LEGO Star Wars Set Discussion 2026 - READ FIRST POST!!!

[CloneCommando99]

13 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

This is a great point. I would also say it's like the glass cannon version of a TIE Defender. More weapons but no evidence of shields.

It ostensibly has better armour plating on its hull than the standard TIE fighter. As seen with it being able to take punishment from the TIE Advanced pair that pursued Cassian. It is also far more resistant towards small arms fire than a standard TIE Fighter if we go by BF survival mode.

I think the Avenger, whilst being a test platform for its armament, may have been conceptualised as a Special Ops Gunship. It has a passenger capacity of at least 4 in addition to the pilot (as shown by seats), that’s a traditional SW commando squad. Starfighters don’t usually have passengers, the only other one I can think of is the Skipray. Therefore suggesting that it may have been designed as a long range gunship. Better armament than the Reaper, but with its hyperdrive.

(Day #268 of putting too much thought into this)

 

I’m expecting the Anzellan starship to be similar in style to the Rexcelsior

Edited Saturday at 11:33 AM by CloneCommando99

[BrickPrick]

23 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Calling it mid is being generous.

I don't think it's worse than many other Disney+ shows out there. There is some cream of the croup at the top and a bit of bottom of the barrel. In between is basically this one giant grey blob of mediocre™ content. 

17 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That‘s debatable. One is based on the post-credits from Mando S2, one is in fact based on a scene from the show, but may as well be a Mando S3 set content-wise, and the third one only features a variant of a minifig to tie in with the show, the build and the other minifig are again based on Mando S2

Exactly. It's like, I don't know, ~0.75 worth of pure TBOBF based sets. 

16 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Don't forget the Microfighter! Which I think is the only one that's inarguably TBOBF based... though it is just a microfighter.

Technically true. Even though having to call out a Microfighter speaks volumes about the overall support of a sub-theme. 

 

But enough of that. What Lego just did, is something I expected the least from them. Come to me boyo Bane... I'm calling for you. 

[SpaghettiLord1911]

20 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter will be nice for the new Anakin (fingers crossed), but the third figure is puzzling. There’s no obvious choice and I don’t see them replicating the V-19 Torrent style lineup - Ventress has no obvious set to be included, whereas Dooku has plenty. A Season 1-3 Ahsoka would work, but again it’s just the inverse of Ahsoka’s Jedi Interceptor. 

My suspicion for the anakin's starfighter is that it'll be cheaper than Ahsoka's and they'll not bother with a third fig this time. I think the rumour for it was like $30 which would be an insane price reduction from $45 for last years. Assuming it's just reusing parts from obi-wan's starfighter (it's a delta 7b apparently, not an interceptor) and it has only Anakin and R2 i could see the massive price reduction. Though maybe the rumour is just wrong and it's like $40 with another fig.

I personally find it interesting that they went for Obi-wan and Ventress in the V-19 Torrent. In my mind Ventress is more Anakin's counterpart and Grievous is Obi-wan's. That kinda leaves Count Dooku as the obvious opponent figure or Captain Rex as the obvious ally figure (at least to avoid overlap of the same figs being used in several sets right now) Looking at the wiki for Anakin's Delta7b, one of it's last depictions is actually when hunting down Savage Opress and I believe it's actual final depiction was when he met Hondo Ohnaka for that arms deal. So Savage and Hondo could be some sleeper picks to throw in there. They're no more obscure than Lama Su or Taun We IMO.

[Llewop]

So are we expecting a load of price hikes again for US fans if the orange buffoon has whacked another 10% tariff on Denmark and Europe? 

probably means prices will rise for the rest of us now as well. 

Edited Saturday at 09:55 PM by Llewop
Autocorrect changed the word I meant to type

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

So are we expecting a load of price hikes again for US fans - 10% tariff on Denmark and Europe? 

probably means prices will rise for the rest of us now as well. 

Somewhat unnecessary phrasing for a lego forum aside, from what I remember most of the actual bricks come from Vietnam and Mexico. This shouldn't affect US prices, but Lego's increases- both in 2021/2 worldwide and in 2025 in the states- don't correlate directly to any specific raw material costs or tariff changes, it's just how much lego believes they can now charge for the product without hurting sales. And plastics - both raw material and completed products- are covered by the USMCA, meaning the legos produced in Mexico that go to the States likely don't have a tariff on them in the first place. 

