LEGO Star Wars 2025 ARC-170 review! Both better & worse than you've heard | 75402

[@EL-uj1pl]

With the quality of those stickers showing up in promotional material, I figured the canopies were printed with white on them, and that Lego was doing their usual thing of never printing opacity on dark colors. Learning it's a sticker bewilders me, especially when this very same set has opaque white stickers!

[@Cliff77127]

Anyone who got this set needs to complain to customer support about the canopy stickers

[@Wyattporter]

That’s the craziest part to me - that there _are_ clear-backed stickers with an accurate white tone on them, but they couldn’t get it right for the canopy!

[@pinobluevogel6458]

@@Wyattporter Exactly, an extremely preventable and unnecessary oversight. It looks cheap, it feels cheap and the set is anything but cheap as a product.

[@dannybrezelhorner2715]

​@@Cliff77127 This has been an issue for years, Lego just dosen't care

[@Mick0Mania]

Same here. I assumed they must be prints for it to look the way it does. So you have to go through the pain of putting the stickers on, and they're not even correctly color balanced? Someone somewhere messed up. Edit: Also those dark red wing tips. I thought printing on white should make color coding easier. How did they end up so dark?!

[@ShizzySupra]

As usual, W review. The canopy stickers are straight up grey…

[@fulcrum2867]

Maybe I'm just crazy, but I feel like a multi-billion dollar company should be able to make a white sticker. The recent QC is unacceptable. Same with mold marks. I would be willing to pay the prices Lego asks if they just put a little more effort into their quality control

[@StrykeSZN]

especially when FW and Pantasy get it right for a far cheaper price

[@meowritz]

For real, these stickers ruin so many sets visually, they need to develop either a new type of sticker or make them thicker

[@JunjiItoDougWalker]

I exclusively buy chinese knock off lego sets and the quality control is at parity with LEGO bricks these days. There is no reason for me to go back

[@McPilch]

Those working at Lego who are passionate about their product: We really need to improve our QC. Those who are shareholders and decision makers: We really need another yacht, so that's a no...

[@notjakefromstatefarm6969]

@@fulcrum2867 come on. People pay regardless. There in lies, the problem. Lego doesn't give a flying rats behind about anyone. Quality control? Doesn't exist in their dictionary. They knew people would pay so they jacked up the price by a LOT. Hope people start to give other brands more attention. They do really well and almost always no stickers.

[@thatfunkymonkey7667]

Lego genuinely confuses me how on earth during the product design process do they look at those sticker and print color matching and go “ehh good enough we can’t do better than this” like seriously it baffles me how something this simple just gets greenlit to be a final product

[@Andystuff800]

They have no incentive to do better because these sets fly of the shelves anyway.

[@j0hn00]

My best guess is that the design is finished correctly, they send it off to the factories, the factories somehow screw up the prints and stickers designs when translating them to mass production pieces, then Lego sees it and says "oh well, don't wanna bother spending the money to redo those" But it continues to happen so often that I'm baffled why they don't take steps to avoid that mistake next time, which would both save them money and give us a better product

[@morrowmorrow4811]

@@thatfunkymonkey7667 im guessing maybe it has to do with lego spreading themselves too thin. I do think they seem to be pushing sets out too fast...

[@Ozkabot]

The canopy sticker situation here is baffling. So much time and money spent, and visual compromises made (not necessarily this set but across the board), to make solid toys that can be built by young kids... yet they include canopy stickers like these that can only be correctly applied by the steadiest of hands. Even I, a 27 year old, would struggle with those without getting air bubbles and fingerprints underneath. It's all about the kids experience until it comes to asking themselves "can we bother to spend a bit more on prints?" Not to mention the awful opacity but that's a separate issue altogether.

