Home One Starcruiser
Ackbar's flagship finally gets the brick treatment, and the lumpy Mon Calamari hull is the whole reason to own it.
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Set 75405 · 2025
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This is the first time LEGO has ever built the Home One in brick form, and honestly that fact carried me through the whole build.
The bulbous, organic Mon Calamari shape is genuinely hard to fake with rectangular bricks, and the designer mostly pulled it off. I just can't ignore that you are paying 70 dollars for 559 pieces, which is steep even by Star Wars math. If you collect the midi-scale Starship line or you have a soft spot for the Rebel fleet, this belongs on your shelf.
Best for: Star Wars display collectors building out the midi-scale Starship Collection
What it is
The thing that got me about the Home One is that LEGO had never actually built it before. Admiral Ackbar's flagship has been in the background of Return of the Jedi for decades, the ship where the whole It's a trap line happens, and until now the closest we ever got was the old 2009 playset. So the 2025 midi-scale version, part of the same display-focused Starship Collection as the Millennium Falcon and Tantive IV, felt overdue. Mon Calamari cruisers are famously awkward to recreate because they were converted civilian liners, all soft curves and mismatched pods, and I sat down half expecting the brick version to look like a lumpy potato. It doesn't. The rounded hull comes together with a lot of clever angled work, and the scattered warm colours across the surface actually help it read as a living, organic ship rather than another slab of grey.
The catch
I have to be straight with you about the price, though, because it's the one thing every reviewer keeps circling back to. Seventy dollars for 559 pieces is a poor ratio, full stop. The Acclamator from the same wave gives you noticeably more brick for a similar outlay, and if you line the two up on value alone the Home One loses. The silhouette is also a quieter one. There are no big cannons or dramatic wings to catch the eye, so people who love a busy, greebled surface may walk past this and call it dull. I get that reaction even though I don't share it. There's also a handful of interior bricks, including a bright pink one, that look a little random once you peek through the windows.
Who it's for
So who is this actually for. If you are building out the midi-scale Starship Collection and you want the shelf to feel complete, this is an easy yes, and the Home One holds its own next to the fancier ships in the line. Rebel fleet fans and anyone who grew up quoting Ackbar will feel the pull too. If you shop mainly on parts-per-dollar, or you want a display piece that punches you in the eye from across the room, this probably isn't your set. It rewards a closer, slower kind of looking.
The parts story
What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.
The build is a calm, methodical one that runs across five numbered bags and just under 200 steps. Most of your time goes into shaping that curved hull, layering angled plates and brackets so the flat brick disappears into something that genuinely looks rounded from a few feet away. It's not a technically demanding build and there are no white-knuckle moments, but watching the shape emerge is quietly satisfying, and the detachable side section that swings open to reveal the interior is a nice payoff about two thirds of the way through.
There's no minifigure here, which is worth knowing going in. Instead you get a micro-scale Admiral Ackbar seated in his command chair and a tiny Green Squadron A-wing nestled inside, a sweet callback to the old 7754 Mon Calamari cruiser. The real star on the parts side is the colour palette LEGO used to sell the organic hull, mixing tans, warm greys and accent tones so no single stretch of the surface looks uniform. The bonus Nebulon-B Medical Frigate is a genuinely charming little brick-built extra that clips on via a transparent rod, and the printed nameplate on the stand finishes it off as a proper display piece rather than a toy.
Fun facts
- 01This is the first time in LEGO Star Wars history that the Home One itself has been rendered as a brick-built model, rather than just appearing as a generic Mon Calamari playset like the 2009 release.
- 02The Home One is Admiral Ackbar's flagship at the Battle of Endor, the command ship from the famous It's a trap moment in Return of the Jedi.
- 03In Star Wars lore, Mon Calamari cruisers were converted civilian passenger liners, which is why each one has its own lumpy, one-of-a-kind shape, and LEGO leaned into that with the mismatched colours across the hull.
- 04The set ships with a second buildable vessel, a small Nebulon-B Medical Frigate, that displays flying alongside Home One on a clear support rod.
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