Star Wars

Boba Fett's Starship

The little Firespray that punches so far above its price it almost feels unfair.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 75312 · 2021

Pieces593

Minifigs2

Year2021

Set number75312

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The verdict

This is the set where LEGO quietly stopped calling it Slave I and started calling it Boba Fett's Starship, and honestly the ship itself is so charming I stopped caring about the name debate.

For fifty dollars you get a chunky, swooshable Firespray, two genuinely lovely minifigures, and that clever rotating cockpit gimmick that never gets old. It is on the small side and one color choice will bug purists, but as a play-and-display piece it is hard to fault. If you love The Mandalorian era of Boba, this belongs on your shelf.

Best for: Mandalorian-era fans who want a swooshable Firespray without dropping UCS money

The full review

What it is

Boba Fett's Starship is the Firespray you build in an evening and then keep picking up off the shelf just to swoosh around the room. It landed in July 2021 with 593 pieces, and it is the set that marked LEGO's switch away from the old Slave I name, a change Disney asked for across all its partners rather than anything LEGO chose. Names aside, the ship got me the moment the central column came together. The core is built with a lot of studs-not-on-top work, and the light and dark green panels give it this lovely worn, lived-in look that reads exactly like a bounty hunter's beaten-up vessel. There is a sturdy Technic spine running through the middle that doubles as both the carry handle and the mechanism for the rotating cockpit, and when you stand the ship on its tail and watch the cockpit swing to stay level, it is one of those quietly brilliant LEGO moments.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the caveats, because there are a couple. The first is scale. If you remember the older Slave I sets, this one is smaller, and when it was first revealed a lot of people online were skeptical it could justify fifty dollars at that size. Having built it, I think the price is fair for what you get, but I understand the reaction, and if you were hoping for a big centerpiece ship this is not it. The second is a color decision that still puzzles me. Boba's armor is done in earth green to match his Book of Boba Fett look, but his helmet stayed sand green, so the figure does not quite agree with itself, and the jetpack color is a bit off too. It is a small thing, but on a minifigure this iconic it is the kind of small thing collectors notice every single time they look at the shelf.

Who it's for

So who should get this one. If you love the Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett era, this is an easy yes, because the two figures alone carry a lot of the value and the ship is a genuine joy to display upright with the transporter as its stand. Younger builders in the 9-and-up range will get real play out of the rotating wings, the stud shooters, and the carbonite brick that tucks into a hidden compartment. The people who should think twice are the ones chasing the biggest, most detailed Firespray, or adult builders who want a meaty, challenging build. This one is breezy on purpose. For everyone else, it is one of the friendliest fifty-dollar Star Wars sets of its year.

The parts story

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

Building this is relaxed and quietly satisfying rather than demanding. It comes across four numbered bags and takes somewhere around two hours at an easy pace, with each step asking for only a small handful of parts, so the instructions never leave you hunting. The heart of the build is that central column, where a Technic frame gives the whole thing real rigidity and then gets wrapped in angled panels using plenty of studs-not-on-top technique to shape the ship's distinctive teardrop body. It is a gentle 9-plus build, but the engineering of the tilting cockpit is clever enough that adults will smile when they see how it all locks together.

The stars here are really the two minifigures and their printing. Boba Fett arrives in his earth green Book of Boba Fett armor with detailed printing running across the helmet, torso, arms, and legs, and a printed face underneath, while Din Djarin comes fully kitted with cape and beskar detailing. You also get a carbonite brick, a nice nod that slots into a hidden compartment. There are no wild new molds to write home about, so the appeal is less about rare parts and more about a tidy green color palette and a couple of genuinely well-printed figures. For roughly a dime a piece plus two premium figs, the value holds up well.

Fun facts

01This was the set that retired the Slave I name. LEGO changed it to Boba Fett's Starship at Disney's request, a shift applied across all of Disney's partners, not a choice LEGO made on its own.
02The cockpit is geared to rotate and stay level as the ship transitions from flying pose to standing upright on its tail, mirroring how the Firespray sits when landed versus in flight.
03The little transporter vehicle is not just a bonus build. It doubles as a stand so you can display the ship vertically, an unusual touch for a set aimed at the 9-plus play market.
04A carbonite brick is tucked into a hidden compartment, a direct callback to Boba hauling the frozen Han Solo bounty in his ship.