[@dgray3771]

I'm all on board with compromises to make sets more affordable and durable. That the design does not fall apart merely by picking it up. And your wings and other stuff doesn't start drooping on a shelf after a week. Lego put a lot of effort in it. With the newer designs and parts used for T fighters. How they build up and tile everything looking at the Tie bomber. But then to see this kind of print quality both on the parts and the sticker sheet is just shocking. Someone is dropping balls here. Actually the Ashoka Interceptor is much better in terms of quality. Yet the set is cheaper. Still overpriced but o well. And it has it's own little flaws like no lock on the canopy. But how it looks. Night and day difference. The opacity should never have happened. But also the printing on the tiles. It is atrocious. How long have they been putting out the parts that hold this color. Do they not test run?

[@TheWampam]

Why does somebody at TLC think it is OK to have kids put large stickers onto windscreens, while at the same time they put ridiculous colors into sets for adults, because they claim it would be to hard to build otherwise?

[@ifwcorvids]

Whatever cuts into their bottom line the least, they will do. The justification comes later.

[@dgray3771]

Giving you a pink brick in the middle of the build, meanwhile a sticker almost the length of a finger to wrap around a curved piece... Lego Logic.

[@LegoheadMC]

Nobody enjoys putting large stickers on windscreens, but a lot of people enjoy the colors that break up the monotony of colors while building adult models… you can’t put them in the same group

[@Brickbybr1ck-s3v]

It’s just an excuse for laziness

[@lopoa126]

But every set needs some weird blue parts or LEGO lose money

[@monkeyulizebricks]

I always appreciate that you treat the toys as toys. I have no problem with the downscaling or the scale in general but the cannons needed to be bigger and you could have still had the spring shooters. The canopy stickers are just awful, as bad as the ones on the last ghost. It's pathetic how poor lego's printing and sticker departments are compared to their design departments.

[@TheShadowKarl]

For the money we spend on these toys those canopies should have been high quality prints. The minfigs look really great but I really wish they had dual molded those legs. My three boys are obsessed with clones for their clone armies and they will love getting three pilots especially two named ones! Great review Jang. You really nailed the criticisms and the strengths. I actually like the slightly smaller size on the vehicles. They take up less space and that is important for dusplaying and it makes it easier to make hangers and stuff for them because they can also be scaled down and take up less room and require fewer pieces to make.

[@Andystuff800]

If you're set on buying this, at least wait for a sale and don't buy directly from Lego. Don't reward them with full price.

[@pb5x5]

Build issues can be normally fixed up to a point but sorting the sticker issues out is something else.

[@andrewlee6025]

We have a small budget for printed parts for this set, how about printing the cockpits… Lego: We are printing the wingtips! But cockpit clear stickers are a pain to get right and the clear white won’t look good… Lego: W I N G T I P S

[@roku144]

Thanks for keeping it real yet again Jang. As fans, we don’t have to buy it we’re not owed anything, but we can point it out for sure. And I love how you keep in mind that these are just toys at the end of the day and not proper Scale models. Toys are toys. Those stickers are in the hall of shame top 10 for sure. Would be interested in watching a video about your least favorite LSW specific stickers. I’d also be interested in the other theme specific stickers too

[@dennisbernhard3117]

I was so hyped for this to come out. I absolutely don't mind the size or proportions at all. I had the 2005 model as a kid and this is so nostalgic to me. I was waiting for an update on this for forever. BUT these stickers are soooo bad. I don't even want to buy it anymore. This went from a 'must buy' to a 'no way' real quick and it's such a shame, because 99% of what I see is good.

[@BboyCustomz]

If you like it I'd say buy it anyway, and keep contacting customer service requesting replacement for those stickers everytime you get bad ones. If it's a set production issue, they're unlikely to fix it but who knows. Enough complaints there might be a revision.

[@dgray3771]

@@BboyCustomz I'm curious if this is a running thing or not but here in Europe from the EU batch the bricks in paper bags btw. Exactly the same issue. So don't get your hopes up. The prints usually come in 1 go. As for bricks they come from different factories, so the variety is bigger with bricks. But the quality is usually the same.

