I would be unjust in justifying that your argument concerning the Justifier isn't justified. I'll take the double negative word play...works for me...it's justifiable for this Justifier set.
The Razor Crest is about the same level set at 999 parts for $125 only two years ago, and it had the first ever Grogu minifig. You're right, this Bane set 40% more expensive is bad marketing.
All that wasted space because of the tail/landing gear mechanism. The tail movement is great (because it matches the in-show ship) but connecting it to the landing gear is unnecessary. Can either take the landing gear out completely or just leave them on like with the Razor Crest. The set could've been made more compact (and thus, less expensive) or more interior room could've been provided.
I think this set was a bit rushed like the N-1 was. And that price... won't even look at it for less than 20% off. At least with the Falcon or AT-AT you know they're both solid sets for the price.
Cool, sizable, semifunctional vehicle but at that price for most I don't think it'll even be a consideration. Worse that this is over $200 here in Canada. Galaxy Explore is an exceptionally good PPR even at $130 here compared to this. That and it's more pieces with absolutely no stickers to my understanding. This be a shelf warmer for sure.
"I bought this for one hundred"... okay that immediately feels a bit much but not too bad, probably some bulk and details that make up for it... "and seventy dollars" oh.... wow.... that's absolutely horrible.
Just built it last night along with the original 1981 Galaxy Explorer. The only thing that the original does better is the inclusion of a lunar baseplate.
You would not believe the amount of people that were in line to get just this set on August 1st. I'm with you, I refuse to spend that amount of money on this set. Hell, I don't even think a 20% sale would be enough of a reduction for me to get it. I might just have to bricklink the figures and call it a day.
I think it's just that there were a lot of fans that were waiting for this, and would buy no matter the price to some degree. But this price will not attract any casual fans like you and me, and I think that is what jang was getting at when he said it wont sell well
I feel that on day 1 most star wars sets are going to sell exceedingly well, because the mega fans will line up for day 1. Give it a month or two, and I feel that this set will be very over stocked at Lego stores and at big box retailers. I mean, Moff Gideons lights cruiser is about the same size, with like double the interior, more desirable figs, and $10 cheaper and that didn't sell well.
Idk why, but I always find myself disappointed at the lack of interior space most Star Wars ships end up having. The Razorcrest is an exception, though.
I think the recent price increases may finally result in LEGO shooting itself in the foot. Many people have *always* complained about Lego prices being too high... but most/many of us have always understood that the quality control Lego has and the quality of the final product has - generally speaking - been worth it... (at least in the long run, with a few possible exceptions.) I think, perhaps, that the "bridge too far" has finally been crossed. (We shall see...)
I have severely slowed my purchases of Lego because of their price increases and don't feel like I am getting my money's worth anymore and many bad designed sets for high prices. Being a big turn off.
Honestly I still can’t believe this set exists. Such an oddball vehicle at the highest price point typically reserved for capital ships or other large mainstream vehicles.
Thanks Jang! I really do think Lego mispriced this set, especially with how reasonably they priced the Scythe. Personally I would not even think about getting this set until it gets a 33-40% discount from where I live. The minifig selection is not even that great.
I think the marketing/sales executives thought they can make good with those exclusive figures. I think consumers will determine how well their strategy was.
Not to mention that the figure selection will also likely hold more aftermarket value than the Justifier's will due to the long anticipated P2 Commander Cody. So even by a lego investor's measure, this set falls completely flat. It doesn't come close to meeting any of the value, toy, collectible, or investment, its peers releasing at the same time have
It's the parts it uses not the amount of parts it uses. Bigger parts cost more to produce. It's not really rocket science that the larger parts are going to slow down the production process compared to smaller parts.
13:25 That white pin with stud is nice to see. Those are very expensive on the aftermarket because they mostly appeared in 2003 sets. So it's good to see them produced again :D
Agreed with price as everyone has said, Lego’s pricing is getting up there to fast. Might be one of the last sets I get from there site. Might have to wait for any further sets to go on sale in store from now on.
I only buy them on sale. Germans are the loudest who cry about prices, but we get nearly all lego sets with 25-40% off easily. It was disturbing for me to learn that in a lot of other countries its much harder to get discounts on lego.
The little 75332 set is even worse. It is priced way out of line with any of the others and an extra $5 is added on in Canada for some reason. $45 Canadian for 89 pieces? 50 cents a piece all of a sudden?
