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

[Sinistereo]

4 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

It is amazing.

Yeah, at the end of the day it will only happen if the sets don't sell well, and so far the clone stuff seems to be doing just fine in lego's eyes.

It is nice to get Captain Antilles, especially since even if you already have one of him, he works just fine as any rebel fleet captain, just swap the head. It definitely would have been nice to get a 5th figure in the infiltrator, though 4 was already on the upper end of these $60-70 starships/starfighters. That said, the set we were just talking about was $55 for 7, so there was definitely a way to slide Panaka or Padme in (I would say it should be Shmi or Watto since they can't show up in much else.... but pretty much anyone TPM besides Maul/Qui-gon/Anakin haven't shown up in forever anyway)

3 in May, two in June. May has a $75, a $130 with 1200 pieces, and a $150-160 (I forget) with 930 pieces.

one of those May sets has to be the new system scale razor crest

[CloneCommando99]

Where are the August set numbers and prices? I want to see which ones could be a Tie Avenger. (Day #242 of asking for one)

75461 is 12+, releases in June and has 1809 pieces. Almost definitely a Buildable Mandalorian or Babu Frik.

10 hours ago, Sinistereo said:

If so, what could those movie tie in sets be of?

From the trailer and promotional images we’ve seen, here’s a few possibilities:

• AT AT
• New Republic Y-Wing
• Imperial base
• Imperial battlepack
• Gladiator arena
• Big robot thing
• Anzellan Spacecraft
• AT RT

I expect 3/4 of these ideas to be ignored in favour of buildable characters.

[Sinistereo]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Where are the August set numbers and prices? I want to see which ones could be a Tie Avenger. (Day #242 of asking for one)

75461 is 12+, releases in June and has 1809 pieces. Almost definitely a Buildable Mandalorian or Babu Frik.

From the trailer and promotional images we’ve seen, here’s a few possibilities:

• AT AT
• New Republic Y-Wing
• Imperial base
• Imperial battlepack
• Gladiator arena
• Big robot thing
• Anzellan Spacecraft
• AT RT

I expect 3/4 of these ideas to be ignored in favour of buildable characters.

I think the 2 largest May sets are a razor crest and AT AT personally. Razor crest seems like a safe bet and the AT AT scene in the trailer seems like a big action sequence 

[Kaijumeister]

7 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Where are the August set numbers and prices? I want to see which ones could be a Tie Avenger. (Day #242 of asking for one)

75461 is 12+, releases in June and has 1809 pieces. Almost definitely a Buildable Mandalorian or Babu Frik.

From the trailer and promotional images we’ve seen, here’s a few possibilities:

• AT AT
• New Republic Y-Wing
• Imperial base
• Imperial battlepack
• Gladiator arena
• Big robot thing
• Anzellan Spacecraft
• AT RT

I expect 3/4 of these ideas to be ignored in favour of buildable characters.

Hopefully not far to go until we get an August price and piece count list (or at least confirmation that an August wave is coming).

I would love to see an 1809 piece playscale set but, yep, a buildable character is more likely. A Mandalorian in the same style as next year’s buildable Iron Man would be pretty cool.

Overall with the busts being introduced this year, I do hope they give it a rest with the buildable characters. 

[Mandalorianknight]

7 hours ago, Sinistereo said:

I think the 2 largest May sets are a razor crest and AT AT personally. Razor crest seems like a safe bet and the AT AT scene in the trailer seems like a big action sequence 

I agree, these two are definitely the two larger sets. It'll have been 6 years since their last ones, they've been heavily featured in marketing for the movie, and they're respectably known outside the movie as obviously the AT-AT, and then mando's main ship for most of the portion of the show people actually liked.

11 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Gladiator arena

I'm hoping this is the $75 set. The Dejarik monsters being seen in physical form is awesome and they would all make great enemy builds alongside some of the other large creatures he fights. (Mando might fight almost as many animals as Cal Kestis, now that I think about it)

June set I would guess is Mando, I feel like Babu would be a much smaller part count. Still holding out how the July set is something unique given the strange release date.

