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

[Darth_Bane13]

18 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The live-action shows definitely have as well, but I think the movies contributed even more. We've had shows before- we've had live-action content outside the saga films before- but they were mostly forgotten. TCW stayed by virtue of how long it ran and how it redeemed the prequels, but most of the rest faded into the background, and I think the movies would still have felt special if we didn't drop five of them in five years.

I'd go so far as to say the best move would be a movie every 3 years for a trilogy, then a decade-long gap between trilogies. You want to explore other genres/lower scales like Mando or Starfighter, that's where the live-action shows would go.

Personally I think Star Wars works better as film medium, for TV shows they should've just stuck to animated stuff. Most of the Disney shows don't even feel like Star Wars to me.

[Renny The Spaceman]

On 12/30/2025 at 3:28 AM, Lordhelmet said:

I don’t think Lego has ever been in one but there were a ton of last Jedi action figures selling for $2 at one this weekend (they were not selling). 

Rogue One figures are like the most common star wars stuff I see clogging up store shelves round here, almost a decade on and I can freely get black series Jyn and Cassian megablocking anywhere this stuff is stocked. Disney massively over produces this stuff or did, these two upcoming films are really interesting to me because neither seem like great "come back to star wars, we're still relevant I swear" films. Wonder if they're gonna be more sensible with marketing them because of that. 

 

5 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Eurobricks K-K-Knight. Not the worst thing in the world to end the year on a new title. 

Maybe one less K next time pal 

On 12/30/2025 at 9:19 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

Well my prediction and attitude to Disney is basically this when it comes to M&G merch:

Any child or fan-girl who would want to buy a Grogu plushie or toy, who is evidently what the focus of merch will be on due the film’s stupid name, will have had more than five years at this point to buy one, a movie isn’t going to make them buy more in this economy. Even though Mando is exclusive to D+ the Baby Yoda became a cultural phenomenon back in the early 2020s. But despite this, as I’ve mentioned before, I volunteer in a Cancer Research charity shop, and in the past year we’ve recieved a quite a lot of sealed Baby Yoda and ST toys from donations to put on 50-75% off.

Was thinking of this, the pitches for the upcoming films are weak, Starfighter atleast is a standalone story with one of Hollywood's big IT guys but this one's pitch seems to be just another samey adventure with very overexposed characters that you need to pay to see this time. I think you're right merch wise it offers nothing new and can't really coast of hype in the same way as TFA did (only Disney film who's merch doesn't seem to fill landfills) 

I feel like they really shot themselves in the foot making Kenobi a show, that seems like, from a cold marketing perspective what would have been the best recapture the zeitgeist film for them in terms but it was fast tracked when they were all about Disney plus

[lowlead]

3 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Personally I think Star Wars works better as film medium, for TV shows they should've just stuck to animated stuff. Most of the Disney shows don't even feel like Star Wars to me.

...I cannot disagree, with Andor being an exception.

Case in point, I caught the Solo movie while channel surfing on archaic network television last night (parent's house for the New Year).  I found myself watching it to the end and actually enjoying the experience.  Apparently I have softened a bit on my opinion of this film...didn't see that coming.  I think Ehrenreich and Glover were pretty well cast for their roles.  I liked Chewie's performance and Woody Harrelson shockingly fit into the SW universe better than I remember.  Underrated film in retrospect?  I'm kinda leaning that way.

...also the 75219 AT-Hauler and the two landspeeders were pretty cool sets from solid action sequences.

Edited December 31, 2025 by lowlead

[Kaijumeister]

2 hours ago, lowlead said:

...I cannot disagree, with Andor being an exception.

Case in point, I caught the Solo movie while channel surfing on archaic network television last night (parent's house for the New Year).  I found myself watching it to the end and actually enjoying the experience.  Apparently I have softened a bit on my opinion of this film...didn't see that coming.  I think Ehrenreich and Glover were pretty well cast for their roles.  I liked Chewie's performance and Woody Harrelson shockingly fit into the SW universe better than I remember.  Underrated film in retrospect?  I'm kinda leaning that way.

...also the 75219 AT-Hauler and the two landspeeders were pretty cool sets from solid action sequences.

The Solo sets were really damn good as a whole. I’ve always held them as a gold standard for modern film tie-in sets alongside the Rogue One wave. Han’s Landspeeder and the Cloud Rider Swoop Bikes are particularly unforgettable sets that were low priced, yet contained really well designed builds and minifigures.

Solo’s failure at the Box Office is definitely a marketing mishap; the film was barely marketed, released during a period of intense competition with Deadpool 2 and Infinity War, and came hot on the heels of a ST film with divided reception. I’m surprised how good the film itself was given how much Ron Howard had to reshape it.

16 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

-The best holiday selection for the theme. Ever. The Gingerbread AT-AT is an excellent, whimsical set, and the Advent Calendar, while light on figs, finally broke the mold to be a themed calendar not reliant on a ton of microbuilds and actually created a figure-scale build with FIFTEEN droids (counting the battle droid that can be fully built from different days' part bins).

-As you say, the continued loss of normal, system, lego PLAYSETS at the expensive of gimmicks. Whether it's mechs and microfighters, 18+ sets, or the godforsaken smart sets, we get fewer and fewer playsets.

- I completely forgot about how good the two holiday sets have been, absolutely! With the success of the Gingerbread AT-AT, here’s hoping for more holiday sets next year. They’ve struck gold with the idea. Hasbro currently do Halloween / Christmas Star Wars Black Series figures too which sell pretty well I believe.

- What bothers me with the enbrickification (language) of this theme is that no other theme is as disparate with its play scale / buildable / 18+ offerings the way Star Wars is. You don’t see this much of a weird imbalance of sets with Harry Potter, Marvel / DC, or Minecraft. Though they dabble with alternatives to playscale sets, playscale is always front and centre. Conversely with Star Wars, we always have to wait longer for the good stuff.

