LEGO Star Wars 2024 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[CloneCommando99]

Barc Speeder looks great. But a little overpriced so it’s a pass for me.
 

We may get some more details on the August Wave in a couple of weeks so that’s something to look forward to.

Lego has a big count down timer for May on their 25th Lego Star Wars anniversary page. Do you guys think they will reveal the rest of the anniversary figures on May 4th? 🧐

Edited March 24 by CloneCommando99

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Brickadeer said:

I would have prefered 501st troopers with combat dents, just like the 212th have. But the set itself looks fine to me.

I will burn this planet to the ground if lego gives us ANOTHER 501st trooper variant this soon. There are other colors than blue, lego. Please. 

1 hour ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

I would’ve much preferred two tiny (or rather, figure scaled) BARCs. Sure it’s not accurate to the scene, but it’s Lego, and it would offer more interactivity in the set.

Lego has this habit of oversizing small vehicles like speeders, N-1s, Shin’s starfighter, etc, while undersizing others like the gunship, AAT, tie bomber, etc. Putting some of these sets next to each other looks funky.

I would never say that accurate scale should be prioritized over fun, but this speeder accomplishes nothing that a smaller one couldn’t do just as well, while saving pieces for other side builds…maybe a second lamp post!

100% agree. That, or something like the landing pad and temple exit. It would both add playability and make the build itself more accurate.

Don't tempt me with that second lamp post.

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

Obviously it’d be good for everyone if he did go in the magazine next year or whenever but most people will get the set because he’s in it so it’s a lot better to spend a fiver on a magazine rather than 30 on a set. So for me I’d be gutted because I’d waste 30 for one figure

That's true, but I suppose then you're just being presented with the choice right? Buy the set now for a single fig, or wait and see if the single fig ends up in a magazine for much cheaper. (and if he doesn't show anytime soon, you can still buy the set- it'll be around for at least a year or two)

9 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Lego has a big count down timer for May on their 25th Lego Star Wars anniversary page. Do you guys think they will reveal the rest of the anniversary figures on May 4th? 🧐

I suppose it's always possible, and would fit with how weirdly piecemeal they've been releasing/revealing stuff.

Edited March 24 by Mandalorianknight

[CloneCommando99]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I will burn this planet to the ground if lego gives us ANOTHER 501st trooper variant this soon. There are other colors than blue, lego. Please. 

Even if it was a 501st ARF trooper? That’s probably the next most prominent variant they could do.

[Llewop]

27 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Even if it was a 501st ARF trooper? That’s probably the next most prominent variant they could do.

Honestly if they were going to do an ARF or even like airborne trooper or whatever variant they haven’t got it should have been done in the 501st specialist pack. At this point Lego needs to pick some new legions for P2 armour there is plenty for them to choose from. 

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

That's true, but I suppose then you're just being presented with the choice right? Buy the set now for a single fig, or wait and see if the single fig ends up in a magazine for much cheaper. (and if he doesn't show anytime soon, you can still buy the set- it'll be around for at least a year or two)

that’s true sometimes we buy sets straight away and it might do our wallets better if we waited for a sale or two now and then 

[Pedilego]

BARC Speeder Escape is exactly what I expected yet I'm still disappointed for some reason. Maybe it's the lamp post. I realize MandoKnight is a stan (you're not just saying this for the memes??) but, really, if they're trying to max out the value why not another figure or a new figure/mold instead of the 501st Troopers? Are you sure that lamp is going to add as much "world building" as you think it is when you take away all of the marketing & just have the set in hand/on a normal table? 

I wanted more fig(s) from the Infiltrator but I'm not surprised, just disappointed. I'll BrickLink Beq, Saw & some extra poncho(s) eventually - along with Malak.

 

 

I think there's 3 sets this whole year that actually have me interested from a build perspective: Tantive, Jabba's Sail Barge & Jabba's Desert Skiff - and the last two are TBD. Maybe the Death Star, Paz vs. Moff, and/or the Peridia sets will surprise me. That's 10-20% on 30+ sets.