If I remember right some of the March sets were supposed to be more expensive in the US than they ended up being, such as the "smart" X-wing for $100 (and I think the advanced for $80?), so Lego's likely figured out whatever supply chain thing they needed to, or simply that the USMCA is there. Since battle packs appear to be selling at $23 I doubt that'll ever go down, but with stuff like the Shock Trooper mech at a lower price than previous SW mechs and the price reductions on a few of the march sets between the leaks and official reveals of about the cost the 2025 increases were for, I would assume there won't be any sudden increases.

9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

It ostensibly has better armour plating on its hull than the standard TIE fighter. As seen with it being able to take punishment from the TIE Advanced pair that pursued Cassian. It is also far more resistant towards small arms fire than a standard TIE Fighter if we go by BF survival mode.

I think the Avenger, whilst being a test platform for its armament, may have been conceptualised as a Special Ops Gunship. It has a passenger capacity of at least 4 in addition to the pilot (as shown by seats), that’s a traditional SW commando squad. Starfighters don’t usually have passengers, the only other one I can think of is the Skipray. Therefore suggesting that it may have been designed as a long range gunship. Better armament than the Reaper, but with its hyperdrive.

(Day #268 of putting too much thought into this)

I’m expecting the Anzellan starship to be similar in style to the Rexcelsior

I hope BF survival mode isn't canon TIE fighter durability! I know they're not shielded, but I've seen TIEs in that game explode to small-arms fire that human characters have survived.

That would make sense, but again leads to it being so overpowered that a single prototype theft probably shouldn't have killed the entire project, which is where I like the idea that the Avenger had some fatal flaw we're not aware of and Andor's actions here actually didn't have much of an effect on the war effort. It adds another layer of tragedy to the first arc, and makes Rogue One even more impactful.

I agree, and really hope it is. I can't get the image of using the 2x2x2 crates as Anzellan escape pods out of my head. Do we have transparent 2x2 tiles for pod windows? I have the calendar with Babu, I may try this myself.

5 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Technically true. Even though having to call out a Microfighter speaks volumes about the overall support of a sub-theme. 

Yeah- the only show that's received much attention is Mando. (Somewhat understandably- it was a hugely popular series in the first two seasons)

[CloneCommando99]

40 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

That would make sense, but again leads to it being so overpowered that a single prototype theft probably shouldn't have killed the entire project, which is where I like the idea that the Avenger had some fatal flaw we're not aware of and Andor's actions here actually didn't have much of an effect on the war effort. It adds another layer of tragedy to the first arc, and makes Rogue One even more impactful.

I agree, and really hope it is. I can't get the image of using the 2x2x2 crates as Anzellan escape pods out of my head. Do we have transparent 2x2 tiles for pod windows? I have the calendar with Babu, I may try this myself.

Same could be argued for the TIE Defender. A proven extremely effective innovation in military tech that should have received the necessary funding. But there was a small moon shaped hole in the military R&D budget. Tarkin and Palpy had their priorities straight, that’s why it didn’t go ahead.

No flat tiles yet. But the transparent 30151 might do the trick.

2 hours ago, Llewop said:

So are we expecting a load of price hikes again for US fans if the orange baboon has whacked another 10% tariff on Denmark and Europe? 

probably means prices will rise for the rest of us now as well. 

I’m so tired of winning 

Edited Saturday at 09:47 PM by CloneCommando99

[Llewop]

33 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Somewhat unnecessary phrasing for a lego forum aside, from what I remember most of the actual bricks come from Vietnam and Mexico. This shouldn't affect US prices, but Lego's increases- both in 2021/2 worldwide and in 2025 in the states- don't correlate directly to any specific raw material costs or tariff changes, it's just how much lego believes they can now charge for the product without hurting sales. And plastics - both raw material and completed products- are covered by the USMCA, meaning the legos produced in Mexico that go to the States likely don't have a tariff on them in the first place. 

