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

[CloneCommando99]

Amazon UK sales data for Smart Play for the last month is starting come through, the amount of units sold in its premiere month is comically bad. 

• Throne Room: 50+
• Millenium Falcon: 50+
• AT ST: 100+
• Landspeeder: 100+
• X-Wing: 100+
• Vader’s TIE Advanced: 300+
• Dagobah and Cantina data haven’t been released yet, but I expect the former will be 50+.

For reference, the UCS Death Star has sold 200+ units on Amazon at full price. And the TIE Bomber, a 3 year old set, as well as Jango’s Slave One and Ahsoka’s Interceptor have sold 300+ each in the last month. The U-Wing and ARC-170 are currently at both 200+. The Night Trooper BP is 600+ and 332nd vs Mandalorians is 900+.

Clear take away: Lego should make more battlepacks and a TIE Avenger (#335) as TIEs consistently sell well over many years of shelf life. 

[BrickPrick]

On 3/23/2026 at 11:37 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

A big part of that's the fact that this year probably has the most scattered releases of any year in it's history. I believe 6 of the first 7 months of the year have at least one set coming out, but a number of them only have 1-2 sets.

Yeah, I struggle to call them real waves at this rate. They feel more like multiple small drops condensed into seasons now. I mean, sure you could have applied different seasons to all waves before. The August wave is obviously happening in summer, but it was still THE august wave and felt like it's own thing, you know? 

On 3/23/2026 at 11:37 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Non-clone prequel content is definitely suffering just as much as OT content from the clone flood.

Yep. Just because Lego likes to shove  Clones down our throats for the better part of this decade, doesn't mean PT fans are eating good by default. I'd say they are similarly neglected as OT fans. It's just not necessarily perceived as such due to the Clone Extravaganza.

On 3/23/2026 at 11:37 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

On that we can agree.

Yes, every once in a while we do tend to agree with each other. ^~^

On 3/23/2026 at 11:37 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Another point in favor of the august wave. This would be our first year since launch without a microfighter. I really think people overstressed on that "A lot of" quote, and the "lot of" set is just the posters, Vader macrofig, "icons of star wars", and 1 or 2 of the other sets that sound like anniversary products.

Well yeah, I like to take such wordings with a grain of salt. Who really knows what "a lot" means in this context, right? It very well doesn't have to turn out as bad as it seemingly sounds, as you just described. Just give me a little bit of spice in there. The even bigger lack of smaller sets this year is concerning. So Anakin's Delta 7-B would be a great fit to fill that void. 

On 3/23/2026 at 11:54 PM, Kaijumeister said:

This is exactly why I’m hoping there’s at least 1-2 sets we don’t know about in the August wave. Basing literally every playscale set on Mando for the entire year is an incredibly risky move. Even for previous years that have had a film in theatres, Lego never committed literally the entire year to them. 

Yeah, it's just an unfortunate set of circumstances that resulted in the year we have so far. Imagine Lego didn't bank on Smart Play so hard right off the bat. We already could have gotten a couple of heavily requested sets. Or would be at least less concerned regarding the chances of that still happening.

On 3/23/2026 at 11:54 PM, Kaijumeister said:

2025 was rightfully criticised for its clone-focused sets, but we still got a couple of playscale sets based Andor and Attack of the Clones too (it’s not much, but still). This year they supposedly aren’t even bothering with a Maul: Shadow Lord set despite the character being ridiculously popular. In any case, if Anakin’s Delta-7b and either the Ewok Village or Bespin Duel make it this year,  I’ll be happy.

Yes, while 2025 was pretty much one-note in it's offerings, it still delivered exciting and long overdue re-releases aplenty. This year, it's generic in a way without being able to excite beyond the predictable. This obviously can still change once we have a better idea of the summer sets. Don't wanna sound more negative as it is. I'm definitely in the ballpark for a new Sandcrawler.

On 3/23/2026 at 11:54 PM, Kaijumeister said:

Plus, I’ll question again why the usual reliable leakers still haven’t come out and just said that Mando-mania is all we can expect this year if it’s set in stone.  Even with the Imperial Shuttle, AT-AT, Sandcrawler and ‘Hutt and Droid’ set releasing during the summer, the majority of these sets will be quite expensive. A set like Anakin’s JSF will help offset that by at least providing one affordable set during the summer.

