LEGO Star Wars 75098 UCS Assault On Hoth Review! (2016)

2016's LEGO Star Wars 75098 UCS Assault On Hoth received A LOT of criticism & I certainly agree that for an Ultimate Collector's Series it's lacking in some areas. But looking at it thought the lens of a playset makes the set seem way batter. The Echo Base Door, Ion Cannon, Shield Generator*, trenches, and more make for a fun and complete version of a Hoth Rebel Base all in one package for the high price of $250.
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[@MandRproductions]

4 years later... is UCS Hoth as bad as we all made it out to be?

[@StopMotionMan-cm3fl]

MandRproductions I think it had lots and lots of potential

[@iiKolin]

Oof

[@StopMotionMan-cm3fl]

I think they should have made the hangar more inclosed

[@adamwarlock-cu6qf]

The only problem is that it says UCS. It’s an absolutely amazing play set. Great details, fun action, great figures

[@legolegion9007]

It’s a good set, but a terrible ucs set

[@everettadkins3530]

Petition to rename this set "Defense of Hoth"

[@kylerhuels05]

“Echo Base”

[@ratbat1072]

"Hoth"

[@batvaleska]

‘’Literally nothing”

[@everettadkins3530]

@@josem.turrubiartes3836 Thank you!

[@fireballlsr3483]

Why didn't you do this petition 4 years ago

[@Jay-br3mo]

Someone at Lego: "hey let's combine every single hoth set we've ever made and throw them together" "But make sure there's no imperial vehicles"

[@withmuckguy3362]

Assault on hoth (assault sold separately)

[@theunknowncommenter725]

The archives are incomplete.

[@anthonyalzamora4566]

“No imperial vehicles” Snowtrooper’s speeder bike: am I a joke to you?

[@p11_studios]

The tan pieces are actually meant to represent sand, which serves dual purpose. Not only does it give more traction for the Rebels’ boots, but it also acts as a deterrent for Darth Vader!

[@spammal]

👌😂

[@sanstheskeleton2561]

You predicted the UCS Gunship

[@Oliverrigg72]

I don’t like sand

[@weirdguylol]

@@Oliverrigg72 its rough and its get everywhere!

[@m.m.3552]

😂

[@Jitq661]

this set is the physical embodiment of 'impossible, perhaps the archives are incomplete.'

[@alexblack6421]

Noah Maldonado I mean at least a probe droid..... 1 fn probe droid... lol

[@indianaskywalker6316]

When mos Eisley comes out you should do a comparison between that, cloud city and hoth

[@switchproductions4773]

And ewok village

[@SebBarry-bv2hk]

And the 2020 AAT

[@Trollmaster925]

Hello There and my ax

[@zjuulsmolders4634]

And luke’s landspeeder (all of them)

[@fireballlsr3483]

That is actually a good idea and I want to see him do that with just these three sets not any others

[@withmuckguy3362]

“He has some Beautiful looking cuts on his face.” -Ryan, 2020

[@stefanjurebie8136]

Florida man likes cuts on the face

[@mikehoc6507]

Bro the second u heard him say that I knew it would be the top comment 🤣

[@garbagearchive]

Withmuck guy 336 I wish my face had cuts so Ryan would look at me like he looks at that Minifigure

[@withmuckguy3362]

rusVan lol

[@asherknight6073]

100th

[@CricetoFunni]

This is a pretty decent set imo, they just really shouldn’t have marketed it as a UCS set.

[@lightgreen3479]

Or as an assault. They should've just named it "Echo base".

[@McFrozenNuggets]

@jacobstgermaine8353 That's my personal thought: they didn't know what else to call sets like this until they came up with the Master Builder Series line in 2018. That's what I personally see this set as: a MBS set before the official MBS line was created.

[@Luke-vg7ut]

its pretty obviously a master builder series, not UCS. You dont normally see a lot of play features in UCS sets, to me its similar to the Master builder cantina or cloud city

[@Naoto-kun1085]

Yeah, I find it unfair that people criticize it primarily for being called a UCS set and being called an "assault" rather than the actual contents of the set.

