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

[Lordhelmet]

On 10/12/2025 at 2:58 AM, Swordy said:

Beautiful. Just now noticed the purple lightsaber; I was about to ask about her.

True perfection :)

[Mandalorianknight]

10 hours ago, Swordy said:

Yes, MandoKnight must be the Fist of Khonshu and somehow also John Walker. Maybe in this timeline John Walker is chosen by Khonshu instead?
 

Exactly. This feels like a $200ish Art set blown up to a larger-than-should-be scale. I’d never accuse designers of laziness—the interior of the $1k DS looks immaculate, truly—but I will suggest a lack of thought toward the stability. Sure, a Technic-heavy core like the Falcon’s would definitely compromise aesthetics, yet to hear that it contains no Technic is mindblowing—not in the best way, mind you.

Indeed, ‘tis a welcome Thanksgiving tradition—hide away from the extended family, scour the web for the leaks, yell into the computer how awfully inaccurate the toy is, then return for second helpings of pumpkin pie.
Set descriptions seem to precede the set leaks by a mere day nowadays. I’m hopeful for May news more than anything.

"John Walker is chosen as the Fist of Khonshu" would be an incredibly sic What If. Plenty of parallels between him and Marc and how the establishment heroes view them.

It's just such an odd decision- like you say, it's an art set blown up to a too-large scale. It should have been $350-400, smaller, and able to be mounted to walls. The concept is too odd for the flagship of the theme.

The amount of times they've leaked on the actual date of thanksgiving almost feels like they're doing it intentionally. It's definitely a welcome tradition.

 

Guessing the minifigure lists for the sets we know the identities of:

The Mandalorian and Grogu's Speeder Bike: Mando and Grogu, of course

TIE Advanced: Vader, Tarkin, TIE Pilot

"Smart" X-wing: Luke Skywalker "Smart figure", Darth Vader "Smart Figure", R2-D2 "Smart figure", stormtrooper "Smart figure"

Cobb Vanth's Speeder: Cobb Vanth, Cad Bane, and I'm gonna guess we also get a Tusken Raider

Grogu's Homestead: The Mandalorian, Grogu

And then obviously we know who's in the clone shock trooper mech and SoM battle pack already.

 

[Darth_Bane13]

11 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Agreed. The civilised discussion is far superior to echo chambers like Reddit and YouTube. It’s nice hearing different preferences instead of “MoRE ClOnE WaRS” and “DoES LegO HaTE tHeIR FaNs?” karma farming and engagement baiting over and over again. (Might be ironic coming from the Tie Avenger guy)

Opinions feel a lot more genuine here. And that’s why I love this place.

I think Lego YouTube has especially gotten worse over the years, so many Mr Beast style slop channels. Reddit can be decent but you have to sift through a lot of generic posts, the upvote system definitely makes it an echo chamber though.

5 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Woah... Based on the writing style of your postings, I never imagined for you to be this young. Or in other words, I didn't expect to be that much older than you are. 

I guess I'm one of the younger people here, I think people my age tend to use social media more than forums.

[Renny The Spaceman]

@CloneCommando99 if LEGO decided to do a TIE Avenger but it's based off Legends as one of those occasional random sets they do for a non-canon thing, ad it just comes with a TIE Pilot and a couple generic Imperials would you count that as a win?

[CloneCommando99]

11 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

@CloneCommando99 if LEGO decided to do a TIE Avenger but it's based off Legends as one of those occasional random sets they do for a non-canon thing, ad it just comes with a TIE Pilot and a couple generic Imperials would you count that as a win?

But only if Mara Jade is also included.

(Day #173 of the crusade!)

22 hours ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

Hey, now THIS is blasphemy! If there's one thing the Brits can do it's a good cup of tea 

Yorkshire pudding and Steak Bake!! smh.

23 hours ago, Swordy said:

Beautiful; couldn’t have said it better myself, and thus you have reverse-Swordy’d me.

It was about time I returned the favour I guess.