[@DallArtOrigins]

I certainly feel ya. It's no longer "only the best" 😢

[@pinobluevogel6458]

@@BboyCustomz To be fair I see them in other reviews too. I actually took a few minutes and skimmed through 4 different reviews, another two from the US, one based in Europe and one from Australia, they all had the same grey stickers on the canopy and mismatched colors. I think buying a product and expecting them to en masse fix it is a little naive, as well as not a good consumer policy. The best way to let Lego fix it is NOT buying the set because it is faulty. This is not a video game that you can patch later and fix all the bugs, it is a physical box with parts and stickers in it. To be fair I would be delighted if thousands upon thousands bought this and asked for proper prints, stickers or a refund, that would get it under their attention pretty fast, but not buying it and being extremely vocal about why you didn't is probably a more cost effective way.

[@rampantrambling]

I didn't apply the stickers to the cockpits, stickers on clear pieces are an awful experience

[@pinobluevogel6458]

It probably looks much better without it. Not accurate at all, but at least tolerable. Try getting new stickers from customer service and then you don't need new canopies even.

[@TTTgundams]

I find all of your criticisms valid and reasonable. The fact that the ARC-170 seems like a fan favorite, with only 3 sets made over a period of 20 years, makes the content of this set sting even more. It may take LEGO a long time to release another version if we extrapolate the long timespan between the existing releases. LEGO has printed these canopies before, many times unless I'm mistaken. Very disappointing indeed.

[@tirneldragonslayer]

I could begin to accept the $70 price tag if they included at least a second or even a third generic pilot (I love that we got both Jag and Oddball, but aren’t even in the same fleet, let alone the same ship, and some past X-Wings have been customizable for different pilots), a second astromech, and printed the canopies well. As it is, I can’t see myself paying more than $50 for this. As someone who wants to get 3 or 4 of these eventually to build a squadron, I’ll probably wait for a sale where it’s under $50. That will probably be a while. I’m also starting to wonder if they’ll correct some of the quality issues mid-run given how loud, universal, and justified the outrage at the QC for this set has been. It’s extremely rare, but I think it’s happened before.

[@hugginz929]

Speaking of stickers, I've encountered a problem with this set I've never personally come across before: The stickers with dark grey for the nose and sides of the front cockpit started peeling apart maybe 2 days after assembly. The actual printed surface peeling off from the base of the sticker itself. I've just had to take them off I don't mind them missing, just found it very odd.

[@samlowther9487]

Thankfully we have dedicated fans and artists that recreate stickers as high quality prints on actual lego pieces so that we can replace these god-awful stickers. We shouldn’t have to turn to these custom prints but at least we have the option

[@Cliff77127]

The cockpit stickers were advertised as white and looked like prints. Definitely worth contacting customer support about

[@ashersouthard9999]

hay Jang i love your videos i try to watch all of them when i get the chance ur like the only person i watch for lego Reviews

[@thesheeper0873]

The window sticker on the Indiana Jones plane set was annoying now you got to deal with the 2 more window stickers

[@sean_cowan_]

Jang u are probably my favorite Lego KZbinr just off of how pure u seem to be alone

[@josevera8209]

why can some knock-off chinese manufacturer (uuuuh they are fake, so scaryyy) make better prints and stickers and charge you 3 or 4 times less?

[@drjasinski]

You made valid points here. Hope someone from LEGO management watches this.

[@somethingawesome9547]

Great review of a desirable and anticipated set, with a collection of figures people have been wanting. Watched this review twice.

[@steelscooter]

Great video. Charging a premium is one thing but not achieving the quality to suit is really unforgivable in this day and age. 👍

[@drewvanzee6433]

no way that was 15 years ago.... man i'm getting old 😭

[@leftygurl]

the brick built parts of this set seem lovely, but the canopy stickers… yeesh. i hope a potential second production run of this set improves the opacity of them, but asking consumers, let alone kids, to put those on accurately is not a bright idea. those really should have been prints, even if they could have only done one print for all three and reduced the accuracy of their shapes, it wouldve been preferable to fumbling the stickers. i think when i get my copy of this set i might just leave them off, at least for a little while to see if their absence bugs me more than having decals that aren’t very good.

[@cjp1599]

I want a video for the replacement parts, they gonna be the same. Lego doesnt care, we buy no matter. Great video as always...

