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

[TheScaryDoor]

48 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

 

UCS Death Star looks good, just not 9000 pieces, $1000 worthy. Granted, I bet there’s a bunch of other features that we haven’t seen, plus we haven’t seen the other side to it. Makes me excited for a Jedi Temple in this style, though. 

Would be great to have on the other side the trench run and the some outside scenes from RotJ.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

I assume the busts are gonna look like the new Marvel ones—smaller in size and with minifigures included. Wonder what that means for the helmets (not that I care though).

The new Death Star looks really good. It's basically an enormous diorama that's also a clean section of the Death Star itself. There's one tiny problem though—it absolutely does not look like a 1000€ set, and I genuinely have no idea why anyone would pay this much for a set like this.

[Yperio_Bricks]

In my opinion the whole thing looks rather boring and is not very detailed. The trash compactor and throne room dioramas we got were much better than their counterparts in the DS. So I'd rather the diorama line would continue instead of this one very big set.

 Here's a question for y'all: You have the $1000 DS on display in your living room and guests come over. What do you do?

• I hide it in the closet so they can not ask question about it.
• I keep it on display and when they ask about the price I lie and say $500.
• I proudly explain every scene/room and mention the $1000 price tag with great confidence.
• Unfortunately there is nothing to display because my dog/cat/toddler knocked the instable DS to the ground where it exploded into thousands of parts.

 

[TheScaryDoor]

1 minute ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

In my opinion the whole thing looks rather boring and is not very detailed. The trash compactor and throne room dioramas we got were much better than their counterparts in the DS. So I'd rather the diorama line would continue instead of this one very big set.

 Here's a question for y'all: You have the $1000 DS on display in your living room and guests come over. What do you do?

• I hide it in the closet so they can not ask question about it.
• I keep it on display and when they ask about the price I lie and say $500.
• I proudly explain every scene/room and mention the $1000 price tag with great confidence.
• Unfortunately there is nothing to display because my dog/cat/toddler knocked the instable DS to the ground where it exploded into thousands of parts.

 

I believe a Diorama Line for the Death Star would be way better than the UCS-Set. And regarding your question, my children would take care of this. But I also believe that I already display 1000 in sum with different sets.

[BrickPrick]

12 minutes ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

 Here's a question for y'all: You have the $1000 DS on display in your living room and guests come over. What do you do?

• I hide it in the closet so they can not ask question about it. 
• I keep it on display and when they ask about the price I lie and say $500. 
• I proudly explain every scene/room and mention the $1000 price tag with great confidence. 
• Unfortunately there is nothing to display because my dog/cat/toddler knocked the instable DS to the ground where it exploded into thousands of parts. 

• This is what i would have to do.
• This is what i would never do.
• This is what i would like to do.
• This is what i would never have to deal with, because my dog is a good boyo who doesn't toy with things that don't belong to him. 

I like these "choose your own adventure style" kinda questions and answering to them. 

Edited 10 hours ago by BrickPrick

[TotoMagnus]

I also do like the UCS Death Star but it doesn‘t say GOAT to me, like a 1 grand item should, in my opinion. My jaw didn’t hit the floor, you could say. 
 

For example: I‘m definitely not a mini figure guy, but for this set only the best available parts should have been used. The omission of the dual molded leg for Threepio is a sucker punch, especially it is now the 2nd time this happened, after the Khetanna. 
 

Yet…a part of me still wants to own it, maybe as an end mark for collecting Lego. But the price feels 100-200€ off the mark. 
 

Anyway…the backside: Maybe a depiction /diorama of the reactor room with an x-wing and the MF? Just the Death Star‘s hull depicted wouldn’t work that much for me. 
 

Also, the licence/license topic always interests me. Dare I say: Don’t give me the Epstein files, release the agreement between Lego and Disney. 
The only thing maybe halfway comparable I found is the article from 2018, regarding the Hasbro agreement. Maybe an interesting read for some here:

https://www.jeditemplearchives.com/2018-09-16-the-cost-of-hasbros-star-wars-license/

[Lordhelmet]

2 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Ha, every time i question the pace of the current Lego Star Wars leak culture, something big gets blown out almost immediately after.

