Review: 75196 Star Wars Microfighter Series 5 A Wing vs. TIE Silencer

Reaching into my backlog pile, I find the last set in the fifth Microfighter series.  I held off on purchasing this one for a while due to the price.  I think I finally caved when it went on sale.  This is also the first Microfighter series that I've reviewed in entirety.

Box.  MSRP is $19.99, this gives us a $0.11 Price per Piece.

Instructions 1.

Instructions 2.

Minifigs.  

Parts 1.  Wedge Plates, Plates, Plates w/Pinhole, Round Plates, Double Bar Plate, Inverted Slope w/Cutout, Bar Fence, Slopes, Minifig Wrench, and Flickfire Missiles.

Parts 2.  Round Plates, Round Tiles w/Hole, Plates, Slopes, Wedge Plates, Panels, Jumpers, Grille Tile, Minifig Pistol, Round Plates, Cones, Clip Brick, Brick, Bracket, Plates w/Pinhole, and Axle Pins.

Parts 3.Plates w/Cutout, Plates, Wedge Plates, Kylo Ren Lightsaber Blade, Bar Plates, Clip Plates, Inverted Slopes, Inverted Plates w/Pinholes, Brackets, Brick w/Studs on both sides, Plate w/half studs, and Flickfire Missiles.

Parts 4.  Tiles, Clip Plates, Lightsaber Handles, Plates, Grille Tile, Cheese Graters, Tile, Printed Slope, Barraki Eyes, and Cheese Slopes.
  

Build.  Two Frame and two Stations.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  Two Frames, two Stations, and plenty of spare parts.  If only the price was better.

Review: 75194 Star Wars Microfighter Series 5 First Order TIE Fighter

I actually didn't need any parts from this but I did need another blog post to fill out the week, so I dug this out of my backlog pile too.

Box.  MSRP was $9.99 for a $0.11 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Round tiles, Slopes, Plates w/Door Rail,
Brackets, Plates, Clip Tile, Half Pins, Tiles, Apollo
Studs, Headlight Bricks, Bricks, Flick Missiles,
Barraki Eyes, Hose Nozzles, and Minifig Gun.

Parts 2.  Plates, Wedge Plates, Plate/Tile,
Brackets, Plates w/Pinholes, Printed Dish,
Technic Brick w/Pinhole, and Slopes.

Build.  IO Cruiser without Systems.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  A little Plate heavy for RA but a good starting point for IO.

Review: 75193 Star Wars Microfighter Series 5 Millenium Falcon

This gets me halfway through the Series 5 Microfighter reviews.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99 for a $0.11 Price per Piece

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Boat Studs, Brackets, Headlight Bricks, Handle Bricks, Plates, Round Plates, Wedge Plates, Slopes, Pneuma-Ts, Apollo Studs, Stud Shooter Triggers, Jumper, Hinge Brick Base, Log Brick, and Modified Plate.

Parts 2.  Plates, Round Plates, Wedge Plates, "L" Plate, Round Tiles, Grille Tiles, Round Tile w/Hole, Bricks, Round Bricks, Wedge Bricks, Printed Truncated Cone, Stud Shooters, Slopes, Jumpers, Clip Plate, Hinge Brick Top.

Build. IO Frigate (2Ra+d8/1Y).

  

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  There are some really useful pieces in here, it just needs a higher parts count.

Review: 75195 Microfighter Series 5 Ski Speeder vs. 1st Order Walker

With the start of a new year let's do a review of a new for 2018 set.  While I haven't reviewed any of the Microfighter sets previous to this -- they're in the backlog, believe me -- this series of Microfighters has changed things up somewhat.  While there are two normal single sets, there are two double sets in this release.  I bought this at Barnes & Noble just prior to Christmas.

Box.  MSRP is $19.99, this gives us a $0.09 Price per Piece.

Instructions 1.

Instructions 2.

Minifigs.  At least the Minifig Blasters are useful.

Parts 1.  Plates, Mod. Plates, Brackets, Slopes, Wedge Plates, Stud Shooters, and a Flag.

Parts 2.  I'm sure the only things

you are seeing are the black

Pneuma-Ts and the Bar Studs.

Parts 3.  Cross Plates in Black.
Plates, Mod. Plates, Brackets,
Slopes, a Brick, Stud Shooters,
and 3x3 Radar Dishes.

Parts 4.  Tooth Plates in Light Bley.
Plates, Mod. Plates, Slopes, Bar
Clips, a Bar Holder Clip, Levers
& Bases, Tiles, and Friction Pins.

Build.  Two Frames and two Stations.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  Two Frames, two Stations, and tons of spare parts?  This is a Double Set Challenge writ large.