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

[Lordhelmet]

39 minutes ago, CallumPears said:

Some truly new figures like Padmé would be great, though even then I'd prefer if they just did small sets at the same price point instead of a mech, especially since Marvel, Minecraft, etc. can manage to do it perfectly fine. 

Agreed, but if we have to have mechs then I would consider buying with better minifigs.  I do genuinely like the microfighter line though especially the ones where we get a decent character.

[Darth_Bane13]

13 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I need Krennic to be released in a cheaper set than the DS next year. His torso is super useful and can do double duty as he has the same rank plaque as a Admiral. 

Krennic shuttle microfighter 

4 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Well yeah, there are obviously more important main characters than Count Dooku. So it's understandable why Lego would prioritize one over the other, like Darth Maul or General Grievous. However, i don't think it's that easy to see why this hasn't already happened at all. To me, it sorta feels like a head scratcher. And if Ventress, who is hardly any more relevant than Dooku, can be remade after a decade, so can the Count after an even longer disappearance. Just bring him back as long as the Clone Extravaganza is up and running. A Solar Sailor remake would be yet another possible and fitting set for him to finally show up again.

Hopefully they include the sail if they do the Solar Sailor again, it will probably be pretty expensive though.

[CallumPears]

1 hour ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Krennic shuttle microfighter

One of the biggest disappointments for me was when they made that set a few years ago and then included a random pilot instead of Krennic 

[BrickPrick]

10 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

I would actually buy mechs if they had a mini figure that I didn’t have 5 of already.  I’d be good with a padme one (we don’t have enough padme options), a dooku one, grievous, Krennic, Mara jade, would at least make them more interesting (I think plo and Rex were good by the way just agreeing we need more like this)

Yes, although this format is more uninteresting, it's the same principle and price point that applies to Microfighters. A desirable minifigure in a small set goes a long way. Unless they do more than the most popular main characters you can get in more interesting sets, i won't even look at those miserable mech monstosities. 

7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

While I generally buy every set from the themes I collect, I do draw lines. For instance, I ignore store builds, multipacks, and most convention exclusives  And Mr Gold. I‘m not paying $2k+ for a single minifig!

So you literally buy every unique Lego Star Wars set you can find under the sun? If so, since when are you collecting this theme? Given your extensive experience with Eurobricks, i reckon it was quite a long time ago.

5 hours ago, CallumPears said:

With the shift to 18+ stuff that might be a pretty bold claim. 

If things continue down this path, we will soon have a year upon us with more 18+ and additional formats than all system scale sets releases combined.

3 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Hopefully they include the sail if they do the Solar Sailor again, it will probably be pretty expensive though.

I think Lego would cheap out on this aspect, but at least deliver the best Count Dooku minifigure. Some subtle leg printing would be good to get. 

1 hour ago, CallumPears said:

One of the biggest disappointments for me was when they made that set a few years ago and then included a random pilot instead of Krennic 

Were they blind? They deployed the wrong minifigure! 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

https://brickset.com/article/122246

This illustrates really well how bad we're having it right now with LEGO Star Wars.

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

So you literally buy every unique Lego Star Wars set you can find under the sun? If so, since when are you collecting this theme? Given your extensive experience with Eurobricks, i reckon it was quite a long time ago.

1999  Though I don‘t have anything pre-2008 on display anymore and I didn‘t become a completionist until 2013, so there are some gaps in the first half of the theme‘s current lifespan, like the AT-OT & Dropship, Super Star Destroyer, UCS Imperial Shuttle, and UCS B-Wing ^^

[BrickPrick]

8 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

If things continue down this path, we will soon have a year upon us with more 18+ and additional formats than all system scale sets releases combined. 

Oh no, what on earth am i constantly babbling about...

2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

https://brickset.com/article/122246

This illustrates really well how bad we're having it right now with LEGO Star Wars.

This is literally about to happen! While the overall breakdown of different formats will adjust closer in favor of more system scale sets with the upcoming summer wave, this is indeed a sad sight to see. Clone Extravaganza or not, this article highlights the true root of the problem. 