The thing is there are still some great deals to be had. The 90th anniversary lego Icons galaxy explorer is only £89 but has 1290 ish pieces. Its branding that ruins sets tbh.
i feel like this set is just disappointing. Theres no way the ship is desirable enough to justify that price and for modern lego the design is so lackluster. That fuselage is so blocky and the space is so badly used. I have the new Atte and honestly it doesnt even feel like theyre from the same company. This just seems disappointing
If it had comparable space inside as the last falcon (same price) then I think it would be acceptable, Right now it looks like it has less space than even the Infinity war Guardians ship, and that was only 80 or 100 with the extra pod craft included, and you would have six minifigures and a big fig. And about that function, it's just kind of silly the fact it has to have so much to make a landing skid go down an inch, I don't understand what the designer was really thinking on that one.
I don't have much familiarity with the source content, but I feel like extending the axles in the wings out so the engines on the wingtips rotate by 90 degrees when landed would give the ship a VTOL vibe and make the play feature actually cool without any real extra effort.
No joke, harshest I've seen jang ever be on a set. The price point Lego is starting to put things at is really starting to rub a lot of people the wrong way, this probably wont be the last review we see like this. Also, consumers are not stupid, we know a bad value when we see one. Lego will have to learn a lesson at some point and this may be the time
Just comparing this to other sets at this price range reveals how bad of a deal it is. The now $170 AT-AT comes with 2 more figures and has way more useable interior space as well as better play features and 200 more pieces. The Imperial Light Cruiser at $160 comes with one more figure, a bit more interior space, and 300 more pieces. Even 2019's Millennium Falcon comes with 2 more figures, 300 more pieces, and basically the entire set has a useable interior. You have way better options at this new price range, it's absurd how expensive this is. I cannot justify spending that much money on this, even if it contains two pretty desirable figures in Cad Bane and Omega. Definitely going to either buy this on sale or just skip on it and buy the figures off Bricklink
Cad Bane’s ship should not be more expensive than a Millennium Falcon. That is genuinely a failure of set budgeting. I have a feeling that this set will be remembered for years among other infamously overpriced sets. As you said, this set should be $120 max. That $50 price difference is enough to buy the most recent X-Wing with. It’s extra embarrassing since the Galaxy Explorer is cheaper with more usable space.
I definitely agree with what you say Jang. I feel like just because it has the star wars or Disney label it also HAS to be expensive. But I’m no expert. Love the review
Jang did a breakdown of Lego set costs a few years ago and the data he collected showed that while licensed sets do tend to cost a little more, it's no where near as drastic as people like to make it out to be.
There’s no way this set sells well. It is an unusual design for a ship (that looks pretty bad in my opinion) that isn’t we’ll known or iconic and doesn’t even have any special play features. The set is well designed, but the biggest draw is the minifigs, which is a terrible sign for a big expensive set.
I agree. While I liked the bad batch show I never paid any attention to banes ship and the price is way too much. Why get this boring build when the ATTE has more Minifigures, a better build, and 30 dollars cheaper?
"But they are well detailed!!" Too bad because i want atleast half of the bad batch to come with a 170 bad batch set. 4 minifigs should not be taken this lightly for such an expensive set
Where did that extra $70 even go with this sad triangle of a ship? That transform feature is also just sad. The figure selection is sad, the sales will be sad, everything about this is going to be the opposite of happy and nothing more
This is the worst priced set yet. The last one that was this bad was the First Order Tie Dagger or whatever, the red Tie Fighter with pointed wings. The box art is nice lol
I just think when the Scythe is almost the same amount of parts for 70 dollars less they really can't "justify" selling the swt for so much. The Scythe looks like a much better set build quality wise too
It is our fault, as consumers we complain about the prices and continue buying, we should stop buying so that these companies see that the consumers are not happy with these high prices and their sales go down,
I appreciate the rant on this one. It's indeed unacceptable to be that high in price. And I agree the resell value for figures should never be a reason to buy a set, especially one that is not part of a collector's series.
It reminds me of the UCS Helicarrier, where they used up a bunch of the parts budget on the technic fan mechanism instead of including more interior rooms and details
As I've said on other videos on this ship, my biggest problem with the price point of this set is that this is a ship that has only been seen in two episodes! I agree that it definitely could have been smaller.
Appreciate your honest, unbiased review. The price is absolutely outlandish. BTW, has anyone told you your voice triggers ASMR? I tend to zone out/nap listening to your voice.
