The Porg is pure fan service in brick form — cute enough to impulse-buy, but 75 pieces for the asking price is a stretch that's hard to ignore. What keeps it from being forgettable is that retired Porgs hold value surprisingly well.
Is the price fair?CAverage pricing for a very small build — fine, not a deal.
Will you love it?CCute on the shelf, quick to build, zero play value to speak of.
Holds its value?AOne of the better-performing small Star Wars sets post-retirement.
True ValueC
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Price
$6
Parts value
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What you get
Plain bricks
$6
The Full Take
The Porg landed in 2018 as Star Wars merch at its most shameless — a creature so popular it practically demanded a LEGO® set, even if the set itself is modest. At 75 pieces, the build wraps up fast, and there's no minifig to sweeten the deal. The sculpt captures the wide-eyed dopey charm of the creature well enough to sit on a shelf without embarrassing itself. Pricing at launch was average for a small character build, which puts it squarely in 'fine if you love Porgs' territory. What's genuinely interesting about this one is the retirement story — small Star Wars creature sets with devoted fan bases tend to dry up on shelves, and this one has followed that script. For casual fans, it's a cute novelty. For investors who caught it at retail, it's turned out to be one of the quiet overperformers of its wave.
