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

[ARC2149Nova]

In defense of the pricing, I was just saying that anything above the "normal" battle pack price is a no-go. No $30-45 "battle packs". $19.99 felt like it should've been the barrier, but greed is one helluva thing.

I could barely stomach paying $36 for the 327th Troopers, and that was just because they're one of my favorite clone designs.

[Mandalorianknight]

6 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

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

BUT I CALLED DIBBS!!! IT’S MINE!! 

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

We need to put the mech/constraction red lightsaber in the Rancor's hand for a new profile picture.

 

Alright, you went full Larfleeze, I don't think I can beat that. Tanalorr is yours- but Mara will never step foot on it.

5 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

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? 

Yeah, really anything endor (in terms of playsets. Not 18+ gimmick, not smartslop, playsets) would be a big win.

EXACTLY! We could have two clone battle packs a year, and if it was four packs total, I wouldn't care at all since we'd also be getting packs for rebels, or imperials, or separatists, or the first order, or what have you.

That's true. The Night Trooper pack was the first one since the Snowtrooper pack to not be about clones or mandalorians.

Solid pun- the hovertank pilots are excellent too (Although lego lied to you- production changed it late in the game so the vehicle is actually a treaded tank, not a hovertank), I'm hoping that we can get a new mold for them eventually though- as it's not the same as the shoretrooper helmet- ideally alongside a larger version of their tank that fits the full crew.

I will say, I like the BD-1 Statue, just because he's with you for so much of the game and as it's close-ish to a 1:1 scale, it feels almost immersive to have BD sitting by your xbox. But would I trade it for a Stinger Mantis system set? in a heartbeat.

The starship collection is SO CLOSE to being an excellent subline, they really just need 1-2 figures for the pilot/captain/admiral/what have you. It doesn't need to be an exclusive figure, but I think it would really add something. And seeing as the busts include figures and the Sauron helmet includes a figure as well, I don't think it's impossible lego will start putting figures in the starship collection as well.

23 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

In defense of the pricing, I was just saying that anything above the "normal" battle pack price is a no-go. No $30-45 "battle packs". $19.99 felt like it should've been the barrier, but greed is one helluva thing.

I could barely stomach paying $36 for the 327th Troopers, and that was just because they're one of my favorite clone designs.

Yeah- I said in my comment I was being pedantic and I knew what you meant, the "super" battle packs as opposed to the normal ones. (Though I will shout out the 2024 clones vs droids pack as what the super battle packs should have been)

I know what you mean- they used to be one of my favorite legions and that $36 clearance price stares me down every time I enter the store. They still aren't moving though, so I'm hoping I can pick one up at $25 or less.

[CloneCommando99]

On the 10th Day of Christmas, Lego sent to me:

Ten Younglings a dying,

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 #254 of asking Lego for a TIE Avenger.

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Mara will never step foot on it.

Where else was I going to hide my shrine to her?

 

 

Also. Are we waiting for some more news before the 2026 thread opens? 

Edited Saturday at 11:11 AM by CloneCommando99

[BrickPrick]

13 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

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

Darth who? Well, I liked the analogy about the Rancor being a solo beast better anyways. 

9 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah, really anything endor (in terms of playsets. Not 18+ gimmick, not smartslop, playsets) would be a big win.

EXACTLY! We could have two clone battle packs a year, and if it was four packs total, I wouldn't care at all since we'd also be getting packs for rebels, or imperials, or separatists, or the first order, or what have you.

That's true. The Night Trooper pack was the first one since the Snowtrooper pack to not be about clones or mandalorians.

Solid pun- the hovertank pilots are excellent too (Although lego lied to you- production changed it late in the game so the vehicle is actually a treaded tank, not a hovertank), I'm hoping that we can get a new mold for them eventually though- as it's not the same as the shoretrooper helmet- ideally alongside a larger version of their tank that fits the full crew.

I will say, I like the BD-1 Statue, just because he's with you for so much of the game and as it's close-ish to a 1:1 scale, it feels almost immersive to have BD sitting by your xbox. But would I trade it for a Stinger Mantis system set? in a heartbeat.

The starship collection is SO CLOSE to being an excellent subline, they really just need 1-2 figures for the pilot/captain/admiral/what have you. It doesn't need to be an exclusive figure, but I think it would really add something. And seeing as the busts include figures and the Sauron helmet includes a figure as well, I don't think it's impossible lego will start putting figures in the starship collection as well.

I know what you mean- they used to be one of my favorite legions and that $36 clearance price stares me down every time I enter the store. They still aren't moving though, so I'm hoping I can pick one up at $25 or less.

Speaking of additional formats, do you remember these bizarre Action Battle sets Lego did for Endor and Hoth in 2019? Other than the 4+ thing, which I shamefully have to admit is actually in my possession, that's like the closest Endor based play set we got for what feels like forever. And no, I don't really count the Battlefront II Inferno Squad BP.

Every once in a while, it is my personal belief Lego seems to be allergic to making even more money than they already do. I mean, come on, is there really an easier, more efficient opportunity to make the most bang for your own buck with as little as possible than freaking Battle Packs? I don't think so. As expensive and overpriced as anything 18+ can be... it clearly ain't for everyone. Battle Packs are truly compatible with all ages. Kids play with them. Adults collect and display them. It represents the best of both worlds. Yet besides experimenting with the bigger Battle Packs, Lego does relatively little with them for the better part of this decade by now.

