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

[Lordhelmet]

5 hours ago, eldiano said:

I bought the Death Star for the minifigures that were rare, however my biggest complaint was the majority of the other minifigure designs, It baffles me how lego moves backwards sometimes considering some figures peaked a few years ago also when it came to their best design. Luckily I had a majority of the imperial officer pants I bought a few a years ago from PAB but i found the new C-3PO figure for cheap the other day and couldn’t pass him up. 

Weirdly enough, either lego didn’t make that many death stars or they are selling out like hot cakes, because it’s on back order on lego.com on the US site. 

I asked my Lego store and it sounded like they got between 5-10.  It took them a few days to sell out.  The only other data points I have are the same Lego store had 21 Rivendell sets that sold out day one and around the same barad Dur sets selling out by day two.  So hard to say, but it sounds like Lego is selling what they expected to.  I’m still going to hold out for a discount in a year or two.  (Mostly for the rare minifigures)

[CallumPears]

One thing to note is that they didn't run out of the TIE Fighter GWP. 

It was still available up to when the promo period ended here in the UK, and is still available in the US (where it will end in a few hours due to the time zone difference). 

Compare that with some previous sets like the Mos Eisley Cantina or the Lord of the Rings Barad-Dûr where the GWPs went out of stock in a matter of a few hours. 

36 minutes ago, Lordhelmet said:

I’m still going to hold out for a discount in a year or two.  (Mostly for the rare minifigures)

Same, I basically want Tagge, Motti, Sim Aloo, and the 2 Imperial droids. Maybe Tarkin too depending on whether it's easier to get this one or the 2016 version. 

If I can find the set at a reasonable price (30% off or better) then that'd be the easier way to do it and I'd get a huge pile of bricks for MOCs. 

[CloneCommando99]

 

Day #167 of campaigning for a better future for this theme.

Edited October 8, 2025 by CloneCommando99

[TheDoctor]

On 10/6/2025 at 3:31 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

Lego is really spinning straw into gold here. Take 50 cent electronics, put your logo on it and voilà, it costs $50 now 

I think what we'll actually see is something more like this 'Magic Wand' TV remote (actually a very good product!)
https://www.thewandcompany.com/kymera-wand/

It responds to taps, rolls, back & forth motions, flicking up and down with each movement performing a different function.
Similar to the recent Micro Galaxy Squadron Falcon and Ghost that made different noises and lights based on movements.

Taking into account R&D & miniature (more expensive) components, I get why it costs so much, especially if it has a scanner too like those early concepts with the jungle sets.

[cookiemonster]

Regarding the death star: The first ebay actions ended here in Germany were people sold the complete batch of figures. One ended for 499€ and the other for 534€. That's completly insane from my pov. What do you think about this? Are these figures worth 50% of the DS price?

[Lordhelmet]

2 hours ago, cookiemonster said:

Regarding the death star: The first ebay actions ended here in Germany were people sold the complete batch of figures. One ended for 499€ and the other for 534€. That's completly insane from my pov. What do you think about this? Are these figures worth 50% of the DS price?

Probably, there were people willing to pay it.  I would add, two of these figures (Tarkin and Yularen) go for $80 each or more regularly on Bricklink.  there are ten unique/rare minifigures in the Death Star - Tarkin, Yularen, Erso, Dignitary, Motti, Tagge, Astromech, RA-7, Hot tub trooper, and the black uniform imperial officer.  These are either unique, or sell for over $30 each in brick link.  The rest of the figures Vader/Luke/Han, etc. are all probably worth $5ish maybe slightly more for the currently unique prints on a few.  So saying that the ten unique figures are worth an average of $50 each on resale then $500 makes a lot of sense.  But really it comes down to if there are people buying it or not which it looks like they are.  I think I would pay $300 for them and skip the Death Star, but I doubt they will get to an average of $30 each which is why I am waiting for a discount on the Death Star in the future. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

I don’t wanna give any sort of financial advice (and you do you, no judging), but if someone can afford to spend this much just on the minifigs, shouldn’t they also be able to afford the entire set?

You could buy the set, sell all the parts except for the minifigs, and probably still spend less overall

Edited October 8, 2025 by BrickBob Studpants

[Meaf]

17 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I don’t wanna give any sort of financial advice (and you do you, no judging), but if someone can afford to spend this much just on the minifigs, shouldn’t they also be able to afford the entire set?

