I would like to remind everyone that videos like this on the Internet are SUBJECTIVE opinions. I am not saying this is a worse version than the 2013 one, I am saying that I was expecting a bigger improvement after 10 years, considering how great other modern LEGO models look nowadays. This one does not seem modernized much. For those who criticize me for still wanting to buy it despite my criticism - the X-wing is my favorite starfighter and ever since I left my dark ages, I wanted a UCS one. And this is the only one we are getting for another 10 years or more. That is why it is so bitter sweet. I wanted it to be better for such an iconic craft and I know it could've been better cause LEGO is capable of brilliant models today. It is either this or a MOC, which would be far more expensive to build at such scale. Thank you watching!

It's a playscale set blown up without the UCS sheen to me. I would maybe settle for $180 on Amazon or something in the future but wouldn't shed a tear missing out on it entirely tbh.

The cockpit has printed pieces this time. The plaque is also printed, but it shows the injection mark on the front. For the photos it was rendered without the mark.

I can’t lie, there’s definitely still improvements to be made, but like come on it’s MILES better than the 2013 version and honestly I’ll take that, definitely picking it up will make a brilliant display piece!

Really wish LEGO would just do super detailed minifigure scale sets like the MOCs the community makes. The Millennium Falcon and Slave I were basically that and those were incredible. The ones that are just heavily scaled up with standard building techniques are just disappointing.

You can see the sides of the nose slant outwards from front to back. I also love the 5 red stripes. The rear looks better than the 2013 version. It's better proportioned. I see a lot of pro's on this set.

To be fair to old LEGO X-Wings, they did have to create new rounded pieces for both this set and the previous X-Wing so getting the engines correct before was a lot harder.

Lego really should have made a new uniquely shaped transparent canopy piece to better capture the angles of the X-Wing cockpit. Reusing the old one just makes it look off especially when Mike mentioned the straight lines of the fuselage against the canopy being totally wrong for this redesign. We know Lego can do better and they should have here. At least the engines are bigger and more proportional.

"I am still getting it anyways" - there you go. No need to put effort in, if people buy it no matter what.

You're going to get it but you don't like it? I swear Lego Star Wars fans are part of the reason Lego feels they can rip us off and sell bad/average sets for more than they're worth. These people buy any crap that comes out with the Star Wars logo on it and then act shocked when Lego continues to do it

Mike I am so glad you said all this - finally some who sees this for what it is. Bad. I have a number if issues, not the least of which is the wingspan is too short. The wings are too short for the fuselage. Also, the X is far too pronounced - the X-Wings in the movie never have them open that far. As well, the wings touch, i.e., close completely when closed not a huge gap! The nose sucks. R2 is WAY out of scale. Also, while the plaque is printed, one phots shows a mold dimple, like on the Ferrari Daytona, on the plaque. This is unacceptable for a $320 CAN set! Lego will not get my money for this!

The wings are too small concerning to the engines. The front piece looks awful. I agree totally. The goos thing is, the moccer will improve their models.

The minifig R2-D2 behind the cockpit looks silly and is my biggest issue. We have a 3x3 dome piece and they've already made a 4x4 dome piece with the R2-D2 print with a previous May 4th promo 30611. I like this over the last UCS X-wing, but $240 is steep. The A-wing was $200 and based on what I'm seeing there's more to it.

they nailed it. but unfortunately they used the $50 version as reference.

❤ I agree 100%. In this day and age, there is no reason that Lego should not get that shape, right. They’ve never gotten it right and this was their chance.

Underwhelming set. Doesn't seem like a clever use of parts at all

The stars are a call back to the previous ucs set

00:51 that’s what TLG seems to be counting on with sets likes this and the UCS Luke’s Land speeder last year. The “I don’t want it but I will get it” sales angle. Don’t get it, that way LEGO might learn the way they have done with the UCS Hulkbuster or Black Panther bust. 01:10 Yep. I mean the Land Rover classic defender has more pieces (and more VIP points) for the same price. And it’s a reasonable comparison IMHO given they are both AFOL focused sets with big IP attached to them. 03:14 yeah the engine size looks better but the wings now look too small to me. Really what I think LEGO should’ve done with this as a UCS set is rather than do a big X-wing, to a perfectly minifigure scaled version. As you said there are so amazing MOC X wings in minifigure scale which replicate the ship much better. And in order to bring the piece count up to a UCS point do like the aforementioned Land Rover set or the delorean set- include extra parts and pieces to turn it from Luke’s red 5 as seen ANH, then have accessories to make it look like it does in ESB where it’s cover in moss and swamp vines. Either that or just go bigger with the UCS set and don’t try and put minifigures/R2s inside it.

