LEGO Star Wars 8087 TIE Defender

LEGO Star Wars set 8087, TIE Defender, depicts an Imperial starfighter from the Star Wars universe as a buildable model. Released in 2010, it belongs to the Star Wars theme and contains 304 pieces for the ship and its included minifigures.

The TIE Defender is an Imperial craft with a distinctive wing arrangement around a central cockpit. In the LEGO Star Wars theme, this set adds a less common TIE variant to the range of Imperial vehicles, while keeping the visual language of the Empire clearly recognizable.

The build is focused on the central body and the surrounding wing panels, giving the model the angular profile associated with the fighter. These figures provide an appropriate Imperial crew and ground presence for the model.

This set suits collectors of LEGO Star Wars spacecraft, display arrangements, and play scenes centered on Imperial forces. Within a Star Wars collection, it can be placed alongside other TIE craft and Imperial vehicles, with its specific configuration setting it apart from more familiar TIE designs.

Inventory of set 8087

The inventory of set 8087 lists 304 pieces, spare parts excluded: 70 different lots (one shape in one color) for 69 part shapes. The box also contains 5 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 8087

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 44% of the parts, followed by dark bluish gray (24%) and black (19%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 8087

62 of the 69 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

No part in set 8087 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

Rebuilding set 8087 from another set

Share of the parts of set 8087 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 35%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 8087 within its line

With 304 pieces, set 8087 ranks #356 out of 814 Star Wars sets in our database, which have an average of 495 parts. Among the 227 sets released in 2010, it ranks #88.