LEGO Star Wars 501st Battle Pack VS Republic Fighter Tank COMPARISON! 

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I don't know why the Lego Star Wars team doesn't just reskin the 501st battle pack every year, with a different clone legion, that would sell like crazy.

I actually like the look of the fighter tank. I know they mixed the 2 types of fighter tanks but the minifigures aren't in the official star wars universe either. And when the front door thing is up it looks good. It also has the best mace windu we'll ever have for only 40 dollars when some of us don't have unlimited money for Lego. Also we'll never get those purple clones again. Lego went out and did something thing different. They could've just made another normal original trilogy set that we've seen a million times and still everyones complaining.

For anyone who doesn't army build, getting a mace windu and a clone commander is way more appealing than just getting 3-4 of the same figures. I don't necessarily agree that every clone set has to be an army builder when army building is a niche part of the lego star wars community.. I don't think this set was put out there to be an "army builder". I greatly prefer the figure selection here than the 501st just because like most people i buy one of the set and am content.

501st is the best value set, no question. It is essentially $24.00 USD everywhere. Great set. I’m still ok with the original price though.

Those 187th are so hot! But I'm pretty sure the "Commander" can be used as a regular airborne trooper as well, as the 187th also had an airborne group

Lego deserves a lot more gratitude than what they're receiving. This set may not be as accurate as past tanks, but it still looks amazing, the figures are amazing, even if they labelled the commander wrong, they are still great, the Mace Windu is a great addition. I bet people in 4 or 5 months will be selling it for 70 and you'll be wishing you'd picked it up. So everyone stop complaining about this set and appreciate it.

I actually think the Republic Fighter Tank is more like the 2020 AAT 1 named character (Mace Windu, Ahsoka) 2 characters that you can army build (187th troopers, battle droids) 1 exclusive character (187th commander, Ahsoka Clone) 1 inaccurate build (the set)

501st is definitely worth the money from the army building perspective, but the Fighter Tank isn’t far behind

The more I look at the fighter tank the more I like it. I didn't have enough money to buy the original back in the day, and I wasn't really buying Legos when the aayla Secura one came out, but I'm definitely going to pick this one up. Reminds me of the old days of playing clone wars on GameCube

Tbh, I like the Republic tank as a set better. But the 501st is a better value imo. Plus 501st troopers are cooler than the purple clones, even though I think the print is better on the purple ones

Army building is sadly just self destructive. I’m slowly trying to pick up Sith & Old Republic troops and on a budget it’s sooo hard. Good video M&R

Now that we have an ACTUAL 501st battle pack AND we're getting a 332nd battle pack, we might actually see these clones in a battle pack in the future, which i would love, because this is one of my favorite clone legions.

I still imagine the Fighter Tank will drop $5-10 at some point. The 501st has been $24 on Amazon and Walmart for a long time now. You can take the Mace Windu figure and switch out the heads and hands with some other figures to make unique Jedi. Jedi Master Harry Potter? 😂

I like the tank build way more than the 501st at-rt, since it is more generic. I rather have a vehicle not associated to an especific legion. Another thing, Instead of the mace fig Lego should have added another regular purple clone don’t you think? As cool as it may be, a jedi fig in an army building set is not good business.

Imagine Lego making these battle packs in such a way that when you get like 6 of them you can buy a small upgrade pack for like 30-40$ and then use the pieces from the upgrade pack and the pieces from the builds that come with the battle pack to build something bigger like an AT-TE

I love that mace windu but I also find it funny that it is better than the ucs republic gunship mace

In here early for once, the fighter tank is definitely overpriced and I really don't like the look of it but ironically I'll probably still get it.

I would willingly pay my entire life savings for the lean trooper 💜

One slight difference between fighter tank and 501st is that if you want to include vehicles, 501st requires 2 troopers to make vehicles appear in use, wheres fighter tank does not.

Another set that I think can compare with the fighter tank is the Ahsoka’s AAT set. It might not have the same amount of clones but it is a similar concept for the same price.

Honestly, the fighter tank’s shaping has really grown in me. The box art angle isn’t great, but your top and front angles make it look really cool

I love the phase 2 helmets and the colours on these clones, amazing sets I need to save up for them

I think its time for Ryan to start campaigning for a yearly clone battlepack with a fan voted legion! haha

Great custom idea! Take an at at (maybe the ucs one if you have multiple) and turn it into a 501st at at, then fill it with 501st figures, Anakin, Ahsoka, and maybe Obi-Wan.

LEGO creates it’s own canon. The same with it’s vehicles in the City sets...LEGO in the past designed vehicles with a little bit of humor in mind, that’s changing with some of the new City sets such as the hospital, the ambulance looks more realistic than previous ones. I know that’s a stretch in the imagination for many of us. The new Jurassic Park fence set suvs are the type I want in future City sets!

I mean to be fair, like others have said, the Clone commander could be doubled as an air trooper. Though I do kind of like the idea of indicating which one you think of as a commander by swapping one of the white arms with a similar dark purple to show they’re a special figure maybe.

Funnily enough I am planning on my May the Fourth purchase to be that armored marauder and republic fighter tank

The last 2 years really are a nice start going back into more clone sets 🤔

I agree, the fighter tank is more like the marauder, and i like both sets a lot. In that they are vehicles belonging to an army, and you actually get troops from that army. I hope they continue making this kind of set each year. And that lego doesnt missinterpret some of the negative feedback on the fighter tank as, us not liking this concept

501st hands down because yes we may not have ever gotten 187 legion but I think the tank is just not as good for army building because it costs more money per figure so that's why I think the 501st set is better that and you can always make the walker smaller and the speeder smaller for character scale the tank is just stuck the way it is in my eye... (THIS IS JUST MY OPINION) Also I love how Ryan said it's a 0% chance for the 187 legion to become a battle pack next day theres a battle pack for them

Hate to be that guy, but ain't it funny how the only time a clone trooper has been reused in two different sets in the past 3 years (2020 - 2022) was the clone commander from the UCS Gunship?

I actually considered the Imperial Armored Marauder as a closer relative than the 501st Legion Clone Troopers.

I’ve actually really come around on the new fighter tank, it may not be perfect, but honestly it doesn’t look bad.

"501st aren't coming in another set" 2023: hold my beer

We need a shock trooper battle pack. That would be amazing.🤞

Having at least 1-2 republic fighter tanks, 1-2 501st battlepacks, n the new at-te are definitely the essentials for rn at least, need more clones legions in this newer style

i think lego is testing us with that republic tank set i think they wanna know if they get more sales if they focus more on minifigs .i hope they see that we lover some good minifigs! im gonna buy this set 3 times

The new tank is like a hybrid of the AAT and Armored Maurader, and it seems like this tank slot is going to be a staple of LEGO Star Wars for years to come…

187th automatically wins because of purple. This party’s over

I was so hyped for the 501st battle pack and I still haven’t bought one, I mainly have just been trying to buy all mando sets and sets with mandos in them lol

Honestly I like mega battle packs, I would prefer a separate droid battle pack it would be nice

I don't mind named characters in army builders. I can just sell them to make back some of the cost.

If I find them on sale I'll try to get 3-5 republic fighter tank sets. I'm fine with getting many airborne troopers. Since the legion isn't canon, I'll just consider them regular troopers.

4:00 maybe I'm trying to build an army of commanders

I’m actually pretty sure they are canon. I am almost 100% sure that in the clone wars show, there’s this one arc on ryloth where mace windu and his clones are meeting up with some of the twileks and I’m not sure if they were 187th but they were purple and with mace windu, so…

And don’t forget the endless custom ideas with the 501st in the community

If the airborne trooper is a pilot, that would make his rank captain. Technically he would be the commander of these 3 clones since he is the highest rank.