[icm]

10 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The Dejarik monsters being seen in physical form is awesome and they would all make great enemy builds alongside some of the other large creatures he fights

An M&G monster arena set would be a nice trial run or prototype to test the market for a Petranaki arena in a year or two

[BrickPrick]

21 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah, at the end of the day it will only happen if the sets don't sell well, and so far the clone stuff seems to be doing just fine in lego's eyes.

It is nice to get Captain Antilles, especially since even if you already have one of him, he works just fine as any rebel fleet captain, just swap the head. It definitely would have been nice to get a 5th figure in the infiltrator, though 4 was already on the upper end of these $60-70 starships/starfighters. That said, the set we were just talking about was $55 for 7, so there was definitely a way to slide Panaka or Padme in (I would say it should be Shmi or Watto since they can't show up in much else.... but pretty much anyone TPM besides Maul/Qui-gon/Anakin haven't shown up in forever anyway)

Given the increase of Clones in certain key areas as of late, more than fine, I'd imagine. 

Gotta be nice for people who are after that sorta thing. I almost never change anything up about my minifigures. Actually only when I have to slightly modify Gonk feet's or make a tiny stand for buildable droids for them to be able to stay on a baseplate.

Yes... just yes. Believe me, it annoys the hell out of me when a brand new TPM set releases nowadays, which is a rarity in and of itself, and then you only get like surface stuff level of minifigs. A new Watto, wouldn't have been the first time showing up for the Infiltrator, was a solid choice next to Panaka. Shmi, by all means, would have been a perfect anniversary figure. So too would have been Boss Nass for the Dictionary! Don't get me wrong, the Saw Gererra fig was an awesome addition, personally the best of the bunch, but I can't shake the feeling that in terms of TPM, several big opportunities were missed last year. 

[Swordy]

Ma-ker rest ye A-FoLs, let not prices give you dismay,

Remember our TIE Avenger was born on Andor Day,

To save us all from clone’s power, when LEGO was gone astray,

O TIE-Ding, Avenger, and Joy, TIE Avenger and TIE Joy,

O TIE-Ding, Avenger and Joy…

(My parodies get more nonsensical as LEGO’s lack of sense about the TIE Avenger is further revealed. Not May, not August, not January or March? Not even the GwP for crying out loud?)

 

Absolutely love that the Darksaber will the May 4th promo. (It is probably my favourite lightsaber, right next to Luke’s RotJ saber.) However, the more pressing matter to me will be the distribution of VIP points; I would’ve gladly spent more than my budget would’ve allowed so that I could obtain the Clone Cadet GwP, but upon seeing neither the Oynx or the Sith Infiltrator on double points, I opted out.

On 12/19/2025 at 2:06 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

ITT

On 12/19/2025 at 2:09 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

ITT

A set idea so nice, it had to be said twice. ;)
I do agree, even if the Rebel-style Stormtrooper BP would like to speak up. Additionally, the mention of an Imperial transport also reminded me of the lack of Miggs Mayfield. So fine, two more Mando sets from older seasons would be most welcome.

18 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

I can't shake the feeling that in terms of TPM, several big opportunities were missed last year. 

Wholeheartedly agree. In fact, most of the recent anniversaries, aside from maybe RotJ’s 40th, have felt underwhelming or bloated. Discounting Brickheadz, which is it’s own budget(?), we almost never get new or long-gone characters from the films. The sets are either buildable or generic.
I don’t believe RotS got it’s due this year since the only “anniversary” sets leaned more Clone Wars, which is much of the same with the previous years. Funnily enough, the best RotS anniversary sets (like a midi-Invisible Hand or Venator) released in every year but ‘25, it seems.
TPM, like you said, suffered from big opportunities missed, and the anniversary sets aside from the overdone Infiltrator (the ship showed up for, what, 17 seconds in one quick scene?) were only buildable sets with no new prints. The fact that the Gungan head mold was brought back this year but not utilized for a normal Jar Jar… is more accurate, actually, but a shame since we don’t have his iconic disguise on shelves.
RotJ felt the best done, yet the minifigs were lacking in several areas and the new prints created were wasteful updates that brought nothing new to the table, in my opinion.
2022 is best left unspoken; the lack of attention that TLJ’s five-year anniversary received is downright shameful. /s

