Each wing ends up with two rods sticking out of the sides when you build it, and they slide in two holes in the body of the X-Wing Fighter, and that's it! They don't snap in place or anything. They slide right back out (and they often do if you try to move it or pick it up) just as easily as they slid in and there is nothing that holds the X-Wings in place.
You can guess what happens then. They fall and break into a lot of Lego pieces and you have to gather all of the pieces (hoping that you didn't just lose any) and rebuild all the Wings that fell out of the body of the ship.
It looks nice when put together and everything, but... I can honestly say this is the first Lego set that I have ever seen that was this badly designed as far as constructing it goes.
Now about the construction of the back end. It is constructed with several cogs and sprockets inside the back and if these aren't lined up just right, the X-Wings will not open up at the right angle. If you don't get it right the first time, you have to rebuild about half of it all over again because you will have to take apart the whole back end and rebuild it and keep an eye on how you line up the sprockets.
I like all of the Ulimate Collector Series Lego sets that I have, but if you only like certain ones or can't afford to get all of them (they are fairly expensive even when they are new, and if you miss one when it comes out, it is even more expensive to get a discontinued model somewhere), then you might want to pass on this one, especially if you don't have a lot of patience. ;D
2 comments:
Hey,
concerning the sprockets - can you tell me what's the right line-up!? I'm at that point now & the instructions cannot be right imho! (Page 31). Can you help how its correct? Thanx!
Sorry for the long delay. I don't pay any attention to this blog.
Mainly what you got to do is make sure all the cogs and sprockets are lined up perfectly and that they wings open at close at the exact angles they should before you start closing the back end up and covering up all that sprocket assembly. Having to disassembe the whole back end to re-align the sprockets is a bitch.
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