LEGO Star Wars Republic Fighter Tank 75342 review! Good figures, ok build, acceptable 2022 value

Independent, #NotSponsored, unscripted fan review of the LEGO Republic Fighter Tank, 262 pcs. £34.99 / $39.99 / 39.99€
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[GolemOfTime]

I'm honestly slightly worried for the future of prequel era sets. I think LEGO is starting to realise that no matter how mediocre a set is it'll sell like hotcakes if it has unique clones in it because everyone loves army building, and even if the average consumer isn't into it, it doesn't matter at all because there's always absurdly rich LEGO fans who will spend thousands on a set just so they can brag about their clone army size.

[dnsstudios]

Lego has been pretty good with this 40 dollars Star Wars set. in 2020 we got AAT, 2021 we got Imperial Armored Marauder, and now we got Republic Fighter Tank. And all three sets does have exclusive figures, i would love to see more Lego Star Wars sets in the future with 40 dollars price point with exclusive figures just like these sets.

[villelepoaho]

My biggest wish would be some big, high quality prequel sets. I don't even care if they would be expensive. The yellow prequel Y-Wing that we have only gotten one of (set 8037)? Or maybe Count Dooku's Solar Sailer. It's been 13 years since we got the previous one.

[williamdunbar]

While this set is fine and I plan on getting it, I do hope that we get more and better prequel sets later this summer. Especially more The Bad Batch stuff, since it was overshadowed by the Mandalorian season 2

[serendal]

The figures are insane, the base of the Republic Tank is pretty good but the upper part is not kinda bad, too high and to big, need a lot of fixing is needed.
The one with Ayala was definitly better, but the figures were definitly worse.

[empatheticrambo]

I agree with the popular opinion: good figs, average build.

But, I’m a huge fan of the original Fighter Tank set. I’ll get two of these for the figures, and use the parts to make a bigger one at that older scale!

[tygovisser]

This would have been a good set to contain a super battle droid or maybe commando droid but that is really my only complain

[seoul]

We see Mace Windu’s battalion early in the clone wars with commander Pond’s group and their maroon markings, as well as in season 7. They were not officially named the 187th battalion in canon until hasbro revealed their Star Wars black series 187th clone trooper, which bears the maroon markings seen on Mace’s troopers in season 7 and earlier in the show.

The figures in the set are based on that old Mace Windu’s Battallion box set from the 2000’s.

[anonymousperson]

The past six months to a year have really showed what Lego and the Lego Star Wars design team feel about the different SW eras. The prequel era gets simple, almost 5+ City set -like tanks with minifigures based literally on toys. The sequel era has recently got one 4+ set and nothing else. The original trilogy era on the other hand has received a massive UCS set that can’t be played with without tools, four non-playable dioramas with black borders and highly detailed figures and even some decent playsets that actually look good as well (AT-ST, the Mandalorian wave, etc.). Our first prequel UCS set in years was accidentally referred to as an OT vehicle and branded with an Imperial logo and the exclusive figures were released in smaller sets, because not everyone (subtext: kids?) can afford big collectable sets. It’s very disappointing to me, because in the past they’ve balanced the toy and collectable aspects of the sets perfectly and made good sets for all three major eras.

[HereAlex]

Dang, the ucs slave 1 looks smaller than I remember lol

[pvoccsurfshacktitosson]

I love these troopers... But when are we gonna get some normal phase 2 troopers that don't cost 30 bucks each on eBay?

[Gzilla]

I really wish Lego could redesign their droid bodies. They look good when stagnet, but they're so flimsy. I long for a more stable droid figure.

[KaMiura]

Really interesting I bought this set in Tokyo today and Mace Windu’s light saber is the non frosted version!

[RogueBagel]

Seems like it would be super easy to invert that rear door with just some inverted bows at the base instead of the standard bow holding on the clip plate. I wonder why they opted to show the anti-studs when the fix would be so easy!

[defenderprime]

Finally! A Star Wars set that won't break the budget! 😉 I remember having the last tank with the Jedi Aayla Secura but sold it a while back, as I remember it, it was also a decent set at that time, pretty cool review, Jang!

[iamthesupercheeseman]

I feel like this set would be $25 in 2010 (maybe with a couple less minifigs)

[myweaknessisthecolouryello]

just picked up and built this set yesterday, absolutely LOVE the figs but the build, not so much

[simonawad]

I kinda like this set, with that said I will definitely be modifying this set a little bit so the cannons look a bit nicer and the sides are slanted.

[_KaiTheGamer_]

I love the figures here (save for the battle droid because eh they haven't changed much). My favourite part about the clones' markings is that technically we now know what coruscant guard clones would look like with the current, film accurate clone trooper minifigure designs.

Also, hello fellow Airbone Trooper helmet enthusiast. 👋

[ToTheDepthZ]

I’m fairly sure the 187th Legion are part of the official canon. They appeared in Season 7 of the Clone Wars tv show alongside Mace Windu in the Bad Batch episode. The clones just have a slightly different colour on their armour