LEGO Star Wars’ new battle pack could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back
The latest LEGO Star Wars battle pack includes fresh Clone Troopers, shiny new pauldrons and this year’s revised rangefinder, but all anyone’s talking about is the price – and with good reason.
Unveiled overnight, 75431 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack marks the modern debut of the yellow-tinted legion, 20 years on from 7261 Clone Turbo Tank just as that set’s successor hits shelves in 75413 Republic Juggernaut. Included in the box are 258 pieces, which comprise four identical 327th Clone Troopers, three Super Battle Droids, an AT-RT and a Dwarf Spider Droid.
On paper, it sounds pretty similar to the composition of 2024’s 75372 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack: some Clone Troopers, some droids, a few builds, and a similar number of pieces. But where that set retails for just £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99, 75431 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack will cost a staggering £34.99 / $44.99 / €39.99 when it launches on August 1.
As you can probably imagine, that price tag isn’t going down well with the LEGO Star Wars community, echoing concerns shared around the rest of the August wave earlier this week. Redditor Solid-Lynx9725 summed up the situation pretty well: “I think they have Mr. Krabs in their board meetings.”
Other choice adjectives used to describe the price of the 327th battle pack include ‘insane’, ‘offensive’ and ‘absurd’. What’s most interesting about the reactions to this set are that they’re pretty much universally criticising the price tag, where for most LEGO sets you can find at least some fans on the other side of the argument. But nobody is out here defending a £10 / $15 / €10 increase in only 18 months.
Even next to recent smaller battle packs, 75431 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack comes up short from a value perspective, and that’s almost entirely because droids are not equal to traditional minifigures in the eyes of most collectors. For instance, 75412 Death Trooper & Night Trooper Battle Pack includes four regular minifigures and 109 pieces for £17.99.
75431 is twice the price, includes a little more than double the pieces – but zero additional standard minifigures. And what are you buying a battle pack for if not first and foremost the minifigures? Last year’s 40755 Imperial Dropship vs. Rebel Scout Speeder offers another relevant comparison, coming in at the same price in the UK and EU (and $5 cheaper in the US, which we can probably chalk up to tariffs).
That LEGO Star Wars 25th anniversary set includes six standard minifigures and a bonus astromech droid, along with 383 pieces (or 125 more than 75431 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack). No matter which way you look at it, there’s very little to justify the retail price of this summer’s battle pack.
So… will this be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for LEGO Star Wars? Hardcore collectors typically snap up enough Clone Trooper battle packs that it’s almost little wonder the LEGO Group feels confident in charging £34.99 / $44.99 / €39.99 for 75431 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack, but will the same hold true when a single pack costs this much?
We’ll only know once it debuts in August, but you don’t need to look far among online circles to see the word ‘boycott’ floating around. Whether that’s a vocal minority or the general sentiment of the masses may be the key to the future of LEGO Star Wars battle packs…
LEGO Star Wars sets confirmed and rumoured for 2025
| LEGO set | Price | Pieces | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30708 Millennium Falcon | €3.99 | 74 | March 1, 2025 |
| 40765 Kamino Training Facility | Gift-with-purchase | 190 | May 1, 2025 |
| 40771 TIE Fighter | Gift-with-purchase | 236 | October 1, 2025 |
| 40806 Holiday AT-AT | $79.99 | 697 | October 1, 2025 |
| 75399 Rebel U-Wing Starfighter | £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99 | 594 | May 1, 2025 |
| 75400 Plo Koon’s Jedi Starfighter Microfighter | £12.99 / $14.99 / €14.99 | 89 | June 1, 2025 |
| 75401 Ahsoka’s Jedi Interceptor | £39.99 / $44.99 / €44.99 | 290 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75402 ARC-170 Starfighter | £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99 | 497 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75403 Grogu with Hover Pram | £89.99 / $99.99 / €99.99 | 1,048 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75404 Acclamator-class Assault Ship | £44.99 / $49.99 / €49.99 | 450 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75405 Home One Starcruiser | £69.99 / $69.99 / €69.99 | 559 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle | £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99 | 386 | May 1, 2025 |
