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

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Don’t put too much hope on the $100 set (75461). It has 1028 pieces and a 12+ age rating. Which suggests it will be a Buildable character. Likely an Anzellan.

My turn to receive a cold reality shower in this thread  You sadly might be right, especially with that PPR! And here I was, hoping for a set with Rotta and/or Embo.

Next year then, maybe?

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

And in the 1HY of next year I’m not sure if there’ll be space for more M&G sets. As Ahsoka S2 and Starfighter will both require 1HY set slots. And that’s not even factoring the inevitable 2nd wave of Smart Play.

Yeah, and don‘t forget the remaining sets from the 2027 list, though some of those could be 2HY sets, like the Ewok Village.

[BrickBob Studpants]

The sketch leaks have returned! The newest entry in this gallery is the Sandcrawler!  I really like what I‘m seeing! Of course there‘s no colour, but the leakers do confirm it‘s mostly dark grey

Also, the Jawas packing heat is hilarious  Grogu gets a new pram build, but the other minifigs and the mudhorn are absent from the sketch.

[Llewop]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The sketch leaks have returned! The newest entry in this gallery is the Sandcrawler!  I really like what I‘m seeing! Of course there‘s no colour, but the leakers do confirm it‘s mostly dark grey

Also, the Jawas packing heat is hilarious  Grogu gets a new pram build, but the other minifigs and the mudhorn are absent from the sketch.

Also suggesting it’s now August release. I thought it was one of the June/July ones. Definitely looks smaller than the last one at least to me. Still looks good though not 100% sure I want it though 

On 2/17/2026 at 12:45 PM, BrickPrick said:

I can comprehend that personal sentiment. Where are all the Clones sets? It must have been half an eternity since we got some of them white guys with coloured accents. Everything is littered with OT stuff right now. Don't know how much longer I can live in such a one dimensional Lego world!

 

I know it’s disgusting! Clones live matter to

On 2/17/2026 at 3:25 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

@BrickPrick

@Llewop, you are Bucky since your minifig’s sigil is of a White Wolf.

 

 

Love it! Bucky would definitely be a welcome addition to the Wolfpack!

[Kit Figsto]

As someone that missed out on the previous Sandcrawler, I'm happy that they're making a new one, though I would've admittedly preferred an Ep 4 based one.  Luckily, it's more or less the same, so other than an Uncle Owen figure and some of the Ep 4 droids, nothing too difficult to switch around, since Jawas are plentiful these days.  

[BrickBob Studpants]

32 minutes ago, Kit Figsto said:

Luckily, it's more or less the same, so other than an Uncle Owen figure and some of the Ep 4 droids, nothing too difficult to switch around, since Jawas are plentiful these days.  

It‘s (mostly) dark grey, like in the show

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The sketch leaks have returned! The newest entry in this gallery is the Sandcrawler!  I really like what I‘m seeing! Of course there‘s no colour, but the leakers do confirm it‘s mostly dark grey

Also, the Jawas packing heat is hilarious  Grogu gets a new pram build, but the other minifigs and the mudhorn are absent from the sketch.

It's not just the sniper poking out of that lower window- they've built some sort of turret emplacement on top of the crawler. They've militarized- the invasion of Libya in '76 was only halted because they didn't have the firepower yet, but they do now.

I also love that the boxart either doesn't include Mando/kuill/the mudhorn or the sketcher forgot, so now it looks like Baby Yoda's providing some air support with the pram.

41 minutes ago, Kit Figsto said:

As someone that missed out on the previous Sandcrawler, I'm happy that they're making a new one, though I would've admittedly preferred an Ep 4 based one.  Luckily, it's more or less the same, so other than an Uncle Owen figure and some of the Ep 4 droids, nothing too difficult to switch around, since Jawas are plentiful these days.  

Unfortunately it's mostly dark grey. This is sort of the same thing as the 2025 MTT- on one hand it's nice in a vacuum to get another color scheme, but we get them so rarely that I think most people would just want the more iconic color scheme. 

 

From the sketch, this is looking solid, and seems to be pretty alright value as well. $200 for 1700 pieces with a number of large panels. The last sandcrawler would be $180 today, and this seems to be a bit larger, so if there is a mudhorn, this is a pretty reasonable price.

Edited Wednesday at 09:08 PM by Mandalorianknight

[BrickPrick]

12 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

My turn to receive a cold reality shower in this thread  You sadly might be right, especially with that PPR! And here I was, hoping for a set with Rotta and/or Embo.

