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"BrickScore 75.2 from 15 reviews across 4 sources with high agreement — a reliable signal of a good-but-flawed set driven by outstanding minifigures and play value, held back by structural and aesthetic shortcomings."
LEGO 75053 The Ghost lands a BrickScore of 75.2 — a solid but unspectacular result that reflects genuine enthusiasm for its minifigures and play features tempered by real structural and aesthetic complaints. The broad reviewer consensus is positive: the exclusive Star Wars Rebels crew (Hera, Kanan, Zeb, and a Rebels Stormtrooper) is the set's crown jewel, and the packed play features — rotating dorsal turret, spring-loaded missiles, opening escape pods, and a secret holocron hatch — earn consistent praise. However, reviewers who looked closely found meaningful flaws: uneven hull edges, large gaps (especially the gaping rear hole when The Phantom isn't docked), a cramped and poorly designed interior, and a color scheme that reads too clean and bright for an aged freighter. The 2014 model has since been superseded by the 2023 remake, which MandRproductions reviewers note is superior in almost every design category.
Where they split: Play value shows the widest split: Brickset community reviewers scored it as high as 100 while MandRproductions gave it just 50, citing the cramped interior and loose turret. Similarly, design aesthetics ranged from 87 (Solid Brix Studios, who loved the B-17 profile) to 45 (MandRproductions, who found the shape inaccurate and poorly executed). The Brickset editorial review was notably positive overall ("not a set I was expecting to like, but now that I have it in my hands, it is quite impressive"), while MandRproductions took a retrospective view and found it doesn't hold up well against the 2023 model.
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Unlock with Collector or Reseller"this is the set guys this is the set I've built all of the sets and came really close between the new imp Imperial Star Destroyer and this set right here but this is a really awesome ship"
Solid Brix Studios
"This is not a set I was expecting to like, but now that I have it in my hands, it is quite impressive."
Brickset Reviews
"this thing definitely screams corellian to me kind of looks like it's got some influences some design influences uh shared with or styling cues I guess are shared with the the corellian Corvettes like the Blockade Runner…"
JANG's LEGO Reviews"as someone who hated Star Wars Rebels when it first came out I basically ignored this set's existence"
MandRproductions"this is the set guys this is the set I've built all of the sets and came really close between the new imp Imperial Star Destroyer and this set right here but this is a really awesome ship"
"This is not a set I was expecting to like, but now that I have it in my hands, it is quite impressive."
"this thing definitely screams corellian to me kind of looks like it's got some influences some design influences uh shared with or styling cues I guess are shared with the the corellian Corvettes like the Blockade Runner and uh the freight ships like the Millennium Falcon"
"as someone who hated Star Wars Rebels when it first came out I basically ignored this set's existence"
The Ghost is well-liked as a solid, screen-accurate Rebels build with great minifigures, but nearly every reviewer notes it feels visually incomplete and even diminished without the separately sold Phantom docked at the rear.
LEGO.com4.2
Walmart4.8
