The Y wing 7658 was a 2007 LEGO Star Wars set.

Box/Instructions

The box depicts the Y wing bombing the Death Star in the famous trench scene.

Parts

There are some exclusive parts, all in Yellow, grey or white. There are 453 of them so for $50 CAD it's well worth it.

Minifigures

The Y wing pilot just has a basic smiley, but the torso print and the helmet never gets old.

The build

The build itself was fun, but it wasn't complex in any way.

The completed model

The completed model will go good with any LEGO Star Wars displays.

Overall opinion

The features and overall look is cool, and the set is recommended if you can get it for a decent price (Under $60).

So Yes, I'd recommend it to a friend for sure.

Along with sets #7655 Clone Troopers Battle Pack, #6205 V-wing Fighter, and #6212 X-wing Fighter, I got this one for Christmas in 2007. It's a very nice looking Y-wing (Although few would argue #9495 Gold Leader's Y-wing Starfighter is better, which is my opinion, but I'll be reviewing that one later.).

Box/Instructions:

The box has nice detailing in the background, mercilessly flying over the Death Star and dropping its bombs. The instructions, I must say out of the so-far five I've reviewed, was definitely the most interesting, especially the technique on the engines with the macaroni pieces. They were easy to understand and, like I said, were packed with interesting building styles.

The Pieces:

There were lots and lots of great pieces, including an extensive number of white rods and macaroni pieces. There are also a number of smaller pieces for the greebles on the fuselage. A very good selection.

The Minifigures:

Honestly, the lack of minifigures is slightly disappointing, as you only get two (a pilot and an astromech droid). The pilot is pretty good, you get a cool helmet out of it, but that's really all to say about it. There's even less to say about the astromech droid, because it's basically a red R2-D2.

The Y-wing:

The lack of somewhat suck-ish minifigures totally gets made up for by this Y-wing. Despite its few flaws, it's very well designed. I definitely love the fuselage the best, because of the number of details it holds. The issue with that part is that the missiles fall out when you tip the ship forward. The bomb-dropping feature is really good, and I like the color choice they used for said bombs. Moving on to the engines, they are spectacularly detailed for a no-sticker set. The textured pieces are used, which only makes it even more awesome. As noted earlier, the technique used to create these engines were very clever. I especially like the cone piece with the giant hole in the middle, because it looks so much better that way. Finally, the cockpit. The absolute worst part of the set. And I criticize the cockpit over everything else because it is so poorly designed. The nose is way too triangular in contrast to the actual thing. This is one of the things that was fixed in #9495, which I will review much later. The cannons are kind of wimpy, but the space in the cockpit is good, so it's not too horrible.

The Final Verdict:

Pieces - 10/10 - Lots of macaroni pieces, greebles, and rods. Also the clever technique deserves kudos.

Minifigures - 4/10 - Necessary, of course, but too predictable and repetitive.

Y-wing - 9/10 - It would have gotten the full monte if it weren't for the stupid cockpit.

Final result - 7.67/10. I would have rated it better, but the numbers don't lie, and the minifigures are to blame. The ship gets a good amount of credit.

I know there are a multitude of reviews already, but I'll try and give a little more detail, so this might not be as redundant as it seems!

I'm writing this at the end of 2012 and I'm convinced this set is the definitive Y-Wing. There was an older version that was sold along with Vader's TIE Fighter a few time (7150 and others), but it was blocky and bland, released before the relaunch-type update of style in 2006. And Lego refreshed it again in 2012, but somehow they took a step backwards in the cockpit design, turret gun and engine detailing (just a sticker? Seriously?); they could no longer use the same technique for 'twisting' the engines (more about that in the build review); I'm not convinced by the brown pieces; and they still hadn't made the thing two seater even though the new cockpit design wouldn't take much persuasion. Though it is a 2007 set it doesn't look all that out of place next to the newer X-Wing (9493) and A-Wing (in 7754). She's stood the test of time well so far!

So how is she to build? The ship gets satisfyingly large very quickly, and it's not long before the abundance of greebles starts to appear. The cockpit is well constructed and well integrated into the rest of the structure. For such a long ship the fuselage is remarkably stable and rigid. I believe this was the first set to put the astromech droid sideways for space, one of a number of clever building techniques. And the back of the ship is covered in exquisite detailing, with a fair bit of it very cleverly applied, particularly the parts on the sides of the ship.

