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

[Kit Figsto]

1 hour ago, ArrowBricks said:

Ultimately, I don’t think I’m being unreasonable with my requests. There’s a gap, and it’s widening. 

“but how do they draw improvements from that” - I think you answered your own question in your own post. Stop producing naff downscaled sets - which such a decision ultimately feels like is designed to increase sales of increasingly pricier UCS sets.

I feel as if LEGO's ability to increase the detail of their sets (with both better building techniques, new parts, new colors, etc) has been a blessing and a curse.  Even comparing modern sets to stuff from 10-15 years ago, it's night and day in terms of the level of detail and "sleekness" that modern stuff has.  Even over the last 4-5 years, there's been jumps - I'm using a now SW example, but compared the semi truck in 60305 with the one from 60408 or the truck in 60406.  That's a 4 year gap and the newer ones look very different when you look closely at the details.

However, that's just the thing, at least in my opinion - when you look closely.  Some of these differences feel negligible, yet we're taking like 100 more pieces to build something that just doesn't need 100 more pieces, and in the process, is smaller.  The U-Wing is a great example.  The new one looks great.  It's accurate to the source material, the shaping looks good, the minifigures look good, etc.  However, I saw it in person for the first time yesterday, and the thing is TINY compared to the Rogue One version.  In spite of that, it costs $70 ($10 less than the original) and only has 50 fewer pieces, even though it's an inch shorter with the wings closed and an inch narrower with the wings closed (I can't find specs with them open) has one fewer minifigure, doesn't have the guns in the crew hold, and the wings are 2 studs narrower on each side. 

The engines on the new one look way better, the front section of the cargo hold looks like a much smoother transition to the body, and the minifigures look great, but that's coming at the expense of a lot of the parts that went into the size of the first one being re-allocated to make the engines or cargo doors more detailed.  I wouldn't be surprised if the wings on the new one take the same amount of parts as the old one, despite being like half of the width. 

The ARC-170 is another great example of this, but I don't own any of them, so I can't compare it as easily as I can with the U-Wing.  The new one is like 200 pieces more than the last one and looks to be about 2/3rds of the size.

My point here is that, yes, the new stuff looks great.  Yes, the price per piece ratios are *generally* still pretty solid.  Yes, we're getting more sturdy, detailed models.  However, in doing so, it feels like almost everything is overengineered just for the sake of overengineering it.  I don't think it's the fault of designers, because they're clearly very talented at what they do, and working with limitations, but it does really feel, at times, that they're just cramming more and more pieces into a smaller and smaller package, because they can't get the same level of detail into a larger set without the part count being astronomical, and therefore the price being astronomical.  The thing is, I don't really feel like I need that level of detail.  I'm perfectly happy with exposed studs or with stuff that maybe isn't 100% accurate to the real thing.  Back to my non-SW example, I've got the LEGOLAND California truck from 1997 sitting on the table next to me as I write this, I bought it a few weeks ago, built it, and have had it out since.  Is it as accurate as a new City set?  Not even close.  Are there areas where the stability isn't great?  Absolutely.  But, it's just as recognizable as a semi truck as one put out this year, and I think that point is overlooked.  I don't need a screen-accurate Millennium Falcon, I just want it to look good on display, have play features, and have a decent level of detail.  I don't need every stud to be tiled over or every single curve to be perfectly smooth.

[BrickPrick]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I think these two sentences perfectly exacerbate the problem lego does have. You want sets cheaper than UCS sets, but with-

-Larger

-More detailed

-Have good features (assuming play features)

-Better/more figures

The May UCS pricepoint has generally been $40-60 from the most expensive system price point- don't get me wrong, I think even without seeing the builds we know there are issues with both this year's flagship sets and that they're both overpriced, but "it needs to be more affordable and also better in every way" isn't really something that's realistic to expect out of any product. 

To use the turbo tank as an example- a lot of people point to the 2010 one as the best turbo tank. That set would be almost $180 today purely adjusting for inflation- and that's with significantly less detail than we have today. It included six minifigures- none of which have leg printing, and four of which are repeats. If lego released the exact same product today with the inflation adjusted price, people would be outraged. Realistically speaking, if we want more detailed figs, 2025 part density/detailing, etc, either we have to compromise in other places, or we're creeping dangerously close to justified UCS pricing, even discounting how much lego would actually charge for a product like that.

Now it's also absolutely true that the current turbo tank and MTT are almost certainly going to be overpriced and not good sets. But if lego's just hearing "we want bigger and more detailed and more figs and more accurate/detailed figs but is also has to be more affordable than UCS sets"... I don't have much faith in lego learning the right lessons in the best of circumstances, but how do they draw improvements from that?

So, we already touched upon this topic quite a bit. Yes, it's business, not  charity, which ain't always fair for the people who actually keep those companies up and running as well. Of course, there will always be budget constraints, deadlines, resources etc. I just think those restrictions in many given sets are too tight these days.

It has been not that long ago when system scale sets either had a reasonable PPP (again not a huge fan of this measurement) at the expense of a well rounded minifigure line-up or vice versa. But nowadays - definitely in the case of the CTT & MTT - it feels like you get neither of them. This downward trend of crazy cutting corners for what is supposed to be your flagship sets for the big summer wave is a sad sight to see. 

Then you have the UCS Jango's Slave 1. Genuinely a very well designed model all around. Arguably one of the best UCS sets in recent memory. But saying you had to prioritize new or recolored pieces in order to nail the ship's round edges over dual moulded legs for the young Boba, is yet another unquestionably unfortunate scenario. I don't blame the Lego designer. As i was telling, they probably do (close to) the best with the hand they've been dealt. And i don't envy any of them to make those design decisions. 

Simply put, if you are charging premium prices, you have to deliver premium products. Now "premium" doesn't have to mean "perfect". After all... what really is? Like you said, it's unrealistic to expect every single aspect to be better, while all prices stay affordable for everybody. For Lego... as well as everything else. No, premium is meant to be the best it possibly can be... or even go above and beyond that. Which goes back to keeping compromises to an absolute minimum. 

And this is something Lego can improve upon quite clearly. Again, less the designer, more the higher-ups. We know from experience they can be better than this. Just think some AFOLs demand more bang for their buck. They are generally willing to pay high prices for a high quality standard. Obviously, if enough people support everything regardless, it won't matter at the end of the day. Just giving Lego the best reason to go about their business as usual. 

 

Day #11 of asking Lego not to wreck the upcoming Clone Turbo Tank. 

[Darth_Bane13]

4 hours ago, Something_Awesome said:

This is the funny thing. LEGO Star Wars should be better than it was 20 years ago, without exception; however, this is not the case. We have two beloved vehicles coming out (MTT and CTT) and it seems like the variants of these vehicles 20 years ago will end up being vastly superior. This should not be the case. Ever. 

Unfortunately it seems to be the case with most play scale sets these days, Arc-170, U-wing, Jedi interceptor, all three released this year and are inferior remakes.

[CloneCommando99]

According to TandNbricks, the age of cloth pauldrons will be over as of this year.

Before you complain, he says that they’re being replaced by a much better looking alternative.

 

Rubber Dr Strange cape material? If so, that would be great cause I’ve been asking for that for years.

 

Sandtroopers, Stormtrooper officers, clone officers might be peak now. Hopefully we can get an imperial Sandtrooper/ stormtrooper/ BF2/ JFO Battlepack utilising these supposedly better looking pauldrons soon. Either way, a lot of options just opened up for the empire.

As for downscaling: I think it’s overblown at times. The U-Wing, ISD and ARC-170 are arguably some of the most overhated perfectly decent sets.

Yes. It would be better if some stuff (Turbo Tank) was bigger. But it honestly doesn’t bother me as much in most cases as long as it still performs it’s basic function (U-Wing can still fit 3-4 figs in the bottom if you place carefully.)

 

 

Days #22, #23 and #24 of Tie Avenger lobbying.

