LEGO Star Wars Ahsoka Tano's Duel on Peridea 75385 fan review! High-end figures, overpriced stand

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[@hasanthedumb5340]

I really loved the 20$ duel sets we would get a few years ago. Cheap, decent display, and at least 2 excellent figures. I’m not a fan of these overpriced duel sets, which don’t have great play features and don’t look very good. This one is just a gray slab with a little nice detail, but it’s not worth 55$ to me

[@Turkey_b0i]

$55 for a slab and 4 figs is daylight robbery. Lego is really pushing it with their prices and its getting stupidly out of hand

[@elrevan983]

At least its slightly better than the $50 for a baseplate with Darth Vader and Obi-wan Kenobi

[@jeremyscungio16]

They did the same with kenobi

[@republiccommando1463]

@@Turkey_b0i This is a slab with 5 figs so it’s completely worth it.

[@lance2580]

Well, more reasons to miss "Constr-action/Buildable Figure" lines like _BIONICLE_ and _Hero Factory,_ I guess. LEGO Sets are meant to be building toys, and that Minifigures usually aren't the main course, the builds are. It's easier to customize a Buildable Figure to your own liking than it is to customize a Minifigure. If only "Constr-action/Buildable Figure" lines weren't so ostracized because "they aren't real LEGO". I hope those detractors are "happy" that stuff like _BIONICLE_ and CCBS is dead, and now we just have these brick-built action figures that are made of "Real LEGO".

[@PaulSmith-wd8uc]

5 figs.

[@PltOffPPrune]

Thank you for including the picture from the TV series when discussing the minifig design, it made it much easier to understand your point. And I agree, the minifig does look possessed!

[@adriansue8955]

Reusable Prints could have easily made those tiles as prints and amortized the cost over their future reuse in City sets on road baseplates.

[@skinnyj123]

A battlepack with enoch, two of this stormtrooper and a zombie death trooper would be really cool.

[@Gzilla313]

Should just be 4 Night Troopers with a chibi version of their troop transport ship. No named figures in battle packs, only generic troopers.

[@Maddenhawk]

Why would you want a named character in a battlepack? That defeats the purpose...

[@jims7044]

I can't believe that lucasfilm would allow lego to reveal that ezra is a white walker

[@thegreatsnowblizzard3196]

I feel like this is definetly a wait for a sale to get set as while the minifigures are great the price is definetly a bit high for my liking

[@legobrickabrac]

Definitely, Do you think this would of been better as normal Battle pack? Because I do.

[@thegreatsnowblizzard3196]

@@legobrickabrac for me i personally don't think thrawn should be in a battlepack. that said i would definetly get him in a microfighter of the Chimaera or a smaller $30 set

[@JackSmith-ns1uq]

The entire Star Wars line is becoming a wait for sale

[@WC-kt7sg]

@@legobrickabracnamed figures in a battle pack just isn’t it imo. I think this set just should have been $10-15 cheaper.

[@RoscoeWasHere]

Wait for a sale is quickly becoming the Lego slogan.

[@matthewmcghee2004]

That Grand Admiral Thrawn mini fig looks a whole lot better than the one from the Rebels TV Show Phantom set that released before this set. The correct insignia badge and dual moulded legs make it better.

[@lordly123]

It would be very strange if they put Enoch into a battle pack, to me that would be like if they included Moff Gideon in that most recent Jet Commando battle pack - either go all named characters or no named characters.

[@robertrodgers9754]

It won't be the first time they've put a captain in a battle pack. I can think of several such as captain Vaughn and the recruitment captain from solo that were put in battle packs. And that's not to mention all the named characters like kid adi mundi, baris ofee and commander hammer.

[@skinnyj123]

Vaughn, Iden versio, general veers, zev senesca, most of vader's bounty hunters, Bariss offee and ki adi mundi have all appeared in battlepacks so stranger things have happened

[@adrianporter5749]

@@skinnyj123and unfortunately each inclusion made the Lego Star Wars community go ballistic.

