Resistance A-wing Starfighter — C · The Brick Drop Score
C
The Drop Score
Resistance A-wing Starfighter
75248-1 · Star Wars
Based on 12 reviews · thin
The A-wing is one of Star Wars' coolest ships and LEGO® keeps giving us versions that feel a size too small for the price. At $29.99 for 269 pieces, you're paying a premium for a name, not a model.
Is the price fair?DThirty bucks for this feels like a stretch — the A-wing name is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Will you love it?C+It's fine: recognizable ship, decent shelf silhouette, nothing that'll make you stop and stare.
Holds its value?C+Modest secondary market ceiling — don't expect much movement after retirement.
True ValueD
$41
Street price
$40
Parts value
97%
Ratio
The parts alone are worth about 97% of the street price — the basis for this D price read.
What you get
Plain bricks
$19
Functional piecescalc
$10
Figures (×2)
$11
Premium you pay
License royaltycalc
$1
FairParts are worth about 97% of the price — close to what the set is worth.
The Full Take
The A-wing deserves better than this. It's a sleek, iconic Resistance-era fighter that should sing on a shelf — but the execution here is compact to the point of feeling slight, and the $29.99 ask lands hard for what you get. Two minifigs is fine, but neither one is going to make a collector rearrange their display. The build itself is quick and mostly unremarkable, leaning on familiar techniques without introducing much that feels fresh or satisfying. Kids will enjoy it for an afternoon, but it won't hold attention the way larger, more complex sets do. This one sits comfortably in mid territory — not offensive, not exciting, just there.
