Name: X-wing Starfighter
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 9493-1
Rating: 81 (8 reviews)

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Recommendations

Avoid 40%

A review is considereded a recommendation when its score is above the reviewers median score or if it's explicitly said so in the review. Read more in our article about recommendations.

Price Per Part (PPP)

better

Average PPP for System in 2012 is 0.14. PPP for this set is 0.12, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

better

Average PPM for System in 2012 is 17.6. PPM for this set is 16.7, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 8.9 / 10 → 89 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: no 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: no 6.05 / 10 → 61 / 100

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Brickset News

From Bricks To Bothans

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Set information

Set ID: 9493-1
Name: X-wing Starfighter
Parts: 560
Minifigs: 4

Retail price (USD):
Original: 59.99
Inflation adjusted: 66.8

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.11
Inflation adjusted: 0.12

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 15.00
Inflation adjusted: 16.7

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 from 439 reviews

It is a very cool set for collectors and it is fun to play with although it is very very fragile. I was playing with it and its wing fell off. If you have a young kid please be sure to tell them to be very careful with it. The wings are almost impossible to put back on. All in all a very cool set just fragile.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 439 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: yes 8.9 / 10 by Skarkdahn

The orientation of the Droid socket, whilst a disappointment to many, has allowed for a more streamlined build, which is a vast improvement from 4502 and 6212 in particular. I'm a huge fan of the wings being built so that they are now the same from top and bottom viewpoints.

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 from 19 reviews

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The Brick Fan

Recommendation: no 4 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The new X-wing Starfighter is one of the best I've seen. Before I knew this set I was going to be released, I was thinking of purchasing the 2006 version. I'm glad I waited. The 2012 version is much more sleeker and more detailed than his predecessor.

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: no 6.05 / 10 from 2 reviews

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Brickset News

by Huw

An excellent rendition of the most iconic Star Wars vehicle and some superb minifigs to boot: the set deserves a place in everyone's collection!

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From Bricks To Bothans

by Casey "cas" Scott

After spending time with the 9493 X-wing Starfighter, swooshing it around and popping open the s-foils, it feels like an attempt to create the definitive LEGO X-wing. It's designed to be accessible to consumers in the way it's constructed and how it can be interacted with. Like the X-wings before, it offers builders choices and that's always a win. It's a fun and solid set, but by being accessible, it makes several compromises. It takes many design cues from the 4502 X-wing—though with refinement—and by doing so recreates many of those shortcomings.

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