12 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I think Lego YouTube has especially gotten worse over the years, so many Mr Beast style slop channels. Reddit can be decent but you have to sift through a lot of generic posts, the upvote system definitely makes it an echo chamber though.

It’s been on a downward spiral since the 501st Battlepack and 212th AT TE made them think Lego answers to them.

[Renny The Spaceman]

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

It's been on a downward spiral since the 501st Battlepack and 212th AT TE made them think Lego answers to them.

I get that's what killed like LEGO Star Wars spaces but more broadly LEGO spaces were turned into this separate of that. It's a mix of YouTube encouraging permeant Elsagate content and the general LEGO investor bubble expanding to swallow the hobby as a whole in 2020. Which I suppose is partly because of that certain sect of LEGO Star Wars fans but ngl, it goes way deeper than just Clone bros, I think generally LEGO Star Wars was the patient zero for all of LEGOs worst traits today.

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

But only if Mara Jade is also included.

(Day #173 of the crusade!)

Do we think that she actually could be included one day in like the anniversary style of making random characters they wouldn't otherwise? I wonder if there's a licenser rule against old EU stuff. I feel like if she was gonna happen last year would have been the way it did. 

Tangentially related, do we think they'll do a Rebel Friend at some point? Since they did the Beach Trooper and Jedi Bob it seems possible. Think he's the last classic LEGO Star Wars gag character left

[Lordhelmet]

7 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

But only if Mara Jade is also included.

This is the way.  (In reality getting a range trooper and the red/black tie pilot outfit would be sweet though)

 

I am curious how many sets would be sold if it included Mara Jade.  Like if a rebuild the galaxy set, or some anniversary set included Mara Jade would it be marginal, or are there still enough book fans to make a significant dent in sales.  I just re-read the Thrawn trilogy, and am now re-reading the hand of thrawn books and they really get me more excited about Star Wars than anything that has come out minus Andor.  

[Mandalorianknight]

10 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

It’s been on a downward spiral since the 501st Battlepack and 212th AT TE made them think Lego answers to them.

 

The issue is that in those two scenarios (Assuming the rumor of the 212th AT-TE having originally been AOTC based before being swapped to accommodate P2 Cody was correct), they did. Listening to the fans is all well and good- and certainly something the MCU and Lucasfilm are both learning that they need to do- but if you succumb to the 501st social media campaign, you can't be surprised when the people you gave an inch to try and take a mile.

5 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Do we think that she actually could be included one day in like the anniversary style of making random characters they wouldn't otherwise? I wonder if there's a licenser rule against old EU stuff. I feel like if she was gonna happen last year would have been the way it did. 

Tangentially related, do we think they'll do a Rebel Friend at some point? Since they did the Beach Trooper and Jedi Bob it seems possible. Think he's the last classic LEGO Star Wars gag character left

Absolutely no rule against old EU stuff, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten Malek last year or the Sandspeeder in 2018 or what have you. They do occasionally throw that sort of thing out there.

I'm sure we'll see him by 2027, I could easily see him either being in the UCS Tantive IV or a GWP alongside it (And I'd be shocked if 2027 didn't bring us a new UCS Tantive IV)

2 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

This is the way.  (In reality getting a range trooper and the red/black tie pilot outfit would be sweet though)

 

I am curious how many sets would be sold if it included Mara Jade.  Like if a rebuild the galaxy set, or some anniversary set included Mara Jade would it be marginal, or are there still enough book fans to make a significant dent in sales.  I just re-read the Thrawn trilogy, and am now re-reading the hand of thrawn books and they really get me more excited about Star Wars than anything that has come out minus Andor.  

I always saw it as more orange than red. Like lego's tomato soup color they just added.

The Thrawn Trilogy books are probably my favorite star wars content outside the original films. Zahn perfectly understood both the existing characters and how to create engaging new ones that fit the lore like Thrawn, the Noghri, Mara, Karrde, C'Baoth, Pelleaon, Ferrier, etc. Plus they adhered to the old legends "stormtroopers are the shock troops, army troops are used as generic guards and grunts" standard that I prefer to the "stormtroopers are generic talentless goons" one that later legends and canon have used. 

