The WORST LEGO Star Wars TIE BOMBER? (Republic Bricks) 

You can't open the cockpit easily, making it "Not a playset" yet it includes spring-loaded misses. Flawless logic on the designers part.

I seriously respect even though he got a $100+ custom set for free, Ryan gave his honest and unbiased thoughts and opinions for the benefit of someone who'd have to shell out some real dough on this unfinished thing!

Honestly I don’t know why they haven’t made a remake yet. It’d be the perfect small set, and the bombs fired would be a perfect play feature

I’m glad you are honest with these reviews. You get these for free but still give your honest opinion. Great to see!

Looking back at this after the newly released Tie Bomber. Lego. Did better. Than a custom set. That's a first-

how ironic that 2 years later Lego would release a tie bomber

This looks like it would have been such an amazing model if the pieces were a little nicer and a designer actually picked it up and fixed those tiny issues…

Hello I come from the future to report we now are getting a new tie bomber

I’m very happy with my brickvault tie bomber (made by jerac), ended up paying around $350 for everything and it’s size and insane attention to detail makes every cent worth it. This looks far too “retail” lego for me if that makes any sense. (Edit: I’m sure you can get it closer to $250 without the printed pieces and some other rare pieces and better shipping prices)

LEGO: *loves the Original Trilogy and only makes sets from it* Also LEGO: *doesn’t want to remake a TIE Bomber or TIE Interceptor* 🤨🤨🤨🤨

It looks like just a rebuilt of the 2003 model with newer pieces to make it look better but i don’t think the designer realized the play feature of the 2003 model to drop bombs and just kept it. Kinda sad to see that happen. Looks good but not a polished model.

Republic bricks is so overpriced and almost always just a mediocre build

How does Republic Bricks make any money? This isn't the first time he's been criticized for the poor quality bricks. Cool but.. why not put the spring loaded shooters in the bomber section?

It looks like the designer made it as a prototype for a functioning playset, and they planned to add features to allow this, but the idea got canned and they just kept the design the way they last had it while they were designing it.

I have a history with Timmy, and I’m assuming he’s going to be pretty frustrated with this video and what you had to say about it. He’s kind of a crazy so good luck

Bought a arc 170 from republic bricks last week…last set i ever buy from them, missing 53 parts

Well….. Ryan won’t be getting a sponsored video from republic bricks for a while 😬 tbh though I agree, why haven’t Lego remade it?!

If you increased the price and improved the design and quality of pieces, more people would buy even though you increased the price. People are reluctant to buy RB kits because it always feels like a shot in the dark for what you’re gonna get.

This is why I don’t buy from MOC sellers if I’m paying $100 plus I would expect brand new pieces, this TIE just proves you run the gauntlet of waiting for a release rather then just buying the set you want

His separatist shuttle has that same stability issue when building. Really disappointed, especially when my shadow 501st gunship took nearly 3 months to ship and came with specific missing pieces :(

I’m proud of you for stating your honest feelings

Anyone here after the announced 2023 Set?

Lego did a tie bomber set now in 2023 and they did it way better and way cheaper

Ooh that’s a lazy design. Just leaving part of the build identical to the original model. Appreciate the honest review Ryan

Honestly these mistakes make it seem more like it was a work in progress or not quite finalized model. Maybe it just got rushed to production and the designer said "yeah it's good enough to go"

They made a new tie Bo bet but they should make a tie punisher it would be incredible

I find that useless hole on the back of the left pod hilarious

I think a lot of Republic Bricks sets suffer from some of the design flaws seen here. Not saying any are terrible in the slightest, but I think some designers need to decide if they want a playset, or a display set. And if you want both in one, you need to ensure if fulfills both roles properly and effectively.

No tie bomber remake is surely a crime against humanity right? I hope it is

Really appreciate how honest and in depth the review is. All you're saying is necessary, it can help people design with extra things in mind.

The boosters make it look like a 4+ set.