Yeah, you could say it was fun while it lasted. 

It shore is. Let me reashore you... I intend to own all of those terrific troops. Especially a couple of the regular ones. Also interesting fact about the tanks... I wasn't aware about this at all.

Yes, I really like it, too. Emphasis was on "only". As in imagine getting absolutely nothing based on Cal Cestis' journey only to get just a buildable droid a couple years later on. But the build itself was absolutely adorable... Immersive is a good way to describe it. One of the rare few exceptions of this sub-theme I can appreciate the set for what it is. I considered getting it at some point, but I didn't. It just wasn't, like you said, a first choice kind of set. Obviously no match for a Stinger Mantis flagship. 

On another note, I thought you were one of the good guys, but then you said Xbox. 

Yeah, it never feels like Mission Impossible to include some neat figures, exclusive or not, to this otherwise appealing format. They just need to do it. Same goes for the Micro-scale Dioramas. Excluding figures just because you can't integrate them directly in the scenary feels like an excuse to me. And not a very good one at that. You put it next to the quote plaque and call it a day. 

The Lego sales situation you partially have in the US seems so crazy for me. I basically can't acquire the 327th BP for over 30€ anymore. It's been comfortably sitting at ~27€ on Amazon DE for a few months now.

Edited Saturday at 04:08 PM by BrickPrick

[Kaijumeister]

On 1/2/2026 at 9:06 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

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 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.

UCS TANALORR IS MINE!!!!

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. 

To be honest, the demand for more clone sets genuinely was there at least for a few years since the resurgence of the Clone Wars in 2020 (in modern LEGO Star Wars’ typical risk-averse fashion, they barely had two small sets to coincide with the show in 2020 before realising how big the demand was and course-correcting afterwards). Now it feels like they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel.

*Sigh* I complain about this every other post, but I still struggle to believe how Lego refuse to give us even one Jedi: Survivor set. With all the stuff they’ve been putting out over the past couple of years, is this really where they draw the line?

Ah that’s right, I still remember Promobricks doing an info dump of the 2023 summer wave on April Fools’ Day and how we were all stumped because it sounded too good to be true. In that case hopefully some more rumours will be out by the end of the month. January last year is also when MaxBaut started teasing information about the summer wave on his Instagram stories if I recall. 

23 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.

Yeah I can see this happening if Ahsoka S2’s release window is similar to S1. A handful of sets tying into the show releasing in September plus maybe another random unrelated set (like the Coruscant Guard Gunship in 2023). I just hope there are plans to release at least a couple of sets on the show given how strong the S1 sets were.

On 1/2/2026 at 3:01 AM, 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. 

Agreed! @Mandalorianknight already pointed this out but yes, we need 18+ sets that are compatible with minifigures and the Diorama Collection was the perfect realisation of that (prices aside). Plus with the Starship Collection now being a thing, if the DC was revisited I would hope they wouldn’t waste slots on microbuild dioramas. 

15 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

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.

Given that even LAN (e.g. Brickset) have noticed the excess of 18+ sublines and buildable characters, I’m surprised this hasn’t been broached with their Lego Fan Media Days interviews with the Lego Star Wars Team. I’m curious to know if these sets are equally as popular as the playscale sets.

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I will say, I like the BD-1 Statue, just because he's with you for so much of the game and as it's close-ish to a 1:1 scale, it feels almost immersive to have BD sitting by your xbox. But would I trade it for a Stinger Mantis system set? in a heartbeat.

The starship collection is SO CLOSE to being an excellent subline, they really just need 1-2 figures for the pilot/captain/admiral/what have you. It doesn't need to be an exclusive figure, but I think it would really add something. And seeing as the busts include figures and the Sauron helmet includes a figure as well, I don't think it's impossible lego will start putting figures in the starship collection as well.

BD-1 is certainly up there as one of the best LEGO Star Wars sets, it’s as close to a perfect set as one can ask for in a buildable character. I still remember back in 2022 thinking this was going to herald some playscale Jedi Fallen Order sets.

The most ironic thing for me is they released a buildable BD-1 without Cal, and then in 2024 they released the Cal anniversary minifigure without BD-1 (don’t get me started on how they couldn’t even bother to give him a poncho). What’s even more confounding is the inclusion of a BD droid in last year’s advent calendar, so they could have included BD-1 with Cal. Presumably budget is the reason they didn’t. 

My first thought when seeing the Sauron helmet is what the implications are for future Star Wars helmets too, hopefully them including minifigures is now on the table.

For anyone interested, Brick Fanatics have published an interview with the LSW Team around this January’s BB-8 and Starship sets.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 minute ago, Kaijumeister said:

I just hope there are plans to release at least a couple of sets on the show given how strong the S1 sets were.

Same! The 5 Ahsoka sets are among the strongest for any show or spin-off movie so far

Call me easy to please, but if we get Rotta, Sigourney Weaver‘s character, a missing Mandoverse character like Carson Teva, and Captain Enoch this year, I‘ll already be a happy camper ^^

[Kaijumeister]

14 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Same! The 5 Ahsoka sets are among the strongest for any show or spin-off movie so far

Call me easy to please, but if we get Rotta, Sigourney Weaver‘s character, a missing Mandoverse character like Carson Teva, and Captain Enoch this year, I‘ll already be a happy camper ^^

Totally agree! The concept art we have seen for Ahsoka S2 is already rife with potential - those Dathomiri witches would look fantastic as minifigures too. There’s no way they aren’t doing Enoch this time too and I’m sure his (presumably) more prominent role in Season 2 is the reason Lego chose not to include him in the Peridea set. 

