I've built about 5 Bandai Star Wars kits now, and this one has been the most problematic. Now, just because I've built some of their kits doesn't mean I consider myself an expert at them. So, don't think of this as a review as much as a summary of what you can expect when you attempt to build one. And I have to say, I don't recommend this one to first time Star Wars builders. Well, here goes. First of all, there is a problem with all of Bandai's kits that really has me perplexed, because it doesn't seem to have an easy solution. Now, it could be because Bandai's selection of plastic is harder, and perhaps more brittle, that they feel it necessary (at least some of the time) to attach parts to sprues with 2-piece tabs. Someone coming from Revell and Round 2 will be unaccustomed to such a thing, because these frugal companies would never spend the extra money this no doubt requires, to protect fragile parts from breakage. So, sprue tabs are 1-piece and are found on the top surface of the sprue - easy to cut off and nearly invisible. Bandai places a second smaller tab on the outside of the sprue, and when you cut the main tab off, you always leave a small piece of the secondary tab behind. Now, if it had been softer plastic, it might not be such a problem, but given that it is hard, it's imperative that it gets removed because it will inhibit snap-together parts from completely joining. Now, specifically about this kit, I found the printed diagrams to be very confusing. It almost seemed as if they were printed backwards, because there were times when I just could not get the parts aligned as depicted in the instructions. Consquently, I believe my fail at this kit is more my fault than Bandai's. I must have gotten some parts installed backwards because at the end, I simply could not get the thing assembled without it looking wonky. Now maybe this has something to do with the jointed wings, and I may be expecting something here that I am overstepping myself on, but it sure doesn't help to know why it looks so bad. I'm faced now with discarding the finished model, or learning to live with it. Stripping it down and rebuilding is simply out of the question, because these snap-together parts can not easily be taken apart without a big risk of breaking them. So, be aware, and if you've already built some Bandai kits and want to try Poe's X-Wing, please let us all know what you did if you got it successfully built. OK?