LEGO Star Wars Desert Skiff & Sarlacc Pit REVIEW | Set 75396 

I missed this: Lando's Torso was backwards, this is how the torso came out of the bag (I didn't switch it around), I will be reaching out to LEGO about this!

Everyone here complains and then buys it. I’m not buying it.

They needed to add another skiff plus 2 of those guards from the older skiff sets to warrant $80

This is max a $40 set - I genuinely can't see how LEGO can keep these prices going like this. They are completely out of reach for average families now.

For that price, it should of come with two Jabbas henchmen, I mean there's no bad guys on the skiff, so basically Lando could of just drove off into the sun sets😂😂

We pay extra for sand. Also the sarlacc pit is a pit. It goes into the ground, not resting on a sand hill. Please everyone, wait for all these new sets to on on sale. They aren’t going anywhere. They will come back in stock. We allow these prices to continue by not being able to contain ourselves.

David: "Again, that's just rumors...I don't have any confirmed information right now." he says as the box for the Sail Barge is probably right underneath the table xD

That's horrific pricing. Utter BS

$60, maybe $70, really stretching it $80, that’s just a cruel joke at that point

2:44 Not Lando having the torso backwards 💀💀

The last skiff that had Lando and an accurate ROTJ Boba Fett was 9496, which was $25 retail. The skiff and the sarlac are really nice, but the mini figs are inferior and the price laughable. It’s already being offered on discount which tells you even retailers think this is overpriced. This set should be $50 max.

$80 immediate no, good set tho

The fact that this thing doesn’t even have a skiff guard is insane😭 I hope that UCS Sailbarge won’t disappoint

Crazy the one I currently own from 2012 was $25 😅

If this is $80 i dont even wanna think about how much the sail barge is gonna be..

Why is Lando’s torso on backwards lol

David, we all know you saw the sail barge on your trip to the LEGO house haha

I love how real you are with the actual value of what you’re getting here I really appreciate it man.

The inaccurate Boba in this set has me malding

The hand rail that movies to the side is it show the part in the movie where the rail gets brocken off. so its a nice addon.

Criminal act of Lego not giving us another ROTJ Boba. Glad I own the 2017 skiff

I got really into collecting lego again recently for the first time since I was a kid and I’m now just thinking I picked a really bad time for it. Every time a new set comes out I almost always end up thinking “oh, that’s a cool set, shame about the price. Guess I’m not getting it.”

This is refreshing, especially from David. I’m getting sick of channels trying to justify expensive sets. For the amount of stuff you get, it’s nowhere near worth it.

A couple of things. Nien Numb hasn’t been in a LEGO set before but a supposed relative Ten Numb has been in minifig form twice with no molded heads. Secondly I think you confirm there is actually a Jabba’s sail barge headed our way when you say that the skiff looks like it’s UCS quality and it makes sense since it’s supposed to pair with a UCS set… :)

20 for the skiff, 20 for the sarlacc pit, 10 for the minifigs. This should be retail 50 max.

just a heads up, this is the first time we’ve ever gotten Nien Nunb specifically. We’ve gotten Ten Numb twice but never Nien

I've still got my 2012 one which I got in 2013 for £25

The price is just actually crazy lmao. I was really looking forward to this set so it's a shame that it's so expensive!

thats a perfect torso for a rebel friend. the OGs know who im talking about.

I can definitely see people using that Nien Nunb torso to create a custom rebel friend minifig

I still have my Desert Skiff from 2012 and I still love it.

Should have had the Sarlac pit as a gift with purchase with the Jabba sail barge and the skiff as a $40 set with all the figs. I would have preferred a play scale sized barge instead of something the size of my TV set.

I’m super hyped about this set, but definitely waiting for a sale.

I feel like this should've come with a pirate or whatever. Feels like something is missing without it

I will buy this set because of nostalgia. I missed on last two Sarlacc pit sets (despite wanting them so badly) because I was a kid and "bigger" licensed LEGO sets were out of my parents wallet price range. Since I have my own money now, I really need this. Definitely not for that retail price, though.