@BrickPrick Whilst it’s easy to remind ourselves that the LSW Team’s process for choosing which sets get made every year is doubtless quite nuanced and complicated, I still agree with your sentiment that they leave so many objectively good ideas on the drawing board year after year.

Online voices can be anecdotal and not indicative of what the general consumer would be looking for (but at the same time, I don’t think anyone can claim with a straight face that the general consumer has been clamouring for Bacara, Bly, the Galactic Marines, and 327th). But nonetheless, there are still ships, locations, and characters people routinely do express interest in year after year that Lego just never seem to acknowledge in any way, shape, or form. The Mantis and Fondor are more contemporary examples, but from an evergreen standpoint how is it that we still haven’t seen anything based on the Battle of Endor or Cloud City in so long? 

Edited Saturday at 03:12 PM by Kaijumeister

[Mandalorianknight]

8 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Speaking of additional formats, do you remember these bizarre Action Battle sets Lego did for Endor and Hoth in 2019? Other than the 4+ thing, which I shamefully have to admit is actually in my possession, that's like the closest Endor based play set we got for what feels like forever. And no, I don't really count the Battlefront II Inferno Squad BP.

Every once in a while, it is my personal belief Lego seems to be allergic to making even more money than they already do. I mean, come on, is there really an easier, more efficient opportunity to make the most bang for your own buck with as little as possible than freaking Battle Packs? I don't think so. As expensive and overpriced as anything 18+ can be... it clearly ain't for everyone. Battle Packs are truly compatible with all ages. Kids play with them. Adults collect and display them. It represents the best of both worlds. Yet besides experimenting with the bigger Battle Packs, Lego does relatively little with them for the better part of this decade by now.

It shore is. Let me reashore you... I intend to own all of those terrific troops. Especially a couple of the regular ones. Also interesting fact about the tanks... I wasn't aware about this at all.

Yes, I really like it, too. Emphasis was on "only". As in imagine getting absolutely nothing based on Cal Cestis' journey only to get just a buildable droid a couple years later on. But the build itself was absolutely adorable... Immersive is a good way to describe it. One of the rare few exceptions of this sub-theme I can appreciate the set for what it is. I considered getting it at some point, but I didn't. It just wasn't, like you said, a first choice kind of set. Obviously no match for a Stinger Mantis flagship. 

On another note, I thought you were one of the good guys, but then you said Xbox. 

Yeah, it never feels like Mission Impossible to include some neat figures, exclusive or not, to this otherwise appealing format. They just need to do it. Same goes for the Micro-scale Dioramas. Excluding figures just because you can't integrate them directly in the scenary feels like an excuse to me. And not a very good one at that. You put it next to the quote plaque and call it a day. 

The Lego sales situation you partially have in the US seems so crazy for me. I basically can't acquire the 327th BP for over 30€ anymore. It's been comfortably sitting at ~27€ on Amazon DE for a few months now.

Yup, I bought the endor one back when it released... probably paid too much, those were all super overpriced. 

I assume their profit margins are somewhat low for smaller sets, especially figure-dense ones, which is also why they're experimenting with the larger sizes and price increases.

They were intended to be hovertanks, I believe it changed REALLY late in production, to the point most merch was ready. All the more reason to get a new version!

Yes, a good set, but not a good ONLY set.

Don't worry, I have no stake in that war. I have an Xbox because I traded my Switch for it to a friend so I could play Jedi Survivor. I think the entire time I've owned it I've had 2, maybe 3 games downloaded.

The diorama one I can slightly understand given the figures might look weird scale-wise standing in front of a tiny podracer or the like, but the starship collection ones being on stands negates that excuse for those sets. I mean, there's ready-made spots for them on those 1x2 grilles, anybody with a set can slap them on and see that they look find.

With the exchange rate it looks like we're only a few $ off, but I would guess a big part of it comes down to us being a larger market. A lot of our good sales are physical-only- a local walmart had the Evil Falcon for $75 the other day (Though I hesitated and by my next visit it sold out, so I wasn't able to grab that one)

8 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

 BD-1 is certainly up there as one of the best LEGO Star Wars sets, it’s as close to a perfect set as one can ask for in a buildable character. I still remember back in 2022 thinking this was going to herald some playscale Jedi Fallen Order sets.

The most ironic thing for me is they released a buildable BD-1 without Cal, and then in 2024 they released the Cal anniversary minifigure without BD-1 (don’t get me started on how they couldn’t even bother to give him a poncho). What’s even more confounding is the inclusion of a BD droid in last year’s advent calendar, so they could have included BD-1 with Cal. Presumably budget is the reason they didn’t. 

My first thought when seeing the Sauron helmet is what the implications are for future Star Wars helmets too, hopefully them including minifigures is now on the table.

I don't know if I'd say one of the best sets ever, but it's definitely the best statue and a great set. 

It is really funny- it'd only require a new print (and that's even assuming the BD-1 print "expired") since the mold was clearly still around.

I assume the helmets will start coming with minifigures, since they're in busts, the sauron helmet, etc. My real hope is the Starship collection starts including them as well.

