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

[BrickPrick]

14 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

"bleak to bliss" is a good way to put it

It's so weird. Lego owns bricklink, they know how much he goes for there. We've seen them do Rex and Bane and other expensive figures, why not Lando, who's a major character in multiple films?

Ah. Yeah, that's... that's really something. If there's a walking feature of some sort, while I don't think it was needed I could at least understand the legs, but the giant saddle is not something I think I'll ever be able to rationalize.

It is going to be really funny when there becomes a huge rallying cry of "WE WANT DUMB LEGO!". But I'll be right there with you.

The official pitch for The Mandalorian and Grogu movie.

Yeah, I have a thing to two left for how I put some words to good use. I care for that in my mother tongue and I try to take over some of it to english language. 

Getting to know these insane collector's prices might be part of the reason why they keep artificially limiting certain characters? I don't know how much attention they are paying to their Bricklink business. To be fair, a brand new Lando just released in 2024, but I stand by my point... His Cloud City appearance I consider to be his most iconic outfit. And having no version of him available in any play scale sets since his modern makeover in 2018 is utterly... unsatisfying. 

Ha, you can't fool me for this one, Mando man... You are over the moon with this stuff. It's just you won't return to the our big blue planet after witnessing this mess. 

We need Lego to be smart about dumb Lego... not Lego being dumb about smart Lego! 

A surprise to be sure, but not a welcome one. Honestly, as far as deciding what you're dedicating your set slots to goes, this does feel like a new low point, doesn't it? This is unprecedented in terms of rasing your own reputation of repetition! 

 

What a rollercoaster ride this has been the past couple of days. We went from drastic doomsdays to we are so back to what the heck are they doing again in absolutely no time. 

Edited January 8 by BrickPrick

[MKJoshA]

On 1/6/2026 at 1:11 AM, Dolor said:

For some reason I like all 7 SMART PLAY sets. I try to collect Throne Room and Millennium Falcon... and then all of them. I might even be only 1 here who likes design of these sets a lot. I don't by SW sets. I haven't seen these new TV shows. Not even LEGO Rebuild the Galaxy. Put Echo Base and those 2. I will by SW. I will start to follow SW.

Smart Bricks, minifigures, plates, will change LEGO forever. This is something awesome. 

I appreciate your optimism, don't let anyone here get you down. We just all disagree with you 

On 1/6/2026 at 7:10 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

It's hard to tell at the moment, but it seems like our total number of good old fashioned "dumb" sets should be about the same as last year. Now, if Smart Brick is successful, that might change, but right now it seems like the "smart" sets mainly add to our total rather than eat up slots. Which really softens the blow- I still don't like that they'll likely reset the clock on when we can get some of these sets in their normal "dumb" versions, but other than that, I can't complain as much.

It does appear that Lego is "adding" smart brick sets to their normal line up of SW sets. Which means we are getting a crazy amount of SW sets this year. I'm worried what that kind of saturation of the market will do. 

17 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

FYI. The Smart Play Throne Room has better PPP than the Turbo Tank.

This worries me. People are still buying the Turbo Tank despite it's horrible price. Now Lego releases a Smart Brick set for a "better" value. Meaning it's likely to sell better even if just by a little. That will encourage them to make more Smart Brick sets. We're doomed.

I got my kids some Mario sets 2 years ago. They don't play with them very much any more. But do you know what they do? They take all the "dumb" Lego that comes with Mario and they build their own creations. That's what's going to happen to Smart Brick sets. Then that tech will set under a kid's bed until someone figures out how to hack the smart brick and install evil AI chat bots into it.

[TeddytheSpoon]

54 minutes ago, MKJoshA said:

I got my kids some Mario sets 2 years ago. They don't play with them very much any more. But do you know what they do? They take all the "dumb" Lego that comes with Mario and they build their own creations. That's what's going to happen to Smart Brick sets. Then that tech will set under a kid's bed until someone figures out how to hack the smart brick and install evil AI chat bots into it.