Edited May 16 by CloneCommando99

[Max_Lego]

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

According to TandNbricks, the age of cloth pauldrons will be over as of this year.

Before you complain, he says that they’re being replaced by a much better looking alternative.

 

Rubber Dr Strange cape material? If so, that would be great cause I’ve been asking for that for years.

If what you are telling is true, then it's rather good news. I like cloth pauldrons, but they don't look screen-accurate enough. I hope that if the new ones look better, they would be affordable enough for me to replace cloth ones on my Sandtroopers

[AD_Bricks]

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

As for downscaling: I think it’s overblown at times. The U-Wing, ISD and ARC-170 are arguably some of the most overhated perfectly decent sets.

Agreed (mostly); in all of those cases I appreciate the downscaling as it makes the sets much more reasonably sized for swooshing(when applicable) and storing on a shelf. However with the U-Wing, I do quite dislike the lack of troop space, with the ISD, I didn't buy it because even though it looks incredible, it doesn't look like it'd do much for me that the 2014 one doesn't do already (plus it's outrageously overpriced in Australia), and with the ARC-170, the stickers on the cockpit really are so awfully faded that it significantly detracts from the overall appearance of the set much more than it has in other cases (e.g. Ghost).

They all have their issues, but in my opinion none of them are the downscaling itself.

[Kaijumeister]

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

According to TandNbricks, the age of cloth pauldrons will be over as of this year.

Before you complain, he says that they’re being replaced by a much better looking alternative.

Wow this sounds awesome. Cloth pauldrons have never really worked because they look squished down most of the time, so a (presumably) dedicated mould for them sounds excellent. 

So this year if we’re getting a new pauldron piece, supposedly the return of cloth kamas, and a new rangefinder, those are genuinely some much needed upgrades we’ve been needing for quite a while and it opens up a range of possibilities for new troop variants in the future (Day #2009 of asking for a Purge Trooper Battle Pack and a Stinger Mantis). I wonder if we can expect more new helmet accessories this year too. 

@ArrowBricks I completely agree sets on the same level as the Milano for Star Wars would be fantastic, that was a great post on the Wishlisting Thread. As you’ve pointed out, the gulf between the priciest playscale sets and the cheapest UCS models continues to grow, however these ‘mini-UCS’ playsets would be a goldmine. Star Wars vehicles tend to be exorbitantly large where sometimes only UCS versions are truly to scale (Slave I, Falcon, AT-AT, and the Razor Crest to a degree though one can argue that one was too large), however plenty of large vehicles can still be done at smaller price points that are mostly to minifigure scale.

Day #24 of TIE Avenger manifestation.

[BrickBob Studpants]

A new pauldron piece sounds great! I never minded the cloth ones, but this could be a pretty significant improvement! If the cloth kama rumours are true, it’s kinda hilarious we got Rex and Fives shortly before they could benefit from these developments 

[BrickPrick]

An overhauled pauldron piece would be a nice improvement indeed. But if i had to decide between this and the return of cloth karmas, it would be the latter. I can stomach these helmet holes alright. They are a minor inconvenience at best and a small nitpick at worst. But these small stripes down the waist remind me more of gun holsters than anything else. In an ideal Lego world it would be both new and improved pauldrons and karmas, but i'm trying to be realistic here. They already did the new rangefinder piece, which looks so much better than before as well. 

On another note, i just got reminded of it by looking at the new Jango Fett... It still boggles my mind that Lego was able or willing to recoler four new helmets for generic Mandos in a 15_ Battle Pack, but could not be bothered to actually give Boba Fett, a main character, his accurate helmet color in a 100/50_ set. And there were, are and always will be some special snowflakes who attempt to justify these things. 

[TeddytheSpoon]

39 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

On another note, i just got reminded of it by looking at the new Jango Fett... It still boggles my mind that Lego was able or willing to recoler four new helmets for generic Mandos in a 15_ Battle Pack, but could not be bothered to actually give Boba Fett, a main character, his accurate helmet color in a 100/50_ set. And there were, are and always will be some special snowflakes who attempt to justify these things. 

