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"General Grievous' Combat Speeder scores a BrickScore of 44.3 and earns a Skip It verdict that the LEGO.com value rating of 2.21 out of 5 and a 48% would-recommend rate fully support: the vehicle is overscaled and overpriced at $0.191 per piece, and the set is worth buying only if you specifically need the Grievous or Mace Windu minifigures."
Expert reviewers were unusually blunt about General Grievous' Combat Speeder: the vehicle is overscaled, overpriced, and exists primarily to justify the inclusion of two desirable minifigures rather than deliver a satisfying build. Brickset called the $29.99 price for 157 pieces 'nothing short of ridiculous,' and Solid Brix Studios agreed it should be a $15 set. The expert consensus score of 44.3 reflects this decisively. Owner ratings present a notable split: Amazon buyers averaged 4.7 out of 5 across 961 ratings, while LEGO.com buyers averaged only 2.86 out of 32 ratings, and just 48% of LEGO.com purchasers would recommend it. The LEGO.com value-for-money signal of 2.21 out of 5 aligns squarely with the expert critique.
Where they split: This is one of the clearest expert-vs-casual-buyer splits in the data. Amazon's 4.7-star average from 961 ratings suggests many buyers, particularly those purchasing for children or as gifts, were happy with the minifigures alone. LEGO.com's 2.86-star average from dedicated builders and the 48% would-recommend rate, combined with the expert BrickScore of 44.3, tells the more critical story: the set fails on value and accuracy by any objective measure.
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"the price of £25.99 or $29.99 seems extraordinarily high given the content of the set"
Brickset Reviews"come on my god this thing everybody reviewing it - and I first came out it got so much slack this is it's not a great set... be a hundred and fifty pieces for $30 that is a"
Solid Brix Studios
"I find it interesting and a little bit confusing really that Lego would choose to make a set especially something of this size of something so obscure"
JANG's LEGO Reviews"the price of £25.99 or $29.99 seems extraordinarily high given the content of the set"
"come on my god this thing everybody reviewing it - and I first came out it got so much slack this is it's not a great set... be a hundred and fifty pieces for $30 that is a"
"I find it interesting and a little bit confusing really that Lego would choose to make a set especially something of this size of something so obscure"
Owners love the minifigures—especially the rare General Grievous and Mace Windu—but overwhelmingly criticize the set as overpriced for only 157 pieces, with an undersized, generic speeder build that lacks play value.
Amazon4.7
LEGO.com2.9
Walmart3.5
