Jang I just wanna say you are, in my opinion, easily the best LEGO reviewer on TH-cam. No clickbait, no BS, no brand bootlicking. It's really relaxing just hearing someone give their thoughts on a product and praising it where it deserves and pointing out it's flaws without acting like it's the worst thing to have ever happened. Half the time I watch your reviews with zero intention of picking up a set, sometimes I'm swayed by something you point out, but in this case I'm glad I'm not interested in this set. It just looks very flat and somewhat generic, and that's not even bringing into account the price. As always, great review.
Jang, your greatest skill is going as in depth as possible in your observations without ever being redundant. You are amazingly creative, and your passion for these plastic bricks is beautiful. I appreciate all that you do. Continue being you! Start doing knife reviews Again!
If this was £55 I would have bought it straight away. I'd expect perfection at that price though, especially given the market it's aimed at, and I agree that the way the wing just sits on the water is lazy design work and lets the whole thing down. I like the hidden easter eggs around the back on this and the Trash Compactor sets but they make the Trench Run set look like even less value. I hope it goes on sale at some point because I'd really like to build it (and I need something to use some spare seagulls on).
My main problem with r2 was that last time he looked way too clean in the other dagobah set from a few years ago, this really helps but he does indeed still need something on the legs to make it perfect
You can just use a white cheese slope piece with a hollow stud attached to a white smaller tooth piece with peg to create the 3rd leg it is an illegal connection so won't stay in (sometimes it does if you hold him for a few seconds) but if put on a flat service he looks way more accurate and is easily removable so isn't too much of a pain the solution I found.
I'm loving these diorama sets. I've been hoping Lego would do something like these for years. Mini display sets for adults showing off famous movie scenes. I hope they do more like for Jaws, ET, Indiana Jones, Toy Story, Back to the Future, Harry Potter, Ben-Hur, Lord of the Rings, Avengers, Superman, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc. The pricing is the only problem I have with them. I feel like Lego is overpricing these because they want to separate them from sets and price them like display objects for adults. I want to buy these so we get more but I also don't want to support this pricing
Out of the three I think this about my favorite. I'd love for this to be $80, and not the Canadian retail of $110. What really surprises me though is the trash compactor set with less pieces costs more than this one. Must be the additional 3 minifigs bumping up the price. For a $130 though I think the TRex Breakout has the best value out of any of these modern diorama pieces. And though Yoda uses the bed to die in ROTJ I feel this scene is more representative of the training montage in ESB than anything.
The swamp looks like toxic waste to me... I feel as though a different colour should have been used to capture it more accurately- maybe trans-black on top of brown plates?
I would’ve gladly bought this set if: • The price point was $60 USD • Came with a Force Ghost Obi Wan • The translucent green 1 by 1s were trans translucent brown
I would love to know WHY the astromech head piece is so commonly offset in the printing process. What happens during it that makes this happen all the time?!
Thanks for always showing the spare parts! I watched this just as I finished my own and noticed I had an extra that shouldn't have been there. After a little looking, found a tiny step that I had missed and fixed it!
Thanks Jang, your review seems to be the most useful among others, who can't seem to find fault in this set. It is a great set but yes it is definitely overpriced, and seeing that it is widely available in many online retailers, I think most fans should resist the urge of getting it on day one and wait for a good discount.
Most reviews which are already out got it for free from Lego. If I wouldnt have to pay for it, i would praise it as well. Its a cool set, but not for this price.
Lego really needs to rethink this "For adults" expensive sets strategy, I dont know who is this targeted to but for sure not for Lego fans. Generally in recent years they made classic sets like CITY more childish than ever before and everything else is suddenly "exclusive" "collector" "adult only".
They are trying to warm us to this new premium pricing. Sadly I don't think this will reverse and I am pretty sure that a lot of people will rush out to buy these sets anyway, vindicating the company's decision.
I think it’s targeted for people like me. I’m 39yo. I like Lego, I like Star wars and I’m not poor. And I’m not alone. Not really so hard to understand Legos marketing. I don’t even understand when you say “it’s not for Lego fans” ofc it’s for Lego fans.
