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LEGO - Star Wars TM Imperial Star Destroyer 75252
Average customer rating
4.3
(120 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 120 reviews
5 Stars
74
4 Stars
25
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
8
1 Star
6
84%of customers recommend this product.
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101 out of
120)
Customer Reviews for LEGO - Star Wars TM Imperial Star Destroyer 75252
Customer Rating
5
My favorite set
on November 15, 2024
Posted by: ThoughtfulSkunk088
Verified Purchase:No
I absolutely love this set. I got this set for Christmas a while back, and this is what got me back into Lego. I had watched so many videos and watched so many reviews on what made this set worth it for people and I just had to pick it up. This reignited my spark and it made me absolutely love lego again. This set is retired so there is not an easy way to get this, but if you can for a relatively good price, pick it up.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
4
Wow factor only
on December 29, 2024
Posted by: FranTada
Verified Purchase:No
Adult Lego collector/builder here. It’s huge, no doubt about it, and requires a dedicated space for properly displaying. Did not have as much fun building this as I did with the Falcon.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
2
Disappointing experience
on May 11, 2020
Posted by: heryqk
Bought this set a few months back and just got to build it.
Due to the nature of the Star Destroyer, there’s a lot of repetitive steps. What threw me off this build was the fact that 3 pieces were missing, one plate was broken and at least 5 (6x14) were off color. This is the second set where gray pieces are lighter in color. For the price, I’m a bit disappointed.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from LEGOBy Marine, Customer Service, June 4, 2020
We're sorry to hear that, that's definitely not a normal issue.
Please request all the parts you need on LEGO.build/BricksPieces-BV, we'll be happy to send them to you!
Please request all the parts you need on LEGO.build/BricksPieces-BV, we'll be happy to send them to you!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
4
Fun but irritating build
on January 3, 2021
Posted by: TheChild
So! I was super excited to finally get my hands on this ucs set! I see other reviews where people talk about the color bricks they use is annoying and you can see them through the set(true BTW) and how its flimsy and not sturdy(also true to an extent) but its not wobbly like you barely move it and it breaks. Although throughout the build when you apply pieces you somehow manage to break off other pieces and things become disconnected and thats really annoying. Like there's almost no way to avoid it. Could be user error but either way I know I'm not that clumsy. The end results ofcourse are amazing! This wish Lego would add some pieces to this to make it sturdier. That being said I'm glad with this buy but could've been maybe 50 dollars to 100 cheaper.
Still if you're sitting around thinking you should buy it or not, just stop and buy it.
Heading for that ucs falcon soon!
Still if you're sitting around thinking you should buy it or not, just stop and buy it.
Heading for that ucs falcon soon!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
product overall is very nice
on February 6, 2022
Posted by: Yishui
My daughter really like the ship and enjoyed the building experience. Also amazed by the size and the fancy building instruction book. She loves legos and has many lego sets. The only problem she experienced was three pieces of parts are bent and she had trouble putting them together. Overall, it is a nice set and she loves it. Image 1 is the completed set and image 2 is a bent piece compared to the normal piece. Image 3 also a piece that was bent.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from LEGOBy John, LEGO® Customer Service, February 7, 2022
Oh no, that shouldn't happen! You can visit bit.ly/3rSi95P to request the free replacement parts she needs to get her set ready for battle!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
1
The absolute most painful building experience
on August 17, 2021
Posted by: GiggityGoo52
This has to be the absolute worst LEGO set I have ever built. While building the plates kept falling off no matter how hard I pressed them together. Even after completing this set parts would still come off of the build. I do not recommend this set unless you are an expert builder, and have incredible strength.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from LEGOBy Gabriela , LEGO® Customer Service, August 20, 2021
That doesn't sound like the fun we want you to have. Be sure to check the previous steps for any building mistakes, as that can cause issues like that. If nothing's wrong there, we'd be happy to take a closer look with you on LEGO.build/Service-BV!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
4
Must see it before you judge others opinion
on September 20, 2019
Posted by: TommyBrickz
The most common discussion on this set will no doubt be how “high” the “dollar to brick” ratio is and if this set is really worth it. Please consider a few of these things first, and most importantly go see and pick up the set in person before you make any rash or uninformed judgements yourself.
Yes, this set is almost half the pieces and yet only $100 cheaper than the Millennium Falcon, but it actually feels (based on picking up the box) heavier and i think they say it is. Also consider that there are tons more large plates and thick heavy studs, pieces that naturally carry higher prices in here than some small thin parts.
Also, this set is appreciably longer than the Falcon and has considerable width in the back to rival it as well. It’s a total upgrade over the prior ISD in detail, size and scale. If You haven’t purchased the Super Star Destroyer then this may be the set for you. It’s bigger and definitely doesn’t seem as plain or boring to me than that set.
Drawbacks on this set are the mini figures included and the hollow interior to get used to. Yes, they could have offered several more figures and droids that relate to this ship (Darth Vader?!?). There are no real playable compartments hidden inside for mini figures anyway, like the Falcon and most sets included. It’s literally just a big shell with colored struts and framing inside.
Overall, I’m giving this set a good 4 of 5. It is HUGE and HEAVY and packs tremendous outside detailing. It would have been perfect had it included several more limited edition mini gigs related to it and maybe a few playable areas able to be hidden inside. It’s the second most expensive set so it’s a must have for those “top ten” collector types out there.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
2
Display use only, repetitive build
on November 18, 2022
Posted by: FarmerDynamicMop
(Dear Lego: These reviews would be much easier to read if you didn't strip blank lines out!)
We have over 25 kits in our collection, and this is the first one that we've built and decided not to keep.
My biggest issue with it is that it's just a display model, so it's not designed to be handled—it's the only Lego kit I've ever put together that's actually built *on* its display stand. It's also very fragile; parts will fall off at the slightest impact. As such, it's really something you build, then put on the shelf never to touch again.
Moving it is complicated; you can risk moving it as-is, or remove a top section and use a built-in handle to help. Either way, slow and steady is the way to go. It feels like it could all crumble at the slightest bump.
Assembling the frame was fun—there's lots of really cool engineering work to make everything fit together. But assembling the actual model on top of the frame wasn't as much fun. There is a lot of tedious work to put on all the surface decorations, and everything is repeated twice, once for each side.
The front part of the destroyer consists of four very long flat plates, and they don't actually tie together all that well. If you bend a plate during assembly, the nose of your destroyer won't line up.
There are some neat detail touches under the destroyer…but they're invisible unless you have it displayed high enough to not be able to see the top, or your friends have to crouch down to look underneath.
Beyond that, though, there's none of the usual cool stuff you can show off in this kit—no retracting landing gear like on the Shuttle, no working engines like in Titanic, no folding wheels like on the Back to the Future Time Machine, etc. It's just a skeleton frame covered by decorated flat gray boards.
The set comes with only two generic guard figures…no Darth Vader for the ship he spent a ton of time on?
If you want the set for display, it is stunning, at least from medium distance. It's imposing, and the surface detailing does make it interesting to look at. But when you get close, you start to notice the gaps and sections that don't quite line up with each other.
Unless you're a die-hard Star Wars fan, my recommendation in a $600+ kit would be Titanic over the Star Destroyer—it's a much more interesting build, it's rock solid, and it's designed to be taken apart and looked at ... and yet it still looks great on the shelf.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO