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

[betaplayer]

1 hour ago, Kaijumeister said:

And here I was actually feeling hopeful for a solid wave of good system sets 

I’m guessing the X-Wing and TIE x1 will act as starter packs, with the rest of the March wave acting as add-ons without including the smart brick itself.

Yeah I agree, the set numbering seems to suggest that as well.

If the other sets are far less heavy on the smartbrick-thing, they could turn out okay value wise? I hope so.

While I'm sceptical about the smart gimmick thing, I do appreciate the clear focus on kids-oriented play and sets. Last January had 7 sets, of which 3 adult/display oriented.

8 playsets is good news imo, now let's hope the smartbrick doesn't hurt the value too much...

For that matter, I really hope that the entire wave isn't exclusive to one retailer, that's usually bad news. Can't believe Lego would do that with an entire wave and a new feature like this, limiting the availability like that is setting it up for failure imo.

[Llewop]

Seems to be trading one gimmick for another each year. I’m not keen on the smart brick thing like all of Lego’s other technology related gimmicks it’s just an inevitable failure. so realistically these bricks would be for ships? Can’t see them working well in locations unless it’s like a battlefield or maybe like a cantina setting?? One of the march sets was supposed to be a rebel and the other imperial so my wild guess is it’ll be an overpriced AT-ST and Snowspeeder. As for the third probably something cloney can’t forget about the bros. 75424 age range for a battlepack could be standard 4 with the stupid brick to make it more expensive? 

Edited September 15 by Llewop

[Mandalorianknight]

4 hours ago, Samppu said:

What I meant was a new mold for long legs wich would be modestly just one plate longer than the normal ones. Such legs would be useful for other characters too, like Chewbacca and other wookies.

This would be the point for me where I'd start to get annoyed with lego. The midi-legs and long legs are both fine for what they represent, but introducing slight height variations on the normal legs would really annoy me customization wise. At that point, just stick two black 1x1s on the bottom of your Vader fig, right?

3 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

I’m guessing the X-Wing and TIE x1 will act as starter packs, with the rest of the March wave acting as add-ons without including the smart brick itself.

It may be copium, but I'm hoping the X1 doesn't have a brick included. 478 pieces for $70 isn't anything special, but for LSW 2025 prices it's fairly reasonable, assuming they use large plates for the wings, and even in the worst case not as bad as the X-wing's smart brick price increase is. I don't think there's one in the set.

2 hours ago, Murdoch17 said:

First it was the 3D printed train in the Winter Village set. Then it was the smart bricks in SW sets. What new horror will they come up with next?!

What is Lego thinking these days?!?

The train isn't comparable. It's a single piece, it really means very little to the set- if you don't like it, just don't display it with the rest of the set. I'm not sure how to feel about the introduction of 3-D printed parts in general, but let's not act like it's anywhere close to the impact these Smart Bricks are going to have on the build and prices of these sets.

2 hours ago, Llewop said:

rebel and the other imperial

These are the X-wing and TIE ($100 and $70) we'd been discussing.

 

I think it may not be as bad as we assume. If we believe most of them are simply meant to integrate with the smart brick system and don't actually include them, all we may have to do is remove a few stickered tiles to obtain a normal set. It could be as bad as the sets coming with those stupid electronic minifigures, though, or the builds being that weird lego mario style.

Edited September 15 by Mandalorianknight

[Llewop]

30 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

 

These are the X-wing and TIE ($100 and $70) we'd been discussing.

 

I think it may not be as bad as we assume. If we believe most of them are simply meant to integrate with the smart brick system and don't actually include them, all we may have to do is remove a few stickered tiles to obtain a normal set. It could be as bad as the sets coming with those stupid electronic minifigures, though, or the builds being that weird lego mario style.

Sorry I thought we still had the mysterious rebel and imperial set. Why was I so excited about the march wave? Silly me lmao. Here’s hoping the Mando wave in May shows something promising and new and interesting. I suppose at least there’s no buildable figures dominating the waves so far

[Samppu]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

This would be the point for me where I'd start to get annoyed with lego. The midi-legs and long legs are both fine for what they represent, but introducing slight height variations on the normal legs would really annoy me customization wise. At that point, just stick two black 1x1s on the bottom of your Vader fig, right?

