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LEGO Star Wars Boost Droid Commander 75253 Star Wars Droid Building Set with R2 D2 Robot Toy for Kids to Learn to Code (1,177 Pieces)
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- Kids can learn to code and develop creative problem-solving skills as they play with this interactive and educational STEM toy featuring 3 brick-built LEGO Star Wars droids and over 40 interactive missions and buildable props for creative play
- This coding toy includes a color & distance sensor, interactive toy motor and Bluetooth Move Hub. Kids can use the 1,177 pieces to build popular Star Wars characters, including R2-D2, Gonk Droid and Mouse Droid to create their own space adventures!
- Creative kids will love building these STEM robots using the free LEGO BOOST Star Wars app, attaching tools and weapons to their buildable robots, and bringing them to life to solve missions with the easy-to-use coding environment
- This learning toy for boys and girls 8+ is a great Christmas or holiday Star Wars gift to help foster coding for kids. This Star Wars toy features unforgettable characters, locations, and music from episodes I-VI of the Star Wars movie saga.
- R2-D2 measures over 7 inches (20cm) high, 3 inches (10cm) long and 5 inches (14cm) wide, Gonk Droid measures over 7 inches (18cm) high, 6 inches (16cm) long and 3 inches (9cm) wide, Mouse Droid measures over 5 inches (14cm) high, 6 inches (17cm) long and 3 inches (9cm) wide
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 21.26 x 11.1 x 3.58 inches |
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Item Weight | 2.2 pounds |
ASIN | B07QNZG3V2 |
Item model number | 6287460 |
Manufacturer recommended age | 8 years and up |
Best Sellers Rank | #323,186 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #9,493 in Toy Building Sets |
Customer Reviews |
4.6 out of 5 stars |
Release date | October 3, 2019 |
Department | girls |
Manufacturer | LEGO |
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Introduce creative kids to a rich LEGO brick galaxy of lovable toy droids, exciting missions and coding with the LEGO Star Wars BOOST Droid Commander educational coding toy for kids. This interactive buildable robot toy model puts your child in command of 3 app-controlled Star Wars droids: R2-D2, a Gonk Droid and a Mouse Droid, each with their own personalities and skills. Using the free LEGO BOOST Star Wars mobile app, your young commander can build droids to embark on missions by inserting the Bluetooth-controlled Move Hub and using the intuitive drag-and-drop coding environment. After kids learn to code to help build their model robots they can constructs tools, weapons, targets, obstacles and lots more as they progress through over 40 exciting missions – they’ll love it! This great birthday or Christmas Star Wars gift also helps youngsters develop their critical thinking, creative problem-solving and coding skills. Plus, it introduces them to basic engineering through robotics for kids. Kids won't realize how much they've learned as they create space adventures with some of their favorite Star Wars characters.
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Interactive fun with LEGO Star Wars droids
Boost learning with fun and interactive missions in a familiar Star Wars™ themed universe.
Learning while playing
Youngsters learn coding and critical thinking skills as they build, code and play with 3 iconic LEGO Star Wars droids.
LEGO Star Wars BOOST Droid Commander
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Detailed, buildable droidsIconic droid models make for a fun building challenge. |
Feature-packed appFree app has drag & drop coding plus authentic sound & music. |
The right toolEquip the droids with tools and weapons to complete missions |
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Buildable propsShoot targets, dodge barriers and much more |
An iconic partnershipBuilding on 20+ years of LEGO Star Wars collaboration. |
Quick installationBluetooth-controlled Move Hub installs in no time. |
Guided building experience
Even younger kids will enjoy the guided building process using the free LEGO BOOST Star Wars app.
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Customers like the fun aspect of the toy building blocks. They say it's educational, fun to build, and fun to play with. However, some customers differ on ease of construction, and quality.
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Customers find the toy building blocks to be fantastic, educational, and fun to build and play with. They also say the missions and programming are fun and not too difficult. Customers also say that the app is really fun and almost like a video game. They say the kids really enjoy the immersive portions, cut scenes, characters, and missions. They find the product to be an exciting distraction and fun for putting the robots together.
"...The kids really enjoyed the immersive portions, the cut scenes, the characters, the missions...." Read more
"...The app is really fun, it’s almost like a video game, there is a small video intro, and then you have to find the instructions inside some building,..." Read more
"...I found the building techniques surprising, ingeneous, and exciting.Here are some things to know before you purchase this:..." Read more
"...We have not completed R2D2.The missions and programming is fun and not too difficult...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of construction. Some mention that the child gets used to it, it makes it much easier to build. They also say the coding is very simple and fun. However, others say that they are disappointed in Lego for not including a printed instruction manual with step-by-step building guide.
"...We loved Vernie and are comfortable with coding in the boost language. I was worried that nothing would compare to R2D2, but Gonk holds his own!..." Read more
"...Manual is 100% on the app, yeah u can find a pdf version for basic assembly up to 80%. Lego has failed what would be a very powerful education tool...." Read more
"...great for kids who are just learning how to code, because the coding is very simple, and of course it’s also good for Lego Star Wars fans!" Read more
"No instructions. It is hard for a kid to build without instructions. It is possible to send one to the same address?" Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the toy building block. Some mention it's a great set with quality parts, while others say it has a failure of design and is uncharacteristically poor from Lego.
