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A True Battlepack
This battlepack is another great one. Four minfigures that are pretty generic for army building and at the same time very unique. The speeder build is modest, but looks good and creates something consistent with in-universe vehicles. The amount of accessories for the figures is also a plus. Over-all a solid set.
Now my thoughts irrelevant to the actual value of the set. Stud-shooters are a necessary evil. I wish they’d go away, but I also get that they add a level of playability that I would have appreciated back when I was in the target age range for these sets.
The blank heads is a downer, but of course there is no context or clue for what LEGO should have done for them, seeing as mandolorians never take if there helmets, well at least the ones in “The Mandolorian”, which is the inspiration for this set.
I also would have preferred jet packs instead of capes, but once again the TV show character sports a cape for the majority of the season, and they want to emulate that. It was nice to get the new versions of the cape in several different colors here, however.
My last issue is with battle packs in general, and that is their steadily rising price. It’s getting too high!
That’s my rant. I apologize for the length.
Now my thoughts irrelevant to the actual value of the set. Stud-shooters are a necessary evil. I wish they’d go away, but I also get that they add a level of playability that I would have appreciated back when I was in the target age range for these sets.
The blank heads is a downer, but of course there is no context or clue for what LEGO should have done for them, seeing as mandolorians never take if there helmets, well at least the ones in “The Mandolorian”, which is the inspiration for this set.
I also would have preferred jet packs instead of capes, but once again the TV show character sports a cape for the majority of the season, and they want to emulate that. It was nice to get the new versions of the cape in several different colors here, however.
My last issue is with battle packs in general, and that is their steadily rising price. It’s getting too high!
That’s my rant. I apologize for the length.
Cool, but...
I’ll be honest this set is the best battle pack we’ve gotten in a looooong time (if only they would’ve included 4 clones in the last clone battle pack instead of 2 Jedi!) but there’s just a couple things I really don’t like about this set.
-One, is are the stud shooters. I get the whole “playability” thing but for people trying to build armies, the VAST MAJORITY would much prefer the blasters. I don’t know why they don’t just throw in 3 blasters and a long blaster rifle along with the stud shooters if they aren’t going to get rid of the stud shooters in battle packs. Most kids I’ve seen with the newer battle packs don’t like the stud shooters either.
-Two, which has been stated before in another review which was countered by Lego. Faces. Plain black heads. I understand that in the show Mandolorians can’t show their faces to living beings (except during the Clone Wars I guess? Cause they took their helmets off pretty frequently) but I would like to argue that the Mandolorians are still human, and Lego really missed out on putting some unique face prints here, even though they’re just toys and kids really don’t care about the creed because it’s just Lego, nothing serious. I understand the decision, it just feels like a cop-out in my opinion. You never see Boba Fett’s face and yet he has a printed face under his helmet.
-One, is are the stud shooters. I get the whole “playability” thing but for people trying to build armies, the VAST MAJORITY would much prefer the blasters. I don’t know why they don’t just throw in 3 blasters and a long blaster rifle along with the stud shooters if they aren’t going to get rid of the stud shooters in battle packs. Most kids I’ve seen with the newer battle packs don’t like the stud shooters either.
-Two, which has been stated before in another review which was countered by Lego. Faces. Plain black heads. I understand that in the show Mandolorians can’t show their faces to living beings (except during the Clone Wars I guess? Cause they took their helmets off pretty frequently) but I would like to argue that the Mandolorians are still human, and Lego really missed out on putting some unique face prints here, even though they’re just toys and kids really don’t care about the creed because it’s just Lego, nothing serious. I understand the decision, it just feels like a cop-out in my opinion. You never see Boba Fett’s face and yet he has a printed face under his helmet.
Good, straightforward set.
Do you like Mandalorians? If so, you will need this set. 4 unique and different Mandos and a cool, simple speeder bike. The little landscape set will come in handy somewhere in one's collection eventually. The only thing I don't like is the little stud shooters it comes with; I'd prefer regular blasters because these don't resemble anything besides a stadium T-Shirt launcher. But Lego does that with a lot of Battle Packs for some reason and anyone who isn't crazy about that philosophy probably already has a lot of spare blasters laying around anyway so the issue resolves itselt I guess. As others have mentioned, all the Mandos come with blank solid black head pieces. I really liked that because it allowed me to swap out all my Tie Fighter Pilots' heads with these. The Tie Figher Pilots usually come with regular clone heads which is fine, but their Tie Pilot helmets are WAY too high in the back and expose a lot of bare skin which makes no sense and is very distracting. These heads make the perfect swap out win-win scenario.
Best new Star Wars set of 2020
I love BattlePacks, they are a cheap and cheerful way of getting some pieces and best of all unique MiniFigures.
This set is fantastic. Four highly detailed Mandalorians that are either a) from the Disney + TV series, or b) have migrated from Star Wars Rebels TV series. Either way, they look great. Each one has small unique details, either in the utility belt print, battle damage, helmet colours or leg armour/apulet details. You can mix and match and make them even more distinct. I want to use the cloaks as templates to make my own in different colours using other materials like felt or velvet.
The speeder is pretty cool, and as it is fairly simple to build, you can make your own versions so each Mandalorian has his own speeder.
Only downsides are a) overly large blasters b) no head prints, they are just plain black, but you could add your own.
Great fun, recommended.
This set is fantastic. Four highly detailed Mandalorians that are either a) from the Disney + TV series, or b) have migrated from Star Wars Rebels TV series. Either way, they look great. Each one has small unique details, either in the utility belt print, battle damage, helmet colours or leg armour/apulet details. You can mix and match and make them even more distinct. I want to use the cloaks as templates to make my own in different colours using other materials like felt or velvet.
The speeder is pretty cool, and as it is fairly simple to build, you can make your own versions so each Mandalorian has his own speeder.
Only downsides are a) overly large blasters b) no head prints, they are just plain black, but you could add your own.
Great fun, recommended.
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