[@markosnut6696]

The sticker issue here reminds me of the curved canopy sticker on the 77012 Indiana Jones Fighter Plane Chase. Lego really needs to start printing properly on curved canopy pieces.

[@TyperRspec789]

Jang is my #1 reviewer of all models and toys. I remember him from his UltimateRC days where he built some awesome Traxxas rigs. Love the dude and will always be regarded as one of my favorite hobbyists in general. Thank you Jang for always staying genuine, realistic, and thorough! ❤

[@TheOfficialArtOfAsh]

I'm not against Lego making compromises for the sake of it being a toy. Because some folks need to remember that this is a toy and it needs to be sturdy and solid - which it is. As a toy, this is perfectly fine. I mean, what more could you need, it functions perfectly fine and it's as solid as a rock which is great. But, I am not afraid to say that just because it's a toy, doesn't mean you should cut corners. Even kids who are Star Wars crazy would be able to tell that the lazor cannons are way, way too short or that the canopy stickers are supposed to be white. Lego just needs to stop pandering. They're sets are getting smaller and their prices are getting way too high.

[@gundamnmechas8518]

Heavy on that last part, with Ahsoka's interceptor being an even worse offender.

[@thepartydontstoptilliwalkin]

Correct. I honestly think Lego Star Wars fans in particular are huge size queens among other things. These are toys. They need to be playable and not much else. Regarding Lego: Yes, they've been cheapening out on us wherever they can. The issue goes both ways though. Because frankly... Why wouldn't they? They save money and the fanbase continues to preorder en masse. Pay full price. Year after year after year they continue to confirm Lego in their current business model.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

While it seems to be that sets are seemingly smaller and have less piececount, this is not all across the board. There are many sets that still do a much better job at providing value, it is mostly Starwars and some other IP sets that go overboard on skimping on quality, value and price. The consumers still buy it, so why would they bother improving on it?

[@boogie1434]

There's a saying "kids also like things that are good" this set is good but they cut big corners elsewhere in the theme. When I was a kid I know I'd rather have space men/wizards with cloth capes not tiny little leg marks 😂

[@ALEXD4WN]

Looks like I’m whipping out the vernier callipers out for those canopy stickers

[@SpartanBrix]

I think it’s a pretty decent set. Not the greatest, but I don’t think it’s anywhere near a bad set. I’m just happy we’re still getting a good amount of Clone Wars sets. I feared that Lego would go back to making barely any Prequel Trilogy and Clone Wars sets at all.

[@TH3HY3N4]

So many things about this set just make me sad and feel like Lego is really doing the bare minimum when it comes to stuff they know will sell just because of what it is... I'm glad I have at least Tudor Corner to cheer me up.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

At the very least the Tudor style corner cost only about 3 times as much, while having 6 times as many pieces, so you're having a very good deal. To be honest, it is also a lovely, top quality set .. unlike this dinky, mediocre starship that looks like a cheap kids toy, but costs about as much as 7 of them.

[@faroffgrace5490]

I'm really glad that you take the time to outline the ACTUAL problems with the set, rather than jumping on the bandwagon of "The set is too small! It doesn't have the same aura as the old ones" (you know, whatever the heck THAT means). I had the 2010 ARC-170 and I remember it being incredibly fragile, so I'm glad you took the time to praise the structural integrity of this new one before RIGHTFULLY calling out the atrocious stickers. As I was watching the review, before you pointed out the stickers, I was staring at those cockpits and thinking "Wait, is that supposed to be white?" Brilliant review as ever, you never disappoint. I found this way more informative than any other KZbinr's review of the set.

[@BeasBotBonanza]

Thank you for this video Jang, I have just cancelled my order for this set. Lego is no longer getting my money for substandard products. The quality of these stickers and prints is absolutely unforgivable for the price they expect us to pay

[@AstronautAaron]

I recommend dipping the clear piece in water mixed with a drop of dishsoap which will let the sticker not stick until it is aligned and the water squeezed out

[@kibavee3295]

I was on the fence about this set, but once you pointed out the opacity on those stickers I can't unsee it.