This is why, as long as the amount of regular sets remains the same (which it appears to be), I'm not too worried about Smart Bricks. Almost every single piece of tech LEGO has done hasn't had a great deal of staying power in comparison to the bricks; the only possible exception for me is Mindstorms, and even that has been through three or four iterations. In a few years the SBs will fall out of fashion and LEGO will move on to something new. I suspect they're being inserted into Star Wars sets to try and get kids buying them again - the 18+-ification of the theme has been quite well documented here.

It's a double-edged sword for sure, but I do think if anyone figures out how to re-code the bricks, the community will be able to do some awesome stuff with them. I can think of a few applications for trains or cars, for instance.

[Brickadeer]

I am under the impression that the torso and legs of my new P1 Clone Pilot from the Star Wars Magazine ist slightly miscoloured, like less white then the helmet (and other clones), more like having a hint of tan. Did anyone else make the same experience?

Edited January 8 by Brickadeer

[CF Mitch]

On 1/6/2026 at 7:10 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

right now it seems like the "smart" sets mainly add to our total rather than eat up slots. Which really softens the blow

Agreed, I'm really relieved to hear that.
To be fair, I haven't delved too much into the whole Smart Brick but from what I have seen and most of what I've read in this topic and on IG, I'm absolutely not a fan of it.
Aside from the poor execution (according to what some of you said), I think this will take away a lot of the children's imagination during play, which LEGO always holds in such high regards.

Glad to hear that the remaining sets appear to be very intriguing so far.

Regards,
Mitch 

[CloneCommando99]

By August of this year there will be 5 different Buildable Yodas and seemingly no TIE Avengers on shelves. Let that sink in (Day #259 of wanting one.)

 

Will M&G be getting a Battlepack this summer? Every other Disney era movie has done so within a couple of months of the film’s release. And it could easily be a stormtrooper and scout trooper pack based off season 1 that could tie in with the Ewok Village.

[ARC2149Nova]

Bro, the TIE Avenger didn't even do anything. It was set up to be a major plot point and then, what? Two action scenes, never to be seen again?

(It's a cool Interceptor-adjacent design, I just really needed to point that out)

Since Endor Rebels came up in the 2025 thread, I'd bet Ewok Village dumps at least one in there.

Also, I love (hate) how LEGO finally gives us rotating-head R2-D2...and it's a SMARTfig. Hopefully a regular version of the mold will come out also. I don't mind the current Astromech design, but the upgrade would be cool (even if it would be hell on OCD collectors)

[BrickPrick]

21 hours ago, icm said:

So far, Grogu is nowhere near as dynamic and complex of a character as ... Dobby the house-elf. No socks for baby Yoda. Just frogs, Frog eggs, and newly hatched spider monsters.

Haha, well yeah, that's the thing... What he represents as a character and what Lego does with it are two very different things. We shall never underestimate Lego's willingness to rehash certain stuff. I mean, did anybody really expected another Grogu-related set a couple of days ago? That we will have three of those things simultaneously on the market fairly soon? Yet here we are. At this point... everything is on the table. So no, we may all eat up these galactic Grogu socks (plus everything you just listed) and we will be happy. 

3 hours ago, Brickadeer said:

I am under the impression that the torso and legs of my new P1 Clone Pilot from the Star Wars Magazine ist slightly miscoloured, like less white then the helmet (and other clones), more like having a hint of tan. Did anyone else make the same experience?

I just checked on the Magazine figure and didn't notice any off-coloured printing. It's really only the misleading advertisement regarding the helmet's visor. 

[Mandalorianknight]

7 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yeah, I have a thing to two left for how I put some words to good use. I care for that in my mother tongue and I try to take over some of it to english language. 

