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

[ArrowBricks]

@Murdoch17, thank you for providing photos. 

Both look great - finally some sets that look and feel complete! 

AT-AT has loads of features which is great and the Sandcrawler’s interior is most welcome. If only LSW did moulded creatures because that Mudhorn would hit different! They’ve priced it as if they have included a moulded version, though. 

I am happy with these. The flagship sets need to be at these piece counts and price points from now on. If only last year’s MTT and Turbo Tank followed suit. 

I’d like to see the piece counts and prices elevated in line with these increases and then I can start thinking about buying playscale sets again. Tears of joy. 

I can imagine something will be bad about these sets in terms of false advertisement, though. Fingers crossed no, as this is the first sign of optimism from me. 

Oh, Grogu’s pram is a monstrosity. How’s that been signed off then! 

Edited May 29 by ArrowBricks

[Nokturn]

Honestly the AT-AT isn't doing much for me. The remnant snowtroopers are cool, though - hope there's a cheap way to get those in the future.

The sandcrawler, however, is awesome. I've been waiting forever for it to be officially revealed. I love everything about it. This will actually end up being the first sandcrawler in my collection!

[Mandalorianknight]

11 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

The AT AT is beautiful besides Mango Yogurt taking up the spaces that two able bodied imperials could have. The hull is the same height as 2020. And surprisingly decently priced?! The speeder-bike looks like a refined version of the 2020-22 model so that’s nice. INT-4 is a bit blocky but I’m glad they included it as a feature. The exterior looks very polished and the interior looks somewhat sizeable. 

Long live the empire! And hopefully we get an imp BP in January to provide troop complements.

From the blurry pics we have so far it looks like the video helmets may have been inaccurate as the slits look a similar size to the normal Snowtrooper (RIP my delusional hopes of a Commander)

This is yet again another problem with a SW movie focusing on only 2 characters, granted this is rather a merch problem here as Rotta has a Han sized role I think. (I’m waiting for a D+ release to watch it but I don’t mind spoilers) It’s called Star Wars not 2 Dudes beat up some bad guys. The repetition of the same bland Mango Yogurt is just boring. I don’t know if I’m making sense here?

Starfighter sets will be more exciting as it’ll give us Ryan Gosling, Aaron Pierre (John Stewart minifig?!!), Amy Adams, Simon Bird and Matt Smith minifigs as they have already been teased 2 years in advance. Allowing for more different character combos in each set, or at least making it more likely.

This makes me very tempted to do that one season 5 homelander meme in the near future. But it’s probably a bit too far.

I'll be using "able bodied (faction type)" as a replacement for characters on a regular basis now, thank you for that one.

I'm 50/50- an imperial remnant pack would be nice, but not a snowtrooper one. They're the last true imperial battle pack, we really need one with stormies, scouts, etc.

I'm impressed you could tell from the initial blurry picks, but yes, it's literally the same CAD for the eyes and hard part of the helmet as the snowtrooper one, very cool detail.

I was going to say it's more of a problem with the sets they chose and the desire to put Mando in everything. You could have made a Hutt Starfighter set with merc droids and no heroes, you could have done an imperial speeder BP with Zeb and 3 stormtroopers (nobody would complain about a named character in a BP in this case, I think). You could put Rotta in the crest or something, not to mention that Mando has no business being in that shuttle over an imperial, Cara, or Boba.

As is most of that show. It's truly impressive how they had the layup of "people don't like how the comic ended" and then managed to somehow do a worse job in the show. George R.R. Martin's inability to finish the GoT books makes a lot more sense now- as bad as people say the show ended, if he messes up and people prefer the show ending, it's going to be devastating.

4 hours ago, RyansRebuid said:

Hmm, AT-AT is not speaking to me, not sure why. Maybe the legs look too long to me? I'm not sure.

I haven't done the math yet on whether or not the lego model is, but you've got a good eye and Lego evidently did a good job here, as the prototype variant IS supposed to be around 13 feet taller than the standard.

 

My thoughts:

75453 Military-grade Sandcrawler: This might be the first SW set above $23 I've bought since Boarding the Tantive IV. I have a soft spot for the Jawas, and while it'd have been nice to get a brown sandcrawler, I also love this one's design with the canopies and turrets. Figures look great- and selling Muddy Mando will probably shave a good $30 off the price, somehow. But even at $200, this is honestly not a bad price- PPP works out to $0.118, and it's got plenty of larger paneling elements. There are a lot of little details I like, such as how all the Jawas have new torso prints, or how you can actually see through the viewport for once on one of these.