| 75407 Brick-Built Star Wars Logo | £59.99 / $59.99 / €69.99 | 700 | May 1, 2025 |
| 75408 Jango Fett Helmet | £69.99 / $69.99 / €79.99 | 616 | May 1, 2025 |
| 75409 Jango Fett’s Starship | £259.99 / $299.99 / €299.99 | 2,970 | May 1, 2025 |
| 75410 Mando and Grogu’s N-1 Starfighter | £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99 | 92 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75411 Darth Maul Mech | £12.99 / $17.99 / €14.99 | 143 | June 1, 2025 |
| 75412 Death Trooper & Night Trooper Battle Pack | £17.99 / $22.99 / €19.99 | 119 | June 1, 2025 |
| 75413 Republic Juggernaut | £139.99 / $159.99 / €149.99 | 813 | August 1, 2025 |
| 75414 The Force Burner Snowspeeder | £44.99 / $54.99 / €49.99 | 349 | August 1, 2025 |
| 75415 Kylo Ren Helmet | £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99 | 529 | May 1, 2025 |
| 75416 Chopper (C1-10P) Astromech Droid | £94.99 / $99.99 / €109.99 | 1,039 | May 1, 2025 |
| 75417 AT-ST Walker | £179.99 / $199.99 / €199.99 | 1,513 | August 1, 2025 |
| 75418 Advent Calendar | £29.99 / $44.99 / €34.99 | 263 | September 1, 2025 |
| 75419 UCS Death Star | $999.99 | 9,021 | October 1, 2025 |
| 75428 Battle Droid with STAP | £119.99 / $139.99 / €129.99 | 1,088 | July 1, 2025 |
| 75429 AT-AT Driver Helmet | £69.99 / $69.99 / €79.99 | 730 | March 1, 2025 |
| 75430 Ewok | $89.99 | TBC | August 2025 |
| 75431 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack | £34.99 / $44.99 / €39.99 | 258 | August 1, 2025 |
| 75432 V-19 Torrent Starfighter | £59.99 / $64.99 / €64.99 | 567 | August 1, 2025 |
| 75433 Jango Fett’s Starship | £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99 | 707 | August 1, 2025 |
| 75434 K-2SO | £79.99 / $89.99 / €89.99 | 845 | August 1, 2025 |
| 75435 Battle of Felucia Separatist MTT | £139.99 / $159.99 / €149.99 | 976 | August 1, 2025 |
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Dear Mr. Turner
I hope you are doing well and thank you for taking time out of your day to read my message. While I can agree that $45 for the 327th battle pack is outrageous, I don’t think that this will necessarily break the camels back but instead it will be the start of a downward trend for Lego in the long run if they keep up with these insane prices. If Lego keeps up with this trend of raisin prices and cheeping out on prices, a lot of consumers will probably just not buy Lego sets anymore because of the outrageous prices and will cause Lego to lose money over time. What I think what will break the camels back will be the day Lego makes a $20 set or less into a $80-90 set. We can only wait and hope that Lego realizes there mistake and fix it before they start to go under.
OOH THIS LOOKS GREAT! I haven’t gotten a Lego set in a couple years but this has everything I want! I love clone troopers and this has multiple and an AT-RT vehicle! Some other packs I looked at only had a cannon or something so having a good vehicle and multiple cones AND an even amount of droid opponents instead of being uneven like most packs makes it so much better! I didn’t know about this until this post but I’m definitely going to splurge a little and buy this with my next paycheck!???
Ahhhhhhh, please forgive me. I know you and the rest of the Lego fan media are in a delicate position here but…is there a point past which it will break _your_ back?
Fan media wincing at the rising cost of sets has become a regular part of the conversation. Wincing, then _very reluctantly_ continuing on with the article or video. Is there a point beyond which any reviewer or commentator will say “This set costs X pounds MSRP, and as such, even with a deep discount, it will still be too much, so we cannot recommend it”?
Again, I’m sorry to lay this on you. Damn sure don’t want to make you feel bad. But the window of affordability is surely moving too far to the expensive side, dragging any potential sale price up into the realms of “this doesn’t feel like a discount anymore.” I guess that ultimately, the market decides that.
I’ve spent £3.50 on Lego this year, so my perspective is skewed, I know, but even if I had the money for Lego, it wouldn’t go as far as it did in 2023. And yes, that’s hard cheese slopes: Lego is a “sometimes” food. But I hear you all wincing, so I know it hurts you, too.
Totally fair comment, and all I can say is look out for our reviews…