LEGO Star Wars Stormtrooper Commander 75531 Building Kit

My seven year old grandson loved this Lego build! Unfortunately the mailing packaging was totally inadequate. I was lucky the toy was not damaged as the box itself was also damaged

I recently began collecting Lego a few months ago. This Stormtrooper set was released years and so I paid a premium for it. Despite that price appreciation, I'm very satisfied with my purchase. Very easy to build and it looks great.

This item arrived on time and with all of the pieces needed to build the Stormtrooper Commander. It is always appreciated when an item is exactly as described, and I am always pleased with products I order through Amazon.

The LEGO Stormtrooper Commander is a surprisingly good figure! I haven't had the nicest criticisms towards the buildable figures, but this one is quite good. The system these buildable figures use consists of bones that build up a frame, with shells to cover up said frame. The human characters using this system look rather odd, but the Stormtrooper Commander looks great. This is because the shells represent armor, more so than flesh or cloth. Unfortunately, like with most standard figures from this line, the entire frame is exposed. The bones are obvious, there is an unsightly gap between the torso and legs, and the set has many hollow spots, ie, the thigh armor, and torso from back view.The play features are good, though. There is a "2 in 1" feature, meaning you can change the commander into a normal Stormtrooper. You do this by removing the orange pad, and rebuilding the blaster. This feature is kind of time-consuming, which will frustrate some.Both blaster builds have the same play feature, and they work fine. However, the red and grey parts look very jarring. Holding the Commander's gun, in both hands, limits posability, but can hide the gap between the legs and torso, from front view. There are more posing options with the regular trooper gun.The price is the biggest issue. Retailing at $25.00, you can most likely find a better-looking figure. This set would appeal more to a LEGO fan, especially one who uses these parts for their own creations. However, I was able to snag this figure for $13.00. At that price, I'd definitely recommend the Stormtrooper Commander. It's a great figure, when it's not the price of a collector-grade figure.

The model was very realistic and fun to build. I used this model just for display with others of the same thyme.

Good size looks good and I needed a storm trooper and it looked like one of the originals to go with my Darth Vader and this looks perfect

Grandson is a Lego fanatic and loves star wars. Easy for him to build and play with. I will be purchasing more!

The box was open already when it got here unfortunately, but besides that the product was in good quality.