Getting to know these insane collector's prices might be part of the reason why they keep artificially limiting certain characters? I don't know how much attention they are paying to their Bricklink business. To be fair, a brand new Lando just released in 2024, but I stand by my point... His Cloud City appearance I consider to be his most iconic outfit. And having no version of him available in any play scale sets since his modern makeover in 2018 is utterly... unsatisfying. 

Ha, you can't fool me for this one, Mando man... You are over the moon with this stuff. It's just you won't return to the our big blue planet after witnessing this mess. 

We need Lego to be smart about dumb Lego... not Lego being dumb about smart Lego! 

A surprise to be sure, but not a welcome one. Honestly, as far as deciding what you're dedicating your set slots to goes, this does feel like a new low point, doesn't it? This is unprecedented in terms of rasing your own reputation of repetition!

You do a good job, even in a second language.

I wouldn't be so sure. I sell on bricklink, and lego doesn't take all that much of a fee. Certainly low enough that they'd make a lot more money from a set with lando on shelves than they would by skimming 3% off the top of bricklink sales of the fig.

Trust me, I'm not happy about this. It's a bad look for what I'm advocating for if when they finally do a brick-built creature, it's... that.

On a corollary, one could argue the smartest move for smart lego would be to make the sets normal dumb lego. Like the movie War Games- sometimes the winning move is not to play.

It's just baffling- lego has to have the data on how well these grogus sell, and I between the constant sales on the january 2025 model, the low bricklink price of the 2021 one, etc, I can't see why they'd choose to try again. Maybe disney mandated there be a buildable grogu in the TMAG wave, or maybe they think they've finally cracked the code this time, but at the end of the day I just don't think there are all that many people interested in a grogu statue.

4 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

It does appear that Lego is "adding" smart brick sets to their normal line up of SW sets. Which means we are getting a crazy amount of SW sets this year. I'm worried what that kind of saturation of the market will do. 

This worries me. People are still buying the Turbo Tank despite it's horrible price. Now Lego releases a Smart Brick set for a "better" value. Meaning it's likely to sell better even if just by a little. That will encourage them to make more Smart Brick sets. We're doomed.

I got my kids some Mario sets 2 years ago. They don't play with them very much any more. But do you know what they do? They take all the "dumb" Lego that comes with Mario and they build their own creations. That's what's going to happen to Smart Brick sets. Then that tech will set under a kid's bed until someone figures out how to hack the smart brick and install evil AI chat bots into it.

It could be an issue, but if as predicted, the smart sets fail while the normal ones hold steady, I think we'll be OK. I can't imagine many parents looking at a $100 X-wing that's on shelves the same time as all these great $60-70 ships and going "let's get the kid that one". (And similarly, most smart sets have a low figure count compared to the price point of their "dumb" brethren, which I think is going to have a huge impact on what kids select)

3 hours ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

This is why, as long as the amount of regular sets remains the same (which it appears to be), I'm not too worried about Smart Bricks. Almost every single piece of tech LEGO has done hasn't had a great deal of staying power in comparison to the bricks; the only possible exception for me is Mindstorms, and even that has been through three or four iterations. In a few years the SBs will fall out of fashion and LEGO will move on to something new. I suspect they're being inserted into Star Wars sets to try and get kids buying them again - the 18+-ification of the theme has been quite well documented here.

Yup. As I've said probably too many times now, the only issue I still have with the smart sets in terms of impact on our normal selection is that it resets the timetable on things like a normal advanced or cantina.

But man... letting the summer info leak the same day was smart, because with everything coming, I really don't mind as much.

2 hours ago, CF Mitch said:

I think this will take away a lot of the children's imagination during play, which LEGO always holds in such high regards.

Exactly. The sets are doing the imagining for you, and it doesn't make a lot of sense to me why you'd want that for the kids, especially with how much it jacks up the price.

25 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Bro, the TIE Avenger didn't even do anything. It was set up to be a major plot point and then, what? Two action scenes, never to be seen again?

