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

[Balrogofmorgoth]

On 7/27/2025 at 10:51 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Jeez, guys. @Balrogofmorgoth was sharing a story about something nice he did for his son and everyone's acting like he's killing the theme. No, a dad buying a single copy of the battle pack for his kid's birthday isn't why the battle packs are $45. Even the general trope of parents buying the sets their kids specifically ask for is not why. There's a clear trend of clone battle packs having frontloaded sales and going on significant discount within 6 months to a year of release, and that's not because every child on the planet's birthday is in January or August.

I appreciate it, brother! I think some people have lost sight of what lego collecting is all about. Especially for kids! Nothing like seeing their excitement and joy at tearing open a new lego box they’ve been desperately wanting!

On 7/28/2025 at 7:39 AM, BrickPrick said:

Well, the difference between a UCS and MBS set matters to me on a mere personal level. But like i said, i don't think either format is gonna work wonders as far as suddenly increasing consumer's value is concerned. Having more UCS sets like the UCS Sail Barge (or the AT-AT) containing more than the regular pair of minifigures doesn't speak against more MBS sets, though. As the latter are always based on locations, while the former are obviously ships. I more so perceive the ten-ish minifigures for more expensive UCS sets as sort of middle ground between your regular priced ones with two figs and MBS sets with a line-up of 20+ figs. 

I imagine it’s going to be MBS style, even if that official title is out the window. It’ll likely be labeled UCS or Collector’s Edition or something. But it’s got a ton of figures and sounds like display dioramas throughout so I suppose it’s fair enough to say it’s “MBS style”

[DonQuixote]

On 7/30/2025 at 4:22 PM, icm said:

Airplanes all look the same, cars all look the same, Batmobiles all look the same. If you desperately need a Batmobile, why not put a black knight minifig inside a black City car and call it good? One minifig in a car has exactly the same play utility as another minifig in a car, as long as you have a little imagination.

That's why Lego want you to have to imagine the Deathstar is actually spherical 

[Yperio_Bricks]

Actually I was wrong when I was complaining about the omission of dual-molded legs in a certain 1000$ set. Actually the minifigs getting the premium treatment! Plain dark grey legs are more expensive than dual-molded legs 

Seriously, we don't know how they calculate the prices of these different legs, but one thing is for sure, people buy the dual-molded legs in masses from PAB, so they must be produced in masses, and that's why they are so cheap, right?

Edited Saturday at 03:37 PM by Yperio_Bricks
typo

[Mandalorianknight]

11 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Checkmate Clone Bros! As you can see, I have portrayed myself as the chad and you as the soyjack.

I heard somewhere 15-25% of LEGOs parts in the US come from the Denamark and Vietnam factories and therefore are subject to tariffs. But I may be mistaken and Lego’s just being really greedy.

Touché 

And people weren’t really all that hyped for either 322nd BP as it turns out.

Pack it up, we've won, the august wave has been pulled from shelves and replaced with TIE avengers at every price point. No one can withstand such a debilitating blow.

Yeah, it's global-scale manufacturing so we can't tell exactly what it should be, which works in lego's favor- though if the Mexico bricks are covered by the USMCA, which some base-level research would imply it is, they're definitely overcharging unless they're bringing a number of parts in from China.

Yeah I don't know what market research lego's doing that implies people want the 332nd so badly. I feel like even the most die-hard clone guys would rather have a legion we DIDN'T just get. I mean I personally am cloned-out to the point that a super battle pack based on one of my favorite legions (327th) won't have me buying even at a reasonable price, but if that 2026 $20 pack was wolfpack or coruscant guard (with the hound trooper) or something I'd probably get a copy or two at some point.

2 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yeah, i feel like some people are missing half the plot when they are gushing about the original sets being supremely superior and all. You can dislike the current downsizing all you want, or just prefer the old model, but there were pros and cons back then just like there are today. But reminiscing in nostalgia prevents some people to see the bigger picture when doing these direct comparisons. 

When it comes to talking everything Battle Packs, you are my designated go-to guy. So i gotta tell you, seeing the 327th one sub 30 bucks at day one is kinda tempting. If only the set itself was a little more interesting to me. Man, i'm just so tired of it all. While the pricing for other sets already sucked back in the day, you at least could resort to some amazing and much more affordable Battle Packs. When their pricing increased as well, it was a bitter pill to swallow at first, but content-wise they were still great... some aspects were even improved upon. But nowadays they are both pricy and pretty boring... so predictable. Even if the price is to my liking, i am in no rush to get it anymore, because the excitement is kinda low-level. Can easily get the 37th Clone BP way later down the line. It's the end of the world (of clone craziness) as we know it... and i feel fine. 

Yup- 2008 era sets were at a significantly lower level of detail. And when you account for inflation, in many cases the cost/figures ratio is worse than today.

Glad to hear it, and I completely agree. 

2 hours ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

I appreciate it, brother! I think some people have lost sight of what lego collecting is all about. Especially for kids! Nothing like seeing their excitement and joy at tearing open a new lego box they’ve been desperately wanting!

Yup. Birthday presents aren't why these are so expensive anyway. Especially not a $45 set meant as an army-builder.