75454 THE GLORIOUS ONSCREEN APPEARENCE OF A MINI-RIG and also some sort of walker or something, I guess, I don't really care: Honestly, another really solid and well-priced set. Great representation of the Remnant AT-AT- I don't mind the stickered windscreen either. You can't really brick-build one to the space and stability standards without it basically just being a few tiles, so I think it's a reasonable usage. They did a good job making the differences clear, such as the angled slopes on the legs, or how the legs feel longer (I'm unsure if they actually are or not, I haven't measured it). Honestly the INT-4 is probably the set's weak point- it's clunky and should have been DBG. But it's still amazing to see it, both in the otherwise lackluster film and otherwise quite solid set. Price is great too, $0.11 for an AT-AT is amazing, especially with 6 figs and a grogu. I personally won't pick it up as I prefer the ESB design and since I've got the UCS I have no problem waiting until 2030 to get a playscale one, but if you don't mind as much, want this specific version, or plan to mod it a little, I think this is a really good option.

 

These two are really the saving grace of an otherwise really rough year. They would have stood out more had the year not been so saturated with Mando already, but taking them out of the context of the year, they're really excellent sets.

2 hours ago, Nokturn said:

The sandcrawler, however, is awesome. I've been waiting forever for it to be officially revealed. I love everything about it. This will actually end up being the first sandcrawler in my collection!

Can't echo this sentiment enough, I'm very excited to get my hands on this one.

3 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

They’ve priced it as if they have included a moulded version, though. 

I am happy with these. The flagship sets need to be at these piece counts and price points from now on. If only last year’s MTT and Turbo Tank followed suit. 

I'm not so sure- it's about $0.12 per piece, which for a system playscale set- especially one including a number of large plates- is pretty solid for SW nowadays.

I've known you'd be a fan of these ever since I saw that $200 price point for the sandcrawler, this is the flagships moving to that "signature" price point/piece count you wanted.

[Alex_South]

Color blocking on the Sandcrawler looks really good to me. I really appreciate the mudhorn, but the inclusion of Mando's rifle is a reminder they didn't include it in the obvious Hutt Droid set or the spear in the Shuttle. They had to know folks were going to be complaining about Mando overload, and it would have taken them two seconds to accessorize most of the Mando's slightly different in each set. The Sandcrawler is a perfect example, the rifle and the dagger are great attention to detail. I think this set could be the cornerstone of a display, you can basically set up a trading post with all the jawa crap, get the freaky little guys (anzellans) in there with all their gear and the two junky looking speeders from january and this could be a fun trading outpost display. I do really like the mudhorn, I think they did a great job on it. I am still not sure what set I will get to go with the Razorcrest but this could be a fun one, I see the potential.

 

I have never owned an AT-AT. I always thought I was more of a prequels guy, but in recent years the clone bro crew became so insufferable I think I leaned away from it, Mando has somehow become my favorite era in terms of owning vehicle related merch. I think the time they spend with the vehicles and the way all the gear in mando has such practical care and attention to detail is what grabs at me, and this ATAT is a big part of that. In 1 scene I feel like i know the interior of an ATAT better than ever before. It's also one of those lego sets where a lot of cool little things fit neatly into the bigger thing, which is so amazing. I think any kid that grows up owning this set is going to look back on it the way clone bros look back on their LAATs from childhood. Being able to launch the minirig and the speeder from the walker is so cool, its a little mini imp faction army in 1 set.

I understand everyone whining about too much mando stuff, but I couldn't disagree more, luckily it's too late and it already happened so I am stoked, I don't really think mando will be an era they go back to but these sets in my opinion dwarf the mando sets that they dripfed out through the years of the show. The only final set I am crossing my fingers about is a set with the Homestead + N-1. After seeing the movie I do understand why they didn't do other things, I take back my desire for hutt faction stuff. I think if they want to bookend the mando era with 1 more definitive set it would be the homestead and a downscaled N-1. I think it would be the perfect place to do 2 anzellans with their little speeder and a Rotta. It would be the perfect display to go with the new razorcrest.

 

I do really love how the U-wing fits with the new x-wing. It passes as one of the Ranger's ships and it's the perfect ship for the new Zeb. The last ship they would need to do for the Adelphi Rangers would be a Y-wing. I didn't get a good look at them in the movie but I think they have that same color scheme, I just have no idea where we would get one of those in the future. The ahsoka show is going to be the best candidate, but at this point I have no idea how much coverage that show will get.

I also think the new imp shuttle looks fantastic. I think all the new remnant stuff will look very good together. The shuttle is my current top pick to display next to the crest but I am going to wait and see what next year brings just in case they have Mando's Homestead in the pipeline, I figure if it's not next spring then they have no plans to do it.

[ArrowBricks]

10 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'm not so sure- it's about $0.12 per piece, which for a system playscale set- especially one including a number of large plates- is pretty solid for SW nowadays.

I've known you'd be a fan of these ever since I saw that $200 price point for the sandcrawler, this is the flagships moving to that "signature" price point/piece count you wanted.

