LEGO Star Wars UCS Venator independent review! Worthy Republic Cruiser / Star Destroyer mega-model
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Independent, #NotSponsored, unscripted fan review of the LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Venator with 5374 pieces & 2 minifigures available for £559.99 / $649.99 / €649.99 via LEGO US: tinyurl.com/3d... | LEGO Canada: tinyurl.com/4p... If you use my affiliate links I may get a tiny commission to help keep the channels going! The included minifigs are Clone Wars era Admiral Yularen and Captain Rex.
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When Jang calls $500 a half a grand it really reminded me of the high cost.
Great review as always and I learned so much.
Personally don’t mind stickers, but I find it inexcusable with premium top shelf sets like this. For this price I expect nothing less than perfection, regardless of size and piece count.
A set hasn't really been reviewed until Jang has reviewed it.
And that's a fact
Venators are my absolute favorite Star Wars (and probably scifi) spaceship; I'm really glad Lego made a fantastic-looking UCS set for it. Thanks for such an extensive review!
For $650, prints should be required. Not that many stickers is good, but none would be better. I would love to see people mod this set to include a hanger bay, It would probably require a complete redesign of the skeleton structure. But it would have been very cool for display value. Would have liked a kama for rex, but 3rd party websites sell them for dirt cheap. Otherwise it’s a perfect figure.
Great video! I’m still building mine but so far I personally really like the build experience. It feels like my kitchen table has been transformed into Kuat shipyard once the main frame was built.
Star Wars Greeble "belts" are by far one of the best litmus tests for if a designer has figured out Star Wars in my opinion. Too much and it's more borg cube and too little and you get in generic territory. Beautiful set!
I love the set, but the price is just too much for me, especially this year with the cost of living getting so high. Hoping we see the Captain Rex figure in a more affordable set in the future.
I love your calm and soothing review style. Calms me right down after a stressful day. You’re like the Bob Ross of Lego reviewers. Keep up the great work! I was saving up Lego points to buy this set but I couldn’t resist that 30% off sale on the Razor Crest so I bought that instead and it arrived today. But I hope to get this set eventually.
This model is absolutely gorgeous, and I'd have done anything to get it as a kid. But. That being said. The UCS AT-AT, and the Razor Crest, came with a full usable and interactive interior. Sure, this has a bigger visual footprint, but even so at that price I feel like it should've either come with decorated interior parts like the Millennium Falcon or a larger figure count akin to the AT-AT.
That first shot really put into display how big this set is, great review!
Honestly, it looks great but the fact that there is no interior makes me not want to get it
I do love the overall shape and color scheme of this ship, but unfortunately don't have any connection with she, to spend such an amount of money 🤷♂️
It’s really well designed and detailed for the most part, but there are some odd little decisions or restrictions that make it a bit meh. I wish it had the maw to open up! And Rex definitely needs printing on the sides of the legs.
So glad you picked this up.
Been watching you for years Jang, since I was in high school.
Always loved your hard work
At the costs of these collector sets there should only be printed pieces, never stickers. I don't think Lego can justify this at these costs.
I’ve saved up for this set but probably gonna wait for a may 4th discount hopefully on Lego similar to the razor crest which they did last year for a 100 points for £100 off
I certainly should have waited a couple years to get this at least 30% off like the Gunship and Razorcrest were discounted recently, I have bad self-control and just couldn't wait lol. What an amazing model.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this model of the Venator! It is amazing that you spend so much time and money on this hobby! Thank you for making free videos for us to be able to view and enjoy your hobby with you!!
hey jang i see ur customised gundam earial behind you would you ever make a video on it over on your other channel
I really appreciate when you compare Lego models to other products on the market, it helps bring the price back to realty sometimes
I feel kinda funny you guys saying that 650usd is expensive, while where I live this same lego costs the comparative equivalent of 6500usd. I WISH i could buy it for only 650
We all know what this ship’s guarding with the full might of the Republic: the exclusive and highly desirable minifigs.
I really enjoy the look of this ship, but like Jang said, for over 600, all the hangar doors should be able to open. Especially when the main hangar was featured so often in the shows and movies. Unfortunately, Lego seems to be losing some of their magic and motivation for these Ultimate Collector Sets.
even though this is a "collector's set" I feel like there should DEFINITELY be some functions, like an opening bay and even a TINY interior to put the figures. Not necessarily enough to play with it, but enough to make poseability an option
Jang + venator. This is a good day
Whoah! I had no idea you're going to bless us with this review so soon!