The engines and engine struts attach in a modular fashion, though the struts are fixed to the body very securely with yet more greebles - the flag poles that appear to attach to the body between the slope bricks are a particularly good looking touch. The engines themselves are brilliant too, with the main sections being half single-moulded piece, and half grille bricks and slopes adding yet more detailing (it seems ludicrous to me that the 2012 version replaces this with a sticker! How dare they?!), but the real trick is how the circular pieces are aligned to give a 45 degree turn, so the Technic support beams can run down the sides properly.

The finished model is tremendous, and having painstakingly applied the greebles yourself you can't help but feel proud of how splendidly detailed she is. The parts and colours come together well, and though the proportions aren't spot on they're more than close enough, and I think ships should still feel like Lego versions, which this does. It's easy to pick up and swoosh, although the two features do limit the angles you can swoosh at! There are two of the best flick fire missiles I've ever seen in the engine struts, long Technic rods that have a long 'barrel' so they fly the length of my living room! But they simply sit in, so fall out if you tilt the Y-Wing downwards. And there is a crude bomb bay at the back that will drop the bombs if you tilt upwards, so side to side it is!

The figures are the one real weak point of the set. The pilot is at least flesh coloured, although he's not given a proper face. And R5-D4 is still suffering from just a band of printing on his dome. That said, the body of the droid is great, and he does look nice in red, and the pilot's helmet is very well printed. And of course, they go very well with the set - if you're really bothered by the shortcomings a quick part change or two isn't too hard with BrickLink either.

Pros

• So, so much detailing, and some of it is really clever
• Great size, whilst being surprisingly sturdy
• The ship as a whole looks fantastic, and is very playable

Cons

• A couple of tell-tale 2007-isms in the figures
• The missiles and bombs are free to fall out

I do love this ship! She looks so good, is engaging and fun to build, with barely any boredom considering how symmetrical she is. I thought she'd be a hard act to follow, and I believe she has proved to be so. The 2012 update may well be better in some technical regards, but the look of the cockpit and the engines is such a step backwards that I wonder why it was done. Once you've got the X-Wing, this has to be the second ship in your Rebel fleet!

Been hooked in Star Wars Lego and definitely ordered one in Amazon when I saw that it sort of hard to find already. Been late as a builder to start collecting. Anyway, Since this iconic fighter was first seen in the Death Star attack and with its very different design, I was hooked to get one.

Box/Instructions

Usually the size is not mentioned and for me it is important particularly for computing courier costs based on packaging size. So here it is 2.4 x 11.5 x 17 inches

The instruction booklet is only 1. Be careful since there are some instructions in building the part of the Y wing's wing to be correctly placed.

I was surprised to open the box and see 7 plastic bags but "CORRECTIONS" 2 2x 16 plates and 2 1x16 bricks (PREVIOUS ENTRY: 2 2x32 plates and 2 1x32 bricks) are not in the plastic but just in the box.

First time I encountered this thus made me assemble it ASAP.

Parts

Minifigures

Only 2, the driver and astromech. Wished it was more but that is just pushing it I guess.

The build

You start with the body then the side body attachments for the Y wing section. You will note that during the build, you have to start on 1 side of the Y wing and you will repeat the process. What I did, is just get the mirror parts while building the first one so that I wont look for it again.

The completed model

Finished it in an hour. And was very much pleased and surprised with how LEGO made this model be a great build. The swossh factor is great. It is stable. However the one that keeps falling off are the guns both fall off easily. Some might say the wings fall off, just make sure it is snapped together.

You can place a LEGO made stand at the bottom to make it look like it flying.

Summary

The Xwing is usually the very well know fighter in the SW saga but the Y wing gave the variety in the Rebel fighters that showed its oommpph during the Death Star attack even though it was unsuccessful. Now I am thinking which one to buy again. Y wing or X wing. At a good price.. definitely a Y wing.

A very well build model with correct proportions.

Fun to build and better then the previous models.

should be present in every LEGO Star Wars collection

Look out not to loose the two small green balls...