[@shortyboio]

When's the luke's landspeeder comparison coming out? (putting the meme aside i genuinely want this)

[@louismitchell493]

There might be no point because they probably would release another by the time the video comes out

[@jamonj9]

When he gets a table big enough to fit them all

[@Bob-lp2zf]

I think the 2017 one was the best i really want this comparision

[@Andrew-bb7ci]

My favorite is the one included in the 2014 cantina

[@Bob-lp2zf]

Andrew Azreal it almost the same but there is a sticker but not on the 2017 but the 2017 has better engines in my opinion and the 2020 is weird on the front with a gap

[@Gingy_2006]

Hoth: only three shield generator rings Me: so you have chosen DEATH

[@lemonman4442]

I find your lack of fath disturbing

[@trampotrav4350]

I find your lack of shield generators disturbing

[@alexblack6421]

Ryan Flexes shelf (music plays) "Hello darkness my old friend"

[@alexblack6421]

Myles White Welcome brother... we worship the BigRon now...

[@hobowithanoboe]

*Insert overused Insult on Hoth joke here*

[@mossimo5054]

More like assault on my wallet. I’ve heard that too often

[@stBricks-uu4oh]

I actually don’t hate this set like most people

[@jare114]

501st Bricks yeah but could be better

[@sonic_lemon]

3 letters change a sets reputation

[@sonic_lemon]

Yeah, it wasn’t really bad when you think about it

[@DaSamster224]

501st Bricks yay

[@jflores7224]

Same

[@Kuiruben]

More like assault on my wallet

[@Alexlego1331]

Oscar Dawson you stole mandrproductions joke you dick head

[@sliderr_2814]

@Padawan Bricks calm down dude he just made a joke

[@Kuiruben]

@@Alexlego1331 ay bro did he actually make that joke? Damn.

[@joemullarkey5719]

Roasted!

[@everettadkins3530]

Assault on Hoth: exists Me: so uncivilized

[@Blue-fn3xe]

No

[@everettadkins3530]

@@Blue-fn3xe Yes

[@scottlohman6463]

The wampa must stare at his food until he can fit into his own cave

[@apprenricebrickoflegend]

The minifigures are really good, but the builds look terrible, aside from the giant opening door/main base area. I don't think this set's bad at all, it's just not UCS. It just isn't.

[@redstonecat1232]

They should just make it a master builder series, like the cloud city set

[@batvaleska]

Redstonecat123 amateur* builder series

[@lightgreen3479]

@@redstonecat1232 Why would they change things about a set from 4 years ago? And how? There are no more sets produced so how would they change the packaging and instructions?

[@lightgreen3479]

@@batvaleska The cloud city set isn't that bad.

[@naterosen9786]

i thought the only bad thing was the wampa cave, 2010 was far superior

[@thebrockster8783]

My theory is it was called UCS back when the At at was gonna be available with it. That way, when you put the two together they made a cool diorama. But, after the AT AT was retired, they didn’t want to change the tag UCS, so they left it alone...

[@realone4993]

4:07 It's the moustache rebel from the lego star wars video game

[@realone4993]

His sacrifice was legendary

[@turbkeysamdwich1880]

“Assault” on Hoth implies that the empire is the main focus of the set.

[@bubsGK]

Proceeds to include only 2 snowtroopers and a speeder bike

[@JoshuaRodgers2187]

The Assault on Hoth is decent if it was a play set. As a “UCS” set, it does not work for me.

[@cay7839]

I've been looking forward to this....

[@rodrign007]

General kenob- wait

[@rodrign007]

You’re not general kenobi!

[@lightbright7762]

Γεια σου ρε Ελληνάρα !

[@cay7839]

@@lightbright7762 Ώπα Γεια σου

[@cay7839]

@@rodrign007 Hahaha Hello There

[@inarb]

Honestly this set suits my needs perfectly, I actually have too many imps and not enough rebels in my collection, and it will look pretty good against my AT-AT. By itself it's not a very good set but paired with other things it can really work!

[@manyerrors3719]

Maybe we should start referring to it as "Mild Annoyance On Hoth"

[@legoinator-comicsmore4386]

Great review Ryan, I have been really impressed as of late with how high production quality your reviews have become. Great work, keep it up!

[@TeenageMutantZuckerTurtle]

If this hadn’t been marketed as a UCS and was instead presented for what it actually is (a large “battle” playset like the 2009 Battle of Endor on steroids) then it would be a lot better remembered. IMO all the individual builds that make up this set are pretty solid and the figure selection is pretty good if at least a bit one-sided for the Rebels. It may not be one huge vehicle or building, but all the small builds and minifigs spread out does make for a since sense of scale. How a collection of smaller builds as one bit set compares in value to a single large build is a matter of opinion, but as someone who attempted to set up large spread-out battles as a kid (had a small table to display whatever my current battle was) I would have definitely wanted this one.

[@sofaspudz]

I find it sad that they couldn’t make the power generators right, but 4+ set is more accurate. But all together it isn’t that bad of a set.