What colour would you have given him? With the contrast for the cheek bones I think sand green is an OK colour match. Dark green would be too dark IMO.

[BrickPrick]

2 minutes ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

What colour would you have given him? With the contrast for the cheek bones I think sand green is an OK colour match. Dark green would be too dark IMO.

Dark green would probably be too dark, yeah... but still more accurate and closer to his on screen appearance than just keeping the sand green helmet. Ideally there would be a medium color tone in between. One way or the other, you can't deny the old helmet's coloring clashes with the new armor's design. It just looks off to me. Not downright terrible, it's still a great minifigure. Just the only area (plus the jetpack) where the figure is lacking. 

On yet another note... So we know the play scale version of Jango Fett's Slave 1 is rumored to include a Kaminoan. Fingers crossed for it to be Lama Su. Or at least someone different than Taun We, which given set 75333 still hasn't retired, would be ridiculous. Design-wise, i remember a lot of debate wether or not this species should have the tall Woody legs or not. I don't think so. I mean, the Kaminoans are not that much taller than regular sized humans. I think the long neck piece already accounts for the height difference. And the skirt piece is a much better fit for their outfit. I think they look goofy as hell with the long legs on. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

4 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

I think they look goofy as hell with the long legs on. 

Most characters do, honestly  They work for certain characters, but whenever they’re suggested for Sauron, Snoke, or Vader even, that must look way better in peoples’ imagination than it actually does IRL.

[BrickPrick]

2 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Most characters do, honestly  They work for certain characters, but whenever they’re suggested for Sauron, Snoke, or Vader even, that must look way better in peoples’ imagination than it actually does IRL.

No way... somebody suggested long legs for Vader?! Currently laughing my megablocks off over here. 

Yep, i agree, they are fine for the aforementioned Woody (even though he works with regular legs too) and especially for Avatar as well. You know, when there is an actual big hight difference to be had. But yeah, many things look better in people's minds than with their own eyes, long legs certainly among them. 

[CallumPears]

39 minutes ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

What colour would you have given him? With the contrast for the cheek bones I think sand green is an OK colour match. Dark green would be too dark IMO.

I'd like to see them try him in olive green

[CF Mitch]

On 5/15/2025 at 2:51 PM, BrickPrick said:

Of course, this is merely speculation on my part. So don't quote me on that... anymore than you already did, that is. 

 noted

Also: ARGH! I completely forgot that MTT is of course a CIS vehicle intended to carry lots of battle droids, so I guess it does makes sense it comes with so many. In that case, the inclusion of Aayla and Bly is just a really nice bonus, if you ask me  

Though, yes, additional figures of the Seperatist/CIS side would have been welcome.

So, some more info... Well, not really more as in new, just more confirmation of what we already knew. Though the part about the pauldrons is news and it sounds very interesting!
Pauldrons are the shoulder thingies, right, not the hip thingies?  

Also, nice to hear about the Felucia style side build in the 327th BP! Saves me the trouble of Bricklinking parts and building something myself   

Regards,
Mitch

 

Edited May 16 by CF Mitch

[BrickPrick]

5 hours ago, CallumPears said:

I'd like to see them try him in olive green

Ah yes, right... i knew there was something else that could fit much better than the current solution.

3 hours ago, CF Mitch said:

 noted

Also: ARGH! I completely forgot that MTT is of course a CIS vehicle intended to carry lots of battle droids, so I guess it does makes sense it comes with so many. In that case, the inclusion of Aayla and Bly is just a really nice bonus, if you ask me  

Though, yes, additional figures of the Seperatist/CIS side would have been welcome.

So, some more info... Well, not really more as in new, just more confirmation of what we already knew. Though the part about the pauldrons is news and it sounds very interesting!
Pauldrons are the shoulder thingies, right, not the hip thingies?  

Also, nice to hear about the Felucia style side build in the 327th BP! Saves me the trouble of Bricklinking parts and building something myself   

Regards,
Mitch

 

Considering you would otherwise have no actual minifigures whatsoever, that's gotta be one of the nicest, most optimistic meant bonuses i have ever seen. 

