General LEGO Star Wars Discussion and Questions

[TeddytheSpoon]

6 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

Looking for some ideas on displaying sets with the old decipher CCG cards.  I have all the cards and want to display them with the Lego set as a sort of UCS plaque but with the card instead.  ( Would love to print the cards but don’t have a printer and printing a few dozen one offs would not be practical.)
 

I have seen the minifigure Lego card displays, but am thinking for a standalone display I would need to build something around a card holder.  Any thoughts or ideas?  Thanks in advance.

There might be some third-party companies that make stands like that - I know a few make minifigure stands, for instance, and I'm sure I've seen some with card backgrounds. Alternatively I think it wouldn't be too difficult to make a holder from bricks; either a frame similar to one of the current Christmas GWPs, or a thin gap between bricks or panels.

Or there's the nuclear option of poking some holes in the card and holding it with Technic axles, like some LEGO minifigure GWP stands had!

[Lordhelmet]

On 12/9/2024 at 3:26 AM, TeddytheSpoon said:

There might be some third-party companies that make stands like that - I know a few make minifigure stands, for instance, and I'm sure I've seen some with card backgrounds. Alternatively I think it wouldn't be too difficult to make a holder from bricks; either a frame similar to one of the current Christmas GWPs, or a thin gap between bricks or panels.

Or there's the nuclear option of poking some holes in the card and holding it with Technic axles, like some LEGO minifigure GWP stands had!

II hadn't seen that GWP, That could work by building a picture frame style build and leaving a gap for the card to go in a case.   Thanks for the reference.  

I have seen some of those customs, but I don't want to pay that kind of money with the scale I want to use, seems a bit excessive.  I also have not seen a small enough custom to store everything the way I would like to.  It would be cool if there was a custom out there similar to the mini figure packaging lego uses for the unique comic con give aways but with the back the size for the cards.  I would have dozens of those with the ccg card for whatever is not being actively displayed.

Also I would not like the nuclear option :) .  Although it would likely work fine, poking holes in the old cards would be sad for sure.

 

Thanks again for the ideas.  I will play around with it.  
 

 

edit: I ended up doing standard card holders with acrylic as little display plaques next to each ship.  Looks cool and has a museum feel which is cool.

It really makes me want something for the minifigures though but like an old action figures pack scaled to fit the card and the minifigure in a small pack that can be stored that way.  Going to have to look around or attempt making some.  But the action figure pack with the card and the minifigure in the bottom right corner would be awesome.

Edited December 10, 2024 by Lordhelmet
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[lego the hutt]

With the recent trend of system scale sets being smaller/less detailed, will we ever get system scale sets that are improvements over some of the good sets we've gotten previously? Or is that time in the past?

Let's use the Slave 1 as an example:

The 20th anniversary, system scale Bobas Slave 1 was fantastic imo.  It retailed at 120$ US.

In 2025 we are getting a 70$ system scale Jango Slave 1.  (And a 300$ UCS Jango version).

Is the 20th anniversary Slave 1 the best system scale version we will ever get?

I'd love a new Jangos Slave 1 that was just a recolour of the 20th anniversary Bobas Slave 1.  Increase the price and make it 150$.  I'm perfectly ok with that.

Should I be looking to buy older system scale sets on the secondary market because we are never going to get upgrades at that scale ever again ?

 

 

 

Edited February 16 by lego the hutt

[L-Gauger]

On 2/16/2025 at 4:11 AM, lego the hutt said:

Should I be looking to buy older system scale sets on the secondary market because we are never going to get upgrades at that scale ever again ?

 

Just a personal opinion, so take it for what it's worth, but I don't think it's reasonable to try and predict the future of the system-sale Star Wars sets. Of course, if you want a good model and want it now, definitely get the older sets. Who knows, what you want might come in 2026, or it might come out in 2126 (okay, there's a little exaggeration there... )

My personal approach to the lackluster or less screen accurate models has been to modify the details that bug me most until I'm happy with the resulting modified model. Best example I can think of is the Luke Skywalker's X-wing set: there are a lot of detail deficiencies and play functions that were just missed by the designers, but I discovered that with a few handfuls of additional parts I could turn the set into a really good, approximately-minifig scale X-wing that is one of my favorite personal models. Another modified model I've posted to Eurobricks is this: 

 

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Also, I have a question of my own for this Forum. Does anyone know if minifigures sw1164 (Mandalorian Loyalist) and sw1345 (Mandalorian Warrior) are specific characters from SW, or are they "generic" minifigs? Photos below for reference. 

sw1164:

sw1345:

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, L-Gauger said:

Also, I have a question of my own for this Forum. Does anyone know if minifigures sw1164 (Mandalorian Loyalist) and sw1345 (Mandalorian Warrior) are specific characters from SW, or are they "generic" minifigs? Photos below for reference. 

sw1164:

sw1345:

I assume they're based on some background models/costumes, but as far as I know neither of them have canonical names. 