I think Mara would do just fine- I don't think she'd sell a set as well as Revan or anything but she'd certainly have done better than Young Leia for instance.

[Darth_Bane13]

47 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The issue is that in those two scenarios (Assuming the rumor of the 212th AT-TE having originally been AOTC based before being swapped to accommodate P2 Cody was correct), they did. Listening to the fans is all well and good- and certainly something the MCU and Lucasfilm are both learning that they need to do- but if you succumb to the 501st social media campaign, you can't be surprised when the people you gave an inch to try and take a mile.

Lego themselves benefitted most from the 501st battle pack as they realized they could be charging way more money for battle packs. Clone battle packs used to be $2.50 ($4 adjusted for inflation) per figure, now the new one is $11.25 per clone. Sure you get more pieces but who really cares about battle pack builds anyway. The 501st battle pack essentially killed affordable army building, so now only rich youtubers can do it.

[CloneCommando99]

Demetrius: “Villain, what hast thou done?”

Aaron: “That which thou canst not undo.”

Chiron: “Thou hast undone our Tie Avenger.”

Aaron: “Villain, I have built thy Tie Avenger.”

 

(Day #174)

[TheDoctor]

On 10/13/2025 at 10:23 AM, BrickBob Studpants said:

 It feels so much more personal than social media.

And we can have actual discussions rather than flamewars and other such nonsense  

I actually think that's a detractor for the site and makes it feel very cliquey.

I've seen good comments and topics drowned by endless repeat discussion on the same inane topics (printing, predictions, dual-molding, pricing).

It's one of the reasons that I don't closely follow the LOTR thread.
There's only so many wishlists, predictions and constant discussions about things that will never happen (modular Minas Tirith ) that I can stand.

And coming back here to a repeat post about a Tie Avenger every day just isn't appealing or funny any more, just seems like spam.

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One of the few positives I can recall recently was at least a balanced and considered discussion on the new DS rather than just jumping on the bandwagon and slating it.

[BrickPrick]

On 10/13/2025 at 7:33 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Guessing the minifigure lists for the sets we know the identities of:

The Mandalorian and Grogu's Speeder Bike: Mando and Grogu, of course

TIE Advanced: Vader, Tarkin, TIE Pilot

"Smart" X-wing: Luke Skywalker "Smart figure", Darth Vader "Smart Figure", R2-D2 "Smart figure", stormtrooper "Smart figure"

Cobb Vanth's Speeder: Cobb Vanth, Cad Bane, and I'm gonna guess we also get a Tusken Raider

Grogu's Homestead: The Mandalorian, Grogu

And then obviously we know who's in the clone shock trooper mech and SoM battle pack already.

Given the rather classic selection of sets, the minifigure line-ups basically write themselves. There may be enough wiggle room to replace one trooper with another, but other than that... there is quite a limited element of surprise at play here. Suffice to say, a Tarkin figure would be a big get to me. 

On 10/13/2025 at 8:01 PM, Darth_Bane13 said:

I guess I'm one of the younger people here, I think people my age tend to use social media more than forums.

Yeah, that's usually how it goes. Just wanted to say that you come across quite mature in your postings, but maybe that's just me. 

4 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

I actually think that's a detractor for the site and makes it feel very cliquey.

I've seen good comments and topics drowned by endless repeat discussion on the same inane topics (printing, predictions, dual-molding, pricing).

It's one of the reasons that I don't closely follow the LOTR thread.
There's only so many wishlists, predictions and constant discussions about things that will never happen (modular Minas Tirith ) that I can stand.

And coming back here to a repeat post about a Tie Avenger every day just isn't appealing or funny any more, just seems like spam.

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One of the few positives I can recall recently was at least a balanced and considered discussion on the new DS rather than just jumping on the bandwagon and slating it.

