When I watched Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, I wasn't pleased with the film, but I quite liked the set selection for the film. Sets I particularly liked were the Microfighters that accompanied the film. Both offer prominent characters with nice builds, but for today I'm just looking at the Resistance Y-Wing that Zorii Bliss flies.

The Build

This Y-wing is in my mind one of the better Microfighters released in the past couple of years, at least in terms of detail. The design manages to look quite realistic while using pretty common pieces. The wings look pretty good, and help bring some texture into the build. The cockpit is quite well-designed, with some clever part uses to create the cannon. The rest of the ship looks good, again featuring some nice texture and part uses to give this thing some life. Aside from that, there's not really much to say about the build. This Y-wing comes with flick missile projectiles, which are my personal least-favourite shooting function. While I understand that the nature of Microfighters is quite blocky, I feel that this design is just a touch too heavy, and it just doesn't complement the style of the vehicle. That being said, it would be very difficult to make it lighter due to the already-low number of pieces, and this complaint of mine is just to provide some balance. Overall, it's a good design, with some nice detail. I think that it's faults are minimal, and 8.5/10 is a fair score.

The Minifigure

I'm not gonna lie, I don't like Zorii Bliss at all. But I'm here to discuss the Minifig, not the in-universe character, and I must say that this design is pretty top-notch. The torso and leg printing is good, and really captures the look of the character. There's no side printing but honestly I think she looks interesting enough without it. Her helmet looks good, and the quality of it is pretty high. Underneath, her face is just a black Minifig head, presumably because LEGO didn't want to reveal her identity before it was known to the public. Honestly I think it was unnecessary as her character was pretty minor, and she's clearly female, so what harm would it have done to give her a normal face? I do acknowledge that little is seen of her face in the film, so maybe it was also due to that. She wields twin pistols, which both look good. Perhaps a little large compared to those wielded in the film, but they look nice. Again, I aim to nit-pick a little just to show that there are some minor faults to bring some balance to my opinion. I dislike the character, but LEGO did a great job with this Minifigure. I feel that 8.5/10 is again a fair score.

Value

So, this set is the same price as all single Microfighters. In South Africa I paid a little extra, coming to $11.8, but it's barely a difference, so I don't mind. The set has 86 pieces, which is quite a small number, however it does come with a pretty high quality Minifig, who is currently only available in the much more expensive full-sized Resistance Y-Wing. I believe that 9/10 meets the case here.

Overall thoughts

In conclusion, it's a good design, with a good Minifig, which I suppose might be desirable for some people. The set isn't perfect, but for a Microfighter it's pretty darn good. There are few things to complain about, and at $10 it won't be a waste to buy. My score comes to a total of 86/100, which I think is fair.