Can you question why we don’t have the gwp set leaked please?  I would like to know the minifigures.

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Love the new Death Star!  I still need to find a spot for it as this is gonna be a though one to display. The vitriol online is astounding.

We also got a bunch of new set numbers, some of which surely are for M&G sets. Still no update on the two unknown Imperial and Rebel sets though

Oh, and there‘s gonna be a Yoda bust! 

I really like the way it turned out.  I was a bit nervous with the leaks but I think the part I like is that it kept the laser which still gives it a Death Star feel.  I will probably wait for a discount though unless the gwp is incredible.

[mirkwoodspiders]

The Death Star looks good. I'm working through a few things as I process the leak:

1. Other options were probably a full sphere with little to no interior (wouldn't interest me), full sphere with loaded interior (likely costing way more than $1000), or half sphere with the interior we see in the leak (major balance/structural issues and probably not feasible?). So, for the price and scale, what we see is probably the best option. This still doesn't mean they had to make it, but for the budget I'm not sure they could realistically have done anything else. Thoughts?

2. The value isn't great, but 9K pieces and 38 minifigs isn't horrific. I do understand the desire for new prints, dual-molds, etc., but I honestly don't get as hung up over minifigs as some do. Considering the Titanic was about the same piece count for originally $630, I'd have hoped to closer to 10K pieces. Where would they have gone? Who knows. There are a lot of small pieces in the Titanic (and the Eiffel Tower), maybe the Death Star has lots of larger ones in general.

3. I see a lot of "this doesn't look like $1,000", but wait to see it in person if you are able. The dimensions are massive, perhaps seeing it in person would make a positive impression. Also, what would $1,000 look like? I agree not what we got, but I'm curious what people would want to see that's realistic.

4. I think this will sell poorly, which will hopefully result in a hefty discount down the road. I would be comfortable paying $850-$900 for this sucker. 

5. In general, I agree with most people. $1,000 needed to blow me away/have miniscule flaws to justify the purchase and this simply hasn't. Unless the GWP is incredible for some reason (which I don't foresee happening), I'll look for 4x points/discount or something down the road if I do ever purchase it.

[brimbolet]

Pretty close to what was expected, the rooms seem to be better executed than in the last DS but still you'll loose 50-60% of the pieces for the structure. Which by the way seems not more than 14 studs wide.

I never intended to buy this, but I really dislike that the inner reactor core connected to the superlaser is missing. Various scenes are oddly arranged e.g. the prison block and trash compactor seem not to be connected and there are no play features included. Don't know if the elevator on the left is vertical or not (maybe there are openable doors), but it looks a bit messy on the whole.

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, TotoMagnus said:

 For example: I‘m definitely not a mini figure guy, but for this set only the best available parts should have been used. The omission of the dual molded leg for Threepio is a sucker punch, especially it is now the 2nd time this happened, after the Khetanna. 

I'm not even the target audience for pricy UCS sets, but this should absolutely and obviously be the case. Not because of mere wishful thinking, but because there is no justification whatsoever if it doesn't happen. What better, more fitting opportunity than the most expensive set ever made to deliver the best possible minifigure versions? Especially when it's already available... It was questionable at best for the UCS Sail Barge, but it's downright infuriating and inexcusable for the Death Star. The audacity of Lego's penny pinching knows no bounds and has now reached a new low level. This is not even about cutting corners at this point. They teared down every wall for the whole house with this one. 

48 minutes ago, Lordhelmet said:

Can you question why we don’t have the gwp set leaked please?  I would like to know the minifigures.

Well, i will definitely be running out of it, so i don't wanna push my luck too hard. That being said, how the GWP still got not leaked already remains a real mystery to me. The curtains have to be lifted on this one sooner rather than later... right? That's all i can offer for you right now. 

Edited 9 hours ago by BrickPrick

[Llewop]

I do like this set a lot I think it look great. Just like barad dur set. But i just think it’s too much money. U.K. I know Argos and Smyths will get it eventually and it’ll probably get down to 600 quid and maybe then I’ll do it for the nectar points 

[Commander501]

I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised. As a fan of the diorama series, this is the ideal implementation for me. Two questions remain: How will the price develop? And how can this model be protected from dust?

