Review: 75383 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator
Posted by CapnRex101,
LEGO has produced numerous versions of the sinister Sith Infiltrator, despite its limited screen time in The Phantom Menace. I would presume the Scimitar's famous owner has influenced the variety of designs, although none have achieved particular accuracy.
75383 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator therefore has an opportunity to improve on previous models. While the standard of detail certainly seems superior, the shape of the fuselage remains problematic, based on official images. However, other angles are maybe more complementary and there are some excellent minifigures too.
Summary
75383 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator, 640 pieces.
£59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99 | 9.4p/10.9c/10.9c per piece.
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While the perfect LEGO Sith Infiltrator remains elusive, this model exceeds expectations
- Hull shape improves on earlier designs
- Ideal size for play
- Enjoyable functions
- Near-faultless Saw Gerrera minifigure
- Awkward central ridge
- Stubby landing supports
- Issues with Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jinn minifigures
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
Minifigures
Darth Maul has become increasingly popular in recent years and I am happy to see his classic appearance from The Phantom Menace again. Thankfully, the strange grin used between 2015 and 2019 has been abandoned in favour of a more enigmatic expression, better suiting the Sith Apprentice, while his elaborate facial tattoos look marvellous as well.
The lack of pupils in Maul's eyes matches recent versions of Palpatine, intended to denote the yellow eyes common to those using the dark side. I applaud such consistency, but have never found this update necessary and would rather all Star Wars minifigures featured printed pupils, other than blind characters like Kanan Jarrus, perhaps.
Also, the minifigure lacks a hood and fabric cape, which Darth Maul wears on Tatooine in the film. Otherwise, this character's dark attire looks good, notably including printed boots and an accurate pouch on his belt. As ever, Maul wields his double-bladed lightsaber and this weapon continues to use the standard hilt, surprisingly, instead of the longer piece created for Monkie Kid sets.
Qui-Gon Jinn last appeared in 75169 Duel on Naboo and this minifigure presents the same issue as its predecessor, as the printing on the legs comes nowhere near matching the torso, frustratingly. The torso decoration looks superb though and it is great to see Qui-Gon's classic hair element in continued use, 25 years after its introduction!
Harry Potter's modern hair piece has been chosen for young Anakin Skywalker, which seems appropriate, since Harry's previous hairstyle was used for Anakin between 2007 and 2015. The texture looks perfect and the torso is brilliantly detailed too, reflecting the shabby appearance of Anakin's clothing on Tatooine and including his necklace.
The happy and concerned facial expressions suit Anakin, while Qui-Gon's double-sided head displays kind and determined designs, with some grey accents in his beard. The figure comes with his usual green lightsaber and a fabric poncho, which fortunately conceals the poor colour matching between the torso and legs.
Exclusive minifigures are available in several of the Star Wars sets produced this year, marking the theme's 25th anniversary. Saw Gerrera is a perfect choice for this range, having somehow never appeared in minifigure form before, despite his presence in many films, television series and video games. While undoubtedly overdue, this minifigure was worth waiting for.
Dark green is perhaps an unexpected colour for Saw's armour, although this shade looks much better in person than in official images, where it seems too bright. Dark bluish grey would have been a reasonable alternative, but I think dark green works, especially given the fantastic level of detail. The bulky shoulder armour is properly proportioned and I love the complex network of straps and breathing tubes, continued across the torso and legs.
The decoration on the armour lines up seamlessly with the torso design and the legs are also highly detailed, although a dual-moulded piece would have been better for Saw's robotic limb. However, the minifigure's fabric cloak looks excellent and the double-sided head undoubtedly conveys Saw Gerrera's merciless persona, presenting severe facial expressions on both sides.
The Completed Model
Like the other 25th anniversary minifigures, Saw Gerrera stands on a printed base. These are similar in style to the display bases produced for the 20th anniversary minifigures, albeit with a uniform printed design on this occasion, instead of unique nameplates for each figure. I am glad that decision was taken, hopefully allowing more to be spent on the actual minifigure.
