LEGO Star Wars 40451 Tatooine Homestead Micro Build Review (May 2021 Promo Gift)

Introduction

The month of May is usually a Star Wars month as there’s May the 4th Be With you (May the Force Be With You). To celebrate 2021 LEGO Star Wars Days May the 4th, LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) are offering a selection of 2021 May LEGO Star Wars promotions. One of them is a free LEGO Star Wars 40451 Tatooine Homestead Micro Build with LEGO Star Wars purchases over $85 USD / $110 CAD / £85 GBP / $169 AUD. Offer is valid from May 1-5, 2021 or while supplies last. Free shipping on orders above $35 USD / $35 CAD / £50 GBP / $149 AUD.

LEGO Star Wars 40451 Tatooine Homestead Micro Build contains 217 pieces and is recommended for those aged 8+. LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia) has listed the value of the set as $16.99 USD / $19.99 CAD / £14.99 GBP / $24.99 AUD. This set is not available for purchase by itself. The set was released on May 1, 2021 at LEGO Shop at Home and LEGO Brand Retail Stores.

Sponsored LEGO Set

Thank you to LEGO for providing the 2021 LEGO Star Wars 40451 Tatooine Homestead Micro Build set for Toys N Bricks to review.

Official LEGO Product Description from LEGO Shop at Home Website

Star Wars fans are transported to the galaxy’s Outer Rim when they build this Tatooine Homestead (40451). This diorama features micro-builds of the Lars family home from Star Wars: A New Hope, a landspeeder and Sandcrawler, plus studs representing Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, Owen Lars, Aunt Beru, R2-D2 and 2 Jawas. This awesome building toy for kids is the latest in a series of LEGO Star Wars micro-scenes and can be combined with previous scenes to create a delightful display.

Spark memories of Star Wars: A New Hope scenes on the desert planet of Tatooine with this LEGO® brick diorama featuring the Lars family’s Tatooine Homestead (40451).
This 217-piece LEGO Star Wars set features micro-builds of a landspeeder and Sandcrawler, plus studs representing Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, Owen Lars, Aunt Beru, R2-D2 and 2 Jawas.

LEGO Box & Packaging

The front of the box. It shows the LEGO Star Wars and Disney logo. There’s also the recommended age as well as some of the product info like the number of pieces and the set number.

The back of the box. It has some pictures of the Sandcrawler as well as some famous Star Wars characters. Of course, it shows the LEGO Star Wars 40451 Tatooine Homestead Micro Build set too.

LEGO Contents & The Build

Inside the box, you’ll find four bags of LEGO pieces. The bags are not numbered. You also get a small instruction booklet.

Here are the pieces sorted out.

There are some printed pieces including a LEGO Star Wars 2021 logo as well as some brown printed pieces for the mini LEGO Sandcrawler. Its awesome that this set has printed pieces and not stickers! LEGO likes to give you stickers usually.

Here is a page of some of the pieces that will be used in the LEGO Star Wars 40451 Tatooine Homestead Micro Build set.

Here is the finished built set! Details include a red mini LEGO Landspeeder and a LEGO Sandcrawler. There are also some studs around the Sandcrawler that represents some of the famous Star wars characters like Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, Jawas, C-3PO, Owen Lars and Aunt Beru. Its a nice touch that the Sandcrawler can be easily removed.

Here is the aerial alternative view of the 40451 LEGO Star Wars Tatooine Homestead Micro Build set.

After completing the build, you also get these leftover spare pieces.

LEGO Set Ratings

Design: 8.5/10
Build: 8/10
Minifigures: N/A
Playability: 7/10
Parts: 8.5/10
Price: N/A
Overall rating: 8/10

Overall Thoughts

This set took about 45 minutes to build (includes sorting the pieces). A cool diorama LEGO gift for the LEGO Star Wars fans. Unfortunately, there isn’t much playability for the kids. This is more of a display model featuring the Tatooine landscape.

The LEGO 40451 Tatooine Homestead 2021 is a gift with purchase (GWP) available at LEGO Brand Retail Stores and LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada | UK | Australia). Get it free with LEGO purchases over $85 USD / $110 CAD / £85 GBP / $169 AUD from May 1-5, 2021. As of May 3, 2021, the promotion is still available at LEGO Shop at Home (USA | Canada). However, it has been sold out at LEGO Shop at Home (UK | Australia). You can also try visiting your LEGO Brand Retail Store to see if they still have stock as well.