What you describe is basically... real life communication? When you are in any kind of relationship, significant other, friends, family, or in this case interacting with folks in an online forum, you are bound to talk about the same "boring" stuff from time to time. As it's natural to repeat yourself every once in a while. It's legit to feel burned out about this form of conversation sooner or later, but i don't see the appeal of criticizing something so ordinary. 

Repetitive as it may be, there were, are and always will be predictions about something. It's par for the course. As some people just love to speculate about stuff they want or don't want to see. And who is to say something will never happen? There has been some unlikely stuff happening in the last couple of years. And why was that? Because enough people relentlessly reiterated the same tired old stuff over and over again online.

I disagree with every cell of my body. These postings are part of the fun and an additional reason to follow this thread. And given the amount of effort @CloneCommando99 puts into these, even considering those as spam is mind baffling. I admire his passion... his persistence. And if some of it gets a good chuckle out of someone.... that's even better. Don't wanna see the "no fun allowed" shield placed in here for something so inoffensive.

It was very nice indeed, but to be honest... nothing out of the ordinary either. I see these mindful takes here on a regular basis. So it was nothing i didn't necessarily expected to see in the first place. 

Edited October 15 by BrickPrick

[BrickBob Studpants]

4 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

And coming back here to a repeat post about a Tie Avenger every day just isn't appealing or funny any more, just seems like spam.

You‘re entitled to your opinion, but that‘s far from being spam! @CloneCommando99 clearly puts a lot of effort into his daily posts and memes!  Lambasting TLG‘s social media accounts with stupid hashtags, now that‘s actual spam!

I also politely disagree with some of your other points. While I‘m not particularly fond of some discussions either, the vast majority of them are nuanced and have a right to exist. Speculation (and borderline wishlisting) are a natural part of our hobby ^^

[MKJoshA]

6 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

I actually think that's a detractor for the site and makes it feel very cliquey.

I've seen good comments and topics drowned by endless repeat discussion on the same inane topics (printing, predictions, dual-molding, pricing).

It's one of the reasons that I don't closely follow the LOTR thread.
There's only so many wishlists, predictions and constant discussions about things that will never happen (modular Minas Tirith ) that I can stand.

And coming back here to a repeat post about a Tie Avenger every day just isn't appealing or funny any more, just seems like spam.

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One of the few positives I can recall recently was at least a balanced and considered discussion on the new DS rather than just jumping on the bandwagon and slating it.

To each his own. But I've found that every internet place of communication has its cliques. We try to have as open and accepting a clique as possible on EB. If it's not your cup of tea that's fine. 

[icm]

6 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

And coming back here to a repeat post about a Tie Avenger every day just isn't appealing or funny any more, just seems like spam.

If you're tired of the talk about a TIE Avenger by Lego, would you care to purchase for @CloneCommando99 a TBF Avenger by Cobi? It's a pretty good kit, and it's the same thing. Just a few letters changed. You know, like those Star Plan sets by L*pin.

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Edited October 15 by icm

[Renny The Spaceman]

21 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The issue is that in those two scenarios (Assuming the rumor of the 212th AT-TE having originally been AOTC based before being swapped to accommodate P2 Cody was correct), they did. Listening to the fans is all well and good- and certainly something the MCU and Lucasfilm are both learning that they need to do- but if you succumb to the 501st social media campaign, you can't be surprised when the people you gave an inch to try and take a mile.

Yeah, the AT-TE swap was fair, it's one of the best recent Star Wars sets in value and Cody was a relatively notable character who had been snubbed, it made sense as a set and clearly did something right as it's still being sold 3 years on. I think the difference is with situations like the 501st Battle Pack and the recent clone onslaught is less "LEGO cowtowing to the annoying Clone Bros" and more LEGO seeing these people are easy to fleece and making sets 700 ridiculously overpriced sets even by LEGO SW standards that crumble quicker than brittle brown and knowing they can get away with it if they put some glup shitto trooper in it.