I don't know if its the design itself or Lego's interpretation of it, but that whole thing looks just too clunky and boxy, especially the underside. Only interesting thing of this set is the build in mechanism and maybe the minifigs, but not for 170 bucks.
I work retail, and when I was setting the product, I only saw the price and a code name, so I assumed it was like a UCS set or something, and then I scanned the barcode and saw that it was the Justifier and my jaw dropped. Absolutely outrageous.
Just finished building this set and I’ll be honest, I’m genuinely quite surprised with how much I love it, perhaps not worth the £140 I paid but I think in a year or 2 when it retires I won’t regret my decision. Great review of the set Jang, always appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
Here in the netherlands I have found this set for 133 euros (134 us dollars), I do like it, but in combination with selling the figures (apart from bane) it cost me around 40 dollars. But 170 for this is by far to much, even though I do like the design.
Why wouldn't they print window pieces? They ususally do so. Seems cheap for that price. Should be quater smaller, without link between tail and wings. Would have same amount of interior space for less total volume. As a kid, I never tried to make any mechanisms for landing gear. Simple hinges were fine. Internal space for play was all that mattered. Any gearing makse sense mostly for things you want to change in flight, like s-foils.
Listen, price per piece is not everything. Absolutely. But along with this set not meeting the 10 cents per piece mark, there's a lot working against the value of this one. It's a big ship, but it has a fair amount of wasted space, a mostly bland interior, a small figure selection (for that price), and few notable play features. This set could have been significantly scaled down, and have included the same play features, interior detail and figure selection, and have costed maybe up to $100.
Looks a bit more interesting than I would have thought. Still really dislike those gaps in the "wings", really breaks the likeness of the ship for me. And I say this as a fan of mechanical systems but at some point, they should not comes at the depend of interior space, especially in a toy. A big and expensive model like this should have more play value, that some automated flappy landing gear.
With an RRP of £150 in the UK, it was always going to be a stretch for me - despite my longings for the Cad Bane and Omega figs. So very happy that a pre-Christmas sale saw it knocked down to £100 - very happy to pick it up at that price. The mechanics don’t interest me. The gappy uncovered nature of the tail section does bother me - but despite that I’m happy with my purchase at two thirds retail pricing. 😂
The price is just highway robbery. The set reviewed yesterday (Inquisitor) was WAY more reasonable and cooler. Must be the Cad Bane figure that they feel they can jack up the price
Even though the interior -technically- fits 2 figures, I'm having a hard time thinking of a recent set that better embodies the (unfortunate) spirit of BSOS (Big Ship, One Seat) design. This ship could so easily have been done at a similar scale and price tag to the most recent version of Boba Fett's ship, and yet... this is what we get. Ah well. If anybody needs me I'll be in the corner with multiples of 10497
Appreciate your honest review. Lego has been barely affordable in the past but the recent price increases have darn near pushed me completely out of collecting Lego all together.
To me, it seems the strut on the bottom of the engine is used to support the build if you choose to keep it landed without deploying the skids. If they made it taller it'd be unbalanced and probably delicate.
This was the kind of review that made me a fan of Jang - he doesn't tip into the collector evaluation, but maintains it as a LEGO toy and praises and criticizes as he sees it. It's a strange design in 2022 when the move is on for lower cost, smaller versions that use the plethora of specialized parts LEGO has built up, how did this make any sense? This could have been easily 2/3 the size and still larger than necessary, and been a much better success. some imagination for spicing up the exterior was in order here; LEGO kits are not replicas, they are reproductions. A few variations in even the gray hues would have done wonders. When the best thing you can say about a set is "It's not as ugly as I expected", it's a pretty bad start. Looking forward to smaller MOC style versions of this to be honest.
I see a lot of great pieces for MOC making; the designs of the wings, and how the designers make the pieces achieve those shapes, are gonna be interesting, but like Jang said, it's just so expensive...
FINALLY!!! Someone important for LEGO comunity said it, LEGO is and must be a toy not an invesment or like some idiots says "the new gold", it's designed to play, the LEGO investors comunity are ruining LEGO and the retail prices for sure and LEGO knows it, for that we're getting those ridiculous prices they know many of us will get the sets anyways because "will increase the value when the set get retired"
Interestingly enough Walmart is clearancing these out right now in my area for exactly the price Jang recommended - $120. These were just so overpriced. The main draw is really Cad Bane and that's it.
