Anyway, the set itself. First the minifigs. You get an astrodroid (R5-A7), the Gold Leader pilot (Dutch Vander) and Princess Leia in her award ceremony outfit (complete with cape). Not sure what she is doing here, but it's a nice minifig. Her head has two sides as well, angry Leia and happy Leia.
Then building the ship. You start out with the middle part, and for some time you actually have no idea what you're actually building.
Yeah, it doesn't really look like much does it? But then you start building the cockpit...
This is probably my favourite part of the build, the yellow looks great, and it's big and sturdy, and I love the bricks used to build it. Then it's time to put cockpit and body together...
Now it's starting to look like something! The last bit to add are the engines...
There you go! One finished Y-wing. Well, without the stickers at this point, I added them later.
The engines take quite a bit of time to build, and it's very repetitive work. It's about the only negative about this set, but since it takes a fair bit of time and is quite repetitive, it's definitely a negative worth mentioning.
Of course, the end result looks great. As a Star Wars fan, I've always loved the design of the Y-Wing, and this set does the ship design justice. Since I'm new to Star Wars Lego I can't compare it to the older models, but on its own I'm very happy with it. Maybe two little things, unlike the X-Wing and A-Wing, it doesn't have a landing set. And just like with the X-Wing you have to put the droid "sideways" to fit in.
I really love this set though. It's big, sturdy, long (longer than the X-Wing) and with a fair amount of detail. I'd say it's just as good as a display piece as a play set (it has missiles and bombs). Again, it's a fairly expensive set, but it's a good build that will take you about an hour to an hour and a half to complete. The X-Wing might be more satisfying to build, but all things considered this set is a very close second for me and very much worth getting.