18 hours ago, icm said:

An M&G monster arena set would be a nice trial run or prototype to test the market for a Petranaki arena in a year or two

Could be. Depending on how the sequence is executed in the film, I’d be equally interested in both.
I find that the trouble with a Petranaki arena is that it involves the less “iconic” or “cool” aspects of the Battle of Geonosis than a Republic Gunship or AT-TE. Those both already supply the purpose of providing the minifgs from that third act without new molds for the creatures required. Additionally, a Petranaki Arena would be a rather expensive set, and so TLG potentially risks price-locking the three main characters of the Prequels. The question would come down to how much of the actual arena is included—moreover, don’t we all really want a Coleman Trebor and Count Dooku battlepack instead?

On 12/22/2025 at 5:22 AM, Sinistereo said:

I think the 2 largest May sets are a razor crest and AT AT personally. Razor crest seems like a safe bet and the AT AT scene in the trailer seems like a big action sequence 

Given the low piece count of the larger, I’m unsure if the AT-AT will be in the May wave at all. The previous AT-AT was around 1300 pieces, and arguably just big enough to play out Mando’s infiltration and takedown. Maybe a smaller AT-AT could work, but that’d be too similar to the midi-scale one I think.
My personal theory is the gladiator arena and the New Razor Crest™ for the $70 and $100 sets, respectively. That said, I adore AT-ATs, so I’d far prefer to be proven wrong in this case.

On 12/22/2025 at 2:10 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

75461 is 12+, releases in June and has 1809 pieces. Almost definitely a Buildable Mandalorian or Babu Frik.

From the trailer and promotional images we’ve seen, here’s a few possibilities:

• AT AT
• New Republic Y-Wing
• Imperial base
• Imperial battlepack
• Gladiator arena
• Big robot thing
• Anzellan Spacecraft
• AT RT

I expect 3/4 of these ideas to be ignored in favour of buildable characters.

If the same guy who did the buildable Iron Man did a Mando, I’d be interested, actually. If it follows suit with an exclusive Mando, it’d be great to finally get arm printing on Beskar Mando too./s (I hope I’m using that correctly…)

I’m sure the big guard robot will be in the summer wave. I could see the Y-Wing then too, although the New Hope anniversary might override that potential. We will surely have a set with Zeb next year too, although I could see him appearing in a Ahsoka S2 set instead. The speeder with Anzellans and Grogu are guaranteed to be the next BP, right?

Honestly, I’m more shocked than the Spider himself that the AT-RT hasn’t been confirmed yet. I would have chosen that over a Mando speeder for $10, but hey, this is the same Lucasfilm that didn’t allow a Light Cruiser until nine months later, or a Luke Skywalker V Dark Troopers until one year and three months; combined with the short shelf-life of recent sub-$20 sets, I predict the AT-RT with Mando and Grogu will come squarely on January 1st, 2027 when the bell strikes one.

Edited December 23, 2025 by Swordy

[CloneCommando99]

 

Away in a hangar, no imperial for a pilot,

The little TIE Avenger armed its sweet warheads.

The stars in the sky looked down where it lay,

The little TIE Avenger, activated on the floor.

 

The Range Troopers are deploying, the TIE awakes,

But little TIE Avenger, no mercy it takes;

I love Thee, TIE Avenger, look down from the sky

And stay on my console till morning is nigh.

 

Be near me, TIE Avenger, I ask Thee to be made

Close by me forever, and built by me, I pray;

Bless all the dear rebels in Thy tender care,

And fit us for Yavin to live with Thee there

(Day #243 of asking for a Tie Avenger)

4 hours ago, Swordy said:

Maker rest ye AFoLs, let not prices give you dismay,

Remember our TIE Avenger was born on Andor Day,

To save us all from clone’s power, when LEGO was gone astray,

O TIE-Ding, Avenger, and Joy, TIE Avenger and TIE Joy,

O TIE-Ding, Avenger and Joy…

(My parodies get more nonsensical as LEGO’s lack of sense about the TIE Avenger is further revealed. Not May, not August, not January or March? Not even the GwP for crying out loud?)

