Such a nostalgic set. This was the one that officially got me into LEGO when I got it back in 2009

What a classic! They really don't make em like this anymore.

I can't believe that Lego still hasn't re-released this ship as a standalone set. It would make for such an easy $60 set.

Flick fire missiles, sort of blocky shape, and one fig make this a very 2009 set. It’s perfect

the 2020 tie fighter had a similar connection, plus the older style from those early ties have the added benefit of kids taking the wings off to simulate damaged/destroyed ties

What a classic. Still have this set and was the first time I got a Lego Darth Vader.

I remember getting this for christmas in 2009. The memories!!

I displayed this set in my classroom, my students loved it. This is the only TIE ship I have, as I personally believe this is the perfect TIE ship ever made.

In 2009 my grandma bought me this for my birthday. She accidentally bought two and I guess she put the other one in storage, but last August when they moved she found it NIB in near flawless condition. Just a funny story and also a reminder of the gold that people who don't know any better may have stuffed in a closet somewhere.

Very good review Ryan! I love the 2008 to 2009 sets! I get so much nostalgia watching these reviews!

This was my first ever Lego set. The beginning of many memories made building Lego with my dad.

This takes me back 😊 weird to think it’s almost 15 years old…

I remember getting this for my 8th birthday in 2009 after my mom took me to the Lego store. Good times ❤

Nice to still see the old room from time to time

I remember when this came out and I found out it existed and was on sale for only $20 at Target on the same day. There was an ad in the Sunday newspaper and I told my mom and dad and asked if they could buy it for me for Christmas. They saw how much I wanted it and I guess still had some Christmas cash, this was a month or two away from Christmas and so we drove to Target and got one before they ran out. The coolest part was that I also got Luke Skywalker's x-wing that Christmas, and later maybe for my birthday or later Christmas got those clone wars sets that were advertised in the instructions for this set.

God the NOSTALGIA!! This was one of the first LEGO sets I ever had in my collection. I received it from my older cousin as a hand-me-down, and I loved playing with it as a kid. Still holds up imo, amazing set!

Wow an old Lego set review, never saw this coming!

1:10 Ryan genuinely sounded really saddened that he didn’t get the chrome Vader lol

As a 5 year old, the Darth Vader mini fig was all I needed, I actually got this set back in like 2010 2011

Really hoping they come out with a new one soon, it’s such a cool ship

This review must have been saved up for a while, man its weired, yet cool to see a brand new video filmed with the old setup.

I recently built a MOC of Darth Vader’s Tie, since I missed out on every single set. I love the design of this ship! Thanks for the nostalgic review!

I got this for my birthday awhile back, man what a set. I lost the Vader somewhere in my house but he was my flex in daycare, still have the tie built.

They should release a Tie Advanced , Tie Defender, and Tie Tank (Crawler) in the coming years to complete the tie collection.

I remember this was the first Tie Fighter set I ever built. Now the Tie Advanced is the only Tie ship in the original trilogy I need to get a new one of

I recently acquired Moff Gideon's Imperial Cruiser set, I feel as though LEGO has slipped a little bit with some of their designs, while the ship looks really nice, the bridge neck area weakness is evident after just a few attempts to hold it from there. It would require a little handle to pull out similar to the gunship on the back of the bridge neck. I resorted to having to hold the Imperial Cruiser from the underside but it is a heavy ship. I'll probably convert my Imperial Cruiser to a Clone Wars era ship with the parts from the 3 Clone Trooper battle pack.

My dad got me this awhile back and weighed them in the produce section so I could get the one with chrome vader. Rip dad

This was my first ever big Star Wars set. Brings back good memories!

They should make a promo like this for the 20 years of revenge of the sith

Bought it in 2024 at a local store for $75.00, out of box / used. It was missing a couple easily replaced pieces and had extras. You can easily find parts to make it sturdier. Really good set even now.

