LEGO Star Wars 2012 Pictures and Rumors

[Aanchir]

Any idea about what planet the TIE Interceptor will come with? I'm guessing Endor?

Possibly the Death Star? That was what my twin brother suggested. Of course, the problem with that is that the TIE Interceptors appeared in RotJ rather than ANH, and so it would need to be the second Death Star. I don't think making a fully-enclosed "planet" of the second Death Star would be possible given its unfinished appearance-- especially not using the same mold as the other planets, since I fully expect the planets to share a spherical mold.

[Lyichir]

Possibly the Death Star? That was what my twin brother suggested. Of course, the problem with that is that the TIE Interceptors appeared in RotJ rather than ANH, and so it would need to be the second Death Star. I don't think making a fully-enclosed "planet" of the second Death Star would be possible given its unfinished appearance-- especially not using the same mold as the other planets, since I fully expect the planets to share a spherical mold.

A guy can dream, can't he? Although, admittedly, I was (I think?) misinformed on the planets at that point—I was assuming the planets would be built with basic bricks, possibly using a Lowell sphere as a base. If the planets are identical specialized molds, the chances of this are decreased dramatically.

[Brickdoctor]

If they are printed, then their usefulness has gone right out of the window .

Chances are they are. Stickering two huge domes will make a lot of people unhappy.

[StoutFiles]

Chances are they are. Stickering two huge domes will make a lot of people unhappy.

A MINI and minifig go for around 10 bucks as it is. I'd try to look at the planet as a bonus and not have any quality expectations.

[Brickdoctor]

A MINI and minifig go for around 10 bucks as it is. I'd try to look at the planet as a bonus and not have any quality expectations.

A MINI is around $5 USD, and could be comparable to the small vehicle in the previous BPs, and in said BPs you usually get four minifigs. I'd say a planet is worth the same amount of money or less than three minifigs. (not that I'd rather have the planet instead of the minifigs)

[Bricker]

A MINI and minifig go for around 10 bucks as it is. I'd try to look at the planet as a bonus and not have any quality expectations.

Accually I find that the minifig, mini ship, and a 2 peice planet for $10 is VERY overpriced.

Minifig- 4 or 5 peices (or in Sebulbas case 1 piece)if it has a helmet/hat and a weapon(most likely gun).

Mini ship- 15-20 peices about.

Planet- Like 2 pieces.

So in total that would be like 1 or 2 U.S. dollars going by the way LEGO prices its sets. 1 part= 10 U.S. cents 10 parts= 1 U.S. dollar 100 parts= 10 U.S. Dollars 1000 parts= 100 U.S. dollars

And LEGO is charging 10 U.S. dollars for that!!! I think its nice that we get the planet (Id like to use them somehow to make a map of Star Wars planets) and minifig but thats just way too overpriced. Maybe, just MAYBE it would be worth buying if it were 5 U.S. dollars but 10? No. Not for me.

This reminds me of the first Hero Factory sets. About 15 pieces per hero, for 10 (Or in my case $15 because I buy all my LEGO from TRU)! Sad LEGO, just plain sad.

I always found mini vehicles to be a waste of money. The only thing about them thats good is that you can replecate movie scenes easily without having to grow 20 extra arms to carry all your UCS sets .

Edited August 10, 2011 by Bricker

[Brickdoctor]

Planet- Like 2 pieces.

And LEGO is charging 10 U.S. dollars for that!!! I think its nice that we get the planet (Id like to use them somehow to make a map of Star Wars planets) and minifig but thats just way too overpriced. Maybe, just MAYBE it would be worth buying if it were 5 U.S. dollars but 10? No. Not for me.

If the molded planet pieces are indeed 10-wide, they're going to be a pretty significant amount of plastic. That raises the cost. You also haven't counted the pieces for the stand, and MINI craft can be over fifty pieces.

[Bricker]

TIE Defender

TIE Crawler

Rogue Shadow

All the Battle Packs (with the exception of the two Hoth BP's)

Wouldnt some of the Clone Wars sets be EU? They werent ALL in the movies so that must mean theyre EU? The Clone Wars TV series takes place between episode 2 and 3 and I consider anything between, after, or before the movies to be EU.

Quote from Brick Doctor- If the molded planet pieces are indeed 10-wide, they're going to be a pretty significant amount of plastic. That raises the cost. You also haven't counted the pieces for the stand, and MINI craft can be over fifty pieces.- Qoute from Brickdoctor

(Appologies, Im still getting used to this site so Im still learning how to multi qoute)

I forgot about that . Yeah LEGO DOES sadly charge extra sometimes for extra functions and even SIZE! I always found that annoying...

Edited August 10, 2011 by Bricker

[Vindicare]

Accually I find that the minifig, mini ship, and a 2 peice planet for $10 is VERY overpriced.

Minifig- 4 or 5 peices (or in Sebulbas case 1 piece)if it has a helmet/hat and a weapon(most likely gun).

Mini ship- 15-20 peices about.

Planet- Like 2 pieces.

So in total that would be like 1 or 2 U.S. dollars going by the way LEGO prices its sets. 1 part= 10 U.S. cents 10 parts= 1 U.S. dollar 100 parts= 10 U.S. Dollars 1000 parts= 100 U.S. dollars

And LEGO is charging 10 U.S. dollars for that!!! I think its nice that we get the planet (Id like to use them somehow to make a map of Star Wars planets) and minifig but thats just way too overpriced. Maybe, just MAYBE it would be worth buying if it were 5 U.S. dollars but 10? No. Not for me.

This reminds me of the first Hero Factory sets. About 15 pieces per hero, for 10 (Or in my case $15 because I buy all my LEGO from TRU)! Sad LEGO, just plain sad.

I always found mini vehicles to be a waste of money. The only thing about them thats good is that you can replecate movie scenes easily without having to grow 20 extra arms to carry all your UCS sets .

Actually, Selubla is 3 pieces(the new one, that is). Body, 2 arms.

[StoutFiles]

A MINI is around $5 USD, and could be comparable to the small vehicle in the previous BPs, and in said BPs you usually get four minifigs. I'd say a planet is worth the same amount of money or less than three minifigs. (not that I'd rather have the planet instead of the minifigs)

Those packs are closer to 12 dollars. So you can chuck a minifig out to compare them price wise. A planet and stand would be worth two minifigs then, which is fair enough given the planet molds will be unique. You're also getting figures, other than the TIE pilot, that will likely never be in battle packs.

Also, people need to stop referencing the 10 cents per part ratio. That died a long time ago. For better or worse.

Edited August 10, 2011 by StoutFiles

[TheBrickDaddy]

Mini ship- 15-20 peices about.

Planet- Like 2 pieces.

The mini set will most likely be a lot more than 15-20 pieces, just look at the piece count for other mini sets. Also, as others have said, the amount of plastic it will take to make these planet hemispheres will be significant, and that will raise the price.

[Brickdoctor]

Those packs are closer to 12 dollars. So you can chuck a minifig out to compare them price wise. A planet and stand would be worth two minifigs then, which is fair enough given the planet molds will be unique. You're also getting figures, other than the TIE pilot, that will likely never be in battle packs.

Also, people need to stop referencing the 10 cents per part ratio. That died a long time ago. For better or worse.

Good point. Really, people, cheap Star Wars LEGO sets are a rarity. Don't expect it, and don't complain about it if the set you were looking at isn't a cheap set.

[Ki-Adi-Mundi]

Accually I find that the minifig, mini ship, and a 2 peice planet for $10 is VERY overpriced.

Minifig- 4 or 5 peices (or in Sebulbas case 1 piece)if it has a helmet/hat and a weapon(most likely gun).

Mini ship- 15-20 peices about.

Planet- Like 2 pieces.

So in total that would be like 1 or 2 U.S. dollars going by the way LEGO prices its sets. 1 part= 10 U.S. cents 10 parts= 1 U.S. dollar 100 parts= 10 U.S. Dollars 1000 parts= 100 U.S. dollars

And LEGO is charging 10 U.S. dollars for that!!! I think its nice that we get the planet (Id like to use them somehow to make a map of Star Wars planets) and minifig but thats just way too overpriced. Maybe, just MAYBE it would be worth buying if it were 5 U.S. dollars but 10? No. Not for me.

This reminds me of the first Hero Factory sets. About 15 pieces per hero, for 10 (Or in my case $15 because I buy all my LEGO from TRU)! Sad LEGO, just plain sad.

I always found mini vehicles to be a waste of money. The only thing about them thats good is that you can replecate movie scenes easily without having to grow 20 extra arms to carry all your UCS sets .

Just as a sidenote - you complain on the prices in USD. Please do yourself a favor and compute the prices in EUR - on the basis that they have a higher numerical price in Europe, too. You might come to the conclusion that you are not that bad off, after all.

However, i share part of your overall sentiment. 10 bucks is not that much of a calamity, though. IMO the decisive question is what we get for this. Bricks/price ratio is only part of the story. An not to be underestimated one, yes. But not the only one. Some sets have big or rare parts in them, in some cases the minifigs are exclusive and well printed etc.

I haven't much use for MINIs. If the selection of contents in the collectibles is somewhat special, mi might overcome my initial scepticism. Let's see what pics we hopefully see soon.

[Mr Man]

Wouldn't some of the Clone Wars sets be EU? They weren't ALL in the movies so that must mean they're EU? The Clone Wars TV series takes place between episode 2 and 3 and I consider anything between, after, or before the movies to be EU.

No all CW sets are part of the saga and not EU (EU loosely refers to the games, comics, books etc).

Chances are they are. Stickering two huge domes will make a lot of people unhappy.

Yeah but a unique print for each planet.

Edit: On second thoughts maybe that's why they are £10.

