Surprised by some of the negative feedback here, I think it looks gorgeous and I'll definitely be getting one.

Well, I think it is pretty awesome. The fact that we get a second chance to buy a UCS X-Wing is incredible. Sure some details might not be exact with the film, but it is LEGO after all and those little quirks are what I like about the products. The scale feels UCS size to me, it looks great on display from the videos.

I can't believe people are actually having this conversation.

"People" do talk about a lot of stuff - weather, politics and actually everything else. I believe it's not to judge about what others are interested in and it's not surprising that people talk about Star Wars in a Lego Star Wars forum.

"People" do talk about a lot of stuff - weather, politics and actually everything else. I believe it's not to judge about what others are interested in and it's not surprising that people talk about Star Wars in a Lego Star Wars forum.

I mean the obsessing over whether it's technically Red Five or not. I mean, I enjoy discussing details like that, but it's a bit like....come on, people. An X-Wing is an X-Wing. That's all. :)

^ Welcome to the world of hardcore Star Wars fandom.

I'll probably wait for some reviews before I decide to buy this one. It's a tough call, anyway, because of all the other great Lego SW sets that are being released this summer.

I'm on the same boat as those who happily welcome this 2nd iteration of the UCS X-Wing and appreciate the opportunity to finally own this UCS set after missing out on the first one. While I acknowledge that there are indeed some 'questionable' details of the model (nose, small diameter of the quad-engines, not-so-hexagonal shape of the rear, canopy stickers), I'd like to give the benefit of the doubt to the designers who I understand had restrictions to work on (such as parts count, total cost, parts availability, build stability, etc.), and overall I think they did the best job they could despite the imposed limitations.

With regards to some complaints about re-releasing this UCS set, it actually makes perfect sense if one would think of the overall picture: the X-Wing is probably the most iconic ship in the whole of Star Wars (alongside the Falcon), so it is the ultimate ship that every hard-core Star Wars collector need to have and even those non-SW fans can identify to. Of course, this re-release would also give new LSW collectors or those who have missed the previous version the chance to own this UCS X-Wing. (Why deprive new collectors this chance right?)

WOW...To many darn critics

Edited February 19, 201312 yr by The Chosen 1

Looks very good but I tend to like my things minifigure scale.

Not to be negative but it's just usually required for me. I'm a minifigure guy. This thing has an unusually tiny R2D2 in it and my Luke would be dwarfed. Great looking but again, gotta have me some minifigure scale.

Edited February 19, 201312 yr by BrickG

This is Red Five - it's the X-wing from the the Death Star Trench run from Episode IV "A New Hope".

And before you get all iffy about the colors, markings and such on the X-Wing, please be aware that there are more versions of the X-wing in A New Hope than you can count with both hands

The designer had around 42 screen shots from which he tried to make the X-wing as accurate as possible.

Look for yourself - in a few clips Luke flies anything from Red 1 to Red 2 to Red 4 to Red 5.

Minor bloopers some would say

Does anyone know if it's in scale with the UCS B-Wing?

I might get it, but I'll surely mod some areas...

Does anyone know if it's in scale with the UCS B-Wing?

I might get it, but I'll surely mod some areas...

Looking at the width of the seat (3 studs) I'd say yes, but that's very little information to go on.

If it is, perhaps a death star in the same scale could be next? :P

This is Red Five - it's the X-wing from the the Death Star Trench run from Episode IV "A New Hope".

And before you get all iffy about the colors, markings and such on the X-Wing, please be aware that there are more versions of the X-wing in A New Hope than you can count with both hands

The designer had around 42 screen shots from which he tried to make the X-wing as accurate as possible.

Look for yourself - in a few clips Luke flies anything from Red 1 to Red 2 to Red 4 to Red 5.

Minor bloopers some would say

Thanks for that! It's great to hear of insights such as this and it speaks to the obvious quality of the build.

I've also researched this sucker to the same degree for a 3D project. Any 'accurate' rendition of an X-Wing could conceivably be based from several different models, in several different scales, and from several different films. Remember the original 'ships' were both 'scratch built' and hand crafted before a mold was made. Some versions even have different engines installed within the s-foils (most have F-16 engine housings which are again repeated for the four externally mounted thrusters).

This is a beautiful rendition in Lego. I'm stunned at how well the rear fuselage has been depicted (there are a hell of a lot of angles to consider here) and happy to see an S-foil mechanism which closely tallies with the studio model's. The cargo bay is well conceived and the nose is pretty good, especially from a front/top elevation. R2 is not that far off in scale either and has been well integrated (Jezz guys! R2 isn't even to scale with other minifigs! ). There's also some nice detailing and greebling to top everything off!

My only accuracy beef to date is that the thrusters should be offset from the deflector housings a bit but that would likely lead to a pretty flimsy build. I'm also peeved the cockpit canopy hasn't been printed but given this is likely a unique piece then I'm not surprised at the omission. The wings look a little off when closed but I have seen an image online where they look better than in the promotional shots so the jury is out on that one for me. Besides 7191 also sits better with the S-foils locked open- Lego has its limits!!!

This is a top model!

As the proud owner of 7191 I can see that 10240 is a significant revisit to a classic and much loved build for which a hell of a lot of research has gone into. I'm not keen that this release be a new trend for UCS' but I can appreciate why, of all them this one would be (and for many collectors 'should be') re-imagined after 20 releases and 13 years of collecting...

Edited February 19, 201312 yr by Aeroeza

I love the new model and don't have any major criticisms. The stickers have me worried, hoping I don't screw them up!! That said, and I know this sounds silly, I don't like the display stand very much, particularly the grey hinges holding the information plate :)

Look for yourself - in a few clips Luke flies anything from Red 1 to Red 2 to Red 4 to Red 5.