[TheDoctor]

I always wanted an Emperor with a skirt piece because I think the legs look weird.

Well wouldn't you know that the D&D Mind Flayer Skirt lines up exactly with the 2020-22 Palpatine!
(I'd love it to be on purpose because the graphic designer is a fan, but the new Palpatine was already released by then, so it's just coincidence)

I now have my perfect Emperor that I can use for his Death Star visit scene!
(Also I'm team 'pupils', I hate the dead orange eyes)


 

[Gorilla94]

May I ask: what is your opinion about the new Plo Koon minifig? I have to say there are characters/pieces (like the older Iron Man helmet) where I actually prefer the older version, because the too realistic new one lacks the classic lego minifig cuteness. I feel the same about PLO Koons new head. 

[Darth_Bane13]

4 hours ago, Gorilla94 said:

May I ask: what is your opinion about the new Plo Koon minifig? I have to say there are characters/pieces (like the older Iron Man helmet) where I actually prefer the older version, because the too realistic new one lacks the classic lego minifig cuteness. I feel the same about PLO Koons new head. 

I agree with your general sentiment although the older Plo Koon printing would rub off if you played with it which wasn't great. I definitely prefer the older molds for the Stormtrooper and Darth Vader helmets though.

[JVM]

There's a lot of cases where I prefer the older minifigure version but Plo Koon is actually one of the exceptions to the rule as I'd always found the old design too squeezed. I think some of it for me is the old Darth Vader and Stormtrooper figs had a 'block-y'ness to them that felt like LEGO charm but the rubber heads don't have that.

Does anyone have an LDD or LXF model of the Death Star 75159? I bought a used copy of the older model and am trying to make some changes to bring it up to 75159's standards using the instructions but I'd really like to compare some features of the build side by side (chiefly the Emperor's window, to see how much the surrounding wall needs to be changed, and the two missile cannons)

I'm also rehabbing a used partial Republic Gunship in the near future. Still need to finish ordering parts. But moved up the Death Star to quell any temptation to buy the new version.

[L-Gauger]

I come bearing another minifigure/character related question. 

Is the sw1161 minifigure intended to represent a human or a droid? I was told at one point that Dark Troopers are droids, but the printed pouches on this minifig's belt seem to indicate this is another character type derived from the clone troopers/stormtroopers, liken unto how the scout troopers are a stormtrooper variant. 

Photo for reference: 

[Darth_Bane13]

2 hours ago, L-Gauger said:

I come bearing another minifigure/character related question. 

Is the sw1161 minifigure intended to represent a human or a droid? I was told at one point that Dark Troopers are droids, but the printed pouches on this minifig's belt seem to indicate this is another character type derived from the clone troopers/stormtroopers, liken unto how the scout troopers are a stormtrooper variant. 

Photo for reference: 

Droid

[TeddytheSpoon]

Yea, they're droids. IIRC the dark Troopers in Legends were augmented humans in suits at first, with more and more enhancements before eventually transitioning to being all droid. I don't think it's explicitly stated as such, but the implication as I recall was that the same thing happened in the new Canon. So perhaps the pouches are just artefacts of the old suits.

[L-Gauger]

@Darth_Bane13 and @TeddytheSpoon, thanks for the clarification! 

[Darth_Bane13]

What is the most you guys would spend or have spent on a Minifigure? I ask because I was recently going through some Star Wars minifigs on BL and it's crazy the prices some fairly regular figs go for. Personally I'd spend $25-30 Max and it'd have to be a figure I really want.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

What is the most you guys would spend or have spent on a Minifigure?

In general, the most I’ve spent on a minifig was $350 for the SDCC-exclusive Collector ^^

Specifically for SW, it was the Finch Dallow minifig, which - if I recall correctly - was $250-ish back then. I thought I had overpaid, but considering what the minifig’s worth now, maybe not so much

I’m not getting any further SDCC exclusives or other absurdly rare minifigs like Mr Gold. My completionism has its boundaries!

[Darth_Bane13]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

In general, the most I’ve spent on a minifig was $350 for the SDCC-exclusive Collector ^^

Specifically for SW, it was the Finch Dallow minifig, which - if I recall correctly - was $250-ish back then. I thought I had overpaid, but considering what the minifig’s worth now, maybe not so much

I’m not getting any further SDCC exclusives or other absurdly rare minifigs like Mr Gold. My completionism has its boundaries!