Edited August 10, 2011 by Mr Man

[Supersonic]

Just as a sidenote - you complain on the prices in USD. Please do yourself a favor and compute the prices in EUR - on the basis that they have a higher numerical price in Europe, too. You might come to the conclusion that you are not that bad off, after all.

You're right there...what would they say if TLG charged them 40 Euro (which is about 56 dollar) for a Geonosian Starfighter?

Whether or not these planet things are worth ten bucks depends mainly on the quality of the MINI sets (e.g. a TIE fighter could look like the one from the advent calender, or like the one that was a promotional set sometime - huge difference), the size of the planets and, of course, the quality of the fig (Sebulba is worth 10 bucks alone right now). I'm not interested in any of those 3 figs, but if we got a mini Y-Wing with a rebel pilot, for example, I'd definitely buy some.

[Brickdoctor]

No all CW sets are part of the saga and not EU (EU loosely refers to the games, comics, books etc).

'Saga' usually means the six movies. CW is considered its own category and is separate from both EU and Saga. (CW even has its own level of canon, T-canon, created for the TV show so that its events would override the EU's C-canon status)

But that's off-topic.

[StoutFiles]

Am I the only one that wants the sets for the planets? ...well, the OT planets anyway. Hopefully they continue what they start; I want all seven noteable OT planets/moons, and wouldn't mind having a Death Star either.

Edited August 10, 2011 by StoutFiles

[brickbuilder]

So these sets wouldn't ever come with any exclusive figures, would they? Because a lot more people would buy them. They could just be the same figure, but a little more detail or something.

And also, in 2009, we got rumours for the 2010 summer wave at the same time as the winter wave. So I'm assuming that won't happen again, will it? Yeah I know I'm being greedy.

I just hope we get pictures soon.

[Masked Builder]

Am I the only one that wants the sets for the planets? ...well, the OT planets anyway. Hopefully they continue what they start; I want all seven noteable OT planets/moons, and wouldn't mind having a Death Star either.

Depending on how they look when we see them, I might.

[commdr_neyo]

Am I the only one that wants the sets for the planets? ...well, the OT planets anyway. Hopefully they continue what they start; I want all seven noteable OT planets/moons, and wouldn't mind having a Death Star either.

Nope, I want all, I can't wait to see what they look like.

I hope they don't use too much big pieces

Edited August 10, 2011 by commdr_neyo

[Zzz]

I am pretty afraid those will be of cheap plastic, like the Kinder surprise eggs (anyone know them in the US, or you don't have 'em?). I assume they work to hold the parts of the mini model and the minifig, which are made actually of "chinese" plastic I assume. No negativity here, I just guess so. Still, if they were made of real Lego plastiv, like the pods some years ago, that would be sweet!

[Brickdoctor]

I am pretty afraid those will be of cheap plastic, like the Kinder surprise eggs (anyone know them in the US, or you don't have 'em?). I assume they work to hold the parts of the mini model and the minifig, which are made actually of "chinese" plastic I assume. No negativity here, I just guess so. Still, if they were made of real Lego plastiv, like the pods some years ago, that would be sweet!

We have them, but (at least where I live) you usually can only get them during Christmas and/or at a Latin American or Spanish store.

I doubt TLG at this time is using plastic of that quality. Because of the size and the highly probable huge print, I don't doubt they'll be China plastic, but the quality of that isn't as bad as the cheap plastic you're talking about.

[Bricker]

I was thinking about the packaging for a while... Does anyone think that when you buy the planet set the planet will already be assembled but all the pieces will be inside the planet(after all the planets are hollow). Its may be unlikely though because the whole point of buying a construction set is for you to build it- so maybe some people might think theyre being cheated by LEGO how they dont get the pleasure of being the first to put the planet together. Plus It may be weird for employees to build a part of the set on the assembly line. But I accually find this smart to do because LEGO can save a bit of cardboard in making the box to make room for the rest of the peices. So what do you think?

[StoutFiles]

I was thinking about the packaging for a while... Does anyone think that when you buy the planet set the planet will already be assembled but all the pieces will be inside the planet(after all the planets are hollow). Its may be unlikely though because the whole point of buying a construction set is for you to build it- so maybe some people might think theyre being cheated by LEGO how they dont get the pleasure of being the first to put the planet together. Plus It may be weird for employees to build a part of the set on the assembly line. But I accually find this smart to do because LEGO can save a bit of cardboard in making the box to make room for the rest of the peices. So what do you think?

I think the parts will come inside the planet (egg) and the box will be a small square. Just my guess though.

[Lord Of The Fries]

Possibly the Death Star? That was what my twin brother suggested. Of course, the problem with that is that the TIE Interceptors appeared in RotJ rather than ANH, and so it would need to be the second Death Star. I don't think making a fully-enclosed "planet" of the second Death Star would be possible given its unfinished appearance-- especially not using the same mold as the other planets, since I fully expect the planets to share a spherical mold.

Maybe the unfinished side will be transparent to make it feel like the second Death Star?