Similar to Saw Gerrera, I think the Sith Infiltrator looks better when actually assembled than it appears in official images. This higher angle shows the shape of its fuselage more clearly and the model's general silhouette is accurate, even recreating the subtle curvature along the sides of the fuselage, which narrows more sharply towards the nose.
The view from either side is less appealing, revealing some unsightly Technic elements under the layered plates of the hull. I am surprised LEGO chose to display the vessel from this angle on the box, although I suppose their honesty is laudable. Moreover, viewing the model from this low angle shows how it leans forward because the landing struts are relatively short.
Different versions of the Sith Infiltrator vary dramatically in size, from the 25cm-long 7663 Sith Infiltrator released in 2007 to 75096 Sith Infiltrator, which measures 38cm long and is pictured below. The latest design measures 28cm in length and is among the smaller models, although this one is densely packed with functions and I am not convinced a larger size is necessary.
Larger landing gear was needed, however. These supports are too short, so the whole vessel leans forward when landed, which looks awkward. Flaws like this are frustrating because they could be resolved simply. On the other hand, the landing gear folds neatly against the fuselage during flight, as shown below.
Two spring-loaded shooters are placed between the 1x3 inverted slopes at the nose, launched by pressing the 1x2 ingots on top of the model. These buttons are perfectly hidden and provide some nice texture on the surface. Another function is activated from the underside and indicated by a dark red 2x2 slider.
Three probe droids are stored inside the vessel, accessible through a hatch behind the spring-loaded shooter buttons. The surrounding combination of light and dark bluish grey elements is notable, as the bodywork is more accurate to the source material than past versions of the Sith Infiltrator, which have generally used the colours randomly.
Pushing the aforementioned 2x2 slider forward releases a hatch on the bottom and the probe droids inside. The function is slightly unusual because a rubber Technic beam is placed under perpetual stress in front of the switch and the latch keeping this door closed is tiny. Regardless, the function works well.
DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droids have accompanied many Sith Infiltrator models and become increasingly detailed. These are similar to the droids in 75096 Sith Infiltrator, albeit featuring trans-red photoreceptors and 2x2 round tiles on either side, rather than 2x2 dishes. Moreover, the aerials on top are shorter, presumably to avoid interfering with the release mechanism.
While the shape of the forward fuselage looks impressive when viewed from above, the hatch covering the probe droids creates an unwanted ridge, which in turn affects the transition to the cockpit. The mechanical detail along the flanks is appealing and I like the trans-red windscreen, but the spherical structure of the cockpit has been lost among the surrounding hull panels.
The wings flanking the cockpit look excellent though, whether folded or deployed. Ideally, they would curve inwards, but I think it would be hard to replicate that relatively subtle shape at this scale. Additionally, the pearl silver and pearl dark grey highlights on the wings complement the predominant shades of grey, introducing more mechanical texture.
The spherical cockpit shape is more apparent from behind, where 3x3x2 arch bricks are put to good use. I like the printed dish on top, but the thrusters are significantly too small and the rear hatch too large, which was also a problem for the Sith Infiltrator released in 2015. I am sure this section could be improved without compromising the opening hatch function.
Again, this mechanism is very similar to the equivalent 75096 Sith Infiltrator, as the roof hatch opens, the rear folds down and the sides swing outwards. Darth Maul's speeder bike, dubbed Bloodfin, is docked inside. This feature has been consistent among several models of the Sith Infiltrator, originating with the bafflingly colourful 7151 Sith Infiltrator from 1999.
The speeder bike itself is unique though. This vehicle is smaller than most of its predecessors and very different in colour, consisting primarily of dark tan elements. I understand choosing a colour other than black or grey, but this shade is far too bright and the speeder's characteristic curvature leaves something to be desired too.
Nevertheless, the reddish brown seat looks superb, complete with matching 1x1 quarter circle tiles as padding on each side. In addition, there is space for Darth Maul on board, gripping the handlebars. The minifigure should sit much lower on the speeder, but is clearly restricted by its limited articulation, so a tiny vehicle like this is always going to prove challenging.
You can seat Darth Maul atop his speeder bike inside the cockpit, or without the smaller vehicle, as displayed below. Otherwise, the interior contains two clips for the Sith Apprentice's lightsaber and a printed console. No stickers are needed because the 6x6 dish on top of the cockpit is also printed, as expected.