That's what I do personally, as alternatives don't exist (unless some customization involving tools and 3D printers), but I would prefer an official mold for longer legs for long characters, not just in Star Wars but in general.

But in the case of Star Wars, the use would be plenty. Darth Vader, wookies, pauans would come to mind in particular.

It would be exactly the same idea they did with the medium legs but to the opposite end, so I don't even see it very revolutionary to the concept of the minifigure really.

But the longer legs should only be like one plate higher, the Avatar versions would go too far.

 

One other similar wish mold-wise would be to have some sort of fatness backpack (or rather, front-pack), which would be attached to the minifigure's neck similarly as the backpacks are attached, but the mold would be used to give a round stomach on a figure's frontside of a torso. Customizers can achieve this by cutting and cluing the 2 x 2 inverted plates, but again, an actual mold would be cool. I admit that this would see only limited use in Star Wars, but where I would want it, nothing else could replace it, like using it for the body of a Rodian gangster Reelo Baruk from the Jedi Outcast video game.

Edited September 15 by Samppu

[CloneCommando99]

What chance do we have? The question is what choice? Run, hide, plead for mercy, scatter your forces. You give way to an enemy this evil with this much power and you condemn the theme to an eternity of submission. The time to fight is now! Every moment you waste is another step closer to the ashes of good play-sets.

Send your best boycotters away from the Lego store, send the entire fanbase if you have to. We need the smart bricks to bomb if there’s any hope of destroying them. (And improving chances of Tie Avenger)

Day #145 of Tie Avenger longing.

13 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Disappointed that we didn't get our daily song/quote/snappy remark, I'll fill in, and since I finished my yearly Thrawn Trilogy reread I'll use that:

"The whole thing's ridiculous. You know it, and I know it"

"@CloneCommando99 doesn't think so."

"@CloneCommando99's even a worse idealist than you are sometimes. In the first place, he's never going to be able to hold this fan coalition of his together"

But it was so artistically done.

12 hours ago, Murdoch17 said:

What is Lego thinking these days?!?

They be Jonkling. LSW is slowly turning into DC.

Our only hope is that these won’t cut into normal set slots and there’s still an August wave. But that’s unlikely.

9 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

 

It may be copium, but I'm hoping the X1 doesn't have a brick included. 478 pieces for $70 isn't anything special, but for LSW 2025 prices it's fairly reasonable, assuming they use large plates for the wings, and even in the worst case not as bad as the X-wing's smart brick price increase is. I don't think there's one in the set.

Pretty much confirmed to have a smartbrick included.

 

Any predictions?

I bet one of these smart bricks will be a Wolfpack set. Because Clone Bros will be too stupid to realise what they’ll actually be unleashing by buying in bulk until it’s too late.

Maybe a MF and Emperor’s throne room as well?

[BrickPrick]

21 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Red eyed vader, updated astromechs, and skirts for characters who wear them are probably my top three wanted minifigure upgrades.

Is that a fact? Then i may need to overthink my general desire to gamble coming forward. 

20 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I chuckle every time long-legged Vader gets brought up  You can try it out for yourself in BL Studio, and it looks HORRENDOUS  The long arms and legs have their uses, but this ain‘t it.

It was you who told me about this in the first place. I could literally not believe these ludicrous long legs longings were real. And i had and still have a similar reaction as you do. 

18 hours ago, Samppu said:

Yes, I have tried it and true, the Avatar legs make him look like a dark side giraffe.

What I meant was a new mold for long legs wich would be modestly just one plate longer than the normal ones. Such legs would be useful for other characters too, like Chewbacca and other wookies.

While i get the general idea and the certain mileage you would get from a brand new introduced piece... Sometimes Lego can't even keep track of the already existing parts, let alone using the right pieces for the right minifigures. So in that sense, i say adding even more fuel to the fire wouldn't be the greatest idea to see the Lego light of day. You need to walk first before you can properly run. 