- Wicket is an ugly set I agree! I said it before but it’s ironic how Lego are fine with not putting a Battle of Endor set despite it having been years since the last one, but think it’s a higher priority to push out a buildable Wicket and UCS AT-ST within the same wave. 

9 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Eurobricks K-K-Knight. Not the worst thing in the world to end the year on a new title. Right now I picture myself as Starkiller getting crowned as apprentice by Vader after the opening of The Force Unleashed. Only question is... who is gonna be the Darth for this one? 

Well, more than enough larger set options to choose from nowadays, I suppose. Though I agree the pricing for clearly different scaled UCS sets should be a lot more flexible. A freaking UCS Landspeeder should not be priced the same as an actual X-Wing. Stuff like this really highlights the problem with pre-determinded price points. 

By the right of the Council, by the will of the Force. Dub thee we do…Jedi. Knight of the Republic. (Anakin’s knighting ceremony in the CW microseries is so well done, I wish we could see it revisited in canon).

Yeah I feel the same way. The £400+ UCS sets are all minifigure scaled and that’s great, but there is certainly room to do this at the lower price points too. Not everyone has room for the humongous UCS sets and not everyone wants oversized detailed ships - we’ve seen in 2025 that three UCS sets within a single year is possible anyway, so it’s certainly possible to cater to all audiences.

Wishing all of you good folks a happy new year. Hoping some of the reliable leakers begin parcelling out some tantalising 2026 information.

Edited December 31, 2025 by Kaijumeister

[BrickPrick]

5 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Maybe one less K next time pal 

Oh. Well yeah, I... see that now. What was meant to be a mere callback, I did the same for the rank of "C-C-Citizen", kinda took an unintentional turn for the worst. Anyways, thanks for the heads-up, I edited my posting. 

51 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

By the right of the Council, by the will of the Force. Dub thee we do…Jedi. Knight of the Republic. (Anakin’s knighting ceremony in the CW microseries is so well done, I wish we could see it revisited in canon).

Yeah I feel the same way. The £400+ UCS sets are all minifigure scaled and that’s great, but there is certainly room to do this at the lower price points too. Not everyone has room for the humongous UCS sets and not everyone wants oversized detailed ships - we’ve seen in 2025 that three UCS sets within a single year is possible anyway, so it’s certainly possible to cater to all audiences.

Wishing all of you good folks a happy new year. Hoping some of the reliable leakers begin parcelling out some tantalising 2026 information. 

Oh, thank you, Master Kaijumeister. I hope to still be around for the next one. 

Yep, more widely available UCS sets akin to the AT-ST would be great as well. Would work wonders in terms of some additional pricing flexibility. 

I second that. Happy new year to each and everyone at Eurobricks. Here's to a happy leaker phase ahead. 

[Mandalorianknight]

13 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

The 7th Fleet a scheming

Great choice for #7

10 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Eurobricks K-K-Knight. Not the worst thing in the world to end the year on a new title. Right now I picture myself as Starkiller getting crowned as apprentice by Vader after the opening of The Force Unleashed. Only question is... who is gonna be the Darth for this one? 

Yes, truly most impressive. And it's funny you would mention the size comparison with your dog. I said the same thing about mine but with the 2020 play scale AT-AT. Ultimately, doggo still had it dwarfed quite considerably when standing up. However, as far as the UCS one is concerned, I definitely wouldn't be so sure. 

Oh no, I never would have guessed you had a thing or two left for Mandalorians, Mando man. So glad you finally cleared this one up. 

I have a whopping four (!!!!) Rebel Fleet Troopers. One of the old 2008 ones, the remaining three are the updated 2019 and onward ones. In terms of pure troops, when compared to the Empire, the Separatists and the Republic, the Rebel Scum TM is now by far my smallest main fraction. I find their lack of overall presence in the last couple of years disturbing. 

Including the Bad Batch, I've got to be in the three digits area for Clones as well by now. And just like you said... I love my Clones as much as the next person who grew up as a tiny toddler with the prequels. I just don't like the ongoing overkill... especially at the expense of certain quality standards. 

Congrats man! I assume all knights are apprentices of the Rancor guarding the forum

That's a funny coincidence

Shocking, I know, nobody could have guessed.

It would be really nice to get a rebel battle pack. The fleet troopers were in a couple sets in 2024, so as much as I'd personally want more I can understand why another outfit may be a better option. Endor Commandos, maybe, who have been absent entirely for a decade! The Rogue one troopers would be another good option with their variety of designs.

Yup. If they'd just pump the brakes a bit, it would be nice. I would have bought a few copies of (a reasonably priced version of) the 327th pack had it not been preceded by such a deluge of sets.

5 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Personally I think Star Wars works better as film medium, for TV shows they should've just stuck to animated stuff. Most of the Disney shows don't even feel like Star Wars to me.

It's all about the cinematography and how it's adapted. The first two seasons of Mando and Andor both feel more cinematic and like star wars than some of the live-action movies.

40 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

- I completely forgot about how good the two holiday sets have been, absolutely! With the success of the Gingerbread AT-AT, here’s hoping for more holiday sets next year. They’ve struck gold with the idea. Hasbro currently do Halloween / Christmas Star Wars Black Series figures too which sell pretty well I believe.

- What bothers me with the enbrickification (language) of this theme is that no other theme is as disparate with its play scale / buildable / 18+ offerings the way Star Wars is. You don’t see this much of a weird imbalance of sets with Harry Potter, Marvel / DC, or Minecraft. Though they dabble with alternatives to playscale sets, playscale is always front and centre. Conversely with Star Wars, we always have to wait longer for the good stuff.

- Wicket is an ugly set I agree! I said it before but it’s ironic how Lego are fine with not putting a Battle of Endor set despite it having been years since the last one, but think it’s a higher priority to push out a buildable Wicket and UCS AT-ST within the same wave. 

