A keychain is a useful tchotchke, and one that’s both classy and durable while still being appropriately nerdy is just what we needed.
While great brick-built traditional LEGO sets are always sure to be a crowd-pleaser as gift-with-purchases (take, for instance, the recent 40407 Death Star II Battle set) it’s exciting to get something different from time to time, especially something that appeals to adults. The figure is a little smaller than minifigure scale, because a proper minifigure-scale version would definitely have been too large and heavy to hang off your ignition or sit comfortably in your pocket. It’s stamped with the LEGO VIP logo and the copyright info, as well as 07/20, which seems to be the date of manufacture.
Unlike the regular plastic version which has a hollow back for hiding the regular Han Solo minifigure, the back of the metal block is solid. In fact, if there’s one gripe I might have with it, it’s that it might be too heavy for some people to attach to their keys and lug around all day, unless they like a lot of extra weight in their pocket. But it is quite clear it’s a solid block. I’m no metallurgist so I can’t tell you what alloy of steel it is, except that I’m reasonably sure it’s not actually carbonite. The first thing I noticed when picking up the keychain is how heavy it is. The front side, of course, depicts Han Solo in high relief frozen in carbonite from The Empire Strikes Back. Even the somewhat exclusive, randomly distributed, chrome-red VIP Minifigure keychain from a few years ago got the cardboard tag treatment. It’s a more premium feeling package design than most gift-with-purchase sets, and definitely a cut above the usual keychain packaging, which typically consists of just a cardboard tag.
Lifting the lid off the box reveals the keychain laid into a custom-cut piece of foam, beneath a piece of tissue paper.
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