The four diagonal wings are meant to have a grey strip down them towards the front. The old one by lego actually has it, but this republic bricks model only has it on the two flat non-diagonal wings on the side. Very sad this small thing using maybe only 4 pieces is not included.

If you want a good display model get the brick vault one

I wish that Lego would finally show the other ties more love. I miss the bomber, and Tie defender

Absolutely brutally honest review by Ryan haha

After 20 years the new one is here

I hope timmy or republic bricks doesn't get mad or salty you made a honest review and gave your opinions which were negative and takes the constructive feedback to make updates and changes to a future tie bomber maybe and also makes sure his future sets are built and tested more before he sells them. So you know if the instructions and features and everything works and makes sense.

Honestly, this doesn't even look accurate to a Tie Bomber. It lacks the grey vertical stripe on the wings(also, either go full smooth, or full studs), the body has a weird step where it should be perfectly cylindrical, the arch pieces on the bomb chute that is actually perfectly straight along a 45* angle in the real thing.... Complete lack of greebling along the body too... The rear is fatal though. TIE. twin ion engine. Yet he put two individual huge red dishes on each instead of the distinct double dots that are really easy to pull off with Lego. This would be ok for a 40 dollar official Lego set, but not for a 150 display set that someone spends hours designing to look like the original.

A LOT of custom sets are very much "This was made with software, not in real life." I bought a rogue shadow custom set that tries to hang wings on single axles and thinks that because there's a stop for the axle at 90 degrees for a flying position that the wing will act accordingly. Yeah, that's not how physics works. The wings don't even stay on when in landed mode. Some superglue and a few botched mods later, yeah, I got it working appropriately, but like, damn. Nice concept, but maybe build the thing. I understand SOMEWHAT if you design it, there's a price tag with actually building it but 1) I'd think you'd want to build what you created and 2) if you're trying to sell the set as custom, maybe build the damn thing and tweak what doesn't work first.

The cockpit could really have used two 1x1 slopes to round off the lower corners. Would make the closed cockpit a lot better!

oh well, this aged like milk

I’m starting to feel like MandRproductions caused Lego to make the tie bomber

I mean, sure the vendor can go through the extra effort of buying and including shiny new parts, but the consumer can also just take some soapy water and take time to clean the parts too. I think the community puts too much stock into new versus used Lego parts. If four parts make or break the enjoyment of a custom set, and you’re willing to pay extra to get the parts new, then pay the extra yourself and buy 4 of ‘em online in the condition you want them in.

honestly Ryan, I would of recommended getting a TIE Bomber MOC from Rebrickable instead since there's 5 creators I've seen in particular who've done a far better job with some of them being rather impressive.

Yeah, mixed feelings. Visually it’s very good looking, but clearly the design has been rushed and that has left mistakes. Still too expensive, for the cost you could have easily thrown in a pilot figure, they’re hardly rare.

So glad Lego remade this set, and honestly. I think it’s one of the most accurate and displayable “play” style sets lego has ever done. Got it immediately and it’s just leaps and strides better than this custom in every way

I’m from the future and they made a new one

I love how honest your reviews are of Republic Bricks sets even though they send them to you for free (it shows real integrity). What I like even more though is that Timmy doesn't take offense by it, and say something like "Give better reviews or stop getting free stuff", but instead takes all of your suggestions to try and make a better set in the future. Great video yet again! Quick question; Where do we post questions for Ask M&R?

This is what I love about your channel. Even though you are reviewing a set made and given by a friend, you give a 100% honest review. You are probably the most unbiased LEGO reviewer on RU-vid.

The new lego one is better than this💀

at the start of the video in the back ground, can't help but notice is that a break in the lower back neck of the Venator and if so is she okay?

While we need a remake of the Tie Bomber set we need it to be stable.

Oh boy, this will be good.

I wish Lego would just make a new tie bomber. I really enjoyed the most recent tie fighter model

I love the tie bomber, i have good memories destroying rebel fleets in the original battle front 2

Spent some time collecting extra Ties to cannibalize for my own MOC. Good to know the pitfalls to avoid.