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Wonder what that means for the helmets (not that I care though)..

Likely nothing. We just got two Marvel busts with a „helmet“ sandwiched in-between, so they‘re pretty clearly not intended as a replacement ^^

[CloneCommando99]

2 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Likely nothing. We just got two Marvel busts with a „helmet“ sandwiched in-between, so they‘re pretty clearly not intended as a replacement ^^

Great. More megablucking gimmicks to worry about taking set slots.

[lowlead]

So I took the 'wait and see' approach and I'm not sufficiently wowed.

I like the set well enough, but as so many others already stated, it's just not $1K good.  The orientation of the laser dish looks great, but the shuttle looks terrible.  They gave it a giant baby head and chopped off the vertical stabilizer so it could fit in the hangar.  Yuck.  Box looks good, so we got that goin' for us...which is nice.

Oh well, someone's gonna buy it I guess!

[Virginia_Bricks]

This will likely be my first UCS Star Wars set (though probably won't buy it till 2027 when I have the money for it).

Spending even $300 for the Jango Fett's Starship doesn't intrigue me because what I like most about ship based sets is the ability to play with them. Those sets are just too large to do that and therefore not worth it over their play set companions. Diorama based sets though I like because a lot of the fun in them is setting up different scenes (and creating weird cross universe scenes as well). And personally I think $1,000 is fair for this when you compare it to the prices of the Falcon or Venator as the DS has the lowest price per piece ratio and all 3 are basically just grey ships with some accent colors here and there.

[DonQuixote]

3 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

In my opinion the whole thing looks rather boring and is not very detailed. The trash compactor and throne room dioramas we got were much better than their counterparts in the DS. So I'd rather the diorama line would continue instead of this one very big set.

 Here's a question for y'all: You have the $1000 DS on display in your living room and guests come over. What do you do?

• I hide it in the closet so they can not ask question about it.
• I keep it on display and when they ask about the price I lie and say $500.
• I proudly explain every scene/room and mention the $1000 price tag with great confidence.
• Unfortunately there is nothing to display because my dog/cat/toddler knocked the instable DS to the ground where it exploded into thousands of parts.

 

5 I told Lego : shut up and take my money 

Damn this side was down a couple of days because of the Deathstar crazyness?

 

[Blazej_Holen]

Sooo... the greatest (in scale an most importantly - in price) set is just "slice of ball" with 30+ underwhelming minifigs, tons of stickers, and ... thats it. Nothing. It offers nothing. For play, and for display? Who would pay 1K just for displaying a slice of grey ball on his/her wall? I hope and pray that Lego gets serious backlash with this. Poor sales, and poor fan reviews, because this is outrageous. And at the same time funny...

I havent lough that loud for a while, when I saw the leaked pictures for the first time... :D :D :D 

[Lobot]

I'm surprised to say that I'm really impressed by the new UCS Death Star 

It certainly isn't the upscaled 10143 that I'd hoped for, but it's a lot more cohesive than I'd expected and I can see myself buying it eventually when it's available at a decent discount.  It will be interesting to see if it remains a true exclusive (i.e. only available from LEGO) or if it will eventually be available in the UK from other retailers - I can probably justify it to my wife if it reaches >20% off at some point!  I'm not worried about the minifigures not being absolutely perfect - some of the details within the set more than compensate for that (the starry background to the hangar and laser assembly both look brilliant!). 

At £750/£800 it would have been an instant buy, but I'm happy to wait for this one.....

 

[Lordhelmet]

3 hours ago, mirkwoodspiders said:

5. In general, I agree with most people. $1,000 needed to blow me away/have miniscule flaws to justify the purchase and this simply hasn't. Unless the GWP is incredible for some reason (which I don't foresee happening), I'll look for 4x points/discount or something down the road if I do ever purchase it.

Same

 

3 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

It was questionable at best for the UCS Sail Barge, but it's downright infuriating and inexcusable for the Death Star.

