Review : LEGO Star Wars 75249 Resistance Y-Wing Starfighter

Today we take a quick look at the LEGO Star Wars set 75249 Resistance Y-Wing Starfighter (578 pieces - 69.99 €), a box inspired by the film The Rise of Skywalker and marketed since October 4. As usual, we will remain very careful about the fidelity of the content of the set with what we will see on the screen next December and we will be content to take this product for what it is: yet another performance. Y-Wing in LEGO sauce accompanied by some characters.

There are also no more versions of the Y-Wing at LEGO. "Classic" versions, model based on the animated series The Clone Wars, UCS, Microfighters, I believe that we have covered the subject widely in 20 years and it is always appreciable to have the right to a little originality even if the starting point remains similar.

The advantage of this new version is to move away from the color scheme usually used for this ship. So we find ourselves here with a red and white livery which will justify the purchase of this box without telling ourselves that it is yet a classic Y-Wing, whose design has been redesigned to better meet the requirements of today's fans, which we buy.

Some pieces Technic for the main frame, a cockpit which gradually takes shape according to the different stickers to stick on the cabin, a pad-printed canopy which allows you to refine everything and we are there. There is nothing very complicated to assemble here and the youngest should find their way around.

It will be a little less obvious when it will be necessary to affix the different stickers that give the ship a little personality. These are big stickers that must be carefully aligned so as not to mess up the look of the model. And this is where we see that LEGO definitely has a problem with white. Off-white, creamy white or immaculate white, all the colors pass through and the result is not very successful. The pieces are not really white, the stickers are. The difference in color is clearly visible and it is disappointing.

If the canopy of the vessel is not unique, the pad printing of the part is however specific to this model. I don't know if LEGO intended to match the color with the rest of the front end of the ship, yet that's what the official retouched visuals displayed on the manufacturer's store suggest, but it failed.

The two reactors are also quickly assembled with a few logically repetitive steps as desired. The whole is rather solid and easy to handle, even if the "branches" of the reactors will sometimes tend to unclip unexpectedly. The end result is visually very correct with an appreciable attention to detail for a model of this scale.

A satisfying detail: The presence of three landing gears, admittedly basic but foldable to retract them during the flight phase, which give the ship a little allure when it is placed on the corner of a shelf.

Question playability, there is something to have a little fun with two Spring-Shooters rather well integrated which with a simple pressure on the tail of the missile ejects their projectile. In the center of the ship, there is a bomb bay that can store three ammunition that will then have to be released using the dial placed at the back. The integration of the storage mechanism is successful and the wheel does not disfigure the whole.

The cockpit is a little cramped, you have to orient Zorii Bliss' helmet so that the rear protuberance of the accessory goes under the planned release. The astromech droid finds its place in the usual location, as usual in a position that is not the one seen on this type of ship but we will do with it.

The minifig endowment is rather interesting here with a Snowtrooper, Zorii Bliss, Poe Dameron, an astromech droid and the small DO droid. Unsurprisingly, the Snowtrooper reuses elements already seen in other boxes since 2015 including the Lego Star Wars 2017 Advent Calendar.

Zorii Bliss is a character that we don't know much about yet, but at least we know it's actress Keri Russell (Elizabeth Jennings in the series The Americans) which is hidden under the costume. If the character does not take off his helmet throughout the film, the neutral head is justified. Otherwise, it's a shame. LEGO is doing quite well with the plastic version of the helmet worn by the character in the film. It's bulky, but it's consistent with what we've seen so far on the various promotional visuals provided by Disney.

Poe Dameron is delivered here in an all-new outfit, seen in the movie trailer, with an adventurer shirt and bandana around his neck. The character's head is not new, it is the one seen so far in a good half-dozen sets. Logically, Oscar Isaac hasn't aged much since The Force Awakens.

Regarding the two droids provided, I will settle for two remarks: I don't know what I really expected regarding DO, but I am a little disappointed with the Kinder figure delivered here even if it seems difficult to do otherwise. . The astromech droid seems almost successful, except that on closer inspection we see that LEGO is trying to solve the problem of pad printing a white area on a darker background by applying two coats. It failed, still it would be necessary to align the two layers of white correctly.

Overall, I am seduced by this box which offers an original, detailed and playable interpretation of the Y-Wing. I'm also a little disappointed with the usual technical flaws that LEGO still doesn't go out of its way to correct to deliver a truly flawless high-end toy. This set of less than 600 pieces is still sold € 69.99, at this price and coming from a manufacturer whose job it is, I think I have the right to be demanding. Fortunately, it is already possible to pay for this box a little cheaper than its public price to pass the pill.

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Note: The set presented here, supplied by LEGO, is as usual put into play. To participate in the raffle, all you have to do is post a comment (avoid the "I participate, I try, etc ..." be a little more constructive) on this article before November 13, 2019 next at 23pm. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

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