So I normally don’t do reviews, but I felt I needed to on this set. It was extremely fun and challenging to build. The look of it is very pleasing to the eye. And it’s massive! But, there are several things that Lego could’ve done better or completely different. 1-Putting parts of it together can be very sketchy. If you’re not extremely careful, parts just pop right off while trying to attach other parts. 2- The stands are not built very well for such a large display. They should’ve put it from 2 to 4 stands to distribute the weight better and bulked them up a bit. 3-Now this is my biggest gripe about the entire build, the engines. When you first put them together and attach them they are very nice, but after a few weeks of sitting they start to sag, extremely sag. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t even tough them for fear of them falling even more. So overall I would recommend it only if you’re going to move it once, MAYBE twice. Anymore than that and it’s a danger of having pieces fall off.

Alongside the UCS Gunship, this was the most excited I was ever for a lego set. A huge Star Wars and lego fan, this was a dream come true to someone that was 7 when the Revenge of the Sith came out.

The build was fun, and was surprisingly quick, I think it only took me about 10 hours, HOWEVER I feel like Lego really cut some corners here.

My main complains are there are mutliple parts of the ship that are not well secured. The way you secure the wings of the ship somehow let them be uneven, you probably wouldn't notice if just looking at it on my shelf, but it bugged me a lot during the build. The side of the ship, with the hanger bays, is only actually connected at one spot. So both ends of these are free hanging and you have to just do your best to line it up.

Lastly, I don't see why a $650 set has stickers. Granted it wasn't THAT many (I believe 6). But surely when they are mass producing expensive sets they can make a few special pieces.

I would still recommend this set to any advid collector, defintely check the dimensions of whatever shelf you plan on putting it on!

I’m just very torn on this overall build. The four larger engines in the back noticeably sag. I had multiple issues with connection points breaking free when attempting to attach. This go to the point of having to completely deconstruct one side to be able to have a better view and handhold. However, even then I still had instances of attachment points breaking free under their own weight. Under the weight the set is suppose to sit under - NOT. Good sign. This go to a point where I had to use super glue in an effort to have things hold together. I looked forward to this build for close to a year and other than the Titanic and Eiffel Tower, this is my largest Star wars focused build. I was really hoping this would be my gateway into those style builds. But if those are similar to this one… I’m throwing in the towel now.

When I found out that this was going to be a Lego set (not to mention a large one) I knew I was going to have to buy it pretty much immediately. Am I glad I did. This was such a fun set to build and as soon as I finished, I knew I would of loved to build another one. They did great on the detail and it seems to be a pretty solid build once completed (I remember back when they released the Imperial Star Destroyer for the first time, how frustrated I got when building it due to some poor design elements that they have done a good job resolving since then)

Now the reason I left this as a 4 Star overall and not 5 star is for a few reasons (all are technically pretty minor reasons and wouldn't have stopped me from loving this build)
1. I'm honestly disappointed in the box it came in, It could have been built a little stronger, the actual design of the box is great though.
2. Provide a few 501st clone troopers! For a set as expensive as this, it is a little sad we only get 2 figurines.
3. Lego- GET RID OF THE STICKERS! just print it on the Lego piece itself. it will look better and there is no real point in having stickers.

Last and this is less a con and more of a potential process improvement. If a set is missing pieces or came with the wrong pieces (such as mine did) make it possible so that we can pick the pieces up from a local Lego store! the online process itself is great but it was saddening to have to wait until it arrived so I could continue the build, of which I then almost had to wait another 10 days because there was actually 2 pieces missing in mine (that being said, only missing 2 pieces is amazing in itself)
I also would have loved to see what should be in each bag as I get to them since I like to lay the pieces out before I build. that is really just a personal thing though and no nock on the directions themselves.

Overall it is an amazing build any any star wars lover will love this build