This was my first Lego Star Wars set. Such great memories

One of my first lego Star Wars sets, I remember getting this and being so excited I actually opened it up on my birthday party in front of my mates and built it. Was so glad I got a lego Darth Vader lol

Personally when I was a kid I used to play with this all the time and because of the shortcomings of the wings attachment I all the time pretended like the wing got shot off, so I think it adds a little bit extra fun play feature that was unintended, something you just don't get nowadays.

this will always hold a special place in my heart- my aunt and uncle gave me this at their wedding when i was a youngling and i still have it today

I still have this set from when i was younger, I remember building it as a kid and it being my favorite set, recently dug it out of storage and now have it on display and it is beautiful, too bad i don’t have the box anymore😕

The windshield is so nostalgic... Great review!

got that for my birthday when i was like 8... Now its motivated me to buy ties again, such a great set

Imagine if he pulled a sealed chrome vader from a sealed vaders tie

Tie advanced x1, a limited quantity prototype advanced tie fighter, with a better target profile and more modern solar panels than a regular tie fighter, more armored, slightly faster, slightly less maneuverable but shielded & had a hyperdrive. Flick fire missiles represent cluster missile launchers it could use to better dogfight (sadly we didn't see it on a big screen). A proper match for rebel x-wings

Review filmed in you old room, incredible and nostalgic

This was amazing. I actually own this set and it’s one of my personal favourite Lego sets that I own. It’s so classic and nostalgic and it came with an amazing classic Vader (and still to this day the only Darth Vader figure that I have) and it came with an amazing TIE Advanced for Vader…considering the design itself is 13 years old. As a stand alone Vader’s TIE fighter set…it actually looks great and has stood the test of time; I simple blocky design with one figure that really hits the nostalgia. It’s great that you did a review for this iconic set and it’s awesome that you’re showing it some love. Thanks for an amazing review Ryan and I can’t wait to see what you do next. Keep up the amazing videos.

Just bought myself a sealed one! My first "big" star wars lego set as a kid; which I sadly lost all the pieces too. Now I have one that's perfectly sealed!

2009 is when I got my first Star Wars Lego set! 😁 I think it was some sort of clone wars set lmao

I was looking for reviews for this set last week as I’m considering getting one to go with my Gold Leaders Y Wing…perfect timing, set looks great 👍🏻

I would rebuild this set over and over as a child. I bought myself a sealed copy recently to keep long-term :)

Happy to say I got this one for my birthday when it came out and I still have it.

I got one of these still bagged but out of the box a couple years ago dirt cheap. Such a fantastic set.

You often comment on fragility of things, such as the wings in this set as being a negative, but for me, when I had this set as a kid, it was a killer play feature. I would have battles with it and loved being able to quickly tear a wing off when I would imagine my other set landing a hit. Where as some sets these days are so sturdy, you would have to carefully dissect 10 interlocking pieces to break a chunk free. Don't get me wrong, I dislike fragile sets where small pieces pop off all of the time, but I think that large removable chunks are more of a play feature rather than a problem for kids. That being said, I love this set for the nostalgia. Thanks for bringing it back for a review!

My first set! Before I even knew what star wars was! “Who’s dark bader?” I remember asking

wow this was layers of nostalgia, because as you said, mine fell apart just like that as you said!! all the time

Got this set used, and I’m happy with my purchase.

When I was little, I had this set this one and the droid bomber, both of which I looked in an old toy bin full of Legos and found the mini figures to those sets and I was like well if the mini figures are in here, maybe the sets are. I went through the bin and built both sets. It took me forever to find all the right pieces but they both were in there.

This was my very first Lego set I ever got my grandparents got me it for Christmas and it started my Lego collection.

I know we are in need of a new Vader's TIE Fighter but I hope to see something outside the OT.

I just love those reviews 👌

Ayo my boy, your first order tie fighter is upside down on your shelf. 😂

the nostalgic bubble in the lightsaber blade lol

I need to get this set again, I got it when I was a kid when it came out. The set has been destroyed for a long time, but I have the vader in a display case. Such a great set

Wait wait I didn’t pay attention that’s the og mandr background!