16 hours ago, Llewop said:

Seems to be trading one gimmick for another each year. I’m not keen on the smart brick thing like all of Lego’s other technology related gimmicks it’s just an inevitable failure. so realistically these bricks would be for ships? Can’t see them working well in locations unless it’s like a battlefield or maybe like a cantina setting?? One of the march sets was supposed to be a rebel and the other imperial so my wild guess is it’ll be an overpriced AT-ST and Snowspeeder. As for the third probably something cloney can’t forget about the bros. 75424 age range for a battlepack could be standard 4 with the stupid brick to make it more expensive? 

Yeah, there's always a bigger fish. I mean, it's the same with all those additional formats, steadily rotating in and out on a yearly basis. No wonder this madness ain't gonna stop anytime soon. 

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Any predictions?

I bet one of these smart bricks will be a Wolfpack set. Because Clone Bros will be too stupid to realise what they’ll actually be unleashing by buying in bulk until it’s too late.

Maybe a MF and Emperor’s throne room as well?

Oh no... Get ready for the smart brick infused $30 something something Jedi Microfighter something something. And super charged $60 Super Clone Bro Battle Packs. With the inclusion of smart bricks, Lego could apply 4+ price points to every smaller Star Wars set imaginable. That's actually a scary thought, to be honest. 

[Mandalorianknight]

6 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Pretty much confirmed to have a smartbrick included.

I dunno. Again, $70 for 478 pieces is fairly normal for LSW in 2025. The X-wing was what, $100 for 384? I wouldn't be surprised if the X-wing was the "lego mario" of the wave, with everything else just having some stickers to interact with it.

Again that's not to say the builds of the non X-wing march sets won't be significantly compromised and/or have "smart" minifigures, still making them bad sets, but unless the X-wing set has like 7 smart bricks or something it seems like it's a big enough price increase that it's only in that set.

[CloneCommando99]

Sung from POV of Tie Avenger:

In the darkness of space, huh
I make the Rebel ships fall, huh
There's a million Tie variants
But I'm the best of them all, yeah

Who has the coolest gadgets? (Tie Avenger!)
Who is the tricked out ride? (Tie Avenger!)
Who does the sickest loop-the-loops? (Tie Avenger!)
Nananananana Tie Avenger, yeah!

Hey, hey, Tie Avenger yeah!
Hey, hey, Tie Avenger yeah!
Hey, hey, Tie Avenger yeah!
Dada dada dada dada Tie Avenger, yeah!

You think my engines are big? (Thanks)
You haven't seen my cockpit, huh
Ladies, it's okay if you stare (Why?)
'Cause I'm a billion credits

And this is me playing guitar also

I get the last command
I get the final shot
Throw you into the junkyard with Phantom One
Turn Jek Porkins, to dead Porkins 
I 100% am not a gunship, yeah

Who is the Tieliest Tie? (Tie Avenger!)
With the hull of of durasteel? (Tie Avenger!)
Who could choke hold a Gozanti? (Tie Avenger!)
Who never skips repair day? (Tie Avenger!)
Who always serves the Empire? (NOT Tie Avenger!)

Day #146 of The Lego Tie Avenger Movie

 

Edited September 17 by CloneCommando99

[BrickBob Studpants]

12 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Sung from POV of Tie Avenger:

This may be your best one yet  Someone needs to record this!

[Mandalorianknight]

19 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I get the last command

Who always serves the Empire? (NOT Tie Avenger!)

Calling out these two lines for the equally great Thrawn Trilogy reference and correlation of paying taxes to serving the empire. 

I'm still holding out hope the only set to actually include a Smart Brick/Smart Figs is the X-wing, and the rest just include some easily-removable scannable tiles like the Mario sets. I'm fairly confident on the brick, but a little worried on the figs. 

[Coryo]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'm still holding out hope the only set to actually include a Smart Brick/Smart Figs is the X-wing, and the rest just include some easily-removable scannable tiles like the Mario sets.

This image implies that it does have a unique reaction when placed on top of a specific printed tile (see the front of the helicopter), so maybe not all of the sets will need to include the brick itself. Although I'm sure any set that does include a smart tile will inevitably have an extra $10-20 added to the price.

[CloneCommando99]

Day #147 of the Tie Avenger nation.

[Kaijumeister]

On 9/15/2025 at 9:27 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

It may be copium, but I'm hoping the X1 doesn't have a brick included. 478 pieces for $70 isn't anything special, but for LSW 2025 prices it's fairly reasonable, assuming they use large plates for the wings, and even in the worst case not as bad as the X-wing's smart brick price increase is. I don't think there's one in the set.

