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Star Wars U-Wing Fighter Polybag (30496) available in this month’s Australian K-Zone

April 18, 2017 By Jay 29 Comments

Are you a Star Wars polybag collector? If so, you’re in luck! The LEGO 30496 U-Wing Fighter polybag is now available in Australia with every purchase of the May issue of K-Zone Magazine which is now out in most newsagents or your local supermarket.

Thanks to Jeremy from Rebelscum for the heads up!

The magazine only costs you $6.99, which is a pretty decent price for a pretty decent polybag and if you’re a big LEGO Star Wars fan, this is a really affordable way to add the mini LEGO U-Wing Fighter to your collection.

I picked one up today during my grocery shop, so here’s a super quick look at what you can expect.

These are the contents and the tiny instruction manual. No particularly special parts, although it was quite nice to get more of those studs with the holes in them.

The parts are pretty generic and if you want to save money, you can always assemble the mini U-Wing out of your spare parts. You can find the instructions online here.

Here’s the completed model. It’s a fairly quick and easy build, I think I cobbled it together in under 5 minutes? Despite it being small, the mini U-Wing does capture the shape of the ship from Rogue One very well.

The colour combination is pretty spot-on, especially when you compare it to its full-sized counterpart, 75155 Rebel U-Wing Fighter.

The use of the transparent orange doughnut studs (I’m calling them doughnut studs from now onwards) for the engine thrusters is very clever – it really makes the engines pop.

Unfortunately, it’s a static build, so you can’t fold the U-Wing’s uhh.. wings to face them backwards like they did in Rogue One. It’s a small polybag and I wasn’t honestly expecting it to be incorporated but it would’ve been a very nice touch.

So yeah, that’s it for the U-Wing. For 6 dollars, you’re really getting quite a bit of value here. Whether you’re an adult collector, or if you’re buying this for your child, the Mini U-Wing makes for a pretty great build.

I also believe that we’re one of the lucky countries that have gotten this early. Apparently these have only been sold in Legoland Theme Parks in the US so we’re quite fortunate to get it here before most other territories! Good job K-Zone and LEGO Australia!

Oh, and in case I forgot, you also get a K-Zone magazine as well. I just chucked mine in the bin as I pretty much bought it purely for the polybag.

The mini U-Wing polybag should now be available nationwide in Australia. Go check out your local newsagent to pick one up!

Filed Under: LEGO Reviews, News Tagged With: 30496, k-zone, lego, mini u-wing, polybag, rogue one, u-wing

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  1. Fred says

    April 27, 2017 at 12:38 PM

    I used to read K-Zone when I was younger, and I have managed to get the series 4 Kimono girl and Series 5 Boxer, plus a small Chima car thingy. I remember seeing a lot of star-wars and ninjago polybags too, but my parents did not buy them. Luckily I got this one instead!

    Reply
    • Jay says

      April 28, 2017 at 8:36 AM

      Oh really? Wow cool didnt know they had Series minifigures with Kzone.

      Reply
      • Fred says

        April 28, 2017 at 1:27 PM

        They did once in 2012 for the christmas issue

        Reply
        • Jay says

          April 30, 2017 at 12:21 PM

          Ahhh neat, I didn’t know about that!

          Reply
  2. Harrison says

    April 21, 2017 at 10:15 AM

    thanks i got mine yesterday after reading this

    Reply
    • Christian says

      April 21, 2017 at 3:38 PM

      Same! I bought two for $6

      Reply
      • Jay says

        April 23, 2017 at 2:54 PM

        Whoa, that’s an amazing deal!

        Reply
    • Jay says

      April 23, 2017 at 2:54 PM

      Awesome! Hope you enjoy it!

      Reply
  3. Jeb says

    April 20, 2017 at 12:36 PM

    Well, what a coincidence a bought this 2 days ago 😛 I already buy K-zone all the time, so i have a few Lego polybags now. I have a Ninjago mech, an A-Wing and a U-Wing.

    Reply
    • Harrison says

      April 21, 2017 at 10:16 AM

      they also did poe’s x wing in 2015!

      Reply
    • Jay says

      April 23, 2017 at 2:16 PM

      Very cool! Did you also get the black X Wing from Force Awakens? Thats still my favorite Kzone polybag yet,

      Reply
      • Jeb says

        April 24, 2017 at 2:45 PM

        No, i missed that one unfortunately 🙁

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        • Jay says

          April 28, 2017 at 8:12 AM

          Bummer! That one was one of my favs – I bought so many of them to assemble a fleet of mini X-Wings!

          Reply
  4. I love lego! says

    April 19, 2017 at 7:03 PM

    I don’t even know what K-zone is…

    Reply
    • Jay says

      April 23, 2017 at 2:05 PM

      It’s a kid’s magazine.

      Reply
  5. Hammerdragon says

    April 19, 2017 at 1:32 PM

    Nice one Jay. I’ve picked one up.

    Reply
    • Jay says

      April 23, 2017 at 1:24 PM

      Awesome!

      Reply
  6. JACKATTACKS says

    April 19, 2017 at 10:14 AM

    Thanks Jay! I remember I once got a mini Ninjago mech with a Jay minifigure from K-zone. Also remember a mini A-wing polybag as well, but didn’t buy it due to my parents thinking it was a waste of money as the build didn’t look all that good. I’m on edge with this one – the build doesn’t really interest me and wish K-zone had got something like Batman in the Phantom Zone polybag instead. But boy, those orange donut pieces. I might get this after all!

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    • JACKATTACKS says

      April 21, 2017 at 6:04 PM

      Bought mine for 5.95! Now I have a strange urge to buy another!

      Reply
      • Jay says

        April 23, 2017 at 2:55 PM

        One to keep, one to build! At $6 they’re pretty easy impulse buys 🙂

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    • Jay says

      April 23, 2017 at 1:23 PM

      Oh yeah good point. I don’t know if the Phantom Zone polybag ever made it here. Maybe we’ll get it later down the road. The U-Wing is like the same price as a blind bag minifigure, but it’s got so much more value imho.

      Reply
  7. Sgoteam says

    April 19, 2017 at 12:24 AM

    Nice! I really want this, but since I’m living in Hong Kong, I doubt there would be the May issue of K-Zone Magazine. I will keep searching though. Wish me luck!

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    • Jay says

      April 23, 2017 at 1:20 PM

      Ah bummer. If you don’t mind, I’m happy to buy one for you and ship it to you if you can pay me via PayPal. Drop me an email if you’re interested!

      Reply
      • Sgoteam says

        April 24, 2017 at 8:59 AM

        Really! Wow, thanks! I need to ask my dad first…

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        • Jay says

          April 28, 2017 at 8:12 AM

          Cool let me know how you go 🙂

          Reply
  8. Greg says

    April 19, 2017 at 12:07 AM

    I picked up one today too.
    They had them sitting at the checkout at Coles.
    Not bad for the price.
    Do you know if this is a one off with this magazine or if there will be more?

    Reply
    • Anthony Christian says

      April 19, 2017 at 8:23 AM

      K-zone seems to do this once or twice a year

      Reply
      • Jay says

        April 23, 2017 at 1:22 PM

        Yup!

        Reply
    • Jay says

      April 23, 2017 at 1:19 PM

      Like other said, they usually have polybags a couple of times a year. The last one I can remember was the Black Xwing from Force Awakens. I bought quite a few of those!

      Reply

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