I got one for about $125 dollars (I live in Mexico so keep in mind that every Lego product is about 5 to 20 bucks extra) and decided it was a reasonable price for what it has to offer. Yeah, I don't recommend buying one at its full price
I can understand it being over $100, seeing it’s size compared to your hand and the large parts. But I cannot justify it (haha, the overused pun) for the MSRP
This isn't a kneejerk response, I've loved Lego for over 20 years, but with all these recent price increases with designs that don't improve or in some cases even get worse, I honestly think I'm done with Lego. It's time to find another hobby.
It's missing a lot of greebling, details. Like they quit designing it after they finished with the front part of the ship. For that price Lego should have included a printed canopy.
Problem is the lego "investors" and others keep buying just enough of these sets to allow lego to keep raising prices because they sell just enough to justify it. The prices will 100% get worse than this until people stop. Lego investing most certainly has a role in destroying the lego collecting world.
I really don't know why they decided to price this thing like that less figures, about the same part count as the AT-TE and the AT-TE is so much cheaper makes little sense
Personally, i would like to pay $130 dollars or less, and i wish they would clean up spring loaded shooters because they seem blocky like on the Fighter Tank
I get the impression Lego is going to go the same direction as products like Magic cards - they know people are making money reselling their products, so just jack up the price to take more of that cut yourself.
We have a ton of these where I work because they're so freaking expensive. Nobody is buying them and it's a wonder we haven't gotten a price reduction on them
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Finally, someone is being honest about the ridiculous price of this set
All Lego is ridiculous in price. Even the Galaxy Explorer is $180 in oz lol
Yeah I’ve seen so many people try to justify it and I can’t understand why.
I just cant justifiably justify the unjust price of this justifier
Ironic, isn't it?
I would be unjust in justifying that your argument concerning the Justifier isn't justified. I'll take the double negative word play...works for me...it's justifiable for this Justifier set.
It’s pretty justified that the justifier is not justifiable because the unjustified price for the justifier
That's just funny 😆. -Justin.
It's like poetry.
It’s such a colossal set with so little internal space
The Razor Crest is about the same level set at 999 parts for $125 only two years ago, and it had the first ever Grogu minifig. You're right, this Bane set 40% more expensive is bad marketing.
$100 for the ship, $70 for the mini figures… 🤣
Reminds me of an ad that promised a free canoe* (with $400 purchase of two paddles).
wild how the milluminum falcon is cheaper than this
It’s unique - that’s the nicest thing I can say about it.
All that wasted space because of the tail/landing gear mechanism. The tail movement is great (because it matches the in-show ship) but connecting it to the landing gear is unnecessary. Can either take the landing gear out completely or just leave them on like with the Razor Crest. The set could've been made more compact (and thus, less expensive) or more interior room could've been provided.
At 170 dollars, 70 more than a set with more pieces than it, it is _the_ set to skip this year in my honest opinion, purely because of the pricepoint
I think this set was a bit rushed like the N-1 was. And that price... won't even look at it for less than 20% off. At least with the Falcon or AT-AT you know they're both solid sets for the price.
Cool, sizable, semifunctional vehicle but at that price for most I don't think it'll even be a consideration. Worse that this is over $200 here in Canada. Galaxy Explore is an exceptionally good PPR even at $130 here compared to this. That and it's more pieces with absolutely no stickers to my understanding. This be a shelf warmer for sure.
would it be worth it if it was 90? i may have the opportunity to grab it at 90 from a friend lol. only really wanted it for the figs
"I bought this for one hundred"... okay that immediately feels a bit much but not too bad, probably some bulk and details that make up for it... "and seventy dollars" oh.... wow.... that's absolutely horrible.
That looks alot alike the Razor Crest.
The fact that this is $70 more than the new Galaxy Explorer, which also has 200 or so more pieces, is absolutely insane.
The Scythe is actually probably a better comparison, it's a way better build than this for a way better value.
For sure...building the Explorer right now...what a cool build!
That's ridiculous lol
The Razor Crest is even more apt. 999 parts, but only $125 - with the first Grogu minifig.
Just built it last night along with the original 1981 Galaxy Explorer. The only thing that the original does better is the inclusion of a lunar baseplate.
You would not believe the amount of people that were in line to get just this set on August 1st. I'm with you, I refuse to spend that amount of money on this set. Hell, I don't even think a 20% sale would be enough of a reduction for me to get it. I might just have to bricklink the figures and call it a day.
