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

[Kaijumeister]

Pictures of the Battle Droid with STAP are out. Not my thing but it’s a solid build.

[CallumPears]

11 minutes ago, Big_Daddy said:

I somewhat appreciate them having a consistent theme like this, but only two actual minifigs it's a bit disappointing. I won't be buying it.

I've bought every SW advent calendar since 2011 (ok my parents got me them for the first few years but still). The last few years I've waited until the end of November to get a discount. 

This might be the first time I don't get it at all, unless I find a really good discount. Maybe I'll get it used on eBay a couple of months later to get Babu and the BD droid (if the BD droid is a new print). 

Some people over on Reddit are falling into the trap of considering the buildable droids as minifigures, or considering Babu and the BD droid as minifigures when really they're no more expensive for LEGO to produce than the little pets that some CMFs have. 

[CallumPears]

Droid with STAP is out. Everything looks good except the droid's head I think (they used a single 2x4 curved brick with a sticker for the main part of the "face").

I was also hoping for the 1138 reference on its backpack but that's fine.

Overall even as someone who usually doesn't look twice at the buildables I actually quite like this one. Reminds me of the Scout Trooper bionicle-type figure from a few years ago which was my favourite from that line. 

Edited yesterday at 01:45 PM by CallumPears

[Agent Kallus]

26 minutes ago, CallumPears said:

Some people over on Reddit are falling into the trap of considering the buildable droids as minifigures, or considering Babu and the BD droid as minifigures when really they're no more expensive for LEGO to produce than the little pets that some CMFs have. 

In my head there 3 categories-

1- Minifigs, which are actual minifigs made of minifigs parts. Only Threepio and the Jaws in this set.

2 - Characters, which are made of specialised and/or printed parts. In this set that would be : Babu Frik, R7, BD-1, the SBD and maybe the BD

3 - builds that happen to be characters, which are made of ordinary parts maybe with a simple printed brick or tile. B2-EMO, The Buzz droid, the pit droid, the candy cane mouse droid, the Treadwell droid, the probe droid, the X-mas tree medical droid, and the gonk droid in the Advent calendar would fit into this category 

Now I think these aren't perfectly clear cut. Something like a standard battle droid straddles the line between categories 2 and 3 because while the parts were initially specialised, all of the bar the head are now seen as standard building parts and all are simple unprinted parts ( something like minifig torso or legs were they have joints and are made of several sub parts like hands and arms are what I consider complex parts, or things like dual moulding or the springs inside some launchers.) and something like Minecraft's creeper or Enderman straddle the line between categories 1 and 2.  Eggman id personally put in category 1 but skeletons I tend to put in category 3, but I can see how that isn't clear cut.

On a different note, looks like the set has enough spare parts to made a second colour mismatched B1 battle droid.

 

Edited yesterday at 01:52 PM by Agent Kallus

[MKJoshA]

1 hour ago, Lordhelmet said:

I am on board with this.  That Tie Avenger would be a sweet set.  and it should come with a range trooper (just going off trailers, no spoilers)

 

It's been a week. You can talk about the first 3 episodes of Andor freely now.

[Lobot]

The 2026 Advent Calendar is clearly highly divisive, but I'm really impressed by it!

Most of the ones from the last few years have been pretty un-inspiring to me; I don't have much interest in endless Christmas jumpers or low-quality micro builds.  However, this seems to be one of the best ones overall since 2016 (75146) and 2019 (75245) due to the decent builds, and array of minifigures/droids.  Definately one to add to my shopping list 

[BrickPrick]

Okay, one sleepover later, i've kinda come around for this year's calendar. Yes, it's still the weirdest and of the weakest out there. But given the right price point, i will find some value in it. I'm just not used to getting rid of any minifigs anymore. Like, ever since Lego stopped doing any ST minifigs, i had no reason to do so. Still have the Poe Dameron ugly christmas sweater version, TROS Rey, Sith Trooper and a Porg from the 2020 AC in sealed condition. Now i will have a bunch more figs to sell to make the cost more bearable. 