Maybe overall, but anecdotally around me they usually end up on the clearance shelves. I would guess that's why the Holiday AT-AT, as good as it is, is reasonably priced and a D2C- they're fun, but the appeal of a christmas version of a figure might not be as wide as the canon version. They are fun designs, though, I liked the nutcracker purge trooper they did recently.

Exactly. Even lego's own IPs have started to blend 18+ with normal sets, and yet with star wars they just can't figure out how to do it properly.

Endor has really gotten the short end of the stick in terms of sets, in both the Sequel Era and the Modern Era it's been almost entirely left behind. We got a diorama and some 4+/action battle gimmicks, but that's it. No normal Endor Rebels in a decade. No bunker, no ewok village (aside from the bits in the gimmick sets), no Tydirium or endor AT-ST or battle packs or Ewok Attack style sets. And next year will only dig a deeper hole for Endor's grave with the next AT-ST being a smart brick (and I use brick here the same way you did in enbrickification) set.

 

I just can't explain how much I dislike the smart brick sets. It's so much worse than just scratching a wave- it resets the clock on a variety of characters, vehicles, and locations that I would have wanted normal versions of.

1 minute ago, BrickPrick said:

Oh. Well yeah, I... see that now. What was meant to be a mere callback, I did the same for the rank of "C-C-Citizen", kinda took an unintentional turn for the worst. Anyways, thanks for the heads-up, I edited my posting. 

I second that. Happy new year to each and everyone at Eurobricks. Here's to a happy leaker phase ahead. 

Don't worry about it man. Nobody rational is going to look at your post and actually think it's something messed up.

Hopefully we get some information on the august wave soon... I'm not sure there's anything left in 1HY that anyone's actually excited for. Maybe a few people want the Mando's N-1 UCS? But I can't imagine anyone is excited for the smartslop or the Yoda and Vader busts.

[BrickPrick]

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Congrats man! I assume all knights are apprentices of the Rancor guarding the forum

That's a funny coincidence

Shocking, I know, nobody could have guessed.

It would be really nice to get a rebel battle pack. The fleet troopers were in a couple sets in 2024, so as much as I'd personally want more I can understand why another outfit may be a better option. Endor Commandos, maybe, who have been absent entirely for a decade! The Rogue one troopers would be another good option with their variety of designs.

Yup. If they'd just pump the brakes a bit, it would be nice. I would have bought a few copies of (a reasonably priced version of) the 327th pack had it not been preceded by such a deluge of sets.

I just can't explain how much I dislike the smart brick sets. It's so much worse than just scratching a wave- it resets the clock on a variety of characters, vehicles, and locations that I would have wanted normal versions of.

Don't worry about it man. Nobody rational is going to look at your post and actually think it's something messed up.

Hopefully we get some information on the august wave soon... I'm not sure there's anything left in 1HY that anyone's actually excited for. Maybe a few people want the Mando's N-1 UCS? But I can't imagine anyone is excited for the smartslop or the Yoda and Vader busts.

Thank you kindly, Mando man. I like to think I'm one of numerous Rancor's apprentice's as well. Though I doubt he would see it that way. Would you, Rancor? 

Yes, it is. By the way, I love dogs with every cell of my body. 

Well, I just did. 

The Fleet Troopers we pretty much got in spades I think. Everything else? Not so much. Did you ever hear the tragedy of the Endor Rebel Troopers missing in action? It's not a story Lego would tell you. 

As for the Rogue One Rebel Troopers, I gave them a closer look when cleaning them up. They actually look incredibly detailed. 

Yes, but why would they want to slow down even a bit if they still sell like hot cakes? We can criticize Lego all we want... rightfully so. But it still begs the question, if we were them, would we do anything different ourselves? Probably not. We would shove down Clones anyone's throat as much as possible. It still makes me a little sick, to be honest. 

Beyond first impressions, I always aspire to reserve final judgements until I see the real deal. In this scenario, though, I have literally no hope whatsoever. I'm inclined to agree with you... reset the clock on quite a few things! 

Oh man, that's ironic. In terms of Eurobricks environment, I don't have a reason to worry about anything. Some mighty fine moderation in here. So I am not worried at all. But generally speaking, even if it feels like a lifetime ago, I have every reason to tread carefully. This topic doesn't belong here and I won't elaborate any further. Let's just say I had my fair share of troubles with online authorities before. Nevertheless, this one is easy to edit and just move on with more fun things. And yeah, that's what I intend to do. 

I'm honestly not so sure about anything exciting left for the first half of 2026 either. March wave is, well, whatever? May/June is a lot of Mando stuff? So yeah, almost feels like we are already ready for the August wave. Good thing I always have sets to catch up to in the meantime, though. 

Edited January 1 by BrickPrick

[CloneCommando99]

New year. Same mission.

 

On the Eighth day of Christmas, Lego sent to me:

8 Stormtroopers a missing

The 7th Fleet a scheming

Six Consulars a praying, 

Five Green Lanterns and their rings,

Four Republic Commandos,

Three Imperial Venators,

Two KOTOR Sith,

and a TIE Avenger for free

(Day #252)

14 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

You don’t see this much of a weird imbalance of sets in DC

Tbf, DC just doesn’t get sets.

On 12/31/2025 at 11:27 AM, BrickPrick said:

Eurobricks K-Knight. Not the worst thing in the world to end the year on a new title. Right now I picture myself as Starkiller getting crowned as apprentice by Vader after the opening of The Force Unleashed. Only question is... who is gonna be the Darth for this one? 

In the name of the TIE Avenger, I charge you to be brave. In the name of the Andor, I charge you to be just. In the name of the Mara, I charge you to defend the innocent. Arise, @BrickPrick, a knight of Eurobricks. 
 
 

9 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, it is. By the way, I love dogs with every cell of my body. 

Same. Labradors are just the best.