I think it may not be as bad as we assume. If we believe most of them are simply meant to integrate with the smart brick system and don't actually include them, all we may have to do is remove a few stickered tiles to obtain a normal set. It could be as bad as the sets coming with those stupid electronic minifigures, though, or the builds being that weird lego mario style.

It’s true that the X1 has a suspiciously non-horrific PPP compared to the X-Wing, but at the same time I can imagine Lego wanting people to buy both that and the X-Wing without them having to share a Smart Brick. The curious thing from most pictures we’ve seen of builds incorporating the Smart Brick is that they don’t indicate said builds are compromised to accommodate it (which makes the supposed sketch of next year’s X-Wing all the more confounding given how simplified it looks).

And yep, good point. We’ve seen from the patent(?) leaks too that the electronic minifigures still have the same form factor as regular minifigures anyway. Curious to see what these March sets will be.

Edited September 18 by Kaijumeister

[BrickPrick]

Smart figures... By the maker, what madness has befallen us this time around? So they are looking like regular minifigs and dynamically react in an acustic manner based on input elsewhere or whatever special piece it's attached to? Sounds like another desperate attempt to put a smartphone in very young kid's hands and, of course, to make more buck by making less bang for your credits. I don't care if this sounds like "old man screaming at the clouds" kinda thing. I don't even have any children, so i don't have to deal with such matters. But I'm still neither friend nor fan of this whole thing whatsoever. Thanks, but no thanks. 

Edited September 18 by BrickPrick

[Llewop]

8 hours ago, Coryo said:

This image implies that it does have a unique reaction when placed on top of a specific printed tile (see the front of the helicopter), so maybe not all of the sets will need to include the brick itself. Although I'm sure any set that does include a smart tile will inevitably have an extra $10-20 added to the price.

I hope one of those tiles has the iconic death screams from the original Lego Star Wars game. 

[Mandalorianknight]

10 hours ago, Coryo said:

This image implies that it does have a unique reaction when placed on top of a specific printed tile (see the front of the helicopter), so maybe not all of the sets will need to include the brick itself. Although I'm sure any set that does include a smart tile will inevitably have an extra $10-20 added to the price.

I don't know- again, the X1 has a suspiciously normal (not good, but normal) PPP, and while I don't believe we have piece counts for the others (Aside from the X-wing, which we know has the brick itself and a resultingly vomit-inducing PPP), a lot of the mario sets that only have stickered tiles seem to be fine value for what they are. Based on some of the other nintendo offerings I wouldn't say disney's charging all that much more than them for licensing, so unless the builds are dumbed-down to accommodate the play features, we might actually be OK for most of the march sets after all.

4 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

It’s true that the X1 has a suspiciously non-horrific PPP compared to the X-Wing, but at the same time I can imagine Lego wanting people to buy both that and the X-Wing without them having to share a Smart Brick. The curious thing from most pictures we’ve seen of builds incorporating the Smart Brick is that they don’t indicate said builds are compromised to accommodate it (which makes the supposed sketch of next year’s X-Wing all the more confounding given how simplified it looks).

And yep, good point. We’ve seen from the patent(?) leaks too that the electronic minifigures still have the same form factor as regular minifigures anyway. Curious to see what these March sets will be.

This is a good point, but I just can't see a 478 piece $70 set and a 584 piece $100 set both having the smart brick- it's 100 more pieces for $30 more, and while lego star wars certainly has some laughable discrepancies, I don't remember too many being in the same wave and that bad percentage wise.

As you say, the Smart Brick seems to be wireless in some way, probably akin to the lego mario as people are guessing. The minifigures seem to be identical, just with stuff in the torso. (Which is still a no-go for me. I want normal dumb minifigures. I'm still the type of guy who won't buy a fridge or microwave or car if it's "smart", there's no way I'm buying "smart" LEGOS.)

2 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Sounds like another desperate attempt to put a smartphone in very young kid's hands

I assume this isn't the direct goal of lego. I feel like they'd have more financial incentive keeping phones AWAY from kids if they could- so they'd be more into normal toys- and this is more of a "all the kids have them anyway, might as well try and use them to get them buying legos" type of thing. 

