Since my grandson will not be with me for Christmas Day, he got to open his presents early. He was So excited as he opened the gift; he exclaimed,”Oh boy, it’s just the Lego I wanted- the Rebel Starfighter!” As soon as he finished opening his other presents, he immediately ran to his room to begin tearing into the box and started building the Starfighter!
First and foremost, you can’t really fit the figures into the ship very well. It’s pretty small and the underbelly doesn’t seem to fit figures at all. At least not cleanly. But I love this set. It comes with some cool figures and I think it looks great. It was fun to build and even though figures don’t fit in it very well I think it’s pretty to scale with mini figures. I enjoyed building it and have it on display in my room. If you liked Andor or Rogue One you should definitely get this set.
I got this set for myself thinking it wouldn’t be too big, but I was happily surprised to see it was much bigger than expected. The mini figures are really nice, but the print on Dedra’s legs are VERY faded. Otherwise perfect, and the build was very enjoyable. I have a few gripes with the set, like very tight cockpit and interior, or the doors not being sliding ones like they are in the show/movie, but overall very nice. If you find this on clearance or a sale, I would ABSOLUTELY recommend.
Andor being one of the best pieces of Star Wars media, I was excited to see what LEGO had to offer. Unfortunately, this was about it. Aside from four amazing new minifigures, the build is extremely lackluster. In universe, the U-Wing is a transport ship, which means it’s supposed to be able to hold many troopers, however this set holds around four not including the cockpit, (which a minifigure has to be lying down to enter.) Don’t get me wrong, the set itself is not terribly priced and looks quite nice. But the downscaling needs to stop, especially when comparing it to the 2016 Rebel U-Wing which is better in every conceivable way. An ok set with good minifigures.
Primarily as a collector, the lack of play value does not affect me much. However, this model only able to seat at most 3 figures, and not even a proper seat for K-2SO, is pretty dissapointing. As a display model, it's nice, but that's kinda it
This is the most fun I’ve had with a Lego set in some time! The building experience and playability are amazing and the look is captured really well. There has been a lot of discourse around this set being smaller than the previous version. In my eyes, this doesn’t affect the overall experience. I had so much fun with this one! A win for Lego Star Wars in my opinion.
Ahem, Lego sold this set sooooo bad. More rebels would have been appreciated and the cargo bay should have been a healthy size. Not good as you should be able to tell Lego. Stores had this on discount on day one. Hope we get a better rebel set next years in 2026 that is actually good and NOT SHRUNK!!!!!!