Definitely a set I'd like to build, put on the shelf for a few weeks, take it apart, and then throw it in storage never to be seen again.

We need a tatooine MOC !!! Jabba's palace, sail barge, the cantina, tusken village,... Would be really cool!

This set reminded me of when I played with the original lego skiff when I was younger

Looks really good, but definitely a wait til it’s discounted set. $80 is just too much. Great job!

It would be nice if those 25th Anniversary platforms came with a clear case cover that mounted over the minifig. It would display well and be easier to keep dusted.

you should definitely make your own custom sarlac pitt moc for the ucs sail barge!

Lego deciding to take out the middleman. The middleman being scalpers. So much nicer to have the all-in-one experience at the start.

Lando looks amazing

I can't wait for the "Jaws" set review...

This is one of those sets you don’t even look at on the shelf until it’s on sale for 20% off at Target in 9 months

Always wanted that set up now can I have it😊

I hope this year teaches Lego that nobody is gonna buy stuff this expensive no matter how good it is

David. I remain consistently appreciative of your accurate and unbiased reviews despite your ongoing relationship with LEGO. I personally think the nose on this skiff should’ve had more point and less of an acute angle if you look at the original source material. The very first they ever came out withcaptured that well in that 1999/2000 style. Given what they were able to do shape wise with Boba Fett starships, I’m pretty sure they could have combo different slope shapes together to achieve this better than what they did here

i always have a soft spot for a skiff sarlacc combo. i like this set alot. i try to build this version out of my own parts

Missing one crucial element.........sand! (Anakin's enemy/weakness)

I do want to say I think the battle of peridia (sorry for the bad spelling) took the $55 price tag for this set. Granite neither of these sets are worthy of an $80 price tag

On one hand Looks great I love that On the other expensive

Nien Numb (?) Was a Kenner action figure I remember getting 40 years ago. The Original Kenner Tattooine skiff is a Holy Grail...

I think they should’ve added a Jabba’s henchman to the set!😕

This is so funny that this set uses the $40 box size from 2015-2018 but costs $80.

I can't wait to see the Rebel Friend MOC's that will be made with Nien's torso!

The 2012 Desert skiff was my favourite Lego set of all time I was trying to put it back together this year but then 2 days later someone said there were leaks that a new one is coming out, so I'm definitely getting this set when it comes out

That box is bigger than I thought

Best Lego youtuber!!!!

Great review David. I also commend you for being critical, which in my opinion you always are very fair and don’t understand some of the previous comments saying you’re biased, I never got that feeling. I totally agree that this is extremely overpriced, but if the UCS Barge rumors are true, it’s gonna be very difficult for me to not want this side by side to the barge 🥲 which I think was the point of the pricing of this set as you’ve stated. I wish I had the willpower to wait for a price decrease, and I shouldn’t complain about the price if I’m getting it once the barge comes out, again, if the rumors are true. One thing that is a huge miss from this set is LEGO not going the extra mile detail-wise and not giving us a ROTJ Boba Fett. The 2017 was more accurate in this regard. I would’ve also appreciated a weequay skiff guard.

That price per piece ratio is BRUUUUUUUTAL

We have never got Nien Numb as a figure before we have had 2 variants of Ten Numb who is a completely different character, 1 from 2006 B-Wing and 1 from 2014 B-Wing.

Imma wait for it to go on sail

very nice to see this review in conjunction with the Battle on Peridea set, because the comments over there are talking about how you're shilling for a product you're genuinely excited about (albeit one that is maybe a bit overpriced) whereas here you're certainly not shilling at all and giving some extremely valid criticism with its price point in mind. this really is why i trust you so much as a reviewer, especially compared to people who really do just want to nitpick every single detail and label anything below a 10/10 as a bad set

I will buy this set just because I don't have any version of sarlacc pit. I agree that more transparent pieces should be added to make the set more action-packed.

I think that if they downsized the sarlacc and included a second skiff for $80, I'd buy it. But as is, I can get a retired skiff for less than $80 and get the nostalgia along with it.