Not to mention that, Special Edition onwards, Red 2 is everywhere anyway, that was the only digital model made.

Edited February 19, 201312 yr by Commander_Rob

This is Red Five - it's the X-wing from the the Death Star Trench run from Episode IV "A New Hope".

And before you get all iffy about the colors, markings and such on the X-Wing, please be aware that there are more versions of the X-wing in A New Hope than you can count with both hands

The designer had around 42 screen shots from which he tried to make the X-wing as accurate as possible.

Look for yourself - in a few clips Luke flies anything from Red 1 to Red 2 to Red 4 to Red 5.

Minor bloopers some would say

Where's Fallenangel when I need him?

Glad for the confirmation that this is Luke's ship. I was fairly certain it would be, being that in ANH Luke checks in as Red Five. I was thinking that, because this model uses 1x2 plates as the stripes, you could easily remove some to make a different ship.

Yes, it's an iconic ship, but it's still a ship that's been done as a UCS before. Where is the UCS Tie fighter? That's as iconic as the X-Wing -- never been done. How about a UCS Landspeeder? Also, never been done UCS, and also iconic. So yah, it's a rehash -- sorry. If there were major updates, maybe, but side by side with the original, you're gonna have to squint to tell the difference.

Yes, it's an iconic ship, but it's still a ship that's been done as a UCS before. Where is the UCS Tie fighter? That's as iconic as the X-Wing -- never been done. How about a UCS Landspeeder? Also, never been done UCS, and also iconic. So yah, it's a rehash -- sorry. If there were major updates, maybe, but side by side with the original, you're gonna have to squint to tell the difference.

I still don't get the rehash hate. It actually rubs me the wrong way that some (not all) collectors who owned the previous UCS X-Wing seemingly forget that they are NOT the only target market of UCS sets and they seem to fail (or refuse?) to recognize the fact that as time goes by more new AFOLs get into the hobby and would likely be UCS collectors as well. Don't also forget those old-timer AFOLs (like me) who, for some reason or another missed out on the previous version, appreciates this opportunity to finally own a UCS X-Wing. Again, I'll ask: why deprive new people from having the chance to own a UCS X-Wing? Isn't it a bit selfish if one would think that way?

In the 13 years of TLG releasing SW UCS sets, this is the first-time a UCS set has been rehashed, so it's not as if TLG keeps on rehasing UCS sets. And I still stand by my opinion that if there was a perfect UCS set to rehash, it would be the X-Wing by virtue of being the most iconic ship of the SW saga.

UCS TIE? UCS Landspeeder? Yes they are iconic, but not as iconic as the X-Wing or the Falcon. Come on, SW fans should know the hierarchy of the popularity of SW vehicles. Besides, whoever said there would be no UCS TIE or UCS Landspeeder or UCS LAAT/i? For all we know, these might already be in the UCS product pipeline of TLG, remember that TLG plans/designs waaay ahead, as in years before the actual release of a set.

I guess some people need to re-learn the teachings of a great Jedi:

Where's Fallenangel when I need him?

I've been wondering what he would say about all this!

I agree with Kiel- I have no problem with this being a "rehash." Wouldn't it be wonderful if every SW AFOL could have an "ultimate" version of their favorite ship? I suspect that was the original intention behind the UCS, not to make it a rare collector's version. That seems to be more the concern about the "rehash" haters. "I have it and you don't." Can't we all be happy?

It is a toy, after all, not a Picasso.

Edited February 20, 201312 yr by Churchill

So ready for this!!! Beautiful.

Anyone have any info on the bottom? I'm curious about the landing gear situation or lack of.

Oh big thanks to cavegod for suggesting using soapy water to get the stickers on right, it still scares me but sounds like a good idea. I've never heard of this before.

Also, look at it from TLG's point of view: the market for a UCS landspeeder - iconic as it may be - is a lot smaller than that of the X-Wing. Sure, it's been done before, but let someone see ANH for the first time, and then make him choose between the landspeeder and the X-wing. That seems like a no-brainer to me.

Another hobby of mine is RC cars. Tamiya (my main brand of interest) started re-releasing cars from the 80s - which was a huge success. Their 2 most desirable cars were re-released in 2011 and 2012 and were also very succesful. They built to the 'best' re-releases, only bringing them to the market when the market was ready.

I think there should be a balance between what the public wants to buy and what could generate sufficient profit for TLG (Supply & demand). I also think they struck gold with this one, and will do so again when re-releasing the Millennium Falcon, Y-wing, and to lesser extend the snowspeeder. Hard-core collectors will probably buy anything TLG releases in UCS, but the goal here should be to get more people interested in UCS kits - so the target audience should be as broad as possible. This is where the most iconic ships come in - and the more 'niche' crafts hust won't do. For now...

My 2cts...

And for the design of it......... The designer has put in lots & lots of research into this, so much that there is a story to tell just about that.

The designer had around 42 screen shots from which he tried to make the X-wing as accurate as possible.

And there you have it !

My crappy pics from the event:

Chicken Five signing in:

And some crappy video phototage:

Thanks for the videos CopMike. It's good to see the underneath of the model. It just looks better and better for me. I hope the Australian price is similar to 10225, because then it would be better for fo my wallet.

Even though I dislike the idea of a re issue I will still buy it as it looks easier to mod the engine intakes so they are the correct size. 40 screen shots and they cant get that bit right??

Thanks for the videos CopMike. It's good to see the underneath of the model. It just looks better and better for me. I hope the Australian price is similar to 10225, because then it would be better for fo my wallet.

A member on Whirlpool who works at TRU has stated it will be $280AUD, so not too far off.