I think it's just that there were a lot of fans that were waiting for this, and would buy no matter the price to some degree. But this price will not attract any casual fans like you and me, and I think that is what jang was getting at when he said it wont sell well
That’s frustrating
I bought it because unfortunately I love Cad Bane. :(
170 is ridiculous tho especially compared to the Inquisitor Scythe and AT-TE
I feel that on day 1 most star wars sets are going to sell exceedingly well, because the mega fans will line up for day 1. Give it a month or two, and I feel that this set will be very over stocked at Lego stores and at big box retailers. I mean, Moff Gideons lights cruiser is about the same size, with like double the interior, more desirable figs, and $10 cheaper and that didn't sell well.
"Must consoom product"
Idk why, but I always find myself disappointed at the lack of interior space most Star Wars ships end up having. The Razorcrest is an exception, though.
Most likely it's because when they design the sets they focus on accuracy of the outward appearance.
Same with the Scythe, personally.
I have to admit the new Inquisitor scythe transport has a really nice one too
What? You want to put cargo in a cargo ship? That is an unfathomable request.
but you're still going to have to pay $200 for our mediocre set
Yeah the razorcrest is amazing
I think the recent price increases may finally result in LEGO shooting itself in the foot. Many people have *always* complained about Lego prices being too high... but most/many of us have always understood that the quality control Lego has and the quality of the final product has - generally speaking - been worth it... (at least in the long run, with a few possible exceptions.) I think, perhaps, that the "bridge too far" has finally been crossed. (We shall see...)
I have severely slowed my purchases of Lego because of their price increases and don't feel like I am getting my money's worth anymore and many bad designed sets for high prices. Being a big turn off.
Honestly I still can’t believe this set exists. Such an oddball vehicle at the highest price point typically reserved for capital ships or other large mainstream vehicles.
Thanks Jang! I really do think Lego mispriced this set, especially with how reasonably they priced the Scythe. Personally I would not even think about getting this set until it gets a 33-40% discount from where I live. The minifig selection is not even that great.
Ok, Cad Bane is cool. And Omega is new. But yeah I’m not paying that much for that ship and those mini figures.
I think the marketing/sales executives thought they can make good with those exclusive figures. I think consumers will determine how well their strategy was.
Less pieces than the AT-TE, Smaller than the Atte, less figures than the at-te, less interior space, costs 30 more dollars.
Makes sense.
Not to mention that the figure selection will also likely hold more aftermarket value than the Justifier's will due to the long anticipated P2 Commander Cody. So even by a lego investor's measure, this set falls completely flat. It doesn't come close to meeting any of the value, toy, collectible, or investment, its peers releasing at the same time have
It's the parts it uses not the amount of parts it uses. Bigger parts cost more to produce. It's not really rocket science that the larger parts are going to slow down the production process compared to smaller parts.
13:25 That white pin with stud is nice to see. Those are very expensive on the aftermarket because they mostly appeared in 2003 sets. So it's good to see them produced again :D
Agreed with price as everyone has said, Lego’s pricing is getting up there to fast. Might be one of the last sets I get from there site. Might have to wait for any further sets to go on sale in store from now on.
I only buy them on sale. Germans are the loudest who cry about prices, but we get nearly all lego sets with 25-40% off easily. It was disturbing for me to learn that in a lot of other countries its much harder to get discounts on lego.
The little 75332 set is even worse. It is priced way out of line with any of the others and an extra $5 is added on in Canada for some reason. $45 Canadian for 89 pieces? 50 cents a piece all of a sudden?
I can't justify the price increase of lego sets now especially with the justifier
The thing is there are still some great deals to be had. The 90th anniversary lego Icons galaxy explorer is only £89 but has 1290 ish pieces. Its branding that ruins sets tbh.
Sets always feel overpriced to me, and this one might be the most egregious example
Honestly they always were kinda expensive. Now they just getting ridiculous.
Legos arent the poor kids game no more
Referring to humans as "huge figures" always makes me smile
i feel like this set is just disappointing. Theres no way the ship is desirable enough to justify that price and for modern lego the design is so lackluster. That fuselage is so blocky and the space is so badly used. I have the new Atte and honestly it doesnt even feel like theyre from the same company. This just seems disappointing
If it had comparable space inside as the last falcon (same price) then I think it would be acceptable, Right now it looks like it has less space than even the Infinity war Guardians ship, and that was only 80 or 100 with the extra pod craft included, and you would have six minifigures and a big fig.