Oh wow. That’s way better than what I came up with today.

The carolling is very fun, good job. And over the 12 days of Christmas…

18 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Still holding out how the July set is something unique given the strange release date.

SW modular, Videogame set or MBS ISD bridge 
 

21 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Hopefully not far to go until we get an August price and piece count list (or at least confirmation that an August wave is coming).

Hopefully. Let’s just hope there’re not too many 18+, 10+ and 12+ age ratings in there (Buildables).

4 hours ago, Swordy said:

A set idea so nice, it had to be said twice. ;)
I do agree, even if the Rebel-style Stormtrooper BP would like to speak up. Additionally, the mention of an Imperial transport also reminded me of the lack of Miggs Mayfield. So fine, two more Mando sets from older seasons would be most welcome.

I’d argue that it’s one of the 3 most overdue imperial vehicles to get made. (TIE Reaper, TIE Avenger and ITT) At this point it’s appeared quite frequently: JFO, Outlaws, Rebels, Mando…

A imperial remnant BP would be very welcome as well. But it’s contested in my desires with Army Troopers and JFO Stormtrooper/ Scout Troopers.

4 hours ago, Swordy said:

The speeder with Anzellans and Grogu are guaranteed to be the next BP, right?

I predict the AT-RT with Mando and Grogu will come squarely on January 1st, 2027 when the bell strikes one.

Nah, I expect it to be like the Rocket GOTGV3 set.

Probably. But I imagine they’ll need to retire the 327th BP first to make either Mando’s or a regular clone AT RT with a standard 501st trooper and B1.

Edited December 23, 2025 by CloneCommando99

[BrickPrick]

11 hours ago, Swordy said:

Wholeheartedly agree. In fact, most of the recent anniversaries, aside from maybe RotJ’s 40th, have felt underwhelming or bloated. Discounting Brickheadz, which is it’s own budget(?), we almost never get new or long-gone characters from the films. The sets are either buildable or generic.
I don’t believe RotS got it’s due this year since the only “anniversary” sets leaned more Clone Wars, which is much of the same with the previous years. Funnily enough, the best RotS anniversary sets (like a midi-Invisible Hand or Venator) released in every year but ‘25, it seems.
TPM, like you said, suffered from big opportunities missed, and the anniversary sets aside from the overdone Infiltrator (the ship showed up for, what, 17 seconds in one quick scene?) were only buildable sets with no new prints. The fact that the Gungan head mold was brought back this year but not utilized for a normal Jar Jar… is more accurate, actually, but a shame since we don’t have his iconic disguise on shelves.
RotJ felt the best done, yet the minifigs were lacking in several areas and the new prints created were wasteful updates that brought nothing new to the table, in my opinion.
2022 is best left unspoken; the lack of attention that TLJ’s five-year anniversary received is downright shameful. /s

Yes, every time I've got this no brainer scenarios right before my eyes, I kinda don't think it will happen at all, but Lego going down down the generic route, which is usually what happens. Boss Nass, or some other new never before seen character for the Visual Dictionary? Ha, no chance! How about the 37th Darth Maul figure instead? And let's slap a non-compatible 25th anniversary logo on his back to make him technically exclusive. It's always so obvious what will or won't happen. And yes... bringing back the Gungan mould only for Darth Jar Jar was just the cherry on top. 

ROTS was also robbed hard this year, yeah. How can you be on the Billund council and not do a set about the Jedi one? Seize the opportunity to deliver an awesome Palpatine's Arrest remake? No, how about nothing in that regard? The whole thing was nothing but a big excuse for Lego to put even more Clones to the forefront. I'm afraid AOTC will share the same fate in 2027. Or being overshadowed by the 50th Star Wars anniversary altogether. 