[@silvermoon88_]

That's so rough. I went into this video knowing I personally didn't like the design and proportions very much (particularly the engines really), but I wasn't expecting such terrible quality control at all. Downright shameful, especially at the pricepoint. I'd certainly feel less bad about the always-high cost of Lego if their quality wasn't actively going down! Both the prints and canopy stickers are just unacceptably bad. No excuse for how bad those are - the canopies taking stickers at all is ridiculous enough, IMO. Never had a good experience with clear stickers on clear parts, it's always incredibly frustrating. Very disappointing all around, took a set that I was very iffy about buying (way down the road, waiting for discount/sale) to an absolute no-go. As always, appreciate the honest review! Always enlightening to hear your thoughts, Jang - your work is always appreciated.

[@Legomyegoorj]

At some point this just gets ridiculous. Lego will only change if 1) enough people vote with their wallets, and 2) complain endlessly until the myriad quality control issues get fixed. As you said, Jang, Lego can’t be this expensive for the consumer while also being this cheap on print quality, color matching, and of course those awful stickers. It’s embarrassing.

[@SO-ym3zs]

Which is why people keep jumping ship to alternate brands (like myself) or leaving the hobby entirely. You're absolutely right: vote with your wallet. I can't count the number of comments I've seen in Lego discussions, particularly for Star Wars, where someone says, "X isn't good or is too expensive, but I'm going to buy it anyway!" What bizarre kind of mentality is that? Don't reward a company for putting out overpriced, problematic products.

[@AHYL88]

The most annoying thing with this set is that you've called them out on the stickers being off colour on the canopies and false advertising on the packaging for a long time, as far back as the Resistance Y-Wing set from late 2019, over FIVE years ago! That's the earliest I remember you calling them out on those issues, there may have been an earlier review where you did call them out on those issues, but the fact that we're still seeing these issues in 2025 is absolutely unforgivable.

[@thelonious2213]

Hey Jang! I've found a makeshift solution for the stickers looking gray when applied. I've purchased the same type of canopy pieces, but in the transparent clear color. This way the color matches much better thanks to the non-dark surface which they're applied to. Granted, I still had to purchase additional pieces to make the model look better, but I take what I can get. I like the set overall, and in my opinion it recieves a lot of unfair criticism regarding the price, as, when adjusted for inflation, the set that is compared favorably to this by many, the 2010 model, would cost $84 USD today. It's not a bad nor a great deal. It's just too bad about the size of the cannons and especially the quality on those prints and stickers. Thanks for the more objective review that most others have failed to provide!

[@felixpoldermans8373]

I would love to see a video of your experiences and hopefully results of interaction with customer support. Like see parts you got replaced or not, your general customer experience, stuff like that might be a fun idea for a video

[@ajjothikumar]

I do not like this trend in recent SW ships to be downgraded in size in comparison to their past iterations. Having said that, I always enjoy your reviews, Jang!

[@empatheticrambo4890]

The nostalgia for the original is strong for me...trying to remember, I don’t think those canopies even had prints or stickers!

[@njacksonkc]

The best thing to do is for everyone to hit customer support with requests for new prints and stickers. If Lego allows things to slip this much, they will need to bear the support burden.

[@Raven319s]

For me, I dig this. Being a Star Wars ship doesn't mean much to me, but I like the general styling and S foil mechanism. I'll be getting this to mod out for my own future space fighter.

[@majorbuginator549]

The biggest kicker with those stickers for the cockpits is, they're bright and gleaming white right up until you apply them. I thought I'd gotten astronomically lucky, but I was fooled! If they attempt another ARC-170, they're gonna have to do a lot better next time. Keep the wing mechanism, include more prints, scale close to the 2010 version as possible. And personally, I'd want 3 generic clone pilots to make it massable. We don't get enough small army building sets anymore. Especially when the Rebel Alliance and moreso the CIS keep getting left out. We have a lot more Star but a lot less Wars.

[@BrotherhoodWorkshop]

I'm not sure what the anger was about regarding the design and the size. I prefer smaller sets as long as they still have good detail. And this one does. The anger towards the stickers I get.