 

 

22 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Absolutely no rule against old EU stuff, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten Malek last year or the Sandspeeder in 2018 or what have you. They do occasionally throw that sort of thing out there.

I'm sure we'll see him by 2027, I could easily see him either being in the UCS Tantive IV or a GWP alongside it (And I'd be shocked if 2027 didn't bring us a new UCS Tantive IV)

The Sandspeeder was a Kenner thing, not Legends I think. I assumed Malek was the one in Clone Wars for 12 seconds but checked and that's Darth Bane so go figure. 

Rebel Friend would make sense in that, yeah. I feel GWP would be more likely as UCS sets usually just have two figures and LEGO wants them to be from the base media

[McMurder_them_softly]

On 10/11/2025 at 2:11 AM, Swordy said:

A total of… 11 TIE Avenger Requests late, but wanted to say I completely agree. The blue tint of TIEs has always been a unique quirk I’ve appreciated, but alas, thanks to Kenner, many see the TIE as boring, dull grey. Interesting to note—if I recall correctly from my last viewing of the OT on cable—the TIE Fighters, Advanced, and Bomber had the bluish tint, but in RotJ the Interceptors and even regular TIEs too had become plain grey. Still, if it were up to me, all LEGO TIEs would’ve been blue, then sand blue, and that would’ve been that.

Furthermore, I’ve recently come to realize that the SSD Executor also has a bluish tinge in TESB (especially compared to the Star Destroyers flanking it in several shots). So… sand blue Executor when?

Make the Imperial Navy Sand Blue (Again)!

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Given the rather classic selection of sets, the minifigure line-ups basically write themselves. There may be enough wiggle room to replace one trooper with another, but other than that... there is quite a limited element of surprise at play here. Suffice to say, a Tarkin figure would be a big get to me. 

Tarkin would be the best realistic addition, Spacetroopers would be the hail Mary. Though if we're not getting spacetroopers in the $1000 Death Slice, I think lego just doesn't know they're in the movie.

8 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

I've seen good comments and topics drowned by endless repeat discussion on the same inane topics (printing, predictions, dual-molding, pricing).

modular Minas Tirith 

And coming back here to a repeat post about a Tie Avenger every day just isn't appealing or funny any more, just seems like spam.

I mean, respectfully, why follow a discussion forum if you don't like it when people discuss half the things about a set? Figure detailing, how much we actually have to pay for the set, and what we want or expect to see all seem like pretty fair topics.

Man you've really kept out of that thread, then. I'm not sure what you'd classify as "modular", like obviously it wouldn't be on a 32x32 baseplate and fit on the assembly square street (though I doubt anyone's asking for that), but some form of figure-compatible modular-sized Minas Tirith is coming.

If all he did was post "TIE AVENGER DAY ___" or something I'd agree, but clonecommando tends to find a unique way to put it such as lyrics or quotes and/or puts actual discussion in the same comment.

1 hour ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Yeah, the AT-TE swap was fair, it's one of the best recent Star Wars sets in value and Cody was a relatively notable character who had been snubbed, it made sense as a set and clearly did something right as it's still being sold 3 years on. I think the difference is with situations like the 501st Battle Pack and the recent clone onslaught is less "LEGO cowtowing to the annoying Clone Bros" and more LEGO seeing these people are easy to fleece and making sets 700 ridiculously overpriced sets even by LEGO SW standards that crumble quicker than brittle brown and knowing they can get away with it if they put some glup shitto trooper in it.
 

The Sandspeeder was a Kenner thing, not Legends I think. I assumed Malek was the one in Clone Wars for 12 seconds but checked and that's Darth Bane so go figure. 

Rebel Friend would make sense in that, yeah. I feel GWP would be more likely as UCS sets usually just have two figures and LEGO wants them to be from the base media

The thing is whether or not lego's actually cowtowing to them, the clone bros think they now have lego's ear. Five years ago we never would have had the onslaught of complains we do now about how lego had a single wave with multiple new clone legions but it didn't include the particular vehicular glup shitto four people wanted.