What a beautiful thing!
Thank you so much for showing it off!
I did not expect you to review this so soon. Thank you Jang! This is one of the only UCS sets i'd actually want. But I simply can't afford this. I hope we'll get a Midi Scale version eventually and both Yularen and Rex as minifigures in cheaper sets. I actually own both of their old versions but these are prime minifigs! Would really hope they re-release both but i think they will remove the print from Rex's arms to make this one more special.
It is just way too overpriced and basically just an empty shell.
Which one do you like better, Imperial Star Destroyer or Venator Star Destroyer?
450,- would be okay. It is nothing special.
Based on my experience with my existing 5 UCS sets (A Wing, R2 (if you count R2 as UCS), Gunship, Land Speeder and X-Wing), I'm expecting I'll be able to pick this up for between 20% & 30% off if I wait until next year - based on Jang saying it's worth $500, I think if & when I see it at those kinds of discounts, I'll grab it.
I really liked this, but the price is crazy to me, bought the star destroyer for 600€. I ain't paying 650€ for the venator when it is significantly smaller. Hoping for a big discount.
It’s a shame that it wasn’t based on the Ep. 3 live-action model. Really disappointed and it was a deal breaker for me, personally
I heard lego can't print on 6x6 tiles because of like the injection mark on the top center of the tile? It messes up the print so they had to use stickers for those
Indeed a very nice display model, thanks for the review
But at this price point i just don't want to see stickers and "printed on" cloth pieces. Even for smaller sets we are paying a premium price for plastic, so for this scale, for this price it is just ridiculous.
Thats big
Which do you guys think would be better? The UCS Venator or the UCS Razor Crest? I love both. Wondering which to get.
I have always found the mould mark in the middle of the display plaque to only be an issue when lego covered it up in photoshop for press releases of the X-wing. False advertising should not be tolerated.
If there ever was a UCS I’d buy it’s this
Love the review, there are some out there but only jangs was entertaining. But I have one suggestion: you have it in your background, what about a comparison? ;)
650$ for stickers and no hangar...
Hello
Regarding cloth kamas in general, if a kid was finding it annoying to play with the figure when the kama was on, they could just take it off, that's what I did with my 2008 plastic kama. It's Lego, thats not exactly hard to do. As a kid I liked the ability to both have the kama on when I made my few Clones fight my Battle Droids and have it off when I sat him down. Lego does not have an excuse, especially in a $650 18+ collecters item.
I guess I can accept the UCS not having opening doors. Would b nice if a few years from now a playscale set comes out (similar size and price to things like moff gideons cruiser and the most recent playscale ISD) with doors that work
Hanger bay doors not opening is an L for me
Do you think you might do a review of the new lego concorde at some point?
Yep I reviewed that one last month!
awesome review! thank you!
Never been a fan of that shape of Destroyer. I am a lover of the classic pointed wedge shape from A New Hope's opening battle. Love Jang's work here to let me take a close look without buying.
Is there some wobble where the two different parts meet when holding it. I built mine and it slightly wobbles and I’m concerned
Looks good, however I wont buy it, as for £550 I'd rather buy a bunch of used lego Starwars.
Great set: in size and and in form. It is a very clever design. Amazing how it stays together. The bottom is just attach with some pins, clips amd rubber pieces. No interior, but that would have bumped up the price towards the 1000,-. Plus I doubt it will hold the extra weight. I really enjoyed building it, ok their are better builds, but I enjoyed it. Hard to form an opinion of the pricetag, but I think you are right. Though it has a lot of big parts, and I think a lot of costs went into the design, but even then. I would say 600, but like you said it depands on someone's pov (and how big your wallet is). Ow about those 6x6 tiles. They cannot be printed, due to the moldmark in the middle. That would leave a gap in the print of the republic logo. On the other hand, if they used tan tiles and printed the outside, that problem was solved. Off topic: will you review chewbecca? I am still doubting if it is worth it, so am curious what you think about that set.