If I remember right some of the March sets were supposed to be more expensive in the US than they ended up being, such as the "smart" X-wing for $100 (and I think the advanced for $80?), so Lego's likely figured out whatever supply chain thing they needed to, or simply that the USMCA is there. Since battle packs appear to be selling at $23 I doubt that'll ever go down, but with stuff like the Shock Trooper mech at a lower price than previous SW mechs and the price reductions on a few of the march sets between the leaks and official reveals of about the cost the 2025 increases were for, I would assume there won't be any sudden increases.

I just remember last year when he started all the tariff increase nonsense that all the US summer sets went up in price from initial leaks but the rest of the worlds stayed the same. Maybe it might be more for PAB orders as I thought they just come from Poland now since they got rid of the bestsellers. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

Looks like the pauldron piece introduced last year was a good investment, as a new promotional image reveals that the AT-AT drivers in M&G wear some  

Edited Saturday at 11:16 PM by BrickBob Studpants

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Looks like the pauldron piece introduced last year was a good investment, as a new promotional image reveals that the AT-AT drivers in M&G wear some  

I think we all knew it'd show up somewhere, but I don't know anyone expected the AT-AT Drivers! It does make sense though- their officer/commander is shown wearing a tank driver chestplate rather than the standard officer field gear, and stuff like this really adds to the idea that the remnant's using whatever material they can scrap together. 

I also wonder if we'll finally see the pauldrons being used for the purpose of protection rather than simple rank recognition, which would be a funny bit of full-circle since the original ones in ANH were re-used motorcycle chest protectors.

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Same could be argued for the TIE Defender. A proven extremely effective innovation in military tech that should have received the necessary funding. But there was a small moon shaped hole in the military R&D budget. Tarkin and Palpy had their priorities straight, that’s why it didn’t go ahead.

No flat tiles yet. But the transparent 30151 might do the trick.

Another solid possibility, but the Defender also lost it's entire factory and production facility, not just one prototype, which is why I assumed it went entirely away.

Looks like 85780 in trans-blue could work as a crate lid/"windscreen". I'm not 100% sure whether or not they could fit in the dome (Actually, I'm worried about how tight of a fit it'll be in the 2x2x2 crate) but that would be great too, especially for bubble turrets.

[CloneCommando99]

Don’t stop believing chaps. We’re 269 days into this effort. It would be pointless to stop now.

 

9 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Another solid possibility, but the Defender also lost it's entire factory and production facility, not just one prototype, which is why I assumed it went entirely away.

IIRC, it was only the fuel depot which was supplying the factory that was destroyed. The factory was just immobilised but still had all the parts and equipment to continue production if more fuel was acquired. Thrawn makes this case to Tarkin and Krennic in Treason. But it’s made obvious they were dead set at reallocating the programme’s funding to Star Dust no matter what, as shown by assistant director Ronan remarking on the TIE Avengers’ effectiveness in combat against the Grysk but still opting to evaluate the DS, his project, as a higher priority.

12 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Looks like the pauldron piece introduced last year was a good investment, as a new promotional image reveals that the AT-AT drivers in M&G wear some  

9 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I think we all knew it'd show up somewhere, but I don't know anyone expected the AT-AT Drivers! It does make sense though- their officer/commander is shown wearing a tank driver chestplate rather than the standard officer field gear, and stuff like this really adds to the idea that the remnant's using whatever material they can scrap together. 

I’m not entirely sure this is a AT AT driver. Yes the armour is similar and helmet is the same, but it looks like they have a backpack of sorts. Which may suggest this is a new trooper variant. 
 

I also rewatched the leaked SW Celebration teaser trailer. The AT AT driver on the left doesn’t seem to have a pauldron to me. And I doubt the one on the right would because there’s already an officer behind them. Which lends some credence to this being a new trooper variant.

Edit: I remembered that some HD stills of M&G and the AT AT Pilot leaked a couple of months ago, the AT AT Pilot on the right was the focus of one of them. He definitely doesn’t have a pauldron. It looks like this is a new trooper variant. Perhaps one of the imperial shuttle minifigs? Or maybe even a Battlepack candidate?