I guess you could say the specific Kenner variant with the A-wing fins was never technically part of the legends continuity since the toyline was rejected, but if anything that's MORE obscure. And either way, non-canon content pre-disney acquisition is generally folded into legends. (And Wookiepedia counts it as legends as well). As you say, Malek has never been in canon content. There are other examples too- there were a number of January 2015 legends sets, but you could make the argument those were in development before Canon/Legends became a thing. Legends material is pretty uncommon to get, but the fact that it HAS happened as recently as last year implies there's no mandate against it.

27 minutes ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

Make the Imperial Navy Sand Blue (Again)!

Canon has concretely made these LBG, but especially for anniversary sets or ones based explicitly on the OT films, I really wouldn't complain if they threw sand blue in there. Might shut up some of the "LSW is just blobs of grey and black" comments too.

[Renny The Spaceman]

29 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I guess you could say the specific Kenner variant with the A-wing fins was never technically part of the legends continuity since the toyline was rejected, but if anything that's MORE obscure. And either way, non-canon content pre-disney acquisition is generally folded into legends. (And Wookiepedia counts it as legends as well). As you say, Malek has never been in canon content. There are other examples too- there were a number of January 2015 legends sets, but you could make the argument those were in development before Canon/Legends became a thing. Legends material is pretty uncommon to get, but the fact that it HAS happened as recently as last year implies there's no mandate against it.

I think unused toy designs probably fall into another category or whatever because they were never canon, like I know Filoni uses some Kenner toy designs in his stuff, I think that stuff is treated differently. Legends is probably allowed though because of Malek. Though there might be more restrictions on what LEGO can put in sets and when

35 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The thing is whether or not lego's actually cowtowing to them, the clone bros think they now have lego's ear. Five years ago we never would have had the onslaught of complains we do now about how lego had a single wave with multiple new clone legions but it didn't include the particular vehicular glup shitto four people wanted.

True, but I still don't think that broadly ruined LEGO discussion on more public sites. It's a branch of the bigger problem being the investor community and the general scam with "Reseller with no personality pesters LEGO to include Glup Shitto Trooper, figure is made, they cry at a tiny line being wrong and tell their audience not to buy it while they scalp massive amounts, they sell them for ridiculous prices later" if it wasn't Clones it'd be something else in the them
 

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[TeddytheSpoon]

13 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

True, but I still don't think that broadly ruined LEGO discussion on more public sites. It's a branch of the bigger problem being the investor community and the general scam with "Reseller with no personality pesters LEGO to include Glup Shitto Trooper, figure is made, they cry at a tiny line being wrong and tell their audience not to buy it while they scalp massive amounts, they sell them for ridiculous prices later" if it wasn't Clones it'd be something else in the them.

I kinda agree with this, although I don't think it's limited to LEGO Star Wars - it's just particularly prevalent in this theme for some reason. I feel like I've seen a noticeable increase in people trying to turn LEGO into an investment in the last few years ("Top 5 most valuable minifigures you MUST OWN!" or stuff to that effect). That's mostly on other social media though; I feel like forums and, to a lesser extent, blogs are less sensationalist, and therefore it's easy to be more measured.

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 minute ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

I kinda agree with this, although I don't think it's limited to LEGO Star Wars - it's just particularly prevalent in this theme for some reason. I feel like I've seen a noticeable increase in people trying to turn LEGO into an investment in the last few years ("Top 5 most valuable minifigures you MUST OWN!" or stuff to that effect). That's mostly on other social media though; I feel like forums and, to a lesser extent, blogs are less sensationalist, and therefore it's easy to be more measured.