[@roseproto]

The print quality issue has become the standard. When I saw the first images of Ashoka’s interceptor and the Arc 170 I fully expected to be disappointed. Lego should be better in every way compared to their competitors and especially knockoffs, but that is simply not the case. You’d think they’d look at this from a QC perspective and reinforce the motto ‘Only the best is good enough’ but it feels like the actual company motto is ‘Eh, good enough, they’ll buy it anyway’.

[@InquisitorBot]

the 2010 set also had stickers on the canopies btw, just double checked the instructions on the lego website

[@warrennewman5325]

Quite clever with the wings no elastic band I'm not keen on clear back stickers great minifigs awesome review jang 👍

[@Old_Man_Miku]

generally i like stickers. i primarily buy sets to heavily customize and i've had more positive experiences with stickers than negative ones. being able to leave them off when needed or put them on other pieces as needed. with that said, there's no reason the canopies here should use stickers at all and no excuse as to why they're so poor quality. if i'm paying $70 for a relatively small model it is absolutely unacceptable to have such a major quality issue

[@thorakvideos2495]

Couldn't agree more with this review. Corporate greed destroys everything eventually.

[@awes0men0b0dy9]

I think if they had proper guns that were longer and the second smaller one above it, with the spring loaded shooter on the side and the wings were like a third longer it would be a fine set. Also I know it wouldn’t work bc of the mechanism but I wish the spring loaded shooters fit under the fighter like how the flick missiles we’re on the 2010 one

[@darkeneddino]

Interestingly, the copy of the set I picked up had perfect colour-matching on the prints, but the dark red stickers were essentially brown. I absolutely agree with your points about the QC Jang; it's disappointing that LEGO continues to drop the ball with their production quality. It seems a shame to me that (in my opinion) a well-designed set like this is let down by baffling quality issues.

[@j0hn00]

The comparison between the X Wing and the Arc 170 are actually surprisingly close to scale. The Arc 170 is canonically 12.7m and the X Wing 12.5. maybe the X Wing should be a few studs shorter or the Arc 170 a few studs longer, but this is actually quite close to correct The reason for this being that the Prequel starfighters are just absolutely tiny. The X Wing is pretty close to the size of a real world fighter jet, but the Prequel "small" ships are very much "small" in every sense of the word

[@babufrik8112]

It would be the same if the canopy glass was printed. Check out the colour match on the original imperial shuttle. The white is still washed out compared to the white bricks and is printed on a lighter tint. Granted it’s still better than a sticker as you don’t get bubbles and easier to put together.

[@TheTweedler]

7:38 Ohhhhhh. OHHHHH! I never thought to place a sticker upside down to check spacing! I am 100% using that tech from now on. Thanks!

[@bemphis2207]

Extremely reasonable review, as always! I appreciated your comments about the price (that $70 isn't inappropriate, given its size / relative to other iterations of this set / adjusted for inflation, but $70 is still $70 at the end of the day, which warrants higher-quality prints and stickers).

[@starfireix8207]

Let's hope they don't mess things up with the MTT as well.

[@stefankarolidis4915]

Video thumbnail made me cackle. Always love your vids Jang!

[@HammerheadClassCruiser]

Given that companies like Cobi always use prints; Lego should have ditched stickers entirely twenty years ago.

[@napkinx4341]

i’m not even going to put those cockpit stickers on

[@FriendlyNoOne]

I ended up taking the canopy stickers off and threw them away. The model is way less accurate but looks so much cleaner. Ultimately I don’t miss them being there.

[@Robotfan987]

I'm glad you mentioned the need for cheese slopes and longer guns in addition to the canopy debacle. The set could also use parts on the nose but Lego took every opportunity to cut corners on this thing and the end result is disappointment no matter how you slice it. 70 bucks for this feels as close to a scam as Lego can pull given what's on the box. Extremely disappointing.

[@jimm244]

The canopy sticker situation is atrocious. I’m curious to know if replacement prints are any different.

[@TheOrangeBrick22]

Que Thanos and Gamora meme: "You finally got a good quality astromech head print. But at what cost?" "Everything..."