8 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Same! The 5 Ahsoka sets are among the strongest for any show or spin-off movie so far

Rogue one's first 5 MIGHT contest that, but it'd be close.

[BrickPrick]

20 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

*Sigh* I complain about this every other post, but I still struggle to believe how Lego refuse to give us even one Jedi: Survivor set. With all the stuff they’ve been putting out over the past couple of years, is this really where they draw the line?

Agreed! @Mandalorianknight already pointed this out but yes, we need 18+ sets that are compatible with minifigures and the Diorama Collection was the perfect realisation of that (prices aside). Plus with the Starship Collection now being a thing, if the DC was revisited I would hope they wouldn’t waste slots on microbuild dioramas. 

BD-1 is certainly up there as one of the best LEGO Star Wars sets, it’s as close to a perfect set as one can ask for in a buildable character. I still remember back in 2022 thinking this was going to herald some playscale Jedi Fallen Order sets.

For anyone interested, Brick Fanatics have published an interview with the LSW Team around this January’s BB-8 and Starship sets.

I don't wanna sound arrogant or anything, but whoever is in charge of these decisions, has clearly no idea what he's doing. Like it makes no sense whatsoever to ignore a critically acclaimed and fairly popular videogame like that. Not when you literally supported other games that weren't even as well received within the same timeframe. 

Yes, we are all on the same page for this one. Not much to add beyond from me what wasn't already said countless times in here. Bring back minifigure compatible 18+ stuff or just leave me alone, Lego! 

Oh, how right we were to have a little bit of faith to see it happen. And how wrong we were by thinking Lego could be even bothered to do the right thing there. On the ongoing topic about Battle Packs right now, not even a Purge Trooper BP saw the Lego light of day. It's kinda maddening, to be honest. 

Awesome, I will give this a read later on. Thank you for sharing. 

20 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

@BrickPrick Whilst it’s easy to remind ourselves that the LSW Team’s process for choosing which sets get made every year is doubtless quite nuanced and complicated, I still agree with your sentiment that they leave so many objectively good ideas on the drawing board year after year.

Yes, its the mixture of two things which makes me go back and fourth on this one. On one hand, the amount of available Star Wars sub-themes for any given set is unquestionably unprecedented nowadays. To pick your poison must be giving those responsible a tough time. Like I said on numerous occasions, I don't exactly envy those people. But on the other hand, seeing an unprecedented amount of Lego Star Wars formats is insane all the same! Like why would you limit yourself in terms of providing a reasonably balanced portfolio to such a degree? Why would you willingly bring that curse onto yourself? But the thing is, to them it's not like that... not even in the slightest. But about maximizing profits across the board. Which they do, when, say, five longtime fans of the theme don't support something, but six new people casually and typically not into Lego do. Because of Grogu or something. All in all, this discussion is a strong reminder that multiple things can be true all at once. What's the perfect heaven to one individual, might be perfect hell to another. Of course, we are the cool, knowledgeable fans, so we just know better. 

Edited yesterday at 11:15 AM by BrickPrick

[Kaijumeister]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I assume the helmets will start coming with minifigures, since they're in busts, the sauron helmet, etc. My real hope is the Starship collection starts including them as well.

Rogue one's first 5 MIGHT contest that, but it'd be close.

Agreed, although at the same time I won’t complain if this January’s sets are the only Starship Collection sets we get for the year.

I’d add the Solo sets for consideration too, funny how the tie-in waves for the ‘Star Wars Story’ films largely outclassed what we got for the Sequel Trilogy, with a few exceptions. I find it ironic how often Lucasfilm try making toy-friendly designs for characters and vehicles but at the same time, their stringent anti-spoiler policy means toy representation of said designs typically happens a good while after their source media has actually debuted. Mando S2 and S3 certainly had this issue with respect to Lego sets, although Ahsoka didn’t all that much.

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

I don't wanna sound arrogant or anything, but whoever is in charge of these decisions, has clearly no idea what he's doing. Like it makes no sense whatsoever to ignore a critically acclaimed and fairly popular videogame like that. Not when you literally supported other games that weren't even as well received within the same timeframe. 

Awesome, I will give this a read later on. Thank you for sharing. 

Yes, its the mixture of two things which makes me go back and fourth on this one. On one hand, the amount of available Star Wars sub-themes for any given set is unquestionably unprecedented nowadays. To pick your poison must be giving those responsible a tough time. Like I said on numerous occasions, I don't exactly envy those people. But on the other hand, seeing an unprecedented amount of Lego Star Wars formats is insane all the same! Like why would you limit yourself in terms of providing a reasonably balanced portfolio to such a degree? Why would you willingly bring that curse onto yourself? But the thing is, to them it's not like that... not even in the slightest. But about maximizing profits across the board. Which they do, when, say, five longtime fans of the theme don't support something, but six new people casually and typically not into Lego do. Because of Grogu or something. All in ally this discussion is a strong reminder that multiple things can be true all at once. What's the perfect heaven to one individual, might be perfect hell to another. Of course, we are the cool, knowledgeable fans, so we just know better. 

Not arrogant, just frustrated (as much as one can be for what’s ultimately a hobby!), it’s a feeling I share too. 

Also my bad - ‘published’ wasn’t the right word to use as it’s a video interview. I only listened to it for background noise whilst playing the Rogue Prince of Persia. It’s always interesting getting an insight into how Lego Star Wars models are developed but I find it weird seeing so much focus being placed on these types of sets when they’re largely secondary to playscale stuff which is the bread and butter of most Lego themes. I guess that’s a notion we need to let go of for this theme.

