Tariq j Posted July 25 Posted July 25 It's a shame about the lack of dual modeled legs here. In a much, much cheaper set it would have been more forgivable but in a $1000 set every minifigure should really be perfect. Great to finally see a Galen Erso figure. Is that the outfit he wears on Eadu? Nice to also see the inclusion of Motti and Tagge here. Looks like we've also got Sim Aloo here although they've just called him a generic dignitary. Quote
Brickify Posted July 25 Posted July 25 (edited) Some death troops ,mas ameeda and sly Moore would make this a lot more appealing to me at this price point.How did the royal guards not get updated helmets the old ones work but look dated compared to the other modern figs.I don’t understand how LEGO just picks and chooses who gets the dual mould or not.The hot tub trooper took priority but the officers, Han or C-3PO don’t get it even though they got them before for cheaper.Definitely not a fan of this last year from LEGO the inconsistency for these prices is too much. Edited July 25 by Brickify Quote
Yperio_Bricks Posted July 25 Posted July 25 Not including dual-molded legs in a $1000 set is laughable. A classic LEGO move, but laughable. But who knows, LEGO just declared the 65 stickers in the Aslume set a "cool extra". Guess it is also a cool shopping experience to buy the missing legs from PAB online, to complete the $1000 set you just bought, eh?!? Would be funny if everyone, and I mean everyone, would boycott this $1000 set and make it the biggest fail in LEGO history. A perpetual meme machine that we could tell our grandchildren. One can dream, right? Quote
Llewop Posted July 25 Posted July 25 Kind of annoyed that they are happy to do hot tub stormtrooper from the Lego games but we are still here waiting for the GOAT rebel friend? Figures look great for me don’t give a toss about printing or whatever but this is a kind of set that I will only ever see in the Lego shop. Unless I win the lotto. Euromillions in the U.K. tonight is over 100million be able to afford one with a win lol. don’t think there are any great surprises or omissions with that line up so far except for hot tub guy. But 15 figures and a GWP to go… Quote
Rwbricks Posted July 25 Posted July 25 3 hours ago, Tariq j said: It's a shame about the lack of dual modeled legs here. In a much, much cheaper set it would have been more forgivable but in a $1000 set every minifigure should really be perfect. Great to finally see a Galen Erso figure. Is that the outfit he wears on Eadu? Nice to also see the inclusion of Motti and Tagge here. Looks like we've also got Sim Aloo here although they've just called him a generic dignitary. It looks like it is his Eadu outfit! Glad to finally be getting Mass Mikkelsen as a minifigure. The new Luke and Han look great, but the lack of dual-molded legs all around (except for the great hot tub trooper) is pathetic. As has been said before, the legs for the officers exist and can easily be used, and now the $5 keychain C-3PO is better than the one in the $1000 set. Quote
icm Posted July 25 Posted July 25 In these potato pictures it kinda looks like Han has a new hair piece. Does it look that way to anyone else? Quote
BrickPrick Posted July 25 Posted July 25 (edited) 9 hours ago, Kaijumeister said: Such a good point, especially when the ship itself is predominantly grey too! The artwork on the side of each Black Series box coupled with the colourful trims really elevates them (especially the newer style Hasbro have been using after the window-less boxes didn’t work out). Whilst the coloured banners / ribbons on 18+ Lego sets are pleasant, I still think the complete black background is utterly devoid of soul. Saves a lot of money on packaging design at least I imagine. ’Wide as the ocean and deep as a puddle’ - that made me chuckle, and it’s a rather accurate way of describing the theme this year. So, buildable characters! We received 5(!) this year, and I’m sure they’ll try to match or exceed that next year. I wonder what characters they’re planning for 2026 to clog up more set slots. There’s no denying the builds themselves are solid, but do we truly need so many? Yeah, i truly do not know what went wrong there. I agree, it's a soulless husk of what could have been or still be some decent looking box art. Not that i mind a more minimalistic approach. Like, i don't need tons of explosions and special effects in order to find something astehtically pleasing... especially for something that is meant to be a display model. Less can definitely