I do find that funny. It could easily be that the avenger design was in some way compromised from the start- I've always liked the idea that despite it's power it's still a glass cannon, and as such too expensive for a ship that'll still get blown apart if hit-, which leads to that "scale of the enemy" theme (This mission is extremely difficult, time-consuming, and important for cassian, but contributes nearly nothing to the overall war effort), but they never confirm anything like that in the show.

2 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Since Endor Rebels came up in the 2025 thread, I'd bet Ewok Village dumps at least one in there.

I would be surprised if it didn't. A January 2027 battle pack would also be a great expansion in the vein of the 2022 snowtrooper pack, but it's of course much too early to tell.

[BrickPrick]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

You do a good job, even in a second language.

I wouldn't be so sure. I sell on bricklink, and lego doesn't take all that much of a fee. Certainly low enough that they'd make a lot more money from a set with lando on shelves than they would by skimming 3% off the top of bricklink sales of the fig.

Trust me, I'm not happy about this. It's a bad look for what I'm advocating for if when they finally do a brick-built creature, it's... that.

On a corollary, one could argue the smartest move for smart lego would be to make the sets normal dumb lego. Like the movie War Games- sometimes the winning move is not to play.

It's just baffling- lego has to have the data on how well these grogus sell, and I between the constant sales on the january 2025 model, the low bricklink price of the 2021 one, etc, I can't see why they'd choose to try again. Maybe disney mandated there be a buildable grogu in the TMAG wave, or maybe they think they've finally cracked the code this time, but at the end of the day I just don't think there are all that many people interested in a grogu statue.

Yup. As I've said probably too many times now, the only issue I still have with the smart sets in terms of impact on our normal selection is that it resets the timetable on things like a normal advanced or cantina.

Exactly. The sets are doing the imagining for you, and it doesn't make a lot of sense to me why you'd want that for the kids, especially with how much it jacks up the price.

Yeah, it's alright. I like the fact that most of my english knowledge I basically taught myself through things I actually enjoy and want to experience, rather than school where everything is kept to generic homework and "fair" tests. You truly can learn something new every day... anywhere, anytime. 

Okay, that's good to know. My Bricklink experience is pretty much non existent. I only got my Bane last year and that's it. But yeah, it obviously wouldn't make sense for Lego to go this route instead of just selling the fig via new regular release. That's why I thought that they might be operating this way ().

It's only a bad look for one party: Lego. We already figured it probably won't be executed well. And lo and behold, it isn't. Nothing you said was principiely wrong, Mando man. So you've got nothing to feel bad about or anything. 

That's something they should have taken heed of when creating the feature suite for the Cantina. If that's the best you can do, then maybe... don't do it all? 

Seriously... sigh. This can't be real now, can it? This might be one of the things where I won't really believe it until I see it. 

And the upcoming Hoth Echo Base. What a tragedy this one in particular is! 

The thing that honestly shocks me the most about the Smart Play stuff is the desasterous displayability. The lacking collectible and playable aspect I did expect to some extent. But it blows my mind to what lengths they went in terms of compromising the sets astehtics just for some crappy, anti Star Wars sounds.

Edited January 8 by BrickPrick

[Kaijumeister]

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

The thing that honestly shocks me the most about the Smart Play stuff is the desasterous displayability. The lacking collectible and playable aspect I did expect to some extent. But it blows my mind to what lengths they went in terms of compromising the sets astehtics just for some crappy, anti Star Wars sounds.

The Smart Brick has a built-in synthesiser which I personally think is pretty awesome - it means it can generally play any sound rather than relying on pre-recorded audio (which I think the Mario figures do), although I guess because of the scale they work with, the sounds are very rudimentary. Ironically you can see that the SB has no issue playing a (very 8-bit sounding) Imperial March when it scans the Vader figure, which definitely makes me think the otherwise completely inaccurate sounds and music might be a Disney / Lucasfilm issue moreso than a technical feasibility one. Again at this point the imagination is more accurate than the actual product. Very ironic and it diminishes the point of these sets even further.