Good points, I don’t think I’d ever want to be the person / people making these decisions to be honest! That said, I don’t think it’s that difficult keeping a finger on the pulse of what’s ‘hot’ for Star Wars and what’s in demand. Seeing the various clone legions and commanders last year along with characters like Plo Koon, General Kenobi, a P1 pilot and so on certainly shows Lego are listening to fans have been asking for to some degree - although the almost excessive focus on clone stuff for playscale along with the shortcuts and design / QC problems is where a lot of the 2025 sets fell short. Moreover the focus on clone stuff shows an overemphasis on tending to certain (often vocal) demographics at the expense of others.

You could also argue that the dilution of playscale sets due to other sublines means what playscale sets that we do get just invite greater scrutiny than they did until, say, the end of 2024 where said dilution wasn’t anywhere near as bad. The inordinate number of clone sets from last year wouldn’t have been such a big issue in 2020 - 2024 because there’d still be a fair number of slots left for normal sets covering other films / shows etc. It’s like a perfect storm where you’re vastly cutting down the number of normal sets being put out every year whilst also focusing a large fraction of said sets on one area of Star Wars only. Hopefully this is an area that this theme improves upon this year and beyond - if you’re going to keep reducing the number of playscale sets, at least put more of an effort in to providing some diversity in the content covered. Again, it’s not difficult to see what’s popular in Star Wars (both from contemporary and evergreen perspectives) if you know where to look and listen. Dedicating a couple of slots to knock out some ships and characters that people have been asking for for 3+ years isn’t going to kill the theme.

On another note, with leakers saying we should see the Smart Brick sets officially revealed by the end of the month, I’ve been wondering why practically the entire Smart Brick lineup consists of sets we’ve largely already seen in some shape or form over the past few years (some repeatedly so…). Offering Lego the benefit of the doubt, it does make sense to base these experimental sets on things they’ve already done because a) There’s no point integrating Smart Bricks into sets covering something new when there’s no guarantee people will buy into the play pattern even if they are interested in what the sets themselves are based on and b) If you want to prove the Smart Brick is as groundbreaking as you claim, where better to start than with vehicles and locations you’ve already done to prove how much of a force multiplier the Smart Brick is for play? I still have significant reservations about this entire March wave and have already written it off mentally, but nonetheless I am very interested to see how these sets will look and what the Smart Brick is like in action. The X-Wing does not fill me with confidence though.

[CloneCommando99]

19 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Totally agree! The concept art we have seen for Ahsoka S2 is already rife with potential - those Dathomiri witches would look fantastic as minifigures too. There’s no way they aren’t doing Enoch this time too and I’m sure his (presumably) more prominent role in Season 2 is the reason Lego chose not to include him in the Peridea set. 

According to recent leaks, I am looking forward to the spectacle of Ahsoka S2. At least the confirmed Thrawn’s campaign side of it. Apparently they brought military advisors onto the set to help coordinate battles properly. They’ve also built a massive Home One hangar set apparently. So maybe we may get some good sets from the Thrawn’s campaign side. But I’m only expecting one set each for the Peridia and Thrawn’s campaign plots.

Maybe we’ll get a NR vs Imperial remnant BP this summer? Would seem logical given how that conflict is going to be a key theme in both M&G and Ahsoka S2. New Republic B-Wing? Patrol Gunship?

On the 11th Day of Christmas, Lego sent to me….

Eleven X-Wings a striking (blue squadron)

Ten Younglings a dying,

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 #255

 

 

Edited yesterday at 10:12 AM by CloneCommando99

[BrickBob Studpants]

13 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

I don't wanna sound arrogant or anything, but whoever is in charge of these decisions, has clearly no idea what he's doing. Like it makes no sense whatsoever to ignore a critically acclaimed and fairly popular videogame like that. Not when you literally supported other games that weren't even as well received within the same timeframe. 

Some decisions sure are baffling to us fans, but we only ever see part of the picture  I would never argue against incorporating fan feedback, but the diehard fans are always outweighed by casual fans and general customers.

For instance, if you only looked at EB, you‘d think a TIE Avenger would be the most popular set ever designed and sell like coke-laced hotcakes, and while it surely would do decently, the reality would likely be quite different. To casual fans, it‘s just another TIE fighter. (That said, release it, you cowards )

My point is, there are a lot of factors at play here and some decisions that appear weird to us may have a reasonable explanation behind the scenes. Or not, but it‘s not like we‘ll ever know

[BrickPrick]

On 1/4/2026 at 1:04 AM, Mandalorianknight said:

Yup, I bought the endor one back when it released... probably paid too much, those were all super overpriced. 

I assume their profit margins are somewhat low for smaller sets, especially figure-dense ones, which is also why they're experimenting with the larger sizes and price increases.

They were intended to be hovertanks, I believe it changed REALLY late in production, to the point most merch was ready. All the more reason to get a new version!

Yes, a good set, but not a good ONLY set.

Don't worry, I have no stake in that war. I have an Xbox because I traded my Switch for it to a friend so I could play Jedi Survivor. I think the entire time I've owned it I've had 2, maybe 3 games downloaded.

