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LEGO Star Wars Imperial Probe Droid 75306 Collectible Building Toy, New 2021 (683 Pieces)

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Previous droids have integrated display stands, depending on their design. The sinister Viper Probe Droid certainly requires support, featuring a trans-clear pillar which captures its floating movement. Fortunately, the pillar is concealed among the elaborate limbs suspended beneath this model, corresponding perfectly with the source material. This droid accordingly measures 22cm in height, excluding the transmission antennas. Additionally, this model appears unlike anything else from LEGO Star Wars which is certainly enticing, featuring some innovative construction techniques and elements. The display stand also looks impressive, beautifully combining the ever-present information plaque and support structure with the frozen environment of Hoth. The Completed Model

The display stand features extensive detail, depicting the frigid surface of Hoth and effectively disguising the support structure. The combination of different slopes and curved slopes seems fairly natural and I appreciate how some dark bluish grey pieces remain exposed, matching the onscreen location. However, one light bluish grey curved slope beside the plaque does appear incongruous.

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Imperial Probe Droid is certainly my favourite of the large-scale characters which have been produced recently, achieving unprecedented detail and accuracy! The clustered sensors look superb and demonstrate splendid fidelity to the onscreen character, despite their complex original design. The limbs seem equally authentic and I like the dark bluish grey colour scheme, despite that differing from minifigure-scale Probe Droids. The rounded shape of the body presents obvious challenges when recreating the Viper Probe Droid using LEGO, although the designer has created an accurate shape here. Several slopes are located around the structure, yielding an appropriate angle when compared with the source material but leaving unavoidable gaps which appear somewhat unsightly. However, I like how the plaque has been combined with its surroundings, featuring decorative curved slopes and tiles across the top. This design deviates from earlier large-scale character models, although the plaque underneath is absolutely consistent in style. The blue image also looks attractive and the accompanying information is correct. Intricate mechanical detail continues around this whole model, where the sampling claw and additional manipulator limbs are positioned. Each limb does include articulation, although the extent of this movement differs as the larger arms can rotate and feature several hinges while smaller examples are fairly limited. Nevertheless, I think the standard pose looks splendid and appreciate the integration of new dark bluish grey truncated cones. Sixteen separate sensors are distributed around the head, monitoring light in each wavelength, magnetic signatures, radiation, atmospheric conditions and countless additional variables. The resultant design appears fairly intimidating and every sensor is perfectly situated on this model, although they are more densely clustered than those on the original droid.

LEGO has produced numerous appealing droids during recent years, depicting many memorable characters. The distinctive 75306 Imperial Probe Droid expands this splendid collection and looks spectacular, displaying tremendous detail which closely resembles the onscreen droid. Probe Droids are equipped with various tools which hang beneath the sensor structure. These appear exceptionally detailed, surrounding the central trans-clear pillar which can be removed from the base with ease. Every limb matches the onscreen droid, including on the anchor limb which features a pearl silver spike for securing the droid to various surfaces. The neighbouring high-torque arm looks fantastic too, incorporating an outward-facing claw.

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