Star Wars

Yoda

A 16-inch brick Yoda whose robes and face are honestly gorgeous.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 75255 · 2019

Pieces1,771

Minifigs1

Year2019

Set number75255

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The verdict

This one won me over slowly.

The finished Yoda is one of the most characterful busts LEGO has ever done, and the layered robes are the whole reason to build it. Just know going in that the build itself is patient work, not clever engineering, so it rewards people who want the display piece more than the journey.

Best for: Star Wars fans who want a shelf centerpiece and don't mind a slow build

The full review

What it is

The first time you see this Yoda finished and sitting on a shelf, the face is what gets you. LEGO built the head shaping so well that it actually reads as Yoda from across the room, wrinkled brow and all, and that is not easy to pull off in bricks. This is the Attack of the Clones version of the character, and the design team leaned all the way into the robes, building the fabric up in vertical layers so the cloth genuinely looks like it is draping and folding rather than stacking in stiff steps. He stands over 16 inches tall, comes with a little olive-green Yoda minifigure and a black-and-blue information plaque styled like the Ultimate Collector Series, and the whole thing is a proper display piece. There are no stickers anywhere, which is always a small relief on a set this size.

The catch

Now for the honest bit, because this LEGO® set has a reputation and it earned it. The robes that look so good at the end are not much fun to make. You spend a long stretch building near-identical layered sections, and more than one reviewer has admitted to getting bored somewhere in the middle of all that fabric. It is not a technique showcase, it is patient repetition, and if you build LEGO for the engineering thrill this will test you. The torso also asks for a precise, puzzle-like fit that can frustrate less experienced builders, and the eyes are the one detail people argue about the most. Set them perfectly level and Yoda can look a little vacant. Nudge them to hint at sadness or intensity and he suddenly comes alive, so plan to fuss with them. At its original 99 dollars for 1,771 pieces the value was fair rather than generous.

Who it's for

So who should grab this. If you love the character and want a big, distinctive Yoda watching over your desk, you will be happy every time you look at it, and the payoff at the end really is lovely. If you build mainly for satisfying techniques and clever moments, this one might leave you cold long before the hood goes on. It retired back around 2021, so it now lives on the secondary market at a premium, which makes it more of a hunt than a grab. For a Star Wars fan who prizes the finished shelf piece over the ride to get there, though, it is an easy set to recommend.

The parts story

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

Building this is very much a bottom-up affair. You start with a chunky internal core that holds everything stable, which matters when the finished bust is 16 inches tall, then work outward and upward. The long middle of the build is the robes, assembled as stacked and overlapping layers so the cloth can drape naturally, and that is where the pacing sags because so many of those sections repeat. The head is the reward. The curved shaping across the skull and those big ears uses a lot of angled connections and comes together far more cleverly than the body did, and getting the poseable eyebrows and eyes just right is the fun, fiddly finale. The torso demands a careful, almost jigsaw-like fit before it locks in.

There is not a headline new mold here the way a big Technic set brings one, so the value story is really about color and printing. The standout is the olive-green Yoda minifigure, a color that Star Wars collectors chase, plus the printed information plaque tile that gives it that Ultimate Collector Series look. The bulk of the 1,771 pieces are workhorse plates, brackets and curved slopes doing quiet structural work, which is why parts-pack hunters see this less as a treasure chest and more as a lot of dependable green and brown elements. At its launch price the piece count landed at fair value, and the poseable fingers, toes and eyebrows squeeze a surprising amount of personality out of fairly ordinary parts.

Fun facts

01This Yoda arrived in 2019 for the 20th anniversary of LEGO Star Wars, nodding back to 2002 when the original 7194 Yoda became the first full-body brick-built LEGO Star Wars statue.
02The design deliberately leaves Yoda's neck bare because in Attack of the Clones he wasn't wearing his later hooded collar, a costuming detail the LEGO team got right.
03Unlike the stepped robes of the old 2002 statue, this version builds the fabric in vertical layers so the folds actually look like draping cloth.
04It followed the same big-model-plus-tiny-minifigure format as 75187 BB-8 and 75230 Porg, giving you a 16-inch bust and a pocket-sized Yoda in one box.