Star Wars

AT-ST Raider

A scrappy, mismatched walker with a minifig lineup that punches way above its price.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 75254 · 2019

Pieces540

Minifigs4

Year2019

Set number75254

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The verdict

This was one of the first sets to land from The Mandalorian, and the mismatched legs (one rusted brown, one bright red) gave it a battered, cannibalized look I loved before I even snapped in the first hinge.

At around fifty dollars for four minifigures including Mando himself and Cara Dune, the value is genuinely hard to argue with. The catch is that the walker structure is lifted almost wholesale from the 2016 AT-ST, so if you built that one, a lot of this will feel like a re-run. Get it for the figures and the personality, not for a fresh engineering puzzle.

Best for: Mandalorian fans who want the minifigs and a display walker without spending big

The full review

What it is

The AT-ST Raider was one of the earliest sets to come out of The Mandalorian, back when most of us had only seen a trailer, and it made a strong first impression. What got me was the legs. One is a rusty reddish brown and the other is a loud bright red, which reads instantly as a stolen, patched-together machine that a band of raiders bolted back together in a scrapyard. Those are colors you almost never see used structurally in a Star Wars set, and they give the whole thing a personality that the standard grey Imperial walkers just do not have. Add the exposed cabling and uncovered bricks standing in for battle damage and you get a walker with a real story baked into it.

The catch

Now for the honest side. If you built the 2016 AT-ST from Rogue One, you should know going in that this is largely the same skeleton with a new paint job and some greebles bolted on. The core build is symmetrical and familiar, and experienced builders will move through it quickly without hitting anything that makes them stop and admire the cleverness. It is also noticeably sticker heavy. A lot of the panel detail and the cannibalized look comes from stickers rather than printed parts, and if you are someone who groans at a busy sticker sheet, this one will test you. There is also the color debate: on screen the walker looks grimier and more muted, so a chunk of fans feel the bright red and clean brown are too cheerful for what is meant to be a wreck.

Who it's for

Who should grab this one? Anyone who fell for The Mandalorian and wants the character lineup without dropping big money. Four figures for roughly fifty dollars, with an exclusive Cara Dune and a beautifully printed gunmetal Mando, is a lot of bang for not much cash, and the finished walker displays nicely at a chunky, poseable size. Who should skip it? Builders chasing a fresh, surprising construction experience, especially if the older AT-ST is already on your shelf, because you have essentially built this before. But as a figure pack with a genuinely fun display model attached, it is an easy one to love.

The parts story

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

Building the Raider is a pleasant, low-stress couple of hours rather than a marathon. The legs go together as poseable jointed assemblies, the body is largely symmetrical, and there is a satisfying wheel-activated mechanism that turns the head turret, plus an opening canopy with a proper little cockpit for a minifig inside. It moves along at a good clip, and the fun is less in the engineering and more in watching the battered, mismatched look come together panel by panel, cable by cable.

The real treasure here is the minifigures. The Mandalorian wears a gunmetal version of the helmet with crisp torso and leg printing on his armor, and Cara Dune makes her LEGO debut in this set, which is a big draw for collectors. The two Klatooinian Raiders are the sleeper hits, with layered marauder outfits and repurposed accessories (some borrowed from NINJAGO) working as shoulder and neck gear. On the parts side, those structural red and dark brown leg elements are the standout, since seeing them used this way in a Star Wars build is genuinely unusual, even if the panel detailing leans hard on the sticker sheet.

Fun facts

01This was among the very first wave of LEGO sets based on The Mandalorian, arriving in October 2019 right as the show launched on Disney Plus.
02It marks the first time Cara Dune appeared as a LEGO minifigure.
03The walker structure is closely based on the 2016 Rogue One AT-ST, reused with new colors and battle-damage detailing.
04The set retired in January 2022 after an RRP of 49.99 US dollars, and its value has stayed close to that original price rather than climbing sharply.