26 pieces, zero minifigs, and a price tag that treats you like a mark — the TIE Advanced is a polybag wearing a set's price tag, and even Vader's ship can't save it from a D.
The parts alone are worth about 37% of the street price — the basis for this F price read.
OverpricedYou're paying well above the parts' value — $2 of parts for a $6 price.
The TIE Advanced is one of the most iconic ships in the galaxy, and LEGO® managed to make it feel like an afterthought. Twenty-six pieces gets you a micro-scale brick cluster that barely reads as a TIE from arm's length — no minifig, no real detail, nothing that says 'this was worth designing.' The build takes maybe four minutes, which is generous. It does carry some appreciation on the secondary market, so it's not a total write-off, but that single bright spot can't rescue a set that undersells its source material this badly. Buy it only if you're completing a collection and already know what you're getting into.
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