Review: 75020 - Jabba's Sail Barge

[Csacsa234]

Hello everybody! Yesterday my Sail Barge has arrived and I thought that I do a review, hope I can help those people who are not sure whether to buy this set or not.

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Set Information

Set name: Jabba’s Sail Barge

Set Number: 75020

Pieces: 850

Minifigures: 4 + R2-D2 + Jabba the Hutt

Price: 119.99 USD / 99.99 GBP / 119.99 EUR / 38990 HUF /////S@H prices

Year of Release: 2013

Official Set Description

Help Princess Leia and R2-D2 escape from Jabba’s Sail Barge™!

Princess Leia and R2-D2 are secretly plotting their escape from Jabba’s Sail Barge™ prison. Help them to sneak past the guards, Weequay and Ree-Yees, while Jabba the Hutt gets distracted by musician Max Rebo! Find a way to slip through the opening side windows of the floating Sail Barge, then get past its hidden pirate cannon, deck cannon and 2 flick missiles! This essential LEGO® Star Wars™ set features wheels, fold-down sides, removable deck, jail, kitchen and Jabba’s throne. Includes Jabba the Hutt, R2-D2 and 4 minifigures with weapons: Princess Leia in slave outfit, Max Rebo, Weequay and Ree-Yees.

• Includes Jabba the Hutt, R2-D2 and 4 minifigures with weapons: Princess Leia in slave outfit, Max Rebo, Weequay and Ree-Yees

• Features hidden pirate cannon, deck cannon with 2 flick missiles, opening side windows, wheels, fold-down sides and removable deck for easy access to the jail, kitchen and Jabba’s cabin

• Weapons include an axe and a blaster

• Move Jabba’s Sail Barge™ with rolling undercarriage wheels

• Find the hidden pirate cannon

• Arm the deck cannons and fire the flick missiles!

• Remove the deck to play inside

• Recreate this iconic scene from Star Wars™: Episode VI Return of the Jedi

• Measures over 8" (22cm) high, 16" (43cm) long and 8" (22cm) wide

Box

Let’s begin with the box, It’s quite large and sports the same size as the 9500 Fury class Interceptor. The new Yoda headline is truly beautiful and continoues on the back side with dark green background, I have to say that so far this is my favourite box design. The main picture shows us the Barge in full glory flying through the sandsea of Tatooine, it’s the europian version so you can only see the set name and number.

Let’s take a look at the back. As usual we see the play features in little windows and a scene where the Barge is blowing up. I really like that nowadays Lego puts pictures about the set from different viewpoints int he low right corner.

On the top we can see the lineup of figures with their names and a New mark for new figs. Max is presented in real 1:1 size.

The contents of the box

We get seven big bags with parts, Jabba is a seperate bag, 2 tubes (one is spare). Also we get 2 thick BIs, a huge poster and the sails in a bag with a cardboard to protect them.

The BI has a plain olivish-gray background. The color differentation is good but when you reach the nose and the side panels the brown colors are melting together and there were a few steps where I left out a part because it was hard to spot. Although it was easy to follow and had no problem with it.

Here is the poster, it’s really huge, about 1x2 meters with a great action scene, the other side is the same as in the Republic Gunship, it shows the 2013 lineup of figures with their names and set number where they can be found.

Also we get a sticker sheet which may cause mini heart attacks to somebody who hates stickers, there are 26 of them but you have to apply them on plates, so it’s easy, but I can see that somebody doesn’t buy this because there are lot of them.

The sails are made of plastic and I think it’s the same that we saw int he previous Sail Barge.

And here are the content of the bags, each big bag contains a little as well for the small pieces.

Leia’s and Rebo’s headpiece comes in a small polybag to protect them, both of them is made of softer rubbery ABS. Ree-Yees’s head is also from this material but he didn’t get a polybag, I don’t know why.

