Star Wars

Up-Scaled Darth Vader Minifigure

A classic minifigure blown up to 11 inches, and the helmet is the real magic trick.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 75461 · 2026

Pieces1,028

Minifigsn/a

Year2026

Set number75461

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The verdict

This is the first Star Wars figure to get the up-scaled treatment, and it's a genuinely fun 1,028-piece build that ends in an 11-inch Vader you can pose standing, sitting, or mid-stride.

The helmet engineering is the standout, spinning a full 360 while still holding all that side and back armor in place. Just know the face reads a touch off compared to the real minifig, and at 99.99 you're paying the Star Wars premium. If you love a chunky display piece with clever internals, you'll be very happy with it.

Best for: Star Wars fans who want a big, poseable display figure with satisfying internal engineering

The full review

What it is

There's something a little cheeky about a company whose whole identity is the tiny minifigure deciding to blow one up to nearly a foot tall, and that's exactly what the Up-Scaled Darth Vader LEGO® set does. This is the first Star Wars character to join the up-scaled line, and it lands with real presence. You get 1,028 pieces that build into an 11-inch Vader shaped in the exact proportions of the little figure you already know, right down to the blocky hands and the flat-topped legs. What makes it more than a static statue is the articulation. The head, both legs, the left arm, and the hand all move, so you can set him standing to attention, sitting, or caught mid-stride with the lightsaber raised. Reviewers keep landing on the same word for the build, which is fun, and that's the honest headline here.

The catch

Now for the parts that keep it out of the top tier. The first is the face, and it's the thing people notice the most. The helmet is beautifully engineered on the inside, but the finished look reads slightly off compared to a real Vader minifig, and the eye reflection stickers can make him look a bit odd from certain angles. Which brings up the second gripe, the stickers. At 99.99 you'd hope the chest control box, the belt controls, and those eye highlights would be printed, and instead you're lining up decals on a premium licensed set. And that price is the third thing to sit with. At roughly 9.7 cents a piece, this is noticeably dearer than the non-licensed up-scaled figures, which is the Star Wars premium doing its usual work. None of these are dealbreakers, but they're the difference between loving it and just liking it.

Who it's for

So who should grab this one. If you already collect the up-scaled figures, or you're a Star Wars fan who wants a bold shelf piece with actual engineering hiding inside it, this is an easy yes and you'll enjoy every section of the build. If you're chasing pure piece-count value, or you're picky about stickers versus prints, you'll feel the compromises here more than most. Me, I came around to it. The helmet build alone won me over, and a posable foot-tall Vader guarding a shelf is a hard thing to stay grumpy about. Very good with a couple of real caveats, and worth it if the character is your thing.

The parts story

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

The build follows the up-scaled formula and paces itself nicely. You start with big leg blocks that get ratchet joints at the hips, then assemble the torso from smaller sections pinned together with Technic connections, and finish with the head, which is easily the most interesting chapter. Unlike the earlier up-scaled figures that used a simple SNOT core for the face, Vader's head has parts pointing in several directions to capture the helmet's shape, and the payoff is a head that rotates a full 360 degrees even with all that side and back armor hanging off it. The lightsaber is a small highlight too, with a long Technic axle running straight through the hand and bricks wrapping the hilt so it sits secure rather than floppy. The techniques stay varied enough that you're never just repeating yourself.

On the pieces themselves, this is more of a clever-assembly set than a rare-parts set. There aren't headline new molds or exotic recolors to chase here, so the value story is really about the engineering and the finished display size rather than the bin of parts you're left with. That's worth knowing if you buy sets partly to feed your collection, because 1,028 pieces at this price is doing more for the shelf than for your spares drawer. The one recurring frustration is that the detail work leans on stickers, the chest box, belt, and eye reflections, on a set where printed elements would have felt much more special.

Fun facts

01This is the first Star Wars character to join LEGO's Up-Scaled Minifigure line, making it the theme's first proper buildable figure of its kind.
02The finished Vader stands over 11 inches (28 cm) tall while keeping the exact proportions of a standard minifigure, blocky hands and flat legs included.
03The head rotates a full 360 degrees thanks to a redesigned internal build that ditches the simple SNOT core used on earlier up-scaled figures.
04Reviewers wished LEGO had hidden a tiny Vader minifigure inside the helmet as an Easter egg, a nod that previous up-scaled sets have played with.