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LEGO - LEGO: Star Wars [X-Wing Starfighter #75355]
Average customer rating
3.1
(250 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 250 reviews
5 Stars
64
4 Stars
49
3 Stars
37
2 Stars
45
1 Star
55
49%of customers recommend this product.
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122 out of
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Customer Reviews for LEGO - LEGO: Star Wars [X-Wing Starfighter #75355]
Customer Rating
4
For careful consideration
on May 15, 2023
Posted by: SW_C
First, I'd like to say this is a great display model of the Red 5 X Wing. A lot of nice details like the hexagonal shaping of the hull and printed windscreen. Some design choices have yielded unfortunate structural compromises that limit the durability of the overall model. That said, anytime so many Lego pieces are used to create something, multiple points of failure are introduced as a result. Your inner kid might want to swoosh it around, but you’ll probably only do so for a moment or two. Given the size of the ship, it’s quite awkward to handle. In hand, it does feel a bit fragile, but not extremely so (as some would have you think). It would be nice if Lego introduced an X-Wing (among many other ships) aimed at adult collectors that relied on less pieces while achieving a high degree of accuracy and detail. There’s simply too much of a gap between play-scale and UCS sets, in terms of both size and price. As a fan of both Lego and Star Wars, I’m glad I bought the ship.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
2
First UCS Disappointment
on May 15, 2023
Posted by: Mishra42
I was so excited to close out the trio of Rebel starships from the original Lucasarts X-wing game. Unfortunately the whole set feels cheap and poorly thought out. UCS kits aren't play kits, but the opening mechanism is totally inadequate for the weight of the wings. Two tiny rubber bands hold the wings open and they're just not cutting it. The attached Photo is at maximum opening.
The whole build seems poorly thought out. Wings should have been assembled opposite each other to balance the mechanism to avoid overstretching those rubber bands. Right now instructions have you build the bottom wings first. I was worried the flimsy rubber bands would snap.
If you pick up the model everything shakes and bounces and feels like it's going to fall apart.
Considering how awesome the Y-wing and A-wing kits were I'm pretty disappointed.
The whole build seems poorly thought out. Wings should have been assembled opposite each other to balance the mechanism to avoid overstretching those rubber bands. Right now instructions have you build the bottom wings first. I was worried the flimsy rubber bands would snap.
If you pick up the model everything shakes and bounces and feels like it's going to fall apart.
Considering how awesome the Y-wing and A-wing kits were I'm pretty disappointed.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
1
Huge Let Down
on May 15, 2023
Posted by: Holy_Cannoli_Batman
I really thought this set was going to be amazing, but I was so wrong. I overlooked the ship's nose not being the correct color. During the build I was plague with missing pieces, flimsy panels falling off, and a really flimsy cheap base that doesn't hold together. The panels on the side are held in place with only a few stubs making them fall off alot, the stand is flimsy, and this x-wing seems like a money grab. I would 100% avoid buying this set.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from LEGOBy Jane, LEGO® Customer Service, August 16, 2023
We're sorry to hear you didn't have a great experience when building your new LEGO® set. Please give us a call or chat. We can help with the missing pieces and also have a fix that will help with the other issues you mentioned! You can find our contact info at LEGO.build/Service-BV.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Luke, use the super glue...
on May 14, 2023
Posted by: Lorddocvader
I know the nice Lego lady that responds to these is not going to like this, but having been building the lower end Lego's for my kids for years, and the expensive Technic and Star Wars ones for me, this is far from the first UCS kit I've done. Overall, it's a great kit. Great design, fun and quick to build, not too repetitive, and the final product is really very nice to behold. And quite solid.
But there's a caveat. When building, I noticed that the engineering for the side panels was severely lacking. I could see from experience that this was going to be a "fall apart and put it together again" nightmare. So I bypassed the frustration and used some Locktite superglue, just on the connect pieces on the unit itself, and on the side panels. Once securely fashioned, the side panels easily snapped on, and held on, without any issue, making the build quite the fun one. I can see that people complained about this, and I understand why the Lego engineers did what they did. In order to accomplish the nice lines of the model, I can see that they had little choice in using the attachment method that they did. It doesn't work, but a little dab here and there, and it's great. Really, a beautiful kit. I know it's anathema to see the word "glue" on a Lego anything, but in this case, I found it necessary. To add insult to injury, I also did the same with the large UCS AT AT, whose bottom members sometimes did not agree to hold on tight.
It's a good kit, and when finished, it really looks nice. A nice complement to my Star Wars collection, which, to my wife's dismay, goes back to the very early and very large versions of the Super Star Destroyer and Imperial Star Destroyer, and most every large set from there forwards. Hopefully, I'll get to keep all my Lego's in the divorce.
Buy it. This one is worth it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
4
More nitpicks than complaints
on May 14, 2023
Posted by: GnarlyCookie084
This is a beautifully detailed display piece that is slightly diminished by some questionable design decisions. As others have noted, the 'S-Foil' mechanism is not strong enough to keep the wings securely closed, and can come untracked too easily. I didn't have any problems with the nose sections, but the side panels around the wings pop off too easily, and they're hard to reattach properly with the wings installed. I also had problems with the bottom stops on the display stand popping off due to the weight of the ship. For now I've improvised an elastic solution so I don't have to break out the Kraggle. :) Once assembled and displayed, it's a sight to behold!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
3
Looks great, but that's about it.
on May 14, 2023
Posted by: CountSeriousChokun100
I was very happy when I finished building. It looks great and it'll sit on my shelf, but like a lot of reviews I have an issue with the wings and the gap. I'm not sure what could have been done to fix it, so I'm not going to judge on that.
The reason it'll sit on my self is I'm afraid to touch it ever again. I thought I did something wrong or missed a step, so I rebuilt it once. However that didn't help. It's not very stable and things pop off SUPER easy.
Plus I have 3 parts that are highly visible that are scratched, and spending that much money on something and getting scratched pieces really hurts.
Overall it looks great. I'm debating if I should super glue some of the parts to make it more stable. Which is a bummer if I ever want to rebuild it.
Two of the three parts that are scratched are unavailable to get replacements. I'm assuming its because a lot of people had the same issue. I've never had a scratched part issue so I'm guessing this is a one time event.
The reason it'll sit on my self is I'm afraid to touch it ever again. I thought I did something wrong or missed a step, so I rebuilt it once. However that didn't help. It's not very stable and things pop off SUPER easy.
Plus I have 3 parts that are highly visible that are scratched, and spending that much money on something and getting scratched pieces really hurts.
Overall it looks great. I'm debating if I should super glue some of the parts to make it more stable. Which is a bummer if I ever want to rebuild it.
Two of the three parts that are scratched are unavailable to get replacements. I'm assuming its because a lot of people had the same issue. I've never had a scratched part issue so I'm guessing this is a one time event.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Better than expected
on May 14, 2023
Posted by: ProudVultrix047
I do not know why there are so many negative reviews. I found it a great build. I have many of the UCS models and love this one. I didn't find it flimsy, but I don't play with it. I really cannot recommend it for play, it will fall apart. Aside from that, I love it displayed. Next comes lights!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
3
Flimsy and missing pieces
on May 13, 2023
Posted by: LeastPreciseMinibeard
Cool set and bigger than I thought but one piece was damaged and I was also missing another piece, now I have to wait 7-10 business days to finish it. For a set this expensive there should be a little better quality control. Do better Lego!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO