LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 2024 large-scale w/ Darth Malak 75379 review! 

It bums me out how few views Jangs reviews get nowadays. Never feels like he is in a rush to tell you all the details on a set, and he uses his own money so he's completely honest about how he feels, which is why I keep coming back here

I really hope they do a Chopper version of this

They know what they’re doing luring us with Darth Malak minifig like that

11:30 "It's just business. Lord Business." ~Lord Business, 2014

Bought this yesterday for my birthday, can't wait to build it, and place it next to my BD-1 droid

I really want to see a photo of all the misprinted R2 heads together 😅

I’m amazed they included Malak’s missing Jaw, that seems kind of brutal for a minifigure, especially one that’s not in a set targeted at adults. I assumed they would have just included his regular face before losing his jaw but they went all out. I’m still trying to convince myself not to buy a $100 set just for the figure though. I don’t need it, but the FOMO is very strong. I always felt like I missed out by not getting the Revan figure and Lego knows a lot of people feel the same so instead of just giving us another Revan they decided they could earn more money off of us by making a new exclusive figure to go with Revan and make us buy an expensive set just to get it.

Love the impression of the investors at the end. Keep up the good work

I can see that darth malek being in the Lego Starwars magazine sooner or later

Hopefully with the Lego factory being built here in VA well see better quality control on parts and prints. But I have this set and love it. Love the reviews Jang and cant wait to see the Tantive-IV boarding review

i really appreciate that you dunk on the scalpers. one of the few lego youtubers i respect.

I absolutely adore this set! The final result and the Malak minifigure are both amazing-moving it side to side can even do the “dance” he does sometimes since the legs have some give. With regard to the build experience, I usually prefer more but smaller bags, and this set provides that with spectacular pacing.

YAY! R2D2 in Lego! We always knew hes a "stud" :) He saved the Millennium Falcon in Empire and is my hero.

The side legs seem to be splaying out slightly? Looks very good to me. The grey and white sticker backgrounds don't match the brick colour, though. 😢

Love this review! I appreciate the honesty❤. Can’t wait for mine to arrive.

Fun to watch you build this on twitch. Great video. 😊

Another one! Great review Jang, lots of fun watching this be built live.

I love this set. I normally don't buy display pieces, I like building buildings, but this looks amazing and the exclusive minifigure looks fun.

Would definitely get this if I didn’t already have the bigger one. Hope Jang reviews the midi ships, that’s a line I want to complete.

Printed dome, A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

Looks fantastic love the mini fig great review enjoyed your starlight on twitch last ngt 👍

I really like the look of this Artoo. Dome/head looks better than the big one to me. I will definitely buy this if i find a bit of discount.

To me this R2 is very consistent with the helmet collection with how the dome is made. I will probably display it near them, I do not have any of the other buildable droids. Also consistent with BB-8.

Like always: honest review! Thanks!

The arms being additions is exactly how it was done in the real movies, so ironically that's authentic.

My prediction and hypothesis as to the reason they released this set was so that it would be at the correct scale with the C-3PO figure that will be released later this year. I think they want to get the shot with C-3PO, standing next to R2-D2 with his hand on the top of R2-D2

Which one do you like better, Jang, 2024 or 2021?

Im excited to build this

I like it! And even when the scales are obviously completely different, I'd think it would look pretty nice grouped together with BB-8, D-O and BD-1?

My favourite Lego youtuber, hands down. And this is a superb review. Might pick this up now as it’s more wallet friendly. 👍👍👍

Thanks for the review!

I like the star background

This is a nice set! Love the Malek figure, in spite of his thicc jaw! 😂 Love the idea of an R2 mech!! Heck, a compartment for the unused display parts would be good too.

As an R2 collector i wil def get this one. Mabe alter it a little becouse it has some realy Minion vibes. Looking forward to getting it. Thanks Jang for thus great reveiw and stay safe out there.

I'm grateful for the discount retailers in my corner of the world, because I agree, the price is very high for what it is. It may be a mini UCS version for that price. My problem is Darth Malek: I don't mind him, but most people will not have a clue who he is.

Nice to have an official Malak to go with Revan, especially as a collector who only focuses on pre-Disney material.