And about that function, it's just kind of silly the fact it has to have so much to make a landing skid go down an inch, I don't understand what the designer was really thinking on that one.
I don't have much familiarity with the source content, but I feel like extending the axles in the wings out so the engines on the wingtips rotate by 90 degrees when landed would give the ship a VTOL vibe and make the play feature actually cool without any real extra effort.
No joke, harshest I've seen jang ever be on a set. The price point Lego is starting to put things at is really starting to rub a lot of people the wrong way, this probably wont be the last review we see like this. Also, consumers are not stupid, we know a bad value when we see one. Lego will have to learn a lesson at some point and this may be the time
Just comparing this to other sets at this price range reveals how bad of a deal it is. The now $170 AT-AT comes with 2 more figures and has way more useable interior space as well as better play features and 200 more pieces. The Imperial Light Cruiser at $160 comes with one more figure, a bit more interior space, and 300 more pieces. Even 2019's Millennium Falcon comes with 2 more figures, 300 more pieces, and basically the entire set has a useable interior. You have way better options at this new price range, it's absurd how expensive this is. I cannot justify spending that much money on this, even if it contains two pretty desirable figures in Cad Bane and Omega. Definitely going to either buy this on sale or just skip on it and buy the figures off Bricklink
Cad Bane’s ship should not be more expensive than a Millennium Falcon. That is genuinely a failure of set budgeting. I have a feeling that this set will be remembered for years among other infamously overpriced sets.
As you said, this set should be $120 max. That $50 price difference is enough to buy the most recent X-Wing with. It’s extra embarrassing since the Galaxy Explorer is cheaper with more usable space.
I would make a "justified" joke, but the price is so comical that I think it speaks for itself
I definitely agree with what you say Jang. I feel like just because it has the star wars or Disney label it also HAS to be expensive. But I’m no expert. Love the review
Jang did a breakdown of Lego set costs a few years ago and the data he collected showed that while licensed sets do tend to cost a little more, it's no where near as drastic as people like to make it out to be.
There’s no way this set sells well. It is an unusual design for a ship (that looks pretty bad in my opinion) that isn’t we’ll known or iconic and doesn’t even have any special play features. The set is well designed, but the biggest draw is the minifigs, which is a terrible sign for a big expensive set.
I agree. While I liked the bad batch show I never paid any attention to banes ship and the price is way too much. Why get this boring build when the ATTE has more Minifigures, a better build, and 30 dollars cheaper?
"But they are well detailed!!" Too bad because i want atleast half of the bad batch to come with a 170 bad batch set. 4 minifigs should not be taken this lightly for such an expensive set
Where did that extra $70 even go with this sad triangle of a ship? That transform feature is also just sad.
The figure selection is sad, the sales will be sad, everything about this is going to be the opposite of happy and nothing more
This makes the Imperial light cruiser look like a good deal. Terrible.
This is the worst priced set yet. The last one that was this bad was the First Order Tie Dagger or whatever, the red Tie Fighter with pointed wings. The box art is nice lol
I just think when the Scythe is almost the same amount of parts for 70 dollars less they really can't "justify" selling the swt for so much. The Scythe looks like a much better set build quality wise too
It is our fault, as consumers we complain about the prices and continue buying, we should stop buying so that these companies see that the consumers are not happy with these high prices and their sales go down,
I appreciate the rant on this one. It's indeed unacceptable to be that high in price. And I agree the resell value for figures should never be a reason to buy a set, especially one that is not part of a collector's series.
It reminds me of the UCS Helicarrier, where they used up a bunch of the parts budget on the technic fan mechanism instead of including more interior rooms and details
As someone who believes you can never really give a genuine review of a product until you have it in hand, my condolences JANG. Lego not redeemed!
As I've said on other videos on this ship, my biggest problem with the price point of this set is that this is a ship that has only been seen in two episodes! I agree that it definitely could have been smaller.
It is at least $40 overpriced.
Thank you SO MUCH for your honesty!! I TOTALLY agree Lego has gone off the charts with its' pricing!!!!!!!!!
They might even go beyond the prices for sets that we have right now.
Appreciate your honest, unbiased review. The price is absolutely outlandish.
BTW, has anyone told you your voice triggers ASMR? I tend to zone out/nap listening to your voice.
Just bought it 3 days after release, for approximately 130$. It feels like kinda ok price for it.