You could buy the set, sell all the parts except for the minifigs, and probably still spend less overall

I think the only reason not to is if you just don't want to bother with the hassle, which is fair but ultimately I guess it just depends on the person. Personally I wouldn't be willing to forgo potentially $500+ just for convenience, I'd never spend $1000 on a Lego set to begin with either. The people who are spending that much on minifigures are most definitely outliers among outliers and frankly I think they're objectively just bad with their money or too wealthy to care. Feels like Lego has been catering more and more to that slice of the market lately, but we've all talked about that extensively already so I guess it doesn't bear repeating.

[Lordhelmet]

9 minutes ago, Meaf said:

I think the only reason not to is if you just don't want to bother with the hassle, which is fair but ultimately I guess it just depends on the person. Personally I wouldn't be willing to forgo potentially $500+ just for convenience, I'd never spend $1000 on a Lego set to begin with either. The people who are spending that much on minifigures are most definitely outliers among outliers and frankly I think they're objectively just bad with their money or too wealthy to care. Feels like Lego has been catering more and more to that slice of the market lately, but we've all talked about that extensively already so I guess it doesn't bear repeating.

Or specific about their collections.  They could be people who just collect minifigures only and stopped buying sets.  In that case it makes sense to spend half as much as you would otherwise to get the minifigures vs. spending $1k to try to sell the rest of the set.  They are definitely paying something for connivence but most people with money spend it on convenience/time.

[cookiemonster]

Looks like convenience is a good point. I did a deal with someone before the Death Star went on sale and he got the figures for 330€. I am fine with this and he is happy. I never thought there would be people paying that much more on these not so great minifigures. I briefly thought about selling only the new ones but this is also very time consuming.

[Mandalorianknight]

The smart brick X-wing and pikachu image is being removed. This is very, very rare for lego. And people have tested cropping the image so pikachu isn't visible- it still gets claimed, which likely rules out the theory that it's the pokemon team claiming the images. Lego must really be trying to keep this smart brick stuff under wraps- which is smart, because the sets look awful. It's going to be hard enough marketing them with your best promotional photography and digital touch-ups, much less if people have already seen them in less flattering lighting/setup.

Edited October 8, 2025 by Mandalorianknight

[Kaijumeister]

18 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The smart brick X-wing and pikachu image is being removed. This is very, very rare for lego. And people have tested cropping the image so pikachu isn't visible- it still gets claimed, which likely rules out the theory that it's the pokemon team claiming the images. Lego must really be trying to keep this smart brick stuff under wraps- which is smart, because the sets look awful. It's going to be hard enough marketing them with your best promotional photography and digital touch-ups, much less if people have already seen them in less flattering lighting/setup.

I suspect with NYCC coming up, Lego will have some sort of demonstration for the Smart Bricks planned. I sure hope that’s the case given it’s the perfect event to drum up interest in this supposedly earth shattering new style of play. Then again, this is the same company who aren’t very good at revealing their own product in a sensibly timely manner and then get aggressive when things start leaking out.

With the original pictures of the Lego City builds we saw with the Smart Brick, it didn’t look like said builds were horrendously simplified the way the X-Wing and Pikachu look just to accommodate the Smart Brick. Not sure why those two sets look as bad as they do.

Edited October 8, 2025 by Kaijumeister

[eldiano]

12 hours ago, cookiemonster said:

Regarding the death star: The first ebay actions ended here in Germany were people sold the complete batch of figures. One ended for 499€ and the other for 534€. That's completly insane from my pov. What do you think about this? Are these figures worth 50% of the DS price?

For that price yeah, one could argue is that 38 figures make the set worth it. However new sets will always command like 45-50% of the price of the actual set just for the figures. In some sets it's just better to buy the set out right. For the longest time Sauron was going for like 250 bucks by himself alone. There's alot of people that I talked to that planned to resell the death star and keep the figs because even then, the set itself is worth a good chunk of change. 

As a seller tbh, that 35lbs will cost a lot for it to ship, I'm not willing to lose money on shipping costs alone. I'm not planning on selling it but it's just an interesting angle, I guess. 

10 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

Probably, there were people willing to pay it.  I would add, two of these figures (Tarkin and Yularen) go for $80 each or more regularly on Bricklink.  there are ten unique/rare minifigures in the Death Star - Tarkin, Yularen, Erso, Dignitary, Motti, Tagge, Astromech, RA-7, Hot tub trooper, and the black uniform imperial officer.  These are either unique, or sell for over $30 each in brick link.  The rest of the figures Vader/Luke/Han, etc. are all probably worth $5ish maybe slightly more for the currently unique prints on a few.  So saying that the ten unique figures are worth an average of $50 each on resale then $500 makes a lot of sense.  But really it comes down to if there are people buying it or not which it looks like they are.  I think I would pay $300 for them and skip the Death Star, but I doubt they will get to an average of $30 each which is why I am waiting for a discount on the Death Star in the future. 

