Star Wars Imperial Light Cruiser (75315)

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Honestly, we dare not answer that question. Taking in the set on its own, 75315 Imperial Light Cruiser isn’t a LEGO model that deserves much criticism. It adapts the source material quite skilfully into LEGO form, to create not only an accurate microscale exterior complete with mini TIE Fighters (and a fun mechanism to launch them out of the front) but also a sizeable interior, with as much space and detail as is required to capture the spirit of the location as it appeared and was used in The Mandalorian. It is still excellent though, with a brand new helmet mould that fits over a minifigure head, and simply looks gorgeous. It has a printed shoulder armour piece and some nice torso and leg printing.

The front end of the cruiser opens up in much the same way many previous LEGO Star Destroyers have – this time in one large folding panel – to house a minifigure-scale interpretation of the ship’s bridge. It’s relatively sparse, with only four control panels, a couple of storage boxes and a central desk to populate the location, but that’s pretty similar to how it appeared in The Mandalorian, with plenty of space left over for the many characters that came together in the Season 2 finale. This play feature is supposed to make it look like a TIE Fighter is being deployed from the front of the ship, but in my opinion this feature is entirely superfluous.Monkie Kid 80054 Megapolis City: 10 Reasons That This Middle-Aged AFOL Is Excited! November 7, 2023

Thankfully, there aren’t too many strange colors that stand out, which is often a problem that plagues large LEGO Star Wars ships. The only ones that look a bit out of place are the blue Technic pins on the side walls.Left: The print for the Mandalorian’s helmet included in this copy of 75315 Imperial Light Cruiser was a bit off… Here’s what the TIE looks like when it’s inside the hangar at the front. Unfortunately it’s not attached with any studs, so if you move the cruiser around too much the TIE can fall out. The front of the ship seems to be yet another area where the designers tried to make the best of a limited space. This is supposed to be the front hangar of the ship, and you can take one of the TIEs from the rear hangars and place them here. Interestingly, the bridge is reinforced with many Technic elements underneath the panelling, and the entire bridge doubles as a secure carrying handle for the ship.