I remember when you could get the entire sail barge for $80. Set 6210 had a skiff, sarlacc pit and one of the best sail barge designs for $75. I get inflation is a thing, but like this is absurd.

I think the new mould for Nein Nub added to the price 🫠😒

I appreciate you being honest in your review. Most RU-vidrs who are given sets never say anything negative.

That’s why I started buying bricks from alternate brands

I'll buy it if it goes under 60, 50 even. But it might be possible to mod it for display by attaching the skiff over the sarlacc with the transparent pieces.

Why is the sarlacc pit rectangular and not round? For $80 they couldn't make the mouth circular?

Curious if you’re able to detach the two stands in front and back and stack them on top of that middle stand to give it all more height..?

80 is crazy. I’m not even going to look in the direction of this set

Have the 2016 or 17 one. This definitely would work better as a display set. Only thing I’d really care about are the mini figures that I don’t have from the other one but all the extra details aren’t what I feel like everyone wants from the set.

Add the second skiff, raise them both up so they can actually be above the pit. Add in some of the guards that Luke takes out when he does the springboard move. Give Boba Fett his pauldron so it actually looks like Return of the Jedi Boba. And then maybe adjust the pit so it looks more like a pit in the ground and not a weird hill. All of a sudden $80 feels perfect. Hell at that point, maybe it would need to be closer to $100 and not feel so bad either.

I'll be picking this set up when it's on sale and no sooner. I've basically not touched most of the 2024 sets because I'm waiting for a sale. Except the clone Vs droid battlepack, it went on sale down to £18 and I've now amassed 34 (I wanted to have 100 plain phase 2's hence 34)

I haven’t bought a single lego star wars set this year - and there have been at least ten ive really liked. These prices are undoubtably losing them money.

I've seen a lot of people saying they will buy this set when it's on sale. Do you think that's why some sets lately have been overpriced? So lego can "reduce" the price during a sale to what it should actually be. Instead of releasing it at £50 and then reducing it more?

Definitely should have downscaled the sarlacc and added a second skiff and maybe a few more figures

Nice

I have wanted a Nien Nunb figure for years!!!!!! But an $80 price is a crazy ask man

Bro saying he doesn’t have any confirmed leaks of the UCS sail barge like it’s not under the table he’s recording on 😡

Depending on the Sail Barge quality and price I might pick this up with my points when I grab that. If I skip on that then I'll continue to save up and grab both when I see them on sale somewhere if ever.

£70 is ridiculous but I love this set, will probably wait for a discount.

Will be waiting for a sale. Hopefully, for a third or more off, at that price point, I feel less annoyed.

If we’re talking price per piece, the inflation adjusted average ppp is about thirteen cents per piece, NOT ten cents per piece as was the standard ten years ago. With that standard, this set should be priced at around $70. So still a bit pricey imo but not as big a deal as people make it out to be.

The Boba Fett needed to be an updated Episode 6 version, with a cloth pauldron, and the set really needed at least two of the skiff guards. But at $80, the set really should have included the other Desert Skiff from the scene. No way I'll pick this up for more than $60.

These prices are insane, this set should be 50€ tops. Between these ridiculous prices and scalpers they are gonna end up pussing a lot of people out of the hobby.

I love how Lego has clearly let reviewers put there reviews out immediately after the reveal so as not to let M&R get ahead of them again.

Bro I love this set so much but that price is so heartbreaking

The Boba Fett minifigure is the Empire strikes back version of his design which really annoys me, and Nien Nunb is a new character for LEGO, the previous one that was released with a printed head was Ten Nunb

Says they went crazy with transparent bricks...two minutes later "they shouldve added more to make it taller"

so good to see my boi in this set

Do I put this with my other 3 sarlaac pits?

I want that Nien Nunb for my UCS Falcon, but I'll buy it loose somewhere.

I’ll probably just buy it on discount. It looks great, that Luke looks amazing and that Nein Nub is beyond amazing. But $80 is too much I think.

I am ok with the price. All iconic figures and a nice set

"this is outrageous! its unfair!"

Definitely can't see myself picking this set up