Yep, the shoulder thingies are the pauldrons, while the waist thingies are called cloth karmas. 

 

Also, Eurobricks C-C-Citizen now. Somehow thought i would take longer to get there. 

Edited May 16 by BrickPrick
Citizen's mistake

[CF Mitch]

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

Ah yes, right... i knew there was something else that could fit much better than the current solution.

Considering you would otherwise have no actual minifigures whatsoever, that's gotta be one of the nicest, most optimistic meant bonuses i have ever seen. 

Yep, the shoulder thingies are the pauldrons, while the waist thingies are called cloth karmas. 

 

Also, Eurobricks C-C-Citizen now. Somehow thought i would take longer to get there. 

Well, yeah, there's that  

Ah, yes, thanks! I wonder if kamas will also be renewed, then?

Congrats on your Citizenship 

[Llewop]

I know this might sound stupid. I’ve never really cared for the cloth pauldrons but if they are upgrading them surely it’ll just be like armour in the castle/ninjago sets. They have loads that just go over the shoulder. I 1 don’t understand why they haven’t done it before or 2 how else they can upgrade them. &nbsp

Hoping to hear and see more of these sets soon. Gives me hope that the preliminary images of the 327th pack might be a bit different to the final product 

[Darth_Bane13]

17 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

As for downscaling: I think it’s overblown at times. The U-Wing, ISD and ARC-170 are arguably some of the most overhated perfectly decent sets.

Yes. It would be better if some stuff (Turbo Tank) was bigger. But it honestly doesn’t bother me as much in most cases as long as it still performs it’s basic function (U-Wing can still fit 3-4 figs in the bottom if you place carefully.)

 

I think they did the best they could at a $70 price point for the U-wing. The ARC-170 is just bad though, the proportions and stickers are terrible. 

[Swordy]

On 5/14/2025 at 5:07 AM, AD_Bricks said:

We aren't counting Minecraft zombies, right?

Those cartoonish, blocky creatures with green skin and black eyes as opposed to something like glowing eyes and decaying grey skin? I legitimately (as opposed to illegitimately) forgot about mentioning those, but I think my point still stands.

On 5/14/2025 at 11:49 AM, Mandalorianknight said:

This is totally off-topic, but we have had plenty of zombies in lego before- whenever lego does a spooky theme, like CMF 14 or the Monster Fighters theme, we get a rash of zombies- four in Monster Fighters and three in CMF 14, plus the occasional one in Vidyo or the halloween exclusives. They even put a zombie-like Mummy in the indiana jones well of souls a few years back despite the mummy not actually being an animate creature in that movie.

This is true but the same with any mature property parents wouldn't be OK with their kids watching, and lego still likes to avoid them.

This is also true, though I'd argue it wouldn't translate much- the Tac Pod was there as part of lego's time honored tradition of their tie in material containing recent sets no matter how well they connect. The Narkina jumpsuits are a fun easter egg but no kid is going to buy a Kino Loy Prison Monologue set just because Yoda wore the same jumpsuit in RTG. (On the flip side of this, I don't think there'd be any issue throwing one of the Narkina suited jedi into an RTG set.)

CMF 14 was ten years ago, Monster Fighters from longer than that. Aside from those examples which are very cartoonish in nature, we haven't gotten a proper realistic zombie until the Zombie Cap and Night Trooper, two licensed examples and the former of which only available for three months.

Andor is also PG-13. LEGO loves to take inspiration from and thus promote TDK, a film arguably on the same level as Andor and one I believe many kids would've be allowed to see, despite the countless comics they could draw from instead. If the case can be made that "it's Batman in a different suit vs Joker with messier hair," then the case can also be made for a set with "heroic figure Or-And taking down Imperials in black or white armor." I don't see TLG promoting Andor on the side of the box as betraying their values so long as the content within the box doesn't promote or imply the non-kid-friendly parts of Andor. Popularity, or more accurately cultural significance is king.