Couldn't care less about Malak. I'm much more likely to get this set than the UCS one not just because it's cheaper, but because I honestly think it's better. Only thing stopping me is I'd rather get 3po at the same time and properly scaled.

This set matches with the BB8. I would pick this up to go side by side with BB8.

could you hide the mold marks by rotating the bricks the other way?

I’m pretty sure that someone will come up with a MOC that will allow the middle leg and it’s tools to retract.

is it possible to add some clips behind the plaque to store the arms and antenna?

I'm curious about scale. we had BB8 and BD-1 - if they do more droids will they be larger like those, or more like this one? I love the look of this and could replace my OG UCS R2 with it if there was a likely range of droids like a chopper/gonk coming

Please *do* keep laying it out for the non-hobbyist Lego “fans” 😇

Honestly the malak mouth print is quite gnarly

Good comprehensive review. The Malak is an odd choice but probably a clever choice on Lego's part.

I really feel the dome needs a grey line at the bottom to break the dark blue area from the body. R2 Looks like he has 5 o'clock shadow... He scales well with the Chewbacca it seems so... if the rumored C3PO looks good and scales with him, I'll get both droids. Appreciate your reviews and love to the community.

I have the larger 2021 version still in box, hadn't cleared room for it yet. Should I sell it and just buy this one instead?

Excellent review. This is what the 2021 R2 should have been, as the other one was hit a too high price point.

As an owner of the 2021 version, this is practically an upgrade (even at a downsize) with the jarring exception to the sticker quality - the white and grey sticker backing being noticeably a different match to their respective brick color hurt! Still a super cute set tho :)

"near-sighted scrap pile" (EP4, T4 Escape, Tatooine scene) Hope that R2 75379 match to upcomming C-3PO accurately.

6:26 EX-TER-MIN-ATE!!

I'm pleasantly surprised they even made anything KOTOR-related out of Lego. KOTOR is an awesome, classic game. However, why would they include Darth Malak in an R2-D2 set? Those two characters have nothing to do with each other.

I ordered this set. I think it will look cool beside my large scale Yoda.

Do you know which Lego R2D2 set has the remote control?

Darth Malak deserved his own set. He's also not related to R2-D2 in any way. What's next, a Revan minifigure included in a buildable C3P0? Come on TLG, this ain't the way.

I've got both R2s, the big $250 one and this one. To me, this 'looks' better. There are things I like about the big one, but this one is my favourite. I'd honestly forgotten about Darth Malak until I opened the bag with him in it.

Not a bad "budget" version of the larger R2. At least it's cheaper and much easier to build. A shame about all the stickers, and some of them being misprinted. The 25th anniversary figures are odd. I feel like they should at least be somewhat related to the set. But Darth Malak has nothing to do with R2-D2, and the kids that get this won't care about the figure. But, at least fans have some way to get him, I guess.

Given the UCS R2 and the 2021 R2 models, they should have released this as an R4 or Chopper set. Starting to feel like too many R2s like the X-Wings.

you said that some features couldn't fit inside to make room for others but there were no play features inside. i find it kinda dissapointing that they did'nt even fit one feature inside, bcs now they could've fit the arm inside

Got it at Costco for $79.99 USD, regular price there.

A little late to the party for this comment to matter, but I really think for this set a blue transclear leia mini fig would have been a perfect fit.

Have to say the pricing on this is nutso here in NZ. I think back in 2021 I got the larger set (it was a gift but I know what it was selling for at the time) for around $250NZD which was I think around $50 off RRP. Now this set which is significantly smaller has an RRP in NZ of $220 - it's discounted most places to $185 - but that's STILL nuts considering how much more basic it is. I suspect they are banking on figure collectors just having to have it for the exclusive figure - but since most of my figures end up in a box, it's a hard pass from me.

I have a feeling it looks much bigger than it is in real life.

I wasn’t a fan of the larger R2, it was just too expensive. I think this one looks great and I would pick it up even if malak wasn’t there

Yup... take my money. Thanks for sharing!

My main problem with the set ultimately is the printed dish - it's a nice gesture, but it doesn't cover enough of the dome, making him look bald from most display angles with the third leg.

I’m glad we got a Malak figure but Lego’s handling of the 25th anniversary feels very haphazard compared to the 20th which had purpose and clarity. What does Malak have to do with 25 years of Lego Star Wars? What does he have to do with R2D2? Why not a KOTOR set? A series of Legends sets would be an interesting way to commemorate 25 years.