"...As a single kit, this kit is awesome. We loved Vernie and are comfortable with coding in the boost language...." Read more
"...I wont go into battery. Again, a fail of design. Battery runs down quickly but needs screwdriver? Anyway, better than Evo." Read more
"...+You MUST use the APP to control the droids. They are pretty nice models for shelf-sitting, but they really come into their own as part of this APP-..." Read more
"The LEGO itself is fantastic and the coding is a lot of fun for my son who enjoys the assembly and the coding aspects...." Read more
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Simultaneous Build Pros:
- Each Droid can be built and controlled entirely independently. (we had a double build session)
- Only need a few common pieces needed to install two hubs simultaneously.
- With two iPads, kids can swap which Droid they can control to complete missions independently.
Simultaneous Build Cons
- Accessory kit for missions is shared. This is huge bottleneck.
Having the other Lego Boost set gave me a good understanding of both the programming language and Lego's design language with the application. The kids really enjoyed the immersive portions, the cut scenes, the characters, the missions. These are steps you need to accomplish to get to all the features of the droids. It also helps to understand the missions (just make Gonk punch 20 times, easy). And an understanding of how the color sensor and distance sensor work (R2D2's search and map needs to see Yellow and Red to pass). This allowed us to use old Legos to mimic the shared pieces to push through the bottleneck of not having multiple accessory kits. We haven't swapped motors yet, but swapping out of R2D2 looks difficult where out of Gonk is very easy.
As a single kit, this kit is awesome. We loved Vernie and are comfortable with coding in the boost language. I was worried that nothing would compare to R2D2, but Gonk holds his own! The Droids are much larger than you'd expect (though my six year old pointed out smaller than on the box).
The kids built their own unsupervised, so from time to time something wouldn't align. The ability to rotate the 3D model to check their work and solve any issues isn't possible with a paper book. (I've torn apart whole kits for single misalignments). We like the paper books, but the guided build does work well.
The R2D2's ability to turn his head, go slow upright and fast with lean, then snap between the two is really endearing. It's difficulty for me not to steal these for my own collection! As an adult, the missions are tedious, and for kids (mine are 6, 8 years old) they still need guidance to see what the goal is. But, after doing them once you can totally 'cheat' your way through if you understand them. The programming language is simple and fun, especially if you use the sensor (walk up and shoot Daddy). The kids mostly just use the audio functions endlessly.
There are many comments that the kit is expensive. However, considering the application the motor and the piece count, this seems like a high value to our family.
When you first open the box, you find a ton of Lego bags but the instructions don’t tell you how to build the robots, instead it tells you to add batteries to the hub piece (batteries not included), and then download an app. The app is really fun, it’s almost like a video game, there is a small video intro, and then you have to find the instructions inside some building, and then finally you can build the robots using digital instructions.
After the robots are built, there is an extra bag, for making small props for the missions that are in the app. After you finish building the robots, then you can either do the missions, code the robots to do stuff, or remote control them, only using the app. But without the app they're dead, so you NEED the app to have any fun.
Included is a distance sensor that you attach to the hub, so the robots can tell if something is in front of them, and apparently it can also sense color, but I’m not sure how that works. But it doesn't have a mode to follow you.
Only one robot can be controlled at a time, because there is only one hub (the piece that controls the robots), which you can easily move from one robot to the next. But other than that they don't share pieces so you can build all three robots.
There are three robots:
R2D2, is my favorite robot, because he can easily turn (unlike the others who have trouble turning). When he doesn’t have the hub inside him, then you have to switch his legs around, or he falls over.
The Gonk droid is cool, because it can actually walk with his legs! But if you make it walk too fast then it falls over.
The mouse droid is basically a car that can’t turn. It has flaps on the side, and you can open and close them with the app, which is a very nice touch!
This set is great for kids who are just learning how to code, because the coding is very simple, and of course it’s also good for Lego Star Wars fans!
Here are some things to know before you purchase this:
+ Although the droids and accessories can be constructed independently of each other, they do share one BOOST HUB, which is the power and logic/control unit. This hub can be switched out between the 3 droids with some minor construction. I have no problem with this, as having 3 hubs in this kit would probably raise the price by at least $150.
+This is not your typical LEGO robotics kit. I would call it an INTERACTIVE APP-BASED BUILDING EXPERIENCE. You MUST download the LEGO Star Wars Boost App to use this product. The App almost plays like a LEGO video game--you interact with LEGO Star Wars character to get the building instructions, access the coding platform, and the RC-style controls. (Although after you've unlocked any of these things features you can go directly there in the future.)
+There are no paper instructions, but the in-app instructions are amazing. The builder can actually rotate each step of the build 360 degrees in every direction. As I mentioned above, this is really and APP-BASED experience.
+The box indicates this kit is for ages 8 and up. Kids under 10 or so will probably need adult help. I helped my 7 year old son with the builds, the app, and the programming.
+You MUST use the APP to control the droids. They are pretty nice models for shelf-sitting, but they really come into their own as part of this APP-BASED EXPERIENCE.
In conclusion...APP-BASED EXPERIENCE!!!
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Being restricted to the app for instructions was a bit annoying at times.
I will continue buy traditional lego set but not this kind of lego boost set, as I can pay less money to buy other smart programmable robot toys for kids to learn basic programming.