Overall
Improving on earlier models is essential to a theme like LEGO Star Wars, where returning to familiar subjects is inevitable. 75383 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator succeeds in that regard, as I think this rendition of the transport is more accurate than its precursors, especially when seen from higher angles, as the light bluish grey pattern across the hull is greatly improved.
Even so, the transition between the forward section of the fuselage and the cockpit looks odd, since the ridge down the middle should be sharper. Similarly, I am not wholly satisfied with the minifigures provided, although Anakin and Saw Gerrera are well-executed. The price of £59.99, $69.99 or €69.99 feels a little too expensive, but this set offers better value than I expected.
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I only want the Saw Minifigure. :(
Ok... so why do I feel like the ORIGINAL Sith Infiltrator was better? More accurate? Probably not, but I feel like it has a lot of charm that none of the other versions have.
IMO the eye droid-dropping feature was completely unnecessary. All it does is make the bodywork look too bulky.
Might pick this up on a discount, if only for Saw Gerrera and the up-to-date Maul.
That bulky play feature really ruins what could have been a very nice, sleek, and accurate model of this ship.
Wow, this is pretty terrible. It's always been weird that a ship with almost literally two seconds of screentime has gotten this many sets, but I guess it's always been kind of a stand in for the royal Naboo starship in the duel scene with Qui-Gon. All these minifigures look like downgrades from previous versions, so I guess that's why they've released the superior 1999 Darth Maul figure in that book, so people will have to get that too. Saw looks perfect, so he will probably cost a prosthetic arm and leg on the aftermarket.
I like this model, but it's not without its flaws. It's a little strange how such a seemingly simple shape as the Sith Infiltrator turns out to be so hard to capture in Lego.
Qui-Gonn's legprint is a proof of LEGOs premium quality standards.
Good review! While I feel like LEGO has yet to really nail down the design of this particular ship, I am pretty impressed with several aspects of this one. The ridges between the bridge/cockpit and the wings (and the mechanical linkages between the bridge/cockpit and the nose/fuselage) are a major improvement on earlier sets of this ship. The windscreen also makes excellent use of round tiles! And of course, I love how well they managed to match the complex patterns of lighter and darker body panels using various small tiles and wedges instead of the much less refined stickered approach we saw in the 2011 and 2015 portrayals of this ship.
I agree with your criticisms of the central ridge, and to be honest it kind of surprises me that LEGO didn't use https://brickset.com/parts/design-4569 there — though I suppose that might've left less room for the probe droids. Even flat tiles tilted forward would have looked a lot better than the large curved slope used here. I also feel like some curved slopes on the "wings" might've helped to better suggest the subtle curve of the actual ship's wings, similar to what the 2015 version did.
I feel like the smaller size was a good choice, since while the Scimitar is canonically a pretty large ship, very little of its interior is ever shown in the movies, so it doesn't really need so much crew and cargo space. Also, this change matches the reduced size of other iconic Star Wars ships in recent years' sets compared to their 2010s counterparts. It's unfortunately still a steeper price than sets like 75300, 75301, and 75312, but it's a much easier pill to swallow than the price of the 2015 version — and compares very favorably to the price of other "bigger than a starfighter, smaller than a freighter" ships like 75302 or 75347.
Maul's speeder bike also looks great — while it's unfortunately less curvy than its 2011 or 2015 counterparts, it's also much better proportioned to the Darth Maul minifigure. And accurate or not, the colors seemed pretty much how I remembered them at first glance — perhaps since merch over the years has portrayed its colors anywhere from dark grey to brown to beige. The only consensus seems to be "lighter than Maul's robes, but darker than the sands of Tatooine" (probably in part because the actual film only showed it in a few shots, and portrayed it with CGI instead of a physical prop).
Good review overall! I still have fond memories of Episode 1, so I am always happy to see new sets based on that movie. And while this version of Maul's ship still isn't perfect, it does feel like a step in the right direction compared to the shortcomings of previous set portrayals.
I'm happy to see they use black Technic pins this time.