Build

And we have the first wave of figures who are coming with bag one plus Jabba’s bag. Leia is beautifully painted with an awesome headpiece, she has a second face as well which has an angry expression. She has a nice back painting as well. Our next one is Max Rebo, he is the cutest minifig I’ve ever seen. His headpiece is perfect with painted eyes, but that’s all for the prints on him, he is plain azure blue which looks astonishing in real. And there is Jabba that we’ve aready seen, but he is still looks great and has a rotateable upper body and moveable arms. The remaining figs are coming with the last bag so I will show them when I get there to keep you excited:D

The first bag makes the strong base with technic parts

The second bag adds the floor of the Barge with some more details. The back section where Max’s „piano” will be has a very clever design add a different angle ont he back.

We also build Jabba’s bed or what, with this bag, the dark green and dark red plates are looking great together.

Aaaand here we have the music instrument itself, the build is quite clever and gives a futuristic piano look.

And the gig can start:D

the other bag with number 2 makes the interior of the Barge, adding a prison cell and a little oven to cook blue ice cream.

The prison cell is quite lame because on the back side it’s open…

Just a shot with Everybody’s favourite bikini and it’s owner. And the owner of the bikini owner:D

Let’s continue with the build, bag 3 which makes my favourite part of the barge, the nose. Some complain about beign to blocky but I have to say that I really like it. There is lot of brown parts here and it’s attached to the main body with 3 teching pins. One of the best paly feature can be found here as well, the nose hides a cannon which come forward if you open the hatch and slides back when you close it.

And that’s how it looks connected to the body.

Bag 4 contains the parts for the rear side panels, you have to apply 6 stickers on each sides. There is one thing that is a negative point for me, the little side wings are too plain, at least in the previous edition they’ve put a dish on it to spice it up.

Now the Barge is taking shape.

The side panels look great on the outside but ont he inside it’s random colors with lots of plates, I have to say that it’s not pretty but very sturdy and durable.

With the 5th pack we cover the rest of the ship and add the remaining stickers.

The back looks great but there is a little space between the 3 panels on the back.

And we already reached the last bag which contains the main deck with the last 3 figs.

R2-D2 is nothing special we’ve seen him dozens of time, but I was glad to get it because I have only the old, white headed R2. Let’s continue with Ree-Yees, he has rubbery palstic head which looks too happy, his headmold looks great, I really like the gran species in SW so I’m glad that we have on mad of Lego. He has eye and mouthprint, but IMO the tan color is too bright and it would’ve been better to add a darker tone to it (like on Jar-Jar’s head). His clothes are dark brown, the body painting is nothing special, a decent robe with a belt, he has backpaint too. And the last figure is a nameless Weequay soldier which looks awesome, I was surprised because I wasn’t excited about him. His clothes are very colorful and has a great bodyprint with some sort of leather armor on it, the back is cool too, he has long hair which continues on his body. And the best part is his head, there are scars and wrinkles.

Here is the deck without the sails.

The turret looks good and what’s a SW set without filck-fire missiles right?

And here is the finished set.

Overall Thought:

When I first saw the pics of this set I wasn’t really interested in it and wanted to get the Gunship. But OT sets have a unique atmosphere which makes them the best (As I’m getting older I start to like OT more). I’m really happy with this set and glad that I chose this. The ship itself is great and it’s quite large, I sadly don’t have the skiff to comapre it, but it’s almost half meters long. The figures are lovely especially Max. The set also contains loads of useful parts in brown, dark tan and the usual SW colors (gray, dark gray, black). I really like the play features as well, I buy sets to display rather than playing with it, and this set is on the border between display and play set; the opening side is a great addition for kids to play and a good way to show the sets interior. We also have the cannon in the nose, the Barge has wheels too and there is the indispensable set of flick- missiles.

Scoring

Design: 9/10 I really like the overall look of the set, but it could’ve been bigger and there is the problem with the undetailed sidewings.

Parts: 10/10 850 pieces of goodies. Lots of brown, dark tan, black, gray and dark gray parts. Also there are loads of bigger plates too.

Minifigs: 10/10 I cannot complain, we get 6 and 4 of them is new, more would be better but The quality of the figs are superb so I’m satisfied with them, my only negative is R2’s waiter plate, it’s not accurate and it doesn’t look good.

