Review: LEGO Star Wars 75235 X-Wing Starfighter Trench Run

This year, LEGO has decided that very young fans also have the right to assemble Star Wars and that gives in particular the set 75235 X-Wing Starfighter Trench Run, a small box of the "4+" range sold for 29.99 € with 132 pieces, two minifigs and a droid.

We first evacuate the accompanying content which is delivered here in the form of a portion of the Death Star that must be attacked using the X-Wing provided. Nothing complex regarding the assembly, everything is thought out so that those arriving from the LEGO DUPLO range gradually adapt to the format and techniques of the products System.

Even if LEGO announces a little pompously that it is the scene of the "Run Trench", do not seek here the fidelity of the reproduction and just say that the structure is intended for the children to have fun. A turbolaser cannon, a disc launcher with some additional ammunition, a few barrels to overturn, there are what to do.

To attack the Death Star, you need an X-Wing. Good thing, there is one in the box. Or rather a ship that vaguely resembles an X-Wing. Here too, the simplification is taken to the extreme and the final look of the ship suffers. But everyone knows that it's usually enough to position four wings crosswise and fans, especially those aged four, will immediately see it as an X-Wing.

This one is really very cartoonish, more in the spirit microfighter than anything else. The adult fan that I am is obviously disappointed with the look of the thing, especially at the cockpit level with its basic canopy that does not completely cover the cockpit, but I am not the target of the product, it is LEGO who says so.

The confrontation is likely to be uneven because the X-Wing does not have any playable weaponry, not even a Stud Shooter. It will be necessary to do pew pew to hope to explode the Death Star.

More regrettable, there is no housing for the astromech droid R2-D2 on the structure of the ship, so it will take a little imagination not to leave it docked before going on a mission. The wings fold up easily, no complicated mechanism or rubber bands here. No mobile landing gear either.

No sticker in this set, everything is pad printed and some parts of the X-Wing can eventually be used to replace those covered with stickers in other sets more popular with adult fans. Despite the meta-part used for the fuselage, the X-Wing does not float.

On the minifig side, only Luke Skywalker's double-sided head with raised visor on one side is currently exclusive to this set. The helmet, torso and legs are already available in a handful of other boxes. Enough for the most complete collectors to make the effort.

The Stormtrooper is here equipped with the new helmet seen in the set 75229 Death Star Escape and which will also be delivered in the anniversary set 75262 Imperial Dropship. We like it or not, but we have to live with it.

R2-D2 is not new or exclusive, it is the version already delivered in a good dozen boxes of the LEGO Star Wars range and even with an activity book for 8 €.

In short, nothing to say about this set. If you have young children and you absolutely want to get them into the Star Wars gear early on instead of letting them gorge themselves on the adventures of Dora and Babouche, you can give them this set and discreetly steal the minifig of Luke Skywalker. Or replace it with a Frozen mini-doll.

Otherwise, you can also wait for Amazon to break the price of this box, which is sure to happen.

Note: The set shown here, supplied by LEGO, is included as usual. To participate in the raffle, simply post a comment on this article before February 25, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

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