be more there. But starring at a black void with just a little bit of colouring on there ain't gonna cut it for me. Honestly, doesn't need to, since i don't have interest of getting any 18+ sets anyways. But yeah, like you said, considering it has to help cutting costs, that might be a good thing in the bigger picture. Depends on how or if Lego uses those actual savings, i guess. Ha, this is actually how i like to describe the Star Wars franchise as a whole. It comes across as this vast universe filled with so many different characters, locations and stories to tell, but upon taking a closer look you may find that it's actually rather limited. Yep, i don't see a problem with this format by design, just take issues with the rapid pace Lego is launching these things. This would have been fine in the last decade or so when we got like north of 60 sets per year, but nowadays all that it does is killing much more valuable system scale set slots. 7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Say what you will about this year of LSW, but they released the my top 3 most wanted characters all in the same year, so no complaints from me Curious what the other two most wanted minifigures of yours are? If i had to take an uneducated guess, i'd say they are Babu Frik and Lama Su. 6 hours ago, Llewop said: Hopefully we get a hot tub trooper mech in 2026 I second this. 6 hours ago, EvanHnuel said: No dual molded legs Han is such an L Well, you can't spell Lego without an L, so it kinda checks out. After all, this set is only retail for a thousand bucks. What did you expect Lego to do... applying some much needed logic in favor of their consumers paying them a premium? 5 hours ago, CallumPears said: Wow no dual moulding on any of them really is disappointing. Easy to fix for the most part (except for the ones with printed legs) but we shouldn't need to do that. Also Yularen's legs should be fully black not white. They got that wrong in the polybag version of him too. Tarkin is a little too blurry to tell whether they got his code cylinders right. Oh boy, i can already tell you are going to have a field day with this one. Too easy... Edited July 25 by BrickPrick Quote
Darth_Bane13 Posted July 25 Posted July 25 15 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said: Sure, but we're not talking about people who didn't plan on buying the set at all and happened upon it on discount. We're talking about people who say they are going to wait for a sale on a set rather than full price, which objectively does deny lego that revenue. If they are seeing that sales are greater when the sets are at a lower price... yes, that's good, that's what we want, that's why people wait for those discounts. Well more people buy sets when they're on discount so I think it's relevant to the discussion. I'm willing to bet most LSW sets sell better at a lower price. Take Obi wans starfighter from 2022, it has been 20% off at your standard retailers for years now. Does that mean it's sold poorly? No, and it also hasn't stopped Lego from increasing Jedi starfighter/interceptor every year. People need wait for clearance or not buy at all for this to have any change in Lego's future prices. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 25 Posted July 25 (edited) 58 minutes ago, BrickPrick said: Curious what the other two most wanted minifigures of yours are? If i had to take an uneducated guess, i'd say they are Babu Frik and Lama Su. Babu Frik and The Senate, TROS edition! Dedra Meero, Lama Su, Double Death Troopers, Bly, Bacara, 327th troopers, Galactic Marines, an accurate P1 Clone Pilot, TBOBF Cad Bane, and Cobb Vanth were also ranking high on my wishlist ^^ Now I need to think who succeeds them at the top of my wishlist! Candidates include SM-33, Enoch, L3-37, Dryden Voss, Mayfeld, Qimir, Sol, Boss Nass, an updated Shaak Ti, Talzin, an Incinerator Trooper, Brutus, Carson Teva, a new Mon Mothma, and Shmi. No clue about the exact order tho Edited July 25 by BrickBob Studpants Quote
CallumPears Posted July 25 Posted July 25 (edited) 1 hour ago, BrickPrick said: Oh boy, i can already tell you are going to have a field day with this one. Too easy... Tbh Yularen's legs are an easy fix since they aren't printed or anything. It's just a weird thing to mess up when we clearly see him having black trousers in all 3 of ANH, Rebels, and Andor. Cheaping out on the dual moulding obviously sucks, but honestly that sort of thing bothers me less since at least there's the "justification" of them being greedy. It's a terrible reason, but it is still a reason. The things that really annoy me are the silly mistakes which happen for absolutely no reason beyond pure incompetence. The only cause for me to be worried about Tarkin is that they made the mistake with Thrawn, but hopefully for Tarkin they just copied the 2016 figure 1:1 since that was already perfect (except for the lack of boots but we aren't getting those now either). We'll know once we get a less-blurry picture. Edited July 25 by CallumPears Quote
