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

[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 Monday at 06:15 PM 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 Monday at 08:27 PM 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 Monday at 10:35 PM 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 19 hours ago 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.