So unfair! Why does Qui-Gon get a cool poncho? Where are the cool ponchos for the DREAMZzz-characters? Shenanigans! Sockdologizing shenanigans! Flim-flam and subterfuge!
The hang-up with Maul's yellow eyes (which I've seen a lot of elsewhere) is weird to me. Colored eyes like this have been customary in pretty much every other theme for probably the last 15 years. Star Wars has weirdly reserved them just for female aliens, but Super Heroes, Ninjago, and CMFs have been using them for "energized" characters forever. The only time it has ever looked blind to me is when the eyes are white, gray, or pale blue.
Holy moly the Star Wars complaining is real.
I thought the complaints about Maul's eyes were ridiculous when it was first revealed. Having now seen them face-on, I think they're even more ridiculous. It looks absolutely fine.
@ItisNoe said:
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Well.... the best thing about Lego Star Wars is indisputably Cap'n Rex's reviews. They were always very good. But, he's reached a new level.
I agree with everything he said. 'Nuf said.
Be better, Lego. Be better. This is 'meh.' I prefer the last two.
Give us some new Ep. 1 ships!
@yellowcastle said:
" @ItisNoe said:
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I don't care what anyone says, nothing will ever top the original from 1999. 7151 FTW!
@Andrusi said:
" @yellowcastle said:
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@Freddy_Hodson said:
"I thought the complaints about Maul's eyes were ridiculous when it was first revealed. Having now seen them face-on, I think they're even more ridiculous. It looks absolutely fine."
What?! Are you blind? ;)
@Zink said:
"Why is Saw green!? He clearly is blue in the movie?! Probably sand blue would have fit best for him. But green?!!????
Not to mention they omitted his robot leg. The mold from CMF Echo would have been perfect!"
Hasbros first 5POA figure was also flat out dark green. I went with a dark green armor for my custom Saw, too but mostly because the space marine armor happened to be available in dark green for a Ninjago set and that was more interesting and cheaper than dark gray.
I guess dark gray or sand blue matches some shots of the movie but the lighting is so terrible it could really be any color you want it to be just like the Hoth Han Solo coat. The latest Hasbro figure made Saw something between Legos dark blue and dark gray, I would say that's the most accurate.
I originally wasn't interested in this set when it was revealed but wow, this set and the figures are so cool! Damn it, why do Brickset reviews always want me to go out and get the set!
Baffled by the pupil complaints regarding Maul and Palpatine. Both clearly have pupils printed in white on yellow; it's just light enough that they don't seem visible, but they're obviously there.
Lego should forget these yellow sith eyes, the original Maul face print from 25 years ago is still the best. This would have been an easy set to skip set, but the Saw Gerrera minifigure saved it.
@Zink said:
"Why is Saw green!? He clearly is blue in the movie?! Probably sand blue would have fit best for him. But green?!!????
Not to mention they omitted his robot leg. The mold from CMF Echo would have been perfect!"
Oh no, color in a star wars set. Nobody doesn't like the endless stream of grey blob ships?
I think it looks great in green.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @Andrusi said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @ItisNoe said:
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Sufferin Succatash, the complaining complaining is real."
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Actually a less accurate ship shaping than the 2015 edition
@HuskyDynamics said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
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" @yellowcastle said:
" @ItisNoe said:
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Sufferin Succatash, the complaining complaining is real."
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@Johnnyred said:
"Ok... so why do I feel like the ORIGINAL Sith Infiltrator was better? More accurate? Probably not, but I feel like it has a lot of charm that none of the other versions have."
The original is certainly the sleekest of the bunch, but it isn't as detailed. Frankly, I think it would be difficult to replicate the details of the infiltrator and keep the sleek exterior, which on the original was accomplished mostly with large, curved slope bricks.
@Freddy_Hodson said:
"I thought the complaints about Maul's eyes were ridiculous when it was first revealed. Having now seen them face-on, I think they're even more ridiculous. It looks absolutely fine."
THANK YOU. This has been a standard for characters with non-black and non-brown eyes for quite some time now so the whole weirdness argument is inexplicable to me. Nobody complained about Fremen eyes in the Dune Ornithopter set. In fact, these eyes look much less goofy than Maul's previous ones imo.