I've been saying this every now and then and I will say it again: If certain sub-themes like Episode I and II would get even a bit more regular releases in between anniversaries, you wouldn't need to be so dependent and laser focused on these single years. But when this is our only shot at some new/long overdue minifigs or remake of older sets, seeing the actual result can be rather depressing. Honestly, it's such a waste. If that's all we get: YOU. BETTER. MAKE. IT. COUNT. THEN. It can't be that hard, can it?

 

U-Wing arrived in the meantime and I'm very looking forward to assemble that thing. Haven't done so since the Slave 1 three months ago. The box art is truly peak, by the way. 

Edited December 23, 2025 by BrickPrick

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, every time I've got this no brainer scenarios right before my eyes, I kinda don't think it will happen at all, but Lego going down down the generic route, which is usually what happens. Boss Nass, or some other new never before seen character for the Visual Dictionary? Ha, no chance! How about the 37th Darth Maul figure instead? And let's smash a non-compatible 25th anniversary logo on his back to make him technically exclusive. It's always so obvious what will or won't happen. And yes... bringing back the Gungan mould only for Darth Jar Jar was just the cherry on top. 

Boss Nass to be fair can't come in a Visiual Dictonary as books don't have new parts ever and I don't think you can do Boss Nass without a new head.

It is interesting, Back in the 2015-2019 period it was commonly accepted of the Lucas saga AotC was the one left out the most and now TPM is commonly considered for that. 

Is Boss Nass ever on screen with a clone? Maybe that could help his chances 

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

A imperial remnant BP would be very welcome as well. But it’s contested in my desires with Army Troopers

It is a funny thing to want as a toy, pretty much all the drawbacks of Imperial and Rebel battlepacks to LEGO in one, a bunch of boring guys showing they're faces in intentionally stylistically boring suits + being the faction of samey bad guys with no personality. From a marketing stand point the exact opposite of the reasons the Clone ones are so frequently mined

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

've been saying this every now and then and I will say it again: If certain sub-themes like Episode I and II would get even a bit more regular releases in between anniversaries, you wouldn't need to be so dependent and laser focused on these single years. But when this is our only shot at some new/long overdue minifigs or remake of older sets, seeing the actual result can be rather depressing. Honestly, it's such a waste. If that's all we get: YOU. BETTER. MAKE. IT. COUNT. THEN. It can't be that hard, can it?

True, yeah. That is the big issue. They used to be better at balancing it but also it was way easier when it was just 6 films and, eventually, one cartoon. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

10 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

It is a funny thing to want as a toy, pretty much all the drawbacks of Imperial and Rebel battlepacks to LEGO in one, a bunch of boring guys showing they're faces in intentionally stylistically boring suits + being the faction of samey bad guys with no personality. From a marketing stand point the exact opposite of the reasons the Clone ones are so frequently mined

Agreed. I prefer my Imperials with cool helmets rather than showing their faces. I know Stormies are supposed to be elite troops, but Army Troopers just don’t scream SW to me. They’re too generic-looking for me to get excited over

[BrickPrick]

13 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Boss Nass to be fair can't come in a Visiual Dictonary as books don't have new parts ever and I don't think you can do Boss Nass without a new head.

It is interesting, Back in the 2015-2019 period it was commonly accepted of the Lucas saga AotC was the one left out the most and now TPM is commonly considered for that. 

Is Boss Nass ever on screen with a clone? Maybe that could help his chances 

Of course he can... Just because it never happened with minifigures that require new moulds, doesn't mean it can't happen at all. You notice the same when you look at the Advent Calenders. The Star Wars ones never came with new pieces for the minifigs. This year, they included an entire new piece for Babu Frik like nothing happened. So yeah, nothing is really set in stone. But let's say no Boss Nass, how about Shmi, Theed Padme or an updated Jar Jar or Watto instead? Anything is better than what we've got. 

I would still consider AotC to be the most neglected sub-theme out of the core Skywalker Saga. Though I suppose TPM doesn't track much behind. Nowadays, both get neglect pretty hard.