It's honestly really ugly. My 2020 play scale model looks better than this one and it's not even as good as the 2018 play scale model

I got a feeling that once you buy it and build it, you'll like it a lot more.

Jang has a great video previewing this set, and comparing this to the 2013 model. Anyone who thinks this is worse is being blissfully ignorant. That's all I'm going to say.

Does it not have landing gear? I didn't see them in any of the shots. The old UCS X-wing did and so did the UCS Y-wing.

I have the 2013 version, and though it's not perfect, this one doesn't "WOW!" me enough to consider purchasing it. I have both R2D2 UCS sets. While I like the 2012 set, the 2021 set had enough improvements that actually made it worth purchasing.

Not to mention the cockpit mold is completely wrong - it should get thinner towards the front, not wider. Plus those tiles added behind the "tip" of the nose look terrible. I made these points on reddit and had people argue with me that UCS sets aren't meant to be 100% accurate 🙄There's a difference between it not being 100% accurate, and it being plain *wrong*

R2-D2 is way too small. If Luke’s minifig doesn’t look right in the cockpit, R2 is too small and this is exactly the case. They should have brought back the printed dome piece from the R2-D2 Polybag to put behind the cockpit but still included the fig of him. No-one would have complained

You can definitely feel the disappointment in this reveal, which is really unfortunate for those who really do want a UCS X Wing model on display. I'm more or less indifferent, as these larger USC styled sets aren't really targeted towards me as a collector. Subjectively I'm still really happy with the 2018 smaller release of the X Wing which more or less has the same design, opening wing feature which still for the most part works great. That, and this Canadian will probably be upwards $300 and for that amount I think either last years Landspeeder or even this years Land Rover are much more interesting builds/display vehicles. None the less looking forward to the review on the channel, and here's hoping it's a better model in hand than it presents itself.

haha, glad I have 2 Red Squadron X-Wings in my backlog I picked up on clearance :P and TLG seems to have laid off their designers for their boxes, hot mess packaging and manual covers,

I had a chance to get a new 2013 model for like 200$ but I didn't when herd there will be a new one this year. So glad I waited! I didn't;t like a lot of things in that 2013 set, and I do think this one is better. It is ideal? Hell No! I'm totally agree that the body is too bulky and the nose is too big, but this still looks better than the plane one in 2013.

This may have been mentioned but the wings are maybe two studs too short. They look stubby to me. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for the upgrades people come up with to address some of these design issues. Those seem to be all the rage now, instead of complaining and not doing anything about it, they set to work fixing, love that.

To me this x-wing is too big and too expensive to not be almost perfect. There are plenty of minifig scale Mocs that look much more accurate to the Movie. And that minifig R2-D2 behind the cockpit looks silly and is my biggest issue. in my opinion , Would have Perfered something Else too be honest. Really Wish i got that 2013 UCS X-Wing, But that was when i was getting Back into The Lego Hobbie from My childhood.

I'm extremely disappointed! 😖 There are so many wrong solutions on this x-wing I don't even know where to start! If you want a great looking x-wing, buy Jerac's instructions instead! 😉👍🏼

If I get it I may modify the droid port to make r2 stick out a bit more for it to possibly work

I actually like this set...but 2 major flaws are flipper pcs used for the lasers and that horrible nose build!

Still waiting on a separatist UCS set…

I think looking for 100% film accuracy is really asking for too much. The vast majority of Lego pieces are completely or partially rectangular in shape, that is going to come with unavoidable limitations. We can't expect Lego to produce sets that are both structurally stable and 100% accurate and it's unreasonable to expect this. 100% accurate is also pointless endeavor when, and I say this as a huge Star Wars fan, 99.99% of fans won't notice a minor detail that's missing or slightly off-model.

It looks like the proportions are off. The cockpit just looks wierd. and the windscreen is at the wrong angle. And agree that R2 looks goofy. They need a larger dome to make it look accurate.