 

 

Edited Sunday at 12:08 PM by CloneCommando99

[BrickPrick]

23 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah- the only show that's received much attention is Mando. (Somewhat understandably- it was a hugely popular series in the first two seasons)

Yeah, that's totally fine by me. Disney obviously positioned and intended Mando to the be the next big Star Wars thing, their first successful foray into Live Action TV. Lego just followed suit for this one, reasonably so. And given the first two seasons of the show, I'd say they definitely bet on the right horse. And while I was pretty mixed on the third season, I never expected them to stop their efforts on the spot or something. The buildable Grogu situation on the other hand is something that bothers me the most, but that's more of a general Lego problem (if Disney doesn't intervene as much as one would think they do), not a Mandalorian problem per se.

21 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Looks like the pauldron piece introduced last year was a good investment, as a new promotional image reveals that the AT-AT drivers in M&G wear some  

Sounds good. From my point of view... (no pauldrons are evil) it's a great piece. 

Edited Sunday at 08:46 PM by BrickPrick

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

It looks like this is a new trooper variant.

Even better, if so! I was afraid M&G would break the tradition of every movie (beside TPM) introducing at least one new trooper type  And I‘m not being sarcastic, I love getting new trooper types

[Mandalorianknight]

10 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

IIRC, it was only the fuel depot which was supplying the factory that was destroyed. The factory was just immobilised but still had all the parts and equipment to continue production if more fuel was acquired. Thrawn makes this case to Tarkin and Krennic in Treason. But it’s made obvious they were dead set at reallocating the programme’s funding to Star Dust no matter what, as shown by assistant director Ronan remarking on the TIE Avengers’ effectiveness in combat against the Grysk but still opting to evaluate the DS, his project, as a higher priority.

I’m not entirely sure this is a AT AT driver. Yes the armour is similar and helmet is the same, but it looks like they have a backpack of sorts. Which may suggest this is a new trooper variant.

True, but you also run into the issues of the lead official pushing for it being sent out of the galaxy, and the planet the factories are on falling into rebel control. Don't get me wrong- the loss of all funding is definitely an issue as well- but had Thrawn stayed in the galaxy, especially if he managed to hold onto Lothal, I'm confident he could have found a way to get them out there- especially after the first death star was destroyed, it's two principle advocates dead, and with Vader having personally recommended the project a few years ago. The Avenger in comparison just lost a single prototype, which while a blow, even in a corrupt empire doesn't seem like something that would just entirely kill the project to the point it never comes into production for the next 9 years of the war. Maybe Cassian assassinated a few of the lead engineers and wiped all the data offscreen, but I think it's either that, or there was something wrong with the Avenger that we don't see.

That would be awesome, our first new trooper variant for the film (unless you count the reveal that snowtroopers have more normal helmets under the scarf/masks). The fact that it seems like Sandtrooper gear on an AT-AT driver also fits with the remnant's hodgepodge, whatever-we-can-find armament.

7 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yeah, that's totally fine by me. Disney obviously positioned and intended Mando to the be the next big Star Wars thing, their successful foray into Live Action TV. Lego just followed suit for this one, reasonably so. And given the first two seasons of the show, I'd say they definitely bet on the right horse. And while I was pretty mixed on the third season, I never expected them to stop their efforts on the spot or something. The buildable Grogu situation on the other hand is something that bothers me the most, but that's more of a general Lego problem (if Disney doesn't intervene as much as one would think they do), not a Mandalorian problem per se.

Yeah the question for the Grogus come down to whether disney's ordering them or lego just can't get enough of the guy. Given that none of the buildable grogus seem to have sold all that well, I can't imagine lego's going "waiter, waiter, more buildable grogus to go on 50% off sale at costco!", so my guess is at least with this last one Disney requested they put a new one on shelves for the movie.

7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Even better, if so! I was afraid M&G would break the tradition of every movie (beside TPM) introducing at least one new trooper type  And I‘m not being sarcastic, I love getting new trooper types

You can sort of fill that missing spot with the Senate Guard, but they're definitely not "troopers" per se. (Though personally I count the Royal Guard as an "imperial trooper" and therefore the blue guard as a variant)

Edited Sunday at 08:27 PM by Mandalorianknight

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah the question for the Grogus come down to whether disney's ordering them or lego just can't get enough of the guy. Given that none of the buildable grogus seem to have sold all that well, I can't imagine lego's going "waiter, waiter, more buildable grogus to go on 50% off sale at costco!", so my guess is at least with this last one Disney requested they put a new one on shelves for the movie.