The diorama one I can slightly understand given the figures might look weird scale-wise standing in front of a tiny podracer or the like, but the starship collection ones being on stands negates that excuse for those sets. I mean, there's ready-made spots for them on those 1x2 grilles, anybody with a set can slap them on and see that they look find.

With the exchange rate it looks like we're only a few $ off, but I would guess a big part of it comes down to us being a larger market. A lot of our good sales are physical-only- a local walmart had the Evil Falcon for $75 the other day (Though I hesitated and by my next visit it sold out, so I wasn't able to grab that one)

Yes, they were overpriced as heck. Which ultimately kept me from getting any of those. Though I really enjoyed the redesigned Rebel Hoth Troopers. 

I would imagine they still make a ton of money due to mere amassing some of the better army builders. But when you have the freedom to do like exactly the same thing as you did the year prior, but just slap an additional 50% price tag on it, then yeah... those things are bound to generate even bigger profit margians. 

Now that you say that... Yeah, I think I've heard about this after all. Memory is a fascinating mechanism, so to speak. 

That's precisely it. A good set to accompany a flagship set or a variety of other products. A somewhat bad "be all end all" kinda set. 

Ha, me neither. I was much more involved in the so-called "console war" (always hated that term) before I reached adulthood. But nowadays, thanks to the crazy console consolidation, there is not much of a competition left to fight for. Been a PlayStation fan as long as I want to remember, by the way. And hey, getting a console to play some high quality Star Wars games is always a good thing. 

Exactly! You even have the 1x2 grill pieces which would be pitch perfect functioning as your minifigure stands. It really is like Lego is intentionally trolling and taunting us putting them there in the first place!

No matter where we stand, be it you as an american, or me as an european, we obviously can never speak for an entire continent worth of different countries featuring their own economic environments. I could tell you all day long how awesome Lego deals can get here in Germany, yes. But people in the northern regions of Europe would definitely tell a different tale. Same goes for the US as well... but on a much larger scale. All those different tax territories alone will see to that. Anyways, here's hoping you will eventually get what you are looking for. =)

23 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Not arrogant, just frustrated (as much as one can be for what’s ultimately a hobby!), it’s a feeling I share too. 

Also my bad - ‘published’ wasn’t the right word to use as it’s a video interview. I only listened to it for background noise whilst playing the Rogue Prince of Persia. It’s always interesting getting an insight into how Lego Star Wars models are developed but I find it weird seeing so much focus being placed on these types of sets when they’re largely secondary to playscale stuff which is the bread and butter of most Lego themes. I guess that’s a notion we need to let go of for this theme.

Good points, I don’t think I’d ever want to be the person / people making these decisions to be honest! That said, I don’t think it’s that difficult keeping a finger on the pulse of what’s ‘hot’ for Star Wars and what’s in demand. Seeing the various clone legions and commanders last year along with characters like Plo Koon, General Kenobi, a P1 pilot and so on certainly shows Lego are listening to fans have been asking for to some degree - although the almost excessive focus on clone stuff for playscale along with the shortcuts and design / QC problems is where a lot of the 2025 sets fell short. Moreover the focus on clone stuff shows an overemphasis on tending to certain (often vocal) demographics at the expense of others.

You could also argue that the dilution of playscale sets due to other sublines means what playscale sets that we do get just invite greater scrutiny than they did until, say, the end of 2024 where said dilution wasn’t anywhere near as bad. The inordinate number of clone sets from last year wouldn’t have been such a big issue in 2020 - 2024 because there’d still be a fair number of slots left for normal sets covering other films / shows etc. It’s like a perfect storm where you’re vastly cutting down the number of normal sets being put out every year whilst also focusing a large fraction of said sets on one area of Star Wars only. Hopefully this is an area that this theme improves upon this year and beyond - if you’re going to keep reducing the number of playscale sets, at least put more of an effort in to providing some diversity in the content covered. Again, it’s not difficult to see what’s popular in Star Wars (both from contemporary and evergreen perspectives) if you know where to look and listen. Dedicating a couple of slots to knock out some ships and characters that people have been asking for for 3+ years isn’t going to kill the theme.

Yeah, I tend to be passionate about the things I care for. But I never want to reach toxic territory while I'm at it. Passion should never equal or involve toxicity. This is where I personally draw the line. 

I honestly mentally prepare for this as well. To clinge onto play scale sets as much as you used to, despite the clear shift in direction on Lego's part, may be the romantic type of thinking... but not very realistic. Well, let's just say I give myself a few years time to even consider it. 

That's exactly the point! In all fairness, Lego constantly shows that they do care about the products they make and do listening to fan feedback. Otherwise we wouldn't get some of the long requested minifigures you just listed. And in some cases, certainly not at this quality level. But then there are plenty of other head scratcher scenarios where you feel like you can't afford to give them the benefit of the doubt anymore. It's almost like someday Dieter is in charge of things, but the next day it's Detlef who's taking over business. As much as someone may aspires to be, no one is or ever will be perfect. This defeats the nature of the human being. But this ain't about perfection. And that's not what fans ask for. No, it's about consistency. And to see that level of inconsistency over such a long period of time, one way or another, is what can drive us a little bit mad sometimes. But to speak for myself, I also have a lot of fun doing so.

Back to your point... yes, they are clearly overcompensating. Having next to no TCW stuff on store shelves late last decade, was an extreme. But to keep shoving Clone Craziness down our throats is the other side of the extreme. I really hope we can reach that sweet spot level again. 