Haha, no one's innocent in here. Whether we want to admit it or not, we're all sitting in the same boat. And in terms of all this buildable madness, I'm afraid we're not out of the woods yet. 

4 hours ago, Llewop said:

I know it’s disgusting! Clones live matter to

I know right... But the ridiculous lack of anything TCW as of late suits the cold, cruel world we have to live in. So I give Lego some credit for a rather authentic depiction. 

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

It‘s (mostly) dark grey, like in the show

My. Freaking. Childhood. Completely off-topic right here, but man what would I give for some actual Hercules play sets... don't care if they were 4+ or not. Really enjoyed my two minifigs from the CMF series. 

Edited Wednesday at 11:08 PM by BrickPrick

[Alex_South]

The design looks good, now I am waiting to see what sort of side-builds or accessories it comes with.

I wonder if the mudhorn is brick built or a mold. I also wonder if they had the part count to do a hoversled for Kuiil, it could fit inside the Sandcrawler and be an excuse not to build out the interior with cranes and stuff. It would also be neat if the tents/gear on top could be removed to set up camp down by the treads like we saw in the show when Kuiil and Mando arrive to bargain. This one I am hoping has good side builds.

Based on this I am now expecting the Shuttle to be an improved version of the 2015 one, similar size with an improved build.

13 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

And here I was, hoping for a set with Rotta and/or Embo.

I still think they are going to do a villain starfighter set for the movie and I bet Embo is in that set. Could be one of those new starfighters the RC was dog-fighting with in the trailers, or maybe a starhopper, or even Embo's Enterprise-A. I sort of think the starhopper with Embo and some merc droids is the most likely option. I just find it hard to believe they wouldn't release any villain Hutt sets, it seems like the Imperial Remnant stuff is just one scene at the start of the movie.

 

In terms of wave synergy, I think a mudhorn covers the mando vs. monster angle so they don't have to do a gladiator arena, and then they have a few other bounty hunters out right now that cross-over between eras: Cad-Bane and Fennec Shand and a boba variant if you squint, so Embo goes great with them, but so far there are no villain starships this year to go up against the RC, X-wing or Anakin's Delta-B if that's still a thing. A starhopper would have great crossover with all of those, it's a ship from multiple eras, Cad bane was part of the episode with the starhopper in clone wars, and it seems like it's the definitive hutt cartel ship, and the droid mercenary army seems like it's been made from scavenged CIS gear which is a fun new angle on that faction as well.

 

I was also thinking an alternate Zeb print with his jacket and cargo pants might show up later as part of an Ahsoka S2 set.

[Darth_Bane13]

3 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

I know right... But the ridiculous lack of anything TCW as of late suits the cold, cruel world we have to live in. So I give Lego some credit for a rather authentic depiction. 

I do feel like there is actually a lack of non clone sets from the TCW and prequel era. It's been too long since we've had a Dooku, Magna Guards, Vulture Droid etc.

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, Alex_South said:

I wonder if the mudhorn is brick built or a mold. 

It almost definitely will be brick-built. I don't even know the last time Lego did a wholly original creature mould for the Star Wars theme.

4 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I do feel like there is actually a lack of non clone sets from the TCW and prequel era. It's been too long since we've had a Dooku, Magna Guards, Vulture Droid etc.

Well yeah, that's really not up for debate. Getting no main character for 13 years and counting, in this case Count Dooku, is frankly ridiculous. Though I don't think he will be terribly far away at this point. My personal prediction was this year... not too sure about this one now, so maybe next year. Definitely in this decade, by the maker damn you. 

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, Alex_South said:

I wonder if the mudhorn is brick built or a mold. I also wonder if they had the part count to do a hoversled for Kuiil, it could fit inside the Sandcrawler and be an excuse not to build out the interior with cranes and stuff. It would also be neat if the tents/gear on top could be removed to set up camp down by the treads like we saw in the show when Kuiil and Mando arrive to bargain. This one I am hoping has good side builds.

I still think they are going to do a villain starfighter set for the movie and I bet Embo is in that set. Could be one of those new starfighters the RC was dog-fighting with in the trailers, or maybe a starhopper, or even Embo's Enterprise-A. I sort of think the starhopper with Embo and some merc droids is the most likely option. I just find it hard to believe they wouldn't release any villain Hutt sets, it seems like the Imperial Remnant stuff is just one scene at the start of the movie.

The Mudhorn is almost certainly brick-built, which I think is perfectly fine. They've done rhino-like creatures at this scale before pretty well (75952).