Yeah, this has been my impression as well. Not even Lego is crazy enough to release yet another Grogu so soon that three of them will be simultaneously sitting on store shelves. Disney may have more influence on Lego's decision making than some of us would like to admit. Oh well, like we already touched on, at least we seem to be getting our usual full summer wave worth of play scale sets. When you see all those BS taking up inventory space, two digits of these abominations all at once, that wasn't exactly something I would have taken for granted. So I'm at least satisfied with this situation. Now the actual sets must be actually good and interesting enough, though. 

 

On another note, fully aware nobody will remember this, it doesn't really matter and I do it primarily because it just bothers myself... In the old thread, I described the sparse back printing of Cad Bane as "nothing but a few scratches". These lines are of course meant to represent a couple of cloth folds. But yeah, don't mind me, just my OCD kicking in, carry on. 

Edited Sunday at 09:34 PM by BrickPrick

[CloneCommando99]

What do we want?

TIE Avenger!

When do want it?

Now!

(#270)

[CloneCommando99]

Can’t wait for Lego to finally make the Twin Ion Engine Avenger (Day #271)

Hopefully we get fig lists for the April and summer sets soon.

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Hopefully we get fig lists for the April and summer sets soon.

Yeah, I want that Bounty Hunter Pursuit remake treaty signed. And I want all the hopeful people in here to see how wrong they were for even considering a fourth figure for that set. If not, I will be more than happy to admit the same. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

It‘ll be a while before we get minifig lists, if we even get them in the first place, at least for the M&G sets! Movie waves often had pics leaked without minifig lists ever showing up. There is a higher level of secrecy, after all

[BrickPrick]

4 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

It‘ll be a while before we get minifig lists, if we even get them in the first place, at least for the M&G sets! Movie waves often had pics leaked without minifig lists ever showing up. There is a higher level of secrecy, after all

Well, we got a rather unexpected huge summer wave blowout after the initial three BS sets were officially revealed. Maybe Lego's also getting cold feet for the remaining BS products and we get some more leaks, minifig list among them, as well. 

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Well, we got a rather unexpected huge summer wave blowout after the initial three BS sets were officially revealed. Maybe Lego's also getting cold feet for the remaining BS products and we get some more leaks, minifig list among them, as well. 

I wouldn't be surprised if we got some information, or even may set images, on March 1st when the smart sets release.

10 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Hopefully we get fig lists for the April and summer sets soon.

Might be awhile before the summer sets, but the may stuff should have fig lists or even pictures showing up.

Isn't there a $45 non-smart set coming out in april/may, too? I don't think that one's identity ever leaked. Unless I'm remembering wrong and it is a wave 2 smart set, but I don't remember any of them being $45.

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I wouldn't be surprised if we got some information, or even may set images, on March 1st when the smart sets release.

Might be awhile before the summer sets, but the may stuff should have fig lists or even pictures showing up.

Isn't there a $45 non-smart set coming out in april/may, too? I don't think that one's identity ever leaked. Unless I'm remembering wrong and it is a wave 2 smart set, but I don't remember any of them being $45.

Yeah, and depending on the timing, there might be fairly little difference between reveal and release. 

Of course, it screams Super Battle Pack at first. We have not heard about any for this year, but we gotta imagine there wil be a new one. Unless Lego wants to wait how the 327th SBP fares in the 40s before pumping another one out. But man... so many waves this year. I constantly get stuff mixed up and turned around. 

[CloneCommando99]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Isn't there a $45 non-smart set coming out in april/may, too? I don't think that one's identity ever leaked. Unless I'm remembering wrong and it is a wave 2 smart set, but I don't remember any of them being $45.

According to the Goat it is a M&G set. Likely a speeder or tank.

Though I think there’s a chance it could be one of those Vulture droid looking thingies to pair with the Razor Crest releasing at the same time. Though I’d love it to be a ITT.
 