Price: 8/10 I got the set for 34000 HUF which is about 25$ cheaper than the original S@H price. My concern is that the Gunship is almost the same price and has 300 more parts.

Build: 9/10 I’d give it a maximum, but the color differentation for brown parts are quite lame in the BI and it makes the building procedure harder. Also there are loads of repetition, it’s not a problem for me because I enjoy building the most, so it’s acceptable, but for children I imagine that hey get bored while making the same step for the 5th time. And there is that 26 stickers too.

I hope this review helped deciding whether to buy this or not, comments are welcome and appreciated, thanks for opportunity.

- Csacsa234

Edited August 16, 2013 by Csacsa234

[hench]

Great review of great set!

[HJR-Holland]

The Weequay's name is Pagetti Rook, by the way :-)

[Csacsa234]

Thanks for the info! It's better than Weequay skiff guard

[Tariq j]

Fantastic review!

[eurotrash]

Great review! Thanks for doing it. As for the set - I'm very tempted

[jimmynick]

Looks better than it did in the preview pictures, I think. I really like the flex-tube railing around the front of the deck, as well as the hinged plates that Max Rebo's organ is built upon. I don't so much like how jammed-together the rear panels look on this Sail Barge - they fit together very smoothly on the old one.

I suppose if I decided to splurge on one of these summer sets, it would probably be on the Gunship because I don't have one yet.

Thanks for the great review; it was very informative!

[charlieboy]

Thanks for the review! The ship itself isn't as good as the old one however I'll be buying the figs to add to my original sail barge.

[The_Chosen_1]

Great review!! I think this is the most underrated set of the new wave. It's right up there at the top of my must-buy list.

[Brickdoctor]

Thanks for the review! Personally, the nose doesn't bother me that much; the pieces are much more useful.

[Esurient]

Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to getting my hands on Rebo!

[baron]

Front still bothering, especially when compared to the old set, but I haven't seen the movie in a while so it's hard to say which is the most accurate at the moment.

[Csacsa234]

Thanks for the review! Personally, the nose doesn't bother me that much; the pieces are much more useful.

I'm truly flattered Also I'm thinking about getting another copy of the set and begin to make a bigger MOC of it.

Front still bothering, especially when compared to the old set, but I haven't seen the movie in a while so it's hard to say which is the most accurate at the moment.

I just rewatched it a few days ago, that's what tempted me to buy the set

Edited August 17, 2013 by Csacsa234

[TheLegoDr]

I don't have as much of a connection since my first start wars movie was phantom menace. Thus set looks decent and every fan should have a sail barge in their collection. I would love more figures, but the line up is good. I mostly just want Leia. I originally wanted the weequay, but I don't know of I like the back with long hair as much. I'm surprised they made Leia with very little clothing on, yet they changed the design of Wonder Woman to give her more clothes.

Thanks for the review. I think I will end up picking it up.

[wesker]

Front still bothering, especially when compared to the old set, but I haven't seen the movie in a while so it's hard to say which is the most accurate at the moment.

The front of the old one was a lot smoother but the length of this one is closer to the one in the movie, so ultimately it really comes down to personal preference.

I think Lego did a good job with this one. I think its one set you appreciate more when its right in front of you rather than just seeing pictures online. Lego really captured the creepiness of the Weequay, Ree Yees leaves the door open for other Grans in the future (Mawhonic anyone?) and Max Rebo looks fantastic! Its always nice to have more of Jabba's crew. However its the Slave Leia that stands out the most for me. Despite being an update of an older figure, Lego did an amazing job on her with the printing and new braid piece.

Edited August 17, 2013 by wesker

[Csacsa234]

I really missed Mawhonic from the Watto's Junkyard set, a podracer without the pilot Anyway I hope TLG will renovate that set as well someday.

I don't have as much of a connection since my first start wars movie was phantom menace.

Same here, since then it's my favourite SW movie, but OT has that classic true SW feeling and the OT Lego sets as well.