Fair.

Absolutely, it’s a step in the right direction! I’ll see you in the Future sets thread to try and match some ideas in line with these price points, piece counts, figures. 

[CloneCommando99]

Couldn’t pull up the Avengers meme on short notice so *insert Moonknight meme*

"When you have 400 people days watching you making a movie TIE Avenger, it doesn't go where you want it to go. It's a lot of pressure." - Nicolas Cage
 

Happy 400 days guys.

Now for my thoughts on the 2 sets that got revealed yesterday:

Sandcrawler - good but not great 

• The exterior looks really well designed, mudhorn looks cool
• Love how we’re getting a full on 14+ large play-set subtheme now. Can’t wait to see what the future has to hold in this same vein and like @ArrowBricks I’ll be making some suggestions in the wishlist thread soon.
• The turret emplacements are cool. With the sails it kinda looks like a pirate ship on wheels.
• Grey colour for this doesn’t do much for me
• Like the shuttle, it feels £20 overpriced to me. But a bit less so. So hopefully we get more value in the next 14+ instalment.
• The interior feels just a bit empty to me. I know that’s how sandcrawlers usually are but i feel like there could be a bit more going on here. Maybe a Gonk droid charging station?

One more thing I noticed: Grogu’s pram looking like a toilet has to be an intentional choice with the poopy mango figure right?

 

AT AT - simply peak Lego Star Wars (suprisingly)

• Me when I saw it get revealed: “Oh wow this looks like an awesome set, and relatively decent for £160 if the shuttle conversion rate is now normal—- HOLY KRIFFF?! IT’S ONLY £140?! IT’S THE SAME AS THE SHUTTLE, TINY TANK AND RAZOR CREST?!! Seriously? I don’t know whether I’m more shocked that this is just a banger of a comprehensive play-set or that it’s a +£100 SW set in the big 2026 that doesn’t feel £20+ overpriced. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
• The central interior is awesome, they somehow managed to fit in some troop seats in addition to space for the INT-4 and Speeder. Props to the designer. This feels like the same guy behind the 2024 ISD.
• Shaping looks great.
• There’s a simple elegance to the new speeder-bike design. Would love to see a brown Endor version with a scout trooper as an upcoming £10 set.
• Boxart is simply gorgeous,
• The INT-4 looks a lot better than it did in the blurry pics I last commented on. I also appreciate the imperial logo’s inclusion on the wings.
• The Remnant Snowtroopers look so good. And work really well with standard Snowtroopers. So props to Lego for consistency.
• Yes the cockpit is a downgrade from 2020, but tbf it is a differently shaped head I guess. And at least there’s still space for 2.
• I’m a bit more forgiving after seeing the full set that Mango Yogurt were included again, they evidently set out to deliver as comprehensive a play experience with this set as possible and they absolutely delivered. 8-12 Child me would have absolutely loved this, adult me loves this. But I still would have vastly preferred the Commander and a 2nd AT AT driver instead though, Mango Yogurt is too bland and common this year as it is. But I am still understanding of the decision. 
   

I have a feeling this is the set that will be a Christmas bestseller this year. And deservedly so. I can’t remember the last time I saw a set which I thought had the full experience in both display and play for adults and kids alike. (Maybe the 2022 AT TE?)

It’s so nice to not feel like complaining about a set for once.

 

Honestly debating if I should preorder it to help encourage Lego to make decently priced and comprehensive sets like this or if I should wait for a sale. I haven’t done that in over 2 years. So great job Lego.

 

20 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'll be using "able bodied (faction type)" as a replacement for characters on a regular basis now, thank you for that one.

I'm 50/50- an imperial remnant pack would be nice, but not a snowtrooper one. They're the last true imperial battle pack, we really need one with stormies, scouts, etc.

As is most of that show. It's truly impressive how they had the layup of "people don't like how the comic ended" and then managed to somehow do a worse job in the show. George R.R. Martin's inability to finish the GoT books makes a lot more sense now- as bad as people say the show ended, if he messes up and people prefer the show ending, it's going to be devastating.

You’re welcome. 
 

Or hear me out: 2 Stormtroopers (1 with ammo pouch?), 1 Remnant Snowtrooper and a AT RT driver or the missing AT AT Pilot.

To be clear I was talking about the Stilwell scene being a bit too unhinged to make a meme off (though nothing bad is explicitly shown). This is why I think GRRM has finished the books and will only publish them post-humously in the event of backlash. But I feel like the main problem with the show’s ending was that it was rushed so the show writers could jump to SW (and then rightfully lost the SW job because of it). The idea of Daenerys turning psycho isn’t entirely bad. But it needed 1-2 more seasons to effectively sell her descent into madness. Bran however should under no circumstances have become king though, who has a worse story than Bran the Broken?

