LEGO Star Wars 2025 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[Coryo]

The June sets have started showing up in retail stores here, the price differences compared to the equivalent sets from last year are kinda surprising.

• Mandalore Battle Pack $29 -- Night Trooper Battle Pack $22
• Rex Microfighter $16 -- Plo Koon Microfighter $19
• Luke Mech $22 -- Maul Mech $19

I didn't expect them to ever drop the prices of battle packs back down, maybe the Mandalore one wasn't selling well.

Microfighter increase is unfortunate though, there's no way an Astromech head is worth an extra $3

15 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Here me out: TCW style galactic civil war animated anthology series.

Starts when rebels abandon Yavin. Ends with the battle of Jakku.

No main characters, but there are more prominent ones. We get arcs featuring: Wedge, Omega, Luke, Leia, Han, Kleya, Wilmon, Hera Zeb, Vel, Mon, Norra Wexley (before Aftermath), Rex, etc…

An animated OT-era series would be cool, I'd imagine they'd have to overwrite a lot of the 2015/2020 comic series' since there's way too many storylines and concepts that they tried to cram into that period that wouldn't really work outside of a comic context.

Also I really wouldn't want to see Filoni try to handle the characters from Andor

 

[AD_Bricks]

31 minutes ago, Coryo said:

• Mandalore Battle Pack $29 -- Night Trooper Battle Pack $22
• Rex Microfighter $16 -- Plo Koon Microfighter $19

I didn't expect them to ever drop the prices of battle packs back down, maybe the Mandalore one wasn't selling well.

Microfighter increase is unfortunate though, there's no way an Astromech head is worth an extra $3

It's really strange that they dropped the BP price considering it seems to have increased elsewhere (or maybe just in the US idk).

And also, going off the LEGO rrp rather than its price elsewhere like you did, that's still $35 for Mandalore down to $30 for Night troopers, which is pretty surprising.

To be fair to the microfighter though, the Rex figure was a complete reuse, while Plo is brand new with a new mould, so while the Rex one had 0 new pieces and 0 new prints, this has 1 new piece and 4 new prints (including the astromech as 1).

Edited May 29 by AD_Bricks

[Darth_Bane13]

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

To be fair, they're not going to do a massive set redesign over backlash to a leak a few months out. That's logistically impossible.

I was talking about the 2014 MTT.

4 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

Wasn't there backlash about the troop capacity for the last one like 11 years ago? That's surely enough time to adapt

This

[CloneCommando99]

9 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Also i'm not frustrated in the slightest. Why would i be? This is a good year for me. Lots to look forward to. 

Day #35 of waiting for Cassian to come home with the Tie Avenger. (Or any Imperial military/ Rogue One/ Andor play-set at this point)

8 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Found the Lego employee

Bor Gullet!

Hopefully we can get a Pieces of The Past trailer soon. I’m interested to see which other revamped characters will be showing up.

Edited May 29 by CloneCommando99

[Agent Kallus]

While this is no excuse for lower troop capacity I expect the MTT's rack to have some needless internal detailing that could be removed to accommodate greater numbers. I mean the 2024 GWP set only held six but clearly had the space for so many more, double that easily.

Also side note but is anyone else tired of GWPs that really should just be small sets with a regular release. It's annoying here in star wars but it's downright painful for castle when they get no small to medium sets but there are designs for smaller sets but TLG has locked them all into being GWPs. Infuriating if you ask me.

[saibot]

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

While this is no excuse for lower troop capacity I expect the MTT's rack to have some needless internal detailing that could be removed to accommodate greater numbers. I mean the 2024 GWP set only held six but clearly had the space for so many more, double that easily.

 

I'm one of those who prefer this color scheme over the brown. I really hope people come up with some interesting mods so it could take super battle droids instead.

[CallumPears]

24 minutes ago, saibot said:

 

I'm one of those who prefer this color scheme over the brown. I really hope people come up with some interesting mods so it could take super battle droids instead.

Biggest missed opportunity with the new Super Battle Droids in my opinion is that they went to all that effort of redesigning the torso (and it looks great) but still didn't add any sort of connection to the back. The hole behind the head could've easily been made into an anti-stud which would help with stuff like this (especially since we've never actually seen the blue MTTs deploying B1 droids, only ever B2s). 

327th torso looks good. As usual I'm not a fan of any Clone torso since 2020 due to the weird proportions with the hybrid style (except the Galactic Marines; thank the Force they didn't try to squish that design like they do with regular Clones) but it looks as good as it can within the restrictions of the modern style. 

Edited May 29 by CallumPears

[BrickBob Studpants]

Neat torso, but I crave something more substantial  Fingers crossed the new pauldron is next! And I need to know if cloth kamas are back for real or if that was just a false rumour.

[BrickPrick]

12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

To be fair, they're not going to do a massive set redesign over backlash to a leak a few months out. That's logistically impossible.