[@lukestarkiller1470]

There is precedent for it, but that doesn’t mean they should do it. They should definitely make battle packs in a way that encourages people to buy multiple copies of the set, that’s like the whole point of them. When you include a named figure then people just build up a collection of that figure and they don’t want that so it discourages people from buying as many copies of the same set. Battle packs should always be for unnamed massable figures and the named characters should be in the other sets.

[@empatheticrambo4890]

Zombie head was a pleasant surprise!!

[@nauscakes1868]

Ahsoka being the main character of a franchise and also a very popular Star Wars character really should get her own light saber handles. If they had put exclusive lightsaber handles in this set, it would have sold on that alone, lol.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Bear in mind, I'm not much of a SW guy, so my opinion here is largely invalid. But it's hard not to compare this to 2005's Ultimate Lightsaber Duel (set 7257), which feels considerably more dynamic and fun. Gotta love the figures here though. Thanks as always for the review, Jane!

[@Mr_G_Daddy]

Yes. It does have that sort of feel. May not work as well but it does the job to represent a good scene with great characters.

[@ThatJaymsWisdom]

I really like the look of this base as a display/model thing. I'm almost tempted to buy it and then just sell the minifigures off to make the money back.

[@xx1norm1xx]

I've started assigning a value of £5 per figure cause thats around how much the lego magazines cost it makes the prices seem more reasonable. I don't know if lego does that and thats why some of their prices are wild these days but it makes sense for alot of sets. Like this set is £25 of minifigs and £25 for 383 pieces, obviously it doesn't mean you should buy it for example if you only wanted thrawn but it's just how ive been thinking about the RRP lately.

[@migatron1]

Great review as always! I agree about the pieces on the floor being prints, especially for a higher wear area like the floor. I'd even go as far as to say, they should've made all the stickers, prints

[@harrisonpennington5784]

I could not agree more on the topic of stickers. I’m not against them and I understand the purpose completely but for a $55 play set like this the floor tiles should have been prints, especially because it’d only be two different prints. The pillar pieces are totally fine as is.

[@harrisonpennington5784]

Also that zombie head is absolutely incredible, extremely useful piece to have, let’s cross our fingers that it’ll end up in a battle pack

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Oh actually having no second face on the night trooper for customs makes sense since zombies are often bald

[@Szaize]

Ezra looks like blind Kanan now, or possessed exactly.

[@hubertop1247]

Dude the zombie head is a good one. the more zombie options on the market the better

[@robeldridge5668]

That nighttrooper head would be perfect for a custom Doctor Who Davros minifigure

[@FlymanMS]

Nice set, amazing minifigs, should have more prints and play features or be $20 cheaper.

[@ryderls2729]

The figs are great, definitely get it on sale cause figures like Thrawn and the Night Trooper are gonna be EXPENSIVE for years to come. The build is fine, we could've used a second Night Trooper as well but oh well

[@Drakuma35]

This is very specific but those big stickers would work perfectly for radahn’s swords

[@legobrickabrac]

I have no interest in Ahsoka TV show, but this set does actually look cool, however I would not pay full price, I would wait for a sale.

[@MartyBricks]

Could the thought with the play feature be that she will rotate when hit by the other two? I agree that it should have had prints, at least the gray parts and 2 more figures for that price. Thanks for another great review!

[@maxd5007]

Great review. Thank you for calling a spade a spade with the price. I paid $42usd for it, which is ok. But for the price it should have had printed pieces. The coloured eyes look fine where there is enough of a contrast between the colour and the white fleck. I.e. they look great on Thrawn and Ahsoka but do look bad for the sith yellow and Ezras eyes here. The product team should have pulled up this figure and said no, just do the standard black with white fleck after the prototype was created.

[@kleiner-yoda4133]

Thanks for the review Jang! The gray stickers look surprisingliy good on your set (good refering to colour matching with the respective tiles)!

[@squishyazalea9970]

“The ezra jump” 😂

[@benhaycock7917]

Comparing this to the obi wan duel set, wow, this blows that set out the water, it helps that the Ashoka show had some more interesting settings than the obi wan show.

[@lbricks7631]

Wow thats one premium slab. Rememember when toys were fun....