This set grows on me I guess. It's the ultimate "barbie" styled playhouse that I wanted as a kid. I love the 2016 but the kid in me always wanted to buy a set with a lot of figures and this checked the list. Seeing those secondhand prices on the figs makes me glad I saved up for the entire set. 

[CloneCommando99]

Day #168 of Tie Avengering.

10 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The smart brick X-wing and pikachu image is being removed. This is very, very rare for lego. And people have tested cropping the image so pikachu isn't visible- it still gets claimed, which likely rules out the theory that it's the pokemon team claiming the images. Lego must really be trying to keep this smart brick stuff under wraps- which is smart, because the sets look awful. It's going to be hard enough marketing them with your best promotional photography and digital touch-ups, much less if people have already seen them in less flattering lighting/setup.

Well done Lego. You’ve just admitted to making terrible sets.

10 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

With the original pictures of the Lego City builds we saw with the Smart Brick, it didn’t look like said builds were horrendously simplified the way the X-Wing and Pikachu look just to accommodate the Smart Brick. Not sure why those two sets look as bad as they do.

Can’t wait for the inevitable smart brick hulk buster to have worse proportions than the UCS one.

 

 

I legitimately hope Lego loses money on smart play. Electronics, AI and apps have no place in normal play-sets imo. When I visit my younger cousins I often bring them small sets, and that usually encourages them to put down their iPads for a decent amount of time.

Including Smart bricks isn’t what I think parents often buy Lego sets for. They buy Lego to get their kids away from screens and playing either outside or creating their own indoor environment. This entire sub-theme, to quote Churchill, is a “perversion of the truth.”
 

Granted it might also be my nostalgia for playing with Lego when I was a kid talking. But I just can’t see the point of smart bricks, especially if the sets are going to look crap. I mean the X-Wing is obese and Pikachu looks like the designers used the Minecraft skin as the reference.

 

Edited October 9, 2025 by CloneCommando99

[Yperio_Bricks]

6 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I legitimately hope Lego loses money on smart play. Electronics, AI and apps have no place in normal play-sets imo. 

Exactly what I am thinking too    

[BrickPrick]

On 10/3/2025 at 9:55 AM, MKJoshA said:

For yourself and all other posters, if you're posting what you think or guess sets might be please clarify that in your post. Too many fake rumors have started because EB users post a wishlist and Youtubers then quote us as the source for what ends up being a false rumor.

Always in motion... is the future.

On 10/5/2025 at 10:18 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

GIVE ME LIBERTY! GIVE ME FIRE! GIVE ME LEGO TIE AVENGER OR I RETIRE!!!

Day #164.

Give him peace, freedom, justice, and security for his new empire or i retire. 

On 10/5/2025 at 11:55 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

I haven't seen it in person yet, but I think it looks fine... from the exact front. The issue is that for a thousand dollars, for the flagship of the theme, it needs to be more than fine. It needed to be damn near perfect.

You really hit the nail on the head there. They needed to go all-on on this one, but they didn't. Or in the case of the actual designers, they couldn't. Which again makes me pity them in a way. Because it ain't their fault. They just trying their best with the hand they have been dealt. Yet it's as always very easy to put the blame on them. This might actually be among the biggest problems on the planet. Your dissatisfaction about something, however justified it may be, is usually addressed to the wrong people. Because the people who are actually responsible and should be hold accountable about something, are out of anyone's reach. 

On 10/6/2025 at 9:14 AM, MKJoshA said:

I think this sums up the general sentiment well. Most of us are fine with the set. It looks good for what it is. It's just not worthy of the $1000 price tag.

Which, i think, applies to a variety of modern Lego Star Wars sets. Just on a different scale and scope.

On 10/6/2025 at 10:08 PM, Lego Nostalgia said:

Wouldn't it be funny if the Mando AT-AT is the size of the Gingerbread one

Soundbrick included

Yes, that would be immensely funny. Also, it would hardly surprise me at this point. From now on, this is part of my personal predictions. This is my temporary head canon until proven otherwise.

21 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I don’t wanna give any sort of financial advice (and you do you, no judging), but if someone can afford to spend this much just on the minifigs, shouldn’t they also be able to afford the entire set?

