How did he get this set so early?!

Ryan's face looked like a kid in a candy store when the Destoyer droid pop open!

These technic sets are so underrated, I remember getting some second hand a few years ago they were a blast to put together

I feel like this droideka still kind of stands up to the 2024 droideka

Roll to pop out feature gotta be one of the best play features in a Lego Star Wars set ever! :)

"isn't that just awesome? it's just awesome!" pretty much summarizes this Droideka and its playfunction

They could release this set today and it would legitimately be good.

Crazy how an AAT made of technic somehow has better proportions than the 2020 brick built version

Can't wait for the comparison

“ Master Destroyers!”

It’s really great to see you doing these reviews of older sets that no one else would do or spend the time and effort on, especially the alternate build. What a great set, though I do really love the look of the new one that’s about to come out.

I still have it built, 24 years!!! but it does need new rubber bands. They all failed over time. Thanks for this, and as you say. Best play feature for a SW set ever.

I always admired this set in the old visual dictionary

The technic pit droid (8000) and battle droid (8001) both have alternate builds included in the instructions. Pit droid is a speeder bike and the battle droid is an AT-ST.

Feels like old man yells at cloud moment, but early LEGO sw sets had a charm that is in no way carried through to today's sets. Not just nostalgia either, but filled with creativity.

2:40 underrated joke 😂

Ever since the new Droideka got revealed, I was hoping you would do a review on this! Great review as always! Can't wait for a comparison video, and the 2000 UCS Tie Interceptor review as well!

I feel so lucky that i was gifted this as a kid from my uncle. despite it being out of box the whole thing is still intact with all parts needed for the droid. Sadly i cannot find the original instructions and all the rubber bands have worn down and snapped from how much i used it 😅. Definitely has to be my favourite technic set or even lego set in general.

Technic Star Wars droids should make a comeback. Heck, Technic Star Wars vehicles would be awesome too!

I have the Technic Battle Droid from this series. Maybe the coolest set I own. Can fold up and pop open. Can also draw its blaster from a holster on its back using magnets. And it came with extra colored pieces so you can build it as a standard battle droid, red security battle droid, or yellow command battle droid. Found it for like $100 last year, unopened

My Uncle has this when he was little. When I was little, he gave it to me. I said thank you and everything but secretly didn’t like it because it looked ugly to me and it has since been lost to the bin of doom. I want it back. I want it back so much.

This is such a cool slice of Lego Star Wars History. 1999-2001 were pretty rough for the most part but this is awesome. Idk if the next time I get 300 dollars for lego I'll be spending it on this, but who knows

Had this and the other two droid sets when they first came out - sold them at profit when I moved house a few years back. The droideka still worked so I feel good about its longevity chances

Picked this up ~10 years ago for $60 or so. Nobody seemed to want it then, but I thought it had the absolute best lego feature ever. It's not often that the lego set does exactly what the thing in the movie does. The rubber bands have since snapped/turned to dust, but I've found non-lego replacements that work well for me. What I've found: Some of the rubber bands like to be tighter than others for the functions to work well - trial different sizes Carpet or similar is better than a floor/table surface I think one day I'll try and do a design update on this with more modern technic/system bricks. I also tried (and failed) to get an old mindstorms brick motor into it so that after a certain number of rolls, it would automatically open instead of just one. Maybe with more modern lego robotics, something like that is possible - or maybe even just putting the mechanism on a timer would suffice. I'd love to see Lego SW/Technic return. I think an AT-AT, a Droideka, and maybe an IG-11 would be a decent place to start. Also - I think if we ever get a motorized walking AT-ST, it'll have to be technic.

Great review!! Thank you for sharing Ryan!

Thankyou for educating the masses on how cool this set is. You would do RR Slugger proud with your thoroughness.

I’ve waited for this review for so long

Review the technic hailfire droid next! It's basically a UCS version of the hailfire droid

Finally a vid about this set! Thank You and spot on.. one of the best sets ever! A Gem

Time to go bowling

The demo of the 'roll in attack position'. Love it, I want to see that over, and over! What a great model.

One of my fav sets. Love how it pops open. Had to get 3rd party rubber band replacements over the years.

This is soo nostalgic for me. That was my first big Lego technic set. I was play with it my whole childhood, than just give up my legos for some kids, and never seen after. Looking forward for this new droideka to refresh my nostalgia.

I really wanted this as a kid, never got it. I used to think about it years later at random moments. Very happy to see it's a good set.