2 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

Actually I was wrong when I was complaining about the omission of dual-molded legs in a certain 1000$ set. Actually the minifigs getting the premium treatment! Plain dark grey legs are more expensive than dual-molded legs 

Seriously, we don't know how they calculate the prices of these different legs, but one thing is for sure, people buy the dual-molded legs in masses from PAB, so they must be produced in masses, and that's why they are so cheap, right?

Darn, man, now you've got me wanting to mass-order these on PAB for my imperial officers. (And you know, I say that, but I just looked at my officer meeting and I only have 4 DBG officers aside from Tarkin- who I already gave dual-molded legs to off a batman. Now, if they've got LBG and Dark Tan legs with boots as well...)

[Yperio_Bricks]

6 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Darn, man, now you've got me wanting to mass-order these on PAB for my imperial officers. (And you know, I say that, but I just looked at my officer meeting and I only have 4 DBG officers aside from Tarkin- who I already gave dual-molded legs to off a batman. Now, if they've got LBG and Dark Tan legs with boots as well...)

They have LBG with black boots, but it's triple the price of the DBG ones. Then they also have dark tan legs with reddish brown boots, but I don't know if that's the color combination you are looking for. These are even more expensive.

[Meaf]

No idea if Lego has ever commented on where exactly everything gets made, but I wouldn't be surprised if certain pieces are only produced in one factory. Making molds is expensive and stuff like a helmet or alien head that will only be used for one minifigure ever might just be cheaper to make entirely with one mold in one specific place, then ship over. Not sure that that would really fully explain the price increases but that might be part of it. 

If anything though I think the biggest reason for them is probably just that they don't want it to feel like they're constantly jacking up prices over the next couple years. This way they're covered if inflation keeps happening consistently, and if not then they've just made some extra money.

[CloneCommando99]

Day #101 of glorious purpose of Tie Avenger posting until Lego makes one.

21 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

At this point, we can only hope that the leakers aren’t aware of your mission, because if they are and your wish is granted, they might delay revealing it just to see what posts you can still come up with

As long as it takes…

12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Pack it up, we've won, the august wave has been pulled from shelves and replaced with TIE avengers at every price point. No one can withstand such a debilitating blow.

Next the Marvel and Batman crowd will quiver in terror as the entire 2026 Superhero lineup turns into an array of GL mechs. All with different variants of Kyle Rayner!!

Edited yesterday at 06:38 AM by CloneCommando99

[BrickPrick]

21 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah I don't know what market research lego's doing that implies people want the 332nd so badly. I feel like even the most die-hard clone guys would rather have a legion we DIDN'T just get. I mean I personally am cloned-out to the point that a super battle pack based on one of my favorite legions (327th) won't have me buying even at a reasonable price, but if that 2026 $20 pack was wolfpack or coruscant guard (with the hound trooper) or something I'd probably get a copy or two at some point.

Yup- 2008 era sets were at a significantly lower level of detail. And when you account for inflation, in many cases the cost/figures ratio is worse than today.

Glad to hear it, and I completely agree. 

While i wouldn't necessarily describe myself as one of the dedicated Clone Bro's, i am generally known to be super sick of them by now. If it still has to be Clone Trooper Battle Packs, you either base it on a never before done fresh unit. Or at the very least make it a legion which hasn't shown up for a while. Or, you know... uh, stop putting clones in everything you can and provide other factions some much deserved spotlight. 

Yes, the price points bears mentioning too. People completely neglecting the fact that Lego was always a pretty expensive hobby. The difference is you got better balanced price ranges back then compared to here and now. So you've got your fair share of affordable sets besides the obvious overpriced stuff. Nowadays you got a lot less lows and much more highs in terms of price points. But yeah, adjusted for inflation, believe it or not, some sets either equal or are even cheaper today than they were in the past.

I might as well wait to get the 327th along with the MTT, which would be a long way from now. 

18 hours ago, Meaf said:

No idea if Lego has ever commented on where exactly everything gets made, but I wouldn't be surprised if certain pieces are only produced in one factory. Making molds is expensive and stuff like a helmet or alien head that will only be used for one minifigure ever might just be cheaper to make entirely with one mold in one specific place, then ship over. Not sure that that would really fully explain the price increases but that might be part of it. 

Yes, Lego has to ship pieces which vary by color amd shape between several factories. This might be part of the reason on why they use mismatched colored pieces for some sets. As it would obviously be much cheaper for them to use wrong and locally available colors for selected parts instead of having to import the right ones from around the world every single time. 

8 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Day #101 of glorious purpose of Tie Avenger posting until Lego makes one.

As long as it takes…

Next the Marvel and Batman crowd will quiver in terror as the entire 2026 Superhero lineup turns into an array of GL mechs. All with different variants of Kyle Rayner!!

Good maker... While i want the TIE Avenger to happen next year as much as the next guy, i hope it won't be revealed anytime soon. Would be somewhat of a shame to potentially miss out substantially on your magnificent meme machine. 

Edited 20 hours ago by BrickPrick

[CloneCommando99]

17 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

ood maker... While i want the TIE Avenger to happen next year as much as the next guy, i hope it won't be revealed anytime soon. Would be somewhat of a shame to potentially miss out substantially on your magnificent meme machine. 

Thanks.

 

Day #102 of asking for a big beautiful Lego Tie Avenger.