13 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Hopefully we get some information on the august wave soon... I'm not sure there's anything left in 1HY that anyone's actually excited for. Maybe a few people want the Mando's N-1 UCS? But I can't imagine anyone is excited for the smartslop or the Yoda and Vader busts.

Yeah. I need the June, August and 14+ July set names. ASAP. 

Just at least one good imperial set. I beg you Lego.

(it’d also be nice to make a financial plan early in the year)

Edited January 1 by CloneCommando99

[BrickPrick]

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

New year. Same mission.

In the name of the TIE Avenger, I charge you to be brave. In the name of the Andor, I charge you to be just. In the name of the Mara, I charge you to defend the innocent. Arise, @BrickPrick, a knight of Eurobricks. 
 
 

Same. Labradors are just the best.

New year, same strategy. 

Ha, can do both things in the name of the TIE Avenger and Andor. Not too keen on doing the Mara part, though. Not just because I don't have a connection to that part of the fandom, but because defending the innocent probably wouldn't exactly be my specialty... Not my core competence. Not my cup of tea, so to speak. 

But thanks for your blessing, Commander 99. I shall go fourth doing the biding of everyone sharing this noble cause. 

 

They are up there for sure. 

[Mandalorianknight]

17 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

The Fleet Troopers we pretty much got in spades I think. Everything else? Not so much. Did you ever hear the tragedy of the Endor Rebel Troopers missing in action? It's not a story Lego would tell you. 

As for the Rogue One Rebel Troopers, I gave them a closer look when cleaning them up. They actually look incredibly detailed. 

Yes, but why would they want to slow down even a bit if they still sell like hot cakes? We can criticize Lego all we want... rightfully so. But it still begs the question, if we were them, would we do anything different ourselves? Probably not. We would shove down Clones anyone's throat as much as possible. It still makes me a little sick, to be honest. 

Beyond first impressions, I always aspire to reserve final judgements until I see the real deal. In this scenario, though, I have literally no hope whatsoever. I'm inclined to agree with you... reset the clock on quite a few things! 

Oh man, that's ironic. In terms of Eurobricks environment, I don't have a reason to worry about anything. Some mighty fine moderation in here. So I am not worried at all. But generally speaking, even if it feels like a lifetime ago, I have every reason to tread carefully. This topic doesn't belong here and I won't elaborate any further. Let's just say I had my fair share of troubles with online authorities before. Nevertheless, this one is easy to edit and just move on with more fun things. And yeah, that's what I intend to do. 

I'm honestly not so sure about anything exciting left for the first half of 2026 either. March wave is, well, whatever? May/June is a lot of Mando stuff? So yeah, almost feels like we are already ready for the August wave. Good thing I always have sets to catch up to in the meantime, though. 

I hadn't realized it until confirming with brickset that I was right about how long the endor rebels have been gone, but we really have had a lack of endor material. Lego needs to fix that, it was the location of the final battle (at least until TFA came out)

The Rogue One troopers are great- very detailed, and while they're ragtag and not super uniform with eachother, you can immediately tell they're all part of the same faction.

I don't know that they're still selling like hot cakes. Sales online seem to be doing well for the 327th set, but every ancedote I've heard of the set at retailers is that it's shelfwarming, on dramatic sale for a set as young as it is, or both. Same with the Turbo Tank. And to add to that, a pretty big chunk of the january 1st set selection sold out within minutes on lego.com, but even now, not a single one of the star wars offerings is even on backorder.

Yup. With the smart brick sets, we've seen the X-wing, we've seen the prices and piece counts, and we know the figures are irrevocably compromised with tech. I just can't see a situation where they end up being good.

I have no idea what's being referred to here, but now I'm imagining you as Cad Bane.

Yup, 1HY is pretty much a bust. March is the smart wave, and May is two busts, some mando sets that I suppose at least have a chance of being good, and that $40 set that is 100% a clone battle pack of some sort.

8 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Yeah. I need the June, August and 14+ July set names. ASAP. 

Just at least one good imperial set. I beg you Lego.

(it’d also be nice to make a financial plan early in the year)

Yup. 1HY is pretty much a bust in this theme, so if 2HY starts to sound like last year's, I'm thinking this is the year I bite the bullet on Rivendell. But if by some miracle August brings us at least one or two of an endor bunker, tydrium, TIE Avenger/defender/reaper/advaned/etc, Y-wing, etc, I don't want to count myself out this early in the year.

Edited January 1 by Mandalorianknight

[Kaijumeister]

There’s seldom consistency every year (plus with TMaG and Ahsoka S2, there’ll be the usual level of secrecy around merchandise until closer to their release dates), but last year we did get a chunk of summer set information by the end of January. So fingers crossed the leakers do us a solid soon.

Lego is also hosting a conference at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, not something they’re known to do so it makes sense that the Smart Brick will officially be unveiled there.

@Mandalorianknight Yeah it’s really interesting to see quite a few Marvel, Harry Potter, Ninjago etc. sets either out of stock or on backorder for up to 60 days. I’m not surprised at this though given that as a whole, these themes have very strong January lineups. Star Wars-wise, both the Starship Collection sets have already sold well in the UK (Venator has a delayed shipment date of next week now, whilst the AT-AT has been delayed to February), but everything else isn’t as popular it seems.

Edited January 1 by Kaijumeister

[BrickPrick]

5 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I hadn't realized it until confirming with brickset that I was right about how long the endor rebels have been gone, but we really have had a lack of endor material. Lego needs to fix that, it was the location of the final battle (at least until TFA came out)

The Rogue One troopers are great- very detailed, and while they're ragtag and not super uniform with eachother, you can immediately tell they're all part of the same faction.

I don't know that they're still selling like hot cakes. Sales online seem to be doing well for the 327th set, but every ancedote I've heard of the set at retailers is that it's shelfwarming, on dramatic sale for a set as young as it is, or both. Same with the Turbo Tank. And to add to that, a pretty big chunk of the january 1st set selection sold out within minutes on lego.com, but even now, not a single one of the star wars offerings is even on backorder.