I remember theorising last year that the play functions for the SB sets would largely revolve around how the sets would accommodate the SB to stimulate its sensors etc. to produce the desired effect. I’m sad that I was right,  as in execution it shows the build / play experience caters to the SB, rather than vice versa.  

Having had a few days to digest the overall set list for this year, I’m still pleasantly surprised at the number of great-sounding sets this time round, and equally frustrated by what seems to be a number of generally wasted slots too, subjective as that can be. I echo some concerns that coupled with the SB sets, saturation this year is indeed quite high. Nonetheless, it’s nice to be excited for more than a couple of sets for once. My only hope is that not all the large sets have terribly low piece counts.

However, I lament the seeming absence of the iconic, god-tier, stupendously good £60 slots this year. I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that the price point holds infinite potential as the ‘sweet spot’ for small to mid-sized ships with fantastic complements of minifigures. I would have thought that’s one of the new aspects from 2025 they would have maintained for 2026.

Edited January 8 by Kaijumeister

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Kaijumeister said:

However, I lament the seeming absence of the iconic, god-tier, stupendously good £60 slots this year. I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that the price point holds infinite potential as the ‘sweet spot’ for small to mid-sized ships with fantastic complements of minifigures. I would have thought that’s one of the new aspects from 2025 they would have maintained for 2026.

I don't know if the exchange rate is the same, but the TMAG Anzellen Ship is $70, which is about what most of the Slave One/ARC-170/U-wing/etc went for in the US (V-19 was a bit cheaper). It's definitely less though- none in January and seemingly none in August (though if I may be greedy I will hope there's one or two more normal system august sets, and/or an Ahsoka S2 wave in september that has some).

[Darth_Bane13]

7 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Bro, the TIE Avenger didn't even do anything. It was set up to be a major plot point and then, what? Two action scenes, never to be seen again?

(It's a cool Interceptor-adjacent design, I just really needed to point that out)

Yeah there are many sets I want more than a Tie Avenger. It's cool but we've had many Tie variants over the years.

[joebiwankenobi]

On 1/7/2026 at 4:43 PM, Darth_Bane13 said:

Yeah I agree, a gray snowspeeder with the new cockpit would be the best one they've made.

Completely agree with you and @Mandalorianknight on this. The T-47 and T-65 should be grey and not white as both ship's fuselages stand out blatantly against rebel pilot helmets. Same against snow in and around Echo Base. I get that LEGO probably wants more diverse colors for demonstrating wear and tear. White gives them a greater ability to have greys be accent details whereas if it had a grey base, they'd be more limited. Still think both look best grey. The grey TFA X-Wing looked best. Currently working on modeling a few grey MOCs of both. Issue I'm running into is stickers. May have to find someone who can make me up some custom ones with a grey base rather than white. Parts aren't that bad. If it's available in white and not grey, there's dye that can do the trick.  

Quick Edit: Forgot to add this important observation!  Part of me thinks a big reason of why they keep making them white is that the designers were somewhat biased as they grew up with the old kenner vehicles, which were white in their initial iterations in the Star Wars toy line. Although, as time has gone on, the designers are getting younger with new blood on the team (I hope?), so who knows?

I'm curious on a number of the non "smart" sets. Hopefully we get a good Sandcrawler, Shuttle, and @-@. 

Edited January 9 by joebiwankenobi

[MKJoshA]

8 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

The Smart Brick has a built-in synthesiser which I personally think is pretty awesome - it means it can generally play any sound rather than relying on pre-recorded audio (which I think the Mario figures do), although I guess because of the scale they work with, the sounds are very rudimentary. Ironically you can see that the SB has no issue playing a (very 8-bit sounding) Imperial March when it scans the Vader figure, which definitely makes me think the otherwise completely inaccurate sounds and music might be a Disney / Lucasfilm issue moreso than a technical feasibility one. Again at this point the imagination is more accurate than the actual product. Very ironic and it diminishes the point of these sets even further.