And why couldn't they make a large R2 dome like they did for Obi Wan's Starfigher. The minifig R2 looks stupid put in there. Just dumb to make a slot for it. Just have R2 on the display stand with Luke. And yes, the box art is meh. For such an iconic ship in all of sci-fi, looks so simple the packaging.

To me this x-wing is too big and too expensive to not be almost perfect. There are plenty of minifig scale Mocs that look much more accurate. The cockpit, nose and r2d2 are the biggest issues with this set.

To many studs in the sides

YES, the picture on the box is angled wrongly. It makes the third edition look blocky and two dimensional 🤷🏼‍♂️ Not impressive, will stick to my MkII

I own the 2000 and 2013 UCS X Wing’s and also have jerrac’s version as well and all of them are great but still are off proportionally same with new version . What I don’t get is why you would go for a set if it’s that bad, why not just get the one you like or wait for another UCS version down the line that would do it better? 😂

Ok no you are correctly, its totally mid

I had many of the same thoughts when the first images came out. There are still some flaws, as always, but having seen this set built in the Lego store I can certainly say it looks a whole lot better in person

Was waiting for this to come out again, but pretty disapointed having seen that. I really thought they would get their poodoo together for this one, or why even bother to re release it? Nowdays people doing MOC's now are just putting these lego designers to shame, and its still looking like by far the best way to build a decent xwing in 2023

At the end of the day Lego doesn't care what you or anybody thinks! The set will sell no matter what, deal with it!

Neither the engines nor wings touch when colapsed. The nose is too tick and the cockpit should be angles with the nosecone...

I am glad I got the old one in parts I could put it together but it’s all in a bin Along with 40 other sets from back in the day Star Wars Lego sets but I must say this set here is not worth getting other then to say that I have it and maybe put two or three away because if I put it together I won’t be happy I know this so no I won’t be getting one unless it’s used and cheap to do myself I can wait as well till it goes on sale cheap and buy a few I am doing that with the land speeder now

I really agree

It’s a MEH for me

Auf der Box sind die Flügel zu weit geöffnet und das sieht gruselig aus. Deshalb hoffe ich das stufenlos verstellbar sind

I agree, when I first saw this set, I though it was way to bulky and round.

It’s just ugly. The studs and tiles clash terribly. Lego has made mostly snot models that work really well, and also more traditional studded models that also work well. This x wing is just a visual mess. And the angles are so off especially that nose-who thought of that

That's a UCS set? Could've fooled me

The better Lego gets the more entitled and ungrateful Lego fans get. I mean, cmon, box art? Who gives a ****? They’ve finally got big engines, it’s a big improvement. The nose has angled sides, another big improvement. It is crazy to complain it doesn’t thicken in every angle. I think Lego fans need to take a deep breath and reflect on how great these sets have got.

yeah do yourself a favour and pick up the 2000 vertion if you can. it's by FAR the best version.

I've waited a long time for a new x wing ucs version missed out on original but not sure I'm willing to pay 240 bucks for a set I don't feel I must have as this looks shitty for a ucs set in my opinion.

At some point, improvements slow down Or even stop. People are too negative. Its fine looking. Wont be buying, cause i have the two older ones

I have the first UCS X wing and it looks better

…..forget to say it, but I fully agree in your assessment. Well said, good job! 👍🏻🇩🇰👏🏻

I don't know but this doesn't look proportional

Plus the engines are too big

I completely agree. This is the easiest NON-purchase I ever made during May the 4th. I’ll save my money for something far better looking.

I love it

Have to say this build looks so trash! Really dont need to add a third one to my UCS collection either. If you're going to make a 3rd it needs to be top quality

Let's keep buying the same sets over and over so that Lego won't stretch their catalog of ideas with different ships and keep giving us the same thing instead of something completely different. 🙄

Another X-Wing. Sigh. The X-Wing is like the Landspeeder. A visit to the well once too often until it's dried up. How many X-Wings do we need? And if we buy this one they'll just come out with yet another one rendering this one obsolete and outdated. I'm tired of Lego repeating the same things over and over which is why I rarely buy Star Wars sets anymore.

I cant buy that knowing there are scuba fins on the guns

You want a movie acurate model? Buy a model kit. You want a LEGO set X-Wing, buy this. Also, this set isn't for you, re-releases are for people who don't want to pay 3x 4x on BL for the older sets.