I don't know. If there is an august wave I guess it's possible, but I don't think it's that $100 set, the starfighters don't seem that large.

1 hour ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I do feel like there is actually a lack of non clone sets from the TCW and prequel era. It's been too long since we've had a Dooku, Magna Guards, Vulture Droid etc.

This is absolutely the case. The clone sets monopolize the theme, and by proxy their era. We got a plurality of prequel/TCW playsets last year but I believe Jango's DNA is in literally all of them besides the microfighter.

[Alex_South]

46 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

They've done rhino-like creatures at this scale before pretty well (75952).

Oh you're right, what about a mix of molded and brick-built? The rhino from black panther looks awesome:76099

Also my bad, I totally forgot the Starhopper was not in the prison break arc of clone wars, it was the slaver arc. Woops. It would be kinda funny if it showed up though considering it was based on an unused concept for the imperial shuttle (trivia i just learned looking into that ship more). It lands the same basically.

Edited Thursday at 03:53 AM by Alex_South

[BrickBob Studpants]

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

They've done rhino-like creatures at this scale before pretty well (75952).

 

Didn‘t the leakers recently say that the mudhorn essentially is a brown version of that build?  

6 hours ago, Alex_South said:

I still think they are going to do a villain starfighter set for the movie and I bet Embo is in that set.

Agreed, but the question is when  Unless there are some missing set numbers, it won‘t be this summer and next 1HY looks already very busy between the leaked list, Ahsoka S2, and Starfighter.

[Alex_South]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Agreed, but the question is when  Unless there are some missing set numbers, it won‘t be this summer and next 1HY looks already very busy between the leaked list, Ahsoka S2, and Starfighter.

as Maz would say "A good set, for another time!"

Edited Thursday at 09:30 AM by Alex_South

[CloneCommando99]

12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

It's not just the sniper poking out of that lower window- they've built some sort of turret emplacement on top of the crawler. They've militarized- the invasion of Libya in '76 was only halted because they didn't have the firepower yet, but they do now.

The Fall of Outpost 74: Operation Desert Rawka

Sandtrooper: Sir. We have multiple signals converging at speed on our position.

Base Commander: Prep the anti-fighter craft batteries. Put all fire teams on alert. We’ll show these rebel scum what’s what

Sandtrooper: This isn’t a rebel air strike Sir.

Base Commander: then who?

The ground begins to shake and an echoing warcry heard is heard from the distance: UTINI!!!

*Free Bird intensifies*

 

These stun marks. Only Jawa scavengers are so precise.

14 minutes ago, Alex_South said:

as Maz would say "A good set, for another time!"

First the TIE Avenger and now this. Did Lego hire JJ Abrams?

On the topic of mid directors:

#RESTORETHETIEAVENGERVERSE

 

7 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I do feel like there is actually a lack of non clone sets from the TCW and prequel era. It's been too long since we've had a Dooku, Magna Guards, Vulture Droid etc.

[insert any separatist vehicle which isn’t a MTT]

 

I hope the AT AT and Shuttle sketches leak next. I need to see the proportions. And if the latter is better than 2015.

[Darth_Bane13]

Why are so many Lego Imperial officers, Stormtroopers, and Rebel troopers so diverse with women and POC? The Death Star set for example is pretty ridiculous, it's clearly not accurate to what we see in the movies. Are we really prioritizing diversity over accuracy? 

[CF Mitch]

Nice to hear we're getting a new Sandcrawler with the grey Jawas and a muddied Mandalorian. Kuill is a great addition too.
Regarding the mudhorn mentioned earlier in this topic, I thought it was supposed to be a different set where it's just he mudhorn, but now I understand the creature will appear with the Sandcrawler?

Regards,
Mitch

[CloneCommando99]

42 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Why are so many Lego Imperial officers, Stormtroopers, and Rebel troopers so diverse with women and POC? The Death Star set for example is pretty ridiculous, it's clearly not accurate to what we see in the movies. Are we really prioritizing diversity over accuracy? 

I don’t mind it. It beats using the Syril/ Praji/ Hawkeye (You know what, I’m just going to start calling this guy John Lego) again and again. And the only time it’s been inaccurate for officers has been the Death Star thus far.

For stormtroopers: who cares. They have a helmet on anyway. Vader would not tolerate segregation in the workplace /s.