I don’t think it should be compared to the 501st Battle Pack, but the AAT with Ashoka and her clone. That set was the test for this set, with 2 more clones, a different Jedi, and a republic tank. Just my opinion

ill agree that the price per piece Does Not Matter, like have you seen creation sets? people who care, theres a rainbow set with a bunch of random brick mainly for kids to build a bunch of poly bag like items, 900pc for $40, Star wars blushes at those numbers so no it totally STILL DOES NOT matter but i dont care about piece count personally when the set gets pricy cause also prolly personally since im a adult now i mainly just build and put them on the shelf, so i want more pieces for more steps and more time building with lego but ik some people prolly think vise versa, but price per piece is seen to me is a time thing, i want to spend longer building FUN lego sets obviously not something tedious. great video as always MandR

A bit overpriced, but I honestly wouldn't mind if Lego started doing a Legends line of sets

I think that both price per piece and price per gram are almost entirely irrelevant. Depending on what purpose one has when buying a set, army building, parting out, etc., the perceived value will differ. So maybe price per piece is relevant to someone who sells individual parts as a useful tool, but overall a set should be measure (I think) by factors relevant to what one is trying to get out of the set.

0:29 HE SAID IT HE SAID THE THING

To be fair, that other clone wars battlpack that you compared it to the 501st one had only 70-80 pieces, this one has 285, assuming you pay 1$ for every 10 pieces i believe it to be a pretty great deal. But yes, the battle tank is pretty overpriced, although maybe you can justify it by saying that the mace windu minifig is kinda unique? idk

It’s my birthday on Sunday and I would love to get a 501st battle pack for it, and I signed up for whatnot from your link, and I love your content. 🙏

You could use the extra pieces from the fighter tank to make a gun ship or something.

Basically Lego knows the people will pay any price they are asked because hey, clones.

With only 2 basic clone troopers the Republic fighter tank might aswell be a droid army builder pack. You get the same number of B1 droids as mk2 clones.

I have three of the 501st battle packs; one built normally, and the other two were made into alternate builds I found on RU-vid. I plan on getting two of the tanks, and I might convert one of the tanks into an alternate build, but the main reason I'm getting two tanks is so that I can take one of the Mace Windu heads and put it on the body of my Speed Champions Mercedes W12 driver; he'll be the Sir Lewis Hamilton figure that that set should've had in the first place.

if you compare the RFT set against the AAT, we actually get a better value of that set. as AAT only gets 1 332nd clone,

I can feel my wallet being heated looks like I go dry after this lol

Ive bought 5 501st battle packs in total and I used two of them to make a republic fighter tank which in my opinion looks a lot better than the 187th version

Considering how many people boughts dozens to hundreds of 501st battle packs for 24-30 dollars each, it might not be that out of the ordinary to see a lot of people doing the same here, even though it's not nearly as good for army building as the 501st battle pack.

I love clone figs, everyone does. But oh my gosh if they made a 30-40 dollar DROID battle pack. I would buy them in masses. Especially if they come with droidekas or commando droids

I think that the 501st battle pack is better for army building but the fighter tank has better minfigs

The way I see it simply the clone fighter tank is the best chance to get a good arm printed mace windu and some 187 clones for a one time deal and the 501st battle pack is more suitable for army building, I’m definitely holding off until the may the 4th promo happens so I have an excuse to get it this year plus can’t be as bad as the ucs gunship

I think im not the only one who wants to have so much money that they can have multiple of a same set/ battlepacks , or at least one of each lego set released in a year, that would be something very cool and awesome

When the blood work came in I didn’t believe it either… genuinely I think Mandr is funny with like his sarcasm…it kills me

the lean troopers looking kinda fire

Lean Troopers

On Stormtroopers: I missed out on the 2019 Imperial Dropship because I made the decision too late to start collecting LEGO Star Wars when I first got the Inferno Squad Battle Pack just after it retired. It's impossible to find a Dropship new here for much cheaper than just getting an Armored Marauder at this point. I'd much rather have the Dropship because it's so much more compact, but I kinda like that Artillery Trooper. Hmm. As for Clone Troopers, it's gotta be the 187th Legion for me, hands down.

Bro that's what I've been saying from the start with these tank type of sets. The republic fighter tank is exactly like the marauder where you only need to buy 2-3. It's not like the 501st battle pack where you can buy however many you want. That named character really handicaps what you're able to do with the set, 10 Greef Karga/Mace Windu mini figures is not only useless but will effect the aftermarket value since there'll be tones of them around.