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

1999  Though I don‘t have anything pre-2008 on display anymore and I didn‘t become a completionist until 2013, so there are some gaps in the first half of the theme‘s current lifespan, like the AT-OT & Dropship, Super Star Destroyer, UCS Imperial Shuttle, and UCS B-Wing ^^

Woah... figures. A true veteran to the theme, then. A man who has seen it all. I imagine you would need a lot of space for display. And then some for the actual sets. 

That minifigure collection is bound to be brillant. 

 

1999 is around the time i got into Lego Star Wars as well, but i can not say it sticked as a hobby of mine. It was more casual and undefined like "yeah, you are a child and just happened to play with some Lego bricks every now and then." While my love for Star Wars grew ever stronger over time, my interest for Lego (other than all the TT games) fadded at some point. Again, at those young years, that wasn't exactly a conscious choice either. But yeah, i was only to return until i happened to stumble upon what some consider the best Battle Packs of all time. That was the spark that reignited it all for me... or even lit that flame in the first place. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

47 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Woah... figures. A true veteran to the theme, then. A man who has seen it all. I imagine you would need a lot of space for display. And then some for the actual sets. 

That minifigure collection is bound to be brillant. 

It kinda got out of hand  I have two LEGO rooms now (one for movie/TV themes and the other for videogame themes) and unlicensed sets are mostly on display in the living room, while the basement contains nothing but boxes  According to Brickset, I’m currently approaching 6k sets and 11k minifigs, though to be fair, they list every CMF as a separate set, inflating the number a bit.

Sounds like you had quite long-lasting Dark Ages! I never experienced those  I wonder how many other AFOLs skipped them, seems pretty rare!

[CloneCommando99]

3 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

https://brickset.com/article/122246

This illustrates really well how bad we're having it right now with LEGO Star Wars.

Dark times indeed.

 

Day #51 of pushing our lines forward.

19 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Sounds like you had quite long-lasting Dark Ages

I’m going to have a dark age if this keeps up.

[Kaijumeister]

3 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

https://brickset.com/article/122246

This illustrates really well how bad we're having it right now with LEGO Star Wars.

I’m quite glad to see a LAN member site finally call this out. Hopefully the LSW team course correct sooner rather than later.

They raise a good point about the dilution of having too many sublines too. Having both mechs and micro fighters seems redundant (especially with there only being one of each in 2025). And was there truly a need for five buildable characters this year? Are they truly that popular?

[Yperio_Bricks]

4 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

https://brickset.com/article/122246

This illustrates really well how bad we're having it right now with LEGO Star Wars.

The table says it all. So sad 

[BrickPrick]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

It kinda got out of hand  I have two LEGO rooms now (one for movie/TV themes and the other for videogame themes) and unlicensed sets are mostly on display in the living room, while the basement contains nothing but boxes  According to Brickset, I’m currently approaching 6k sets and 11k minifigs, though to be fair, they list every CMF as a separate set, inflating the number a bit.

Sounds like you had quite long-lasting Dark Ages! I never experienced those  I wonder how many other AFOLs skipped them, seems pretty rare!

This is indeed getting out of hand. Now i know you are one of them. And yep... those are some insane numbers, which i won't ever come anywhere close to. But that's a given if you don't permanently collect multiple themes. 

Ha, that's the thing... Since i never really got into Lego in the first place, it never necessarily felt like my dark ages. Though technically, it is. 

Funnily enough, me getting the two Battle Packs super spontaneously all this time later, wasn't my final push as a hobby of collecting Lego either... but i got real close to it. 

Edited June 14 by BrickPrick

[Flawless Cowboy]

6 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

1999  Though I don‘t have anything pre-2008 on display anymore and I didn‘t become a completionist until 2013, so there are some gaps in the first half of the theme‘s current lifespan, like the AT-OT & Dropship, Super Star Destroyer, UCS Imperial Shuttle, and UCS B-Wing ^^

How do you deal with stickers fading over time on older sets? Do you get replacements?

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

How do you deal with stickers fading over time on older sets? Do you get replacements?

