A.R.Ms # 6: Star Wars, Luke Skywalker's X-Wing

This has got to be my favourite of all the vehicles in the Star Wars universe. This is from the Star Wars: The Saga Collection released by Hasbro in 2006. The X-Wing Starfighter played a vital role as part of the Rebel Alliance attack force. Luke Skywalker used his X-Wing, co-pilot by R2-D2, to destroy one of the Imperial Army's massive weapon, the Deathstar.

The X-Wing comes with an action figure of Luke Skywalker, swamp monster and removable moss.

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A.R.Ms Contents:

• Packaging
• Detail/Sculpt
• Articulation
• Freestyle
• Pricing

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Packaging

Front

Back

Side

View from the top

Opening the box

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Detail/Sculpt

Fine details all around

You can fit your astromech droid as well

I used an R2-D2 from the AOTC collection

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Articulation

X-Wing Starfighter:

• Drop down landing gear
• Opening cockpit
• Swivel Seat

Luke Skywalker:

• Ball jointed neck
• Swivel shoulders
• Swivel wrists
• Swivel torso
• Swivel shoulders
  

R2-D2:

• Swivel legs
  

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Freestyle

The inside of the cockpit

You can move the seat to the front to reveal a storage compartment...to store his gun and lightsaber

Trying to use the force to raise the ship

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Pricing

You can find this on Amazon or some online toy store specializing in Star Wars. Price ranges from USD 45 to USD 60. Minus shipping of course. Since the X-Wing with its packaging is quite bulky, I'd guess the shipping and handling to Brunei would be around USD 30++. If you do decide to add the X-wing to your collection I really recommend this figure.

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At first I thought about doing just one review every Monday. Now that I've thought about it, I'll do more than one every Monday 'cos lets face it. There's a lot of action figures out there. :)

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A.R.Ms # 5: Star Wars/Transformers Crossovers

Hi again to another A.R.Ms. I'll be very brief with this session. Like my previous review on the Star Wars/Transformers line, I had a problem with the design in the robot mode(note to self: Stop buying it!). I have also previously mentioned in my earlier post about my affinity towards Star Wars vehicle, in particular the X-Wing Starfighter. So, when I saw the X-Wing version of the S.W.T(Star Wars/Transformers) how could I resist? I didn't even think(sometimes I do, I think).


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A.R.Ms Contents:

• Packaging
• Detail/Sculpt
• Articulation
• Freestyle
• Pricing

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Packaging

Front

Back

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Detail/Sculpt

In vehicle mode, the X-Wing looks like it has been made in a rush to meet a deadline. It just looks out of proportions. I think it looks kinda short. Some of the parts could've been painted like the turbine. Still, it is a decent vehicle.

It's not that bad...but then again its not great either. The landing gear was a nice touch

They even designed R2-D2 into the sculpt

I take back what I said about the Snowspeeder in robot mode. This is even worse. I only managed to convert it halfway before I decided its just not worth it. So, I'm sorry for not showing you pictures of the X-Wing in crappy robot mode.

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Articulation

X-Wing Vehicle Mode:

• Wings are hinged to form the 'X' attack formation
• Drop down landing gear
• Opening cockpit

Luke Skywalker Robot Mode:

• Swivel head
• Hinged elbow
• Ball jointed hips
• Swivel knees
• Swivel ankles

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Freestyle

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Pricing

The price for this item is between USD 25 to USD 30 depending on where you buy online. Amazon still has stock of this item.

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