Yeah, LEGO Star Wars was the patient zero for it but it's spread far and wide now (especially with LotR and Castle) Forums generally don't devolve into that luckily. Like even if you don't find poor CloneCommando (he's been dragged into being the focal point of this discussion) funny he's making jokes from a genuine place and sharing his actual thoughts about topics alongside them. Forums definitely have a very important role in not being more personal, also not being dragged into the enshitification of the internet

[Swordy]

On 10/13/2025 at 2:55 AM, TeddytheSpoon said:

Hey, now THIS is blasphemy! If there's one thing the Brits can do it's a good cup of tea 

Nay, my good man. The British tea is as black as the hearts of those in 1700s Parliament, who enslaved their subjects across the British Empire through exuberant taxation, while our freedom in American opened up the convection of tea as sweet as our liberty. (Maybe too sweet, even by our people’s standards, but all the same.)

On 10/13/2025 at 3:42 AM, Kaijumeister said:

I was thinking that whenever @CloneCommando99 does get around to making an Age of Ultron poster, Ultron should be a 4+ TIE Avenger (‘I was supposed to be beautiful’) whilst Vision would be a regular TIE Avenger (or perhaps a UCS TIE Avenger? Not quite what Tony, I mean CC99 wanted but still better than Ultron).

Now see, that’s a higher level of thinking. Most impressive.

On 10/13/2025 at 11:08 AM, Lordhelmet said:

True perfection :)

Yea, but, alas, BrickBob won.

On 10/13/2025 at 12:33 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Guessing the minifigure lists for the sets we know the identities of:

The Mandalorian and Grogu's Speeder Bike: Mando and Grogu, of course

TIE Advanced: Vader, Tarkin, TIE Pilot

"Smart" X-wing: Luke Skywalker "Smart figure", Darth Vader "Smart Figure", R2-D2 "Smart figure", stormtrooper "Smart figure"

Cobb Vanth's Speeder: Cobb Vanth, Cad Bane, and I'm gonna guess we also get a Tusken Raider

Grogu's Homestead: The Mandalorian, Grogu

And then obviously we know who's in the clone shock trooper mech and SoM battle pack already.

 

You overestimate TLG. The set will only feature Grogu, and the vehicle will vaguely look like Mando; a visual representation of the reality of Din Djarin’s character at this point.

Call me out for my addiction to hopium, (that is a really dark joke come to think of it…) but I’m curious if Motti or Tagge could show in the Advanced. Granted, it might do TLG better to adapt the Conference Room in the $1K DS as its own diorama. I’d be down for just Tarkin in the Advanced—any more figs from the DS would make it the absolute dream set.

I think that might be one too many smart figs in one set. I think “smart” Vader at least will be in the Advanced—particularly if both sets are meant to tie in to each other—and maybe a “smart” stormtrooper too.
As much as these will inflate LSW prices beyond belief, I’m warming up to the idea of a “smart” Artoo that beeps or a Vader with breathing sound effect. Undoubtedly, though, they’ll include “storytelling” sounds and lights as well (specific quotes or sound effects during interaction) which is detrimental to play. I know as a kid I hated sound effects if they told me how the story was supposed to go, instead of enhancing my imagination. Of course, a Vader toy breathing on loop would only drain the batteries, and after the sound effects go away, the kid would play with the “smart” Vader as any other toy, no matter how expensive it was.

What about that one poor deputy whom Cad shot through a dozen times? I demand he gets a figure! (Tusken is likely; I’m shocked we haven’t seen one since, wha, ‘22?)

Once again, you overestimate TLG. The set will only include Mando, and the main feature will be the buildable Grogu overshadowing and enveloping the Mandalorian character; a visual representation of the reality of Din Djarin’s character thanks to Disney.

Yep. Fives in the shock trooper mech, right?
Lowkey hyped for the BP. I don’t mind 332nds on their own, but Maul Mandos are always fire. Looking forward to see how the figures look.

4 hours ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

Make the Imperial Navy Sand Blue (Again)!

 I raise to you American sweet tea that has somehow foamed at the top! Either that or it’s root beer…

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Tarkin would be the best realistic addition, Spacetroopers would be the hail Mary. Though if we're not getting spacetroopers in the $1000 Death Slice, I think lego just doesn't know they're in the movie.