Even the confusion is confused at this point. Maybe there were some last-minute changes this time around? Couldn't agree more about Anakin's Starfighter even if I tried. It would be a inviting price proposition between all those heavy hitters. And we would finally be at peace for acquiring a modern General Skywalker minifig.

On 3/23/2026 at 11:54 PM, Kaijumeister said:

Considering there is just over four months to go until August, I’m hoping we can get some more clarity on this in April.  I’m really curious as to why the leakers haven’t already confirmed / denied more about that wave and it makes me think they themselves simply don’t know yet.

April would be indeed a good time to spill more beans. If we don't hear more concrete info by Star Wars day, I'll start getting nervous. 

[Llewop]

I suppose the next pic leaks will be the May the 4th UCS and presumed GWPs and then whatever coming June. 

don’t know how leakers get their info but maybe because there is technically 3 waves before August maybe not much room for any other leaks? 

normally for the past few years we know everything for August by now as we try to avoid April fools silly rumours so maybe thre is hope any August news comes in the next few days 

[Mandalorianknight]

23 hours ago, Alex_South said:

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the new maul clip shows a ship, it's a new variant on a mando starship/shuttle, shorter nose, smaller wings, overall a much more compact design and it looks all beat up. Could be a cool 100$ set if it has an interior. Normally I hate mando ships in lego, the wings eat up the parts budget. But this new design has a lot of interior potential and the back could open up and have an actual landing ramp. Or it would be just another throwaway single seat starfighter like Ahsoka's T6.

I don't mind waiting for a Maul set if they do it right, we will know in month and a half what the most likely set options would be. I just don't want some bogus speeder vs lamppost set for it.

Also gotta love the piece by piece leaks, next will be the extra-parts, followed by the sticker sheet.

Always a sucker for new mandalorian vehicles, hope we get one of those shuttles.

19 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Amazon UK sales data for Smart Play for the last month is starting come through, the amount of units sold in its premiere month is comically bad. 

• Throne Room: 50+
• Millenium Falcon: 50+
• AT ST: 100+
• Landspeeder: 100+
• X-Wing: 100+
• Vader’s TIE Advanced: 300+
• Dagobah and Cantina data haven’t been released yet, but I expect the former will be 50+.

For reference, the UCS Death Star has sold 200+ units on Amazon at full price. And the TIE Bomber, a 3 year old set, as well as Jango’s Slave One and Ahsoka’s Interceptor have sold 300+ each in the last month. The U-Wing and ARC-170 are currently at both 200+. The Night Trooper BP is 600+ and 332nd vs Mandalorians is 900+.

Clear take away: Lego should make more battlepacks and a TIE Avenger (#335) as TIEs consistently sell well over many years of shelf life. 

The US obviously has a much larger population, so seeing these numbers my immediate thought was "oh, man, that's REALLY bad". But yeah, looking at your analysis, the Advanced seems to be the only one doing well. Here's the comparison numbers on the American site.

2k: TIE Advanced (Again, the only one doing well.)

1k: X-wing

800: Falcon, AT-ST

600: Landspeeder

400: Throne Room

200: Cantina

100: Jedi Training

Some sets that outsell these:

5k: Mando's Speeder

4k: Midi-Falcon, Obi-Wan's Starfighter, 501st specialist Battle Pack, 

2k: Ahsoka's Starfighter, Coruscant Battle Pack, midi AT-AT, Rex Microfighter, shock trooper mech, 

Now, the immediately obvious thing is that most of the sets that are drastically mogging the smart sets are significantly cheaper. It's not a coincidence that the only 5k+ set is the one that's $10. That said, sets at similar or greater prices from previous waves are generally hitting at least 1k sales, something every set but the Advanced and X-wing lack. Also, every other set is older, and I have to assume sets sell the most in their release month. Unfortunately, there aren't many playsets releasing from other themes this month, and while plenty of 18+ sets that released demolished the smart sets, it is a different demo. At this point, while it doesn't look good (and anecdotally I don't think a single one's moved at my local walmart), it's too early to tell unless someone remembers the release month data for the august 2025 sets.

14 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yeah, I struggle to call them real waves at this rate. They feel more like multiple small drops condensed into seasons now. I mean, sure you could have applied different seasons to all waves before. The August wave is obviously happening in summer, but it was still THE august wave and felt like it's own thing, you know? 

