Blokees Star Wars - The Mandalorian GV-01 Set + Star Wars Champion Class Darth Vader and Stormtrooper Model Kits Review and Images

It's Wednesday and you know what that means: ToyFarce review!

This week, we're having a look at the Mandalorian GV-01 model kits set and Star Wars Champion Class Darth Vader and Stormtrooper model kits from Blokees! I've been keeping an eye on those Blokees model kits for a while and was pretty impressed by the Transformers, Marvel or Saint Seiya figures, but tried to keep away from those. When they announced Star Wars kits, I had to give them a try, mostly out of curiosity. And those model kits did not disappoint! The smaller blind box ones are fun, easy and quick to build, and the bigger figures are very decent. I will definitely keep an eye on Blokees!



The Blokees Star Wars The Mandalorian GV-01 sets come in blind boxes, and I grabbed a box to have the full set. This was before knowing that there is a chase box with a different Mando with different accessories, meaning that there's a chance you don't get a full set, but get the chase, and then have to hunt down the missing one to complete your set. It's by design, those blind boxes companies (Blokees, Pop Mart,...) totally do that on purpose so you have to buy more. Yay!












The kits take a few minutes to built, the pieces snap together very easily and the figures are pretty fun! No glue, tools or paint required. The figures are about 4,3" (11cm), so slightly taller than a TVC figure (comparison pics below). The full set includes the Mandalorian, Grogu, the Armorer, Boba Fett, IG-11, Ahsoka, Moff Gideon, a Stormtrooper and an Incinerator trooper. My only nitpick is that Grogu is completely out of scale, and way bigger (even bigger than the Black Series one). I wanted to try Blokees and got exactly what I wanted: fun, cool looking mini action figure model kits.






























Size comparison pics:






The Champion Class is Blokees' 1/12 scale figure model kit line. The first 2 releases were Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper. Those kits take a bit longer to build, since they come on sprues (although you don't necessarily need pliers or cutters for those, they snap very easily and don't leave a lot of marks). The parts that need paint are already painted. It takes an hour or 2 to build your figure, and those figures are pretty great, with lots of articulations. That Stormtrooper can move! Darth Vader's cape, made of hard plastic hinders movement a bit, but you can still get decent poses out of him. They come with extra hands and a nice stand, with Star Wars logo on it. They're cheap and the figures are great. Like IKEA, they're cheaper, but you have to build them. Is that the future of action figures? Honestly, I wouldn't be mad at that. I enjoy a nice model kit every now and then.




























Size comparison pics:






Blokees has announced a Stormtrooper Luke Skywalker and Stormtrooper Han Solo figures next. Those Blokees Star Wars Champion Class model kits can be purchased from our sponsors BigBadToyStore.com and Nerdzoic!



More news at 11:00... "I find your lack of pliers disturbing!" - Darth Vader model kit.