12:01 I also noticed how odd it was that there were pieces missing compared with what the extra. On the very tip of the tree behind Yoda's Hut there are two lighter brown pieces capped with some darker brown pieces. I was missing one of the round one by one raised stud pieces in the correct color
I got lucky and got this set at 20% off at a Fred Meyer store. Also Yoda’s hut is supposed to be small. But we can also recreate the scene where Luke hits his head on the ceiling.
I agree Jang, while the Trench Run is amazing while being overpriced, this set here is too expensive and not that great. Trans green looks like cartoony toxic waste, the wing doesn't blend in nice enough and is way too small. For that price we could have gotten the hut together with the latest (complete) X-Wing, making for a great play set AND a nice display, reminding us of how great the movie was without forced and cringy quotes.
Thanks for the detailed, honest review as always. It’s rather funny to compare this with 75208 Yoda’s hut from 2018 that took the completely opposite direction: usable interior space, some terrain and play features, at the expense of accuracy and scenery. The 2022 version is a really nice display piece, having seen it in person. 90€ nice, though? There’s a lot of detail and design work, indeed. But taken at face value, it’s a just a small vignette with zero interaction, much like the Death Star Trench that costs 60€. I just can’t justify to myself the extra 30€. At least the Trash Compactor has a very impressive, seamless transforming feature that could help justify the extra cost.
The fact that the Horizon Tallneck, another licensed set which releases next week, has more pieces, and a larger, more striking build, but is the same price as this, is just another example of showing the terrible value of many LEGO Star Wars sets.
177 green 1x1 tiles kinda tells us all we need to know about how meaningless piece count has become - especially when putting them all on constitutes just one single step in the instruction manual.
I love that we finally get scenery with Star Wars sets, not just one plant as a side build to represent a swamp and an open hut. This is something a moc builder would make. And I think 80$ for 1k pieces is fair. I hope to see more sets like this one in the future, and hopefully some prequel sets!
I noticed in the instructions where you add most of the 1x1 green plates, that it calls for x39 in the top corner, but in reality it's only x37 as depicted in the actual instructions and by the amount you get
If you recolored that lantern in white or light grey, and then put a white cylinder inside, it would make a perfect kantono for Beskar. it would be a little out of proportion because it would be taller and thinner than the ones in BoBF and The Mandalorian, but it is still very close
$80 now is not the same as $80 two years ago. Inflation is high, life is getting more expensive and Lego prices are going up as well or the new releases seem almost all expensive. That was to be expected after the massive money printing during the last 2-3 years.
LEGO hasn't been putting spares in every bag for the last few years IF a spare of the same part already appeared in a previous bag. So when you used to get a trans-green 1x1 tile in every bag it showed up in, now you just get one in the first bag. That's been my experience, anyway.
Great review as always Jang. Personally think it looks great. The best out of the three Star Wars diorama sets. However, that cost man. Feels way too expensive. Like $20 too expensive. $80 feels a lot for that!
I honestly think the price makes sense for this. Would be nice if it was still 10$ cheaper though. To me it’s a lot more worth it then the trash compactor. Only problem I have with this one is the color of the water, it’s to cartoony for a premium product. I do think the diorama sets the best Star Wars adult set because you get alot more then the helmets in my opinion.
I have noticed I get 2 spares of some small pieces. Maybe I'm forgetting one piece during the build but it happens so consistently that I doubt the problem is me. Most of my extra spares tend to be 1x1 cheese slopes
It’s my second favorite of the new dioramas. I feel like the right side is missing something. Maybe if there was a small island with some more foliage, or another tree. Highly wishful thinking, but it would’ve been cool if we got a small suggestion of a cave to the right, with a Vader figure included.
Other than the price $20 to much and color of the swamp water should be a darker color. The biggest problem is the X-wings S foil it should have 2 cannons visible because the S foils were in the closed position in the movie.