But going back to the talk of a themed AC... Due to it's peak popularity, releasing one based on Mando in 2021 was the convenient thing for Lego to do. Now the same can obviously not be said about this year's droid theme... this came out of nowhere. So this change of action might bode well for future themed AC iterations. Or it will just straight up be yet another one and done deal and business will continue as usual for years to come. 

Edited yesterday at 03:22 PM by BrickPrick

[Meaf]

I think the new advent calendar would have been perfect if it included maybe one or two more minifigures (even just another Jawa), but as is I still like it. I have absolutely no use for the mini ships, so getting one that's instead all about droids is awesome. 

[BrickPrick]

12 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Since I forgor yesterday: Days #10 and #11 of asking Lego for a Tie Avenger.

Tie Avengers!… ASSEMBLE!

Ha, you really are going through with this, are you not? 

Justice will be served... eventually. Hopefully. 

12 hours ago, Tariq j said:

Very mixed feelings about the AC. Looks as though they’ve gone for a bit more of a Harry Potter approach as I think this is the first year we don’t have any micro builds of the ships/vehicles but rather builds for the workshop. Some nice things in there like Ahsoka’s droid and B2. A part of wishes they’d included a TPM or AOTC C3PO rather than the ROS one but I suppose this one fits a bit better in the context of the calendar.

Yes, C-3PO would be such a no-brainer for an TPM or AOTC themed calendar. In case of the latter, a B1 body with C-3PO head or vice versa would be a good addition as well.

9 hours ago, Llewop said:

Lego missed a trick not having it Clone themed real lack of clone focus this year 

Lego is so out of touch these days... The lack of Clone Troopers for this year is just inexcusable. Sure, there will be three republic vehicles with a white and red color scheme simultaneously be available on shelves. And yeah, the two big flagship sets in the upcoming summer wave will be TCW/PT related as well. Add to that, the next Super Battle Pack, another entry to the Starship Collection, a single Microfighter, a helmet and this year's UCS set for May, with a play scale version later on. But yeah... that's it already! It will be basically no more than that. If Lego actually went all-in for a clone themed calendar, it would have been an somewhat okay-ish year for the certified clone brothers. But now... it's nothing short of a disgrace. Clearly one missed opportunity after the other (). 

8 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Watching Duckbricks’ review, I’m LOVING the new Plo minifigure. The updated head mould is brilliant.

Yep, credit where credit is due... Lego did a fantastic job on this new head mould. They actually ever so rarely miss the mark when it comes to new Star Wars moulds. 

I was watching Solid Brix Studio's review as well. His direct comparison showcased a night and day difference between both versions. 

4 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

In my head there 3 categories-

1- Minifigs, which are actual minifigs made of minifigs parts. Only Threepio and the Jaws in this set.

2 - Characters, which are made of specialised and/or printed parts. In this set that would be : Babu Frik, R7, BD-1, the SBD and maybe the BD

3 - builds that happen to be characters, which are made of ordinary parts maybe with a simple printed brick or tile. B2-EMO, The Buzz droid, the pit droid, the candy cane mouse droid, the Treadwell droid, the probe droid, the X-mas tree medical droid, and the gonk droid in the Advent calendar would fit into this category 

Yes, this is how i see it as well. You've got true minifigures in it's purest form, three to four pieces without accessories. They will make up the lion share of the collection.

Then there are extra figures with specialized parts for a variety of droids. They are still shown on the lower right corner of the sets front box art. 

Lastly, there are miscellaneous figures, which are put together with ordinary pieces for more clumsy or bulky looking droids, who won't be shown for the figure line-up on the packaging.

 

Hahaha, since the buildable Battle Droid with STAP obviously doesn't include any clones, Lego was inclined to use the proper Skywalker Saga box art again! 

Edited yesterday at 06:04 PM by BrickPrick

[Max_Lego]

Battle Droids' backpacks are back!.. Yes, I know that the B1 from the AC has got one, but I didn't realise that TLG is going to stick to them! That's definitely a good thing 

I wonder if the B1 on STAP is at the same scale as the Droideka...