Rebels: sure recent Hoth troopers have been inaccurate. But with fleet troopers it’s still better than getting the same face print again and again. Overall, it adds more variation to my Rebel Alliance and shows how all sorts of people are fighting together to overthrow the evil empire. Again it also beats using John Lego again. (The real problem is the lack of Rebel aliens) 

15 hours ago, Alex_South said:

 I just find it hard to believe they wouldn't release any villain Hutt sets, it seems like the Imperial Remnant stuff is just one scene at the start of the movie.

Oh. The empire are definitely the main villains throughout the movie. There are at least two empire planets that they’ll be visiting. The sandy one where Mando teams up with Zeb against stormtroopers. And the snow one where the AT AT ambush happens. I’m not even sure if the latter is the same planet as the Remnant Council’s base since the AT AT is supposed to be the cold open. And from the footage of the AT AT we’ve seen so far, the armoured commander is definitely not one of the Warlords on the council so why would Mando be going after that particular AT AT if the council, a more important target, was present at the same time?

So my guess: 

Spoiler

AT AT and AT ST literal cold open planet -> Nevarro pit stop for dinner and cookies -> Mando going to Adelfi to receive his next mission -> sand planet with Zeb and Remnant stormtroopers where they find out about a Remnant-Hutt collab -> Nal Hutta/ Nar Shaddaa for all the Hutt hijinks where Mando & Grogu get separated -> Mando & Rotta return to Nevarro for Embo fight while Grogu goes with Anzellans to forest planet -> Imperial Remnant base with the Shadow Council for the final showdown (with shots of Rangers taking off from Adelfi half way through) -> back to Adelfi for the ending.

 

Edited Thursday at 04:19 PM by CloneCommando99

[Mandalorianknight]

14 hours ago, Alex_South said:

Oh you're right, what about a mix of molded and brick-built? The rhino from black panther looks awesome:76099

I personally wasn't a fan of that build- IMO the large molded chunks don't mesh well with the bricks.

10 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Didn‘t the leakers recently say that the mudhorn essentially is a brown version of that build?  

That would make sense.

8 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

The ground begins to shake and an echoing warcry heard is heard from the distance: UTINI!!!

*Free Bird intensifies*

This is canon, but they're not stopping with the empire. They won't stop until they've usurped the Banking Clan and/or taken control of geonosis for infinite droids to tinker with. You didn't think those tarps on top are just for show, did you? You haven't yet seen the Sandcrawler Flight Mode.

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Rebels: sure recent Hoth troopers have been inaccurate. But with fleet troopers it’s still better than getting the same face print again and again. Overall, it adds more variation to my Rebel Alliance and shows how all sorts of people are fighting together to overthrow the evil empire. Again it also beats using John Lego again. (The real problem is the lack of Rebel aliens) 

You know, there is a movie that features rebel troopers of various skin tones and uniforms in the same battle, and would make a great and accurate battlepack if this is something lego finds important to factor in...

The topic's been discussed to death, but as others have pointed out, it's frustrating that they prioritize this with generic John Troopers to the point of making them inaccurate, but won't give us characters who are in the movies like rebel Lando or Mon Mothma. I can't reasonably expect lego to pull Hazram Namir or Gadren the Besalisk into a hoth battle pack, but Lando should not be this hard to obtain.

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

So my guess: 

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AT AT and AT ST literal cold open planet -> Nevarro pit stop for dinner and cookies -> Mando going to Adelfi to receive his next mission -> sand planet with Zeb and Remnant stormtroopers where they find out about a Remnant-Hutt collab -> Nal Hutta/ Nar Shaddaa for all the Hutt hijinks where Mando & Grogu get separated -> Mando & Rotta return to Nevarro for Embo fight while Grogu goes with Anzellans to forest planet -> Imperial Remnant base with the Shadow Council for the final showdown (with shots of Rangers taking off from Adelfi half way through) -> back to Adelfi for the ending.

 

A lot of this seems like it has a good shot at being the flow of the movie, but I believe there is a shot in the trailer that seems to show Grogu on Navarro at night in the rain, like that shot of Embo, so I suspect he'll be present for that. The whole scene also seems to me like it'll either be how they get captured, or it'll be a final showdown. Though a 

Spoiler

Mando and Rotta 2v1 vs Embo

Would be awesome.