[@Shylock0031]

Jang is the most objective LEGO reviewer on the Tube!

[@marcusb2732]

The maroon cylinders should not protrude from the engines like they do. as seen in the reference image at 9:20 there is no reason for them NOT to be flush with the white cylinder

[@WIFFLEWAFFLE88]

To think that the canopy stickers from 15 years ago were white and they can't manage to do that today. Also they neglected the window that's supposed to be under the center canopy, unlike the previous 2 models.

[@pierre-luco9056]

People need to understand that LEGO is not your friend, a small company or a charity. Yes, they sell toys, but they are still a enormous corporation that have their profit and the happiness of their shareholder as a priority. The only way quality might change for the better is if another brick-toy manufacturer become important enough to become a threat to their market share or if suddenly, we all stop purchasing their product.

[@Frolaire]

Besides the cannons on the wings being too short, I absolutely agree about the QC on the stickers and the dark red on the printed pieces being abhorrently bad. Honestly at this point It's tempting to see if a 3rd party is making either printed cockpit pieces or better stickers.

[@Moonraker_6]

“The price is not the issue here dude! I’m talking about drawing a line in the sand here dude!”

[@extremepayne]

I was actually shocked when you pointed out that the stickers were intended to be white. I had assumed they were light bley!

[@QtheLaserDude]

I loved this video, and I love your reviews, but one thing stood out to me. You saying "Lego has always been expensive" This is 100% a true statement. But that doesn't mean it's the right thing for Lego to do. 70$ for a few pounds of plastic is absolutely insane. Lego's average price-per-piece production cost is about 1/10th of a cent USD. They are charging an average of 12-15 cents per piece for these sets. That's a 1200-1500% increase in pricing. for reference, many countries in the world would accuse you of price gouging for that kind of markup. And yes, it is a pure markup. That 1/10th of a cent average includes employee wages, packaging, instruction prints, and even the CEO's paycheck. 1500% profit margin. Most companies consider a healthy profit margin to be in the range of 10-15% profit. This is 1000-1500% profit margin. For a company that had around 9 billion USD in revenue last year, we all know they can easily afford to spend a lot less to produce and sell these kits. If you ask me, 70$ for plastic is price gouging. I can buy a 55 gallon plastic drum, that uses better plastic than Lego, for around 100$. That is significantly more plastic for a fraction of the cost. Lego's prices are not okay. The old ARC-170 cost 60$ USD. This new one has less pieces and costs more. Inflation is bad, but it isn't THAT bad. Lego should be ashamed of themselves.

[@serosh2]

Would love to hear an update on the outcome of your requests to customer service, for both the print and the canopy stickers! Not sure the best way for you to relay that information but I would be interested

[@Stereomoo]

I'd probably cut up the sticker backing for something like this, much rather test-fit with it still on the backing sheet so it doesn't catch floating dust. And at that point I'm curious if a band-aid style application (backing split in the middle, so you place it, then peel half from the middle outward and stick it, then peel the other half and stick it) is the way to go. Not really something I'd expect kids to manage on their own though.

[@VampguyN85]

Jakg try requesting they replace parts from another reason like Europe. I'm tired of other people making excuses for stuff with Lego that I find not acceptable. Stuff that has been normalized in the US from our manufacturing. Prices keep climbing, and those little manufacturing defects are less tolerable for me than they used to be. I appreciate Jang's honest feedback.

[@RaechelSykes]

Hoping someone leaves a review mentioning just how bad this clear canopy stickers are, and how applying is a nightmare. I mean besides Jang, if you all bought it too.

[@stantonbain5936]

Only fitting to use a Star Wars quote for this review: "We were on the verge of greatness. We were this🤏close."

[@spoopyweeb326]

The canopy stickers suuuuuck. Love the model, but why didnt they just print?? Like the Xwing canopys have?

[@numark79]

My favorite review of this set I've seen! Very informative and I hope LEGO is listening to the feedback.

[@trevorrobel5722]

I'm considering tracking down a sticker sheet from one of the old sets to use on the canopys on for this one. The lack of opacity is just the worst, especially since they can and have done better in the past. They're just choosing not to.