That said, while it might not be as insidiously motivated, it still has the same end result of inevitably getting more kids hooked on smart devices. I'm young enough to have grown up with the Ipad for part of my childhood, but I was lucky to have parents that kept screen time limited until I was old enough to understand how to regulate it myself. I can reliably say from working with kids for a few summers that most of the ones currently in lego's target age range aren't so lucky. It makes it difficult for conventional toys to compete, sure, but it almost feels cowardly to just give up and keep trying to make sets that incorporate smartphones into the play pattern. It's a massive generational issue and this type of thing, while meant to try and adapt to it, only ends up stifling imagination at best and actively putting kids on screens when they otherwise wouldn't be at worst.

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

I hope one of those tiles has the iconic death screams from the original Lego Star Wars game. 

If they can just give some tiles with the iconic death noises (Yoda, the different trooper noises, Jango, Anakin) I will purchase all the tiles (assumably for like $0.1 each on bricklink) and a smart brick to construct a device that plays them at random intervals at the loudest possible setting. This is the only way in which I could be compelled to purchase a smart brick.

[BrickPrick]

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I assume this isn't the direct goal of lego. I feel like they'd have more financial incentive keeping phones AWAY from kids if they could- so they'd be more into normal toys- and this is more of a "all the kids have them anyway, might as well try and use them to get them buying legos" type of thing. 

That said, while it might not be as insidiously motivated, it still has the same end result of inevitably getting more kids hooked on smart devices. I'm young enough to have grown up with the Ipad for part of my childhood, but I was lucky to have parents that kept screen time limited until I was old enough to understand how to regulate it myself. I can reliably say from working with kids for a few summers that most of the ones currently in lego's target age range aren't so lucky. It makes it difficult for conventional toys to compete, sure, but it almost feels cowardly to just give up and keep trying to make sets that incorporate smartphones into the play pattern. It's a massive generational issue and this type of thing, while meant to try and adapt to it, only ends up stifling imagination at best and actively putting kids on screens when they otherwise wouldn't be at worst.

Yeah, whether this is Lego's ultimate goal or not, they will take things however they come, i suppose. The end result will be the same.

I was fortunate enough to grow up in a period of time when there were absolutely no smartphones to be found, because, well, they haven't been invented yet. And when they were affordably available for the mass market, i was almost at adults age already. Can't say that i regret anything about these times. I'm not even mad at Lego for going with the times. Surely it's annoying to see several catalogues absolutely blasted with all that "download this - scan that" type of stuff. I know how creative and imaginative these layouts used to look. Anybody may call me old fashioned in this regard, but i perceive Lego as one of those pure hobbies that is actually supposed to keep you away from screens for however long the fun lasts. But again, I can't blame Lego for trying to cater to new generation's consuming behavior to boost their business even further. Those are the times we live in nowadays. It might just be these exact times i don't tend to enjoy that much. At least when it comes to growing up, it's hard not to dwell in nostalgic nature. Because otherwise... I am in no way, shape or form in any shortage of screen time. Can't say that i regret anything about that either. 

 

Cad Bane minifigure leaks before Christmas, pretty please. 

Edited September 18 by BrickPrick

[Llewop]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

If they can just give some tiles with the iconic death noises (Yoda, the different trooper noises, Jango, Anakin) I will purchase all the tiles (assumably for like $0.1 each on bricklink) and a smart brick to construct a device that plays them at random intervals at the loudest possible setting. This is the only way in which I could be compelled to purchase a smart brick.

I know it’s the only scenario in which I would buy in to it. Want the R2 screech.

seriously though a pod racing set with these tiles would be amazing. I can see the potential of the smart brick but I think they are forgetting that kids don’t need it to play for decades kids have been playing with Lego without the need of technology. Can’t see this lasting for long tbh 

[CloneCommando99]

Remember that the frontier of the rebellion is everywhere.

Day #148 of asking for a Lego Tie Avenger

13 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Cad Bane minifigure leaks before Christmas, pretty please. 

Hopeful leaks before Christmas please. 
 

20 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Curious to see what these March sets will be.