Edited August 17, 2013 by Csacsa234

[Brickmamba]

The sails are made of plastic and I think it’s the same that we saw int he previous Sail Barge.

The old sails are actually stiff fabric type of material not plastic. This set is a must pick up just for Ree-Yees and Max Rebo alone. I do like how this new barge has incorporated a cannon and playing instrument for Rebo, gives the interior bit more interest unlike the old barge which had just a prison cell and a space for Jabba sit. Nice review, cant wait to pick this up

Edited August 18, 2013 by Brickmamba

[Anio]

Well, the minifigs are great.

Regarding the ship itself, when we only had the Lego pics (model not released yet etc), more or less evereyone agreed that the design of the barge was nightmarish and a big decline compared to the old 6210 in almost every aspect.

Now that the model is available, most people tend to say it is a great design.

I guess people are too proud to admit they spent / will spend 130€ foolishly. :/

[Blondie-Wan]

Well, the minifigs are great.

Regarding the ship itself, when we only had the Lego pics (model not released yet etc), more or less evereyone agreed that the design of the barge was nightmarish and a big decline compared to the old 6210 in almost every aspect.

Now that the model is available, most people tend to say it is a great design.

I guess people are too proud to admit they spent / will spend 130€ foolishly. :/

That does happen, but I also think that with LEGO a set is about a lot more than the design of the model; it's also about the parts selection. I don't have this set yet, but I fully intend to get it, even though I also fully intend to MOC my own Sail Barge; I'll simply do it in large part using elements from this set. I think the set is a great starting point for someone wanting to build a larger, more fully-featured and/or more accurate Sail Barge, while also still being a perfectly decent rendition for the average target customer of LEGO (that is, a kid) who just wants to be able to get a set that will make a version of the Sail Barge.

[narbilu]

Great review... defenately on my wish list

[Chills]

Very cool review, thanks for posting it.

I am still going to pass on this set, however. I have the other Sail Barge and it is one of my favorite sets. While this one has some great minifigures I like the detail in the other one better.

[Anio]

That does happen, but I also think that with LEGO a set is about a lot more than the design of the model; it's also about the parts selection. I don't have this set yet, but I fully intend to get it, even though I also fully intend to MOC my own Sail Barge; I'll simply do it in large part using elements from this set. I think the set is a great starting point for someone wanting to build a larger, more fully-featured and/or more accurate Sail Barge, while also still being a perfectly decent rendition for the average target customer of LEGO (that is, a kid) who just wants to be able to get a set that will make a version of the Sail Barge.

Buying a 130€ 800 part SW set to get spare parts is for rich people ! Oo

I mean use Bricklink. You can have brown and dark tan slopes and plates for a much lower price ! ;)

Edited August 20, 2013 by Anio

[Catanas]

Most excellent review!

Being that I was too late to get the original, I decided to invest in this a week or two back and I wasn't disappointed. It's a tad expensive but I managed to get £15 worth of vouchers from Argos with it so that made it more bearable! Anywho, I love the figures without a doubt and it's awesome that Lego is starting to populate the Galaxy with more and more non humans. Hopefully the next wave (after the Episode 3 one) will see this continue. The build and vehicle itself is pretty sturdy and accurate as others have said, and generally, it's a good OT item to have.

[LegoGenre]

This is an awesome set and fits in perfectly with the other recent Tatooine sets.

[AndyC]

Regarding the ship itself, when we only had the Lego pics (model not released yet etc), more or less evereyone agreed that the design of the barge was nightmarish and a big decline compared to the old 6210 in almost every aspect.

The initial images of the set made it look very bad, the angle made it seem way too short and exaggerated the stepping on the front. Having seen and bought the final thing, it isn't as bad as it seemed then. Elongating the front has made for a more movie accurate shape and although it does compromise the internal space, it's not so bad and the overall length is about right so it doesn't have the stunted appearance of the prelims.

I still slightly prefer 6210, but it's a good overall representation of Jabba's barge. Like all the big vehicles, it's never going to be perfect and still sell for a widely acceptable amount of money.