Star Wars

Luke Skywalker X-Wing Mech

A pocket-sized X-Wing that stands up and swings its blaster around, and my nephew has not put it down since I gave it to him.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 75390 · 2024

Pieces195

Minifigs1

Year2024

Set number75390

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The verdict

This is a small, cheerful action toy first and a display piece a distant second, and once I stopped judging it against a real X-Wing model it clicked for me.

The stubby legs and chunky torso are goofy in a way that works because the set knows exactly what it is, a buildable action figure for a kid who wants to reenact the trench run with something that can actually pose. I would not buy this for the parts or the minifigure alone, but as a quick weekend build with a genuinely satisfying play feature, it earns its keep. Get it for the kid or the completionist, skip it if you want a serious X-Wing on your shelf.

Best for: kids who want a poseable action figure toy rather than a display model, and Star Wars completionists rounding out the mech line

The full review

What it is

I built this one at the kitchen table in under twenty minutes, and the part that got me was how the whole thing folds. You build a stocky mech body, clip on two stubby legs, snap the arms into shoulder joints that actually stay put, and then the real trick happens, the chest panel opens up and Luke's minifigure clips into a tiny cockpit seat. Close it back up and you have got a boxy X-Wing shaped robot holding a blaster in one hand and gripping R2-D2 like a backpack in the other. It is a silly, charming bit of design and it is clearly built for a kid's hands, not a shelf.

The catch

I will be straight with you, if you are picturing a scaled-down X-Wing fighter, this is not that. The wings are decorative add-ons bolted to the mech's back, not a real S-foil assembly, and the fuselage shape is more suggestion than replica. At 195 pieces this is also over in a sitting, so if you are buying for an older builder who wants a project, this will not hold their attention. It sits at the small end of LEGO's price-per-piece value too, you are paying a bit of a premium for the play mechanism and the exclusive minifigure rather than for brick count.

Who it's for

Get this for a younger Star Wars fan who wants something they can actually play with, pose, and reenact scenes with, the folding cockpit is the kind of feature that keeps getting shown off to whoever walks by. Skip it if you are after a static display model or already have a proper X-Wing set on the shelf, because this one is not trying to compete with those and does not need to.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this is fast and mechanical rather than fiddly. You are stacking a torso core, snapping in ball-jointed hips and shoulders, and locking small wing struts onto the back frame, so nothing here needs concentration, it is the kind of build you hand to a kid without hovering. The satisfying moment is entirely in the reveal, watching the chest hinge open to become a cockpit is genuinely clever mechanical design packed into a tiny footprint.

The standout piece is the Luke Skywalker minifigure that rides inside the mech, printed with his X-Wing pilot gear and orange flight suit detailing, and it works as a standalone minifig once you pull it out of the cockpit. There are no rare or exotic elements here, this is a set built from familiar Technic-style connector pieces and mech-line specific molds shared across the line's other pilots, so the value is in the play mechanism and the figure, not in unusual parts.

Fun facts

01The 75390 X-Wing Mech was part of LEGO's 2024 Star Wars mech wave, which reimagined starfighters and vehicles as poseable action figures.
02The mech line follows the same folding cockpit concept LEGO first introduced with its Marvel and Star Wars mech sets a few years earlier, letting a minifigure sit inside the torso.
03This is one of several vehicle-to-mech reinterpretations LEGO has released for Star Wars, alongside Mandalorian, Boba Fett and Darth Vader mech versions in the same broader format.