Okay, that right there is like the grandmother of all points. If you, due to all these mother flipping different formats, have so few set slots available to use already... at least give us more variety in sub-themes when you do something more exciting again. By today's standards, it actually feels like 50%+ of all yearly released LSW sets are non play scale sets. While like 30/40% of the remaining half is reserved for Clones. That's like saying it's totally fine having only two Sith and thousands of Jedi around at the same time. No, it's not cool, it freaking sucks megablocks! 

And yes yet again... giving people what they want won't kill this theme in any way. It's not like they completely broke the bank by giving us the incredible new head mould for Plo Koon. They even may have increased the price for this particular Microfighter for this exact reason. 

11 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Some decisions sure are baffling to us fans, but we only ever see part of the picture  I would never argue against incorporating fan feedback, but the diehard fans are always outweighed by casual fans and general customers.

For instance, if you only looked at EB, you‘d think a TIE Avenger would be the most popular set ever designed and sell like coke-laced hotcakes, and while it surely would do decently, the reality would likely be quite different. To casual fans, it‘s just another TIE fighter. (That said, release it, you cowards )

My point is, there are a lot of factors at play here and some decisions that appear weird to us may have a reasonable explanation behind the scenes. Or not, but it‘s not like we‘ll ever know

Of course. It's always a matter of perspective. Everyone can only play the piano notes in front of them. You may get a new sheet every now and then, but the musical performance will still be your own. And yep... fully aware the veterans or longtime fans were and always will be outnumbered by the average casual consumer. 

Yes, as entertaining as spending time on Eurobricks is, at the end of the day it's yet another online bubble. One of the better ones out there for sure... but a bubble nonetheless. And I too believe an Avenger, contrary to the general hype in here, would still do decently on the overall market. Andor niche factor or not, this is still an appealing looking imperial vehicle. 

This is just part of the fun to discuss, predict and speculate about stuff we will never know for sure. Yet if you truly think about it... it makes next to no sense to do so at all! But I enjoy it so much. 

Edited 17 hours ago by BrickPrick

[Mandalorianknight]

19 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Agreed, although at the same time I won’t complain if this January’s sets are the only Starship Collection sets we get for the year.

I’d add the Solo sets for consideration too, funny how the tie-in waves for the ‘Star Wars Story’ films largely outclassed what we got for the Sequel Trilogy, with a few exceptions. I find it ironic how often Lucasfilm try making toy-friendly designs for characters and vehicles but at the same time, their stringent anti-spoiler policy means toy representation of said designs typically happens a good while after their source media has actually debuted. Mando S2 and S3 certainly had this issue with respect to Lego sets, although Ahsoka didn’t all that much.

Oh, yeah, don't get me wrong, system sets are always the best option, but if we must have starships, let's at least throw a figure in there.

Yeah, that's probably bias on my part- I didn't mind Solo, but none of the vehicles were amazing to me, so while the sets are realistically excellent the source material doesn't stand out as much personally. That is a funny dichotomy- my assumption for the Ahsoka series is that a lot of character designs and information about Peridea (though we didn't know the name at the time) leaked very early on, which implies companies like lego might have been given some concept art to work with before the show came out.

8 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Some decisions sure are baffling to us fans, but we only ever see part of the picture  I would never argue against incorporating fan feedback, but the diehard fans are always outweighed by casual fans and general customers.

For instance, if you only looked at EB, you‘d think a TIE Avenger would be the most popular set ever designed and sell like coke-laced hotcakes, and while it surely would do decently, the reality would likely be quite different. To casual fans, it‘s just another TIE fighter. (That said, release it, you cowards )

I think that's often true, but there are also cases where it is baffling to an extent internal marketing wouldn't cover. 

Like sure, lego might have some internal studies showing kids are interested in the smart brick sets, but the second 332nd pack is just wild to me.

5 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, they were overpriced as heck. Which ultimately kept me from getting any of those. Though I really enjoyed the redesigned Rebel Hoth Troopers. 

I would imagine they still make a ton of money due to mere amassing some of the better army builders. But when you have the freedom to do like exactly the same thing as you did the year prior, but just slap a 50% price tag on it, then yeah... those things are bound to generate even bigger profit margians. 

That's precisely it. A good set to accompany a flagship set or a variety of other products. A somewhat bad "be all end all" kinda set. 

Exactly! You even have the 1x2 grill pieces which would be pitch perfect functioning as your minifigure stands. It really is like Lego is intentionally trolling and taunting us putting them there in the first place!

No matter where we stand, be it you as an american, or me as an european, we obviously can never speak for an entire continent worth of different countries featuring their own economic environments. I could tell you all day long how awesome Lego deals can get here in Germany, yes. But people in the northern regions of Europe would definitely tell a different tale. Same goes for the US as well... but on a much larger scale. All those different tax territories alone will see to that. Anyways, here's hoping you will eventually get what you are looking for. =)

The redesign was excellent, even if they had to sacrifice their backpacks for it.

There is an extent to which I think army-builders are somewhat overblown- I assume the vast majority of people are only buying 1-2 packs, and even among fans I would assume it's mostly 1-4 (even less for the super packs), but you're right that the sheer quantity some of these guys buy tips the scale a bit. I mean, the 327th pack allegedly moves 10k copies a month on amazon. If there's only 500 army-builders in the entire US but they each buy 20 copies, that's the equivalent of a full month of sales.

