn't be opaque. That is my biggest complain about this set. I like Fox's Design! He looks amazing. But that opacity, especially against red, really bugs me. Pink? No thanks! I don't want a minifig that fell into the wrong washing Machine looking like the fabled red sock among white clothes.
Hold on... the Ghost and Phantom, Shin Hati's starfighter, the E-Wing, Ahsoka's shuttle, this gunship. Is this current crop of sets the least grey wave of ships we've gotten in modern times?
Very colorful compared to the rest of this year’s playsets.
“And here we have an alternate face for The Senate” LOL Jang I love you
I wish they had included both sliding components of the doors. Always wanted a gunship that did that. Though honestly id probably save my money for the new mega construx halo elephant.
Been a while since I've tuned in to your channel but that is a nice Gunpla collection
Thanks! That's about... 1/3rd of it! A constant battle to find space to display the stuff, about 80 snap kits in. Just barely started getting into painting & kit bashing though; gotta keep the focus on the LEGO!
To be honest, the set is good, but the lacking of the double doors is a nail in the coffin for me, it is a must be
I would say that this gunship is closer to minfigure scale than the 2013 version. To me, the 2013 version is best gunship Lego has produced, but this 2023 model is very nice!
Ignoring entirely the price tag, I really love what LEGO is doing with Star Wars ships, in terms of scale and colours. I dont really pay to much attention to how exact the scale is compared to the source material, what interests me the most is the minifig scale : if the ship is big, them it should accomodate a lot of minifigs, period (I really hate big ship that turn out to be one seaters). This gunship perfectly meets my expectations. I also like the gunship we got from the Andor series: scaled down, yet fits as many minifigs as you'd expect ❤
One of the thing that bugs me the most has got be the lack of any canonical pilot troopers
Like the last phase 2 clone pilot we got was in the v wing from 2014 if I’m not mistaken
Jang, thanks for the great review, I might actually pick this one up. The design work of the ship itself is quite nice, I have the 2013 gunship and am quite looking forward to seeing these two side by side.
As for the Padmé design, I believe the design you're looking for is from the Malevolence set 9515.
In that set, she wears a pretty similar (senator?) outfit.
Including a buildable Zillo Beast (even at wrong scale) would have complimented the set well, and also helped consumers swallow the epic price.
"alternate face for the senate" got me lol
Once again, Jang comes in as the best reviewer to give some MUCH-needed insight for ACTUAL consumers rather than toxic fans or… erm… Lego “investors”. Thanks again, chief, can always count on The Jang.
Build is great, it looks very good. Coruscant Guard look good. Padme good. Palpatine good.
Its a shame Fox didn’t come out right. I’ll pick this up when Walmart drops the price, it’ll probably go to $112 like the AT-TE did!
I agree, if they don't give a cloth kama, just paint the side of the legs. I really wish that they took the diaphragm paint and just layered it on top of the pink pecs
2:23 I don't think the wing turrets are mannable on most of the gunship variants, they just use a glass dome for housing the laser for whatever reason
I always think, "man people really overreact to most lego star wars issues these days." And then i realized half the people who talk about/review/get upset about these things arent very mature. Jang is an actual adult capable of acknowledging and criticizing flaws but without making it a bigger deal than it has to be.
Knowing their issues or printing white on dark why not just make it a white body with red arms
You always have the most W takes on things, and even when you're disappointed in a set you're always level headed about it, I really appreciate that about you
In Australia this is $250. The Concorde is $300.
At best it’s worth $200 here. Pre inflation it would have been a $170 set.
Wish there was a way to get more shock troopers for this thing at a reasonable price outside of 2nd hand figures
Value is a real toss up with this one; it is smaller and technically less expensive than the last one from ten years ago, but there is so many Star Wars crafts and vehicles of this price range this has to compete against. Like the Ghost, this will need a bit of a discount, if only because the other sets, like the Inquisitor Transport Scythe, AT-TE, Razor Crest and even the deeply flawed Justifier have had quite sizeable discounts. Also interesting how four of the five sets have very similar piece counts to each other too, the Ghost being the outlier of the group.
I do like the colour scheme of this Gunship and that it's not yet another grey or white ship. More figures would've been more welcome and made it less awkward as the AT-TE has three more, even though those three more figures are battle droids. One to keep an eye on this Gunship.
Thanks jang!
