Adapted by Arturo Moncada-Torres and tested by Natalie Charbonneau.
Relive Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers boarding the Tantive IV in Star Wars: A New Hope with this buildable toy playset (75387) for kids aged 8 and up. It features a detailed recreation of the corridor inside Tantive IV where Darth Vader’s Stormtroopers battled Captain Antilles’ Rebel Fleet Troopers, with levers to “blast” open the entrance door and topple characters during battle play.
This collectible brick-built fantasy toy playset has 7 LEGO® Star Wars minifigures, including Darth Vader, 2 Stormtroopers, 2 Rebel Fleet Troopers, and Captain Antilles with accessories for action play. A top gift for young fans and Star Wars memorabilia collectors, the building set also includes a special LEGO Star Wars 25th anniversary minifigure of ARC Trooper Fives with a display stand.
The packaging feels like a scene straight out of the movie with tones of gray, white, and metallic chromed blue. The front of the box shows the brick-built corridor of the Tantive IV with Darth Vader entering through a door from the left, together with two Stormtroopers. On the right, Captain Antilles arrives at the scene with two Rebel Fleet Troopers, weapons ready to face the invaders. The background shows an image of the Tantive IV hallway directly from the movie. The top left corner is decorated with the iconic red LEGO logo and the classic Star Wars logo in white. The bottom left corner shows the logo that celebrates 25 years of LEGO Star Wars, which consists of an R2-D2 minifigure projecting a 1×1 brick, all in a metallic chromed blue and black palette. To its right, we have a preview of the exclusive ARC Trooper Fives minifigure which is included in the set as part of the anniversary celebration (although he isn’t directly connected to the set). The bottom right corner shows the rest of the minifigures in the set: Darth Vader, two Stormtroopers, Captain Antilles, and two Rebel Fleet Troopers. All of them are holding their blasters on their right hand, except for Darth Vader, who is wielding his iconic red lightsaber. The left of the box repeats the LEGO, Star Wars, and the 25 years of LEGO Star Wars logos. The back of the box shows a very similar image to the front, except that in this case, Darth Vader is force choking Captain Antilles into the air. This illusion is accomplished by posing Captain Antilles’s minifig on top of a transparent 1×1 cylinder. Additionally, the top right corner shows two inserts that show the play features of the set. These consist of blasting floor segments with the turn of a few knobs to the front and a working sliding door through which Darth Vader enters the scene. The right side of the box has the LEGO and Star Wars logo, the title of the set in other languages, and a warning that states that the set contains small parts and it is therefore not recommended for children younger than 3 years old The bottom edge is a tidy strip that contains the barcode as well as a few technical bits: the LEGO and Star Wars logos, the set number, the recycling instructions for the paper/cardboard elements of the set copyright and trademark notices. The top of the box has the LEGO and Star Wars logos, set number, the place of manufacture, as well as the 25 years of LEGO Star Wars logo (without R2-D2) translated to other languages. Additionally, it has an image of the Captain Antilles minifig on a 1:1 scale. The left, top, right, and bottom edges all have a metallic chromed blue background made of greebling. The build consists of 502 pieces in total and is recommended for ages 8+. Once finished, the whole corridor is approximately 22 cm (9 in) long, 13 cm (5 in) deep, and 8 cm (3 in) tall.