[Mandalorianknight]

4 hours ago, Big_Daddy said:

I somewhat appreciate them having a consistent theme like this, but only two actual minifigs it's a bit disappointing. I won't be buying it.

My thoughts exactly. I like the theme idea, it just needed more figures- replace a few of the buildable objects with some characters visiting the workshop or something.

[ArrowBricks]

Love the B1 w/Stap! Shame it exists when there are too many buildable droids and characters on the shelves. Either way, I’ll be getting this at a discount 100%. Now we need this level of detail in sets such as the Turbo Tank and MTT. 

[Rwbricks]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

My thoughts exactly. I like the theme idea, it just needed more figures- replace a few of the buildable objects with some characters visiting the workshop or something.

Ditto. Or should I say Watto, because he’d fit perfectly with this theme. He’d need a new mold, though, which I’m not sure has been done in an AC before Babu, has it?
 

For the calendar itself, I mostly like it for the characters. Babu Frik is, of course, the main draw (happy to finally be filling in some of the TRoS gaps this year), the snow BB is cool, and as someone who didn’t get them in previous sets, red-eyed 3PO, R7, and the BD unit are nice, too. The builds, however, are weaker than normal for me. I’m not a huge fan of the weapons rack type build for ACs, and this one has a lot of them. 
 

The buildable B-1 was something I was actually looking forward to, but with the price increase in the US, it has largely fallen out of consideration for me. Having seen it now, while the snout(?) is a tad disappointing, overall, I think it looks good. If it was half the (original) price and just the B-1, I probably would’ve gotten it. 

[Mandalorianknight]

6 minutes ago, Rwbricks said:

red-eyed 3PO

It didn't click for me that that part was a re-use. So we're at 5 new prints (Upper and Lower BB, jawa torso and head, Babu)- still more than normal, but only 2 are on standard minifig parts- not sure how that shakes out. Either way, it seems more of the set budget went into prints and the mold than it did the actual tangible value, if that makes sense. I think I can see how this set would still cost lego about as much as the other calendars, but at the same time it feels more overpriced because the value isn't put into actual material but the decaling and mold tooling. 

So while it might still have cost lego about the same to produce, it's not one I'll be picking up for anywhere near full price- especially when it's next to a calendar with EIGHT minifigs for the same price. About the same amount of new prints, too.... a new mold costs as much as 6 minifigures?

[ArrowBricks]

That Plo Koon figure is good, very good. 

[Mandalorianknight]

32 minutes ago, Rwbricks said:

Ditto. Or should I say Watto, because he’d fit perfectly with this theme. He’d need a new mold, though, which I’m not sure has been done in an AC before Babu, has it?
 

The buildable B-1 was something I was actually looking forward to, but with the price increase in the US, it has largely fallen out of consideration for me. Having seen it now, while the snout(?) is a tad disappointing, overall, I think it looks good. If it was half the (original) price and just the B-1, I probably would’ve gotten it. 

Watto would have worked well. Honestly, even without characters like him that need new molds, there are plenty of mechanics we could throw in. Imagine if in addition to Babu and the Jawa we got Young Anakin, Sabine Wren, and Cal Kestis, plus a K2 alongside the B series droids.

 

It's a clear issue on lego's end too- most of the increases were ~10%, which makes sense, but the B1 leaped up 30%... when beforehand at $100 it would have been suspiciously well-priced for an 18+ set like this... and like you say, regardless, the B1's head is pretty rough for a 2025 18+ set.

2 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

That Plo Koon figure is good, very good. 

It is very nice.

[BrickPrick]

6 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

That Plo Koon figure is good, very good. 

This might be due to recency bias, but right now i am inclined to say Koh-to-yah to one of the best Jedi minifigures ever.

4 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Watto would have worked well. Honestly, even without characters like him that need new molds, there are plenty of mechanics we could throw in. Imagine if in addition to Babu and the Jawa we got Young Anakin, Sabine Wren, and Cal Kestis, plus a K2 alongside the B series droids.