Your reviews are the benchmark. Your opinion is very valuable to me. Thanks Jang 👍❤️
I don't know if its the design itself or Lego's interpretation of it, but that whole thing looks just too clunky and boxy, especially the underside. Only interesting thing of this set is the build in mechanism and maybe the minifigs, but not for 170 bucks.
I work retail, and when I was setting the product, I only saw the price and a code name, so I assumed it was like a UCS set or something, and then I scanned the barcode and saw that it was the Justifier and my jaw dropped. Absolutely outrageous.
Wow, that's quite a contrast to yesterday's review. I could almost see myself getting the Inquisitor ship but this is just laughable
The Justifier looks cool, but the price is too high. In Canada, the Justifier would cost $210 ($209.99 CANADIAN). That's an absurd price
If you think $170 is ridiculous... This one is USD $200 in Switzerland. That's 30 lbs of Toblerone Chocolate!!
Just finished building this set and I’ll be honest, I’m genuinely quite surprised with how much I love it, perhaps not worth the £140 I paid but I think in a year or 2 when it retires I won’t regret my decision. Great review of the set Jang, always appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
Love the thumbnail!
You know the price is insane when Jang turns to Photoshop for his thumbnail
Here in the netherlands I have found this set for 133 euros (134 us dollars), I do like it, but in combination with selling the figures (apart from bane) it cost me around 40 dollars. But 170 for this is by far to much, even though I do like the design.
I don't follow much of the new Star Wars stuff, don't know what this ship is, sure know that it is ugly and don't want it.
The “Unjustifier”
Why wouldn't they print window pieces? They ususally do so. Seems cheap for that price.
Should be quater smaller, without link between tail and wings. Would have same amount of interior space for less total volume. As a kid, I never tried to make any mechanisms for landing gear. Simple hinges were fine. Internal space for play was all that mattered. Any gearing makse sense mostly for things you want to change in flight, like s-foils.
Listen, price per piece is not everything. Absolutely. But along with this set not meeting the 10 cents per piece mark, there's a lot working against the value of this one. It's a big ship, but it has a fair amount of wasted space, a mostly bland interior, a small figure selection (for that price), and few notable play features.
This set could have been significantly scaled down, and have included the same play features, interior detail and figure selection, and have costed maybe up to $100.
Looks a bit more interesting than I would have thought. Still really dislike those gaps in the "wings", really breaks the likeness of the ship for me. And I say this as a fan of mechanical systems but at some point, they should not comes at the depend of interior space, especially in a toy. A big and expensive model like this should have more play value, that some automated flappy landing gear.
You know, I haven’t really watched you before but I really like your voice! (Does that sound creepy?)
thank you for speaking blatantly about what a cash grab these sets are... lego is becoming a commodity instead of a children's toy
With an RRP of £150 in the UK, it was always going to be a stretch for me - despite my longings for the Cad Bane and Omega figs. So very happy that a pre-Christmas sale saw it knocked down to £100 - very happy to pick it up at that price. The mechanics don’t interest me. The gappy uncovered nature of the tail section does bother me - but despite that I’m happy with my purchase at two thirds retail pricing. 😂
The price is just highway robbery. The set reviewed yesterday (Inquisitor) was WAY more reasonable and cooler. Must be the Cad Bane figure that they feel they can jack up the price
Even though the interior -technically- fits 2 figures, I'm having a hard time thinking of a recent set that better embodies the (unfortunate) spirit of BSOS (Big Ship, One Seat) design. This ship could so easily have been done at a similar scale and price tag to the most recent version of Boba Fett's ship, and yet... this is what we get.
Ah well. If anybody needs me I'll be in the corner with multiples of 10497
“So wasteful... *sigh*... in so many ways” I loved the genuineness Jang brings in that part 😂
The specific lego color of cad's breathing apparatus appears to be Pearl Light Gray
Hey I bought a pretzel for 6$ at Fenway last week, life seems VERY outrageously expensive these days 🤬
It's so bad, in my mind, that 6 dollars for a pretzel at a Red Sox game seems reasonable.
@@endbfududb Crazy times. Don’t ask about the beer price 🤪
Appreciate your honest review. Lego has been barely affordable in the past but the recent price increases have darn near pushed me completely out of collecting Lego all together.
$170 👀 used to be able to pick up the yearly modular for that...
What an underwhelming transformation! 😂 Thanks Jang 👊
Amen
General Grievous' Starfighter: I'm the most over priced star wars set of the decade!
