The mini figure droideka is likely a reference to really old droideka builds, like the ones seen in old Lego Star Wars games, and I like it, it’s nostalgic
@@MeerkatJac yea, but I also feel like it’d be out of place for the anniversary edition, this one looks similar to the first version of the droideka modernized and is paying homage to it.
Absolutely buying, if you don’t like the micro build just mod it with extra parts use your imagination or design skills. That full size build is basically UCS quality for $60 I could care less about piece count the detail is amazing!!!
I actually harvested parts from my old technic kit to make my johnny 5 robot taking several different technic kits and constructed a fully articulated johnny 5 from short circuit 1 and 2 with additional accessories to hamge him into several different versions military version(sc1) normal(sc1&2) damaged (sc2) roadwarrior Mohawk (sc2)
how is the little droideka an issue? they’re only 6 ft in canon, and that’s probably the most accurate minifig scale build they’ve made. Maybe could have made the eyes more accurate with a claw piece
fax lol - this has been my favorite droid (followed closely by super battle droid and commando) and Im slightly dissapointed at the lack of prequel sets and detail on figs. But alas, we pay for the brand name and not for the quality, even if prequel fans leave they don't care. They will still make more than enough money.
This and the Sith Infiltrator are probably the only two sets of the season that I really want. I normally don't go in on the big droid models, but this one looks so cool and it's a reasonable price in 2024 money
The build itself is really cool, it kind of brings me back to the aesthetic of the Star Wars technic figures from back in the day. The minifig scale one needs work though…
@@eightcoins4401yeah but I don’t know, I feel like they could have used ball joints or at least something that would allow the legs to rotate like a technic pin or something
Agreed. It might not have looked the most movie-accurate, but as far as I'm aware it's the only minifig-scale droideka that can fold into a ball. (It's also very easy to build with spare parts you'd have lying around.)
@@noturbusiness9736 The legs are different but it looks mostly the same to me. And I said the old Complete Saga, not the new Skywalker Saga, in case you’re thinking I meant that.
The idea of the droideka was built by the Calacoid, a species in Star Wars that basically have this sorta techno cult that builds droids based off other creatures on their planet, like the vulture droids, tri droids, HMP gunships, buzz droids, and the droideka, based off their own physiology and appearance
When I saw this in the store it stopped me dead in my tracks! I had gotten the technic set when I was a kid and loved it, even though I missed a step or two and it never sprung open correctly lol
I miss my old 1999 version. It was Technics and used rubber bands to hold either “open ready to fire” or “ball ready to roll” position. It even had a release button so that if you rolled it, it would trigger unfolding at the right time and (most of the time) spring open perfectly.
I remember when I was a kid, there was a Lego Technic version of this droid that you could fold into a ball and when you rolled it like a bowling ball it unfolded itself PERFECTLY onto it’s legs. Search it up if you haven’t seen it it’s honestly soooo cool😮💨
I know you tried making the table look all aesthetic with the bags organized but it’s hard not to notice how you tore up the box like a child or a rabid dog and left it on the floor lmao.
i didnt know that the arms would go back and forth, i love that. the alternating firing/recoil on their blasters is very iconic in my mind and i love that that made it into this model.
I haven’t bought a Lego sat in a long time but I may have to get this one. I used to love these droids and had made some of my own out of legos when I was a kid.
I wish they'd payed more attension to the starfighter modes id have been cool to see them add reinforcements like the b-wing (rebel) tie defender(empire) belbalab-22 (cis) v-19 torrent(gar) mg-100 (resistence) tie dagger (FO) etc
I've got this set, I'm tempter to order some bricks to try to attach the legs via half axle pins to see if it's stable, that way to roll it up you don't need to remove and invert the legs, you could just spin them up
You know what, I would so modify it to were there is a controller but get a load of this, it allows to have a firing nerf bullet system, and can transform into a ball to roll out and travel.
The worst part about the micro build is that in previous older sets they had better looking legs that used a clip top make them actually able to fold up, then they made the body scrunch up to actually... roll... It was awesome, that micro build looks like it was made with about 10 minutes left to the set design time
I have it. It’s a great display piece even though the miniature is so goofy. I get they tried to make it with as few pieces as possible, but they could’ve used an older miniature design instead.
The build is basically perfect in my opinion and I agree about the minifigure issue, feel like it should be different as I don’t like the leg pieces and the head could be better
The new claw parts with clips would have been ideal as legs. I mean the ones that originally appeared in Ninjago and represent the fingers of the mech from 71783, for example.
The minifig droideka could have been so much better. Either LEGO didn’t do their homework and watch several RU-vid videos of moc builds or they did and didn’t want to give credit to whom it was due.
