Star Wars

ARC-170 Starfighter

The ship clone-army fans waited fifteen years to build again, finally back at minifigure scale.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 75402 · 2025

Pieces497

Minifigs4

Year2025

Set number75402

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The verdict

The ARC-170 is one of those ships I have quietly wanted in proper minifigure scale for ages, and the wing mechanism is what won me over.

Push one hidden selector and the S-foils sweep open in a single satisfying motion, no fiddling. The catch is the price, which asks $70 for what genuinely feels like a $50 set, so I would wait for a discount unless you are a Clone Wars devotee. For the pilots alone, though, it is hard to resist.

Best for: prequel and Clone Wars fans who have wanted this ship in minifig scale since 2010

The full review

What it is

I have a soft spot for the ARC-170. It is that heavy, three-seat clone gunship from the opening of Revenge of the Sith, and LEGO had not made it in minifigure scale since 2010, so a full fifteen years went by before this one landed. The first time I opened the wings I actually grinned. There is a hidden selector tucked under the belly, and one nudge sweeps the S-foils apart in a single smooth movement. No pulling, no realigning, no tiny linkages fighting you. The bodywork uses studs-not-on-top construction so the hull curves the way the real ship does, and at 38cm wide it is a genuinely good size to hold and fly around the room.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the price, because it is the thing every reviewer keeps circling back to. Seventy dollars for 497 pieces is steep, and once you have it in hand the set feels like it should have been fifty, maybe sixty with today's costs baked in. That gap shows up in the details. The cockpits are not printed, they are large clear-backed stickers, and they are a pain to apply cleanly. The glue edges catch the light on the canopies and the white on the stickers does not quite match the white of the bricks, which nags at me every time I look at it. The wings themselves are thin plate stacks, so once they fold open they feel a little flimsy rather than solid, and the underside ends up six studs wide to fit the mechanism, which bulks up the belly more than I would like.

Who it's for

So who is this actually for. If you grew up on the Clone Wars or you have wanted the ARC-170 back in minifig scale since the 2010 version, this is an easy yes, especially because the pilot lineup is lovely. If you are more of a display collector chasing sticker-free perfection, or you flinch at paying full retail for a mid-size set, I would hold out for a sale, and they do turn up. For me the character of the ship and the sheer joy of that wing snap carry it past its flaws, but only just, and only at the right price.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build itself moves quickly and never bores you, which I appreciate in a set this size. The star of it is the wing mechanism, worked out in a genuinely clever way so that a single finger press deploys and retracts both S-foils, and figuring out how that linkage hides under the hull is the most fun part of the box. The central fuselage leans on studs-not-on-top techniques to get those smooth contours, so you spend a good chunk of the build clicking plates sideways rather than stacking straight up, and it pays off in how sleek the finished shape looks.

For parts hunters the real prize is the minifigures. The three Phase 2 clone pilots, including the named Odd Ball and Jag from the film, carry the first-ever printed legs and hips LEGO has done for this style, so the detailing runs all the way down instead of stopping at the torso. Each pilot also gets a distinct helmet rather than three identical copies. Rounding it out is R4-P44, the green-domed astromech, a nice recolor to hunt for. The printed control slopes in the front seats are a small highlight too, even if the canopy stickers around them are the set's weakest link.

Fun facts

01Before this set, the ARC-170 had not appeared in minifigure scale since 2010's set 8088, a fifteen-year gap.
02The three Phase 2 clone pilots feature the first-ever printed legs and hips for this minifigure style.
03A single hidden selector under the hull opens and closes both S-foil wings with one finger press.
04Two of the pilots are named characters from Revenge of the Sith's opening battle, Clone Pilot Odd Ball and Clone Pilot Jag.