Star Wars

Poe Dameron's X-wing Fighter

The best-dressed X-wing LEGO has made, riding an airframe that hasn't changed since 2012.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 75273 · 2020

Pieces761

Minifigs4

Year2020

Set number75273

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The verdict

It was the orange that got me.

Poe's Resistance color scheme in that warm orange and white is easily the prettiest an X-wing has ever looked, and the minifigures here are genuinely special. I just can't pretend the underlying ship is new, because the core X-wing design has been carried forward with only tweaks since 2012, and ninety dollars is a lot for three figures plus R2. If you love The Rise of Skywalker cast or you don't already own a recent X-wing, this is a lovely one to have.

Best for: Star Wars minifigure collectors who want the Rise of Skywalker cast

The full review

What it is

The first time I clicked the last wing panel into place on this one I actually sat back and grinned, because Poe's X-wing in that orange and white is a genuinely beautiful thing. This is the Resistance color scheme from The Rise of Skywalker, and it lifts the whole ship out of the usual grey-and-red X-wing routine into something warmer and more characterful. The set gives you all the play features you'd hope for: an opening cockpit, a slot behind the pilot for R2-D2, wings that spread from cruise mode into attack position, spring-loaded shooters, and retractable landing gear underneath. As a shelf piece and a toy both, it delivers.

The catch

Here's where I have to be straight with you. The bones of this ship are old. LEGO's X-wing design has stayed more or less the same since the 2012 version, and 75273 is a smart repaint and light refresh rather than a new design. The engine nacelles are genuinely improved and the color scheme is fresh, but if you already own a recent X-wing you're buying the same airframe again in a nicer outfit. And the price stings a little. At $89.99 for 761 pieces you're paying a premium, and part of what you're paying for is the figures, since only three minifigures plus R2-D2 come in the box. If you were hoping for BB-8, Poe's usual co-pilot, note that R2 rides shotgun here instead.

Who it's for

So who should get this one? If you collect Star Wars minifigures, this is close to a must-buy, because Vicrul the Knight of Ren is exclusive and both he and Jannah are beautifully printed characters from the sequel trilogy. If you don't already own a recent X-wing and you want the best-looking one, this is my pick. But if you've built an X-wing in the last few years and you're chasing clever new engineering or a fresh building experience, you'll find this one familiar and you might feel the ninety dollars more than you'd like. It retired in December 2021, so it now trades secondhand at a bit above its old retail price.

The parts story

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

Building this is a comfortable, unhurried evening rather than a puzzle. If you've assembled an X-wing before, big stretches of the fuselage and wing assembly will feel like muscle memory, which is either cozy or repetitive depending on your mood. The most satisfying stretch is the engine work, where new 3x3 curved arch bricks wrap the cylindrical nacelles into a rounder, cleaner shape than older X-wings managed. The wing-spread mechanism has been reworked too, and it clicks between cruise and attack mode with a nice, positive feel.

For parts hunters there are a couple of real treats. The cockpit windscreen is exclusive to this set, printed with the canopy framing in medium stone grey, and there's a lovely 1x2 tile in dark grey printed with screens and buttons for the instrument panel. The orange and white color mix seeds your collection with plenty of those slopes and wedges in Poe's scheme, which are handy if you build your own ships. On value, 761 pieces for $89.99 lands a touch above LEGO's usual price-per-part, so a good chunk of what you're paying goes to those three exclusive figures rather than raw brick count.

Fun facts

01In The Rise of Skywalker Poe flies with BB-8, but this set puts R2-D2 in the astromech slot instead.
02The exclusive Vicrul (Knight of Ren) is the most valuable figure in the box, contributing roughly 37 percent of the set's secondhand value.
03The set retired in December 2021 after about two years on shelves and now trades a little above its original $89.99 price.
04The core X-wing airframe here traces back to LEGO's 2012 design, refreshed with new engine bricks and Poe's orange-and-white color scheme rather than redrawn from scratch.