I don't really mind the swamp looking toxic waste-ish green really but I do think it should've been olive green unless lego doesn't produce 2x2 transparent tiles in olive green but I do think this is a worthy display piece
I feel like a lot of plastic is wasted in, literally, framing the scene, increasing the price a lot. The main interest consists of Yoda's hut, which you could have bought for around 30 euro (75208). The swamp, X-wing wing, and even black framing you could build from spare parts.
I am a bit disappointed with the wing of the X-Wing. It seems too small and disproportionate. The size of that full ship would be quite small compared to the minifigures
Thank you for this review. It was excellent and helped me see that I do not want this set. I love the idea of this set, but to me, this was poor execution and is way overpriced. I love some of the parts and I think I want to get those parts and build my own.
Might be a nitpick but I'm not really a fan of those metallic "vents" on the side of the base. Would prefer it to be just all black, no "vents". Easy enough to mod out though.
its an amazing set but the price is far too much for what’s there. the little problems like the x wing wing & r2s clean legs is disappointing especially for how expensive it is
Jang I just wanna say you are, in my opinion, easily the best LEGO reviewer on TH-cam. No clickbait, no BS, no brand bootlicking. It's really relaxing just hearing someone give their thoughts on a product and praising it where it deserves and pointing out it's flaws without acting like it's the worst thing to have ever happened. Half the time I watch your reviews with zero intention of picking up a set, sometimes I'm swayed by something you point out, but in this case I'm glad I'm not interested in this set. It just looks very flat and somewhat generic, and that's not even bringing into account the price.
As always, great review.
Jang, your greatest skill is going as in depth as possible in your observations without ever being redundant. You are amazingly creative, and your passion for these plastic bricks is beautiful. I appreciate all that you do. Continue being you! Start doing knife reviews Again!
Jang gets a wonky-head R2D2 once more. Balance is restored to the galaxy.
Fr 😂
I kinda like the idea of placing 177 tiles more or less mindlessly - sounds very meditative - Yoda would approve.
I been watching jang for about 5 years now……my all time favorite lego youtuber
I love this set. I don't love it $80 worth.
If this was £55 I would have bought it straight away. I'd expect perfection at that price though, especially given the market it's aimed at, and I agree that the way the wing just sits on the water is lazy design work and lets the whole thing down. I like the hidden easter eggs around the back on this and the Trash Compactor sets but they make the Trench Run set look like even less value. I hope it goes on sale at some point because I'd really like to build it (and I need something to use some spare seagulls on).
Id pay 40 Euros for it. Sadly this would be a discount we will probably never see. 55 Euros will be possible one day here in Germany, still too much.
My main problem with r2 was that last time he looked way too clean in the other dagobah set from a few years ago, this really helps but he does indeed still need something on the legs to make it perfect
Step 1: Wait for rain
Step 2: Throw the R2D2 into the mud in your backyard or in a nearby field
Step 3: Place R2D2 in your diorama
Step 4: Enjoy
You can just use a white cheese slope piece with a hollow stud attached to a white smaller tooth piece with peg to create the 3rd leg it is an illegal connection so won't stay in (sometimes it does if you hold him for a few seconds) but if put on a flat service he looks way more accurate and is easily removable so isn't too much of a pain the solution I found.
I'm loving these diorama sets. I've been hoping Lego would do something like these for years. Mini display sets for adults showing off famous movie scenes. I hope they do more like for Jaws, ET, Indiana Jones, Toy Story, Back to the Future, Harry Potter, Ben-Hur, Lord of the Rings, Avengers, Superman, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.
The pricing is the only problem I have with them. I feel like Lego is overpricing these because they want to separate them from sets and price them like display objects for adults. I want to buy these so we get more but I also don't want to support this pricing
Yeah, even if you dont use it as a single display but mod it into your city or whatever this will be much easier with these kind of sets
Out of the three I think this about my favorite. I'd love for this to be $80, and not the Canadian retail of $110. What really surprises me though is the trash compactor set with less pieces costs more than this one. Must be the additional 3 minifigs bumping up the price. For a $130 though I think the TRex Breakout has the best value out of any of these modern diorama pieces. And though Yoda uses the bed to die in ROTJ I feel this scene is more representative of the training montage in ESB than anything.