Thanks for the review Ryan. I agree it's time for new one.

This I think was my first lego set. I still have it on display and me and my dad back in the day superglued it because it kept falling apart…I wish we never did but if we didn’t it’d probably never still be around so there’s that.

I actually prefer the classic ties compared to the new ones. Such a classic

Got this set from what was left from my cousins lego collection really need to rebuild it.

2:18 bombastic side eye

I love when you review all of the old sets I still have. Nostalgic!

Big nostalgia buzz - thanks for sharing - wish we’d have a UCS for this vs. a stupid landspeeder soon !

love the videos keep up the amazing work!

Old Lego Star wars boxes are so beautiful

I remember getting this set for valentines day as a kid for some reason. first and last time i got anything but candy for that holiday. My vader's helmet never seemed to fit, it would always fall off.

Your fan spinning really make it look like the windscreen is glistening 😂

this is one of the sets i had as a kid and it’s still on my shelf. always seemed like a great set to me

I really hope we get a new Vader’s Tie Advanced soon. We desperately need a new one.

My first ever Lego set when I was 7. Was fortunate enough to get the chrome Vader. Didn’t realise its rarity until years later. Now 21 and still have it

Oldie but a goodie! But it's definitely too rich for me, $200+ is insane for that

I have this on my shelf next to the new tie bomber, tie interceptor and 2010 tie fighter

Got this from a neighbour recently. Pretty cool. Somehow I now have 2 TIE advanced but 0 normal TIEs.

My dad gave this to me recently, he bought it back in the day and apparently I lost his Darth Vader figure when I was young and playing with it. Don't know if he got the Chrome Vader but would've been cool if he had gotten it and its still somewhere around here...

It's nice to be able to store this set by taking off its wings

Love the review Ryan, a breath of fresh air with this retro review, I love darth vaders tie fighter

Core memory unlocked

This was my first lego set ever what a throwback oh my god

i remember when my dad got me this & some space police sets for christmas when i was 8. to this day, i would like to get them again. seeing this brings back some really cool memories 😃

I'm about to shine mine up. I love my set...but have been thinking about selling mine because I can just build another one with all the pieces I have now.

I got the chrome Vader figure in the assassin droids battle pack I believe from that year so you could really find it in almost any set that year

This was my only star wars lego set until about 2019 when I started collecting again, classic

the problem is the lego brick the technic pins connect into. they dont snap into place but slide even when you fully push in that pin

Great video Ryan!

I had this set, it was one of 5 sets I actually ever got. My stepdad threw it on the ground because I apparently didn’t put a lid on a Tupperware correctly. I didn’t even touch it, I stashed my own food. Which he found and then he destroyed my other Lego Star Wars set, which was the 2005 Turbo tank that I stuffed with clones from 2 ‘07 battle packs. I at least have the light-up Mace Windu from that set.

This was my first ever Star Wars set when I was 7 or 8, now i am 21 & still collecting :)

this was my first Lego Star Wars set that my parents got me!

This makes me really want an updated UCS version now.

Love this set. I have it in my little 2009 collection

I got one of these in pristine condition, open box but pristine condition. Even came with a limited edition poster in perfect condition. Been looking for a poster frame to fit it but haven’t found one yet.

I can’t believe I was 7 when this set came out it was one of the most iconic sets for me

I just read a rumor regarding the January wave of sets which included a fleet trooper battle pack, Chewbacca mech, X-wing microfighter, and a V-Wing. Had anyone else read anything similar?

god i miss having this set as a kid

At my job, I walked to the backroom and saw the 75159 Deathstar on the table.

I've just spotted same Chrome Darth Vader on eBay for 2,500 Aussie Dollars 😲. My god, I have one in a sealed bag and I paid $150 for it a couple of years ago. I can see why people were taking the risk in buying one of these Tie Fighters. Investing in Lego can be better than Crypto ever was. (Maybe)

We need an adult collectors Darth Vaders Tie Fighter!!

Loved this set as a kid. Still have it to this day