Thankfully, all my post-2010 stickers are in good shape! Some older sets look a bit rough now, like the 2008 Gunship  And some of my 2005 stickers are disintegrating, while others are still okay

[Flawless Cowboy]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Thankfully, all my post-2010 stickers are in good shape! Some older sets look a bit rough now, like the 2008 Gunship  And some of my 2005 stickers are disintegrating, while others are still okay

Lego updated its stickers sometime in the 00s, my old UCS N1’s stickers are almost all disintegrated, but my 2005 vulture droid looks flawless, even though part of the sticker is hanging over the piece. And it’s not like I kept it out of the elements when I was younger. Hopefully they stick forever!

[Darth_Bane13]

7 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Oh no, what on earth am i constantly babbling about...

This is literally about to happen! While the overall breakdown of different formats will adjust closer in favor of more system scale sets with the upcoming summer wave, this is indeed a sad sight to see. Clone Extravaganza or not, this article highlights the true root of the problem. 

Woah... figures. A true veteran to the theme, then. A man who has seen it all. I imagine you would need a lot of space for display. And then some for the actual sets. 

That minifigure collection is bound to be brillant. 

 

1999 is around the time i got into Lego Star Wars as well, but i can not say it sticked as a hobby of mine. It was more casual and undefined like "yeah, you are a child and just happened to play with some Lego bricks every now and then." While my love for Star Wars grew ever stronger over time, my interest for Lego (other than all the TT games) fadded at some point. Again, at those young years, that wasn't exactly a conscious choice either. But yeah, i was only to return until i happened to stumble upon what some consider the best Battle Packs of all time. That was the spark that reignited it all for me... or even lit that flame in the first place. 

Which Battle packs?

6 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

It kinda got out of hand  I have two LEGO rooms now (one for movie/TV themes and the other for videogame themes) and unlicensed sets are mostly on display in the living room, while the basement contains nothing but boxes  According to Brickset, I’m currently approaching 6k sets and 11k minifigs, though to be fair, they list every CMF as a separate set, inflating the number a bit.

How do you deal with dust? Also you're living my dream lol

5 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

I’m quite glad to see a LAN member site finally call this out. Hopefully the LSW team course correct sooner rather than later.

They raise a good point about the dilution of having too many sublines too. Having both mechs and micro fighters seems redundant (especially with there only being one of each in 2025). And was there truly a need for five buildable characters this year? Are they truly that popular?

Yeah I don't think they should've brought back the helmets so soon either, they're scraping the bottom of the barrel with that subtheme.

[Meaf]

8 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Sounds like you had quite long-lasting Dark Ages! I never experienced those  I wonder how many other AFOLs skipped them, seems pretty rare!

I never had one, got into Legos when I was around 8 I think and have been interested ever since (I'm only in my mid-twenties now, though). I don't have any particularly impressive collections unless owning almost every minifigure variant of Zane counts.

Anyway back on the topic of LSW, are we expecting to see the summer sets soon? I think I've mostly made up my mind on them by now, but I'd still like to see official images since it's a little hard to get a feel for the size of some of them in the leaks. I might be convinced to buy the Turbo Tank if it looks better from some other angles, but the leak makes it look pretty small so I'd have to find it for quite cheap if that's the case. 

[Mandalorianknight]

8 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Dark times indeed.

Before the Dark Times. Before the Clone Empire.

 

I never really had a Dark Ages. Though given how many sets it sounds like people here buy, in comparison it's possible I've been in my dark ages this whole time.

Edited June 14 by Mandalorianknight

[Shiva]

12 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

https://brickset.com/article/122246

This illustrates really well how bad we're having it right now with LEGO Star Wars.

 

8 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

The table says it all. So sad 

Sequel Trilogy, Andor, Solo. What years were they released?

+ Wasn't that a LOT of minifig-scaleish sets and buildable minifigs 2016-2018? 

Maybe LEGO saw that it was too many?

[ArrowBricks]

1 hour ago, Meaf said:

Anyway back on the topic of LSW, are we expecting to see the summer sets soon? I think I've mostly made up my mind on them by now, but I'd still like to see official images since it's a little hard to get a feel for the size of some of them in the leaks. I might be convinced to buy the Turbo Tank if it looks better from some other angles, but the leak makes it look pretty small so I'd have to find it for quite cheap if that's the case. 

Be end of June, early July. 

9 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

The table says it all. So sad 

LEGO are convinced 18+ = no play scale. 

