Red squadron minifigure availability

mtt_swny

After I couldn't get my hands on the UCS Tumbler before the end of the year, I've made the choice to go with the UCS Red 5 X Wing, looks like a cool set to put together, especially as it's the first one I'll have done in years (big lego and star wars fan as a nipper).

Only gripe I have with the set is the disappointing absence of a pilot minifigure, like Luke Skywalker or Porkins etc...
Anyone have any ideas where I might track one down handy enough, or just a good source for star wars minifigure in general? I'd kind of like to put one with the completed X wing for the overall look of the set!

Thanks

Necronomicon

www.bricklink.com for minifigures, or eBay. I did see a Tumbler on Adverts.ie yesterday though...

mtt_swny

[quote="Necronomicon;93259160" bricklink for minifigures, or eBay. I did see a Tumbler on Advertsyesterday though...[/quote]

Thanks a lot I'll check it out. Yeah someone else put me wide to that one on Adverts too, I'll probably go for it through the lego shop in the new year, this will be the set for the time being. Thanks again for the link

ktulu123

Just built the UCS X-Wing last week. Fantastic set!

mtt_swny

ktulu123 wrote: »

Just built the UCS X-Wing last week. Fantastic set!

Cool, it definitely looks like it! Hopefully there's a bit of a challenge to it; be g the first set I've done since I was a kid, I'm sure there will be.

NinjaTruncs

ktulu123 wrote: »

Just built the UCS X-Wing last week. Fantastic set!

How did you get on with the sticker over the cockpit screen. Was it hard to get right?

ktulu123

It was an absolute bollox! :P Managed to get it on in the end. I did get two sets of cockpit stickers in the box though

Necronomicon

Stickers on a €200 set is unforgiveable.

gubbie

Necronomicon wrote: »

Stickers on a €200 set is unforgiveable.

I'd love to know the price difference between printing and stickers

mtt_swny

From what I've seen this was a bad call not to print the cockpit window details alright. I saw one video where the lad making it had the idea to remove half the backing of the stickers only, get the still backed part perfectly aligned first, then press the exposed portion of the sticker into place, no bibles whatsoever and no dodgy line up. 100% agree though, on a big set a printed piece would have been a whole lot better.

NinjaTruncs

What would it look like without the sticker. I've my set at home waiting to be made but it will be a few months before I have the room to put it together.