Lordhelmet Posted July 25 Posted July 25 (edited) the lack of dual molded legs is a bit disappointing but not a deal breaker for me. Wish sim aloo was called by the name instead of title but love that he is there, plus tagge, motti, erso, krennic, tarkin, and yularen. Just buying the used minifigures we have (tarkin, yularen, krennic) is over $150 today, adding in the new ones we are probably talking about over $300 for just those minifigures. Excited to see the other 15 or so, it would be cool to see a few more unique figures to add, I do assume there are multiple guards, storm troopers, and gunners. Very excited for this set. Edit: No printing on the skirt piece for the imperial dignitary is just sad. Lego really hates us customers to not do the simple things, and the worst part is because of all the exclusive figs I'm still going to buy it which is probably just as sad. The one piece sets, sound wave, and gameboy sets all have crazy detail and printing, not sure how Lego Star Wars can have this many lack of details (or errors that we have seen in other sets recently). Why would this theme have this many minifigure problems, and then not the details? It's $1000. But I guess they do it because people like me are stupid enough to keep buying sets for specific figures. Edit 2: Does the hot tub trooper have duel molded legs? ... Really? So the hot tub trooper gets duel molded legs, but none of the officers, C-3PO, etc. etc. Edited July 25 by Lordhelmet Quote
brimbolet Posted July 25 Posted July 25 I honestly don't understand the point of adding a hot tub stormtrooper. Seems like a wasted opportunity to make some special figure. Mas Amedda for instance. Quote
ForgedInLego Posted July 25 Posted July 25 4 minutes ago, brimbolet said: I honestly don't understand the point of adding a hot tub stormtrooper. Seems like a wasted opportunity to make some special figure. Mas Amedda for instance. The funny I'd rather have the hot tub stormtrooper than another glup shitto Quote
Lordhelmet Posted July 25 Posted July 25 18 minutes ago, ForgedInLego said: The funny I'd rather have the hot tub stormtrooper than another glup shitto Fair. I’d rather have another glup shitto than this glup shitto (hot tub stormtrooper). Quote
BrickPrick Posted July 25 Posted July 25 2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Babu Frik and The Senate, TROS edition! Dedra Meero, Lama Su, Double Death Troopers, Bly, Bacara, 327th troopers, Galactic Marines, an accurate P1 Clone Pilot, TBOBF Cad Bane, and Cobb Vanth were also ranking high on my wishlist ^^ Now I need to think who succeeds them at the top of my wishlist! Candidates include SM-33, Enoch, L3-37, Dryden Voss, Mayfeld, Qimir, Sol, Boss Nass, an updated Shaak Ti, Talzin, an Incinerator Trooper, Brutus, Carson Teva, a new Mon Mothma, and Shmi. No clue about the exact order tho That is one wonderfully meaty wishlist, man. Mine would be basically yours... just without the TROS additions. Although not new characters, i'm very glad about finally having Plo Koon plus at long last getting a solid Jango Fett and Asajj Ventress in the near future, while always taking more troops. Also very much looking forward to Lama Su. And, of course, my profile picture, also known as TBOBF Cad Bane will be a terrific treat to kick off the new year. Everything else, figures from the CTT & MTT, is much further away for me, though. Don't know yet where the U-Wing will fit in. My wishlist of never before done characters would be heavily based on the PT. So i definitely share your picks of Shmi Skywalker and Boss Nass. In addition... how about Dexter Jettster? Wouldn't say no to some Separatist leaders like Wat Tambor either. On the imperial side of things i wanna add some long overdue Purge Troopers to the Incinerator ones. In terms of much needed modern makeovers, i mostly have to think about Zam Wesell and Count Dooku. The former came out around 1984 or something. 