Review: LEGO 75403 Grogu with Hover Pram
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Grogu – affectionately known as Baby Yoda – is basically a free money hack for Disney, with countless merchandising opportunities capitalising on his cuteness.
75403 Grogu with Hover Pram is the latest addition from the January 2025 wave, featuring an adorable display model of the lovable alien and his hovering white pram from The Mandalorian. Have LEGO got another winner in the buildable Star Wars collection on their hands here? Let’s take a closer look!
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Special thanks to the LEGO Group for sending this set over for review.
75403 Grogu with Hover Pram Set Details
75403
Grogu with Hover Pram
1 (Grogu)
1048
US$99.99 / AU$149.99 / €99.99 / £89.99 / CAD$129.99
1 January 2025
Unboxing
The box has a vertical layout, showing the model floating in a desert backdrop. Despite its display model-like design, the set is still designated as a 10+ set instead of an 18+ collectors’ model, which will likely help capture a larger share of younger fans!
The back of the box shows off some of the models’ features, as well as an alternate view of everything included.
Inside the box are two instruction manuals, a small sticker sheet, and 11 numbered bags.
Frustratingly, the instruction manual and sticker sheet do not come in a protective cardboard folder which is common in larger sets, so the sticker sheet and one manual were very damaged in my box! One sticker was wholly missing due to the damage. This is very disappointing, and could have been easily rectified by including an extra cardboard folder.
Build Process
Bag 1 starts with building the core of the Grogu model, including some geared mechanisms inside.
Bag 2 adds some of the exterior coat detail as well as his tiny arms.
Bag 3 adds Grogu’s head without his ears – a slightly disturbing look!
Bag 4 finishes Grogu and adds his accessories, completing this phase of the model.
Bag 5 starts on the pram, with this humble octagonal shape as the base.
In bag 6, the spherical shape starts to take form with some shaping (and plenty of studs-not-on-top construction).
Bag 7 continues adding the side walls to the model…
…which continues in bag 8 as well.
Bag 9 adds some of the white exterior paneling, as well as some stickers/tiles for orangey highlights.
Bag 10 finishes off the pram itself, adding the top cover.
Bag 11 adds a stand to the base of the pram (not pictured) as well as this nice display plaque.
On the whole, it was a fairly engaging build process despite a slightly repetitive inherent design. While the size of the final model is not huge, the model is quite dense and has some heft when picked up, which was apparent during the build.
Minifigures
Only one minifigure is included, which is this Grogu baby-figure. It’s not new, but still looks fairly cute, and has connection points on his hands and feet. A spare of his rubbery head is included as well.
Completed Model
A mini version of Grogu’s hover pram is included. The designers tend to change it up with every set it appears in, but this version is fairly good-looking and is on the smaller side so is accurate, although the rounded shape is somewhat missing from the underside.
There’s a clear 1×1 round brick for a hovering effect, as well as a stud connection to attach Grogu.
This hover pram can be posed on the display plaque set included, which features a nice 6×12 plate with a gorgeous print showing some facts about Grogu.
It’s quite a simple design – nothing to see around the back – but it works great.
Moving on to the Grogu build: this isn’t the first brick-built Grogu model LEGO has done, with 75318 The Child released half a decade ago. While this version is smaller, it’s still absolutely adorable, and the use of both dark tan and regular tan for his coat really brings the textured detailing to life.
His head is mounted on a ball joint and the ears can move up and down, so you can actually get some life-like poses out of him. Lots of clever part usage is used in the face design – printed 2×2 sliders for the eyes, mudguard pieces for his eyebrows, and a 2×2 hinge plate for his little nose. The shaping of the cheeks and lips with some rounded tiles is a little blocky, but is forgivable at this smaller scale.
Around the back, a couple of gears can be seen poking through the coat. These may divide opinion, but the fact that the colour matches makes it a bit more cohesive to the design. The idea is you can move these gears to adjust Grogu’s hands up and down, puppeteer-style!
The mechanism has some friction so it works smoothly, and the arms stay in place when posed. Grogu also has three adjustable fingers on each hand, so you can make some cute poses.
Several accessories are included for Grogu, including a couple of cookies, a shifter knob, and a blue frog.
All of these can be connected to Grogu’s hands via a studded connection, and the frog looks particularly fun to pose with. I do wish the shifter knob (which recolours a BB-8 body element) was silver instead of light grey.
Let’s move on to the hover pram now. While it isn’t a particularly large model – measuring around 18cm (7″) long and 19cm (7.5″) tall, it has a good amount of heft to it.
The use of the white colour may divide opinion, but this is actually quite accurate as Grogu has changed pram designs several times in the series. Considering LEGO is generally a blocky medium, the model does a good job capturing the spherical design of the pram, although the proportions are a little off (it should be longer in length).
A top-down view shows how this rounded design is achieved, particularly with a band of sideways-mounted clipped panels – a technique used on other models like the Millennium Falcon. A pair of large curved panels form the top lid; although these pieces appear specialised they are actually not new, and so are a great reuse.
The model sits on a black stand but it can be removed if necessary. It looks pretty sleek with its all-black colour – fitting for a LEGO display model – and does give the pram a hovering effect off the ground.
The interior features some brown tiles and slopes to represent the comfier inside of the pram. A couple of studs are included on the base which can connect to the underside of the Grogu model.
Here’s how it looks like with Grogu in place. The proportions are a little off – Grogu should technically be smaller – but it looks absolutely adorable!
Obviously, the lid of the pram cannot close up like it does in-universe, which is especially impossible because of the size of the Grogu build. I think this is a reasonable compromise; I would not expect the designers to fit in a feature like that in a set of this size.
The rounded shape of the model makes it easy to pick up and carry around, and there is definitely a fair bit of weight here from the 1000+ pieces included. Do note this side view really does reveal that the pod is too stubby in its length, but I think this compromise is acceptable to accommodate the pieces used to achieve that rounded shape.
Final Thoughts
On the whole, I am impressed with this set. The brick-built Grogu is adorable, with lots of display value and charm despite the reduced scale. The pod, despite some slightly inaccurate overall shaping, does a good job capturing the pram’s rounded shape in LEGO, and accommodates the Grogu model well.
The final model feels a little small for the price – and indeed, the set is on the expensive side – but the model is very dense, with a piece-intensive design that has proper weight to it when completed. The display value is also strong, bolstered by the black fact plaque and the popularity of the source material. On the whole, despite some shortcomings, this set is a winner.
Final Score
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