I had a great midi version of the Cantina song back from the early days of the internet. If they can do the Imperial March, they could have done the Cantina song even with synthesizer limitations. 

[ArrowBricks]

13 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Again at this point the imagination is more accurate than the actual product. Very ironic and it diminishes the point of these sets even further.

I remember theorising last year that the play functions for the SB sets would largely revolve around how the sets would accommodate the SB to stimulate its sensors etc. to produce the desired effect. I’m sad that I was right,  as in execution it shows the build / play experience caters to the SB, rather than vice versa.  

Been thinking similar but articulated far better than I could have - thank you!

How would you envisage the sets if it was vice versa?  

[BrickPrick]

12 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

The Smart Brick has a built-in synthesiser which I personally think is pretty awesome - it means it can generally play any sound rather than relying on pre-recorded audio (which I think the Mario figures do), although I guess because of the scale they work with, the sounds are very rudimentary. Ironically you can see that the SB has no issue playing a (very 8-bit sounding) Imperial March when it scans the Vader figure, which definitely makes me think the otherwise completely inaccurate sounds and music might be a Disney / Lucasfilm issue moreso than a technical feasibility one. Again at this point the imagination is more accurate than the actual product. Very ironic and it diminishes the point of these sets even further.

Well, the tech stored inside is one thing, what they use it for is obviously another. Independent on what I think on all this Smart Brick system, I do think whoever created this technology can be proud of himself. As a fan, however, I merely want to judge the actual execution. And as of right now, what they've done with it, is... not the very best thing they could have done or still do. Rudimentary is exactly the word I used to describe the sounds in private. And yes... if your own imagination, which you are supposed to use as a kid when playing with toys, is more appropriate than whatever they do, again, what's the point in any of that? And if I wanted a more authentic Star Wars accustic landscape, what's stopping anyone from launching sound effects, quotes and music from YouTube or something? I dunno, man... Might be getting up there slowly but surely as everyone else is, but I just don't get it at all.

From now on, throughout the rest of it's hopefully short lifespan, I'm gonna pull a switcheroo on the SB and call it BS. You just unintentionally have inspired me to do so. So I gotta say, at least Lego did accommodate the amount of BS sets not to be at the expense of dumb Lego. Like we still get a fairly large summer wave worth of play sets. 

3 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

I had a great midi version of the Cantina song back from the early days of the internet. If they can do the Imperial March, they could have done the Cantina song even with synthesizer limitations. 

That's exactly what's been on my mind. If you go halfway, why not go all the way through? Don't even mind the 8-Bit version of the theme... it at least represents some recognizable Star Wars iconography! 

[Kaijumeister]

12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I don't know if the exchange rate is the same, but the TMAG Anzellen Ship is $70, which is about what most of the Slave One/ARC-170/U-wing/etc went for in the US (V-19 was a bit cheaper). It's definitely less though- none in January and seemingly none in August (though if I may be greedy I will hope there's one or two more normal system august sets, and/or an Ahsoka S2 wave in september that has some).

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I wonder what the scale of the ship will be like if it’ll predominantly be piloted by microfigures. 

5 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

I had a great midi version of the Cantina song back from the early days of the internet. If they can do the Imperial March, they could have done the Cantina song even with synthesizer limitations. 

Exactly! Completely unironically, if the brick actually played proper cantina music I’d at least be tempted to pick up the Cantina at a discount. The ‘dancing’ Bith function, while rough-looking, is still somewhat charming if we imagine the music itself was accurate.

1 hour ago, ArrowBricks said:

Been thinking similar but articulated far better than I could have - thank you!

How would you envisage the sets if it was vice versa?  