2 hours ago, CallumPears said: Tbh Yularen's legs are an easy fix since they aren't printed or anything. It's just a weird thing to mess up when we clearly see him having black trousers in all 3 of ANH, Rebels, and Andor. Cheaping out on the dual moulding obviously sucks, but honestly that sort of thing bothers me less since at least there's the "justification" of them being greedy. It's a terrible reason, but it is still a reason. The things that really annoy me are the silly mistakes which happen for absolutely no reason beyond pure incompetence. The only cause for me to be worried about Tarkin is that they made the mistake with Thrawn, but hopefully for Tarkin they just copied the 2016 figure 1:1 since that was already perfect (except for the lack of boots but we aren't getting those now either). We'll know once we get a less-blurry picture. What do you think about Yularen sharing the same hair piece as Tarkin? I think that's an odd choice on Lego's part. Easy enough to fix as well, but still... The lack of dual moulded legs for the Lego Star Wars theme is a tale as old as time. So even though that still sucks, more so in a set of this magnitude, i never expected Lego to give them some, which keeps my disappointment in check. What i can't fathom, however, is the ongoing lack of skirt pieces for both Palps and his Royal Guard. They are fully cloaked characters and their design would greatly benefit from having them. I mean, they even got the alternative piece from the Rivendell set in order for them to sit down properly. Why not make use of those? It might have been too soon for the Final Duel Diorama... but two year later? Quote
Darth_Bane13 Posted July 25 Posted July 25 48 minutes ago, BrickPrick said: The lack of dual moulded legs for the Lego Star Wars theme is a tale as old as time. So even though that still sucks, more so in a set of this magnitude, i never expected Lego to give them some, which keeps my disappointment in check. What's crazy is that they put the dual molded C3PO in a $140 set (buildable C3PO) and imperial officer dual molded legs in a $70 set (Vader meditation) yet can't do it in a $1000 set. Quote
CallumPears Posted July 26 Posted July 26 1 hour ago, BrickPrick said: What do you think about Yularen sharing the same hair piece as Tarkin? I think that's an odd choice on Lego's part. Easy enough to fix as well, but still... Definitely prefer the polybag figure from what we've seen so far. Can't really make out his face but that old one was perfect, and yeah not sure I like the hair choice. I guess it's more like how he looks in Andor? 15 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said: What's crazy is that they put the dual molded C3PO in a $140 set (buildable C3PO) and imperial officer dual molded legs in a $70 set (Vader meditation) yet can't do it in a $1000 set. And they do it for £3.50 CMFs, and also sell the legs themselves for 50p on Pick a Brick (I bought 100 of them, which was more than I needed to replace the ones on my officers and have enough left over to last me until they start including them as standard) Quote
BrickPrick Posted July 26 Posted July 26 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said: What's crazy is that they put the dual molded C3PO in a $140 set (buildable C3PO) and imperial officer dual molded legs in a $70 set (Vader meditation) yet can't do it in a $1000 set. Yep. And to top it all off... They released that exact superior C-3PO as a key chain for 6€! What can i tell you, it was already embarrassing to skip over his inclusion in the $500 UCS Sail Barge. And now it's even more embarrassing in the $1000 UCS Death Star. Twice the greed, double the money, if you will. I mean, downgrading UCS figures for their much cheaper system scale equivalents is one thing... But not keep on giving them in much more expensive UCS sets is straight up unacceptable. On a happier note... Where are you, Saw Gerrera? You're here! You're not having to show up in any more Star Wars properties before Lego finally decides to give you a much deserved official minifigure! You're here! You're right here, and you're ready to fight! Honestly, what a magnificent minifigure. In my opinion, the best 25th anniversary figure bar none. That's four down now, up to two more to go! Screw you young Leia, though, i've got no plans for you. Edited July 26 by BrickPrick Quote
Darth_Bane13 Posted July 26 Posted July 26 2 hours ago, BrickPrick said: On a happier note... Where are you, Saw Gerrera? You're here! You're not having to show up in any more Star Wars properties before Lego finally decides to give you a much deserved official minifigure! You're here! You're right here, and you're ready to fight! Honestly, what a magnificent minifigure. In my opinion, the best 25th anniversary figure bar none. Yeah it's him or Malak for me, would be Cal if they included his poncho... Quote