Yep, they couldn't/wouldn't do that for the 2025 MTT or any set already in production. 

12 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

Wasn't there backlash about the troop capacity for the last one like 11 years ago? That's surely enough time to adapt

Enough time to adapt. Also enough time to forget. So pick your poison, i guess.

10 hours ago, Legofan2001 said:

IF that Torso Leak is actually Bly 😬😬😬

It's not. But the leaker thought so before. 

9 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

It's really strange that they dropped the BP price considering it seems to have increased elsewhere (or maybe just in the US idk).

And also, going off the LEGO rrp rather than its price elsewhere like you did, that's still $35 for Mandalore down to $30 for Night troopers, which is pretty surprising.

To be fair to the microfighter though, the Rex figure was a complete reuse, while Plo is brand new with a new mould, so while the Rex one had 0 new pieces and 0 new prints, this has 1 new piece and 4 new prints (including the astromech as 1).

Here in Germany the newest Battle Pack is actually back to 20€. Which at this point was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. 

Those are all fair points of comparison. New head moulds have ever so rarely been the case in Microfighters before, right?

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Day #35 of waiting for Cassian to come home with the Tie Avenger. (Or any Imperial military/ Rogue One/ Andor play-set at this point)

Loved that dialogue delivery. It's among the pictures that you can hear. You keep them coming. 

4 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Also side note but is anyone else tired of GWPs that really should just be small sets with a regular release. It's annoying here in star wars but it's downright painful for castle when they get no small to medium sets but there are designs for smaller sets but TLG has locked them all into being GWPs. Infuriating if you ask me.

In my humble opinion, the May the 4th promos definitely go in the right direction again. So it's tough for me to constructively criticize Lego for making something better again. Coming from the years prior with some minifig-less hunk of junk, i already perceive it as progress when you really wanna get something, but just can't stand the extra paywall, instead of having no interest in the first place. You absolutely can make the distinction between a great set and a bad choice for GWP. The last year's Droid Carrier was basically that. This year's Clone Facility GWP is better balancing the niche and mainstream aspects of it. I think if Lego keeps on hitting this sweet spot, there's not much else that you can do. It will always come down to damn if you do, damn if you don't to some extent. 

 

Day #24 of asking Lego not to diminish the upcoming Clone Turbo Tank. 

Edited May 29 by BrickPrick

[CloneCommando99]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Fingers crossed the new pauldron is next!

Your wish has been granted.

And it’s 🔥

Hopefully we can get it in a bunch of different colours next year. I need basic black and red.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Just now, CloneCommando99 said:

Your wish has been granted.

And it’s 🔥

Hopefully we can get it in a bunch of different colours next year. I need basic black and red.

Yes, my manifestation powers doing their magic again!!  Looks awesome!!

[Tariq j]

Yeah, that Pauldron looks fantastic, how I wish we’d gotten one for Rex too. I think some customisation is in order!

[BrickPrick]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Neat torso, but I crave something more substantial  Fingers crossed the new pauldron is next! And I need to know if cloth kamas are back for real or if that was just a false rumour.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/202872580@N05/54553720994/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

13 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Your wish has been granted.

And it’s 🔥

Hopefully we can get it in a bunch of different colours next year. I need basic black and red.

Amazing. Clone Extravaganza or not, there is no denying Lego does some leaps forward in terms of their overall representation. I count three brand new helmet moulds. In addition, the new rangefinder and now the new pauldron piece. Could definitely do worse in that department. 

12 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Yes, my manifestation powers doing their magic again!!  Looks awesome!!

I like to think that i kickstarted the whole thing, by saying someday this news drought is gonna end. And shortly after we received several new torsos, helmets and now this. You merely followed suit in my footsteps. 

[Yperio_Bricks]

I am not expert, but it looks pretty funny how it sticks out almost horizontally. Maybe from the side (or any other angle) it looks better?

EDIT: Generally i prefer cloth capes, pauldrons and waist capes.

Edited May 29 by Yperio_Bricks

[Agent Kallus]

Honestly looks better than I was expecting, not as bulky or awkward.

I'm not the biggest fan of soft goods on minifigs so I think this is a positive development. Hopefully Kamas will go this way too, we don't need a pathetic little bit of cloth for them, I prefer them printed on ( ideally they'd use dual molded legs to have them go all the way around though).

[Flieger]

I for one don't like cloth pieces on minifigs (never did, even as a kid, growing up with solid capes), so the new pauldron mould is most welcome. It looks great. Obviously there might be some printing problems in the future, like white on black... but still, I welcome the change.

Also, late to the party: the new pilot helmet is stunning, I have been waiting for it. Hopefully the print is good, too. The Torrent starfighter might prove to be a difficult build within the restrictions of a playset, probably a little smaller than the ARC 170, but again there is hope. New building techniques and pieces might work.