At the top off my head, he isn't. Which drastically lowers the chances of him ever getting an official minifigure. I am bound to keep his profile picture forever. 

[Mandalorianknight]

22 hours ago, icm said:

An M&G monster arena set would be a nice trial run or prototype to test the market for a Petranaki arena in a year or two

Possibly, but especially if it's the $75 set I don't know how similar it could be. Mando and AOTC are pretty different in terms of market demos at the moment, and I can't see them doing Petranaki at $75- I feel like it has to be an MBS set.

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

A imperial remnant BP would be very welcome as well. But it’s contested in my desires with Army Troopers and JFO Stormtrooper/ Scout Troopers.

These would all be great, but the Army Troopers are needed the most out of the generics IMO. You can recreate the JFO scouts almost perfectly with the standard fig and FO heavy torso (And I use the FO executioner axe with a 2L bar instead of 3L). 

The interpretation isn't the same in Canon, but for a long time in legends the imperial army trooper was the most numerous unit in the empire, something Andor seems to be re-introducing. (And there's hints of it in other things, like Rebels showing us the stormtrooper training academy- something there's no way they do for every conscript.) Plus, they have the perfect battle pack build with them.

[Kaijumeister]

32 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Agreed. I prefer my Imperials with cool helmets rather than showing their faces. I know Stormies are supposed to be elite troops, but Army Troopers just don’t scream SW to me. They’re too generic-looking for me to get excited over

Ditto. This is why I’ll always get excited for new trooper variants even if they’re blatant merchandise bait - chances are they’ll translate well into good Lego minifigures. This is partially why the lack of any Purge Trooper minifigures confuses me, the black / purple / red colour scheme is so striking.

@BrickPrick Nice score on the U-Wing. Funny you should mention the box art, I’m 99.9% sure the exact same shot is used in the final Andor S2 arc where he, K2, and Melshi jump to hyperspace to rescue Kleya from Coruscant.

I agree the arena fight from TMaG is a sensible choice for one of the sets, plus it’s a rare instance where you can incorporate buildable figures into a playscale context. I’m picturing something along the lines of the Thor vs Hulk Arena Clash from 2017 combined with several buildable monsters. Surely the AT-RT will be represented as a side build in one of the larger sets too. Licensees have known of this for ages after all, even Hot Toys had a Mando / Grogu with AT-RT displayed at Star Wars Celebration Japan back in April.

 

Edited December 23, 2025 by Kaijumeister

[BrickBob Studpants]

30 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Anything is better than what we've got. 

I have to disagree here. TROS Palpatine is by far my favourite SW book minifig so far

As for Boss Nass: it‘s true that we can’t say for sure they’ll never ever introduce a new piece through a book, but I’d still say that’s unlikely. There’s no real reason not to go with literally any other character that doesn’t require a new piece, whereas Babu Frik is not only a huge selling point for the AC but pretty pivotal. It’s his workshop after all! And there’s the distinct possibility they’re gonna reuse the piece for other Anzellans.

[BrickPrick]

56 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

@BrickPrick Nice score on the U-Wing. Funny you should mention the box art, I’m 99.9% sure the exact same shot is used in the final Andor S2 arc where he, K2, and Melshi jump to hyperspace to rescue Kleya from Coruscant.

Thanks, super stoked to finally get off building again. And yes, pretty sure I heard something along those lines. Might be a good time to rewatch some of the second season.

36 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I have to disagree here. TROS Palpatine is by far my favourite SW book minifig so far

I was specifically talking about last year's Visual Dictionary that included the 25th anniversary Darth Maul figure. Literally any other character I just listed, even if you exclude Boss Nass due to budget reasons, would have been better than that! 

I'm also no sequel person. Never was, never will be. But I could instantly recognize the appeal of finally getting a special and still missing version of Palpatine. In principle, this is as much about filling the gapes than what I am looking into for TPM, just for a whole different era. So I can wholeheartedly respect anyone's wish fulfilled. Yet I saw no one losing their minds over another Maul figure. I just can't stand boring uncreative choices like that. It screams missed opportunity and little else. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

I was specifically talking about last year's Visual Dictionary that included the 25th anniversary Darth Maul figure.