See I don't get the whole Finch Dallow situation. I know he's rare because Lego produced him after they released the set but he's only desirable because he's rare. He's a character no one remembers from a movie almost no one likes, the figure would be worth $4 if released normally. $350 for one little minifigure is crazy to me though, you could buy a sealed Battle of Endor for that.

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

What is the most you guys would spend or have spent on a Minifigure? I ask because I was recently going through some Star Wars minifigs on BL and it's crazy the prices some fairly regular figs go for. Personally I'd spend $25-30 Max and it'd have to be a figure I really want.

I have two answers to this:

Technically, I've spent $35 on a single minifigure, but it wasn't an official product (though aside from the custom hair the pieces were real lego)- it was a custom printed Invincible figure from Firestar. I've actually done this twice, for both his season 1 and 2 suits, but I only purchased them because I know we'll never see an official minifigure.

For official minifigures, it's difficult to calculate exactly. I don't think I've ever spent more than $8-10 for a minifigure on bricklink, but there are other ways you could argue I've spent more money for a minifigure. 

While I don't like to buy sets just for the figures, I have done it. Primarily with battle packs (which wouldn't be more than $3-5 a figure), but with some other sets as well. It's not exactly comparable because I absorb the parts into my collection and use them for Mocs, but it's not nothing. The only two times I can remember doing it for a single specific figure were $12 for a discounted marvel set with Morbius, $13 for Phase 2 Rex and $15 for the mech that included a comic Ultron, but there are certainly characters (Mara Jade, Netflix Daredevil, any Punisher, comic or Rivals Moon Knight) that I'd probably buy a medium-sized set for even if I didn't want the set.

And then there's figures I got in official sets that have since gone up in value- I bought the 2017 phantom 2 on release, but that Thrawn is I believe around $150 now, so even though I didn't spend $150 on it, by keeping it, am I essentially saying I value that figure more than getting $150?

14 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

See I don't get the whole Finch Dallow situation. I know he's rare because Lego produced him after they released the set but he's only desirable because he's rare. He's a character no one remembers from a movie almost no one likes, the figure would be worth $4 if released normally. $350 for one little minifigure is crazy to me though, you could buy a sealed Battle of Endor for that.

There are some people who just like having rare things regardless of whether or not it would be desirable to them were it readily availible.

[CloneCommando99]

8 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

What is the most you guys would spend or have spent on a Minifigure? I ask because I was recently going through some Star Wars minifigs on BL and it's crazy the prices some fairly regular figs go for. Personally I'd spend $25-30 Max and it'd have to be a figure I really want.

Personally the max I’ve spent on singular minifig is £10.

 

I just can’t justify spending over £20 on a singular plastic figurine.

[Darth_Bane13]

12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

And then there's figures I got in official sets that have since gone up in value- I bought the 2017 phantom 2 on release, but that Thrawn is I believe around $150 now, so even though I didn't spend $150 on it, by keeping it, am I essentially saying I value that figure more than getting $150?

If you aren't in need of the money then yeah no point in selling it. I have a few figures that have gone up P1 Rex, UCS Boba, Mimban stormtrooper, I wouldn't sell them though because then the set would technically be incomplete.

7 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Personally the max I’ve spent on singular minifig is £10.

 

I just can’t justify spending over £20 on a singular plastic figurine.

Yeah like what do you even do with that figure? look at it for a minute then put on display where it's not really noticeable? I guess I could see if you needed it for a MOC.

[BrickBob Studpants]

25 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Yeah like what do you even do with that figure? look at it for a minute then put on display where it's not really noticeable? I guess I could see if you needed it for a MOC.

Simple, display it like any other minifig  As a completionist (sort of), it’s what I do  Finch Dallow appeared in a regular set technically, so I had to get him. (And I like TLJ, but that’s beside the point). Where I draw the line is at SDCC sets and figures, plus Mr Gold. Not even I’m willing to fork over the obscene prices for those!

And yeah, the increased value doesn’t really matter to me since I don’t intend to ever sell my collection. In order words, I don’t mind at all whenever expensive sets or minifigs get remade! In fact, I welcome it

[icm]

The most I've spent on a single minifig was about $20 on a 2006 Boba Fett to go with a 2006 Slave I that I bought without minifigs. That's one of the few sets in my collection that I would be happy to sell off. I didn't really like it once it was all together.

[Renny The Spaceman]

Does Finch Dallow have a line in any Star Wars thing?

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Does Finch Dallow have a line in any Star Wars thing?

He has two or three lines in TLJ ^^ He’s piloting the bomber Rose’s sister is aboard on, before a TIE fighter destroys the cockpit, killing him.

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

If you aren't in need of the money then yeah no point in selling it. I have a few figures that have gone up P1 Rex, UCS Boba, Mimban stormtrooper, I wouldn't sell them though because then the set would technically be incomplete.