Correct that error and we feast. They do this my reducing some of the sub-themes focused on 18+. I would remove mid-scale ships and diorama’s and keep Helmets and buildable characters/droids. 

Then move those 3-4 slots into 18+ play scale sets which I have banged on about the last months. 

[Yperio_Bricks]

2 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

Be end of June, early July. 

LEGO are convinced 18+ = no play scale. 

Correct that error and we feast. They do this my reducing some of the sub-themes focused on 18+. I would remove mid-scale ships and diorama’s and keep Helmets and buildable characters/droids. 

Then move those 3-4 slots into 18+ play scale sets which I have banged on about the last months. 

I think the minifig scale dioramas, such as the trash compactor or Dagobah or okay  But only because I see them as enhanced play scale sets.

All the other 18+ lines I would dismiss     

Since I left my dark ages a couple years ago I bought 34 different Lego Star Wars sets: one 18+ set, 32 play scale sets and one advent calendar. For me play sets or play scale includes microfighters and battlepacks and some of the old planet series which I was able to pick up in a store 10 years after they retired (or whatever the number of years is ). The only 18+ set i got is the Dagobah diorama - because it's minifig scale!

Of the 34 sets I bought the most expensive ones where Boba's Palace, the Scythe and the Resistance I-TS Transport all at an RRP of €99.99. (I bought them at varying discounts.)

So long story short, I basically only buy LSW play scale sets with minifigs between €10 - €100. Maybe I am in the minority nowadays but If Lego continues their 18+ path, I am going to buy less and less Lego Star Wars sets  And it's not that I am going to buy many more sets from other themes instead because the minifigs are an important part for me and other themes do not have Star Wars minifigs... (And there are no max €99 pirates or castle sets in which I would be interested in).

Edited June 14 by Yperio_Bricks

[BrickPrick]

4 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Which Battle packs?

Right on time with all the current clone extravaganza going on, those were the Kashyyyk and Utapau Troopers. 

 

I was quite out of the Lego loop back then and was impressed how far they came in terms of the detailed printing. Before i knew what Disney was up to, i was also pretty excited about TFA, contributing greatly to my general Star Wars hype. So it was somewhat of an impulse buy for me. I would get Anakin's Jedi Interceptor and Snowspeeder shortly after. But it turned out to be just a quick burst of interest. It wasn't until the end of 2017 that i continuously collected and got into Lego Star Wars for real. In physical form, that is. I always adored the Lego (Star Wars) games. Played and platinumed more than any human should have. 

[Lordhelmet]

17 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Sounds like you had quite long-lasting Dark Ages! I never experienced those  I wonder how many other AFOLs skipped them, seems pretty rare!

I had a dark age from 2002-2007 and a significant dark age from 2013 to 2020 missed a lot of good sets, but I am only a LOTR completionist so I was able to get the Star Wars things I missed that I wanted (minus a few things that are worth hunting).

 

6 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

I think the minifig scale dioramas, such as the trash compactor or Dagobah or okay  But only because I see them as enhanced play scale sets.

All the other 18+ lines I would dismiss

The minifig dioramas were some of my favorite sets, specifically Vader meditation chamber, speeder chase, and throne room.

i don’t collect the helmets but i do appreciate the starship theme since it gets good sized capital ships for display (they should come with a minifigure).  I just wish they would do one of each theme per year.  So one diorama, one helmet, one starship, one buildable figure,  even give them one spare slot for experiments or an extra in any of the categories.  This year though we have ten from these and none of them were the minifigure based dioramas (Mustafar would have been awesome).

[Darth_Bane13]

7 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Right on time with all the current clone extravaganza going on, those were the Kashyyyk and Utapau Troopers. 

Nice, I got both of those back in the day, probably the best clone battle packs in my opinion.

[CloneCommando99]

Ninjago has now received 2026 info.

 

Fingers crossed we get SW next. I need to know for sure.

And I hope a Tie Avenger is among them (Day #52)
 

12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Before the Dark Times. Before the Clone Empire.

Yes. Though I fear their reign is just beginning if this year’s sets do sell very well thanks to MandR’s hordes…

 

Edited June 15 by CloneCommando99