LEGO Mandalorian & Grogu Anzellan Starship (75445) Review

⭐ Introduction — A Workshop That Happens to Fly

⭐ This review is part of our LEGO Star Wars Hub – every set we have built and graded, in one place.

Most Star Wars ships are built for battle or for speed. The LEGO Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu Anzellan Starship (75445) is built for tinkering. This 701-piece set from the new Mandalorian and Grogu film is essentially a flying mechanic’s workshop, crewed by one of the most charming and unusual casts LEGO has put in a box: the LEGO figure Grogu and two adorable little Anzellans — the same tiny, big-eyed species as the unforgettable Babu Frik.

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A 701-piece play-first ship from The Mandalorian and Grogu, with the LEGO figure Grogu and two adorable Anzellans, an opening cockpit, a removable hull roof and a droid workshop bay to build a battle droid.

One thing to be clear about up front, because it surprised me too: despite the film branding, there is no Mando minifig here. The stars are Grogu and his two pint-sized Anzellan mechanics, and the whole set is built around them fixing and building droids rather than around Din Djarin’s adventures. That is actually rather charming — it is a different, gentler corner of the Mandalorian world. For the Dadnology community, it is a solid 4 out of 5: a genuinely fun, imaginative, play-first set, carried by a delightful cast and a droid-workshop hook that kids love.

That droid workshop is the heart of the set. Using the parts and tools in the bay to build a battle droid — and then taking the workbench outside the ship to play — is exactly the kind of open-ended, hands-on play hook that keeps a set in rotation.

🛠️ Build Experience — A Friendly, Feature-Packed Build

At 701 pieces, this is a proper little build rather than a throwaway, but it is pitched squarely at younger builders (ages 9+) and stays friendly throughout. The ship comes together into a chunky, swooshable shape with a surprising amount of interior, and the play features are baked in as you go — the opening cockpit canopy, the removable hull roof, the workshop bay with its droid parts and tools.

The fun is in those functional touches. There is a little table set with blue cookies (a lovely Grogu detail), a console seat, a fold-down ramp, and the standout: a workshop where the parts and tools actually let you assemble a small battle droid, with a workbench you can lift out of the ship to play on the floor. It is the kind of thoughtful, play-led design that rewards a kid’s imagination rather than an adult’s appetite for engineering.

For a parent building alongside a child, it is an easy, enjoyable shared afternoon — substantial enough to feel like a real project, accessible enough that a nine-year-old can lead. And it ends in a proper toy with multiple play modes, not a “look, don’t touch” model.

🚀 Play Value — Tinkering, Not Just Swooshing

This is where the set lives, and it is more interesting than the average ship because the play is not just “fly it around.” Yes, the ship swooshes, but the real hook is the workshop: building and repairing droids, sitting the Anzellans at their workbench, popping the roof off to rearrange the interior. It is play that invites making and fixing, not just flying and fighting, and that is a genuinely fresh angle.

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The cast sells it. Grogu is an automatic win, and the two Anzellans are a charming, slightly oddball pair — tiny mechanics with bags of personality, exactly the sort of figures a kid latches onto. The blue-cookie table, the console seat, the removable workbench: it is all designed to spark little scenes, and it does.

On a shelf it is unremarkable — this was never meant to be a display centrepiece, and judging it as one misses the point. As a toy, though, it has real staying power: the workshop play and the cute cast keep kids coming back, which is the whole measure of a set like this.

🤖 Why the Anzellans Work — A Fresh, Charming Cast

The decision to build a set around Grogu and two Anzellans rather than Mando is a quietly clever one. The Anzellans are inherently delightful — tiny, expressive, endlessly busy little tinkerers — and pairing them with Grogu gives the set a gentle, workshop-and-mischief energy that is distinct from every other Mandalorian release. It is not the bounty-hunter fantasy; it is the backroom fantasy, the fun of fixing and building, and that is rarer and more charming than it sounds.