Thank you! It’s genuinely hard to imagine how else Star Wars sets can incorporate these bricks given their relative complexity compared to ‘purer’ LEGO. In a perfect world, you’d still have good builds with a spot to place the Smart Brick unobtrusively, and some very clever functions to physically stimulate the colour sensors without completely compromising the main build. Unfortunately the fact of the matter is stimulating those colour sensors on the SB requires pieces and mechanical movement, so all the smaller sets are doomed from the start anyway. The light effects from the SB also means you have to place them in areas of high visibility.

It’s why I think Lego will find (relatively) better success with the SB in things like City. Simpler builds with a focus on creativity will bring more out of the SB than trying to conform its play pattern to licensed properties with pre-established rules to follow. The Star Wars sets are performing a lot of mechanical gymnastics to stimulate the SB, simpler sets won’t have such an issue where play can likely feel more organic.

30 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Rudimentary is exactly the word I used to describe the sounds in private. And yes... if your own imagination, which you are supposed to use as a kid when playing with toys, is more appropriate than whatever they do, again, what's the point in any of that? And if I wanted a more authentic Star Wars accustic landscape, what's stopping anyone from launching sound effects, quotes and music from YouTube or something? I dunno, man... Might be getting up there slowly but surely as everyone else is, but I just don't get it at all.

From now on, throughout the rest of it's hopefully short lifespan, I'm gonna pull a switcheroo on the SB and call it BS. You just unintentionally have inspired me to do so. So I gotta say, at least Lego did accommodate the amount of BS sets not to be at the expense of dumb Lego. Like we still get a fairly large summer wave worth of play sets. 

I concur. And it’s why I find Lucafilm / Disney’s enthusiastic participation at the CES press conference all the more funny. All that corporate monologuing despite not allowing Lego to actually use a lot of licensed music / sound.

And yeah man, grateful that these sets aren’t clogging up normal set slots. I can’t wait for more detail on the content of the summer sets.

[GastroSmurf]

On 1/6/2026 at 9:00 AM, Mandalorianknight said:

I'm fully of the opinion they purposefully let those leak today to offset the smart brick blow.

On 1/6/2026 at 7:41 PM, BrickPrick said:

Yeah, it simply can't be a coincidence. And if it was... Intentionally or not, somebody just did Lego a huge favor.

Feeling the need to chime in here because more people need to realise how this all works. Controlled leaks work wonders in politics and in Hollywood (anybody remember makingstarwars?), why wouldn't it work for LEGO too?

They've been doing it for a long time.

[WOLINM]

Fixed it, I appreciate the heads up.

Edited January 9 by WOLINM

[CloneCommando99]

3 hours ago, GastroSmurf said:

Feeling the need to chime in here because more people need to realise how this all works. Controlled leaks work wonders in politics and in Hollywood (anybody remember makingstarwars?), why wouldn't it work for LEGO too?

They've been doing it for a long time.

Welcome to Eurobricks!

Yeah, I also think this idea is backed up by the 2023 September wave getting leaked and being such a bombshell at the time. Before then there was very little hype for any sets (except Yavin) but then leakers dropped 4 bombshells at once on April 1st (Coruscant Gunship, Ghost, UCS Venator and T-6.) The result was levels of hype in the community that had not been seen since the 2020 501st Battlepack. So it’s quite likely Lego does have a hand in influencing the fanbase via leaks.

 

 

Alright. As I promised many moons ago. And since we now have public images, we’re doing a sequel. We’re back by popular demand (maybe):

23 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Bro, the TIE Avenger didn't even do anything. It was set up to be a major plot point and then, what? Two action scenes, never to be seen again?

(It's a cool Interceptor-adjacent design, I just really needed to point that out)

Heresy

(uj/ you’re right of course. But two action scenes and being a plot point is a lot more than any other Glup Shippos that got sets have had on screen (AT AP, Resistance Bomber, Kylo Wren’s TIE Fighter, Krennic’s Shuttle, TIE Striker and many others qualify for this). There’re also the facts that: it was featured heavily in the marketing of Andor S2 so it’s an absolute tragedy it didn’t get made, Andor deserves/ I want more sets and the Avenger is the most likely option, and finally: I’m in too deep - I’ve spent so long fighting for the TIE Avenger that I can’t stop now.)