Do you mean a new version of Cal Kestis? Because i'd rather those 25th anniversary figures to stay exclusive. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

The Battle Droid and STAP set looks really neat! Weird release date, but I don’t mind  

Also, I no longer consider 2025 to be the weakest recent year for LSW  You may think it’s weird for me to change my stance because of one single set and an AC at that, but I do. They gave me EXACTLY what I wanted, and that needs to be honoured!

[Darth_Bane13]

When are we getting the Bix and imperial officer SA set!? Also B1 looks really good, shame about the price though.

[BrickPrick]

The more i look at Plo Koon in all it's super sharp, crispy clean resolution glory, the more i am in love with it. Personally, this has minifig of the year potential written all over it. However, can somebody tell me what the background of the box is supposed to represent? It looks very familiar, but i just can't pinpoint what it actually is... Is it from the location based on the Slave Arc from TCW? 

Also, with 2025 sets released this January, March, May, June, July, August, September and October... How long it's gonna be that sets will be released every month of a year (except maybe December)? And a few years back, were all these 18+ products the cause of sets to be spaced out this much? Like helmets scheduled for March, Dioramas for May etc.?

Edited 20 hours ago by BrickPrick

[Kaijumeister]

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

The more i look at Plo Koon in all it's super sharp, crispy clean resolution glory, the more i am in love with it. Personally, this has minifig of the year potential written all over it. However, can somebody tell me what the background of the box is supposed to represent? It looks very familiar, but i just can't pinpoint what it actually is... Is it from the location based on the Slave Arc from TCW? 

Also, with 2025 sets released this January, March, May, June, July, August, September and October... How long it's gonna be that sets will be released every month of a year (except maybe December)? And a few years back, were all these 18+ products the cause of sets to be spaced out this much? Like helmets scheduled for March, Dioramas for May etc.?

I’m pretty sure the microfighter package art is indeed Kadavo, where the Republic rescues a Togruta colony from Zygerrian slavers. As a fun coincidence, the Micro Galaxy Squadron line has also just put out a Z-95 with Warthog (who I think Plo saves during that episode’s dogfighting scenes).

To be honest I don’t see Lego spacing out sets any more than they already are. I think the most positive change since the post-2021 shakeup with dioramas / helmets etc. is getting more ‘new’ stuff in May ahead of May 4th, although this year that’s mostly been just buildable <stuff> outside of the U-Wing.

With all the August sets being revealed for other themes, hopefully we’ll be seeing the summer wave soon. It’d be so annoying if they delay the Star Wars reveals. 

@BrickBob Studpants Loving the optimism and that the AC is redeeming the year for you  This is still one of the worst years of the theme for me but hopefully 2026 will rebalance the excessive display set deluge we’ve been getting.

+1 for the TIE Avenger manifestation club, that would be a perfect follow-up to the £60 price point for the ARC-170, U-Wing, and V-19. Cassian in his Sienar Test Pilot disguise (also, Lego please give this guy Harry Potter’s Goblet of Fire hairpiece, it’s perfect) , a Range Trooper, and a Stormtrooper would be the perfect minifigure lineup.

Edited 19 hours ago by Kaijumeister

[Agent Kallus]

33 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

 

With all the August sets being revealed for other themes, hopefully we’ll be seeing the summer wave soon. It’d be so annoying if they delay the Star Wars reveals. 

@BrickBob Studpants Loving the optimism and that the AC is redeeming the year for you  This is still one of the worst years of the theme for me but hopefully 2026 will rebalance the excessive display set deluge we’ve been getting.

I can see where you're coming from but personally I'll wait to actually see the reveals before I judge the year.

[BrickPrick]

12 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

I’m pretty sure the microfighter package art is indeed Kadavo, where the Republic rescues a Togruta colony from Zygerrian slavers. As a fun coincidence, the Micro Galaxy Squadron line has also just put out a Z-95 with Warthog (who I think Plo saves during that episode’s dogfighting scenes).

To be honest I don’t see Lego spacing out sets any more than they already are. I think the most positive change since the post-2021 shakeup with dioramas / helmets etc. is getting more ‘new’ stuff in May ahead of May 4th, although this year that’s mostly been just buildable <stuff> outside of the U-Wing.