Sorry, I misunderstood you  Agreed, Maul was a lame choice and didn’t fit in with any other anniversary figure. It was more in line with the 20th anniversary, almost as if someone didn’t get the memo that the 25th anniversary had a different gimmick 

[BrickPrick]

19 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Sorry, I misunderstood you  Agreed, Maul was a lame choice and didn’t fit in with any other anniversary figure. It was more in line with the 20th anniversary, almost as if someone didn’t get the memo that the 25th anniversary had a different gimmick 

All good, man. And I was under the same impression. Almost like they conceptualized this figure first, then took a drastically different approach for the actual anniversary line-up and this was just one of the leftovers.

Just wanted to say, a TPM figure on the level of TROS Palpatine would have made me pretty happy. Come to think of it, since you never got him from Episode 1, how about a proper TPM Senate Palpatine? The options for much better alternatives are seemingly endless.

The more I think about it, the worse it really gets. Time to get more positive thoughts on again. 

[Renny The Spaceman]

2 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Of course he can... Just because it never happened with minifigures that require new moulds, doesn't mean it can't happen at all. You notice the same when you look at the Advent Calenders. The Star Wars ones never came with new pieces for the minifigs. This year, they included an entire new piece for Babu Frik like nothing happened. So yeah, nothing is really set in stone. But let's say no Boss Nass, how about Shmi, Theed Padme or an updated Jar Jar or Watto instead? Anything is better than what we've got.  

We can't know for sure but I figured the way the advent calendar did that was they took the budget from having other figures as there's only one traditional minifigure and we know they take up more of a set's budget. But with a book there's nowhere to syphon budget from, book minifigures probably use all the budget they can already because they're a throw in for a non-Lego product. If book minifigures have never had the budget for new parts I don't really know what could be changed to remedy that

19 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Just wanted to say, a TPM figure on the level of TROS Palpatine would have made me pretty happy. Come to think of it, since you never got him from Episode 1, how about a proper TPM Senate Palpatine? The options for much better alternatives are seemingly endless.

The more I think about it, the worse it really gets. Time to get more positive thoughts on again. 

Maybe Shmi could have worked there

20 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

All good, man. And I was under the same impression. Almost like they conceptualized this figure first, then took a drastically different approach for the actual anniversary line-up and this was just one of the leftovers. 

Plausible tbf, I don't know how much is known about the development for the figures for non-Lego media but I could totally buy it falls under another department's purview. 

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Agreed. I prefer my Imperials with cool helmets rather than showing their faces. I know Stormies are supposed to be elite troops, but Army Troopers just don’t scream SW to me. They’re too generic-looking for me to get excited over

Like they work for the show, but like a lot of Andor they're not really toyetic

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

We can't know for sure but I figured the way the advent calendar did that was they took the budget from having other figures as there's only one traditional minifigure and we know they take up more of a set's budget. But with a book there's nowhere to syphon budget from, book minifigures probably use all the budget they can already because they're a throw in for a non-Lego product. If book minifigures have never had the budget for new parts I don't really know what could be changed to remedy that

Plausible tbf, I don't know how much is known about the development for the figures for non-Lego media but I could totally buy it falls under another department's purview. 

Yeah, that's a pretty logical conclusion to draw from this Advent Calendar. It makes sense they used much of their available budget on that new mould at the expense of a couple of figs. Whereas the Lego books have obviously much less room for compensating higher figure production costs. I don't know if making that thing thinner, use less printing would do any good in that regard. I wanna say that these things are typically full of mistakes and reusing lots of prior prints anyways, so what gives. You definitely have a fair point there going on. 

Sure, why not? I see no way why she wouldn't have worked out. Just wanted to say that these books already brought forth many unique versions of popular characters. The white prototype Boba Fett is one of the prime examples. They've proved on numerous occasions that it can be much better than some of what we are getting nowadays. It actually didn't use to suck. This is why some lackluster decisions tend to bother me this much. It's like I'm held to a higher standard.