[@olyman3068]

"Defense of Hoth" would have been a much more fitting name.

[@natecarr7179]

One of the things I really don’t like is that they added a lookout tower because they thought it’d be a cool play feature. On a UCS set.

[@the1andonlyjawa]

The worst UCS set??? Worse than the first two UCS sets?

[@filipnikitovic6717]

JaWa Interceptor and x wing were really bad but this should be a master builder set or something like that

[@lightgreen3479]

@@filipnikitovic6717 That didn't exist back then. How should they've made it MBS?

[@fakeflash0794]

They were at least in ucs standards but this is an absolute playset

[@rmmproductions3886]

The reason there is only 3 shield generator dishes is because if you added another, it would be “half a stud off”. This means that you wouldn’t be able to build a wall around it on all sides as you would need jumper plates that would then block the generator dish from sitting on the ground flat. I hope I explained this well!

[@ihatespurs5014]

Well it didn't

[@Sapphiregamer8605]

I don’t understand.

[@cb9323]

Pls do Ewok village review I would love that set to make a return

[@RyanKhodai]

Yesssss please Ryan

[@ihatespurs5014]

JUST DO IT DO IT

[@jonlego2459]

Nice video Ryan it’s kinda nice to have a 2020 review on a set from 2016✌️

[@the501stlegion5]

No Leia or General Rieekan or General Veers!? That is a shock. They are very important to the Hoth scenes.

[@yeahoh9438]

It is a good set,it completely presents the appearance of the Echo Base, with almost everything that one expects to find, without omissions

[@__tadpole__8195]

You make this a play set, and get an AT-AT to go along with it then it would be *chef kiss*

[@thatoneguy9952]

Kit fisto army where you at

[@catbio9084]

Kit Fisto Army

[@AJ-ju6qq]

Kit fisto army

[@MelhorarProductions]

Nit Kisto army

[@Alexlego1331]

Shut up 🤐

[@Miles_Rizzalesz]

Kit fisto army

[@vincenzofilippella3197]

13 rebels minifigures barricated in a well defended base against 2 snowtroopers It those 2 had been clones and the others had been droids, we all know the droids would be doomed

[@icee8202]

The set is great to play with, but I feel like they shouldn’t have called it “UCS”

[@fakeflash0794]

How the hell are you gonna play with two snowtroopers and tons of rebel soliders, equipment, weapons, a huge rebels base and not to mention a fricking jedi (sorry not fully trained jedi)

[@iamjayrts1846]

@@fakeflash0794 well there is the wampa, also when playing and having the enemies be the same outfit, you can just “revive” the fallen ones and act like they’re other members. It’s called imaginative playing. You don’t need to have dozens of snowtroopers to act like theres a big army you have to take down

[@RandomCarGuy_]

It’s sad that they didn’t have those marbled “big ugly rock pieces” like they did in 2009

[@jonathanworkman1622]

The review was so good great job MandRproductions.

[@brookeforrest5478]

Except it impossible for you to have watched it. 🤔🤔

[@jonathanworkman1622]

@@brookeforrest5478 but I did watch it.

[@daweiye9175]

I definitely hope you do a video on the Osprey cancellation at this stage - I think so many people are keen to hear your detailed analysis over less "time sensitive" stuff like this (even though I really enjoyed this video)

[@Drewlockmeatrider2]

I like how they can’t add a extra a dish in the shield generator but can add the path in the trench you see for 2 seconds not even, while you see a Clare view of the shield generator.

[@renaissancecon4207]

LEGO: Only has three rings on the shield generator. Me: I find your lack of rings disturbing...

[@arcturionblade1077]

Great review. I bought this set NIB a while ago but haven't built it yet. I got an IKEA table with a smooth white top and plan to build a Hoth battle scene with this set and various other Lego Hoth sets to include Snowspeeders and the new and 2014 versions of the AT-AT Imperial Walkers.

[@wtd5076]

Ok, someone pushed on a dislike button when its only 1minute, and the video is 27minutes....IF they are an anti, how can they find this video when its uploaded 1minute ago...

[@MemeMan99]

이주성 They can get it recommended to them.

[@blindlarva9439]

Considering what we saw on the Tantive IV, those 2 stormtroopers can probably take care of those rebels.

[@AlecFortescue]

Heyyy, Do you think you could do a video on your LEGO maintenance and dusting routine? :]

[@Unbrickme]

I always loved this set! Outstanding playability with great display too!

