LEGO Star Wars Slave l – 20th Anniversary Edition 75243 Building Kit

I will preface this by saying that, unfortunately, it's been years since I've bought a LEGO kit. I picked this up on a whim, and I had a blast going through the bags and booklet. The instructions were pretty straight forward to follow (once I realized that black pieces are outlined in white to differentiate from grey).

I'm now hooked on LEGO again, and look forward to more of the Star Wars series I'll be picking up over the next few months.

Was great to build, has a great range of minifigures. Built a stand for it to display. Took around 3 hours to build. Definitely worth a purchase for play or display.

So happy with the size and detail of the ship. It's not too big, neither too small. Looks amazing and has a lovely colour pallete. I bought this mainly for the minifigures, but ended up enjoying the Slave 1 more!

Internal structure of the build is very clever, stable and strong.

Of course, I would recommend this to any Star Wars/Lego fan.

Great set, handle there for carrying which is good, thought the set was going to be a bit bigger thiugh.

Other than that cool set!

I bought all the anniversary sets and am happy with all of them but this one is the only set i have a problem with. It not a big problem and isnt even related to the ship. Its the Han Solo in carbonite model, its the old Harrison Ford version but the set comes with the new Alden Ehrenreich version of Han. All thats different is the hair but it doesnt allow the minifig to properly fit in the carbonite mold.

The build was really fun and the final product looks fantastic (whoever designed it deserves a pay rise.) I stated that it took 3 hours but that was not continuous so I can't really be sure if time, sorry. However, it's a lot better than the 3rd edition in every aspect and feel that the advertising pictures don't quite do it justice.

Another big plus is Zuckuss! (or/and 4-Lom depending on how old you are lol.) 20th anniversary Leia looks exactly like the original but with nice print on the back.

Similarly, the box and instructions are a great touch. The box brings back childhood memories of Star Wars toys and instruction booklet contains a brief history, comparisons and movie photographs. I'd recommend this set to any collector, SWLego or Slave 1 fan. It also looks fun to play with, but I'm too old for that lol.

I've bought it only because of princess Leia (collectable minifigure) ;-)

Buiding was predictive, no surprises, I was expecting that it will be more difficult. Few minor mistakes in manual (e.g. page 118, step 185 contains pieces which gonna be build and attach in step 186).

Overall set is big and building taking some time. There are nice solutions for self-positioning pilot and engines on wings.

The only really anoying thing there is that front window had no protection and during the transport other bricks caused plenty scratches on it.

First of I'd like to say I had a blast building this set and the minifigs are awesome. I wish I could do 4.5 stars instead of 4 and only take away half a point for lack of a display stand. It is designed to be shown in the upright position. I know the UCS version of this had a beautiful display and that was half the reason I purchased this set. That's more of my fault for not investigating pieces than it is Lego's for not including it but it feels like a crucial oversight.

Overall a great addition to the starwars collection, reasonably easy build.

The weighting on the internal seat etc is perfect and rotates when the piece is flat or upright.

My only issue is that I like to display all my starwars lego, and this piece would look a lot better upright. There isnt a stand included and I wouldn't have minded spending a few extra pounds for a properly designed one.

I saw the reply from lego on another review and understand that the collector sets are different, and understand I can purchase individual bricks and build my own.. But I would prefer a design and instructions to make the best, and guarantee stability.

Maybe lego could include online designs (downloadable) and an order system on the website that orders everything I need

The set looks super cool! The build was really fun and kept me interested to see how it was all coming together. Very satisfied with the set.