18 hours ago, Alex_South said:

I do really love how the U-wing fits with the new x-wing.

Agreed. Blue squadron is back in business.

Edited May 30 by CloneCommando99

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

[…] who has a worse story than Bran the Broken?

I swear, poking fun at GoT S8 will never not be funny, and I‘ve only actually watched S1, the rest I followed from the sidelines  People losing their minds over the leaks was peak comedy. And „Bran the Broken“ has to be one of the unintentionally funniest meant-to-be-taken-seriously titles ever given to a character

I don‘t think we can quite talk about the spoilerific aspects of M&G yet, so I‘ll put it in spoiler tags. This is what I hope we‘ll see in sets early next year:

Spoiler

Most importantly, Rotta. He was a key player in the movie and I absolutely need a LEGO representation of his adult self. Coin would be nice to have too, like in a gladiator pit set with at least one creature for Mando and Rotta to fight, but I‘d say we generally need more Hutt stuff. A new HH-87 would kick megablocks, especially with droids from the Droid Gotra included! Awesome reference, and I loved all the droid designs from the movie. And the Twins of course!

I know, we‘ll never see all of that, but Rotta at least should be realistic.

 

[Mandalorianknight]

9 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

Absolutely, it’s a step in the right direction! I’ll see you in the Future sets thread to try and match some ideas in line with these price points, piece counts, figures. 

I'll be there!

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Couldn’t pull up the Avengers meme on short notice so *insert Moonknight meme*

• Like the shuttle, it feels £20 overpriced to me. But a bit less so. So hopefully we get more value in the next 14+ instalment.

Or hear me out: 2 Stormtroopers (1 with ammo pouch?), 1 Remnant Snowtrooper and a AT RT driver or the missing AT AT Pilot.

To be clear I was talking about the Stilwell scene being a bit too unhinged to make a meme off (though nothing bad is explicitly shown). This is why I think GRRM has finished the books and will only publish them post-humously in the event of backlash. But I feel like the main problem with the show’s ending was that it was rushed so the show writers could jump to SW (and then rightfully lost the SW job because of it). The idea of Daenerys turning psycho isn’t entirely bad. But it needed 1-2 more seasons to effectively sell her descent into madness. Bran however should under no circumstances have become king though, who has a worse story than Bran the Broken?

A lot of people have been saying this, but it's PPP is less than a cent off from the AT-AT. The AT-AT's certainly the better deal, but they're both surprisingly good value for the theme at this point.

I'd be ok with throwing in a remnant snowtrooper, but I'd like at least two regular snowtroopers and one with the pouch. Or we could do two sets- a battle pack with an accurately sized AT-RT, 2 remnant snowtroopers, an AT-RT driver and AT-AT pilot, and then one with the Chicago speeder and 2 stormtroopers, a stormtrooper with pauldron, and Zeb in his leather jacket.

I haven't actually watched GoT so I'll take your word for the specifics, I just know that I've been recommended it 80 times and every one of those 80 people also told me the ending was terrible. (And yeah, I can't imagine that "one of the main heroes turns evil with very little buildup" would turn out well.) 

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

This is what I hope we‘ll see in sets early next year:

On this topic, if we get the mercenary droids, do you guys want to see them as B1-style droid figures or minifigures with molded heads?

I would prefer the latter- the B1 type is bulkier than your standard B1 and has a cape, something that- despite totally being able to fit around a B1 (or grievous)'s neck by pushing the clip through the hole, lego doesn't seem to do. The B2 is trickier, since it's normal B2 proportions but has a cape and holds the machete in a way current B2 arms can't, but due to the latter factors I wouldn't mind a minifigure with a sandwich-board style B2 head/bulk mold. Though the likelier answer for that is lego either doesn't make the character or just throws a standard B2 in with a machete awkwardly held out to the side.

[BrickBob Studpants]

12 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

(And yeah, I can't imagine that "one of the main heroes turns evil with very little buildup" would turn out well.) 

Not getting into specifics, but the bigger sin in many peoples’ eyes is destroying another character‘s redemption arc like it was nothing. That one was built up over multiple seasons and gets undone in one scene  What happens to Daenerys was foreshadowed all the time, so it makes sense in theory, just the execution was botched. In the other case, both the idea and the execution were unsatisfying  

12 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

On this topic, if we get the mercenary droids, do you guys want to see them as B1-style droid figures or minifigures with molded heads?

I would prefer the latter […]

I‘d prefer a mixture: minifigs for the modified B1s and KX droids, regular droid bodies for the B2s. Not sure how exactly to add capes and machetes to the latter as you point out tho

In any case, I hope to see some of them next year! The designs were too cool not to give them the minifig treatment

[CloneCommando99]

15 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Not getting into specifics, but the bigger sin in many peoples’ eyes is destroying another character‘s redemption arc like it was nothing. That one was built up over multiple seasons and gets undone in one scene

Greatest redemption arc in fiction - undone in two lines. That’s the thing I hated most.