[Max_Lego]

This pauldron looks ... so weird. Too small, too angular.

Maybe I shall stick with my cloth pauldrons after all...

Edited May 29 by Max_Lego

[CallumPears]

6 minutes ago, Max_Lego said:

This pauldron looks ... so weird. Too small, too angular.

Maybe I shall stick with my cloth pauldrons after all...

I quite like the size, but the thing throwing me off is how tall it makes the neck look. Maybe it's due to it being rounded instead of squared at the end like the backpacks and jetpacks are? 

 

I adore cloth kamas though. We already know those aren't coming back for now unfortunately, but I wish they would. Seen it suggested a lot in the past couple of years but personally I don't think dual moulding would be a suitable solution. 

[Meaf]

10 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Also side note but is anyone else tired of GWPs that really should just be small sets with a regular release. It's annoying here in star wars but it's downright painful for castle when they get no small to medium sets but there are designs for smaller sets but TLG has locked them all into being GWPs. Infuriating if you ask me.

I find it really frustrating as well. Stuff like the droid carrier or the Kamino training would be great smaller sets with just a little bit of tweaking, and considering how few we're getting lately it just feels like a no brainer to me. 

Edit: Just wanted to mention that I know the Kamino one would be fairly obscure for a regular set, I'm just saying that more sets around that size would be nice.

Edited May 29 by Meaf

[Swordy]

With the torso, helmet, and pauldron in view, I think it's safe to say that the Star Corps trooper looks well done. Curious to hear from a diehard 327th fan how he would feel about the complete minifig, aside from the overpriced set, of course.

To be slightly repetitive from a previous discussion, posting individual crops of a single render is annoying. This isn't a factory leak; this is a screenshot. The pose of the minifig lines up with that of the "real life size" render; I'm skeptical how someone with that kind of access is able to leak this out without TLG knowing... unless TLG are contributing to the leaks. *insert tin foil hat emoji here*

 

 

Only six in the MTT? Is this a joke?

Edited May 29 by Swordy

[CloneCommando99]

The new pauldron is going to work spectacularly well with the current stormtrooper helmet. The helmet’s chin is going to cover up the neck bracket.

[Llewop]

43 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

The new pauldron is going to work spectacularly well with the current stormtrooper helmet. The helmet’s chin is going to cover up the neck bracket.

That’s what I thought. I think it would be good for Clones, Stormtroopers and even FO stormtroopers. I don’t know why they didn’t do it earlier, they’ve been doing better armour moulds for ninjago and castle(icons) sets for a few years now. 

 

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

With the torso, helmet, and pauldron in view, I think it's safe to say that the Star Corps trooper looks well done. Curious to hear from a diehard 327th fan how he would feel about the complete minifig, aside from the overpriced set, of course.

Only six in the MTT? Is this a joke?

While I am a sucker for a new clone legion, I am not one for accuracy don’t really care as long as they look cool but it’s literally the same clone as before but this one is yellow and not blue, red, purple or any other colour.

MTT I get why people are disappointed there is only 6 B1 but are we all not sick to death of B1s do we not already have 10,000 in our collection because save for last year the previous 10 years Lego only thought that the separatists only consisted of B1 droids. I have so many B1s and I don’t even go out of my way to collect them. I kind of wish we had a commander as it’s a little different but I feel like the inclusion of the commando droids does balance it out a little. Guarantee they’ll chuck them in the magazine next year as well to be able to get more. 

Do we know what/if there are any droids coming in the turbo tank? They always have like one of two at least just odd we haven’t heard anything on that just that it’s ki adi mundi, commander and one marines (hopefully 4/5 at least)

[Agent Kallus]

I presume we'll see the sets soon enough anyway. Would June 1st be an unreasonable estimate?

[Brickadeer]

I was still hoping that Lego might create attachments like the new pauldron attached to the under side of the headpiece rather than to the torso, so that the minifig doesn't grow in total length.

But well. Maybe attaching attachements they way it is since the eighties is THE way ^^

[Darth_Bane13]

3 hours ago, Swordy said:

With the torso, helmet, and pauldron in view, I think it's safe to say that the Star Corps trooper looks well done. Curious to hear from a diehard 327th fan how he would feel about the complete minifig, aside from the overpriced set, of course.

The helmet is inaccurate

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

MTT I get why people are disappointed there is only 6 B1 but are we all not sick to death of B1s do we not already have 10,000 in our collection because save for last year the previous 10 years Lego only thought that the separatists only consisted of B1 droids. I have so many B1s and I don’t even go out of my way to collect them. I kind of wish we had a commander as it’s a little different but I feel like the inclusion of the commando droids does balance it out a little. Guarantee they’ll chuck them in the magazine next year as well to be able to get more. 

I just want a rack that can hold 12+ B1s, if they did that I wouldn't care that they only included 6 B1s.