Yeah like what do you even do with that figure? look at it for a minute then put on display where it's not really noticeable? I guess I could see if you needed it for a MOC.

Good point- if things ever got bad I could always liquidate them. (I guess I have UCS boba too, I just didn't consider him a rare figure because I don't have him on display like my Thrawn, he's just chilling in the Slave One cockpit.)

I assume you'd display it, but there's just nothing special about him. I still don't get why lego made him in the first place, did the actor call and complain?

20 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Does Finch Dallow have a line in any Star Wars thing?

His only appearances are two lines in the movie- "Copy that, Blue Leader. You get us there, we'll give it to them." and "Look out!" (dies)- and a YA novel that released as a tie-in. He's actually so superfluous that he only exists because Finn was supposed to be the ship's pilot, but the director thought him being the pilot of Rose's ship and knowing his sister died would make him "an a**hole". (Which I don't really understand, Finn already doesn't come across great in the first half of the movie and having him at least participate in the first fight would if anything make him seem more brave, but to be fair I don't understand very much else about that movie anyway.)

That along isn't the weird part for me- star wars is known for it's glup shittos- it's that Finch's design is entirely unremarkable. He's not a wacky alien or a cool clone armor set or an intimidating sith, he's just... a resistance pilot. This would be like if Garven Dries or Fake Wedge was in this situation and went for hundreds upon hundreds of dollars. It's not a remotely interesting design, he's got literally no character (At least Garven has that deleted scene where he knew Anakin and Fake Wedge has a fun short story about hating that he looks like Wedge), the literally only reason he's desirable to people is because he's rare and expensive. It's the million-dollar-crappy-art scheme of the lego world.

 

I guess another way of putting it- and why it's so weird to me that people spend so much on this figure- is that if lego hadn't made him, I guarantee you there would be no customs of him, nobody begging for a figure on these forums. 99% of people who know of Finch Dallow only know the name because of the lego minifigure.

Edited October 4 by Mandalorianknight

[Renny The Spaceman]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

His only appearances are two lines in the movie- "Copy that, Blue Leader. You get us there, we'll give it to them." and "Look out!" (dies)- and a YA novel that released as a tie-in. He's actually so superfluous that he only exists because Finn was supposed to be the ship's pilot, but the director thought him being the pilot of Rose's ship and knowing his sister died would make him "an a**hole". (Which I don't really understand, Finn already doesn't come across great in the first half of the movie and having him at least participate in the first fight would if anything make him seem more brave, but to be fair I don't understand very much else about that movie anyway.)

Wait, what? How would that work logistically, isn't the entire drive for the Finn/Poe plot Poe is demoted for getting the entire bombing fleet killed, how does that work if Finn is in a Bomber that needs to explode because clearly Rose's sister dying was always supposed to be part of the film. Rose's sister can't have her heroic sacrifice blowing her own ship up if Finn needs to be there. That idea can't have gotten far.

 

Unrelated but I do like the fake Wedge story, new canon does little with Wedge but the three "A Certain Point of View" stories with him are great, I like Wedge as he's like the great equaliser of a Glup no-one hates, everyone thinks he's cool regardless of if they're a fan of everything, an OT purist, Legends diehard or anything in-between

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

That along isn't the weird part for me- star wars is known for it's glup shittos- it's that Finch's design is entirely unremarkable. He's not a wacky alien or a cool clone armor set or an intimidating sith, he's just... a resistance pilot. This would be like if Garven Dries or Fake Wedge was in this situation and went for hundreds upon hundreds of dollars. It's not a remotely interesting design, he's got literally no character (At least Garven has that deleted scene where he knew Anakin and Fake Wedge has a fun short story about hating that he looks like Wedge), the literally only reason he's desirable to people is because he's rare and expensive. It's the million-dollar-crappy-art scheme of the lego world.

Yeah, he's interesting because he has a literal substitute with the more common Bomber pilot, it's not a design thing because obviously the pilot uniform isn't exclusive to him. Him being so expensive is a side affect of LEGO being turned into an investment, the reseller culture is insane now and Star Wars was the patient zero.

 

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

He has two or three lines in TLJ ^^ He’s piloting the bomber Rose’s sister is aboard on, before a TIE fighter destroys the cockpit, killing him.

Do you just keep him in the ship or do you display him in a MOC of an altar or something, if I paid triple digits for any figure I'd need to make their display something special

 

19 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Technically, I've spent $35 on a single minifigure, but it wasn't an official product (though aside from the custom hair the pieces were real lego)- it was a custom printed Invincible figure from Firestar. I've actually done this twice, for both his season 1 and 2 suits, but I only purchased them because I know we'll never see an official minifigure.

The most I spent on a single part was probably 15 quid on a torso for Rebel Friend yonks back