Yes, something went wrong there. There might have been a communication problem. 

 

You gotta read the following using your best Da Ba Dee Da Ba Di impression

Now listen up. Here's the story. About a little queen that lives in Naboo. All day and all night it's all going wrong. Like her failure for negotiation. No communication with the trade federation in this dangerous situation for lack of negotiation. To make their invasion of theirs take place they cut off communication from the station in SPACE. And I'm the queen Amidi-Amidala. Amidi-Amidala. Amidi-Amidala. Amidi-Amidala. Amidi-Amidala. Amidi-Amidala. 

 

 

Edited December 23, 2025 by BrickPrick

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

Yeah, that's a pretty logical conclusion to draw from this Advent Calendar. It makes sense they used much of their available budget on that new mould at the expense of a couple of figs. Whereas the Lego books have obviously much less room for compensating higher figure production costs. I don't know if making that thing thinner, use less printing would do any good in that regard. I wanna say that these things are typically full of mistakes and reusing lots of prior prints anyways, so what gives. You definitely have a fair point there going on. 

I feel like the LEGO and book both being made by different companies for the DK books probably means they're budgeted separately, right? 

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

Sure, why not? I see no way why she wouldn't have worked out. Just wanted to say that these books already brought forth many unique versions of popular characters. The white prototype Boba Fett is one of the prime examples. They've proved on numerous occasions that it can be much better than some of what we are getting nowadays. It actually didn't use to suck. This is why some lackluster decisions tend to bother me this much. It's like I'm held to a higher standard.

Yeah, they could do something better with just new prints they can totally 

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, something went wrong there. There might have been a communication problem. 

I mean do we even know if the team that designs the figures for the books are in contact with the broader heads of themes? Come to think of it I don't think DK book figures have every really tied in with anything specific from the set design team. 

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

You gotta read the following using your best Da Ba Dee Da Ba Di impression

I failed, read it as the Fresh Prince intro to begin with 

 

Anyways is LEGO gonna acknowledge the real anniversary next year? 15 years of the Padawan Menace? 

[Lordhelmet]

8 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Sorry, I misunderstood you  Agreed, Maul was a lame choice and didn’t fit in with any other anniversary figure. It was more in line with the 20th anniversary, almost as if someone didn’t get the memo that the 25th anniversary had a different gimmick 

Imagine how many books they would have sold with Mara jade (I suppose any random unmade character would also sell well too but Mara jade was an opportunity with keeping the theme and would have sold great without needing unique mold)

 

[BrickPrick]

11 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

I feel like the LEGO and book both being made by different companies for the DK books probably means they're budgeted separately, right? 

Yeah, they could do something better with just new prints they can totally 

I mean do we even know if the team that designs the figures for the books are in contact with the broader heads of themes? Come to think of it I don't think DK book figures have every really tied in with anything specific from the set design team. 

I failed, read it as the Fresh Prince intro to begin with 

I don't know how they work out their business relationship. 

They most definitely could. So as far as I'm concerned, they're already saving costs aplenty for every "Updated Edition". 

I remember reading an interview at the back of one of the character encyclopedias. And there it sounded like the Lego design team was heavily involved when it came to choosing and creating the figure. And I'd wonder if that wouldn't be the case. 

Just look up that video. It's called "Star Wars Episode 1 Amidi-Amidala". I find it hilarious to this day. 

Edited December 24, 2025 by BrickPrick

[CloneCommando99]

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the forum

Not a Eurobrick poster was stirring, not even a turtle;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that TIE Avenger soon would be there;

The AFOLs were nestled all snug in their beds;

While visions of Gingerbread AT ATs danced in their heads;

And Dave Filoni with his Grogu, and Kevin Feige with his Cap,

Had just turned off their brains for a nostalgia bait slap…

(Day #244, complete the story if you dare…)

Edited December 24, 2025 by CloneCommando99