calisupra2nr

Take this for whatever it's worth... After a period of dark years, I got back into collecting SW Lego sets around February 2012. I bought everything I could find that was on store shelves and started going to bricklink to find sets I had missed from like 2009-up. After spending a few thousand dollars pretty quickly catching up on everything I thought I really wanted, I find today that I have a few sets I never really cared for in the first place - I bought just because I was so caught up on "catching up". I contemplate now collecting only UCS - I just got a steal on the BWing for 50% off - but I know come summer I will want the RGS, ATTE, etc. So my motto now is, collect only what you really, really like. If you buy it, build it, and throw it in storage and never pull it out again, it wasn't worth it. I dont think you should worry about UCS vs system sets. Just worry about what really makes you satisfied when spending your hard earned $$$$.

Can we add a poll to this or start a new thread with a poll? What about doing a poll for the past few years? I would be very curious to see what everyone's best sets would be since 2007.

http://therealityprose.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/what_happened_with_lego/ Great read. I for one always thought that licensed sets carry a premium, but stats would show otherwise.

I definitely think we will see more EpIII stuff later this year (dec 2013, winter wave 2014). I think a Kashyyyk place set, Mustafar play set, Wheel Bike etc. would be high on the list.

Yeah I didn't understand the point of that comment..

Yup. The nose in the movie is clearly rounded into by the sides. The sides of this new one approach the nose and the BAM! The nose is just flattened with no accepting curves from the sides.

EXACTLY! The first thing I thought when I saw it was "Is this a midi-scale barge?" I do agree that we should we wait for more pictures, more angles and obviously...a final design and not a prelim. BUT, judging by that first picture, there is almost nothing about this new model that is more accurate or attractive over the previous. I mean seriously...if you didn't know which model came out first...which one would you guess? The new one looks like something from 2001.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37049087@N02/8311510033/ Look at that again. Then look at this. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070401231952/starwars/images/4/43/Sailbarge-chron1.jpg Then look at this. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLK3THJzfGO6tFyyWEwLMKduZL2ymkBOOkqok_k43ru-SkrnlUCVrhx6pm The nose on the old one has some additional rounding and curvature that the new one just decided to throw out the window in favor of some elephant nose. It is awful. I don't understand how anyone can like this - with the obvious exception for people that want a sailbarge and will not or cannot pay the old one's price.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091202162510/starwars/images/d/d4/Sailbarge-chron2.jpg and http://s283.beta.photobucket.com/user/mauz20/media/for%20sale/IMG_2912.jpg.html look much closer than that terrible prelim.

I HATE that nose on the sailbarge.

NOOOOOOOOO Dont say that :( I just got back into collecting... But unfortunately I see what you are saying. The new winter sets are terribly underwhelming and well...that sail barge looks awful compared to the old one.

I just wish they would do more "deluxe" playsets like the 10188 Death Star. Like give us a $200+ cloud city, geonosis arena, jedi temple, full cantina etc. etc... Also, they should really continue with the adaptable sets like Palace+Rancor Pit or the LOTR sets where you can attach the walls to Helms Deep. That would really go a long ways. In fact they could even do multi-configurations for something like Mos Eisley streets where one add on set can be built differently to look like separate buildings on the streets of Mos Eisley. That way if people want, they can buy multiple of the same $40 set and really build a big street setup. I don't know, I feel like there are a lot of options here and we keep seeing reworks. Don't get me wrong, I am very excited for a new RGS and ATTE, but there are so many other pieces of the cinematic universe I want to see in brick form :(

Yes for whatever reason the Hoth sets do seem to find their way to ToysRUS. Anytime you see an exclusive in a Lego store and the new sets are only found in ToysRUS it is an exclusive to ToysRUS. This is because they have first-to-market rights which means that only ToysRUS (and obviously the Lego store) can sell the new sets for a couple weeks before other retailers like Target and Walmart start selling. Now if it were a Target or Walmart exclusive, you would not see it in the Lego Store until the sets are legally allowed to hit shelves for Target/Walmart.

Battle of Hoth is a ToysRUS exclusive in the US.

I need a UCS AT-AT. Like... it just needs to happen already. I do not own any of the AT-AT's...so I am desperate. :(