Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter 9493

This is has already become a classic set, despite the fact that LEGO have released two sets of the famous X-Wing in this scale in the past. While the price was high at the initial release, the $48 price point (as of the time of this review) seems very reasonable and as I'm trying to build a 5 wing squadron, I'm nearly there and thrilled with the quality of the build, the design and the durability of this set. Many of the more complicated LEGO sets have a tendency to be flimsier than their more simple siblings, but this ship is solid all the way through, except for the obvious thruster and S-Foil blaster elements, which can't be helped. The minifigures are great here as well: Luke (with a ton of details on the figure), Jek Porkins and two R2 units. The whole set can be assembled in about 40 minutes to an hour (depending on how well you work when building the identical pairs of wings) and though I've lost one small set of the elastic bands that keep the wings closed, any small white band will work as a replacement. When you factor in LEGO has built this set in 1:1 scale for display in Legoland, this will always be a famous set and one that any Star Wars or LEGO fan should have in their possession.

I purchased this for my 4.5 year old son. He was very excited that we'd be building it. He and I built it over 4 evenings. I mostly did the quality control and application of stickers, and he did parts picking and assembly. The final product looks nice and is fun to assemble. The toy is very sturdy and is fun to play with. The wings fold and unfold with a turn of a cross handle at the back of the ship. I just wish the handle was more seamlessly integrated into the fighter's design, but, in all honesty, it is not an eyesore. There are two minifigs included with the fighter (two are robots), and they add to the game play. I will probably get the Tie Fighter to have the bad guys' and the good guys' spaceships, but, meanwhile, we will probably just use the Batwing from Lego set #6863.

So I bought this for my kid's 6th birthday thinking it would be really fun to build this together. He loved getting this for his birthday and we really did have a lot of fun building it together. But then...began the drama. I was adamantly of the opinion that the x-wing should stay on the shelf where we could stare at it's sheer brilliance and beauty. While I was at work, my son was always taking the fabulous x-wing and fly it around the house. At times...the x-wing would really fly through the air (no simulation)...and then it would shatter into a bazillion pieces. I'd come home from a long day of work looking foward to gaze upon the pure awesomness of the x-wing, but it would always be in various pieces around the house. I'd open up the back page of the manual and make sure all pieces were inventoried before building it again. Sometimes, all pieces could not be located...then began the hunt. We'd go through the vacuum cleaner, the garbage, the air registers, drain holes, and various other nooks and crannies (of the house and of the 2 little children) until all pieces were found. After about 10 cycles of this endless game of fun and frustration...the x-wing, in pieces, went back into the box. It's now sitting on a shelf...near the ceiling...away from the six year old boy. Maybe when he's 7 we can try again =). Otherwise...truly awesome Lego set. But definitely not quite ready for the destructiveness of a 6 year old...I guess I was being too hopeful =)

My 9 year old son loves Legos and Star Wars. He had been looking at this Starfighter for several months. We finally surcame to buying it for him when we saw a reasonable price from Amazon. We ordered it and it came with no problems. My son was able to put it together in about an hour and has been delighted with it ever since. It is durable for a Lego, although if you have younger children around they can easily take it apart causing grief to the builder and his mother. The toy is very fun for my son. He flies it around and has actually built a city of varing type Legos that has incorporated the Starfighter. The eduational value to me is found in the imaginative play and in the building process. I would definitely recommend it to a Lego Star Wars lover.

Don't get me wrong: this is a great set . . . My daughters and I loved putting it together and I'm glad we bought it. All props to Lego for the complicated gear system for opening and closing the S-foils (i.e. "wings" to non-nerds) but the final product kind of rubs me the wrong way (unlike the companion set 9492 TIE fighter, which is perfect). R2 sits in there sideways. The tips of the lasers are dishes, which is all wrong. The stickers on the engine intakes seem like a cop out. Bur the worst feature is definitely the canopy; it looks nothing like the X-wing canopy. Maybe if Lego spent a little more attention to replicating the details of the original (like, I don't know . . . THIS GUY [...] ) . . . then I would've given it 5 stars for sure.

An excellent model, especially at this price point. It seems exceedingly solid and is capable of being played with, unlike some other more display-oriented models. The gearing setup for the wing-opener is simple but interesting, snapping nicely into place when they're open. I believe this is the only set with Porkins, too... so if you want the full set, you'll need this. He's more of a bonus than anything else though, since the model is so good. My only complaint is that they didn't offer parts for a simple stand to allow the wings to be open when it's not being flown around - but if you've got other LEGO pieces sitting around, that's not exactly a major issue, and since it's not the lightest set ever, they'd have had to make it more expensive or remove parts from the model itself... which I'd rather they didn't. :P

Nice product. My 7 year old son enjoyed building the model and was very happy with the end result.

Hubby said it was a great surprise gift and couldn’t wait to build it. It’s built and now is played with occasionally unless it sits on our shelf waiting to be called into action again.

Who doesn't love Lego? It's classic and timeless. The Star Wars Lego products are excellent detail and of course fun to build. Pricey, but all in all worth the learning value and patience.

Kids loved it. Hours of enjoyment

The price was the best I've seen. It arrived within days of ordering and definitely was a brand new product.