I agree with this, especially considering most of the things people have called out are in current production (Dark grey with black boots, and C-3PO).  Not doing these was particularly lazy on Lego's part.  Thankfully for me I can correct these ones.  I additionally wanted Han to have the dual molded legs like Cloud City, this one is not one that can be cheaply fixed.  (I totally buy the keychains on sale to update my Luke Pilots and a C-3PO or two).  

1 hour ago, lowlead said:

They gave it a giant baby head and chopped off the vertical stabilizer so it could fit in the hangar

I don't mind the shuttle.  I think if the shuttle was a playset it would be a massive failure given the overall proportions which are wrong. I think it looks decent though in the hangar bay.  If they had made the front end smaller to match the stabilizer (and wings in general) it would look weird next to the troops in the scene, and if they had made the rest bigger it wouldn't really fit with the rest of the set.  I think to get the middle ground the compromises make sense and it looks pretty decent in the hangar with a scene.  They also got the windshield better than usual, but they forgot the grey stripe if it is the emperors shuttle.  So I agree it wouldn't be good as a playlet, but for what it is and what needed to be compromised I personally like the look. 

 

1 hour ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

This will likely be my first UCS Star Wars set

Same for me too

5 minutes ago, Lobot said:

I'm surprised to say that I'm really impressed by the new UCS Death Star 

It certainly isn't the upscaled 10143 that I'd hoped for, but it's a lot more cohesive than I'd expected and I can see myself buying it eventually when it's available at a decent discount.  It will be interesting to see if it remains a true exclusive (i.e. only available from LEGO) or if it will eventually be available in the UK from other retailers - I can probably justify it to my wife if it reaches >20% off at some point!  I'm not worried about the minifigures not being absolutely perfect - some of the details within the set more than compensate for that (the starry background to the hangar and laser assembly both look brilliant!). 

At £750/£800 it would have been an instant buy, but I'm happy to wait for this one.....

 

Agree, unless the gwp is awesome and has some unique character I will wait and see if the price drops, but I like it (and wished it had been an upscaled 10143 as well) but I still think it is good.  If the GWP is worth $200 in exclusivity I might buy it up front, but the gwp would have to be very special to justify that.  

[BrickBob Studpants]

20 minutes ago, Lordhelmet said:

Agree, unless the gwp is awesome and has some unique character […]

It‘s rumoured to be a TIE Fighter, so I wouldn‘t get my hopes up for anything too fancy  One of the minifigs is allegedly the same TIE pilot from the UCS TIE Interceptor

 

[mirkwoodspiders]

10 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

It‘s rumoured to be a TIE Fighter, so I wouldn‘t get my hopes up for anything too fancy  One of the minifigs is allegedly the same TIE pilot from the UCS TIE Interceptor

This may end up being one of the bigger failures of the entire scenario - failing to make a GWP that's simply irresistible. A TIE Fighter build with no exclusive figs doesn't come close to moving the needle if that's what it ends up being.

[Meaf]

The Death Star looks a lot better than I'd anticipated based on the leaks, but I think I agree with the consensus here that it's just hard to look at it and go "yeah that's worth $1000." Though I suspect it will feel a lot bigger in person, I just can't imagine wanting to drop that much on it. Maybe if I end up finding a decent job (big maybe there ha) and it goes on sale for like $700, but as is I'm finding it hard to be wowed. And honestly, that's kind of sad to me. If they had to make a $1000 set, I would have hoped it'd blow my socks off, but they are very much still securely attached to my feet as things stand.

[RichardGoring]

I think it looks good, and is far better than just a large sphere, which would be fragile, awkward to put anywhere, and just look a bit dull.

I like the dioramas and think they offer good looking models with a fun build. To cram a load of them together into a circle is neat and it looks fine, but it feels like there are really only tree areas that draw the eye - the throne room (which we already have), the laser, and the shuttle bay. Everything else feels kind of small and cramped, which is a shame. If there are a load of functions across it (which there could be), then it might improve the prospect of it further. But the value of this to me might be in three $100 dioramas, rather than a single $1000 set. I'm glad it exists and I hope to see it in real life at some point, but I won't get the set.

[starlego98]

X wing and Vader tie leaked, maybe they come with some sort of electric brick