Personally, my guess is this:

Spoiler

Hoth cold open where they get the Shadow Council guy- he'll say something implying he had personal animus with Ward, which triggers her "it's not about revenge" line later. Somehow- either from Ward giving him a mission or someone warning him the Hutts are after Grogu- Mando agrees to get Rotta. This could be where the Embo scene is- maybe Embo successfully captures them and brings them to the Hutts, who demand he capture Rotta for them. Following how video game-like Mando can be, he's essentially given a quest by Zeb to help him with the sand imperials with the reward of the new Razor Crest- as he needs a larger ship to hold Rotta. Once he gets the new Crest, he heads to Nal Hutta to collect Rotta, either intentionally or unintentionally breaking all those creatures out of the gladiator arena and unleashing them on the streets. Mando decides not to give Rotta to the hutts but is separated from Grogu, and the two of them each make their way to the forest planet for the final fight, with Grogu showing up at the last second to help fight Embo or the mercenary droid in a final battle. Rotta gets control of the Hutt Cartel and Mando negotiates with him, getting him to agree to non-aggression with the republic (maybe Rotta references how the last republic similarly negotiated with his father).

This is the best way I can see to give Mando a real win for this movie besides "unnamed generic officer we've never seen before is defeated which probably was part of Thrawn's plan all along anyway"

 

Edited Thursday at 06:03 PM by Mandalorianknight

[Swordy]

Sandcrawler sketch looks great build-wise—exactly as I hoped it be—although I’m saddened to learn it’ll be DBG. I thought for sure that the Sandcrawler in Mando was the same shade of brown as in ANH, but oh well.

Looked up some pictures, and it seems like another “Doc Ock wears green but the cinematography makes it look grey,” or the ever-iconic blue or brown Han jacket situation. I see brown, and I wish that had been chosen for those in need of an Ep IV version, but I can understand why they thought DBG to be the more accurate choice.

Edited Thursday at 06:25 PM by Swordy

[BrickBob Studpants]

Personally, I’m very glad the Sandcrawler‘s dark grey  Looks more accurate and goes together well with the Offworld Jawas‘ similarly grey colour scheme, plus I already have three playscale reddish brown Sandcrawlers in my collection  I understand why people would‘ve prefered one that can also double as the ANH version, but I‘d rather have some variety. There will be another one for sure ^^

[BrickPrick]

21 hours ago, Alex_South said:

Oh you're right, what about a mix of molded and brick-built? The rhino from black panther looks awesome:76099

This has been on my mind as well. They may mould the head and the rest of the body will be brick-built, like they did for Fluffy from Lego Harry Potter in 2021.

15 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

On the topic of mid directors:

#RESTORETHETIEAVENGERVERSE

Epic. He did the thing! The only right thing you could do for today, but he did the thing! Love how it looks like he dual wields razor sharp blades as his weapons of choice. 

9 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Why are so many Lego Imperial officers, Stormtroopers, and Rebel troopers so diverse with women and POC? The Death Star set for example is pretty ridiculous, it's clearly not accurate to what we see in the movies. Are we really prioritizing diversity over accuracy? 

Because, no sarcasm involved this time around, that's literally a reflection of the world we live in nowadays. These are quite sensible times and it's been well documented at this point that gender diversity is very near and dear to Disney. Some CEO guy was or still is obsessed with identity politics, which you see in almost every of their projects. So I wouldn't be exactly shocked if Disney likes to hold Lego hostage and at gunpoint for some of these creative decisions. The same way they're following some sort of morale compass when they seemingly told EA they can't do dismemberment for Jedi Fallen Order. As Star Wars is widely positioned to be a friendly entertainment property under their banner. 

6 hours ago, Swordy said:

Sandcrawler sketch looks great build-wise—exactly as I hoped it be—although I’m saddened to learn it’ll be DBG. I thought for sure that the Sandcrawler in Mando was the same shade of brown as in ANH, but oh well.

Looked up some pictures, and it seems like another “Doc Ock wears green but the cinematography makes it look grey,” or the ever-iconic blue or brown Han jacket situation. I see brown, and I wish that had been chosen for those in need of an Ep IV version, but I can understand why they thought DBG to be the more accurate choice.

Is that you, swordy guy? Are you safe? Are you alright? I know it hasn't even been a year since I showed up in here, but I didn't know you were able to write reasonable short postings. 

Edited yesterday at 12:51 AM by BrickPrick

[Darth_Bane13]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I don’t mind it. It beats using the Syril/ Praji/ Hawkeye (You know what, I’m just going to start calling this guy John Lego) again and again. And the only time it’s been inaccurate for officers has been the Death Star thus far.

For stormtroopers: who cares. They have a helmet on anyway. Vader would not tolerate segregation in the workplace /s.

