Continuing on reviews of the 2017 Star Wars sets, here is another set, #75168, Yoda's Jedi Starfighter. It is from the Clone Wars cartoon so not from any of the movies and it looks somewhat similar to #75038 Jedi Interceptor and #75135 Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor. Back to this set... This one was released on 17 February 2017 in the US and retails for $24.99. I picked it up from Amazon.com for $19.99. At 262 pieces retail is $0.095 per piece. For the sale price it works out to $0.076 per piece. Either way, not too bad for a licensed Star Wars set.
The box is fairly small and has the standard displays on the front and back. I enjoy the "Master your Force" slogan on the back in English, French, and Spanish.
Contents are 3 parts bags, a small sticker sheet, and the instructions. For this review, I didn't apply the stickers.
The first bag contains Yoda and a green light saber. This is the same Yoda figure as found in #75142 Homing Spider Droid. The build involves a lot of Technic pieces which makes it slightly more challenging then the standard Star Wars set build. I am also a fan of the use of all of the dark green parts.
Bag 2 contains a R2-D2 figure which is the same as the one found in #75136 Droid Escape Pod. The difference from others being that he has a lavender colored light on his top versus a red colored one on some of the previous figure version. This bag completes the cockpit with the opening and closing hatch as shown in the picture. It also uses more great dark green pieces.
The last bag completes the set. As per most Star Wars ships, there is a spot for the droid. Also it is shown with Yoda in place. No place to store his light saber (I guess he would have it off inside) and no controls to maneuver the ship. The wingtips use some more Technic pieces to attach the wings
Overall, I'll be honest, I started off thinking it would be terrible. $20 down the drain.. Actually not so much. It was a fun build mixing the standard building technics and use of Technic pieces. I was quite impressed actually. It was a fun build that pushed over the edge slightly, but nothing I couldn't handle. The minifigures are great too so no complaints here. Pick it up and maybe even on sale at Amazon.com or elsewhere.