This is the one we were looking forward to the most when it came to getting our GWPs, although we feel it should come with a Minifigure, The Emperor or Darth Vader would have made fantastic editions to this set.

Standing at 15cm tall, this small grey ball sits on top of a black stand with the new printed Return Of The Jedi 40th Anniversary plaque neatly attached.

There are some neat little bits throughout the set that you won’t see until being built.

Hidden inside you’ll find some easter eggs – the first one being a scene from the final duel which shows off Luke, Vader & The Emperor in stud form, which is really nice to see. Secondly while building the Death Star II you see the middle component of the build is actually blue which is supposed to be the reactor!

Sometimes it’s the little things that make a set.

The reactor beam which sits on top of the set doesn’t look bad from afar but up close, and if you’re picky like us, you’ll notice there are 4 different green pieces used to build it. Maybe it was suppose to be a gradient of green to show the Beam in full use? Maybe they just didn’t have the right colours in the right parts to do it? Either way this does wind us up a bit.

The shell of the Death Star II looks solid, the use of rounded bricks to smooth off the middle is very smart. The ‘unbuilt‘ part of the Death Star II looks near perfect, with all of the bricks sticking out it really does give it that unfinished look which we see in the movies.

The set itself isn’t very sturdy and feels quite fragile, somehow it actually feels more like a MOC than a real LEGO set. Some of the instructions don’t feel in the right order so as you’re adding one part, another pops off!

Luckily this is a display piece and not a playset.

The threshold for this set was £130 which isn’t all bad. Although it definitely would have benefitted from including the Minifigure or being slightly bigger.

Thank you for reading our review of the LEGO Star Wars Death Star II (40591) GWP.

BanthaToys

With stores across the country opening early this morning, we got there at 9:30am to be greeted by around 30 people ahead of us! As an hour passes we finally get in and rush to the shelves to pick up some new sets (reviews on them coming soon)

We have already had a closer look at the first promo, the X-Wing Polybag. So let’s have a closer look at the second promo – ‘THE RETURN OF THE JEDI 40TH COLLECTIBLE‘!

When this was revealed, we along with alot of others, were skeptical, it’s not LEGO. Yes it has the LEGO logo on it but it’s nothing to do with LEGO. It’s not a brick, keychain, Minifigure – it’s a plastic card & metal coin.

Last year we had something similar in the Beskar Keychain, but that felt right with season 2 of The Mandalorian hitting our screens.

Now having it in hand, our minds have slightly changed, this is actually pretty cool. The plastic card is a pranslucent polycarbonate ‘Data Disk‘ with the Death Star II in the center of it.
Along with some 1×1 bricks in the background to fill it out. The card can be displayed in the packaging, by simply folding down the box and using a piece of card to prop up the inside filler.

The second part of the gift is the coin, which is slightly larger than expected also super weighted.
The coin shows off the Death Star II on one side. On the back nothing fancy, simple & aesthetic with the typical Star Wars & LEGO logos on it.

One cool thing about this is that having the coin displayed underneath the Polycarbonate Data Disk, is that it makes a really cool schematic. It just looks fantastic when lined up correctly.

As much as this is a very nice display piece, we will be making our own makeshift display stand at some point for this out of bricks or maybe a comic book display stand. As this one just feels abit blocky and very fragile as its only made with thin card.

For a free gift after spending £80, this may feel like a kick in the teeth for some fans. Most of us would have wanted a minifigure of some sort or a better polybag. It’s hit and miss for alot of people and it will come down to personal preference, but we do believe once you have it in hand you’ll change your mind!

Thanks for readig

BanthaToys