Great review

What a great review! The viewer can really feel your love and excitement for Lego Star Wars here. 🎉❤😊

The play function reminds me of an old toy called "Bakugan" little monsters that could roll up and pop out once they hit metal.

I had this set when I was a kid, it was sooo fun to play with it. Loved it! Thank you for bringing back some good memories :)

I definitely agree as i said in my previous comment on the new droideka review you did. This is the most well done lego set ever. I had it in 2002, btw, and it still works.

Thing to note about the legs is that the feet tips (claws?) are actually made of heads from the RoboRiders theme from the same year, there are also a handful of other pieces that were exclusive to RoboRiders or Slizer/Throwbots such as those shoulder pieces (the flat bits with one tapered and and the other having a sort of fan aesthetic). Good example of reusing pieces that appeared extremely specialized at the time.

I had this set when I was a kid, and it didn't always pop out properly, but when it did, it was the coolest thing ever

Gosh darn it, I thought by the thumbnail that this was a new set and that they were going to make sets more like old days. Now I see that this is just an old set I didn't know about. :(

The Lego Technic Droideka has simultaneously the best, most finnicky, and most dangerous play feature all in one set. When you get it to work, it's perfect and genuinely everything you'd want out of it. The rest of the time it only half works or doesn't pop out at all- which is partially dependent on what material it's being rolled on. Lastly, I say it's "dangerous" because it is incredibly easy to straight up break technic liftarms in this set if you apply too much pressure or do something wrong while setting up the play feature, which is why I think the amendments were added during the set's lifetime. The rubber bands do also deteriorate over time, which is really the only flaw this set has other than it's over complicated nature. It's definitely a set you should get new, unless you want to go for off brand rubber bands.

Bought the set brand new in box a few years back for $90😀 one of my best finds and such a great set

OMG I had this and the 8001 technic battle droid - I was like 10yrs old at the time it was challenging to build and keep in one piece but the play functionality was top tier in both sets! Major throwback!

I have this one, the pit droid and the battle droid set up in my room. Great sets!

2000's Lego was full of experimentation, some of that was really cool. Early 2000's Lego Technic was crazy! Also, from what I remember from 90's and 2000's Lego Technic sets, the alternative builds always had instructions, because Technic is too complicated to be buildable from a single picture. Nowadays the alternative build instructions for Technic are often online only.

I bought this model when it came out and it really felt like you had a real droideka in your hands. That function is still to be topped.

I so so sooo wanted this back in the day..

love your vids long time fan love this set

I remember mum bought this for me with a bunch of super market frequent shopper points. I was soo happy this set as a kid.

Had this set and yea, it was amazing as a kid playing with this. One of the coolest sets from Lego Star Wars.

You are a legend for building the alternative build. Damn I wish I bought this set as a kid, I knew back in like 2001 that it was good but seeing it in a review- it's better than I thought. I thought it was a 9/10 set but it's easily 10/10

One of my favorite Lego Star Wars sets. Literally so cool

I had this one and the Battle Droid, probably the early version as the function didn’t really work. It’s in pieces in the box so the rubber bands could still be ok. Time to dig it out. Thanks for the video!

Several of the elements in the old shade of brown (also called "Mata brown" or "Earth orange") are exclusive to this set, with the Technic 90-degree "cross block" and 180-degree angle element in that color also appearing in the Jango Fett figure (8011) from 2002. Some other elements in that color such as the offset axle connector and 5M beam also came in an Orient Expedition set (7416) and as part of a Titan set (8595) in the Bionicle theme from mid-2003, before being phased out completely. Many of the old dark gray elements also debuted in this set, but only were in use until '03 as well.

I saw this at a LEGO resale store a few weeks ago, and got to use the roll and pop feature. I can’t imagine how much fun people had with it back in the day

damn that was amazing to watch!! I've somehow never seen a Droideka deployment video in the over 20 years since this bad boy released! Honestly, the new Droideka is swell and all, but you may have convinced me to pick up this classic! Nothing can quite compare to the early 2000s Lego SW sets with value, functionality, and building fun. Thanks Ryan.

This was probably the coolest lego set I have owned as kid.

I had this set as a kid! I loved it! My parents still have all of my brother and mines lego, we have an insane amount of 2000-2010 legos

So many vids of old sets will show the image of the alt build but will never actually build it, had to give you a like just for that

The first SW Lego set I ever bought. Got the spring of 2001.

Still one of my favorite old StarWars sets, just that play feature is incredible

@MandRproductions I had this as a kid! Man what a throwback. Pro-tip: it rolls/opens best on carpet from what I remember.