Well yeah, I like to take such wordings with a grain of salt. Who really knows what "a lot" means in this context, right? It very well doesn't have to turn out as bad as it seemingly sounds, as you just described. Just give me a little bit of spice in there. The even bigger lack of smaller sets this year is concerning. So Anakin's Delta 7-B would be a great fit to fill that void. 

Yup. I used to remember big waves in january and august, with a third one around the movie's release. They feel so scattered now- for awhile august was the only big wave of playsets, and this year it seems there's a chance we won't even have that. The numbers aren't drastically different, and I'm sure spreading out releases more helps sales, but it doesn't feel as specials when it's drip-fed throughout the year rather than big wave releases.

Yup. Same thing with the X-wing microfighter to be honest, even though it's a gimmick set I think it is nice to have a $15 set out there.

[Darth_Bane13]

14 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

but it doesn't feel as specials when it's drip-fed throughout the year rather than big wave releases.

I totally agree, I often don't even notice when new sets get released in these little waves. New sets felt more exciting when there were only 2-3 waves a year.

[CloneCommando99]

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20 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

 

It's not a coincidence that the only 5k+ set is the one that's $10.

 

it's too early to tell unless someone remembers the release month data for the august 2025 sets.

I’m glad that likely means the £10 subtheme is here to stay.

Scout Trooper speeder and General Kenobi BARC next?

IIRC, in the UK the 327th BP had around 3000+ sales on Amazon in October. So I’d guess August, when hype was greatest, would have had similar or greater numbers.

 

[Mandalorianknight]

46 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I’m glad that likely means the £10 subtheme is here to stay.

Scout Trooper speeder and General Kenobi BARC next?

IIRC, in the UK the 327th BP had around 3000+ sales on Amazon in October. So I’d guess August, when hype was greatest, would have had similar or greater numbers.

Most likely- while lego probably has a smaller profit margin on these, it's not just that it generates goodwill- a $10 set moving 5k copies a month is good, stable income, and I doubt that set ever goes on sale. While they probably make a lot more on the flagship $150+ sets, they also obviously sell a lot less, and just as importantly those larger sets- at least recently- hit serious sales at retailers not long after releasing. (While that's not a direct issue for lego, it certainly makes the retailers less inclined to buy as many copies from them.)

I think the scout trooper speeder might be a tiny bit small for a $10 set, but a half battle pack with one of them, a scout trooper, and a stormtrooper/rebel commando maybe with a tiny tree or fern or something would be awesome. Same with an AT-RT, BARC, Bantha, Dewback, Droid Escape Pod, you name it.

 

I want to say a lot of the august sets were hitting 6-10k in their release month, but I wasn't sure if I was remembering that right. But even your number there demolishes the entire smart wave, even in the US, much less the UK.

6 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I totally agree, I often don't even notice when new sets get released in these little waves. New sets felt more exciting when there were only 2-3 waves a year.

Absolutely. I've talked about this a few times, but I think we need to go back to:

January: Big playset wave

May: 18+ set drop, Spring UCS

August: Big playset wave

October: Fall UCS, calendar, any exclusives.

[CloneCommando99]

Day 337 is just a reminder that we live in a society

12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I think the scout trooper speeder might be a tiny bit small for a $10 set, but a half battle pack with one of them, a scout trooper, and a stormtrooper/rebel commando maybe with a tiny tree or fern or something would be awesome. Same with an AT-RT, BARC, Bantha, Dewback, Droid Escape Pod, you name it.

A £10 ROTJ Scout Speeder vs Luke or ESB Luke and Han Taun Taun set would provide the exact cheap entry point for kids the OT seriously needs right now (Luke mech doesn’t count)

Same with PT and Clone Wars named characters. Whether it’s a dwarf spider or a republic speeder, include a Jedi and droid combo.

Army building would be cool. But if we’re only getting 1-2 of this subtheme a year from now on, they should prioritise making main characters accessible to kids.

[Meaf]

Obviously there's more that goes into determining what kinds of sets are made than just pure numbers, but I will say that looking at this data makes me question why we aren't getting more battlepacks? I imagine some of it has to do with shelf space and concern about them cannibalizing one another's sales (probably why some of them are more expensive now, to help differentiate them more). Even so, I dunno it seems weird we only have one this entire year, unless I missed something (and that's of course to say nothing about how the included clones are disappointing, but I think everyone agrees on that so there's not really any point in beating that dead horse again).