@HuskyDynamics said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @Andrusi said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @ItisNoe said:
"Holy moly the Star Wars complaining is real. "
Sufferin Succatash, the complaining complaining is real."
Sizzling circuits, the complaining complaining complaining is complaining."
Jehoshaphat, trigger! The complaining of complaining about complaintive Star Wars complaining complaints... is real."
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Holy [situationally appropriate exclamation], Batman!
So much controversy!
@Berrus_Brickus said:
"The hang-up with Maul's yellow eyes (which I've seen a lot of elsewhere) is weird to me. Colored eyes like this have been customary in pretty much every other theme for probably the last 15 years. Star Wars has weirdly reserved them just for female aliens, but Super Heroes, Ninjago, and CMFs have been using them for "energized" characters forever. The only time it has ever looked blind to me is when the eyes are white, gray, or pale blue."
I do not mind coloured eyes when they are depicting an energised character in those themes you mentioned, but I would not say dark side users really belong in that category. Their eyes do turn yellow, but they are not blazing with energy the way we might see with a super hero, so I find the completely yellow eyes odd.
Clearly it is a matter of taste though, as some people like them, which is fair enough.
@KyloBen1012 said:
"Actually a less accurate ship shaping than the 2015 edition"
The transition between the fuselage and the cockpit was better in 2015, but the overall shape of the new model is definitely superior. The sides of the fuselage on the previous edition were much too steep, apart from its other issues.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @Freddy_Hodson said:
"I thought the complaints about Maul's eyes were ridiculous when it was first revealed. Having now seen them face-on, I think they're even more ridiculous. It looks absolutely fine."
What?! Are you blind? ;)"
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@PhantomBricks said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @Freddy_Hodson said:
"I thought the complaints about Maul's eyes were ridiculous when it was first revealed. Having now seen them face-on, I think they're even more ridiculous. It looks absolutely fine."
What?! Are you blind? ;)"
Deploy the garrison!"
Perfect...
@HuskyDynamics said:
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" @yellowcastle said:
" @ItisNoe said:
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Sufferin Succatash, the complaining complaining is real."
Sizzling circuits, the complaining complaining complaining is complaining."
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This set definitely feels up there with 75218 in Star Wars sets that get the details great but the proportions awkward. Going off of my only Sith Inflitrator toy, (of all things) a Transformer, the pattern on the hull with the light and dark grey looks the most faithful it's ever been, the slight asymmetrical angle of the wings works nicely, and the building technique used for the thrusters works excellently, but the top ridge is quite awkward, the relative size of the thrusters are questionable, and it just comes together as an awkward package.
I definitely appreciate making the vehicle smaller, though; again, canon scaling should be secondary to the scaling permitted by the ship's value; when starfighters are basically a character's space car, making single-rider space cars stupid expensive is, in fact, stupid. The set itself could probably be cheaper, though...
For such tiny ship . it is really expensive.
They could have atleast make it as big as last version.... come on LEGO, don't be so lazy!
“You’re a space wizard Anakin!”
@Murdoch17 said:
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" @yellowcastle said:
" @ItisNoe said:
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Sufferin Succatash, the complaining complaining is real."
Sizzling circuits, the complaining complaining complaining is complaining."
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Is it just me, or does the light bluish gray section on the front of the fuselage resemble the imprint of a Venator?
Another great review, which has just swayed me to add this set to my May 4th list.
@Zink said:
" @GenericLegoFan said:
" @Zink said:
"Why is Saw green!? He clearly is blue in the movie?! Probably sand blue would have fit best for him. But green?!!????
Not to mention they omitted his robot leg. The mold from CMF Echo would have been perfect!"
Oh no, color in a star wars set. Nobody doesn't like the endless stream of grey blob ships?
I think it looks great in green."
Is blue not a color "
Oh I misread it,I though it was blue grey
It appears the entire front fuselage is mounted too tall on the spherical section. If it were lowered, multiple problems would've been solved, such as the weird central ridge being too tall and the landing gear being too short.