[@Clone_TrooperX]

I miss the duels sets in the 20's, like the last one I bought which was the duel in Mandalore, and this Night Trooper looks incredible I want a battlepack of it yesterday

[@kibavee3295]

This really reminds me of the Obi-Wan series duel set that came out a little while back. I'll be happy to get this when it's on sale!

[@lothmatt]

this should be $45 max. I would pay £39.99 maximum here in the UK. The figures? Great. The build? Good! This set knows what it is and doesn't try to be anything more. It's a bridge between display and play but yeah it's a grey plate. Compare this to the Tournament Battle Arena ninjago set and set quality is obvious. If they're making sets like this instead of the $20 duel sets then I hope they make more that are interesting i.e. episode 9 final duel, episode 8 throne room and more from animated shows etc like rebels and bad batch

[@Mattus4368]

Very good point about printed tiles being a better choice for the ground pieces so they hold up better against play!

[@cinematographytrev]

I agree that the stickers should have been prints, maybe with the lines they could have printed them and also used them in the recent Avengers Hellicarrier set, for the run way which is also stickers. Think I'll wait for this set to be on discount.

[@WookieeRandy]

The jumping feature is always good in theory but never in practice😅✌🏼

[@darthyoda4934]

These prices are just out of hand

[@reedlheureux7466]

For what is essentially a figure pack, $11 per figure is really bad. I just bought the D&D CMF line on eBay for the same price as this set, and it comes with 12 figures, each of higher quality. If CMFs have a higher value proposition, then you’re doing something wrong.

[@leg0liver194]

miss a jade blade gong in this vid ^^

[@hyneksmid3293]

6:59 And one Night DeathTrooper aswell.

[@FinGunn]

Best thing anyone can do is wait for these sets to go on sale! At the very least they become more reasonable

[@Montyh7]

I really like the look of this set. Will wait for a discount.

[@gus_abreu]

morgan elsbeth looks incredible.

[@jamesbarnes4792]

I love the minifigs and I'll definitely buy it, but I'm waiting for at least a 20% discount.

[@jkb2016]

I's be happy to pay 20€ for a minifig pack. Without the superfluous display floor, which has become a real pest and off-turner in recent sets.

[@Booey_Animations]

The zombie head looks weirdly similar to the angry clone head. I wonder if that was intentional.

[@Lordodragonss]

The build is REALLY cool and climatic! It would even be a great scene to have few wizards on! But yeah, the price is...no. Just no.

[@DashSpiderJumpscares]

I think this would be great on a sale, but the characters are so good and I worry that there will be never be a sale.

[@gasonfeist7238]

If a set has 3 or more of the same design on the same part, it should be a print. No exceptions.

[@rexrickard6333]

I like sets like this, play sets that also double as minifigure display sets some of the eyes are cool especialy like the admirals

[@nauscakes1868]

Speaking of things consumers don't understand. I'll always be confused about a log sticker/print from the Friends line a few years ago. There's a Safari/Jungle theme in the Friends franchise, and I bought em all because I thought they were neat. There are sets with prints, and sets with stickers for the exact same print. If they already designed the print for the piece, why not use them for all the sets in the theme? The print is a 2x2 circle title with a log print on it. Some sets have them as prints. Others have them as stickers. Literally the same print and color of piece. I just don't get it.

[@Benjamin0119]

Figures are great. The stickers and no remote action for the center platform isn't so great. Price is ridiculous. Yeah, Ezra is looking a little crazy. 🤣

[@warrennewman5325]

Looks amazing fun set awesome minifigs great review jang 👍

[@11Survivor]

The figures look incredible but the price is a hard sell in this economy

[@marcplourde4272]

if they plan to do a night trooper battlepack Enoch should 100% have been in this set, named characters in battlepacks is a waste

[@bepisyeet]

Only reason I bought it is because I had a discount. Wouldn't have paid $55 for it. Also I haven't built it yet, I didn't realize there were going to be so many stickers!