[@POTUS-46th]

Me too! I have been wanting it since it came out lol

[@pepethefrog7229]

Agreed!! One of my favorite sets

[@leothelion-qy3ih]

Hi great video they always make me so happy you might just be the best youtuber ever

[@Skhodai]

Hey Ryan, Can you also review the Ewok Village, cause I dont think you have in like a long time or at all.

[@Luke-vg7ut]

If I want to get more of the same snowspeeders, what set would I need to buy MandRproductions?

[@bobuxcmdpt]

I bet $420,069 its would not get any hate, if it wasn't labeled as UCS set

[@gbrow1604]

I honestly don't care that it was labeled as UCS. I just don't think it's a good set. I think it was overpriced since it had a ton of small pieces and I just don't really want a ton of random builds all together.

[@bobuxcmdpt]

@@gbrow1604 I personally dont hate it cuz I think it is good. But I think that is the main reason why, and It only has 2 enemys

[@tanner5809]

I absolutely hate it, LEGO has made me hate anything Hoth related because the amount of sets they have made. There are other way more interesting planets but they seem to love only Hoth

[@vincentshelman2395]

And if it had 4 things on the generator

[@bobuxcmdpt]

@@vincentshelman2395 yea that was the most idiot mistake ever on planet earth

[@lienemannca15]

If you wanted a real assault on Hoth, you could get 2 AT-AT sets. The AT-AT set has 2 snow troopers, so if you had 2 AT-AT sets, you would have 4 more snow troopers and 2 AT-ATs. Of you wanted the assault to be more realistic, you could have some AT-STs and maybe get a few snowtrooper battle packs.

[@kaanmckinley1763]

One of my personal favs. I couldn't get to buy the wampa cave or other hoth themed sets as a kid since my dad was a jerk but it makes me happy they included a thing from every hoth set to that date. Wish it had a probe droid tho

[@kx_3364]

It’s probably just nostalgia for me but I always liked the old snow troopers better. Definitely a huge nostalgia factor tho bc my first ever set was the snow troopers battle pack

[@NitrusKat14]

Ryan should do a series called "Not Quite" where he reviews off brand lego.

[@sokoomatsuo6753]

Can u do a review of the connection with the hot set made after the ucs one

[@TheLegoPorg]

Nice, is this a small box version, it looks like it! Also I do not really like it but it still is a good set but just not ucs whilst it is marked like Ucs

[@autominestudios1579]

BEHOLD, THE GREATEST LEGO SET IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE!!!

[@Alict_]

Hi Ryan can u tell me were did u buy 2002 republic gunship plz

[@asher1kenobi]

That Rebel Officer face would be PERFECT for a purest Ron Swanson

[@snowtrooper1188]

I think Ucs sets should be display focused, but these big play sets are also pretty cool.

[@nathanrichey420]

They could’ve added white flooring inside the base to put your troopers, with pipes and what not. Echo Base also had those railings and support things, could’ve had more space. Like Ryan said a Barca tank room, and an attachment for Vader to walk through. Could’ve used more snow troopers and Vader to make that entrance scene.

[@McFN2]

I feel like this is more of a Master Builder's set which I like it as. LEGO just didn't have that name thought of yet. Same thing goes for the 2016 Death Star re-release.

[@JC-cn7uy]

I have the UCS Cloud city and I love it, but it's not very displayable, it has a very good interior and I got it for stop motion so I don't mind how it looks on the outside.

[@ilyannashawati3168]

Plz do a review of the 8098 clone turbo tank (day 37)

[@abadmajin4671]

Do you plan on reviewing the clone tie interceptor (I didn’t even know a set like that existed)

[@abadmajin4671]

I also don’t know if it’s actually real

[@sampankhurst5288]

Could you do a review of the 2007 Motorised walking AT-AT and the Hoth Base?

[@lowesteirus]

That rebel with the blonde beard that also appears in the imperial shuttle set is based off of the background character in Return of The Jedi that was retconned to be Rex if I remember correctly.

[@spiderduckstudios6455]

If or When The UCS Mos Eisley Cantina comes out you should do a Comparison between these two sets

[@benjaminmegginson7118]

Two snow troopers: exist The rebel alliance: now this is an avengers level threat

[@deepseacocoon]

Lol

[@Se-du7sh]

Add 1 more generator. Ditch the Wompa and cave in change for extra interior design. Add 2 more snowtroopers and an AT-ST with driver. THEN it might be acceptable.