[@Jayquando]

Really appreciate this review from you Jang! I was planning on grabbing this set for the big Ol $70, but now I’m 100% going to wait for a sale. Appreciate the objective review that you always do in your videos, really helps us a ton on what to spend on our hard earn money

[@andya696]

I bought the last one in 2010, and rebuilt it recently. To my horror, I discovered that I had missed off the canopy stickers originally. I had the double whammy of having to buy them off of Bricklink AND having to apply them. Not fun.

[@pysz6748]

I got this one and yes it’s a great set. It’s fun to just swoosh around. I didn’t even feel it’s overpriced. But wow those cockpits. And not a good wow. A bad wow.

[@Rod-ms2mu]

sticker situation on this set is truly unforgivable

[@michaelyoung7261]

Thanks Jang! Another quality review and another well earned roast onto Lego’s print/sticker teams quality control

[@trewerd]

Given the choice, I left my canopy stickers off; It looks better that way IMO. Less accurate, but it reminds me of the 2005 one I had. The main guns could be longer yeah, but I also wish they had the shorter guns above, and moved the spring shooters one stud inwards.

[@jacobbrowning3804]

I love the ship's design as "middle generation" between the LAAT and the X-wing, and had the 2005 version (bought it myself!), so it's sad to see some of these shortcuts with stickers and bad prints.

[@TheRealTK-3621]

I hope LEGO releases a Midi-scale line of lego sets, much like what they did with the Y-wing in their "Yavin 4 Rebel Base" set

[@The_AGL_Group]

I *will* complain about price and quality in equal measure when Lego is Scrooge McDucking in profits nowadays. With the bad stickers and prints this is at most worth $50, and even then the canopy stickers are still unacceptable. I know the bean counters are all too happy to cut costs every step of the way to pad their wallets, and their cheapskating is crossing the line, and I swear working retail only exacerbates how much I despise milking customers to the last possible penny.

[@silly_kitty170]

@@The_AGL_Group The logical end point of capitalism is one person owning everthing and everyone. We are sliding closer to that everyday.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

I don't think this is worth 50 dollars, but maybe if you include good prints and perfect stickers it might be good enough for most people. If someone's a star wars fan, they would gladly pay a fair price .. but the quality needs to be there too.

[@SO-ym3zs]

This is why I buy way more from competing brands these days versus Lego products. I'm not going to keep paying for hyper-overpriced Lego products with declining quality.

[@MaxRawhide]

This was one of the SW sets I wanted and was looking forward to. I didn't mind the reduction in size, since I think most SW fighters are too big (and the larger ships too small). And happy to see it's mostly good. Honestly, seeing the review I thought the canopy stickers were supposed to be grey, until you pointed out that the real thing and the product pictures have it white. This is frankly horrible. Already think that these shouldn't be stickers, but stickers in the wrong shade is already inexcusable and being the wrong colour really is. Still going to be buying the set. Maybe I won't apply the stickers, maybe I will. I always make a scan of the sticker sheet prior to applying them and maybe I could make the part white and print them on a stickersheet myself. But I really shouldn't have to.

[@bradkrick8254]

Front canopy gap drives me insane. It’s such an easy thing to avoid. That should never happen. Need to keep space outside

[@SO-ym3zs]

If Funwhole or Pantasy can make excellent sets with all prints--and beautiful ones at that--and sell them for half the price of Lego, it's blatantly apparent that's it's not that hard and not that expensive to do all prints and do them well. Lego is just cutting corners and delivering a sub-par product.

[@GIAN212]

5:19 If you can post when customer service will send the piece with the right color that would be great ❤

[@rubenvanessen1743]

4:45 LEGO sucks at printing white on red (looking at you Fox). Now they even suck at printing red on white

[@sIosha]

It continues to baffle me how that last 10% in quality is really being missed by LEGO. I guess it's the continuing trend of price increases that keeps me so surprised.

[@Chokun-Gaming]

Those canopy stickers aren't just clear backed, they're straight up translucent