hikouki Posted July 26 Posted July 26 The Reddit leak with the pages detailing the minifigs is showing a total of 25 minifigs. Are those all there is to this set? Quote
AD_Bricks Posted July 26 Posted July 26 46 minutes ago, hikouki said: The Reddit leak with the pages detailing the minifigs is showing a total of 25 minifigs. Are those all there is to this set? There have to be duplicates of stormtrooper, death star gunner, and royal guard, so it's at least 28, but I reckon there are probably just more pages that haven't shown up yet. Quote
CallumPears Posted July 26 Posted July 26 (edited) 3 hours ago, hikouki said: The Reddit leak with the pages detailing the minifigs is showing a total of 25 minifigs. Are those all there is to this set? I think the total we're expecting is 38. Speculation here, but we can almost guarantee there will be duplicates of the Stormtrooper, Gunner, and Royal Guard, and we haven't seen Obi-Wan or any Navy Troopers yet. So that'd increase it by 6, then within the remaining 7 I'm sure there will be one of the black-suited Navy officers like we saw in 75159 and also an Imperial astromech of some sort. Possibly a TIE Pilot too. Edited July 26 by CallumPears Quote
CloneCommando99 Posted July 26 Posted July 26 (Day #93 of the cause.) Still eagerly waiting to hear more news on 75421 and 75423. Quote
Classic_Spaceman Posted July 26 Posted July 26 OK - Where to start?? 😠 Palpatine should have the classic hood piece; “Imperial Dignitary” needs skirt printing, and his being unnamed means that we are only getting one of Palpatine’s advisors (which is a major missed opportunity, as a $1,000 Death Star is the perfect place for a multitude of Glup Shittos); the Royal Guard is woefully outdated now, and in need of a full redesign (new dual-moulded helmet, printed skirt piece); Krennic does not appear to have leg printing, which makes his holster cut off awkwardly (it should extend onto the leg, as Dedra Meero’s does); Galen Erso should have printed arms, but I doubt that he will; the lack of dual-moulded legs for Han and farmboy Luke is bad enough, but Tarkin/Motti/Tagge having solid grey legs (instead of the currently-in-production dual-moulded ones!!) is absolutely kriffing unacceptable (and C-3PO’s lack of a dual-moulded right leg is is similarly infuriating); Yularen has white legs (rather than the correct black), which though a minor issue, is again an absurd oversight for such a set (though at least they refer to him by the correct rank now 😐). Also, given the placement of figures in the lineup, I doubt that we will get Bast or Romodi (though they could be on a page with Navy Troopers and a Security captain (4 blue)). For the positives, I am glad we are finally some getting new desirable Imperials, as well as updates of ones already produced; Vader’s torso is new (his ANH design!), so hopefully this version will reappear in less expensive sets; the ANH heroes (plus RotJ Luke) have updated designs as well, so again I expect them to appear in future sets; the generic Imperial personnel (Hot Tub Stormtrooper aside) all seem to reuse Minifigs/parts from the ISD (the shuttle pilot appears to have the Navy Trooper torso and black officer’s cap), so BrickLink prices on them should not be any higher than they are now; finally, SDA-RA-7 looks good. Just as an aside, I would be willing to bet gold-pressed latinum that the “Imperial Dignitary” hat gets reused for Guinan in the Enterprise-D, as it is close enough to one of the purple hats she wore that I can see LEGO using it for her (in fact, it would not be surprised if the ability to use a new weird hat mould for two Minifigs is the only reason that we got “Imperial Dignitary” in the first place!). 22 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said: Still eagerly waiting to hear more news on 75421 and 75423. The age ranges on those are too low for anything like a TIE Avenger or the Fondor, so definitely “calibrate your enthusiasm” (NOT a hint - Just a good bit of advice!). Quote
Virginia_Bricks Posted July 26 Posted July 26 (edited) An image of the box top leaked on Reddit, but with the final 5 mini-figures off to the side for 38. At least 5 stormtroopers but possibly more. Edited July 26 by Virginia_Bricks Quote
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