Yup. With the smart brick sets, we've seen the X-wing, we've seen the prices and piece counts, and we know the figures are irrevocably compromised with tech. I just can't see a situation where they end up being good.

I have no idea what's being referred to here, but now I'm imagining you as Cad Bane.

Yup, 1HY is pretty much a bust. March is the smart wave, and May is two busts, some mando sets that I suppose at least have a chance of being good, and that $40 set that is 100% a clone battle pack of some sort.

Yes, it's insanity. The only Endor Rebel Trooper I've got is thanks to an Advent Calendar, the 2013 one I think.

Yes, their printing details are distinct, yet their overall look is designed in such a consistent way, it makes them all feel they belong together. Beyond that, the Rogue One sub-theme truly delivered one banger after another. I was lucky enough to catch like a handful of sets, like the Y-Wing, TIE Striker and both Battle Packs, shortly before or after they retired.

Yes, you are right. Some differentiation is in order. I looked up the most recent monthly Amazon sales for Lego Star Wars. And what do you know, the 327th BP sits comfortably at the very top. Everything else, Clones or not, tracks far behind, though. This is all obviously very limited when it comes to getting a meaningful broader picture, but maybe, just maybe, things are finally slowing down for good. 

I can only speak for myself, but this wave may only exist to add to my personal amusement. My cynism will be on display in full force! 

Haha, I'm not nearly as cold blooded to even come close to being Cad Bane. Still love the blue Duros dude. And I actually took advantage of an unexpected photo opportunity when I met a pretty cool TBOBF Bane cosplayer at a fairly big fan exhibition last year. 

Oh, for the maker's sake. I already pushed away the fact the busts are now coming to Star Wars, too. It quite literally is a bust, then. Here's hoping some of the Mando & Grogu play scale sets can bring something solid to the table. 

You sure you guys are back to getting Clone Super Battle Pack priced at $40? It might as well go back to the current price point before we know it. Before the supposed price increase, Cobb Vanth's Speeder set was initially 30 bucks, too. So yeah... let's see those totally unique, brand new colored Clones you got in store for us this time around, Lego. I can honestly barely write this very sentence without falling asleep. 

4 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Lego is also hosting a conference at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, not something they’re known to do so it makes sense that the Smart Brick will officially be unveiled there.

Oh great, we now have some sort of dedicated doom and gloom debacle countdown at our disposal. 

 

25 days until I get my first out of the box Bane... hopefully. 

Edited January 2 by BrickPrick

[Lordhelmet]

On 12/30/2025 at 4:27 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

In terms of lego, the only official set I've ever seen at Ollies is the young jedi temple one, and even then it was only like 30% off. (And some of the books with minifigures- always check the book aisle, I haven't seen any star wars ones yet but you can get a fig for like $3)

That is funny about the young Jedi set, agreed on the rest, and I did see one of the Star Wars books with on of the hanging tags but could totally see the books with figures there for $3.  I will have to keep my eye out for more of the books though.

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

@Mandalorianknight Yeah it’s really interesting to see quite a few Marvel, Harry Potter, Ninjago etc. sets either out of stock or on backorder for up to 60 days. I’m not surprised at this though given that as a whole, these themes have very strong January lineups. Star Wars-wise, both the Starship Collection sets have already sold well in the UK (Venator has a delayed shipment date of next week now, whilst the AT-AT has been delayed to February), but everything else isn’t as popular it seems.

Interesting that the starship collection ones have sold well there- in the US all the SW sets are still fully in stock, wheras a number of ninjago, harry potter, stranger things and marvel ones are on backorder. (The anniversary display is on a two month backorder :( )

Actually, the AT-AT being on a 60 day backorder makes some sense- the OT did a lot of filming in England and that set's aimed directly at the demo that would have grown up with those movies. But I'm glad to hear that the two strongest sets of the wave are preforming well over there, whereas the rest of the junk at the very least isn't a slam dunk. I remember when the clone battle packs would go on backorder every time one released...

4 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, it's insanity. The only Endor Rebel Trooper I've got is thanks to an Advent Calendar, the 2013 one I think.

Yes, their printing details are distinct, yet their overall look is designed in such a consistent way, it makes them all feel they belong together. Beyond that, the Rogue One sub-theme truly delivered one banger after another. I was lucky enough to catch like a handful of sets, like the Y-Wing, TIE Striker and both Battle Packs, shortly before or after they retired.

Haha, I'm not nearly as cold blooded to even come close to being Cad Bane. Still love the blue Duros dude. And I actually took advantage of an unexpected photo opportunity when I met a pretty cool TBOBF Bane cosplayer at a fairly big fan exhibition last year. 

Oh, for the maker's sake. I already pushed away the fact the busts are now coming to Star Wars, too. It quite literally is a bust, then. Here's hoping some of the Mando & Grogu play scale sets can bring something solid to the table. 

Yup, this is why we need a battle pack.

Exactly. Every Rogue One set was excellent- I'd probably put every single one of the non-gimmick sets in the top tier of star wars sets for that era.

Always fun to meet people in costume. I only own Mando's helmet, but I have another suit from a different franchise I wore to a movie a few times awhile back, and it's a lot of fun to interact with fans that way. Best one was when I ran into two people my age dressed as two of the other characters.

Yup. Lego can't make up their mind on these 18+ gimmicks, so we have to clog the shelves with every possible 18+ gimmick. Mark my words, they'll find a way to make a clone trooper book nook, or we'll start getting star wars plant sets like the botanicals line.

2 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

That is funny about the young Jedi set, agreed on the rest, and I did see one of the Star Wars books with on of the hanging tags but could totally see the books with figures there for $3.  I will have to keep my eye out for more of the books though.

