LEGO Star Wars TIE Fighter & X-wing Mash-up fan review! More parts, same price 75393

[@tonymoore78]

How is THIS the only R2 droid the Jang gets that does not have a wobbly head print? Of all the ones in his collection, this clowny McDonald’s droid will be the best printed one. hahaha

[@apotato4939]

McDonald’s quality > Lego quality ?????

[@joevictor53]

I feel like Lego has a flag on Jang's account so when he orders a set, they keep one aside specially for him with a wonky R2 inside. They probably thought after all these years, they'll give him one good one but it'll just be the meme droid.

[@TheHuntersCantina]

I hear ya! I half expected to get something a little wonky when I opened the bag, but no, the head print was done perfectly. I hope they try to increase the production quality on their more common R2 figures after this

[@tonymoore78]

TIE wings probably used so many pieces because the play feature requires kids to be forceful with the wings, pulling them off and pushing them back on. So the wings have to be extra sturdy.

[@matthieuzglurg6015]

If they made another set like this with compatible removable "wings", a Y-Wing + TIE interceptor sounds obvious enough, and would make for interesting mash-ups

[@dollhauslibrary]

I'd rather see either the TIE Advanced or TIE Crawler as the Imperial rep, since they've got unique cockpit shapes. Either way, an official Lego TYE-wing sounds like lots of fun.

[@thegreyinitiate3680]

“Somehow Palpatine returned….. and this stands up on its own” 😂😂

[@JAM609]

They made me blast a loud “HA!”

[@4eyesover2]

Unpopular opinion, but I prefer when there is no cockpit for the droid and they flat top it with a spinny tile and you just attach the droid head on it. It’s always made it feel more playable to have the droid spin around

[@drell4153]

Legit Jang tries to be as objective as possible when reviewing and I really admire it

[@Gameprojordan]

He's the only reviewer I watch specifically to gauge whether or not to buy a set because of it

[@bagelman10]

And isn’t afraid to talk about that he loves and what he dislikes. He’s the real deal

[@tacosunbirth]

I appreciate Lego emphasizing the Lego part of Lego Star Wars. Lego is supposed to be about the creativity of it, being able to choose which wings each ship has really allows for some lego creativity that was sorely lacking from Lego Star Wars, I think

[@joevictor53]

I hope we get more stuff like this even with all the Star Wars fanboys crying. This is not your religion. It's a silly franchise about spaceships and laser swords. Let it be fun and not so serious

[@rogerhalt3991]

If Lego had their own line/ sub brand of creator like sets where three or four options / designs could be built then sure. Sadly I would imagine brands that hold the rights that they design sets for tell them what limits they can go to

[@LepidoliteMica]

I remember the earliest sets in the line, back when the boxes had alternate builds on the back. This whole subline channels that aesthetic beautifully, with modern structural rules to boot.

[@jimwar211]

​@@joevictor53 And the funny thing is, all of the ships you can make here have actually been in star wars ('uglies' from legends), so there's literally nothing to their conplaints

[@jerrypocalypse1180]

The ship mixing is very reminiscent of the Legends concept of "uglies" - scrap ships made from mixing other ship parts. Like a TIE with wings from a y-wing

[@arghjayem]

They weren’t just “scrap ships”. They were built by the major capital ship building companies! A lot of systems used “uglies” as their main defence and policing force.

[@antonisauren8998]

@@arghjayem Who? All I remember were few squadrons on Ryloth and some pirates. Both built from whatever they could get their hands on from post civil war junk.

[@tatsuyah4695]

They meant scrapped as in too damaged or too much of a bother to repair so the Empire and Republic just ditched them and pirates and private compaimes would come in and retrieve the abandoned ships.

[@Mildcat743]

​@@arghjayemfor the better designed ones, yes, but the vast majority of uglies were basically handbuilt and were often worse than the sum of their parts.

[@sonicguyver7445]

I was thinking of that too. Never got into the Legends stuff but did see a video of all the Uglies that were known. There it was suggested they were just wreckage from battles that scavengers cobbled together.

[@ThatGuyNamedJoe]

im not a big lego star wars fan but this set is just so charming to me. the play feature is so simple but it reminds me so much of the weird fusion sets we all tried to make as kids. if this set goes on sale, it might be my first lego star wars set in a long time

[@BarbarossaPrime]

I’m glad to finally have an official “Deathseed” fighter from the old Rouge Squadron books!

[@BricklyDragon]

11:18 Nice one Jang. That made me roll my eyes and smile

[@thereddye]

I absolutely love that X wing!

[@vodenmyshi]

The folks who complain about inflation increases really diminish the impact of those occasions that LEGO ACTUALLY price gouges.

[@leftygurl]

even though some of the proportions on the ships aren’t quite right for me as a grownup nerd, i think this set is a real winner, especially think it’s gonna be a hit with kids. first off, you get an x-wing and a tie fighter in the same box, those are essential for any young star wars fan’s collection, but the wings that come off and can be swapped to either ship opens up a lot of play opportunities. blasting the wings off of ties has always been an important bit of fun for star wars play, no matter who’s makin the plastic, and doing it with the x-wing too is gonna lead to a lot of fun imaginary space battles. swapping stuff around is also something i liked to do with my lego when i was younger, and these are pretty dramatic swaps, and the combinations can also be used as a jumping off point to learn about other parts of the star wars universe, even the eu, this is the kinda thing that’s gonna make kids into lifelong fans i think.

[@sonicguyver7445]

Even without the wing swap option I think these are good ships. A good scale for kids to play with without giving up the cool details that make us love these ships.

[@rellko3900]

I really like how they sloped the sides of the X-wing’s nose, very big fan

[@lazydragon2551]

The X-Wing for me is definitely the highlight of this two pack. As someone who's never had a Lego X-Wing in his entire life, this one to me is the best looking play scale X-Wing they've done. The Tie Fighter is also pretty darn good too! At first I thought these two would be smaller shrunken down for the sake of having them together. But no, they are both full size I know this because I have the previous Tie fighter they put out in 2021. All and all even without the swapping wings they are both really good to get together. Very solid.

[@lssproductions3180]

Whenever I hear people call sets like this overpriced, Jang is often there to remind me of how inflation works

[@jazzbee9857]

True, but these sets are typically still overpriced, even if it's not as offensive as inflation makes it out to be.

[@Lukusprime]

I know how inflation works, but if I was drinking anything when he said the price, I’d have spit it out in disbelief. I could understand it if these models were the old, bigger size Lego used to do for Star Wars ships, but this is ridiculous

[@joevictor53]

​@@Lukusprimehow much would you want it for? I thought that's a fair price and I'm normally critical of their prices. It's about 10 cents per piece and like Jang said you're paying about what you would've done for the last 2 playscale versions of these two ships

[@mihailos8701]

Wait, people are actually capable of not understanding that, and the concept of purchasing power?? I always thought they've done this because there was more to it that I didn't knew about, thanks for pointing out 😭

[@ALEXD4WN]

Wouldn’t it be cool if they did more sets like this so we could end up with a mixmash of random wings and pieces, also can you connect the tie & x-wing cockpits?

[@colonelsandurz9267]

I continue to be amused that the X-wing fuselage with TIE wings version technically has no engines.

[@alexkull24]

I love how this Tie Fighter and X-wing look!!! They look so toy-like, they're beautiful! 😍

[@retrobrickreviews687]

The nice thing about LEGO releasing a new X-Wing every 2 or 3 years is that I can skip this set and in no time at all pick up a new single-pack X-Wing with all of these aesthetic improvements and a functioning wing mechanism.

[@ShizzySupra]

Wing Commander reference was GOAT’d Jang!

[@juhor.7594]

When the astromech is inserted, I think it looks genuinely cool. If the legs could somehow be dual-molded to have white bottoms, it would be an awesome figure.

[@migatron1]

The TIE Fighter with the X-wing wings looks sick! The X-wing with the TIE Fighter Panels looks like Princess Leia with buns. I can't unsee it now!!!

[@diegovalentino3953]

Honestly I think this set is great, this is probably my favorite X-Wing to date and the mash-up feature is awesome, however my big problem with this set is that THIS will take the X-Wing and Tie Fighter spot on shelves for the next year or so I just think that the previous versions (the $50 X wing and %40 Tie fighter) were just amazing sets for people who want to get into Lego Star Wars and for their price they had great value, its an iconic ship at a reasonable price so that someone could buy it to try out if they like Lego or not. Compared to this set´s $110, its just a lot harder to swallow than $60 and $50 resepctively

[@faxmuchine]

I mean, 110 already is the prices of the previous sets combined, so...

[@justagecko]

Cool thing is that kids could probably look at this system and try to make their own pair of custom wings for the ships, or make TIE Interceptor wings for the TIE Fighter

[@trewerd]

The X-wing with the 1 TIE wing kinda gives off a knightly vibe. Like the laser cannons are the lance and the TIE wing is the shield.

[@lukestarkiller1470]

I personally think it would have been even cooler if they recolored them to be a light side TIE fighter and a dark side X-Wing. This would have been their only real chance to do something like that and it would have continued the theme of everything being tuned on its head. But as they are I think they look great. It would be really awesome if they made a Y-Wing and TIE bomber combo set in this same style so you could mix and match all 4. But I agree that they should definitely do it sooner rather than later. It would suck if that came out and the first one was no longer available to buy.

[@kevisharmoogum]

I've been watching your videos for years now and I've always loved them, keep up the good work.

[@PltOffPPrune]

I hear that B5/Starfury shout out and appreciate it.

[@Abominog64]

The amount of pieces in the tie wings totally helps with the weight of adding those wings to the X wing body. Love it

[@mihtor2462]

Personally I really like this set. The tie fighter looks so good compared to most of the past tie fighters (which might be a hot take). For me the cockpit really matters and I really like the proportions of the window compared to the ret of the body of the tie fighter. The back is the best it's ever been too. When it comes to the x-wing though, it looks good from the front, but I think the proportions of the back are a bit off to me. In the back I feel like the engines are too far from the body. Maybe having the body be a bit wider in the back would have helped, though I am pretty sure it would've interfered with the X-Tie/Tie-wing gimmick thing. I also think the basic hinges for its wings are a poor choice due to them not being rigid enough.

[@TheManWhoLaughs2008]

That “McDonald’s themed Astromech Droid” is hilarious. Funny enough there is also an IKEA looking Droid in another set lol 😂😂😂

[@acrazysheepdog1555]

I kinda love the new look of the TIE Fighter. It just feels the most like the TIE’s in the movies, and it probably looks amazing next to the TIE Bomber from last year.

[@gabriel__opazo]

The TIE body + X-Wing wings combo is the closest we'll ever get to an official TIE Hunter, and that makes me a happy man

[@animaceniknixstudio776]

Thank you. Definitely buying it. I will be able to animate a tie losing one wing, spinning and falling down.

[@Gameprojordan]

That Tie Fighter looks almost exactly like the standalone one released a few years back, except it has the cockpit window design of the recent Tie Bomber.

[@starmovies5523]

The fact that the spring loaded shooters on the tie fighter are in the wings, is so that if the wings swap, the x-wing (but with tie fighter wings) still has shooters. 🤷‍♂️

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

They both have an interesting style I like that mech cockpit piece on the back goes very nicely

[@Shrimpmann]

i honestly think these are the best x-wing and tie fighter they have done, i love smaller but still detailed ships. easier for play and take up less space

[@NoahRichard]

I own both previous play-scale ships, but I gotta say the small improvements on display here have me wanting to pick this set up and use parts from my other X-Wing to turn this one into Red Five. I love the new nose, sturdy wing cannons, and better landing gear on the X (and the lack of stickers on curved parts that have trouble sticking, a problem on the last X), and the new TIE canopy looks much nicer to the eye. Hopefully the series continues and gives us more updates to other craft!

[@Drummercommander]

10:57 never thought I'd say this about a X-Wing TIE Fighter mash-up, but I agree!

[@RileyRieker8593]

i realized while watching your video that the part swapping gimmick could also act beautifully as a "damage" gimmick, thinking the old tie toys that the wings could be blown off of!

[@Rogue0DK]

I love the reviews on this channel, I just wish it would diversify and review more than just Star Wars and car models.

[@Vegalith]

The wing swapped ships remind me of ships from No Mans Sky, and the way the tie fighters panels come off I’m reminded of an old toy I had as a kid of one where you pressed a button and they would spring out like the thing exploded. Funny set, would be cool to see an expansion with Y wings and other Tie fighter types.

[@MonoxD890]

This set is so good I almost thought this was a x wing tie fighter review and then BAM wings get switched. So sick

[@TheRocco96]

Since Lego white pieces change color when exposed to sunlight for long duration, I guess the new Lego white pieces are already yellowed to slow down the color changing.

[@betulaobscura]

🤣

[@TheNeelonRokk]

General issue with white plastic used in toys. I got a G1 Jetfire on the shelf back there, which isn't exactly white any more. Same withy G1 Prowl.

[@Gameprojordan]

​@TheNeelonRokk this wasn't the case with old white pieces unless they were in direct sunlight for long periods of time. Modern white pieces will literally yellow even in dark storage

[@TheGilGS]

Both ships look very good, even looking better than other sets where they were the stars by themselves... interesting set !

[@masonaltaira5084]

You know, I bet the reason the wings from the tie fighter are so heavy is so that it does stand up when the wings are connected to the X-Wing

[@bloodyhell3113]

somehow palpatine returned and this stand s up hahahahahhahahahahhahhahahhaha

[@Dalekscientist]

12:10 the pilot 12:07 has a 3x1 area of studs printed on his helmet!

[@khoonkitlim5963]

I like the moving landing gears instead of removing them for the flight display and the wing switching mechanics... Even if the X-wing Tie fighter looks blursed.

[@gaxiola1701]

I would've loved this as a kid! The closest I could get was swapping the panels between my Kenner Darth Vader TIE with the regular white TIE Fighter.

[@nym5qu17]

this set is really good imo. I like it alot more than I initially anticipated

[@legoman716]

The TIE-fusilage ugly gets all the engines. Unfair!

[@22NF2]

That X-TiE really reminds me of a Babylon 5 Starfury with its S-foils in attack position :)

[@ZukusScaenicus]

10:53 The Starfury from Babylon 5 was immediately what came to my mind too

[@MrHangman56]

I like this x wing way more than any other one they've done that has a wing mechanism to splay them, cus theres no huge gaps and the wings arent wobbly. This is a great set, i might get it

[@skinnyj123]

Never thought something as obscure as the twi'lek death seed fighter would be a lego set one day but here we are

[@minervszombies]

That X-Wing is actually pretty nice, much nicer than it deserves to be. I like the use of the angled pieces on the sides of the nose, and this model does not have the awkward and obvious controls for the wings like the last one. But I think I'll wait for the next X-Wing model, which presumably will not have the removable wings feature.

[@robbywings]

I love that Lego SW is giving some love to the uglies! Now give us a Y-Wing and Interceptor set :)

[@kriskrieger9960]

It'd be cool to get some more Original Trilogy double starfighter sets in the future. Especially the B-Wing & Tie Bomber.

[@jeffitus]

Extremely impressed that the TIE with X-wing wings can stand on the landing gear

[@michaelemond7315]

Love the Babylon 5 reference thrown in there.

[@defenderprime8046]

Although the wing swapping feature is interesting, Lego will need to do some more sets like this to make it work with this one. They also work as stand alone sets, it would be great to get more of them at a reasonable price as well.

[@jonhamm67]

I am not a fan of using any rubber bands. Bringing back the hinge joint hardens back to the first X wing. Great review Jang as usual. You get right to the point. It is very much appreciated.

[@greenhill004]

The X-Wing looks really nice. I like the amount of dark red. I do however hope to one dark have a light grey X-Wing like the classic one from a long long ago. If the X-Wing was grey it would look great with the TIE wings.

[@seanlavoie2]

I think the Scala character is a fun way to keep the copyright (or whatever appropriate word applies).

[@rarewhiteape]

12:10 a little detail I see with the Rebel pilot helmet is that the center of the pattern seems to have the bottom of a Lego 2x4 brick printed into it! Ooooooorrrrr it could be the top of a 1x3 brick, depending on your point of view ;)

[@jaymiechan]

this is about the closest we'll get to an official Chirdaki set. in the old EU (now Legends), Twileks developed their own Ugly starfighter, a TIE ball cockpit with X-wing S-foils on rotator cuffs.

[@OlEgSaS32]

The X wing body with the TIE panels really made me think of the V Wing bomber

[@viperson9818]

I was gonna grab this set, but personally this tie fighter cockpit section looks better and more proportional but with the play function. This tie fighter adds atleast 3 times the sticker count of the previous tie fighter.

[@warrennewman5325]

Like the new mash up looks fun build set great minifigs awesome review jang 👍

[@thebrickhiker]

Definitely Starfury vibes from Babylon 5 for the X-wing wings on the TIE Fighter body!

[@Highstar25]

Honestly the one tie-wing, one X-wing look could be really rad if they matched the colours.

[@Gameprojordan]

Definitely. The color clash is the worst part

[@DavidConant]

Astromech R0-NLD. A goofy but charming lego X-wing is the 1999 version which I had as a kid. Even this X-wing would be nice as a kid and the premise is fun 😊

[@WilhelmScreamer]

11:20 is always a good chuckle

[@Zenlore6499]

It’s tempting, but I think I’m satisfied with the last TIE and X-Wing. This is a really fun idea though! ❤

[@Benjamin0119]

JANG finally got an astromech with a good dome print, and it's this crazy McDonald's droid. 😄 That's a pretty good pair of downsized X-wing and TIE Fighter, even without the swapping gimmick. Hah, I was thinking Babylon 5 with the TIE with X-wing S-foils, too!

[@davids2361]

Astro McMech. 😂

[@Sam-iw6te]

My inner EU fan adores this. The Uglies are such a big part of the books, comics and games, and there are so many more types of uglies out there. That rebel pilot helmet is fantastic, and the other figures look great just as star wars rando civilians. Im actually really excited for this set

[@Marbles35]

Love your reviews, remarks and all of your video's. I was surprised when i found out we might at a certain piont even have been colleagues, since you have worked for Paypal as a a UX designer (or lead?) and i was in the same role for eBay from 2000 to 2005 (in the Netherlands). At a certain point Paypal was part of eBay, during those years. Great work JANG! Keep 'm coming.

[@alexkull24]

10:30 The TIE X looks hyper cool!!! O.O

[@josevera8209]

As someone who doesn't own either a TIE Fighter nor an X-Wing I really dig this set, even if the whole swap mechanic does not does anything for me.

[@nutherefurlong]

Bring in the Y-wing engines, same compatibility...maybe some more interesting combinations. Not sure what else that wouldn't just be TIE style add-ons

[@koopanique]

Honestly I think all the figures in this set look very good, even the non-canon ones

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Honestly not that bad when you consider it’s basically slightly beefed up versions of the 2021 X-Wing and TIE Fighter that were modded to combine with one another. Bonus points for focusing on mostly generic characters, too.

[@jettpitner6759]

The only thing that would’ve irked me as a kid is that the TIE’s engines stay will the pod instead of the radiator/solar panel/wing assemblies. Swapping the wings gives the TIE both sets of engines and leaves the X-wing out to dry😂

[@cybergames3436]

Whats funny is the tie fighter with x wing wings is a straight up uograde, it becomes way faster, way more manuverable, basically a way better tie interceptor. Meanwhile the x wing with tie wings... has basically no engines but sheilds and better power supply.

[@rogerhalt3991]

4:52 it’s not a collector set, inconsistency is a given with this price point. The set is a great parts pack and nice concept

[@muranpapadum7541]

Jang, your revew is fantastic!

[@spamhands6993]

If I'm correcy the rebel pilot's helmet design is not a helmet from outside Rebuild the Galaxy. The helmet has a 3x1 LEGO brick icon on the middle bridge bit, is why I say that.

[@Gzilla313]

It just dawned on me, when you put the TIE wings on the X-wing body the ship doesn’t have an engine. TIE engines are on the body, and X-Wing engines are on the wings. 😂

[@armandocampamartinez8307]

The only amount of stuff difference to me with the previous tie xwing pair is that this has 2 less minifigs. This set could have used a mechanic or engineer of some sort

[@undead.rising]

Those sloped wedge pieces on the landing gear seems to be absorbing the "lean" of the technic pylons in the Ball-and-X-Wing configuration. This set is actually quite good - less "cheap and nasty" than I was expecting, because I thought for sure that up close, these wouldn't look as good as they ought to. If someone didn't have these two sets yet, it would be great for someone to buy this for actual display value as well as play. I *WOULD* buy this set, if only for the fact that I already have some pretty good looking versions of the same two starfighters already. My only gripe is that there should have had one more figure affiliated with The Empire thrown in.

[@RonVining]

I’d have liked the Rebel Pilot to have an Imperial logo on it’s helmet as well as the Tie Pilot having the Rebel Alliance insignia on his helmet. Not sure what the content in the series is, but if the alt-reality is all upside-down, those would make for better figs, IMO.

[@grantwelsh7594]

The red laser has to be a result of the original vintage toy and there only being red LEDs in the 70s. This is what I did with them when they first came out with these in 1999 and I was in my 20s!

[@JANGsLEGOreviews]

The red was painted on the original props used in ANH.

[@jeddiewan3286]

Darn it Jang! Now I find myself liking this set more. I might get it bow when it goes cheaper. Plus the girl figure would make a good Phee Genoa!

[@ven950]

Im like, kinda shocked by how good the TIE with S-foils looks. Like, it looks awesome

[@FabuBrik]

Doing something weird with the pilot figs like a color swap would have been cool.