Lego Star Wars minifig masterpieces
Death Star ($999.99/£899.99 • 9023 pieces) – that’s no moon! And also, not a full Death Star. Instead, you get a vertical ‘slice’ of Empire shooty planetoid, with a bunch of scenes within for the 38(!) included minifigs. Not done being evil? The triangle of grey that’s Imperial Star Destroyer ($159.99/£149.99 • 1555 pieces) also features a bunch of interior scenes – and a price tag that won’t slice your bank account to pieces with a lightsaber. Unlike the old UCS version. Less keen on the Dark Side? New Republic X-Wing Starfighter ($69.99/£59.99 • 558 pieces) is the best minifig-scale X-wing yet, and it also comes with a minifig Sigourney Weaver. (Alien MOC-makers, rejoice!)
Star Wars projects sometimes play fast and loose with continuity, but not usually to the degree found in The Dark Falcon ($179.99/£159.99 • 1579 pieces). This set reimagines the famous starship as a vessel for evil. Specifically, Darth Jar Jar. No, we’re not joking.
Only marginally more bizarre, Gingerbread AT-AT Walker ($59.99/£54.99 • 697 pieces) strikes fear into the heart of your festive decorations. “I am your father… Christmas,” growls gingerbread Vader, before settling down by the AT-AT’s fireplace with a cookie. Probably.
Traumatised by all the weird? Get back to (mostly) grey with The Razor Crest ($149.99/£139.99 • 930 pieces), which either suggests that the star of The Mandalorian and Grogu manages to find a replacement ship in the upcoming film, or got busy with a massive tube of glue after the original went a bit explode-y.
Star Wars Lego brick-built figures
R2-D2, it is you – it is you! Well, in brick form. R2-D2 ($99.99/£89.99 • 1050 pieces) is an affordable yet detailed take on everyone’s favourite Star Wars droid (sorry, C-3PO). You also get a standard R2-D2 minifig – which presumably has a massive inferiority complex. Want the gobby golden wonder to stand alongside? You’re in luck: C-3PO ($139.99/£124.99 • 1138 pieces) exists. And, yes, very clever, lego, with the reference.
Not wedded to the original trilogy? BB-8 Astromech Droid ($89.99/£79.99 • 569 pieces) provides a trundling chum for R2-D2. And Grogu (Mandalorian Apprentice) ($129.99/£119.99 • 1200 pieces) depicts everyone’s favourite baby Yoda/Disney merchandise sensation in brick-built form, complete with beskar armour, a blue cookie and two big eyes so he looks extra adorable and won’t get told off for using The Force and getting a Stormtrooper stuck in the chimney.
Star Wars Lego busts and helmets
Should the notion of building entire humanoid figures not click with you, there’s always Darth Vader Bust ($49.99/£44.99 • 349 pieces). His expertly sculpted head can turn left and right, and his lack of arms means he can’t do a Force Choke if you happen to put his mouth grille on upside down.
Lego also has a range of Star Wars helmets. There’s AT-AT Driver Helmet ($69.99/£69.99 • 730 pieces), Jango Fett Helmet ($69.99/£69.99 • 616 pieces), or the hat of an Emo Vader wannabe, Kylo Ren Helmet ($69.99/£59.99 • 529 pieces). Whichever one you go for, just try to remove from your mind these being heads on pikes from a much darker incarnation of Star Wars.
Pocket money perfection
Lack deep pockets – or deep shelves? Here are the best Star Wars Lego sets for under thirty bucks.
Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi Starfighter ($29.99/£29.99 • 282 pieces) features a young Obi-Wan with a swooshy ship, the long-necked Tan We, and R4-P17, who looks like the combination of R2-D2, a tin of red paint, and a terrible mishap. The Mandalorian & Grogu’s Speeder Bike ($9.99/£8.99 • 58 pieces) won’t win any design awards, but provides a cheap way to add tin head and the little green dude to your minifig pile.
Meanwhile, if you want a proper scrap, but for not much outlay, grab Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack ($29.99/£24.99 • 215 pieces). It includes a bunch of droids and troopers who can go PEW PEW PEW at each other until the tri-droid gets bored and stomps them all into mulch.
Lego’s microfighters have long taken cute in the direction of budget-friendly Star Wars vehicles in miniaturised form with exaggerated features. Captain Rex Y-Wing Microfighter ($12.99/£11.99 • 99 pieces) is the latest, and is suitably swooshy, despite its low part count.
Then there’s Lego’s latest Star Wars ‘totally not a Funko Pop’, with Luke Skywalker (Rebel Pilot) ($12.99/£10.99 • 138 pieces) managing to make Luke even blockier than you’d imagine for a Lego model.
Finally, Darth Maul Mech ($17.99/£12.99 • 143 pieces) is, we’re sure, an entirely accurate moment from the movies. (I must have got distracted by popcorn and missed it.) All I can say is Darth Maul might have had better luck against Obi-Wan Kenobi had he not presumably carelessly lost this mech suit down the back of the sofa. Tsk.
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