It seems like smaller sets sell better overall, which intuitively makes sense, but even then in the US one of the best selling sets is an older battlepack. Maybe I've answered my own question here and it's just a matter of shelf space because older battlepacks still sell great, but yeah idk it just seems like two battlepacks a year made more sense.

[BrickBob Studpants]

20 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I’m glad that likely means the £10 subtheme is here to stay.

I mean, what would’ve been the point of bringing that concept back if it wasn‘t gonna stick around for a while?  

With all the other set news going on in other themes, I wonder why we still have no clue what the $70 June set is. We already have sketches of August sets plus a partial/mostly 2027 list, and yet this one remains a complete mystery. Our local glorious cult of course has a clear idea what it should be, but where are the actual rumours?!

Edited March 28 by BrickBob Studpants

[Llewop]

Don’t know if anyone’s mentioned it but just noticed the kamino GWP is live on the Lego website for anything over £145 on LSW between now and Easter. 
 

do you think the GWP didn’t sell well or the opposite? I thinks it’s like the 3rd time I’ve seen it come back to the website since release 

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, Meaf said:

Obviously there's more that goes into determining what kinds of sets are made than just pure numbers, but I will say that looking at this data makes me question why we aren't getting more battlepacks? I imagine some of it has to do with shelf space and concern about them cannibalizing one another's sales (probably why some of them are more expensive now, to help differentiate them more). Even so, I dunno it seems weird we only have one this entire year, unless I missed something (and that's of course to say nothing about how the included clones are disappointing, but I think everyone agrees on that so there's not really any point in beating that dead horse again).

It seems like smaller sets sell better overall, which intuitively makes sense, but even then in the US one of the best selling sets is an older battlepack. Maybe I've answered my own question here and it's just a matter of shelf space because older battlepacks still sell great, but yeah idk it just seems like two battlepacks a year made more sense.

I think it's what you say about self cannibalization of sales. For whatever reason, lego doesn't seem to think battle packs can sell unless they include clones and/or mandalorians. My guess is they found that the 501st specialists pack was outselling the 327th one, hence why the former's still around and the latter got replaced. It's kind of funny too, you look at the three availible and they're 4 clones, 2 blue mandos+2 imps, 2 red mandos+ 2 clones. I would bet that 2027 brings us a pack with 4 clones to replace it.

Two battlepacks a year would make a lot of sense if they were for different factions, but lego seems confident that only clones and mandos will sell for some reason. I really struggle to believe that that's true- I could see the argument that troops without helmets like Rebels don't sell quite as well, but it should still be offset by the fact that it wouldn't cannibalize as much. And regardless of that, you'd have to assume imperial trooper packs sell more or less as well as clones and mandos.

6 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Day 337 is just a reminder that we live in a society

A £10 ROTJ Scout Speeder vs Luke or ESB Luke and Han Taun Taun set would provide the exact cheap entry point for kids the OT seriously needs right now (Luke mech doesn’t count)

Same with PT and Clone Wars named characters. Whether it’s a dwarf spider or a republic speeder, include a Jedi and droid combo.

Army building would be cool. But if we’re only getting 1-2 of this subtheme a year from now on, they should prioritise making main characters accessible to kids.

I'm still mad they ended up not having the guts to give joker that line in the final cut of ZSJL.

I agree in general, but when we're at the point where there will be no "dumb" sets on retail shelves with imperial stormtroopers, it starts being less about army building and more about ensuring a kid can obtain imperial stormtroopers.

[CloneCommando99]

12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I agree in general, but when we're at the point where there will be no "dumb" sets on retail shelves with imperial stormtroopers, it starts being less about army building and more about ensuring a kid can obtain imperial stormtroopers.

This feels more like Lego failing to properly fulfil the role of battlepacks. Between 2012-18 there was always a stormtrooper BP on shelves. But now there isn’t.

M&G might also be the first Disney SW film to not receive a Battlepack in its first or second wave. Which is stupid when considering how much stormtroopers are being marketed so far.

14 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I mean, what would’ve been the point of bringing that concept back if it wasn‘t gonna stick around for a while?  

With all the other set news going on in other themes, I wonder why we still have no clue what the $70 June set is. We already have sketches of August sets plus a partial/mostly 2027 list, and yet this one remains a complete mystery. Our local glorious cult of course has a clear idea what it should be, but where are the actual rumours?!