They’ll probably be playing their best hits. And judging by the X-Wing sketch, they won’t care for accuracy.

• Jedi starfighter
• Emperor’s throne room
• Republic Gunship 
• AT ST
• Snowspeeder

 

[CallumPears]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

They’ll probably be playing their best hits. And judging by the X-Wing sketch, they won’t care for accuracy.

• Jedi starfighter
• Emperor’s throne room
• Republic Gunship 
• AT ST
• Snowspeeder

Emperor's Throne Room™️ with Darth Vader No™️ sound effect 

18 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The minifigures seem to be identical, just with stuff in the torso. (Which is still a no-go for me. I want normal dumb minifigures. I'm still the type of guy who won't buy a fridge or microwave or car if it's "smart", there's no way I'm buying "smart" LEGOS.)

Yeah I don't like when they mess with minifigures. The old light-up ones were already annoying enough. Hopefully these ""smart"" ones are similarly short-lived. 

[BrickPrick]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Remember that the frontier of the rebellion is everywhere.

Day #148 of asking for a Lego Tie Avenger

Hopeful leaks before Christmas please. 
 

They’ll probably be playing their best hits. And judging by the X-Wing sketch, they won’t care for accuracy.

• Jedi starfighter
• Emperor’s throne room
• Republic Gunship 
• AT ST
• Snowspeeder

 

This template would have been awesome for editing in them familiar faces all over these noble knights. Still is a rather fitting opportunity... don't you think? 

Yes, because the way we know Lego, they won't show anything Lego Star Wars related before the very last seconds of the year. 

Clone Bro's or not, i would like them to re-release at least one of the more rarer Jedi every year and bringing them up to modern standards. As for 2026, wouldn't say no to a brand new Kit Fisto and, of course, a matching TCW General Skywalker minifigure. Apparently, the latter wasn't actually possible in a very reasonably priced $45 Jedi Starfighter. 

Probably wouldn't care for a throne room. Just another case for Lego to keep on ignoring the importance of skirt pieces. However i would take a standard release of the Republic Gunship and AT-ST. On the other hand, in order to add a third Snowspeeder to my collection, it would need to trigger my FOMO real hard. 

[Kaijumeister]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

They’ll probably be playing their best hits. And judging by the X-Wing sketch, they won’t care for accuracy.

• Jedi starfighter
• Emperor’s throne room
• Republic Gunship 
• AT ST
• Snowspeeder

 

Your daily memes never fail to impress 

I feel like if they do finally do a regular Republic Gunship, it’ll include Phase 1 clones. No way is that new P1 pilot helmet a one-off (then again, I thought the Imperial Supercommando helmets from last year would be reused for Hunter).

@BrickPrick A General Skywalker and Count Dooku minifigure are my top Clone Wars wishlist items for next year. A Phase 1 Captain Rex too but that’s pushing it. 

[BrickPrick]

18 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

@BrickPrick A General Skywalker and Count Dooku minifigure are my top Clone Wars wishlist items for next year. A Phase 1 Captain Rex too but that’s pushing it. 

Yep, mine too. Count Dooku will be happening next year. Source? My gut feeling. I will gladly add Zam Wesell for my most wanted minifigures. While getting more Phase 1 Clone Troopers would be the logical next step for Lego, they would rank a fair bit lower on my list as well. Of course, there are plenty of prequel characters that we never got beyond all that. But these i like to define as different desires and thus would fall under my own definition of pushing it. They are like a separate category compared to already existing characters that just happened to be missing in action for half an eternity. It's like they are in a league of elite plastic pieces of their own. 

[betaplayer]

On 9/18/2025 at 5:43 AM, Coryo said:

, so maybe not all of the sets will need to include the brick itself. Although I'm sure any set that does include a smart tile will inevitably have an extra $10-20 added to the price.

Various sources say that there will be sets with the brick and separte expansion sets. Apparently when this was tested, it also was conceived this way, a bit like Mario.

I wonder if the smart tiles are really smart or just contain a unique print? It could mean a huge difference in cost. I wouldn't see how you get a chip in a regular tile tbh.

If the smaller sets are just regular sets, which fut in the smartbrick-system, without a ridiculous cost... That could be alright imo.