The swamp looks like toxic waste to me... I feel as though a different colour should have been used to capture it more accurately- maybe trans-black on top of brown plates?
I think they should’ve alternated between the trans-green and plain dark green to suggest actual foliage and algae floating on the surface.
Or olive green pieces put underneath clear tiles? Or the trans-black as you say.
Now you've said that I can't unsee it
Yeah the green was the wrong call for sure, it doesn't capture the murky, muddy feel of the swamp from the movie
Is there a translucent olive green? That kind of color would be near perfect for this
I would’ve gladly bought this set if:
• The price point was $60 USD
• Came with a Force Ghost Obi Wan
• The translucent green 1 by 1s were trans translucent brown
This set is sick! -I wish I wasn't in debt- 😂
I appreciate the reviews. Besides having a calming easy to listen to presence, the reviews feel genuine and nonbiased to me.
This doesn’t even feel like an official Lego set but more like a MOC. That’s how cool it looks !
I was impressed by the P/P ratio and the build, but now I understand that it’s because of those 1x1s. Thanks for the help with my decision
I would love to know WHY the astromech head piece is so commonly offset in the printing process. What happens during it that makes this happen all the time?!
Earthquakes. Pretty common in Denmark.
It's one of those things Lego should have addressed right in the very beginning already but they clearly don't care.
Thanks for always showing the spare parts! I watched this just as I finished my own and noticed I had an extra that shouldn't have been there. After a little looking, found a tiny step that I had missed and fixed it!
Watched a few reviews of this diorama but yours is the best. You went into a lot of detail which was helpful to me!
This is probably the most reasonably-priced set of the new dioramas.... which is really saying something.
Looks super cool! I love the little doorway for yoda 😂
I absolutely love the depth effect. It is incredibly well done, especially the wing going into the water. I’m probably getting this
I do like these SW display sets, just concider to buy them with lack of shelf space, thanks for the review
Terrific set! Iucked out and grabbed a sealed one at a second hand store for only $35. At that price, this feels really good lol.
Thanks Jang, your review seems to be the most useful among others, who can't seem to find fault in this set. It is a great set but yes it is definitely overpriced, and seeing that it is widely available in many online retailers, I think most fans should resist the urge of getting it on day one and wait for a good discount.
Most reviews which are already out got it for free from Lego. If I wouldnt have to pay for it, i would praise it as well. Its a cool set, but not for this price.
Lego really needs to rethink this "For adults" expensive sets strategy, I dont know who is this targeted to but for sure not for Lego fans. Generally in recent years they made classic sets like CITY more childish than ever before and everything else is suddenly "exclusive" "collector" "adult only".
They are trying to warm us to this new premium pricing. Sadly I don't think this will reverse and I am pretty sure that a lot of people will rush out to buy these sets anyway, vindicating the company's decision.
exactly
@@brunokagawa6287 none of the stores by me had a run on these on release, they had all in stock days after
I think it’s targeted for people like me. I’m 39yo. I like Lego, I like Star wars and I’m not poor. And I’m not alone. Not really so hard to understand Legos marketing. I don’t even understand when you say “it’s not for Lego fans” ofc it’s for Lego fans.
@@brunokagawa6287 people have voted with their wallets in the past. Though it usually happens with original themes and not licensed ones.
Built this and trench run yesterday. Gotta say I was pleasantly surprised I preferred the trench run
12:01 I also noticed how odd it was that there were pieces missing compared with what the extra. On the very tip of the tree behind Yoda's Hut there are two lighter brown pieces capped with some darker brown pieces. I was missing one of the round one by one raised stud pieces in the correct color
Begging for some lighting inside the hut, nice warm color.
Music in this one gave me Lego Jang nostalgia.
I got lucky and got this set at 20% off at a Fred Meyer store. Also Yoda’s hut is supposed to be small. But we can also recreate the scene where Luke hits his head on the ceiling.
Jang, I wish you place Yoda also to the frontdoor, I feel it is too low for the Yedi Master.
