Star Wars

Sith Trooper Bust

A chrome red helmet that turned a con exclusive into one of the priciest little busts LEGO ever made.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 77901 · 2019

Pieces484

Minifigsn/a

Year2019

Set number77901

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The verdict

I still think about how strange this set is in the best way.

It is not a ship, not a diorama, just a shoulders-up bust of the red chromed Sith Trooper from Rise of Skywalker, built to hang on a wall like a hunting trophy. You only got one if you won the San Diego Comic-Con 2019 raffle for forty five dollars, and every box came numbered one through three thousand with its own holographic sticker, which is a nice touch of exclusivity even if it stings a little now. If you love the character or the bust format LEGO has done a handful of times, it is a genuinely satisfying little build. If you never got the chance to grab one at retail price, the secondary market has made this a tough one to recommend chasing.

Best for: Star Wars collectors who already own the Stormtrooper or Boba Fett busts and want the set to match

The full review

What it is

I still think about how strange this set is in the best way. It is not a ship, not a diorama, just a shoulders up bust of the red chromed Sith Trooper from Rise of Skywalker, built to hang on a wall like a hunting trophy. LEGO designer Niels M. Frederiksen gave it the same bust treatment the Stormtrooper and Boba Fett got, and the red plating on this one is what makes it stand out on a shelf next to its white and green siblings.

The catch

Here is the honest part. You could not walk into a store and buy this one. It went out only to winners of the San Diego Comic-Con 2019 online raffle for forty five dollars, capped at three thousand copies, each box individually numbered with a holographic sticker. That scarcity is exactly why it now trades for hundreds of dollars on the secondary market, which is a rough jump from the original price and something to know going in if you are hunting one down today.

Who it's for

If you already collect the LEGO Star Wars bust line or you just love the Sith Trooper design from the sequel trilogy, this is a fun oddball to track down and it displays beautifully. If you are on a budget or you were hoping for a full minifigure to go with your build, I would skip the chase and put that money toward a set that is still findable at a normal price.

The parts story

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

Building it feels less like assembling a vehicle and more like sculpting a face. You start with an internal frame, then layer on the armor plating and helmet shell piece by piece until the trooper's head and shoulders take shape, with a mounting bracket built in so it can hang flush on a wall when you are done. It is a calmer, more meditative build than most 484 piece sets, closer in feel to the other busts in the line than to a typical Star Wars set.

The chrome red armor pieces are the whole reason to want this set, since that finish was not common outside SDCC exclusives at the time and it genuinely catches the light differently than a painted red would. The visor and helmet vents use molds shared with the line's other busts, but here they are dressed in a color combination you will not find anywhere else in the Star Wars theme, which is a big part of why collectors chase it years later.

Fun facts

01The set was only available to winners of an online pre-registration raffle at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, limited to three thousand copies
02Every box was individually numbered from 1 to 3,000 and carried its own holographic sticker to prove authenticity
03It originally sold for just forty five dollars but has since climbed to several hundred dollars on the secondary market
04It was designed by LEGO's Niels M. Frederiksen as part of the same buildable bust format used for the Stormtrooper and Boba Fett sets