I couldn't remember if lego still did star wars books or not, so I checked their set and they do in fact still make them. Last two are a Yoda book that taunts us poor fans by putting Dooku on the cover, and a Mandalorian Fleet Commander book, so neither of them would be a big catch, but at $3 each... my name is mandalorianknight after all, and I've somehow managed to avoid getting the fleet commander...

Edited January 2 by Mandalorianknight

[BrickPrick]

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yup, this is why we need a battle pack.

Exactly. Every Rogue One set was excellent- I'd probably put every single one of the non-gimmick sets in the top tier of star wars sets for that era.

Always fun to meet people in costume. I only own Mando's helmet, but I have another suit from a different franchise I wore to a movie a few times awhile back, and it's a lot of fun to interact with fans that way. Best one was when I ran into two people my age dressed as two of the other characters.

Yup. Lego can't make up their mind on these 18+ gimmicks, so we have to clog the shelves with every possible 18+ gimmick. Mark my words, they'll find a way to make a clone trooper book nook, or we'll start getting star wars plant sets like the botanicals line.

Yes, a tried and true OT themed Battle Pack, the Night and Death Trooper one I would consider to belong to the Mandoverse, is definitely long overdue. 

A truly magical time of the theme, if you ask me. It helped immensely getting me excited to get back on track. Or to constantly collect it in the first place. To this day, I like to admire my one and only Shoretrooper Captain minifigure. It's so refreshingly different from any other Imperial troops, which I own quite a lot of unique ones by now.

I own absolutely nothing as far as Star Wars costumes go. Not even a single cool helmet. Someday, I will change that. All I remember is getting some semi-cool lightsabers back when ROTS premiered here in 2005. 

Oh my maker... I didn't even consider this, too! You've got all the nightmare fuel in the Adults Welcome world up and running now, Mando man. Imagine them selling a Botanical Collection based on Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor this late to the party... Even Lego wouldn't be this crazy, would they? 

If I want any 18+ sub-theme to make a comeback it would be the Diorama Collection. It has by far the most potential to deliver exciting remakes (or even never before done stuff) by replacing their system scale counterparts. With Palpatine's Arrest being just one of many fitting options. 

Edited January 2 by BrickPrick

[CloneCommando99]

On the 9th Day of Christmas, Lego sent to me:

Nine Nazgûl a riding, 

Eight Stormtroopers a missing

The 7th Fleet a scheming

Six Consulars a praying, 

Five Green Lanterns and their rings,

Four Republic Commandos,

Three Imperial Venators,

Two KOTOR Sith,

and a TIE Avenger for free

 

Day #253.

7 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, a tried and true OT themed Battle Pack, the Night and Death Trooper one I would consider to belong to the Mandoverse, is definitely long overdue. 

8 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yup, this is why we need a battle pack.

Say it with me boys. 9849 remake.

 

8 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Interesting that the starship collection ones have sold well there- in the US all the SW sets are still fully in stock, wheras a number of ninjago, harry potter, stranger things and marvel ones are on backorder. (The anniversary display is on a two month backorder :( )

Actually, the AT-AT being on a 60 day backorder makes some sense- the OT did a lot of filming in England and that set's aimed directly at the demo that would have grown up with those movies. But I'm glad to hear that the two strongest sets of the wave are preforming well over there, whereas the rest of the junk at the very least isn't a slam dunk. I remember when the clone battle packs would go on backorder every time one released...

I know it’s early to tell. But I reckon Lego overestimated the demand for the 332nd BP. Not many are talking about it compared to the 327th or Clone v Droid when they released. But that’s just the online space.

I commend my countrymen for getting this one thing right. (We seem to be botching everything else) 

I remember being upset at not being able to get the 501st BP for 3 months back in 2020. And then in a rush to preorder the AT TE in 2022 just in case. How times have changed.

7 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Oh my maker... I didn't even consider this, too! You've got all the nightmare fuel in the Adults Welcome world up and running now, Mando man. Imagine them selling a Botanical Collection based on Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor this late to the party... Even Lego wouldn't be this crazy, would they? 

UCS TANALORR IS MINE!!!!

7 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

If I want any 18+ sub-theme to make a comeback it would be the Diorama Collection. It has by far the most potential to deliver exciting remakes (or even never before done stuff) by replacing their system scale counterparts. With Palpatine's Arrest being just one of many fitting options. 

Where is my ISD bridge Lego?!

14 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

There’s seldom consistency every year (plus with TMaG and Ahsoka S2, there’ll be the usual level of secrecy around merchandise until closer to their release dates), but last year we did get a chunk of summer set information by the end of January. So fingers crossed the leakers do us a solid soon.

Lego is also hosting a conference at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, not something they’re known to do so it makes sense that the Smart Brick will officially be unveiled there.

Same here. I believe we also knew the distribution of sets based off new content by January in 2023. And then it was around Friday a week from now in 2024 when we received info on Cal Kestis, Young Leia, Peridia and the Sith Infiltrator.

 

Same energy as the Avengers Doomsday clock. 

Edited January 2 by CloneCommando99

[BrickBob Studpants]

I wonder if we even get a regular August wave this year. After all, the March wave is much larger than usual with 8 rather than ~3 sets, and the May and June waves are also rather substantial thanks to M&G, plus there‘s that weird 14+ set in July  And if Ahsoka S2 gets a similar release schedules as S1, there might be a September wave again.

[Darth_Bane13]

6 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Say it with me boys. 9849 remake.

That was a great battle pack, I always liked how the rebel trooper had indiana jones head.

[BrickPrick]

9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Say it with me boys. 9849 remake.

 

I know it’s early to tell. But I reckon Lego overestimated the demand for the 332nd BP. Not many are talking about it compared to the 327th or Clone v Droid when they released. But that’s just the online space.

UCS TANALORR IS MINE!!!!

Where is my ISD bridge Lego?!

Yes, please. Kinda ironic that we kicked things off with the awesome 75320 Snowtrooper Battle Pack after the one year hiatus. And got nothing in terms of OT representation since then. Other than the 40755 if you want to count this.