I agree Jang, while the Trench Run is amazing while being overpriced, this set here is too expensive and not that great. Trans green looks like cartoony toxic waste, the wing doesn't blend in nice enough and is way too small. For that price we could have gotten the hut together with the latest (complete) X-Wing, making for a great play set AND a nice display, reminding us of how great the movie was without forced and cringy quotes.
It certainly needs at least one hidden seagull somwhere!
$80?? Atleast it has minifigs unlike the trench run I guess...
Once again, not worth it's price. However I think I like this one more than the Trench Run.
Thanks for the detailed, honest review as always.
It’s rather funny to compare this with 75208 Yoda’s hut from 2018 that took the completely opposite direction: usable interior space, some terrain and play features, at the expense of accuracy and scenery.
The 2022 version is a really nice display piece, having seen it in person. 90€ nice, though?
There’s a lot of detail and design work, indeed. But taken at face value, it’s a just a small vignette with zero interaction, much like the Death Star Trench that costs 60€. I just can’t justify to myself the extra 30€. At least the Trash Compactor has a very impressive, seamless transforming feature that could help justify the extra cost.
Say what you will but I love this set. Definitely picking this one up.
looks nicer irl then the pictures by far too me
The fact that the Horizon Tallneck, another licensed set which releases next week, has more pieces, and a larger, more striking build, but is the same price as this, is just another example of showing the terrible value of many LEGO Star Wars sets.
That is a lovely shirt!
177 green 1x1 tiles kinda tells us all we need to know about how meaningless piece count has become - especially when putting them all on constitutes just one single step in the instruction manual.
Love this set, looking forward to getting it, thanks for reviewing!!!
That 1x1 piece step shook me… 177 is my lucky number.
I bought this set today, but I’m leaving a comment for the hoodie 🤘80’s kids
This is what lego should be.
Is it bad this was my first Lego Star Wars set and one of the biggest reasons I got it was for the new R2-D2? I’m new to Lego ( as an adult )
I love that we finally get scenery with Star Wars sets, not just one plant as a side build to represent a swamp and an open hut. This is something a moc builder would make. And I think 80$ for 1k pieces is fair. I hope to see more sets like this one in the future, and hopefully some prequel sets!
A lot of those pieces are 1x1 tiles and plates, I own this set and it's definitely overpriced
@@devon684
Exactly. That price per piece is definitely on the high side
The pricing on these sets made me a little angry, so I just bought some rc cars.. 😅
I LOVE this!
Two of these sets are equivalent to one Back to the Future car... I don't think it's overpriced, I think it's above and beyond overpriced!
this is like a MOC you build with the minifigs in your collection, would not spend this much for this set…
I noticed in the instructions where you add most of the 1x1 green plates, that it calls for x39 in the top corner, but in reality it's only x37 as depicted in the actual instructions and by the amount you get
Thanks Jang.
I love this diorama 2nd best
Trash compactor is #1
Trench run #3
#4 Lar’s Homestead.(no uncle Owen or printed blue milk?)🐢🤠
Jang: $80 is too much.
Lego: $90, final offer.
Can't get over the price and the fact that the swamp looks like mushy peas
Just checking in to see if Jang got a slanted R2 headprint again, cheers!
If you recolored that lantern in white or light grey, and then put a white cylinder inside, it would make a perfect kantono for Beskar. it would be a little out of proportion because it would be taller and thinner than the ones in BoBF and The Mandalorian, but it is still very close
In the uk it’s £70. After seeing it in person I can safely say it’s not worth that. Maybe £55 at a push but I’d ideally want this to be £50 at most.
A C64 sweater!?!? #awesome 👍
I can’t decide if I want to modify this for a Scooby-Doo or Pirates of the Caribbean diorama.
$80 now is not the same as $80 two years ago. Inflation is high, life is getting more expensive and Lego prices are going up as well or the new releases seem almost all expensive. That was to be expected after the massive money printing during the last 2-3 years.
*me who decided to start collecting lego star wars dioramas: 👁💧👄💧👁*
*my wallet: ❌👄❌*
I found this set for 60 on eBay, that’s worth it to me. But honestly, I was having trouble fathoming more than that. 90 hurts my soul.
I just ordered this set lol
Water representation.