Rebels: sure recent Hoth troopers have been inaccurate. But with fleet troopers it’s still better than getting the same face print again and again. Overall, it adds more variation to my Rebel Alliance and shows how all sorts of people are fighting together to overthrow the evil empire. Again it also beats using John Lego again. (The real problem is the lack of Rebel aliens) 

Well there are more accurate heads they could've used for the officers in the Death Star. Stormtroopers aren't as big of a deal but I don't think there would be many (if any) female stormtroopers, at least in the OT. Not sure why they can't make more accurate heads for the fleet troopers either. All this feels like a way for Lego to push "the message".

1 minute ago, BrickPrick said:

Because, no sarcasm involved this time around, that's literally a reflection of the world we live in nowadays. These are quite sensible times and it's been well documented at this point that gender diversity is very near and dear to Disney. Some CEO guy was or still is obsessed with identity politics, which you see in almost every of their projects. So I wouldn't be exactly shocked if Disney likes to hold Lego hostage and at gunpoint for some of these creative decisions. The same way they're following some sort of morale compass when they seemingly told EA they can't do dismemberment for Jedi Fallen Order. As Star Wars is widely positioned to be a friendly entertainment property under their banner. 

Yeah I suppose it is, I first noticed it happening to LSW in 2022 with the Hoth Rebel Pack. I've seen it get worse every year since, it seems like they have to fulfil a DEI quota with minifigs. If you want to argue it doesn't matter for kids sets, that's fine, but adult sets should prioritize accuracy first and foremost.

[Meaf]

On 2/18/2026 at 4:05 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Unfortunately it's mostly dark grey. This is sort of the same thing as the 2025 MTT- on one hand it's nice in a vacuum to get another color scheme, but we get them so rarely that I think most people would just want the more iconic color scheme. 

I do find it interesting that this has become a bit of a trend, between the Gunship, MTT, and now Sandcrawler. I can appreciate Lego trying to provide something new for fans who might already have the older versions, but I feel like in all three of these cases it'd been long enough that they should have just gone with the original design (especially for the Gunship since it's not like that's even based off some currently popular/relevant series where it wouldn't have made sense to do the regular one).

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, Swordy said:

Sandcrawler sketch looks great build-wise—exactly as I hoped it be—although I’m saddened to learn it’ll be DBG. I thought for sure that the Sandcrawler in Mando was the same shade of brown as in ANH, but oh well.

Looked up some pictures, and it seems like another “Doc Ock wears green but the cinematography makes it look grey,” or the ever-iconic blue or brown Han jacket situation. I see brown, and I wish that had been chosen for those in need of an Ep IV version, but I can understand why they thought DBG to be the more accurate choice.

I also really wish we got a brown one. If there's no august wave I'll probably end up getting it- I've always had a soft spot for the Jawas- but I would always prefer the more iconic one. (Unrelated, but the grey Jawas are always referred to as "offworld Jawas". Why? We see brown-robed Jawas on countless planets, is the grey robe some sort of ranked/sect signifier? Are these a militarized splinter cell, is that why we have the turret?)

Color aside it really does seem like a great set. 

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Personally, I’m very glad the Sandcrawler‘s dark grey  Looks more accurate and goes together well with the Offworld Jawas‘ similarly grey colour scheme, plus I already have three playscale reddish brown Sandcrawlers in my collection  I understand why people would‘ve prefered one that can also double as the ANH version, but I‘d rather have some variety. There will be another one for sure ^^

We have this discussion every time it happens, but yeah, this is the dichotomy at play. For people who have been collecting for decades and/or have enough to buy every set when it comes out, the new color scheme is nice, but for the people that doesn't apply to it feels like a misstep.

1 minute ago, Meaf said:

I do find it interesting that this has become a bit of a trend, between the Gunship, MTT, and now Sandcrawler. I can appreciate Lego trying to provide something new for fans who might already have the older versions, but I feel like in all three of these cases it'd been long enough that they should have just gone with the original design (especially for the Gunship since it's not like that's even based off some currently popular/relevant series where it wouldn't have made sense to do the regular one).

I still think they did the gunship like that because of the UCS one that came out a few years ago and because they're planning an AOTC one to release soon, but in general I agree. If it's a ship that doesn't get remade often, do the more iconic version. I'm fine with something like the NR X-wing because we had a normal one in 2024 and will probably have a normal one in 2028/29, but when you only get the vehicle once a decade, just do the version most people know.