Cad Bane's Justifier: hold my coffee mug
To me, it seems the strut on the bottom of the engine is used to support the build if you choose to keep it landed without deploying the skids. If they made it taller it'd be unbalanced and probably delicate.
This was the kind of review that made me a fan of Jang - he doesn't tip into the collector evaluation, but maintains it as a LEGO toy and praises and criticizes as he sees it. It's a strange design in 2022 when the move is on for lower cost, smaller versions that use the plethora of specialized parts LEGO has built up, how did this make any sense? This could have been easily 2/3 the size and still larger than necessary, and been a much better success. some imagination for spicing up the exterior was in order here; LEGO kits are not replicas, they are reproductions. A few variations in even the gray hues would have done wonders. When the best thing you can say about a set is "It's not as ugly as I expected", it's a pretty bad start. Looking forward to smaller MOC style versions of this to be honest.
I see a lot of great pieces for MOC making; the designs of the wings, and how the designers make the pieces achieve those shapes, are gonna be interesting, but like Jang said, it's just so expensive...
FINALLY!!! Someone important for LEGO comunity said it, LEGO is and must be a toy not an invesment or like some idiots says "the new gold", it's designed to play, the LEGO investors comunity are ruining LEGO and the retail prices for sure and LEGO knows it, for that we're getting those ridiculous prices they know many of us will get the sets anyways because "will increase the value when the set get retired"
Interestingly enough Walmart is clearancing these out right now in my area for exactly the price Jang recommended - $120. These were just so overpriced. The main draw is really Cad Bane and that's it.
I got one for about $125 dollars (I live in Mexico so keep in mind that every Lego product is about 5 to 20 bucks extra) and decided it was a reasonable price for what it has to offer. Yeah, I don't recommend buying one at its full price
I can understand it being over $100, seeing it’s size compared to your hand and the large parts. But I cannot justify it (haha, the overused pun) for the MSRP
I really like this thing, despite having no attachment to the clone wars or the bad batch.
I wouldn't like it for $100, much less $170, so, I'm out.
This isn't a kneejerk response, I've loved Lego for over 20 years, but with all these recent price increases with designs that don't improve or in some cases even get worse, I honestly think I'm done with Lego. It's time to find another hobby.
It's missing a lot of greebling, details. Like they quit designing it after they finished with the front part of the ship. For that price Lego should have included a printed canopy.
Brickset brutalized this set in their review and I was wavering. After this review, I'm out. Way too expensive and the design just looks unfinished.
Problem is the lego "investors" and others keep buying just enough of these sets to allow lego to keep raising prices because they sell just enough to justify it. The prices will 100% get worse than this until people stop. Lego investing most certainly has a role in destroying the lego collecting world.
No jang, you don‘t get it! Now you can buy just the ship for 30 bucks on the second market, because everyone just wants them figures! XD
Ship looks great but it is ludicrously expensive. I will never buy it.
I'd only ever consider it if it was on sale for a very good price
I really don't know why they decided to price this thing like that
less figures, about the same part count as the AT-TE and the AT-TE is so much cheaper
makes little sense
Personally, i would like to pay $130 dollars or less, and i wish they would clean up spring loaded shooters because they seem blocky like on the Fighter Tank
I get the impression Lego is going to go the same direction as products like Magic cards - they know people are making money reselling their products, so just jack up the price to take more of that cut yourself.
picked this up used for $70, best deal i've ever had. I'd say it's maybe worth $120-140
We have a ton of these where I work because they're so freaking expensive. Nobody is buying them and it's a wonder we haven't gotten a price reduction on them
Love the box art Lego have used for this summer wave. It harks back to the 2005-2007 style.
There's no way. But I suppose it's nice that they are supporting different options for people in the Star Wars Universe at a major cost tho.☠
thinking about how the last kylo ren command shuttle was around £100 and got more figures, looked better n was still big.
Lego should fire their design team and just purchase moc designs. They can't compete and the price could go down without the design teams salaries.
I think that is the point from lego! They dislike resellers & are finding new ways to put a stop 2 resellers making crazy profits!
Honestly..it looks like a Moc..and not a very accomplished one. The kind a gifted 15 yr old would make..
Here in denmark it has the same price as the AT-TE so here its honestly not terrible
I honestly don’t see the issue with the price it’s a huge set and has great figs I mean I got it for 130 but still don’t see why it’s a bad price