A rare scenario where 177, slightly misaligned, 1x1s would be perfect.
Okay...at least acceptable.
It just needs a concrete table, then it would display better.
Is that a Real Grade Sazabi I spy on the back wall?
Peter, you must go to the dego-bah system. If you know you know
Just picked this up for $60 at Target 😃
LEGO hasn't been putting spares in every bag for the last few years IF a spare of the same part already appeared in a previous bag. So when you used to get a trans-green 1x1 tile in every bag it showed up in, now you just get one in the first bag. That's been my experience, anyway.
oh wow the trans green pieces are 1x1s? I thought they were 1x2s! No wonder it has so many pieces
Needs more trans pickle green 1x1 pieces
Great review as always Jang. Personally think it looks great. The best out of the three Star Wars diorama sets. However, that cost man. Feels way too expensive. Like $20 too expensive. $80 feels a lot for that!
Surprised you're not fussed that the bed doesn't even fit Yoda in it Jang!
I honestly think the price makes sense for this. Would be nice if it was still 10$ cheaper though. To me it’s a lot more worth it then the trash compactor. Only problem I have with this one is the color of the water, it’s to cartoony for a premium product. I do think the diorama sets the best Star Wars adult set because you get alot more then the helmets in my opinion.
I have noticed I get 2 spares of some small pieces. Maybe I'm forgetting one piece during the build but it happens so consistently that I doubt the problem is me. Most of my extra spares tend to be 1x1 cheese slopes
Price of plastic has increased due to fuel costs. Hasbro and others have raised their prices. Not many noticed.
I got it guys, finally, but for 55 euros instead of 80 :D
Sweet hoodie bro thanks for the quality review debating on this one and trash compactor set not impressed with the trench run for the price
That instruction page looks pretty much like dots sets or ninjago city gardens pond area
Hey Jang, you are cool
Lego is taking the Architecture series pricing for this SW set :(
It's just an upscaled version of the set we got in 2018. It might have been cooler if it were an unprecedented set.
It’s my second favorite of the new dioramas. I feel like the right side is missing something. Maybe if there was a small island with some more foliage, or another tree.
Highly wishful thinking, but it would’ve been cool if we got a small suggestion of a cave to the right, with a Vader figure included.
I would rather have a fully detailed and complete hut than all of the display stand and swamp
Other than the price $20 to much and color of the swamp water should be a darker color.
The biggest problem is the X-wings S foil it should have 2 cannons visible because the S foils were in the closed position in the movie.
I don't really mind the swamp looking toxic waste-ish green really but I do think it should've been olive green unless lego doesn't produce 2x2 transparent tiles in olive green but I do think this is a worthy display piece
I feel like a lot of plastic is wasted in, literally, framing the scene, increasing the price a lot. The main interest consists of Yoda's hut, which you could have bought for around 30 euro (75208). The swamp, X-wing wing, and even black framing you could build from spare parts.
Agree about the ‘magic’ lacking which the photo promised. The one that exceeded my expectations is the trench run
I am a bit disappointed with the wing of the X-Wing. It seems too small and disproportionate. The size of that full ship would be quite small compared to the minifigures
Cost. 59.99 should be! Needs a bit more kool stuff to have that high of a value
Thank you for this review. It was excellent and helped me see that I do not want this set. I love the idea of this set, but to me, this was poor execution and is way overpriced. I love some of the parts and I think I want to get those parts and build my own.
Where are the seagulls?
Another great review, but this time elevated by a C64 hoodie. #c64forever
For $20 more I’d rather get the Jurassic Park T Rex breakout
Might be a nitpick but I'm not really a fan of those metallic "vents" on the side of the base. Would prefer it to be just all black, no "vents". Easy enough to mod out though.
its an amazing set but the price is far too much for what’s there. the little problems like the x wing wing & r2s clean legs is disappointing especially for how expensive it is
I guess I will get it for 64€ (~67$) and sell my old Yoda's hut playscale set.
80 dollars i thought it also would be 60
I managed to get it on sale and with a $10 discount on top of that so I ended up paying $85aud