 

But you know what else I hate? Not getting a TIE Avenger Lego set (Day #401)

15 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'd be ok with throwing in a remnant snowtrooper, but I'd like at least two regular snowtroopers and one with the pouch. Or we could do two sets- a battle pack with an accurately sized AT-RT, 2 remnant snowtroopers, an AT-RT driver and AT-AT pilot, and then one with the Chicago speeder and 2 stormtroopers, a stormtrooper with pauldron, and Zeb in his leather jacket.

I haven't actually watched GoT so I'll take your word for the specifics, I just know that I've been recommended it 80 times and every one of those 80 people also told me the ending was terrible. (And yeah, I can't imagine that "one of the main heroes turns evil with very little buildup" would turn out well.) 

Fair enough. I think we both just want some sort of decent/ versatile imperial BP at this point. No matter whether it’s remnant or height of the empire based.

I highly recommend GoT Seasons 1-6 though. Awesome television. The prequels House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (though that one only has one peak season so far) are great as well.

 

Now. I hope we get 2027 January news soon!

[ArrowBricks]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Now. I hope we get 2027 January news soon!

You’d imagine most of it will be the rumoured sets including Bounty Hunter Pursuit, cloud city duel, movie posters etc. 

[BrickPrick]

On 5/24/2026 at 2:01 PM, Swordy said:

But what about the resale value of my 2020 Bespin Duel? Not that I will ever resell it… but it's the thought that I could that counts. /s

Yeah, I would've liked a regularly release version prior to this zany one. The larger issue at play is the lack of Cloud City sets as a whole; if these iconic character-outfits weren't released exclusively in one of the most expensive playsets per their time, we wouldn't have as much to grieve over the turn in rumor. This Christmas set will somehow be the most accessible playset that remotely brings up the 3rd act of Empire. If I hadn't obtained the Bespin Duel six years ago (which… wow) I'd be greatly disappointed.

I do wish the Vader wasn't merely a sweater-variant. It's a cool sweater, don't get me wrong, but it will be a bit hard to read as Christmasy. Depending on whether Luke is Christmasified too (which'd only ruin it further for any fan without a standard Bespin fatigues), I may just skip this set and keep to my annual tradition of planting a knockoff Santa Vader (handing out a replacement hand, of course) atop the aforementioned Bespin Duel of 2020.

Oh no... not the resellers! Obviously, they will be fine regardless. They practically have an unlimited supply of sets to sell for a fortune. 

Yes, I don't know what's up with Lego and the overall lack of Cloud City. You would think they get more mileage out of one the most iconic locations from a fan favourite movie, but here we are. I mean, it's the same thing with Lando in his Bespin outfit. An absolute rarity when there shouldn't be one. 

I think it's gonna be a whole christmas-themed set similar to last year's Gingerbread AT-AT. So this would apply to Luke as well. I was lucky enough to grab one Bespin Luke from the Magazine, so it doesn't affect me in terms of minifigures. But yeah, it sure sucks for what I assume is a great amount of people. 

On 5/29/2026 at 6:05 PM, Darth_Bane13 said:

This might be the grayest year of Lego Star Wars ever.

For a second I thought you said "the greatest year of Lego Star Wars ever". 

 

Gotta say, with the lukewarm recent reception of Mando & Grogu, the last bits of excitement I could muster up for this movie has left me too. So my interest to get any of the movie tie-in sets has died along with it. No Razor Crest, no AT-RT Attack. While I had no particularly high interest in the Anzellan Ship, New Republic X-Wing and the the Droid Sentry to begin with. 

The AT-AT looks great and is very reminiscent of the 2020 model, which I already own. So it won't be too bad skipping this one. All things considered, it's actually quite surprising this thing is offered at the same price as the last one. Knowing Lego, they could have easily charged 180+ bucks for that. 

Anyways, I will hopefully aquire one of those awesome Remnant Snowtroopers later down the line.

The Sandcrawler, other than the price point which won't matter to me eventually, is just amazing to me. Who would have thought that grey of all colours could end up delivering a nice change of pace in the Lego Star Wars world. This will be my first Sandcrawler, pretty excited for that. I will have this and the Imperial Shuttle to look forward to. It's just gonna be a while. 

[Darth_Bane13]

36 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

For a second I thought you said "the greatest year of Lego Star Wars ever". 

Not even close, one of the worst years imo, unless you're a big Mando fan.

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Not even close, one of the worst years imo, unless you're a big Mando fan.

Yep, truly one of the weakest years in recent memory, unless you're a fan of what Lego called "the biggest innovation since the invention of the minifigure™". Or being a big part of the aforementioned Mando fandom. 