If Lego indeed miscalculated the demand for the 332nd BP, I would be absolutely fine with that. Seriously, just stop this madness for once. I want to be excited again. 

Indeed it is... in your dreams.

It sits right next to the scrapped concept art of the Crab Droid in Lego's brainstorm room.

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I wonder if we even get a regular August wave this year. After all, the March wave is much larger than usual with 8 rather than ~3 sets, and the May and June waves are also rather substantial thanks to M&G, plus there‘s that weird 14+ set in July  And if Ahsoka S2 gets a similar release schedules as S1, there might be a September wave again.

Usual August wave or not, let's just have some actual exciting play scale sets beyond the expected Mando onslaught. Otherwise it could be a bleak year even for my taste, but until we know for sure my glass remains half full as always. 

[ARC2149Nova]

I'd be on board with an Endor Rebel Battle Pack if they don't jack up the price. Anything above $22.99 is a no from me.

I've got the old Shuttle Tyderium from 2015, and I bought two more of the trenchcoat rebels from that set, so I've got a little team, but we could use some new ones in the same style/slight variant.

Not sure if it's been discussed, since I've been AWOL for a minute, but does it bother anyone else that the Siege of Mandalore Battle Pack wastes time with even more kriffing 332nd troopers? Like, after the battle pack, certainly the community has gotten its fill, right? We had an opportunity for a full pack of Supercommandos or a split with Death Watch (different styles from the 2024 pack).

[MKJoshA]

On 12/31/2025 at 11:11 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Don't worry about it man. Nobody rational is going to look at your post and actually think it's something messed up.

 

This exactly. We're not on Reddit, this is Eurobricks where we can be rational humans.

On 1/1/2026 at 3:37 AM, BrickPrick said:

Thank you kindly, Mando man. I like to think I'm one of numerous Rancor's apprentice's as well. Though I doubt he would see it that way. Would you, Rancor? 

 

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

I'd be on board with an Endor Rebel Battle Pack if they don't jack up the price. Anything above $22.99 is a no from me.

I've got the old Shuttle Tyderium from 2015, and I bought two more of the trenchcoat rebels from that set, so I've got a little team, but we could use some new ones in the same style/slight variant.

Not sure if it's been discussed, since I've been AWOL for a minute, but does it bother anyone else that the Siege of Mandalore Battle Pack wastes time with even more kriffing 332nd troopers? Like, after the battle pack, certainly the community has gotten its fill, right? We had an opportunity for a full pack of Supercommandos or a split with Death Watch (different styles from the 2024 pack).

Dude, even $22.99 is a no from me, I loved the Ahsoka show but I still waited until the night trooper packs dipped below $20. But I'm being pedantic- I agree with the sentiment, we need a normal Endor rebel battle pack, not a $30-45 set that happens to contain a few endor rebels

I've got around seven of them I think- all the 2012/23 version, those rebel troopers used to be dirt cheap on bricklink- but updated ones I could build a larger number of would be excellent. Especially considering the different outfits they wear and that I don't think lego's ever gotten the color of the trenchcoats quite right.

Yes, absolutely, more than it probably should. It's like lego's mocking us- "stop making every battle pack a different clone legion? Ok, here's the SAME clone legion!". Had it been a full pack of mandos... well, I still wouldn't have gotten it day 1 at $22.99, but I would have picked a few up eventually. Unless this one hits $10 (half a battle pack for half the useful figs), I'm not even considering it.

3 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, please. Kinda ironic that we kicked things off with the awesome 75320 Snowtrooper Battle Pack after the one year hiatus. And got nothing in terms of OT representation since then. Other than the 40755 if you want to count this.

If Lego indeed miscalculated the demand for the 332nd BP, I would be absolutely fine with that. Seriously, just stop this madness for once. I want to be excited again. 

Indeed it is... in your dreams.

It sits right next to the scrapped concept art of the Crab Droid in Lego's brainstorm room.

Usual August wave or not, let's just have some actual exciting play scale sets beyond the expected Mando onslaught. Otherwise it could be a bleak year even for my taste, but until we know for sure my glass remains half full as always. 

The snowtrooper battle pack was awesome, and was meant as a sort of addition to the AT-AT, so maybe we just need an Endor Bunker MBS set to get an endor battle pack on the table.

Exactly. There are so many factions that deserve battle packs, but if the soldiers aren't wearing T-visors, lego doesn't even look at it.

19 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, a tried and true OT themed Battle Pack, the Night and Death Trooper one I would consider to belong to the Mandoverse, is definitely long overdue. 

A truly magical time of the theme, if you ask me. It helped immensely getting me excited to get back on track. Or to constantly collect it in the first place. To this day, I like to admire my one and only Shoretrooper Captain minifigure. It's so refreshingly different from any other Imperial troops, which I own quite a lot of unique ones by now.

Oh my maker... I didn't even consider this, too! You've got all the nightmare fuel in the Adults Welcome world up and running now, Mando man. Imagine them selling a Botanical Collection based on Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor this late to the party... Even Lego wouldn't be this crazy, would they? 

If I want any 18+ sub-theme to make a comeback it would be the Diorama Collection. It has by far the most potential to deliver exciting remakes (or even never before done stuff) by replacing their system scale counterparts. With Palpatine's Arrest being just one of many fitting options. 

Yup. I could have stretched it on an imperial remnant pack, but stormtroopers with red cloth and gold trim don't fit anywhere into the OT.

The Shoretroopers in general were an excellent design- all the new Rogue One imperial troopers were.

Making our only Jedi Survivor set a Botanical Collection one is 100% something lego would do.

I agree, the Dioramas were by far the best of the 18+ sublines, probably due to the fact that they retain figure scale/include minifigs. I enjoyed them a lot and own a couple. I don't mind Midi-scale a ton, and would be totally OK with getting 4-5 a year so long as that was it for 18+, but when you add in the helmets, and the busts, and the statues... it's just too much.