Maybe, but these clone sets are predicated on kids recognizing that thing from that piece of media. Despite that, a RtG set would be more likely and probably a better solution all around.

10 hours ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

What colour would you have given him? With the contrast for the cheek bones I think sand green is an OK colour match. Dark green would be too dark IMO.

A darker colour to contrast is an artistic choice for a brightly coloured helmet; by the same virtue Vader should have a DBG helmet in order to have black contrasts. Dark green is what matches with the armor printed, and dark green it should've been. An alternate solution would've been classic green, in my opinion.

10 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

On another note, i just got reminded of it by looking at the new Jango Fett... It still boggles my mind that Lego was able or willing to recoler four new helmets for generic Mandos in a 15_ Battle Pack, but could not be bothered to actually give Boba Fett, a main character, his accurate helmet color in a 100/50_ set. And there were, are and always will be some special snowflakes who attempt to justify these things. 

TLG seemingly start pinching their pennies on Mandalorians after investing in the dark pearl grey jetpack for the Mandalorian Starfighter. From then on we've gotten reissues of the same colours of jetpacks that were around at the time. ('21 Bo-Katan and Paz aside, this applies to Mando helmets as well.)

13 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

So this year if we’re getting a new pauldron piece, supposedly the return of cloth kamas, and a new rangefinder, those are genuinely some much needed upgrades we’ve been needing for quite a while and it opens up a range of possibilities for new troop variants in the future (Day #2009 of asking for a Purge Trooper Battle Pack and a Stinger Mantis). I wonder if we can expect more new helmet accessories this year too.

Another sign this year was secretly dictated by MandR and the Council of Clone Bros. I'm kidding, of course, although the complaints about clone accessories began about three years ago, so I don't think making a correlation is unwarranted. I myself couldn't care less, but I'm glad for all of you who are excited. This does give me worry that, in order to spread costs, we'll see nothing but clones for the next couple years.

[CallumPears]

7 hours ago, CF Mitch said:

Also, nice to hear about the Felucia style side build in the 327th BP! Saves me the trouble of Bricklinking parts and building something myself

Don't get your hopes up about that. In the prelim pictures from a couple months ago it's tiny: a small rock with a couple of leaves on it. 

2 hours ago, Llewop said:

Hoping to hear and see more of these sets soon. Gives me hope that the preliminary images of the 327th pack might be a bit different to the final product 

Maybe, but I'm not expecting any change aside from the figures (and new pauldron pieces might explain why they didn't have the 327th figures ready in time and used the 212th as placeholders). 

[BrickPrick]

4 hours ago, CF Mitch said:

Well, yeah, there's that  

Ah, yes, thanks! I wonder if kamas will also be renewed, then?

Congrats on your Citizenship 

I mean, right now it's closer to the bare minimum. Ten Battle Droids sounds like a lot, but we shouldn't forget they're dirt cheap for Lego to produce. If those two minifigs would have been replaced with two Seperatist leaders, that's alright i'd say. And if they would have been in addition to the current line-up, then we are getting into the bonus category. Even then it feels kinda wrong, because it would be just four full figs. But then the ten B1s would be more meaningful, i suppose. 

It's entirely possible, but i wouldn't bet on it just yet.

Why, thank you. Before i finally decided to jump the shark and become a part of it as well, i was reading numerous of your postings, too.

27 minutes ago, Swordy said:

TLG seemingly start pinching their pennies on Mandalorians after investing in the dark pearl grey jetpack for the Mandalorian Starfighter. From then on we've gotten reissues of the same colours of jetpacks that were around at the time. ('21 Bo-Katan and Paz aside, this applies to Mando helmets as well.)

Good observation. You are talking about set 75325, i suppose? While this set actually released after the new Boba Fett (jetpack would already have been in the production pipeline obviously) minifigure, this would explain a lot. Considering it took them ages to release a proper Darksaber piece, i find it not hard to believe. 

@CallumPears Yep, it's tiny side builds like this which only seem to exist to drive the piece count up a little bit. 