[Mandalorianknight]

21 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I‘d prefer a mixture: minifigs for the modified B1s and KX droids, regular droid bodies for the B2s. Not sure how exactly to add capes and machetes to the latter as you point out tho

Their best bet realistically may just be skipping the B2s. There's plenty of other droid types we could get, and I think the most important one is the B1 with the dripped-out fur cape.

6 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Fair enough. I think we both just want some sort of decent/ versatile imperial BP at this point. No matter whether it’s remnant or height of the empire based.

I highly recommend GoT Seasons 1-6 though. Awesome television. The prequels House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (though that one only has one peak season so far) are great as well.

Yes. I'd be just as happy with an Endor pack, a Sandtrooper pack, a Death Star pack with a navy trooper, etc.

I've seen bits and pieces of it, there are some aspects of the show that just aren't really what I look for in TV, but that's more of a preference thing than a quality thing.

2 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

You’d imagine most of it will be the rumoured sets including Bounty Hunter Pursuit, cloud city duel, movie posters etc. 

I'm not so sure. It's now being rumored CCD is some sort of christmas set, so that'll likely be this year, and the posters, "icons of star wars", etc feel like May sets to me. 

2 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, I don't know what's up with Lego and the overall lack of Cloud City. You would think they get more mileage out of one the most iconic locations from a fan favourite movie, but here we are. I mean, it's the same thing with Lando in his Bespin outfit. An absolute rarity when there shouldn't be one. 

The AT-AT looks great and is very reminiscent of the 2020 model, which I already own. So it won't be too bad skipping this one. All things considered, it's actually quite surprising this thing is offered at the same price as the last one. Knowing Lego, they could have easily charged 180+ bucks for that. 

The Sandcrawler, other than the price point which won't matter to me eventually, is just amazing to me. Who would have thought that grey of all colours could end up delivering a nice change of pace in the Lego Star Wars world. This will be my first Sandcrawler, pretty excited for that. I will have this and the Imperial Shuttle to look forward to. It's just gonna be a while. 

There's a few reasons why:

For Cloud City specifically, it doesn't have many good set options besides location playsets, which are something lego makes much less than vehicles. In terms of vehicles, all you have are the twin-pod cloud car- which at least in the movie is a noncombat vehicle, making the likelihood of sets low- and Slave One. The latter used to be our safe bet for bespin-based sets, but between the last boba one being mando based, the smaller size they now sit at drastically reducing the figure count, and the Jango one we just got, even that is no longer a guarantee for some good Cloud City content.

The other is that in the modern era we really just don't get many standard system OT-specific sets. The 18+ dioramas were probably our best bet, but that line got killed before it could give us any for Bespin. But look at the years since the start of the modern era. In terms of standard, fig-scaled retail sets, we got:

2026: A big fat 0. 

2025: Again, Nothin

2024: 3.5 (ISD, Desert Skiff, Tantive IV Boarding, and I'll be charitable and give a half point to the store-exclusive Rebel Scout Speeder vs Imperial Dropship, which at least got us stormtroopers and fleet troopers if not being a canon set)

2023: 2.5 (Yavin IV, the excellent TIE Bomber, and I'll be charitable and give a half point to TIE interceptor vs Fang Fighter)

2022: 3 (Snowtrooper pack, hoth rebel pack, hoth AT-ST)

2021: 3 (Imperial Shuttle, X-wing, TIE Fighter)

2020: 4 (Final Duel, AT-AT, Luke's Landspeeder, Obi-Wan's Hut. Though personally I'm still iffy on 2020 being part of the modern era of the theme)

From 2020-2024, we had alright OT playset coverage, but if you look at the actual material covered, almost all of it was ANH or Hoth. Nothing for Bespin, nothing for Endor, etc.

 

And with 6 years of inflation, this is technically a LOT cheaper than the 2020 one, plus more pieces and more figs. A really good deal.

I'm very excited for the sandcrawler too, and I do think the DBG gives it a nice look.

1 hour ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Not even close, one of the worst years imo, unless you're a big Mando fan.

And somehow, in a year based on a guy who goes by "The Mandalorian", we got a whopping... two mandalorians. One of them being the cheapest mando availible who's already been in a billion sets, and the other being (all respect to Cobb as a character I mean this purely on a visual level) a Boba Fett minifig with some print scraped off the torso.

[Kit Figsto]

2 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

All you have are the twin-pod cloud car- which at least in the movie is a noncombat vehicle...

While I agree, it is somewhat surprising that we've gotten a grand total of one of these as a standalone minifigure-scale set in the last 27 years.  At this point, it seems incredibly unlikely that we'll ever get another version made outside of a potential Cloud City set, just due to the number of minifigure scale playsets being reduced in recent years (so deeper cuts like the Coud Car are pretty unlikely), but it's a bit surprising that we never got a remake in the early 2010s before the sequels came out and they were doing a ton of random remakes.