It is also crucially missing the quarter dome pieces on the lower part of the rear sphere, which previous models had. The jagged slopes there are a massive downgrade, as is the pathetic excuse for a speeder which now also has to be placed in the cockpit again instead of being stored in the front.
The only improvements seem to be the window shaping using new rounded tiles and the way the fuselage and the sphere are integrated with the greebling.
I think overall it is quite terrible and this will be a rare case where I'll just bricklink a figure I want (Saw Gererra) instead of shelling out for the full set.
I love the 2011 version much better.
Has a better presence size wise, great storage, excellent interior details and graphics. Also retractable landing gear.
I love it. Looks good on display.
Maul looks nice and mean on his speeder too.
@legoDad42 said:
"I love the 2011 version much better.
Has a better presence size wise, great storage, excellent interior details and graphics. Also retractable landing gear.
I love it. Looks good on display.
Maul looks nice and mean on his speeder too. "
2011 is probably the best, the speeder and it storage position are great, as is the interior. The shaping of the front is simple but not as jumbled as other versions. The engine and rear hatch sizes are appropriate, the spherical shape is good. The transition between the front fuselage and the sphere could be better in that version though. The pieces used for the wings of the 2007 version also remain unmatched, they have nice curvature.
I said it on the reveal article already, but it's so strange to me that they make the front of the ship such a jumble of different pieces and shapes when it's really very sleek and straightforward.
7961 had it right by going entirely with angled plates there.
@Fan_Of_Bricks said:
"I only want the Saw Minifigure. :("
Same here.
Maybe from SW Jedi Fallen Order.
@StarWarzFan7777 said:
"It appears the entire front fuselage is mounted too tall on the spherical section. If it were lowered, multiple problems would've been solved, such as the weird central ridge being too tall and the landing gear being too short.
It is also crucially missing the quarter dome pieces on the lower part of the rear sphere, which previous models had. The jagged slopes there are a massive downgrade, as is the pathetic excuse for a speeder which now also has to be placed in the cockpit again instead of being stored in the front."
1. If you can't deal with occasional stairstep and angular approximations of curves on models made of plastic building blocks, you shouldn't be playing with LEGO in the first place. Sometimes, curvy bits aren't available - or, as is clearly the case with this set, they have to step aside for structural reasons.
2. The speeder isn't pathetic, unless you're talking about its being miscolored. And stowing in the cockpit makes for better deployment.
@Rob42 said:
"I said it on the reveal article already, but it's so strange to me that they make the front of the ship such a jumble of different pieces and shapes when it's really very sleek and straightforward.
7961 had it right by going entirely with angled plates there."
1. I understand them trying to work the curves from the movie in, although they probably did overthink that.
2. I don't think this ship would have been able to pull off the angled plates as well at its smaller size.
@Zink:
1. Regarding Saw's armor color... Looking at movie screenshots and a promotional photograph of him (featured on Jay's Brick Blog), I'd say green actually WAS the right call. It's a more bluish green than what Lego used admittedly, but it's still definitely green. It's a dark forest green.
2. You're wrong about them omitting his robot leg, look at the printing on the right foot again.
3. You are, however, right that they should bring back blue to the Imperial TIE Fighters. While the hulls and "wingbones" are basically gray in ANH, in ESB and RotJ they actually were able to color-correct them to the intended blue in post-production. This can be seen especially on the TIE Bombers and TIE Interceptors, going off my own observations.
**They should also start making Original Trilogy X-Wings gray again, if they haven't already. They're clearly gray in the movies, and flirting with white to try and approximate the paleness of that gray should have been dropped like a hot potato the moment the actually-white ARC-170 popped in.
I'd say this is a decent take on it, although 7151 had better probe droids IMO and is probably the one I'd prefer. The minifigs here are good tho.
Looks good. Glad it’s smaller and glad I sold my previous one for a good price. Get a Saw minifig too.
Too bad Qui-gon isn't the one who ends cut in half, that print is awful
It actually annoys me so much Lego couldn't have even bothered to include a cape and hood for Darth Maul
Complete laziness
Not sold on this set tbh. Looks a bit too bulbous to my eye and not sleek like in the film. The figures are even less interesting somehow. Hopefully, the next rendition has that extra something about it that will compel a purchase.