[@MonkeysxMoo]

These duel sets are getting ridiculous. They either need to scale back on the display/set part or start including at least one or two more figures if they're going to be asking almost $60 for this. Really hoping we get a Night Trooper pack because I really want a small collection of them and I am not buying multiplies of this set for that.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

It looks good.

[@PhoenixFyre]

Another wait for sale set for me.

[@direkjes.editing]

I just got the set, at first I thought it was overpriced, but when I'm building it, the building technique alone adds more value to it. Plus, you get 5 great figures including Thrawn. So for those of you who think it's just a baseplate, no it's kinda not 😅

[@RogueBagel]

This feels on par with the Obi-Wan and Vader duel. And that's not a compliment.

[@callumpears1523]

They got the code cylinders right with Tarkin in 75159 so, while I appreciate giving the benefit of the doubt to the designers, they've shown in the past that it is possible. The coloured squares are more important though so I'm glad they at least got those right this time. Probably not buying the set overall (especially with all those stickers) but definitely want to get Thrawn, maybe through Bricklink if the set doesn't get a decent discount.

[@zakmiller216]

Jang please review the new ninjago sets, it look like the best wave in a while 😊

[@freddielm7381]

This looks like a ninjago set

[@rogerhalt3991]

I’ll give Lego $30 maximum for this

[@othermiguel852]

Nice

[@Roger-bm9vx]

You pay for minifigures, that's it. 55USD for 5 minifigs. They justify a bit the price by dropping some pieces for context, but obviously they don't care (see the number of stickers). Not a buy at all for me.

[@gregm963]

Lego can price things however they want and I can also continue to not buy them.

[@shaneblair]

$55 is way too much.

[@lopoa126]

The round corner pieces require stickers? No thanks. Those should never be a sticker. The fact the round and straight pieces both repeat several times and aren't stickers is just a gigantic big L. No action mechanism for the center is another L. How is this $55???

[@logansmith2703]

The build isn't good or big enough for this to be worth it imo. I think in general 50 dollar sets should have 5 minifigs anyway so the amount of minifigs doesn't even help. Also Ezra looks blind.

[@agungsyam9703]

Ezra jump 😂

[@empatheticrambo4890]

I’ll join the chorus complaining about the price

[@MrChuckBoris]

I agree the minifigs are cool but the rest is horrible, meaning you pay 11$ by minifig, which is insane to me.

[@somehalonerd1176]

Algorithm comment

[@scottcooper5060]

Multiple stickers for a continuous design on an overpriced set is a perfect combination to make me grumpy

[@jpseverijns]

I wonder why more people don’t break away from Lego Stars Wars with these absurd price tage/hikes.

[@otminealnamer1385]

Yeah this is probably the weakest set of this release cycle. It's...a floor. I can't see the appeal even from an aesthetic standpoint. Yeah the figures look good, but figures don't make a set good at this price point.

[@xtremegaming1232]

$50 for the figures, $5 for the build

[@joncorso6103]

Those eyes look like zombies. It's mind boggling that lego think that's what eyes should be, and have actually made it a standard.

[@villelepoaho4105]

So we get a LEGO City roadplate and 5 minifigures and it costs $55? Not good...

[@leftygurl]

i feel like i wouldve been more welcoming to this set if it didn’t look so boring. it’s a flat plane of grey with some black pillars and sparse gold accents and it just does nothing for me. the colours feel lifeless and the structure is probably interesting to put together but it just looks like a whole lotta nothing. minifigs are decent, but cramming all the best ones for this show into a single set this drab really sours it for me. i really wish the budget had been allocated differently for the build, i dont know what would be better but there’s gotta be something.

[@betulaobscura]

I hate stickers. LEGO should be 100% print focused.

[@wlewargusowy1592]

overpriced and boring set, only made to sell minifigures to collectors.

[@cheackertroop]

I truly truly cannot understand anyone that thinks this set looks good. Like even if i really try to understand, try to place myself in the mind of a star wars superfan or something, its just... a big grey slab. Like it might be the most boring lego set I've ever seen and for that price too? Yikes 😬

[@Lordodragonss]

It LOOKS good as for what its supposed to be. It's just way overdesigned.