With all the August sets being revealed for other themes, hopefully we’ll be seeing the summer wave soon. It’d be so annoying if they delay the Star Wars reveals. 

+1 for the TIE Avenger manifestation club, that would be a perfect follow-up to the £60 price point for the ARC-170, U-Wing, and V-19. Cassian in his Sienar Test Pilot disguise (also, Lego please give this guy Harry Potter’s Goblet of Fire hairpiece, it’s perfect) , a Range Trooper, and a Stormtrooper would be the perfect minifigure lineup.

Yep, i figured this out myself in the meantime. 

Yeah, it's hard to imagine, right? It's just the newly revealed buildable Battle Droid and it's unusual July release date that got me thinking. And yes, this year's May wave is actually much more fleshed out than it used to be. I remember waves consisting only of like three sets for this time frame. Now we only need better balancing again. 

I hope i'm wrong... but in my experience all other themes already getting revealed is not a very good indicator for Star Wars to follow suit soon. Because for some reason Lego is always late to the party when it comes to Star Wars. I recall times when the HP March wave was officially revealed even before the January sets of SW. Be that as it may, we still will have plenty of leaked stuff to talk over in the coming months. 

I agree. For once, i actually wouldn't mind a somewhat sparse minifigure line-up for a set of this price point. Just do the bare minimum in terms of the overall amount, like just three figs, and put everything else in favour of a detailed, sturdy and reasonable sized build. 

12 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

I can see where you're coming from but personally I'll wait to actually see the reveals before I judge the year.

Yes, it never hurts to reserve final judgement for when you actually have the full picture. But with some of the most recent leaks, i gotta say... I hope for the best, but fear for the worst. 

Edited 6 hours ago by BrickPrick

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Do you mean a new version of Cal Kestis? Because i'd rather those 25th anniversary figures to stay exclusive. 

I mean I'd be fine with a new one too, but just as happy with the existing one. I don't want those figures- at least the ones that could fit more easily into sets, like Nien or (in the droid workshop AC at least) Cal- to be more availible. I don't want to have to pay $46 for the cheapest Cal in my country.

58 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

I can see where you're coming from but personally I'll wait to actually see the reveals before I judge the year.

To be fair, even if the unrevealed sets were all masterpieces of design, the year isn't gonna get better for me. The set choices are still bad in my opinion, as well as a lot of the meta choices around them. No matter how masterfully we use those 830 pieces (including brick-built wheels and all the figs), it's not going to create a turbo tank of $150-160 value for me.

[CloneCommando99]

Day 12 of asking for a Tie Avenger.

 

7 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

+1 for the TIE Avenger manifestation club, that would be a perfect follow-up to the £60 price point for the ARC-170, U-Wing, and V-19. Cassian in his Sienar Test Pilot disguise (also, Lego please give this guy Harry Potter’s Goblet of Fire hairpiece, it’s perfect) , a Range Trooper, and a Stormtrooper would be the perfect minifigure lineup.

Glad to see yet another man of culture join our ranks. There’s one way out.

The real question is: who would they add as the 4th figure as that’s the current pattern with £60 sets? The turncoat tech is too obscure. I know it’s not accurate to the scene, but it would be cool if Lego decided to reuse Krennic from the DS as he is a major player in Season 2.

7 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

 This is still one of the worst years of the theme for me but hopefully 2026 will rebalance the excessive display set deluge we’ve been getting.

January 2026 info can’t come soon enough.

 

 

Another reason I’ve become so obsessed with the Tie Avenger (apart from being a cool ship from my favourite live action SW show) is because it’s the latest addition to the category of my favourite type of ship: a troop carrier/ shuttle/ gunship/ assault lander with advanced air support/ star-fighter capabilities.

Other members of this category include: LAAT, Tie Reaper, Nu-Class Republic Attack shuttle, HMP Droid Gunship, U-Wing and, to a limited extent, the Lambda and Sentinel class shuttles.

I megablucking love it when a ship deploys its troops on the battlefield and then proceeds to provide aerial superiority!!!