Ngl normally i bark at the high UCS prices but if there was ever a set i'd pay 600 bucks for if i had desposable income... it'd be this one. This thing is *perfect*. (Edit: forgot the stickers, that's kinda unacceptable for the price *but* this thing's so good it would look fine without them)
Wow looks amazing set awsome review jang enjoyed your charity ngt on twich ch
Been waiting for this, thank you Jang!
I agree. $500 seems the right price for this. I'll buy it. Just not now. I never like spending retail on anything. Also I hate the stickers. But watch them release Rex in a cheaper set with a waistcape. Lmao.
Definitely the best greebled doorstop Lucasfilm ever designed. The least boring of all the most boring ships of the entire series... And that's really saying something. For a sci Fi franchise they've always struggled with designing good looking spaceships but kudos to lego for doing their best with sub-par subject matter as they always do.
Hardly any articulation. And 2 nini figures for 650? Nah. Still gorgeous though
I was planning on getting it day 1, but my local LEGO store had it on display at a weird tilted angle and it made it seem so flat and small, especially compared to my UCS Star Destroyer. I plan to get it eventually but this video showed how much taller it is than what I saw initially, I’ll probably buy it once there’s a good acrylic display stand for it
I understand the fact that this model is oriented towards display. That said, I find it very disappointing how this and the previous ISD are just lumps of bricks with little to no functionality. It would just feel so much better to fork over the money if it actually did something, and an opening detailed hangar bay was such an easy way to add value to the model. Things like the deplyable turret, the detailed interior and the boarding ramp are small on the Falcon, easy inclusions that make it feel like it has depth, that it's not just a massive lump of bricks. And honnestly, at the scale these models are, there's really no excuse. The AT-AT has a superb, fully built out interior that goes above and beyond. So why doesn't this one.
I'm sorry if this comes across as more aggressive than intended. The note about the lack of an opening hangar bay made me realize that there really is no good reason to not include *some* sort of interactive feature at this scale, and it really should be expected that the design would have as much depth as possible considering the price it goes for
Arm printing on Rex looks lovely. Wonder if Lego will put arm printing on any other clones-most of them could use it
Interior is lacking but I can understand the hype from SW fans about finally getting one in Lego form..
Deciding to buy no Star Wars Lego from the start has saved me So Much Money. Of course deciding to not collect Lego at all would have saved me a lot more but let's not talk about that
Aww dang, Jang. Was hoping you’d say this set is terrible so I don’t have to buy it. But you didn’t. So I do.
Yeah I'm not one that usually complains about the price but this one is pretty dang spendy. Maybe this is the kit I finally use some of my VIP points on
Is StockX legit? How can they sell the Venator for a lot cheaper than Lego? I want to buy it but I want to make sure it’s real Lego.
Clearly I'm not the audience for this. I don't get the appeal. It doesn't do anything. I like Lego because it's a toy lol
I.. I think im desensitized to the size of LEGO sets now lol
however I think it looks quite nice, the shapes mmmmmm yes
those figs are not it tho
Still waiting for Lego to deliver mine. Been a week 😢they’ve sent the GWP set just not this
For this cost to still get stickers is abysmal, thankfully not a big Star Wars fan, so I have no desire for this set.
Lost me at the giant stickers. Kind of infuriating.
Couldn't they have fixed the engines that are resting on the bottom of the ship by adding a reverse tile?
Collectors will lose their minds if that rex becomes anything other than fully exclusive 😂
it's a nice looking empty shell, but it's still very empty.
Great review as always. Im a big SW fan and a big Lego fan, but I will never purchase a huge vehicle like this. Ever. Lego should learn from that demographic and do more MIDI scale. A LOT of midi scale. It's already out of minifig scale so why make it prohibitively huge?
I want this model so bad, but I don't have the space for it.
I wonder why the North American lego factory is worst then the others
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I got the 2019 ISD and I am satisfied with that and is just has so much more bulk and simpler colors. I don't think I will get this one even tho I looooove TCW.
I might buy this used so i dont spend a grand on it with taxes.
