Micro Galaxy Squadron:

A Star Wars collector’s review

In 2022 Jazwares announced a new line of small scale toy ships and vehicles from the Star Wars franchise called Micro Galaxy Squadron.

The line features screen accurate replicas of the ships and vehicles from across the entire saga, as well as from the live action series’.

Each ship or vehicle has different play features like moving parts and removable panels, as well as detailed interiors.

The toys are scaled relative to each other, in order to reflect their sizes in real life. Most of them range from 1/50 to 1/200 in scale.

They also include at least one mini figure with two points of articulation, and stand roughly one inch in height, or 1/72 scale.

A few of the larger play sets like the Millennium Falcon and AT-AT feature electronic lights and sound effects, which add to the fun of the line.

Since it’s launch, and at the time of this writing, the Micro Galaxy Squadron has released four waves that total over one hundred ships and vehicles to date.

Several of these are a re-release as a battle pack or a variant of some sort. There are also rare and chase variants in limited numbers, making them highly sought after by collectors.

The line has received mostly positive reviews, with it often being compared to the Galoob Action Fleet line from the mid nineties.

Small Beginnings

The most notable feature of the Micro Galaxy Squadron is its size; they are small scale toys intended for display on a shelf or a table top.

They are larger than gaming miniatures, but smaller than the 3.75 scale toys from Kenner and Hasbro.

This presents collectors with an opportunity to own ships and vehicles from Star Wars that may not be otherwise feasible or practical due to their size.

As a professional toy photographer I see the potential to utilize the Micro Galaxy Squadron as a background element, in composite mixed scale shots.

Pros and cons

The Micro Galaxy Squadron are as nice as they look, and even more so in person. Seeing them in pics or videos does not do them justice.

That attraction to the line is tempered though, by the limitations of how they can be used, as well as by their cost.

If you are into building dioramas and toy photography as I am, then there really is no limit to what you can do with the toys in this line.

You can do mix scaled compositions, or space based battle scenes. What you can’t do is use 3.75 scale action figures in macro shots with them.

What I’m referring to is using the Micro Galaxy Squadron vehicles and ships as a backdrop for close ups with the action figures.

Due to their scale you’re limited in how you can integrate the 1:18 scale figures into a shot with them.

You certainly can’t use the 1:18 scale figures in a diorama with them, unless again you’re building a mixed scale composition, with the position of the toys meant to infer their distance from each other.

For close up shots of figures sitting in the cockpit of a fighter, or egressing from a speeder, you have to turn back to the 3.75 scale ships and vehicles by Hasbro.

The quality of the toys is excellent, with very little in the way of quality control issues to make mention of.

Cost is somewhat of a factor with this line, depending upon what you want, and the quantity. Smaller ships like the starfighters cost around fifteen dollars each, while the largest vehicles cost sixty dollars.

The exclusive battle packs and boxed sets are also more expensive than their standard release variants found at mass retail.

Conclusions

There’s no doubt that the Micro Galaxy Squadron is a great line with a lot of potential, but Is it right for you? That really depends upon what you want to do with them.

As a stand alone assortment they’ve quickly become my favorite line to collect, because I can buy the ships and vehicles that I’ve always wanted, at an affordable cost.

As a background element for my photographs, I find that they are a necessity, as they give an added sense of realism that would otherwise be lacking.

The line is a fan favorite, and their value is certain to exponentially increase over time, particularly as certain models are retired, while others like the chase variants cease to be found in the wild.

Overall the Micro Galaxy Squadron is in my opinion one of the best Star Wars collectible assortments to be released in a long time, and it’s a worthy part of the galaxy, far, far away.