[@ethandz7297]

the cave entrance is actually from a deleted scene from star wars was the block of the door in the movie but it was a wampa door so you can't say about it but nice lego piece to recreated

[@samlopez5152]

I hope LEGO remakes this set, but x10 better. The set would be accurate with the same minifigures, but updated, two more Snowspeeders, a lot more Snowtroopers and Stormtroopers, an accurate sized Wampa cave solo build, a more detailed and accurate interior, and a more accurate shield generator.

[@merafirewing6591]

And the main door to be big enough to in theory allow the Millennium Falcon to exit.

[@SpartanBrix]

Say what you want about this set, but this is an incredibly nostalgic one for me. Got this for my birthday in 2016, I was so happy. Although I never actually finished it for a long time, because I lost a piece and I didn’t have a spare, so I couldn’t finish the set for the time. Idk why I didn’t just get a replacement… lol.

[@Caleb-qb4dv]

I really like this set, and I always have. But there are some large in-accuracies that could’ve easily been fixed with a slightly larger price like maybe $350 - $400. I wish they added an AT-AT around the size of the 2009 one, leia, General Veers, an AT-AT Pilot, 2 more Snowtroopers, 1 less Rebel Trooper (just to be realistic with the price point), a small version of the Hoth Medical Bay, and a more accurate Wompa cave, they’d also have to sacrifice the shield generator but it doesn’t really fit in with the set too much anyway. Lastly, the set (if it was to be released now), should be marked as MBS and it should be called Defence of Hoth, even if it was to have an AT-AT and more imperial stuff, I just feel like the set focuses on the Rebels so the set name should as well.

[@jullez2282]

I have a lot of snowtroopers and like 3 hoth rebels so I need this set

[@hannahlester756]

Great vid! I’m subscribed!😁

[@SuperStarDestroyer48]

Yeah that shield generator thing still bother's me to look at it...we need 4!That box for the e-web is awesome,plus idk am a sucker for hoth,would love to get this set still!

[@d-7082]

But the wampa can fit you just have cut him into little pieces then have a lot of money to buy knew ones

[@brixbybit1048]

I'm super sad that my brother destroyed this set when I got it. (He was 6) I mostly really wanted it for the minifigures and snow speeder. Also the snow trooper speeder I love speeders

[@lbricks7631]

This was filmed in around mid-June. I think, judging from the background.

[@farkie282]

1:35 for MandR flexing on you with his UCS sets

[@Angry_Squirrel555]

My R3 has angled printing too. Sad. As far as the power generator only having three rather that four parts is because they couldn’t get the exploding feature to work properly with more than three. That’s why.

[@hkr1240]

Your videos have been so good lately. Keep up the great work!!!

[@jpuggy6793]

I think the wampa cave is actually based on a deleted scene where c3po removes a sign from a door and a snowtrooper opens it, and is then grabbed by the wampa

[@jacksonbrickmedia939]

Well I didn't expect this today.

[@cloudcleaver23]

I really do agree that this should've been split up. I like the concept, it's one of the best scenes in the entire movie series for imaginative play and the modular idea with other sets is perfect, but it should've never been UCS, making the "core" of a modular scene this expensive innately priced it out of the range of most kids, and it should've just been called "echo base".

[@kinglew0773]

I think this set should have come with an AT-ST

[@josesaucedo3491]

Whats good Ryan? Have a good day!!!

[@EchoBrick]

I believe that they didn't put four shield generators because the mechanism to blow it up wouldn't work, but that's my only idea to why they wouldn't put four shield generators

[@benfrenzy3136]

UCS Hoth wasn’t bad. LEGO made a large mistake with the generator, but other than that the set was pretty accurate. It makes sense that it has multiple parts because Hoth wasn’t just the echo base. This set probably should have been MBS, but that didn’t exist back then. This set is really good for what it is.

[@sh4rpu1tr45]

Also the lack of the "assault" part of the set

[@goonandbeans]

I have 3 ultimate collected series and all of them are pretty good being the AT AT , AT ST and the slave -1

[@vicmccloud9136]

It's roughly $400 New now. It does happen to be gaining value. Glad I kept one sealed.

[@itstrent8171]

Tbh having no C-3PO and r2 and no Leia in that set is a crime

[@christiancrumley6797]

Awesome videos 👍

[@totally_not_elai]

6:37 you can see the fan/light in the droids head

[@McFrozenNuggets]

I think at the time they didn't know what else to call this set until 2018 when they came up with the idea of the Master Builders line. So I think if this was released now, it would be under the Master Builders line.

[@flyingsniper1351]

I don’t know, but my guess is there is only three shield generators so they could get the exploding mechanism to work. For some reason it might not have worked if they made it longer.