Nice set but I wish they made it minifig scale :3
I have not picked it up yet, but I did buy printed parts to replace the stickers. LEGO would rather do stickers than charge a bit more. Obviously, I am willing to pay as I have already done that. If they want a cheaper option for people then fine, do a sticker sheet with parts as it is now. Then just do an add-on parts pack with printed pieces. A set at $600, I don't think anybody is crying about an extra $100 or whatever (the printed parts I've seen run #$20-$30). Well, I am crying a bit because the set is still about $100 overpriced, imo, but I digress. If people think a price hike for printed pieces is not in their budget, like I said, just make it an add-on for printed pieces. I did the same with UCS Razor Crest, as well. After a certain price point I just don't want stickers. I have the Tumbler and Landspeeder and stickers are fine there because those are a couple of hundred dollars. When pushing beyond that, I just don't think stickers should even be on the table.
great set, maybe one day I'll own it! Need more space though, after UCS AT-AT, UCS Star Destroyer, UCS Gunship, UCS Razor Crest, and the countless smaller sets.
Thanks for that detailed and in-depth review, JANG.
This is a really detailed and spot on representation of the Venator.
I appreciate you showing the underside and there is some detail included there as well.
That's too bad about having stickers in a high end set though.
I don't know why the Clone Wars 20th Anniversary brick is included. I guess just because we happen to be on its anniversary, so LEGO threw it in. But, although the 2003 Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars seriew may not be as known or loved as CGI one, it is still a really great series, even though it's not canon for some reason. It is also the inspiration and the precursor of the CGI series.
Have you noticed the front of the bridges slightly bend upwards? With mine it isn't entirely straight... Also i had completely discolored transparant light blue pieces, only 3 good ones per type. Also inconsistent dark red and even some light bluish grey pieces. I ordered replacement pieces for the transparant blue, but felt like it wouldn't be worth the effort to order all dark red pieces... I received the replacement parts and they're still discolored 😭
Your voice is like AMSR
Thanks for the honest review. I'm having trouble even believing it's worth $400. I just see too many shortcuts (biggest one no interior) and not much to do with the model (it's purely display). Yep- a lot of detraction from what could have been an incredible set. For $650 you can basically build a small Lego town with lots going on, many figures and vehicles. Yeah I know this is a Star Wars set, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun and good value.
definitely agree on 500. i dont know what it is, i would never actually utilize any play features, but i just HATE when there is absolutely no interior details... something like the even the super star destroyer showing just a LITTLE bit of interior would have been much better.
Very good review.
However, at the whopping $849 CAD price tag. This is me favourite Lego set. It’s an absolute monster, has a strong presence in the display. I love it so much, I go and look at it everyday when I come back from work!
agree with your review 100%...
The Venator is by far my favorite Star Destroyer. This UCS set looks absolutely fantastic. However...the price point is waayyy too high. That being said, I'll still get one but I definitely won't feel I got value for my money. Perhaps that may change when I see it built and on my shelf but I don't know.
Lego knows they have SW fans by the short hairs with these sets and that's unfortunate.
For some reason, this review and this model woke up in me that feeling I had watching Clone Wars series and 2nd and 3rd prequal movies. I even heard a music. it is very nice and compact and even thou I don't collect UCS sets and I am not from US, $500 is max of the max I think this should cost.
Until non-sticker, non-color-missmatch, and non-part-vestige i continue with play models rather then with display models.
Great review again!
Definitely picking this up if I ever see it on discount. I've seen the Millenium Falcon and the AT-AT both at 25 % off, so who knows.
My all time favorite Star Destroyer. I've been waiting about 20 years for a UCS Venator since I saw a large-scale Lego model at Celebration III. Going to pick one up. However, and minor nit pick here, I really feel Rex should've had a cloth kama as he has the cloth shoulder pauldron, especially as this is a premium set, also I feel there shouldn't be stickers for the same reason.
What a nice 1000 meter of democracy
2nd UCS ISD is not as detailed but its visual impact is much bigger to me. Venator is great but specially next to mentioned ISD it just feels to expensive.
I got this off eBay for around 400 pounds and honestly I don’t care about the mini figs because I never wanted them, I was solely interested in the ship and I’m glad I could get it with a pretty big discount without removing anything I wanted
Incredible model for sure! Price is also... incredible! LOL I can't wait to see this model on display in my local Lego Store, because it's too big for me to own, but it's certainly impressive!
The review of the Venator I have been waiting for, really good thoughts on value and pricing.
I just got the razor crest for $420 last weekend, I’m hoping they do a similar sale for this one at some point lol..