Our most recent trip to Disney World included the mandatory visit to the Lego Store at Disney Springs, where my building partner landed the iconic ARC-170 Starfigher (set #75402).
Featuring three opening cockpits and two spring-loaded shooters, this 497-piece set is most recognizable for its adjustable wings. The foils move easily and efficiently, the rear guns have cool flexibility, the midship cockpit is nicely detailed, the space for the astromech is clever, and the overall build is both sleek and durable.
For some reviewers, the overall size (smaller than the version from 2010), color mismatching, and the sheer number of stickers are dramatic misses from Lego. In particular, the cockpit stickers are unwieldy and colored much differently than the box representation, while the printed wing pieces feature the wrong maroon hue.
For me, the cockpit for the tail gunner feels incomplete, with no stickers or console, and the price point would seem to justify more printing and fewer stickers. I also find the minifigures (Oddball, Jag, a generic clone pilot, and the R4-P44 mech droid) somewhat uninspiring, though the helmets and face printing are certainly well conceived.
Despite the $70 tag for a set with fewer than 500 pieces, I didn't find this set dramatically overpriced (unlike some others recently). It's a unique build with a few miscalculations on the part of Lego -- your interpretation of how harshly to ding them for them may vary.
Seeing the ARC-170 in action at the recent 20th-anniversary viewing of "Return of the Sith" was incredibly cool, and seeing my building partner rediscover some of his waning Lego passion in Florida certainly gives the set a nostalgia boost in my mind.
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