Random set of the day: V-Wing Fighter
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 6836 V-Wing Fighter, released during 1997. It's one of 18 Space sets produced that year. It contains 40 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$4.
It's owned by 4,099 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $81.60, or eBay.
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Wow, ship designers in the Star Wars universe really took a step back.
Star Wars?! Wait, that's not the V-Wing I know...
I don't know if this would necessarily fit the Star Wars aesthetic as is, but I bet it could be redesigned slightly by EC Henry and work pretty well.
I had to check to see which appeared first: this or the original Star Wars V-Wing: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/V-wing_airspeeder It was the Star Wars one, which first appeared in Dark Empire 2 in 1992: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Empire_2
Warp wing fighter was the OG X-wing set and it RULED.
This is not the V-wing you’re looking for.
Errrmmm
Perhaps this is the V-wing you’re looking for.
To this day I want to see making-off footage of these resin-like backgrounds of the instructions, boxes and marketing materials they used. Fantastic and different look to anything they've done before (for one of the last times)!
Neon green and so many printed part, looking back we were spoiled back in the day
Thought of Dark Empire comic book and Rogue Squadron video game when I saw V-wing. Wow, the memories. The Force is strong with this 90’s nostalgia.
All I saw was the title at first and thought: “we really do need to get another V-Wing at some point.” It is not Star Wars, but the point remains the same.
This may be nostalgic but it looks very basic in design.
Not one of the stronger sets from the UFO line, no. Even the figure was pretty basic.
I missed yesterdays Random Set, but thought I'd mention I've got that coffin car and every year when we crack out the Hidden Side and Monster Fighters I park it next to the graveyard for the driver to prep for digging
At least this one has wings actually resembling a V, unlike the Star Wars ones