Plus, it'd be a set that they could pretty easily throw in any Cloud City adjacent character, which I'd imagine would be a draw.  Like, a $30 set that includes Lando or Leia would fly off the shelves.

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Not even close, one of the worst years imo, unless you're a big Mando fan.

Which I am, hehe  While I would‘ve appreciated more variety, I‘m a happy camper with all the cool Mando sets this year

[Darth_Bane13]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

2026: A big fat 0. 

2025: Again, Nothin

2024: 3.5 (ISD, Desert Skiff, Tantive IV Boarding, and I'll be charitable and give a half point to the store-exclusive Rebel Scout Speeder vs Imperial Dropship, which at least got us stormtroopers and fleet troopers if not being a canon set)

2023: 2.5 (Yavin IV, the excellent TIE Bomber, and I'll be charitable and give a half point to TIE interceptor vs Fang Fighter)

2022: 3 (Snowtrooper pack, hoth rebel pack, hoth AT-ST)

2021: 3 (Imperial Shuttle, X-wing, TIE Fighter)

2020: 4 (Final Duel, AT-AT, Luke's Landspeeder, Obi-Wan's Hut. Though personally I'm still iffy on 2020 being part of the modern era of the theme)

From 2020-2024, we had alright OT playset coverage, but if you look at the actual material covered, almost all of it was ANH or Hoth. Nothing for Bespin, nothing for Endor, etc.

It's kinda crazy we haven't gotten an ESB playset in four years. 

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Which I am, hehe  While I would‘ve appreciated more variety, I‘m a happy camper with all the cool Mando sets this year

I don't think a Mando heavy year was a bad choice considering the movie coming out, plus apparently it's the most popular Star Wars media among kids. Just for me personally I don't care about them. Most of the sets seem pretty well done, and fairly priced.

1 hour ago, Kit Figsto said:

While I agree, it is somewhat surprising that we've gotten a grand total of one of these as a standalone minifigure-scale set in the last 27 years.  At this point, it seems incredibly unlikely that we'll ever get another version made outside of a potential Cloud City set, just due to the number of minifigure scale playsets being reduced in recent years (so deeper cuts like the Coud Car are pretty unlikely), but it's a bit surprising that we never got a remake in the early 2010s before the sequels came out and they were doing a ton of random remakes.

Plus, it'd be a set that they could pretty easily throw in any Cloud City adjacent character, which I'd imagine would be a draw.  Like, a $30 set that includes Lando or Leia would fly off the shelves.

I always thought the cloud car was a neat little ship, should definitely be orange though.

[ArrowBricks]

26 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

 

I don't think a Mando heavy year was a bad choice considering the movie coming out, plus apparently it's the most popular Star Wars media among kids. Just for me personally I don't care about them. Most of the sets seem pretty well done, and fairly priced.

I remember seeing some suggestions on here that LEGO decide what to release each year, but given the prominence of all things Mando this year it’s clear Lucasfilm have dictated things this year. 

Edited May 31 by ArrowBricks

[TheScaryDoor]

1 hour ago, ArrowBricks said:

I remember seeing some suggestions on here that LEGO decide what to release each year, but given the prominence of all things Mando this year it’s clear Lucasfilm have dictated things this year. 

Like Darth_Bane13 it also makes sense for me that Lego focusing on Mando. I don't think that Lucasfilm had so much influence. Lego just goes with the flow and ride the movie wave after certain years of general absence in this media area.

[Mandalorianknight]

7 hours ago, Kit Figsto said:

While I agree, it is somewhat surprising that we've gotten a grand total of one of these as a standalone minifigure-scale set in the last 27 years.  At this point, it seems incredibly unlikely that we'll ever get another version made outside of a potential Cloud City set, just due to the number of minifigure scale playsets being reduced in recent years (so deeper cuts like the Coud Car are pretty unlikely), but it's a bit surprising that we never got a remake in the early 2010s before the sequels came out and they were doing a ton of random remakes.

Plus, it'd be a set that they could pretty easily throw in any Cloud City adjacent character, which I'd imagine would be a draw.  Like, a $30 set that includes Lando or Leia would fly off the shelves.

I think a lot of it comes down to it being a non-combat vehicle, at least one that we never see in combat onscreen or with visible weapons. When the new Tomato Soup color came out in 2024, I thought there was a chance a cloud car was coming since it finally solved the red/orange debate, but... no. Not even an advent minibuild of it.

Cloud City Lando with the cape might, I'm unsure if Leia would. The bespin dress again suffers from the issue of not really being a combat outfit, and while it's shocking we haven't had her white jumpsuit without the Hoth jacket yet, it's not too visually dissimilar from her common ANH outfit (or the hoth outfit).