No better way to put it.

Yes, they have the EXACT SPOT the figures would go in, even spaced out so they can fit beneath the ship and not too close to the pole of the stand... but no, no figures. I'm sure we would have heard about it if this was the case, but it almost feels like they were going to add figures and cut them at the last second.

Yup- just due to the geographic size and number of states there's a lot here that changes based on where you are. There are regions of the US where I've seen the flagship sets half-off and others where nothing seems to go beyond a 20% sale. (And similarly, a sales tax that can fluctuate by a good 7% based on which state I'm buying the set in). Like you say, it's comparable to different European nations and how sales in Germany might not be reflected in, say, UK markets.

[CloneCommando99]

 

On the 12th Day of Christmas, Lego sent to me

Twelve Council members meeting

Eleven X-Wings a striking (Jade squadron)

Ten Younglings a dying,

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 #256)

[BrickPrick]

14 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The redesign was excellent, even if they had to sacrifice their backpacks for it.

There is an extent to which I think army-builders are somewhat overblown- I assume the vast majority of people are only buying 1-2 packs, and even among fans I would assume it's mostly 1-4 (even less for the super packs), but you're right that the sheer quantity some of these guys buy tips the scale a bit. I mean, the 327th pack allegedly moves 10k copies a month on amazon. If there's only 500 army-builders in the entire US but they each buy 20 copies, that's the equivalent of a full month of sales.

Yes, they have the EXACT SPOT the figures would go in, even spaced out so they can fit beneath the ship and not too close to the pole of the stand... but no, no figures. I'm sure we would have heard about it if this was the case, but it almost feels like they were going to add figures and cut them at the last second.

Yup- just due to the geographic size and number of states there's a lot here that changes based on where you are. There are regions of the US where I've seen the flagship sets half-off and others where nothing seems to go beyond a 20% sale. (And similarly, a sales tax that can fluctuate by a good 7% based on which state I'm buying the set in). Like you say, it's comparable to different European nations and how sales in Germany might not be reflected in, say, UK markets.

I never truly minded the lack of backpacks for some troops. Like I can't have Boba Fett without his jetpack, but I'm fine with Rebels, Imperials and Clones missing their accessory. 

Yeah, that's probably true. Most people won't be buying multiple Battle Packs at all. It's just begs the question if the ones that do can have an noticable impact in the grand scheme of things. When I see some guys buying hundreds of some good army builder's, I don't even bat an eyelid anymore. While it not nearly became the gold standard by now, it isn't exactly that extraordinary anymore either. Suffice to say, all good as far as I'm concerned. Just saying... make some OT stuff again, please. 

When they didn't even have enough time to properly cover up the crime scene, that must have been one hell of a last second change, then. 

Yes, and I'm not just talking about different discounts and sales situations, but different MSRP as well. Every so often I heard about some crazy full priced Lego sets up there in Norway or Sweden. Don't know how much that's the case anymore... but it was bonkers.

 

Okay, Stonewars just confirmed what we were all afraid, er, I mean, what we were all eagerly anticipating. The reveal of the Smart Brick business is upon us. In about a good five hours from now on. 

Now is the time, Eurobricks. The beginning of the end. 

Edited 6 hours ago by BrickPrick

[Llewop]

I just saw a teaser video. People in the comments thought it was Lego dimensions 2 lmao what a way to disappoint the masses. Yeah I reckon we will know all of March wave tonight 

[Llewop]

I’ve kind of been off with the whole SW theme of late for ages I couldn’t really think why. But over Christmas had a proper chance to get all my collection out, all my figures and (very sadly) do like an audit see what I actually have and I think I’m near a point now where I’m happy with what I’ve got. I’ve been collecting since AOTC came out when I was a kid and I’m at a point now I’m only interested in things that haven’t been done before or something from new series/shows. Unless what’s coming out is imo an upgrade to what I already have I just don’t have any interest now. I don’t think it’s because of Disney/lucasfilm or even Lego themselves I think I’ve just got what I want.
 

My wish list at this point is for things that seem unlikely to come out (and is not for this thread) but I just have so little desire for a lot of sets now because I already have them. like this years clone bp im only interested in half of it so probably going to look on eBay/bricklink for the half i want. I want the cob vanth set but apart from that i dont really care. The rumors for March again leave me with next to no interest as again I’ve got all those figures already. I’m looking forward to May, June and August as I’m hoping we gets some sets from Ahsoka and Mando film but outside of them I just meh. 

I thought I’d be sad about it but tbh I’m actually quite happy/proud of my collection. My daughter is 3 and she got her first Lego sets for Christmas and my aim now is to build a collection for her based on what she likes now for example the Mando and Grogu speeder is the kind of thing I’m hoping she might like one day so might pick one up and leave it in a loft for when she’s older. 

I fear for my wallets and sanity as I’ve fully have the castle/ modular itch so feel like I’m trading one expesnive habit for another 

[MKJoshA]

Well, before we get any further into 2026 and before the Smart Brick information drops I've officially started the 2026 Discussion thread. We can now move discussion to that thread.

News (substantiated rumors) should also get posted in the 2026 News Thread.

The only purpose of starting a 2026 thread is to have a clean slate for discussion. It keeps things a little neater to start with page 1 for the new year and not have to go back 215 pages to find something you know you said this year. See you all over there to discuss the upcoming reveals.