The bubble turrets in the wings have actually never been manned in the movies, its just a detail the sets have always misinterpreted
The biggest issue I have with this set is the direct comparison to the AT-TE. That one gave you 5 minifigs- all clones, with an _accurate_ Cody, cough cough- plus 3 droids, for the same price as this. I think it's not too much to ask for at least 1-2 more Coruscant Guard, or even a pilot. Considering that the figs are such an immense draw to these sets, it'd be nice if they weren't as stingy sometimes, and this is all ignoring the issues with Fox.
Ah well, it is a really cool set overall, it's just having to contend with the previous LAAT sets and just feels like they saw the success of the AT-TE and were like "... How much less can we give them and they'll still buy it?"
Nice set but I’m not paying that price. Which leads me to the Cmdr. Fox print, if LEGO is going to be asking premium prices for the Star Wars line then the minifigures should be premium as well. No excuses.
I'd love if these sort of transport sets came with like 6 standard troopers then 3 special ones
It's the pink looking white on fox for me 🙋♂️
the biggest thing i feel could help the door, is simply putting the front hinge father back, since then it would open up more. other than that, it's a great design
The price will probably force me to wait for this one, but the build looks good. Thanks for the review.
I love this guy since his old halo set reviews😊
If they dont want to do waist capes anymore, why dont they do duel molded legs? Dark bley on top and white on the bottom, and print on the red fronts
Cool set, could've been a bit more similar to the source material. But a good review none the less.
Thanks Jang!
This set really needs at least two more unnamed clone troops and some small side build, like a vulture droid
Small build like a vulture droid? Bruh, a vulture droid is a 30 dollar set on its own. People get way too carried away with the little add ons that they expect to see in order to justify the price. "It's not bad, but they should have thrown in 2 extra clones, a side build, some more accessories, a light brick, another ship, 5 battle droids and Yoda. Then I'd buy it."
wow, these opening doors are so great! I think they open enough, given it is lego with it's limitations. nice set
I wonder if we’ll be seeing a recolor of this in 6months/1 year
I'd be curious to know why they didn't print the red on white instead of white on red for Fox's torso. I think it would've turned out better and the side profile of the fig wouldn't be so red dominated
YES! More inverted tiles!
This is a 178 dollars on the official Lego website in Norway. 178. It's insane.
Lego should have printed Fox's torso design on a white torso to circumvent the white not looking white.
I know you’ve got a pretty full plate but I’d love to see an unbiased comparison of this set and last years AT-TE since they are the same price. But I understand if that’s not a priority or something you’re interested but if you do I’d definitely love to hear your thoughts. Great review, love all your content!!!
Wow, Lego actually made a transport that can transport!
I am interested in how it’s built because my 2010 version just crumbles when you grab it from the top 😂 enough that even now I can put it back together from memory
I have the 501st AV-7 cannon but I'm building the gunship first so I have cargo and more troopers I just need to finish the gunship
While it's unimportant to the build or toy quality, it's interesting to note that the Coruscant gunships were of the space-capable variant, and could be utilized in combat in a vacuum. Although not seen, they were likely heavily engaged in combat during the Battle of Coruscant.
I’m gonna get this for my birthday with the 501st battle pack
Another little nitpick, if you put a rangefinder on the clones it stands too high in the troop bay and gets knocked by the door mechanism lol
If people hate clone helmet holes on shocktroopers, use your grey visors , shocktroopers tend to use visors as riot control.
It's odd that they messed up Fox's chest. Wonder how that managed to get by.
Hi JANG, on the print quality stuff: What is to be done? I got a Winnie the Poo set with Poo having a red torso with a yellow belly print overtop, it is not opaque enough as per usual by now.
I mentioned this in my review of the set and customer service reached out. They asked if i wanted a new (maybe) better torso.
And to back my review up i asked them yes send me another torso.
The new torso is of equal non-opaque quality. I am wondering if i go to the nitpicky customer path and ask for yet another (and another and another and another) or cave in and let it be.
Feels to me like customer service might want some customer support in telling management, print quality has to be better. But i don't like the waste in shipping time and energy and in pieces if we would all go the route of telling Lego we don't like the non-opaque prints.
Maybe i make pictures and send an email for them to use to forward through to management.
If more customers would we could email-bomb print management to do better.
Fair review from Jang
I have been watching him for 10 years now
The main thing I hate about that middle fig is that it doesn’t come with the leg skirt that it’s supposed to use.
Personally, I got some turn disks and put the stud shooters on them, so now they can turn :)
Fox would have looked so much better with a white torso and red arms with red printing to match the legs. It would have been less accurate but definitely would have looked better as a minifigure.
If the fox figure and the bubble terrets were actually accurate, would actually buy this.
I like it a lot, but I am hoping for clearence on it. I would spend under $100 on it like the AT-TE Walmart clearence I got.