What was the point of introducing blister packs in 2022 only to drop them by 2023?

I have a few theories aside from the obvious Day #338 as to why we haven’t heard anything.

1. Shadow Lord set (not impossible, but I don’t get why they wouldn’t just say it’s based on it)
2. M&G spoiler set (unlikely as there’s only a week between the set and movie’s release so not much point)
3. Zero Company set (most unlikely, but if any new videogame would get a set from modern Lego, it would be the Clone Wars game)
4. It’s something great and leakers are waiting to unleash a April 1st bombshell, as per recent tradition.

 

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

M&G spoiler set (unlikely as there’s only a week between the set and movie’s release so not much point)

Exactly. Official pictures of this mystery set will be released before the movie hits theaters, defeating the point if it was supposed to be a spoilery tie-in set  Besides, there are more M&G sets in August like the Rotta one, so what would be the point of releasing it in June?

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Shadow Lord set (not impossible, but I don’t get why they wouldn’t just say it’s based on it)

I can‘t recall clearly, but hasn‘t that been ruled out by the leakers? 

[Meaf]

20 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I think it's what you say about self cannibalization of sales. For whatever reason, lego doesn't seem to think battle packs can sell unless they include clones and/or mandalorians. My guess is they found that the 501st specialists pack was outselling the 327th one, hence why the former's still around and the latter got replaced. It's kind of funny too, you look at the three availible and they're 4 clones, 2 blue mandos+2 imps, 2 red mandos+ 2 clones. I would bet that 2027 brings us a pack with 4 clones to replace it.

Two battlepacks a year would make a lot of sense if they were for different factions, but lego seems confident that only clones and mandos will sell for some reason. I really struggle to believe that that's true- I could see the argument that troops without helmets like Rebels don't sell quite as well, but it should still be offset by the fact that it wouldn't cannibalize as much. And regardless of that, you'd have to assume imperial trooper packs sell more or less as well as clones and mandos.

Yeah one would definitely think stormtroopers of all factions would sell. The only explanation I can think of for why they might not is just that they're so easy to come by in other sets that people (especially kids) aren't as interested in getting more? But their availability has been kinda spotty the last few years, so I'm not sure that would even be a factor at this point, and even then I'd think there would still be enough demand that it would be worth making at least one in the six years that actually shows up on regular store shelves. There have been a few other ones that half count like the snowtroopers, but still, it's just bizarre how long they've been missing. I could see the clones and mandos having a sales advantage since they're mostly only available in those specific battlepacks, but I wouldn't expect it to be thaaaaat much.

[ArrowBricks]

I genuinely am very surprised we did not get a Death Star Troopers Battle Pack. 

Would have been perfect for those who had bought the UCS Death Star, and for those that didn’t it still would allow them to army build. 

They could have even integrated the build with the Death Star. 

[Darth_Bane13]

2 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

I genuinely am very surprised we did not get a Death Star Troopers Battle Pack. 

Would have been perfect for those who had bought the UCS Death Star, and for those that didn’t it still would allow them to army build. 

They could have even integrated the build with the Death Star. 

The 2014 one wasn't too popular.

[ArrowBricks]

2 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

The 2014 one wasn't too popular.

Think there’s context for that, though. Height of the Prequel era, released alongside Kashyyyk and Utapau Troopers, and very little for the Imperial figures to go with. Not sure Royal Guards were the right choice, either.

Edited March 29 by ArrowBricks

[BrickPrick]

On 3/26/2026 at 7:07 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

Amazon UK sales data for Smart Play for the last month is starting come through, the amount of units sold in its premiere month is comically bad. 

• Throne Room: 50+
• Millenium Falcon: 50+
• AT ST: 100+
• Landspeeder: 100+
• X-Wing: 100+
• Vader’s TIE Advanced: 300+
• Dagobah and Cantina data haven’t been released yet, but I expect the former will be 50+.

Oh, hell yeah, I knew there would be an aspect I could unequivocally enjoy about the Smart Play shit show. Unfortunately, Amazon DE fares a fair bit better in direct comparison, but nothing hit four digits numbers so far. With the TIE Advanced taking the cake with 800+ sold sets for this month.