& a year later, LEGO releases an awesome Tie-Bomber. LEGO watching MandRproductions confirmed!

It’s basically just copying lego’s old design while updating it with newer parts, but doesn’t accommodate certain designs bc they didn’t include the play features

It´s funny to me how there is a whole design for a rubber band to put through on the bombing site (both in the piece to pull out and the frame that holds it) yet there is none included or mentioned in the instructions based on the wording of this video.

This is why it’s important to build models IRL

Idk anyone who buys from republic bricks besides his own alt fake accounts claiming to buy sets from him 😂

Well, this aged well

To be honest with you, I hate when star wars keeps releasing the same sets from OT but I do wish they remade this

Hay Ryan from the past we are getting a new TIE BOMBER in 2023 let's go!it

lmao 7 months later becomes a new set

0:02 lego: oh I don’t think so

I have been looking at their stuff but I think I'll pass now. You pay that kind of money for a set and you get old used beat-up pieces? No thanks.

Insane how honest you are m&r, one of the best LEGO RU-vidrs who gives honest opinions

Timmy has discontinued the set already and is releasing a better one in the future

My favorite set the tie bomber!! So excited for this video, so sad lego has never a play set made of this in my life time! 2003 one is so nostalgic I love it 😍

waiting for timmy to block and ghost because of this video lol

4:49 that's the bomb chute. And I must say the model is definitely not good looking. It basically looks like the designer took the 2003 model, and made some token improvements on it. Swapped out the old windshield for a contemporary piece, added a couple spring-loaded shooters, redesigned the wings in the style of the most recent TIE Advanced, used a couple sloped pieces on top and that's it. Literally anyone could do this, and yet they charge $100+ for it? It's a joke that they put this up on their store in the first place.

I think all the scratches on the set would look cool because it would give it story that pretty much it went through an asteroid field and mini asteroids hit the tie bomber

I've got one of the genuine tie bombers, didn't realize it was the only official version 🤔

this build aged terribly considering the official lego one

MandRproductions : I would not recommend this as a playset Me : like that’s gonna stop me 😈

This aged like milk.

$115 Dollars and its not ALL New Bricks? Not Impressed at all

parts look crappy, laser cannons are inaccurate lorewise, missiles look like q-tips stuck inside, engines could be lore accurate for this price (OG tie bomber also isn't accurate but it's pretty old). It falls apart, doesn't have bombs, and honestly the rocket launcher from the original is the best part of that fighter, even if it doesn't look very accurate. bomb bay is useless, nothing holds the bombs- they could include the 2017/2019 y-wing system to have bombs stored and secured. I'd rather wait next 20 years for a lego model than consider buying this.

Hey, can you do an update on your atte comparison video? Would love to see your new thoughts

That’s the problem republic bricks never build their own models

There are mesh bags that exist for washing stuff like pantyhose, that work well for throwing dirty lego parts in a washing machine. Just don't do printed or stickered parts in a washing machine. Clean those by hand.

Am I correct by saying if this were a set, it would be right around $35?

a Ucs tie bomber would be so sick

Wait Timmy takes advice? Not from what I heard and have seen.

Actually looked at this on their site and was thinking about it but after watching this I will avoid.

"Targeting sensor" is the bomb bay, in case anyone was curious

Now you have the 2023 version can you compare the two please

Yeah, this is definitely the worst MOC. No playability. 👎

I love the brickvault customs, a great bang for your bucks

i've been wanting a tie-bomber for YEARS

Use zebras or histogram for camera exposure. It’s worth it

Thank You. Would love to see a Tie Defender! My favorite starship but sadly I don't have it!

Hi, for me these si one of the best lego star wars set. I love all your video. Nave an happy christmas

I find it really funny that Ryan just says in the title that his sponsors item is terrible.

The weird box below the Tie Bomber is actually where the bombs are being dropped.

Love your content you always make my day especially on my birthday 🎂

When’s the a wing comparison? Will you ever make one?

$115 and it doesn’t come with all new bricks?! What the fuck

This "targeting sensor" is the hatch from which the bombs are getting dropped