A bit overpriced for what it is.
TL;DR:
- Original Price: $39.99
- Pieces: 124
- Minifigure(s): Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay, DD-1 droid, Yoda
- Sticker Sheet: No
- Pros: Exclusive minifigs
- Cons: 4+ simplicity, high price-per-part
Assembly:
Bag #1 - Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay, speeder
Bag #2 - DD-1 droid, training ground
Bag #3 - Yoda, Tenoo Temple
- Interesting Techniques:
- Although they're simple, the bunk beds really feel like something out of the Star Wars universe—especially the High Republic era. The panels used for the head- and footboards have the same rounded corners we see in in-universe objects, and the bedspread tiles similarly fit the vibe. It's subtle, but a nice detail.
- Interesting Pieces:
- The "dark tan brick, modified 8x8x2/3 with 1/4 indentations and 1/4 plate" is an odd duck, and definitely falls into the difficult-to-use-but-can-be-useful category with BURPs and LURPs and similar pieces. They can be useful in certain circumstances, but it takes planning to implement them efficiently. Here two of them are joined to form the base for the Tenoo Temple portion of the set.
- It's also worth mentioning that the printed pieces used in the Temple—the 1x4x3 brick with the Jedi insignia and the 1x4x6 "window glass" with stones and moss (for the wall) are unique to this set.
- Pain Points:
- It's clear that this is a 4+ set, with very simple instructions for the brand new builder. These sets also tend to have large pre-made parts (like the archway and wall frame pieces) to allow for bigger builds without so much brick-on-brick stacking.
- The speeder's stabilizer arms are attached to the body with only the two stud/anti-stud points in the base of the Technic pin connector plate. This is not nearly secure enough, and I can see this weakness drastically hamstringing any enthusiastic zipping and zooming.
- Play Features:
- Training field blocks, mounted on a 1x2 Technic plate with a pin hole, can teeter back and forth as the Jedi duel the training droid.
- My Modifications:
- The DD-1 training droid is supposed to be a BB-like head atop a hovering inverted cone, but the instructions have the head mounted on a clear 2x2 round brick, then on the 2x2 plate with four arms up, all of which is then placed atop a white 2x2 round brick (first image). This...is just weird. I get not using an inverted cone for the underside for the sake of stability and ease of assembly, but it looks weird and doesn't even come close to approximating the droid's look. I suspect that the clear brick between the white bricks is an error that was never caught, so I swapped them. Now (second image) with the head atop the white 2x2 brick and arms, and then on top of the clear 2x2 brick, it looks like it's hovering and is as close to a cone as can be gotten with the parts in the set.
• Overall: While as a Star Wars fan I thoroughly enjoyed the Young Jedi Adventures show, I'm clearly not in the target audience (being just a teensy bit older than 3-7). Also, given that the third season—only 7 episodes—that was just released in December of 2025 marks the end of the series, we're definitely not not going to be getting any more Young Jedi Adventures sets any time soon, which is a pity. The show did a good job of being kid friendly but also true to Star Wars as a whole, and there were so many bright and colorful settings and characters that would have been cool to see as LEGO sets (for example, Hap's Sap Tap in Kublop Springs) and minifigures.
So, when it's allowed to by the constraints of age and parts, I'm glad that this set really nails the Star Wars vibe. While we get plenty of ships and vehicles, buildings are more rare in Star Wars LEGO sets, which is lamentable, given how strong a part of Star Wars the locations are; because of this, I'm grateful to get a nod to the Jedi Temple on Tenoo, even if it is an abbreviated version.
It's a shame that the set is priced as high as it is, especially given that—apart from the minifigures' hair and Yoda's head (which seems to just be the old model in lime with new eye printing)—the only exclusive pieces are the printed ones: the brick and "window glass" for the Temple, the droid's head, and the minifigures' torsos and faces. It's also got a very high price per piece (though not as high as the only other set made for Young Jedi Adventures, 75384) and the quick builds make one feel as though one isn't quite getting the value for one's money. To reinforce that, BrickEconomy indicates that the current resale price for a new unopened set is $35, lower than the original price of $40, despite the fact that it retired more than 6 months ago.
If you have a youngling who's a big fan of the series, I'd definitely say pick it up, now that it's probably cheaper than it's ever been.
Score (out of 5 🧱):
- Price: 🧱
- Process: 🧱🧱🧱
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- Play: 🧱🧱🧱🧱
- Pieces: 🧱🧱🧱
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Lego Instructions: here
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