On 3/27/2026 at 3:08 AM, Mandalorianknight said:

Yup. I used to remember big waves in january and august, with a third one around the movie's release. They feel so scattered now- for awhile august was the only big wave of playsets, and this year it seems there's a chance we won't even have that. The numbers aren't drastically different, and I'm sure spreading out releases more helps sales, but it doesn't feel as specials when it's drip-fed throughout the year rather than big wave releases.

Yup. Same thing with the X-wing microfighter to be honest, even though it's a gimmick set I think it is nice to have a $15 set out there.

Yep, I used to remember these big substantial waves as well. It seems like with the release of all those different additional formats, the sets began frequently popping up in small bursts and were scattered all over the shop. Like you said, it doesn't feel as special as of late.

See, I totally forgot about the X-Wing Starfighter Microfighter releasing this year. Since last year's extraordinary Plo Koon drop, I'm increasingly more focused on using this affordable format as a vessel to get long overdue character comebacks. Rather than being happy for the ~two persons who don't own a jumpsuit Luke Skywalker minifigure yet. Yeah yeah, I know there are always new kids and people to the hobby, so getting a main character for this cheap might be just as attractive to them. To me, though, this is as much of a wasted set slot as the most recent Battle Pack was. 

On 3/27/2026 at 11:19 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

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I’m glad that likely means the £10 subtheme is here to stay.

Scout Trooper speeder and General Kenobi BARC next?

I'm afraid you will need to change two certain numbers of this combination for the not so foreseeable future, if you know what I mean. 

Easy choice... Count Dooku's Speeder! Though I doubt Lego will bring back the character after all this time only to release him in such a cheap set. In typical Lego fashion, he will release in a set retailing for at least 60 bucks. Then after having reached sales saturation, he will be thrown in a small set like nothing happened.

On 3/28/2026 at 1:07 AM, Mandalorianknight said:

January: Big playset wave

May: 18+ set drop, Spring UCS

August: Big playset wave

October: Fall UCS, calendar, any exclusives.

That's definitely the way to go. Make January waves meaty again. The way it's now, it feels more like a tease for things to come. Maybe throw in a March wave if numerous additional formats keep showing up. 

On 3/28/2026 at 1:42 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

Day 337 is just a reminder that we live in a society

If they don't deal with the TIE Avenger now, soon little, uh, Lego won't be able to get a nickel for their grandma. 

On 3/28/2026 at 8:56 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

I think it's what you say about self cannibalization of sales. For whatever reason, lego doesn't seem to think battle packs can sell unless they include clones and/or mandalorians. 

But what about the thing that restarted it all... The Snowtrooper Battle Pack. Last thing I checked, this thing sold like hot cakes. Or is it off the hook because it still got them helmets and armor appearance, let alone the holy grail OT as fundament? If that's the case, and I assume it is, then there's absolutely no reason to don't make more of them... and faster! 

[Mandalorianknight]

13 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

This feels more like Lego failing to properly fulfil the role of battlepacks. Between 2012-18 there was always a stormtrooper BP on shelves. But now there isn’t.

Yeah, exactly. We wouldn't need it if there were battle packs for more factions around, but now it's just clones and mandos and we're at the point where stormtroopers are off shelves at most retailers.

10 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I can‘t recall clearly, but hasn‘t that been ruled out by the leakers? 

I just have no clue what's going on with the maul show in relation to lego in general. IIRC there's a set for it in august?

1 hour ago, ArrowBricks said:

I genuinely am very surprised we did not get a Death Star Troopers Battle Pack. 

Would have been perfect for those who had bought the UCS Death Star, and for those that didn’t it still would allow them to army build. 

They could have even integrated the build with the Death Star. 

100% agree. A pack with 2 stormtroopers, a navy trooper, maybe a gunner or officer, and then a turbolaser build would be awesome.

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

See, I totally forgot about the X-Wing Starfighter Microfighter releasing this year. Since last year's extraordinary Plo Koon drop, I'm increasingly more focused on using this affordable format as a vessel to get long overdue character comebacks. Rather than being happy for the ~two persons who don't own a jumpsuit Luke Skywalker minifigure yet. Yeah yeah, I know there are always new kids and people to the hobby, so getting a main character for this cheap might be just as attractive to them. To me, though, this is as much of a wasted set slot as the most recent Battle Pack was. 

Easy choice... Count Dooku's Speeder! Though I doubt Lego will bring back the character after all this time only to release him in such a cheap set. In typical Lego fashion, he will release in a set retailing for at least 60 bucks. Then after having reached sales saturation, he will be thrown in a small set like nothing happened.

