Mould King certainly had established itself as King of Stolen MOC design. For this review we are taking a look at Imperial Star Destroyer Monarch which is designed by onecase. The Mould King 13135 set comes with close to 12,000 bricks and weighted over 10KG. We urge you to buy the instruction from onecase to compensate him for the design. Do warn that this is a massive set and need room for display. The review is possible with contribution from CK.

Open Box of Mould King 13135 ISD Monarch

A huge box with over 10KG of weight, phew!

From the box you could see the ISD Monarch from different angles.

It’s quite tough to get two inner boxes out thanks to the weight.

Two big instructions booklet with 2497 steps to follow. However, Mould King likes to make changes to the original instruction and make lots of mistakes. That create an issue where you use the wrong parts and cause part shortages towards the end.

Don’t fool by the numbering here, the bags are numbered but it didn’t corresponded to the instruction at all.

It has been long time that we have to sort the parts using many containers.

Building in progress

99% of the parts are from Gobricks which is well known for tight clutch. Suggest that you use rubber mallet to ease the burden on your fingers.

The frame is completed so far.

This is the base of the ISD where the space ships are docked.

The long piece will drive you nuts as it is rich in details.

Triangle shape is in place and ready to install upper and lower deck.

It takes a few hour just to get the deck built.

This is hard to reach place to plug in the axle.

Finally get the axle in.

The manual isn’t clear about how to install the deck. Beside securing the side using the axle, you have to tighten the red parts.

This is how you secure the side.

First instruction manual is almost done.

Lots of greebling on the back of the ISD.

Employing illegal methods here and easily falling apart.

Mould King got the boosters wrong. It supposed to be part 98115 from discontinued LEGO 9676 which is the lower part of the Death Star. But Mould King gave part 98114 which was the upper part. Head shaking here.

The round dish can’t be connected directly.

The solution is to add 2×2 round part to it.

The three boosters are completed.

Another few hours to install the upper deck.

Lots of fine detailing works here, but the gap is too big and impossible to connect.

The step 1541 is ridiculous. The rod can’t be placed because the gap is too wide.

Another few hours here spent to build this part.

If you follow step 2403 you will be stuck.

The height problem here.

The solution is to add another layer of brick.

Get the spherical parts installed. But the semi rounded part sank inside the cup.

It takes almost 5 days to get Imperial Starship Destroyer Monarch done.

Mini Hammerhead Corvette, Nebulon-B Frigate, and Tantive-IV.

Showcasing the Completed ISD Monarch

The gap at the front is big and we try to close the gap by wrapping rubber band. But it looks ugly.

Middle section.

Side view. Even if you get the greebling wrong, no one will notice.

Very creative use of parts for cannon.

The semi rounded top part sank inside the cup.

Greeble, greeble and lots of greebling.

Comparison of size between Mould King ISD Monarch against LEGO 75190 First Order Star Destroyer.

Mould King 13135 Imperial Start Destroyer Monarch with three mini space ships.

Summary

This is for hard core Star Wars fan. One needs a big space to display this. The size is 120cm x 75cmx 40cm and weighted over 10KG. The biggest challenge is to build this without the aid of numbered bags and sequences. It could be quite disheartening when you see piles of parts and thick instruction manual and never see the end to the building. The bricks are of high quality as Mould King sourced from Gobricks. However, Gobricks is well known for tight clutch and our fingers are sore after 5 days of building.



Overall the structure is very secure. There are lots of use of illegal method during the built. Lots of greebling work and it tests our patience. The biggest complaint would the manual. Mould King always rewrite the manual to avoid copying the original MOC instruction directly. Many steps are confusing because of the angle used in the manual. Correcting the mistake is painful process.



Still, this is the flagship product not only for Mould King but for China clone bricks market. It had shown the capabilities of China clone bricks to make huge set. Monarch ISD will grab lots of attention for visitors to your home. A must have for hardcore Star Wars fans. You may order Mould King 13135 ISD Monarch from Aliexpress.

You may check out past reviews of Mould King sets.

1. Review on Mould King 13132 Sleeping Beauty Castle

2. Review on Mould King 13008 Avtoros Shaman

A separate note, please get yourself a rubber mallet. Your fingers will thank you. You may order rubber mallet from Aliexpress.