39 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Of course, it screams Super Battle Pack at first. We have not heard about any for this year, but we gotta imagine there wil be a new one. Unless Lego wants to wait how the 327th SBP fares in the 40s before pumping another one out. But man... so many waves this year. I constantly get stuff mixed up and turned around. 

I just hope there’s another standard BP this year. This time Rebels vs Empire or just empire.

[Mandalorianknight]

56 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Of course, it screams Super Battle Pack at first. We have not heard about any for this year, but we gotta imagine there wil be a new one. Unless Lego wants to wait how the 327th SBP fares in the 40s before pumping another one out. But man... so many waves this year. I constantly get stuff mixed up and turned around. 

I really hope they don't continue with those $45 packs. The $30 one was an excellent set... but making one with fewer figures and a few more pieces for a 50% bigger price tag would kill any set's desirability.

16 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

According to the Goat it is a M&G set. Likely a speeder or tank.

Though I think there’s a chance it could be one of those Vulture droid looking thingies to pair with the Razor Crest releasing at the same time. Though I’d love it to be a ITT.

I just hope there’s another standard BP this year. This time Rebels vs Empire or just empire.

Excellent.

Unless they're supersized from normal vultures, $45 would be either an extremely inflated price or an extremely oversized set. I thought the 2014 vulture was pushing it quite a bit at $25 (don't get me wrong, it was $25 value, I just think the build of a vulture could be done well for ~$17 2026 dollars, much less 2014 dollars)

The endor village set gives me some hope we'll get a commando and/or endor imperial pack to supply it with troopers. We didn't for yavin, but that also wasn't really a battle troopers took part in.

[BrickPrick]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I just hope there’s another standard BP this year. This time Rebels vs Empire or just empire.

Yep, there better be another Battle Pack, super duper corporate charged or not, for this year. If not, 2026 may go down in Lego Star Wars history as one the weakest delivery years for the format. That Siege of Mandalore BP clearly ain't gonna cut it on it's own. I'm currently browsing Brickset just for the heck of it and seeing a whopping four BPs per year, while we are hoping to at least get half of that, is pretty depressing... even by today's standards. And yes, we are still on the same page for this one, some OT representation would be greatly appreciated. 

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I really hope they don't continue with those $45 packs. The $30 one was an excellent set... but making one with fewer figures and a few more pieces for a 50% bigger price tag would kill any set's desirability.

The endor village set gives me some hope we'll get a commando and/or endor imperial pack to supply it with troopers. We didn't for yavin, but that also wasn't really a battle troopers took part in.

While we have discussed the economics extensivily by now, with these price points ultimately being of little consequence for myself, it doesn’t affect me nearly as much as yourself, I obviously get your point... Even then, a well rounded standard BP would still be much more appealing to me than whatever somewhat generic choice Lego comes up with for a distustingly overpriced SBP. 

Please let it be another Endor based Battle Pack, either only containing long overdue Endor Rebel Scum or mixed in with some Imperials (2012 callback) and call it a day. They may even include one of their terrible tree builds, I don't care. As having no updated OT troops for over a dozen years is frankly ridiculous.  

Edited Tuesday at 11:52 PM by BrickPrick

[Napoleon3]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The $30 one was an excellent set... but making one with fewer figures and a few more pieces for a 50% bigger price...

$45 would be either an extremely inflated price or an extremely oversized set. I thought the 2014 vulture was pushing it quite a bit at $25 (don't get me wrong, it was $25 value, I just think the build of a vulture could be done well for ~$17 2026 dollars, much less 2014 dollars)

The endor village set gives me some hope we'll get a commando and/or endor imperial pack to supply it with troopers. 

I think people underestimate demand here, I keep hearing complaints over the price of stuff, but also I keep seeing people buy at full price and getting thousands of upvotes or likes for posting pictures of them buying a bunch of sets at retail. Most people buy only 1 copy of each set, and for specific occasions (reward to themselves or gifts to others), so the price can afford to be a fair bit higher than what you or I would pay.

Adjusted for inflation, the 25$ set is now 34$ in the US, I don't see how it could be halved in size or content and still be good, but I might be wrong.

I do hope we get a new endor rebel trooper battle pack. Ideally against scout troopers (and only scout troopers, I do not like the new stormtroopers much).