LEGO Star Wars 10175 Vader's TIE Advanced

LEGO Star Wars set 10175, “Vader's TIE Advanced”, represents Darth Vader’s personal starfighter as an Ultimate Collector Series model.

The model depicts Vader’s TIE Advanced, a spacecraft closely associated with Darth Vader in the Star Wars licence. Within LEGO Star Wars, its Ultimate Collector Series placement frames it as a vehicle focused build intended for display rather than a character driven scene.

The build uses 1212 pieces to capture the fighter’s distinctive outline, including the central cockpit and flanking side panels.

This set is mainly suited to collectors and fans who want a display model connected to Darth Vader. Among LEGO Star Wars releases, it is best viewed alongside other Ultimate Collector Series vehicle models rather than smaller play focused sets or sets built around locations and cast lineups.

Inventory of set 10175

The inventory of set 10175 lists 1,212 pieces, spare parts excluded: 154 different lots (one shape in one color) for 130 part shapes.

Colors of set 10175

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 45% of the parts, followed by black (37%) and dark bluish gray (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 10175

124 of the 130 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 10175

3 part shapes in set 10175 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 4 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 10175 from another set

Share of the parts of set 10175 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 31%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 10175 within its line

With 1,212 pieces, set 10175 ranks #67 out of 814 Star Wars sets in our database, which have an average of 495 parts. Among the 192 sets released in 2006, it ranks #8. That is 2.4 times the average Star Wars set size.