You could buy the set, sell all the parts except for the minifigs, and probably still spend less overall

These are exactly my thoughts whenever someone pays a fortune for just the figures. In such pricy dimensions, it makes next to no sense to me. Of course, that ain't exactly my business to care for.

17 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The smart brick X-wing and pikachu image is being removed. 

Oh shoot... I only catched a glimpse of it when it initially leaked. I remember being in disbelief about it's mere existence in this way, shape or form... This can't be real, can it? I mean, this is ridiculous. Even for Lego standards. 

Edited October 9, 2025 by BrickPrick

[BrickBob Studpants]

7 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Electronics, AI and apps have no place in normal play-sets imo.

In general, I‘d agree. But from what I understand, all the smart brick is, is a more sophisticated light & sound brick with a scanner à la Mario. The app is probably mostly used to update the bricks, and I doubt it incorporates any AI (unless you call a rule-based procedure AI)   

A brick that can be placed inside different vehicles and change sound effects accordingly sounds like a pretty fun concept to me, basically like an adaptive and more versatile version of already existing toys

Of course you can argue that kids don’t need that and it’s better for them to make or imagine the sounds in their heads instead, but that‘s a deeper discussion ^^

[eldiano]

Correct me if I’m wrong but smart brick is literally the same stuff used for the super Mario sets? 

[BrickPrick]

2 hours ago, eldiano said:

Correct me if I’m wrong but smart brick is literally the same stuff used for the super Mario sets? 

If my memory serves me right, these smart bricks are supposed to do some sound effects. So I'd imagine they will basically be functioning the same way or at least similarly to the Super Mario ones... just in a new format. 

Also, nice upgrades you have there on your Death Star minifigure crew. As much as humanly possible, it looks like the line-up is now on the level we should have gotten instead. 

Also also, your placement of the Minikit in the Emperor's Throne Room is just peak nostalgia. 

Edited October 9, 2025 by BrickPrick

[Llewop]

So if they have revealed March sets already 6 months before release. They probably/likely have pics of all the January and March sets so don’t expect it will be too long before more official pics start to get leaked a bit. Instead of individual legs, arms and helmets 

[CloneCommando99]

Day #169 of heralding the Tie Fighter Who Avenges.

[CallumPears]

Edit: nevermind, it's from a knockoff 

Spoiler

Someone on Reddit has a picture of some new Snowtrooper legs. They are of course similar to the recent ones but the details have enough subtle differences to make me believe it's not simply a photoshop job on an existing part. 

Notably they now have kneepads and foot printing, and do not have a printed kama (but nothing to suggest the return of cloth ones yet).

They speculate that it could be from an upcoming AT-AT but we don't have any actual rumours of one, right? (Outside of midi-scale) We think it's a likely choice for a Mando movie set but I don't think anyone reliable has actually said it. So it could also just be a Snowtrooper in some other set. 

 

Edited October 10, 2025 by CallumPears

[Lordhelmet]

7 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Day #169 of heralding the Tie Fighter Who Avenges.

Lego Star Wars about to break

Overpriced and slacked

Lost in Andor's wake

With only one way to go back

Tie Avengers Assemble

Always we will build as one, til the tie avenger's done

with lego on the run, Tie Avenger will overcome

Assembled it is strong, Tie avenger is the one

Assembled it is strong, Tie avenger is the one

(To the fight as one theme from The Avengers: Earth's mightiest heroes

[Meaf]

10 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Day #169 of heralding the Tie Fighter Who Avenges.

My uncle who works at Lego says we're getting a UCS Tie Avenger next year and it comes with all the main characters from Andor, and also those arguing rebels from the beginning of season 2 that no one really liked.

[Swordy]

On 9/28/2025 at 4:09 PM, Darth_Bane13 said:

I just want sand blue Tie Fighters

A total of… 11 TIE Avenger Requests late, but wanted to say I completely agree. The blue tint of TIEs has always been a unique quirk I’ve appreciated, but alas, thanks to Kenner, many see the TIE as boring, dull grey. Interesting to note—if I recall correctly from my last viewing of the OT on cable—the TIE Fighters, Advanced, and Bomber had the bluish tint, but in RotJ the Interceptors and even regular TIEs too had become plain grey. Still, if it were up to me, all LEGO TIEs would’ve been blue, then sand blue, and that would’ve been that.

Furthermore, I’ve recently come to realize that the SSD Executor also has a bluish tinge in TESB (especially compared to the Star Destroyers flanking it in several shots). So… sand blue Executor when?