I'm all for any brick-built R2-D2 set, but I'm not a huge fan of how many printed and stickered pieces this set relies on. I'm a sucker for astromech droids in general, and I want to be able to build a LEGO astromech droid in numerous different color schemes to match a lot of different droids. You can't easily do that with this set due to the need for custom printed and stickered parts, yet it was possible with the older R2-D2 sets. Much as I like the idea of a smaller and more affordable one, the larger ones still seem better to me simply because they're all brick-built.

Heads up!! This has gone for resale online without malek for 50-60ish$ already. I myself don't think he's worth 50 dollars so I got a new set (minus malek) for 50$

8:02 which factory?

Beep beep boop beep, whistle, boop beep beep! Beep boop! 😁 (roughly translated: good job on the review, Jang!)

Regarding what Jang said about the Mexico factory having the worst quality control, is there an article or a video exploring that? Because I've had a theory that the European factories produce better pieces than the ones in Mexico or China, but never saw anyone confirming or denying that

I will just say I like it way more in this scale.

I've had a few quality control issues lately... it's definitely getting worse which is unfortunate to see

Seeing how you were an RC guy, have you ever considered building your own life-sized astromech?

Will always smile when you mock the speculation market

Almost the same size as bb8?

As a KotOR superfan I really don't want to pay $140 for a set I otherwise don't care about at all, but that Malak... if only Revan wasn't like $500.

So buy it at 2x vip points and its a little cheaper

I love Artoo even in spite of the fact that I do not have much love for SW but the bigger R2 was too much to spend & I missed the polybag so this is a rather desirable model of the walking trashcan. The why on my love of R2 is I just do.

On display l find the arms just a bit too small and weak, the proportion is off giving it a cheap feel.

This is definitely the most convincing of the Lego Star Wars sets so far; yes it's not the cheapest set and it's another R2-D2, but as you said, it's a lot more accessible than the UCS version by half the cost. It does seem noticeably shorter than I expected, it seems shorter than the retired BD-1 that came out two years ago, which was also priced the same as this, although that had more to the legs, and less body, while this R2-D2 has simpler legs but a third one and a more solid body. The value is almost perfect, it's not quite there due to looking smaller than expected but it's not tiny, it's still a decent size and a much better alternative to the much more expensive UCS version which was also rather fragile. I'm not one that cares for figures but having that Darth Malak as well as a figure sized R2-D2 and two printed plaques for each of them compared to the stickered plaques from the other two mentioned sets are nice bonuses. Discounts will of course happen so that'll bump up this set's value a good bit.

✨🪩✨ Like This Model,But only at The Discount Price! 🙂❤️👍

I’m getting so burned out by the North American Lego factory issues… is there any reliable way to get sets from other regions? Without paying through the nose for shipping?

DARTH MALEK??

Neat set, neater fig! If they have to do collectible figs in expensive sets, perhaps a more niche fig is the right way to go

Investors hoarding big boxes of lego is silly, lego is a pain to store for the 5+ years that any set will gain value.

It doesn’t look excellent or awesome to my eye - for both the droid build itself and the Darth Malek figure. This is a little disappointing because for that scale and cost, I’d like it to be better than just okay. But if you like it, I’m happy for you. Cheers!

Large scale? Compared to your hands it's rather small.Also quality control for stickers really lacking. It's probably a printing/product development issue, not the designers fault.

I like it. But the eye looks so weird. It looks like R2 has had his eyebrow shaved off. And R2 doesn't even have an eyebrow, so I don't know how LEGO have managed that?!

If they're gonna release kotor stuff I hope they do T3 M4, or a lego ebon hawk.

Build Legos and have fun, invest in something other than toys

It’s crazy how absolutely fantastic the body looks but the head is really bad in my opinion.

Ewwweeewww beep beep dibby dop boop bleep weeuuu pleep.. R2 approves ✔️

Stickers meh

No interest in this whatsoever considering I already have the UCS one and would have loved a chopper instead. I'll have to bricklink the Malak.

Of course they put Malak in the most boring and overdone concept for a set. Yes R2 is a very iconic character, but it's been so rinsed and repeated as a lego figure and set.