The 187th Legion look insanely awesome. Thats why i will prob buy from ebay like 16 of them

I really like your videos keep up the good work I think lego should make more new clone wars vehicles I think the tank looks a little wierd but I would mostly buy it because of mini figs

I hope they make 327th troopers or genosis barc troopers.

I just bought both of these and I literally didn’t know this video existed

Do you think using price per piece is a regional thing as European boxes don’t have the number of pieces on it so it’s harder to say about value when all you see is the set? Also love the vids, keep up the great work!

I had asked about this on your previous Ask MandR video, and am really glad to see this video now. Thanks!

My top 2 lego sets I would like is the Imperial Fighter Tank and The LAAT couracaunt guard version

Two videos with sponsors... what changed? you finally get a staff to help set this up?

I was thinking “damn.. I *should* buy a third fighter tank set” And then you said “buy 3-5” That’s about as close to a sith as any, so I guess I should. I’ll also buy my 10th 501st set while I’m at it 😂

RYAN DID YOU GET RID OF THE MEMBERSHIP??? 😭

I would have said that the AAT is a bit more comparable to the fighter tank, as the AAT has 2 named characters with Ahsoka, and her clone with 2 battle droids and a tank build with 286 pcs while the fighter tank has 262 pcs, 2 named characters Mace Windu and the Airbourne trooper who doubles as a commander and 2 droids with an extra 2 clones. These are more or less the same the only real difference is the quantity of clones you get i don't think either are traditional battle packs or can be classed as army builders. The 501st set and the more recent snowtrooper battle pack are the closest we'll get to battle packs of the past so they are the better value sets. With the Imperial set if bundled with the rebel trooper pack it equates to the same value proposition as you get a villain/hero focused set with the opposition for £25 having 285pc vs £32 for 165pcs when put like this the 501st is the overall best set of these army builders.

Look. I gotta pick at the “Clone Commander” because it’s a redundancy. Clone rank and specialization is completely separate (ie; hunter is literally as unique a clone as possible but he’s only a sergeant). The “commander” has been labeled as that for the imagination of kids. For you as an army builder this is literally no different from any other airborne 187th. It’s perfectly viable to army build. It’s accurate to how the 187th airborne corp look. If you want a commander, Go on CAC or something and get some Cloth bits for one of them to make them stand out; so that one of them actually looks like a commander amongst the other airborne. The only thing I’m seeing as an army building problem. Is mace. You gotta remember that it’s not MEANT to be an army builder. Hence the named character and whatnot. However… if the set is successful, they will see that and possibly actually make a 187th battle pack or perhaps make another set with 187th troopers. If we just complain about it, they won’t. It’s like that thing where the blob tries to step out of its box to try something new, gets punched and then retreats to its safety box. Lego won’t do different things and step out of the proverbial box if we don’t let them.

Currently on BrickLink, there is a Russian seller selling 1000 “perfectly new” phase 2 Captain Rex’s for 1.60 (AU each). Do you think that this is a scam?

I think the tank is a bit overpriced

I think the 501st is better I am also not a fan of the build of the tank and I think the mini figs are the best part of it is 40$ it is overpriced

Some standard phase 2 troopers would be nice

“Commander lean” 😂😂

I don't really mind having ten mace windu I can create with with the same body But different accessories or head character

I wish they would put a cloth pauldron in the "commander" that way it would be very easy to make one of the multiple a commander and leave the others as airborn troopers

Btw if they wanted to do a force ghost fig they have already used trans blue pieces in lego chima figs

You know 3-5 if the fighter tank is probably my max anyways and wait till it’s eventually $32. Enough to have a squad, and probably grab a custom waistcape and armor for my one commander.

I lost it when he started weighing them😂

A step down from the 501st bp but a step up from the droid hover tank

get 3 and convert one of the airborne into commander keller (get some capes and first order stormtrooper bodies) now you got 2 squads

Mace windu’s unit is canon. They are in clone wars briefly

its somewhat ironic as the ashoka troopers are coming in a battle pack,but yes the majority of color variation trooper havent come on cheaper sets

Nice job with the sponsors. Hope you really grow in popularity

i need the Republic tank set rn bc i lost my old mace windu and those clones are nice.