When I was a kid I used try and build my own X-Wings out of LEGO with little success. With that being said, this set is probably my holy grail and the X-Wing is what got me into toy photograhy.
Nearly 10 years ago when I was a photojournalist for The Bellingham Herald one of my assignments was to capture photos of a toy store closing downtown. While wandering around taking photos I saw the LEGO X-Wing microfighter and my mind was blown. This was almost the moment I realized LEGO had gotten licenses for all kinds of stuff (which also helped save the company). After work that day I went back to the shop and bought it and the Millennium Falcon microfigther. The photos were never really what I wanted with the microfighters both to the build and my toy photography skills. You can laugh a bit at my “photo” from nearly 10 years ago below. I think I have come a long ways with the photo at the top of this post.
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When I saw the more affordable Star Wars Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing Fighter 75301 set I immediately bought it, but I kept it stashed away in my closet as a little birthday gift myself for my 40th birthday. I figure as I get older I need to keep doing things to remain young and gifting myself that and building it was a great gift. Enough about me though let’s review this set!
The X-Wing Starfighter
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The actual X-Wing was a lot of fun to build and is about 13-inches in length. I think this version of the X-Wing holds up well in comparison to previous models with aesthetics, build and the price point is very tough to beat. This X-Wing is lighter than the previous version due to being 474 pieces versus 564. The design of the back of the X-Wing is simplified from previous versions, but it looks great to me still.
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The folding wings are back and are very easy to adjust with a touch of a small gray button.
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And you get spring-loaded shooters to send projectiles from the bottom of the wings. Make sure not to shoot your eye out or lose one of these under the fridge.
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Luke fits into the cockpit nicely and I do like how the control panel is printed on the LEGO and not a sticker. I usually don’t put stickers on my builds since after time they fall off, so I am fan of what they did here.
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My only qualm with this build is the landing gear falls off pretty easily, but it’s really not that big of a deal.
The Minifigures
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The mini figures are great. You get Luke with his lightsaber, Princess Leia with a blaster, the infamous astromech R2D2, and General Dodonna. All three human minifigs have facial-expresson prints on both sides of their face, which is a win in my book.
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Overall an X-Wing of this quality and look is great for under $50 is pretty good. Although I have upgraded my LEGO X-Wing I am still up to the same old silly tricks, but just better at it.
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This is one of the few Star Wars sets that I’ve bought over the years! I love it and the figures that come with it. Good review!