I got that back in 2000 along with the battle droid and pit droid. All three are so cool! Had to get the super battle droid, c3p0, r2d2, darth vader, and storm trooper when those came out as well! Those technic sets were all so cool!

Would love if you went back through all these old sets and do the official alternate builds. Maybe rank them as well as to which you'd recommend building even.

This set was way ahead of its time

I just rebuilt mine from the basement tub. Awesome set, although my rubber band replacements have made for tricky unrolling. Also definitely recommend rolling on carpet as opposed to smooth surfaces!

AAT looking so fire 🔥🔥🔥

I recently got two used, complete copies of this (all told only something like $180!) and loved it as much as I hoped I would. For sure the best of the Technic Star Wars line. Was afraid I'd have to be the first to review on KZfaq, but thanks for sparing me!

Oh, goodness, it's been such a long time, but I remember building this and the B1 battle Droid back in the day. I'd actually forgotten I owned these since I was 7 when the Phantom Menace released, and these didn't stay intact for very long before ending up part of other builds (I was seven). It's one of the few Lego sets I would absolutely still own if i had the opportunity.

I got the lego jet wasp 8444 when I was a kid. It that had those unusual cables. The handles were connected to the blades and 'steer' the blades' position.

Try to roll it on a surface with more friction, like a carpet. The action will be way cooler; when the front legs hit the floor, they stop the roll and it opens up on the spot.

I have this set from new and it still looks great, along with the other Technics sets from the 2000s

Never did grab this one although I still have the og Vader, Battle Droid and Pit Droid. The Pit Droid play feature is cool also as you can shrink it down and pop it back up by booping it's nose, very cool.

This and that motorized AT AT got to be the best play features

This and the hailfire droid are outstanding and probably the coolest I own. And the amendments explain why my rolling to open function has never worked😂

I wish LEGO would make more cool play features like this in sets nowadays

I've loved this set ever since I saw a KZfaq video of it in action as a kid. I finally tracked down a full copy of it at the yardsale at BrickFair VA 2022. That was $100ish bucks well-spent.

You can make the rubber bands last longer if you rotate them regularly. Just move them around to change the stress points.

Thank you Ryan for responsibly practicing the second amendment while handling the Lego set 8002-1 Destroyer Droid 2000 Technic

Something nostalgic is with that blue-gray they should bring it back

Bought this in 2000 and it's sitting on my shelf right now. I love it for how good it looks, unlike most Technic sets. I didn't have any amendments on my instructions but it works just fine I think... Haven't rolled it up in a while. The black elastics on the neck stretched over time making the head droop but I switched them out for spares that came with the original set and it's just fine now. No other issues Just a great set.

That box is classic tho. Loved seeing it in my old Lego minifig lexicon thingi book

You need to check out the b1 battledroid as well. Literally pulls its gun out of it backpack

I recently found this for only 60 euro still in the box! Now it is one of my favorites in my collection!

i have that one!!! the mechanical open system is kind of janky but it works most of the time.

this is my favorite Lego Star Wars set. it makes me glad to see it receiving a lot of attention recently [:

technic star wars would be something id want to have nowadays. i think the whole idea of making something related to star wars out of lego technic with play features would be so cool. imagine they would bring back mindstorm and making something like a controllable powered technic b1 battle droid.... id love to build and play with it.

that’s so badass 😭😭

That thing is sick

I bought this off eBay in 2003. I expected it to be open, but it was sealed. Those rubber bands (namely the black ones) will dry out and become dust fairly quickly. I don't have mine assembled for this reason.

I wasnt expecting much at first but the ending made me reevaluate my opinion . Amazing really from the year 2000 and yes might be the best set as far as engineering goes and play value without having to pick up parts every roll . One thing i love about Lego and their elastics in sets is they are made from silicon not rubber so they last longer but not forever . Plus sellers on ebay and other sites will love this video for the price increase , when Ryan says this is the best set ever people open their wallets ..

Ngl, Ryan might've slept on the motorized AT-AT, nothing is beating that in my book

We have the technic B1 and B2 battle droids which are rather cool, as well as a "Pit droid" that came with incorrect replacement parts but no bands. (so he just "sits" LOL) would love to get the Destroyer Droid, but cost is a big issue. Great review, and lucky to be able to own 2.

The comparisons going to be close... Mandr cooked with this review!

Amazing set

I really love youre vids

Awesome set

Insane something from 2000 looks good and works