Review: LEGO Star Wars 75248 Resistance A-Wing Starfighter

Today we are very quickly interested in the set 75248 Resistance A-Wing Starfighter (269 pieces - 29.99 €), another chestnut tree from the Star Wars range which has already been the subject of multiple adaptations to the LEGO sauce for 20 years.

With each new version its improvements, and here we benefit from a ship more slender than usual, which is not to displease me. The set is a little less clumsy than the 2017 version of the set 75175 A-Wing Starfighter, that's always what it takes.

Everything is assembled in 15 minutes, there is nothing here to occupy a young fan for a few hours. It will therefore be necessary to count on the ludic potential of the whole to prolong the "experience" while living "[even more] fun space adventures".

Two Spring-Shooters are hidden under the cabin and the firing is triggered via the black buttons accessible at the front of the cabin. The mechanism is very well integrated and does not alter the general appearance of the vessel, a detail that will please collectors keen to line up models rather than toys on their shelves.

On the cockpit side, it's minimum service with the possibility of placing Snap Wexley there, which will have no control console. This new version of the A-Wing also benefits from real retractable landing gear. These elements are rather basic but they allow to really elevate the ship and give it some allure.

On a purely aesthetic level, the blue pins which hold the two dummy guns on the sides of the vessel are in my opinion a little off topic but this is not dramatic for a product which is not intended to serve as a reference model. .

Even if the green tint of the stickers is rather consistent with the parts on which they take place, we regret the large number of stickers to stick on the fuselage of this small vessel intended to be handled by young fans not always very careful. Stickers on a (really) white background suffer from the usual problem of color shift with white-cream pieces.

Two minifigs accompany the spaceship, pilot Temmin "Snap" Wexley (Greg Gunberg, JJ Abrams' friend back in this new episode of the saga) and Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix, played on screen by Billie Lourd who does not is other than Carrie Fischer's daughter.

Snap Wexley is entitled to a new face, to the helmet already seen on the head of the same character in the Microfighters set 75125 Resistance X-Wing Fighter (2016) and the outfit already worn by Poe Dameron in the set 75102 Poe's X-Wing Fighter (2015)

Connix's minifigure features Sally Ride and Tina Goldstein's features and Leia's hair delivered here in Medium Dark Flesh, all plugged into a unique torso with successful pad printing. The outfit looks true to what has already been revealed about the character via the visual of the Topps map which is currently circulating on the internet.

In short, this set does not add much to the LEGO Star Wars range and its acquisition is only justified by the presence of Kaydel Ko Connix who will find its place in the Ribba frames of many collectors anxious to bring together all the characters of the saga, including extras making a stealthy appearance on screen. LEGO knows how to distribute the most requested minifigs in all the boxes of each new wave, we can not blame him for trying to sell as many sets as possible.

Like I said about the set ship 75257 Millennium Falcon, if you do not yet have an A-Wing in your collection, this set will do well, provided you find it at a price much lower than that charged by the manufacturer.

Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual in play. Deadline fixed at December 5, 2019 next at 23pm.

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