Canon has concretely made these LBG, but especially for anniversary sets or ones based explicitly on the OT films, I really wouldn't complain if they threw sand blue in there. Might shut up some of the "LSW is just blobs of grey and black" comments too.

I love spacetoopers. Their reveal in HttE was unbelievably epic.

Has it? TIEs, sure, have been retconned in the Disney era, but technically the Executor hasn’t—unless you count video games, but those have always been considered lower canon than the movies (not to disparage the wonderful stories found there, of course). If we’re going to debate current over it’s adherence to Luke Skywalker’s character according to George Lucas, then why not the intentional decisions of ILM within G-Level canon?

3 hours ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

I kinda agree with this, although I don't think it's limited to LEGO Star Wars - it's just particularly prevalent in this theme for some reason. I feel like I've seen a noticeable increase in people trying to turn LEGO into an investment in the last few years ("Top 5 most valuable minifigures you MUST OWN!" or stuff to that effect).

2 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Yeah, LEGO Star Wars was the patient zero for it but it's spread far and wide now (especially with LotR and Castle)

The LSW aftermarket is most of all overpriced, though. Figures from a mid-range set just four years ago can be sold for $35, as it is with Gar Saxon. Compare that to Captain America (Endgame), an exclusive figure in another mid-range set of the same lifespan, and a desirable figure for his accuracy to the source material unlike in modern sets, yet he sells for $7 at best. LotR might be in a similar boat, but those weren’t just figures from 12 years ago, but characters which have only been reproduced as of late in expensive sets, right? Desirable characters don’t matter in LSW; only desirable collectibles. The breadth of this theme is inaccessible to most newcomers. That does corrupt buying habits, thus corrupts the hobby, and thus does corrupt good discussion.

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[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

 The LSW aftermarket is most of all overpriced, though. Figures from a mid-range set just four years ago can be sold for $35, as it is with Gar Saxon. Compare that to Captain America (Endgame), an exclusive figure in another mid-range set of the same lifespan, and a desirable figure for his accuracy to the source material unlike in modern sets, yet he sells for $7 at best. LotR might be in a similar boat, but those weren’t just figures from 12 years ago, but characters which have only been reproduced as of late in expensive sets, right? Desirable characters don’t matter in LSW; only desirable collectibles. The breadth of this theme is inaccessible to most newcomers. That does corrupt buying habits, thus corrupts the hobby, and thus does corrupt good discussion.

LotR isn't entirely shackled to desirable characters, most of the Dwarves are megabluck off expensive (especially the ones without personalities for some reason) but it's nowhere near Star Wars, yeah. I mean Rex is in a set you can find easily in stores for 10 quid, the figure itself never sells for more than a quid below that. 

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

Nay, my good man. The British tea is as black as the heart of those in Parliament, who enslaved their subjects through exuberant taxation, while our freedom in American opened up the convection of tea sweet as our liberty. (Maybe too sweet, even by our people’s standards, but all the same.)

Mmm, maybe you should have phrased this differently 

 

[Darth_Bane13]

3 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

There are other examples too- there were a number of January 2015 legends sets, but you could make the argument those were in development before Canon/Legends became a thing. Legends material is pretty uncommon to get, but the fact that it HAS happened as recently as last year implies there's no mandate against it.

If we assume it takes a year for a set in development then they were probably made before the new canon which was created in April 2014. Not arguing your point, just thinking about how by 2015 they were scraping the bottom of the barrel for new sets due to lack of new content. The force unleashed battle pack was pretty niche considering the game was 7 years old at that point.

2 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

tell their audience not to buy it while they scalp massive amounts, they sell them for ridiculous prices later" if it wasn't Clones it'd be something else in the them.

You just made up this fake outrage scenario. Modern Clones are genuinely disliked by most people and have not gone up in price. You are also using the word scalping incorrectly. 

[Renny The Spaceman]

9 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

You just made up this fake outrage scenario. Modern Clones are genuinely disliked by most people and have not gone up in price. You are also using the word scalping incorrectly. 

Sure, why not