13 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

UCS TANALORR IS MINE!!!!

Same energy as the Avengers Doomsday clock. 

No, UCS Tanalorr is MINE! It was my discovery, my MOC, and they just expected me to throw it away?

At least Doomsday might give us some interesting sets/figures.

7 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

That was a great battle pack, I always liked how the rebel trooper had indiana jones head.

It was nice- the endor rebel face re-uses were generally pretty solid, if I remember right Boromir also shows up as one.

[CloneCommando99]

4 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

I'd be on board with an Endor Rebel Battle Pack if they don't jack up the price. Anything above $22.99 is a no from me.

I've got the old Shuttle Tyderium from 2015, and I bought two more of the trenchcoat rebels from that set, so I've got a little team, but we could use some new ones in the same style/slight variant.

Not sure if it's been discussed, since I've been AWOL for a minute, but does it bother anyone else that the Siege of Mandalore Battle Pack wastes time with even more kriffing 332nd troopers? Like, after the battle pack, certainly the community has gotten its fill, right? We had an opportunity for a full pack of Supercommandos or a split with Death Watch (different styles from the 2024 pack).

Good to have you back.

Believe me, the moment normal battlepacks go above £20 I’m out of getting any straight from Lego. I’ll wait for Amazon to roll out the clearance heavy discounts. Though you could say I’m already doing my part to boycott overpriced BPs since I just won’t support this lazy and unnecessary excuse of a BP.

And yes. You’re not alone in thinking this is a waste of a BP. Should have gone to Rebels or Empire or both or as you suggested been at least full Mando. Not to a clone legion repeat. 
 

2 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

There’s only one reason someone would fear having an apprentice.

Guys, I think moderator @MKJoshA is a Sith Lord.

56 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

 

No, UCS Tanalorr is MINE! It was my discovery, my MOC, and they just expected me to throw it away?

 

It was nice- the endor rebel face re-uses were generally pretty solid, if I remember right Boromir also shows up as one.

BUT I CALLED DIBBS!!! IT’S MINE!! 

WHAT’S MINE IS MINE, MINE AND MINE, AND MINE, AND MINE, AND MINE! AND NOT YOURS!

 

I would do a one does not simply land on Endor meme. But the Sith among us has already done that today.

[BrickPrick]

17 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

I'd be on board with an Endor Rebel Battle Pack if they don't jack up the price. Anything above $22.99 is a no from me.

No offense, but anything beyond $20 is pushing it without good reasons. Like I can't think how anyone would say $23 for a standard Battle Pack is still somewhat okay, but $25 would be a deal breaker. Feels like moving goal posts to me. As the 33% price jump from 15 to 20 bucks was pretty substantial to begin with. And was supposed to be relatively future proof.

14 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

 

Haha, I knew I was right to doubt you. But yeah, sounds very Sith to me. Or like the mindset of an confident, self-serving beast. 

13 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The snowtrooper battle pack was awesome, and was meant as a sort of addition to the AT-AT, so maybe we just need an Endor Bunker MBS set to get an endor battle pack on the table.

Exactly. There are so many factions that deserve battle packs, but if the soldiers aren't wearing T-visors, lego doesn't even look at it.

Yup. I could have stretched it on an imperial remnant pack, but stormtroopers with red cloth and gold trim don't fit anywhere into the OT.

The Shoretroopers in general were an excellent design- all the new Rogue One imperial troopers were.

Making our only Jedi Survivor set a Botanical Collection one is 100% something lego would do.

I agree, the Dioramas were by far the best of the 18+ sublines, probably due to the fact that they retain figure scale/include minifigs. I enjoyed them a lot and own a couple. I don't mind Midi-scale a ton, and would be totally OK with getting 4-5 a year so long as that was it for 18+, but when you add in the helmets, and the busts, and the statues... it's just too much.

A continuation of the MBS line would be awesome in general. An Endor Bunker/Battle one could be a perfect opportunity to finally return to this location. A fitting Battle Pack would be the cherry on top. Although I would already be happy if just the latter is happening. 

Yep, an issue that could be easily solved or at least kept to an acceptable level if we were back to the good old days of getting four Battle Packs per year. 

Yeah, though it was a nice break from the Clone Bros regardless. Even if it felt like a rather short stop in between this extreme Clone Extravaganza. 

Oh, absolutely. I can ashore you, I will try to get the other two Shoretrooper variants sometime. A couple of Imperial Hover Tank Pilots as well. 

Yes, you can't understate how ludicriously Lego this move would be. Same way we only got the buildable BD-1 for Fallen Order several years later on. Such a shame... what a waste! 

I absolutely agree. All things considered, Dioramas just have the most value compared to all other 18+ and non system scale formats. I don't mind the Starship Collection either. Sure, they are all overpriced as well... what isn't? And sure, their value would be greatly increased were they to include some cool exclusive minifigs. But those are some sharply designed models, so I definitely see the appeal. Helmets are comparable to that, though not quite as appealing to me. Stuff like the upcoming Busts, Mechs and Buildable Characters... sorry, not sorry. I just can't. What's next? A Star Wars equivalent to the World Map set? 

Edited January 3 by BrickPrick

[Darth_Bane13]

6 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Not sure if it's been discussed, since I've been AWOL for a minute, but does it bother anyone else that the Siege of Mandalore Battle Pack wastes time with even more kriffing 332nd troopers? Like, after the battle pack, certainly the community has gotten its fill, right? We had an opportunity for a full pack of Supercommandos or a split with Death Watch (different styles from the 2024 pack).

That's a pretty common sentiment here.

 

17 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Haha, I knew I was right to doubt you.  But yeah, sounds very Sith to me. Or like the mindset of an confident, self-serving beast. 

Sith you say? My apprentice Darth Zannah and I are the only ones left.