 

Day #12 of asking Lego not to taint the upcoming Clone Turbo Tank. 

Edited May 16 by BrickPrick

[Mandalorianknight]

On 5/15/2025 at 4:39 PM, ArrowBricks said:

I did type out a much larger response than this, but thought better of it. I can think of many, many sets 10-15 years ago that met all these requirements, hence I do strongly believe what I am asking for is certainly realistic. 

Ultimately, I don’t think I’m being unreasonable with my requests. There’s a gap, and it’s widening. 

I don't think the MTT or turbo tank will be good either- my point is you're asking for them to be better in literally every way without the price increasing much, whilst as I said, many of the sets people say were better, even at the vastly lower amount of detail they had, already go for close to UCS prices nowadays purely accounting for inflation.

Realistically speaking, if you don't want lego to downsize the vehicles, then they're either going to have to be less detailed, come with fewer figures, or cost more. (Again, unless we've been misled about the turbo tank it could probably do 1 or 2 of these for the price they're asking, but it can't be everything.)

Again, take the 2010 tank, which would be $180 nowadays. Would you be OK with that 2010 level of detailing for near-UCS prices? (If so I honestly do understand your argument a lot more, exchanging detail for size is a pretty understandable tradeoff.)

19 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

According to TandNbricks, the age of cloth pauldrons will be over as of this year.

Before you complain, he says that they’re being replaced by a much better looking alternative.

Days #22, #23 and #24 of Tie Avenger lobbying.

I WARNED YOU ALL. When Thor and Loki had rubber capes last year, I warned you all this was coming. You all laughed. People who post in this thread said it was crazy. But like Saw Gerrera about the death star, I was right all along. Soon, there will be no cloth left.

(Ok, but seriously, I do think this is an issue. The cloth pauldrons weren't perfect, but rubber or plastic ones will have a few major disadvantages:

Thickness- the cloth pauldrons were thinner than plastic or rubber brackets are. The increased thickness could make troopers look weirdly tall, especially if they're designed in such a manner as to allow for backpacks to be attached. Which brings me to my second point.

Flexibility- the cloth pauldrons could fit on pretty much anyone with a neck. There's going to be a major issue here where  

10 hours ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

What colour would you have given him? With the contrast for the cheek bones I think sand green is an OK colour match. Dark green would be too dark IMO.

Yeah at the end of the day there's simply no good options in the existing palette. He would really benefit from a new color, but those are rare to get from lego and I'm not sure I'd put "new shade of green" at the top of my list.

3 hours ago, CF Mitch said:

Ah, yes, thanks! I wonder if kamas will also be renewed, then?

I guess they could- we've had plastic kamas before, after all- but i'd have the same figure height and flexibility concerns as with the pauldrons. (And I think lego would too, given the whole reason they scrapped cloth pauldrons was "they can't sit down"- with the old plastic kamas they literally couldn't bend their legs.)

2 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I think they did the best they could at a $70 price point for the U-wing. The ARC-170 is just bad though, the proportions and stickers are terrible. 

Yeah- especially given that it only fits 1-2 figures in the hold, I think it's not a great representation of the ship overall, but for $70 it's actually fairly good value and works well for people who just want a representation of the ship, sort of like a midi-scale. The U-wing just needs to be a larger ship at a higher price point.

[DarthTrocious]

Any ideas on what 75433 Slave 1 will look like at 707 pieces? That’s 114 more pieces than 75312 (which comes with a mini-“stand”) and exactly 300 pieces less than 75243. I can’t really think where you’d put the extra 100+ pieces on 75312 without making it bigger, even with a more detailed SNOT style skirt.

[Darth_Bane13]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah- especially given that it only fits 1-2 figures in the hold, I think it's not a great representation of the ship overall, but for $70 it's actually fairly good value and works well for people who just want a representation of the ship, sort of like a midi-scale. The U-wing just needs to be a larger ship at a higher price point.

A minifig scale UCS U-Wing would be pretty cool.