Anyway, it’s great to see that you’re back.

3 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

I concur. And it’s why I find Lucafilm / Disney’s enthusiastic participation at the CES press conference all the more funny. All that corporate monologuing despite not allowing Lego to actually use a lot of licensed music / sound.

And yeah man, grateful that these sets aren’t clogging up normal set slots. I can’t wait for more detail on the content of the summer sets.

The executives are really doing anything but giving M&G some decent marketing. The Lego news has got me more hyped than the actual trailer. Heck, with yesterday’s Tom Cruise tid bit and the set photos earlier, Starfighter is arguably getting better marketing right now.

I feel like Zeb may be in the Imperial shuttle. My theory is he’s helping Mando storm the beach base in the trailer and that’s where the sandy hallway scene takes place, and that’s where we’d see an imperial shuttle.

The AT AT fig list is pretty obvious though: Mando, Grogu, the commander in white armour, 2 Snowtroopers and 1-2 AT AT pilots.

Edited January 9 by CloneCommando99

[MKJoshA]

45 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

The AT AT fig list is pretty obvious though: Mando, Grogu, the commander in white armour, 2 1 Snowtroopers and 1-2 AT AT pilots.

Fixed it for you. Just kidding, but with some of the fig line-up I wouldn't put it past Lego to do something like that.

[Napoleon3]

23 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

By August of this year there will be 5 different Buildable Yodas and seemingly no TIE Avengers on shelves. 

Agreed, you have waited long enough, I, the monkey's paw, shall grant you ONE tie avenger...but it will be a smart play set, chronically undersized, at 592 pieces and retailing for 120 CAD/90 USD.

[BrickBob Studpants]

I dunno, purposeful leaks just don’t strike me as realistic  As soon as a licenser is involved, things get hairy. Wouldn’t they need to gain permission, leaving a potential paper trail? And all that effort just to see the reaction of the few people who even care about leaks in the first place? It’s not like they can still incorporate any feedback, and creating buzz for sets that are still 8 months away doesn’t make much sense either. Just my two cents

The only proven leak like that I can think of was the Deadpool test footage, courtesy of Ryan Reynolds himself. And that was a rogue maneuver!

[Mandalorianknight]

15 hours ago, joebiwankenobi said:

Completely agree with you and @Mandalorianknight on this. The T-47 and T-65 should be grey and not white as both ship's fuselages stand out blatantly against rebel pilot helmets.

Actually, for the X-wing I'm still on team white. Sorry. Though the best case scenario would be an implementation of a new color in between white and LBG.

4 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I wonder what the scale of the ship will be like if it’ll predominantly be piloted by microfigures. 

I'm wondering this as well- and I still haven't been able to find any pictures of the in-universe craft anywhere. If it's getting a set I assume Mando and Grogu get in the ship at some point and therefore it'll have at least a little bit of room for normal minifigures, but it would be kind of fun to have an anzellen capital ship that actually fits the $70 price point due to how little they are. I mean, you could make escape pods out of the 2x2x2 crates!

2 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

Fixed it for you. Just kidding, but with some of the fig line-up I wouldn't put it past Lego to do something like that.

I do hope that the AT-AT brings us a new stormtrooper helmet/mask setup. The ones in the trailer appear to have mcquarrie-style helmets with the heat masks being a separate element, so it would be cool if lego replicated that and we got something like a veers-type helmet with a neck attachment for the mask and goggles.

 

On the topic of what color some of the OT ships should be, I've got an interesting question for everyone. What color would you most want added to lego's palette in regards to this theme, and for what application? You want accurate X-wings/snowspeeders/lambdas? You want Jango or Zam's cloth to be the right color?

Personally, I'd want a new green for Boba Fett. He's just objectively not sand green- if anything, he's closer to dark green, like they tend to use for his torso armor.