LEGO Star Wars 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle review

It’s been a while since we’ve visited The Force Awakens, so does LEGO Star Wars 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle scratch that particular itch?

This September will mark 10 years since LEGO Star Wars went all-out in delivering the first wave of sets based on The Force Awakens, turning up dials across design, style and price. And while the adventures of LEGO Rey, Finn, Pie and Kylo dried up pretty quickly after 2019, the Episode VII drought is finally over as we head into 2025’s May the 4th event with two tie-in sets – 75415 Kylo Ren Helmet and, here, 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle.

75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle

Release: May 1, 2025

Retiring: December 31, 2026

Price: £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99

Pieces: 386

Minifigures: 0

Okay, it’s not ideal that neither set gives any opportunity to include minifigures, what with both being additions to two of the respective display-based series that LEGO Star Wars is currently playing with. But, it does give new creative exploration both for the source material of The Force Awakens, and for both LEGO Star Wars series here that have otherwise been limited to older material up to this point.

75415 Kylo Ren Helmet feels like a long-awaited addition to the LEGO Star Wars Helmet Collection and, whilst the same cannot necessarily be said for 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle entering the midi-scale-ish collection of ships, it is no less unwelcome, particularly for offering a fresh perspective on the subtheme.

75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle takes on a relatively smaller vehicle to recreate at this smaller scale of building and one that in colour, shape and style very much stands apart from everything else in the Starship Collection up to this point.

As a build it is quick, thanks to its restrained selection of 386 pieces. Spread across three sets of numbered bags, you put together the central body first, then each wing in a way that comes close to feeling repetitive compared to most other LEGO Star Wars sets out there – given the symmetrical design of those wings – but that ultimately skews the right side of interesting thanks to a clever mix between detail and that aforementioned pace.

Indeed, alongside some neat techniques worked across the model that you will only appreciate in building yourself, 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle is engaging to put together. And that also extends to those wings, in how they allow for full exploration of the size and proportions of the ship in a way we didn’t get with the minifigure-scale 75104 Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle from 2015, or 75256 Kylo Ren's Shuttle from 2019.

In short, the wings are massive and they create this quite awesomely imposing ship once complete. In landing mode they stand incredibly tall in fair proportion to the body of the ship, whilst in flight mode they fill an incredible amount of space to create an aura that the two minifigure-scale versions of this same ship never really could.

That ability to authentically lean into truer dimensions of the shuttle – previously only possible with UCS sets – is where this LEGO set truly shines, and is where this midi-scale series of sets has real potential to grow. With 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle, it's probably also the first time that it really does spread its wings (pun intended) in such a way.

Clearly you can see how 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle impresses, and if you cannot, we advise that you try to see it in person. This is a demonstration of what LEGO is capable of as a creative medium: despite a relatively small piece count that builds into a relatively small model, this LEGO Star Wars set feels as imposing and large as any minifigure or UCS scale set from the theme.

It’s clever with those 386 pieces, allowing for greater appreciation and exploration of the source material than we’ve had before in LEGO form – and in a way that has us looking at the midi-scale display collection with renewed interest for what other ships the LEGO Group could tackle in this unique way in the future.

Building in a clever and engaging way, 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle finds capacity to stretch out those tall wings at that unique height and angle, just as we saw on screens for the first time back in 2015. It’s imposing, it’s sleek, it’s far more interesting on display than four of the other five midi-scale ships in this series and sits on a par with 75375 Millennium Falcon as a great example of why this sub-collection of LEGO Star Wars sets continues to hold our attention.

All that said, the price is terribly misjudged by the LEGO Group and massively detracts from all the wonderful work that the set itself achieves. A piece count of 386 should not be coming in at £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99, particularly when the only novelty piece to the set is the printed name plaque. 75406 Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle is a fantastic addition to the midi-scale Starship Collection and at a smaller piece count presented an opportunity to offer a first entry point into the collection for a lot more people. Instead, it is locked behind a price it should otherwise be nowhere near.

Our honest opinion: Midi-scale unlocks detail, scale and authenticity to Kylo Ren’s flagship, offering a prime example of LEGO Star Wars design at its best. Shame that the unreasonable price detracts so much from all that.

This LEGO set was provided by the LEGO Group for review purposes.

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