But what about the thing that restarted it all... The Snowtrooper Battle Pack. Last thing I checked, this thing sold like hot cakes. Or is it off the hook because it still got them helmets and armor appearance, let alone the holy grail OT as fundament? If that's the case, and I assume it is, then there's absolutely no reason to don't make more of them... and faster! 

I think it's good for kids, not so much to get pilot luke specifically, but as a cheap little toy with a major character and an X-wing representation.

You say that, but there's the counterexample of said extraordinary Plo Koon drop. Occasionally lego does the "desired character in an expensive set and then in a cheap one shortly after" strategy (Which I generally don't have a problem with, so long as it doesn't take too long to get that cheap one.), but they aren't opposed to putting heavily requested characters in cheap or mid-range sets either.

It did, which makes it all the more confusing that lego doesn't seem to think battle packs for characters other than clones and mandos can sell. That snowtrooper pack did numbers. I think it's the lego set I personally own the most copies of, using it to eventually fill my AT-AT and construct a pretty big chunk of hoth terrain around it.

1 hour ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

The 2014 one wasn't too popular.

I didn't know that, but I would assume it was probably due to using the least army-buildable DS mooks (Gunners and Imperial Guards)- I would guess @ArrowBricks meant a more traditional pack with stormtroopers and navy troopers, maybe one gunner.

[Darth_Bane13]

2 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

 and very little for the Imperial figures to go with. Not sure Royal Guards were the right choice, either.

The 08 Death Star was still on shelves when it came out. I actually thought it was cool to get Royal guards for cheap but I know some people weren't a fan.

25 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I didn't know that, but I would assume it was probably due to using the least army-buildable DS mooks (Gunners and Imperial Guards)- I would guess @ArrowBricks meant a more traditional pack with stormtroopers and navy troopers, maybe one gunner.

Yeah that seems to be the case, most people weren't buying multiples as opposed to the clone battle packs at the time. 

For the record I'm actually a fan of that battle pack but I've seen people criticize it.

[Kaijumeister]

I really hope we get a decent info dump for this summer soon, there’s so much we don’t yet know.

- The identity of the mystery $70 set. I really hope this is a Shadow Lord tie-in. As much as leakers have dashed our hopes at the show getting representation this year, I don’t know how there can be a new show with Maul, Inquisitors, Jedi, and TK Troopers only for Lego to turn their noses up at it and pummel us with more Mandalorian sets instead (again, there is not a single Dumb Play set this year that we know of that contains lightsaber wielders!).

- The piece count and some more details on the Imperial Remnant AT-AT. Amidst all the downscaling, I hope this set isn’t subjected to Lego’s weird new rule with aggressively cutting piece counts for large Star Wars sets below the 1000 piece mark. In-universe this thing is supposed to be larger than the standard AT-AT, so I hope the Lego set does it justice. Also hope this includes the new Remnant Snowtrooper design.

- The content of the ‘Hutt and Droid’ set. Presuming this is some sort of arena-based scene similar to the Thor vs. Hulk Arena Clash from 2017 but on a smaller scale.

- Some more details on the Sandcrawler and Imperial Shuttle, though we have got some good information and minifigure leaks on these already.

- And most importantly, whether there are more playscale sets we can expect this year. 

I was hoping that with 2026 being the first year of a Star Wars film in theatres, the TMaG sets would pack more of a punch but they have largely come off as fairly safe and bland so far. I hope the two remaining sets from the film pick up the slack.

Edited March 30 by Kaijumeister

[Darth_Bane13]

Am I the only one who doesn't care about leaks that much? It's cool when we get some info and pictures but I don't really find myself anticipating them.

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Yeah that seems to be the case, most people weren't buying multiples as opposed to the clone battle packs at the time. 

Yes, just no reason to get as many royal guards and DS gunners as you would clones or stormtroopers or what have you.

4 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

 And most importantly, whether there are more playscale sets we can expect this year. 

Yup. This is everything. We know at least a little of the original August leak is really august, but it'd be nice to know which ones (I still think it'll be most of the system ones. Only one I'm not 100% on is the Ewok Village, just because of how many $150+ sets we've got this summer.)

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Some more details on the Sandcrawler […]

We already have a good drawing of the Sandcrawler, so the only things that could still leak are a drawing of the mudhorn, the minifig parts, and finalised pictures