Honestly the best chance it has is if we go a few years without OT boba in a cheap set.

7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Which I am, hehe  While I would‘ve appreciated more variety, I‘m a happy camper with all the cool Mando sets this year

The AT-AT and Sandcrawler are both amazing sets that suffer from being in a year where almost every standard system set is based on Mando. If lego had actually put out another wave of normal playsets this year, one not focused on mando, I think they'd be seen a lot more favorably than they are currently.

5 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

It's kinda crazy we haven't gotten an ESB playset in four years. 

I don't think a Mando heavy year was a bad choice considering the movie coming out, plus apparently it's the most popular Star Wars media among kids. Just for me personally I don't care about them. Most of the sets seem pretty well done, and fairly priced.

I always thought the cloud car was a neat little ship, should definitely be orange though.

Absolutely.

If it really is the most popular SW media among kids, it's concerning how poorly the movie is doing. I just saw it has a 69% second-week box office drop, which the articles I've seen are oddly focused on downplaying, but that's... extremely bad. It's the worst 2nd week drop for a SW movie ever. It's the same as Batman Vs Superman's drop.

5 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

I remember seeing some suggestions on here that LEGO decide what to release each year, but given the prominence of all things Mando this year it’s clear Lucasfilm have dictated things this year. 

The degree to which each of them control what sets get made fluctuates, but I don't think we can say lucasfilm mandated all these sets- if I had to guess they might have told lego what material from the movie to produce, but lego did the rest. Other merch lines aren't THIS dominated by mando this year, I'd be surprised if they let Hasbro make a bunch of other figures but forced Lego to do all mando.

[Darth_Bane13]

22 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

If it really is the most popular SW media among kids, it's concerning how poorly the movie is doing. I just saw it has a 69% second-week box office drop, which the articles I've seen are oddly focused on downplaying, but that's... extremely bad. It's the worst 2nd week drop for a SW movie ever. It's the same as Batman Vs Superman's drop.

Per Nielsen streaming numbers for the first quarter of 2026, The Mandalorian is the most-streamed Star Wars title among Gen Alpha. I'd say the problem is that there just aren't that many of them that are into Star Wars at all, not to mention they're a smaller generation. I can't say the box office performance is surprising considering the general sentiment is "this could've been an email".

 

Source: https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/star-wars-most-streamed-gen-a-boomers-mandalorian-millennials-andor/

[McMurder_them_softly]

New Mando sets (sandcrawler and AT-AT) look really good. Just not for me, but I am glad they exist and seem like great sets! Figures, build, size...

[CloneCommando99]

11 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Which I am, hehe  While I would‘ve appreciated more variety, I‘m a happy camper with all the cool Mando sets this year

With the AT AT and NR X-Wing I’m a on the fence camper. But where is the TIE Avenger? (#402)

9 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

I remember seeing some suggestions on here that LEGO decide what to release each year, but given the prominence of all things Mando this year it’s clear Lucasfilm have dictated things this year. 

Yeah. I feel like Lucasfilm does dictate things more in film years. But last year was definitely Lego’s call as there was basically nothing major releasing except Andor.

11 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

2026: A big fat 0. 

2025: Again, Nothin

2024: 3.5 (ISD, Desert Skiff, Tantive IV Boarding, and I'll be charitable and give a half point to the store-exclusive Rebel Scout Speeder vs Imperial Dropship, which at least got us stormtroopers and fleet troopers if not being a canon set)

2023: 2.5 (Yavin IV, the excellent TIE Bomber, and I'll be charitable and give a half point to TIE interceptor vs Fang Fighter)

2022: 3 (Snowtrooper pack, hoth rebel pack, hoth AT-ST)

2021: 3 (Imperial Shuttle, X-wing, TIE Fighter)

2020: 4 (Final Duel, AT-AT, Luke's Landspeeder, Obi-Wan's Hut. Though personally I'm still iffy on 2020 being part of the modern era of the theme)

From 2020-2024, we had alright OT playset coverage, but if you look at the actual material covered, almost all of it was ANH or Hoth. Nothing for Bespin, nothing for Endor, etc.

Bbbbbut I thought OT got all the love?

[TeddytheSpoon]

I'm not sure Lucasfilm are telling toy companies what to produce, more that they hand out the pre-production material and the companies go 'well, let's see what we can do'. Of course they can be selective with what they show, so the result can be the same, but I doubt they're going to every individual toy company and telling them what to make. I wouldn't be surprised if they have a veto, though.

As many like to point out, TLG has always seemed to have more confidence in movie releases. What will be interesting to see is how many sets Starfighter gets, assuming it does indeed release next year. If TMaG's lukewarm reception translates to poor set sales, will TLG just give us more 18+ sets instead of Starfighter playsets?