For a kid, that cast is gold: three small, friendly, characterful figures whose whole job is to potter about building droids. It is imaginative play with a making-and-fixing twist, and it gives the set an identity all its own within the wider Mandalorian and Grogu range.

👨‍👧 Family Fit — Built for the Floor

As a family set this is a natural. The 701-piece build is gentle but meaty enough to feel worthwhile, the play value is high and unusually creative (building droids, not just battling), and the cast is beloved and approachable. It is designed to be handled, opened up and rearranged — exactly the kind of set that earns its keep through months of use rather than gathering dust on a high shelf.

It also slots neatly into a wider collection. Alongside the Razor Crest (75447), the definitive Grogu (75446) and the Mandalorian & Grogu’s Speeder Bike (75436), it helps build out a whole Mando-and-Grogu world for kids to play across — and it brings the workshop side of that world to the floor.

🧱 Why Fresh Subjects Are Good for the Theme

There is a bigger point worth making here. LEGO Star Wars has long leaned on the same beloved classics — the Falcon, the Star Destroyer, the X-wing — in ever-finer reruns. Those are wonderful, but a theme needs new blood too, and sets like this are how it gets it. A ship tied to a new film, with a genuinely novel cast and a fresh making-and-fixing play hook, keeps the range feeling alive rather than purely nostalgic. It gives younger fans something that is theirs, and it gives the workshop fantasy a home it has never really had before.

That freshness has value even when the set itself is modest. The Anzellan Starship will not top anyone’s all-time list, but it represents exactly the kind of forward-looking, kid-first release the theme needs to stay healthy — and it does it with charm rather than cynicism. For a family bringing the new film home, that newness is part of the appeal: this is the set that matches the story your kids just watched.

💸 Value — Fair Play

On value, this sits comfortably in the mid-range. You are paying a reasonable price for a 701-piece ship packed with play features and a genuinely charming three-figure cast, and the play value you get back is high and unusually creative. It is not a brick-per-euro standout, and it is not a display investment — but as a toy that will actually get used, it earns its price honestly.

The one expectation to set: this is Grogu and the Anzellans, not Mando. If you want Din Djarin, the Razor Crest (75447) is your set, and the definitive Grogu (75446) is the shelf companion. But as a fun, fresh, family-friendly workshop ship, the Anzellan Starship is a solid 4 out of 5.

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A 701-piece play-first ship from The Mandalorian and Grogu, with the LEGO figure Grogu and two adorable Anzellans, an opening cockpit, a removable hull roof and a droid workshop bay to build a battle droid.

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📌 FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the LEGO Anzellan Starship (75445)?

It is a 701-piece, play-first ship set from the new Mandalorian and Grogu film, featuring the LEGO figure Grogu and two Anzellans (the tiny species of Babu Frik). It has an opening cockpit, a removable hull roof and a droid workshop bay where you can build a battle droid.

Does the LEGO 75445 set include the Mandalorian?

No — despite the film branding, the cast is Grogu and two Anzellans, not Din Djarin. The set is built around the little mechanics and their workshop ship rather than Mando himself. If you want Mando, look to the Razor Crest (75447).

Is LEGO 75445 worth it?

For families and younger fans, yes. The 701-piece ship is genuinely fun to play with, the droid workshop drives imaginative play, and Grogu plus two Anzellans is a charming, unusual cast. It is a play set rather than a display piece, which lands it a solid 4 out of 5.

What is an Anzellan?

Anzellans are a species of tiny, big-eyed aliens — the best-known being Babu Frik, the diminutive droidsmith from The Rise of Skywalker. Their small scale and tinkering, mechanic energy make them a fun, characterful fit for a droid-workshop ship.

What can you do with the Anzellan Starship?

Open the cockpit canopy and lift off the hull roof to seat the figures inside, use the parts and tools in the workshop to build a battle droid, take the workbench out to play on the floor, sit a figure at the table of blue cookies, and lower the ramp to disembark.