Review of Lego 6207 Star Wars A-Wing
Saturday, March 25th, 2006Well, for less than $20, I’m actually quite surprised at how well this kit builds. Lego’s 6207 Star Wars A-Wing is 194 peices, comes with two minifigs, and a little military cargo hover-transport, and a sheet of four stickers.
It takes about 30-45 minutes to build, and easily stands up to playing with it (which not all the Star Wars models can, the ARC-170 Starfighter is on the other end of the specturm, and falls apart if you even look at it), and accurately looks like the A-Wing. The only flaws are completely minor ones.
Flaws
- It uses stickers. I refuse to use stickers, as they peel back off the plastic, and stop being sticky shortly after, when they land on the floor and attach themselves to dust and fuzz.
- Step 3 of the cargo transport doesn’t clearly state what the three peices in the front actually are (two 1×1 slope bricks, one 1×2 plate). They look like one single peice, and I was off looking for such a peice for a couple minutes until I realized what it really was.
- The additional large plates added by Step 3 of the A-Wing, attached to the construction in Step 4, don’t stay on easily until around Step 7 or 8, and is actually quite annoying unless you’re building on a flat surface and don’t pick it up.
- The tail-fins built in Step 24 look unfinished. They’d look a lot more finished if they simply had a 1×3 tile on top. Also, those three bricks on the top tend to “chip” off, and a 1×3 tile would easily keep them in place.
Other than that, it is still a great kit, and quite worth the money I paid for it. I give it 4 out of 5 death stars.