Jang does/did these videos where he steps back & compares what you can get in Lego for $X compared to another non-Lego toy and I think it's brought to consciousness the best way of Star Wars collecting for me. Like yesterday I found the Hasbro Black Series Captain Rex helmet on sale for $79 (score!). My 3-year old has been running around in it non-stop. Yes, I got a little lucky finding it on clearance so early (it just came out) but if you're patient & pay attention, you can find most non-Lego products at fairly deep discounts. Here in the USA, while 20% off Lego is practically a guarantee sometime within 6-12 months... it's a game of chicken trying to get anything for less than that (e.g. Black Friday the year its retiring). Respect to you guys that collect the Lego helmets but under no circumstances does it make any sense, personally, to spend, say, $56 on a Lego Captain Rex helmet when I knew eventually I could get the Black Series version for under $100.

And now you have Micro Galaxy Squadron, too. I'm going to be selling a few of my Lego ships because MGS is way more accurate than Lego while being less money & space. (e.g. How somebody said Lego downsized the big stuff & upsizes the small stuff so the scales aren't even close.) Lego starfighters like the '18 X-Wing, RO Y-Wing, & RO U-Wing are legitimately great builds but they're so big & there's not a lot of playability with the size (my kids can attest). So I'm transitioning to a collection of minifigure scale locations & MGS spaceships. (Yavin might be my favorite way of putting this off - microscale on the outside, minifig on the inside. Picture below.) Funny thing is, I don't think that even affects how I would've spent on this year's lineup (except maybe the Interceptor if I'd been a non-minifig scale UCS collector) as we've had better versions of the Infiltrator, X-Wing & Tie (most likely), and Falcon already.

Shame so much of Lego's Star Wars portfolio has become non-minifigure scale adult stuff & the minifigure scale stuff is fairly weak.

 

 

 

Edited March 24 by Pedilego

[Fenghuang0296]

I have serious questions about the light post, it really feels like they were just trying to inflate the part count there. For a second I thought it could be used as a display stand, with the speeder attached to it on an angle at the top, but I think that was just a trick of the art and now I’m annoyed. Still going to get it because I’m a sucker for exclusive Jedi and army-building the 501st. Hopefully it’ll go on sale, but I’m not too optimistic.

[PreVizsla]

Kelleran Beq's speeder looks really good, a bit oversized for my liking. Not sure if it's like that because of the box image or if it feels/looks different in hand.
Kelleran's fig is amazing.
Happy we are getting a pram for Grogu.
2x 501st troopers look great, but I can understand some people are getting sick of them. Will either get 9 of them for another squad or just switch helmets with one of my 12 captain Vaughns.

Definitely getting this set, but I think the value for $30 could be better. If I compare it to the Mandalorian Forge and the Trouble on Tatooine which are also the Mandalorian sets at $30 I am pretty happy getting less than 80 pieces, but getting an extra 1 figure. If I compare it to other Star Wars sets though like the current $30 battle pack where you get 1 accurate vehicle (STAP), 5 droids and 4 clones it feels it's lacking in the minifigure department and they couldn't even give us printed pieces. 

Either way I think all the Mandalorian $30 sets are some of the best sets we got in the last 5 years.

[Mandalorianknight]

20 minutes ago, Pedilego said:

BARC Speeder Escape is exactly what I expected yet I'm still disappointed for some reason. Maybe it's the lamp post. I realize MandoKnight is a stan (you're not just saying this for the memes??) but, really, if they're trying to max out the value why not another figure or a new figure/mold instead of the 501st Troopers? Are you sure that lamp is going to add as much "world building" as you think it is when you take away all of the marketing & just have the set in hand/on a normal table? 

No, this is real, I genuinely love getting the little side builds in sets. I doubt it was "well, we can do a light post, or we can add another minifigure". Putting aside the fact that 3 figs+ a grogu in a $30 set is pretty standard for lego, as they seemingly count grogu as a full figure, as well as the fact that I believe a minifigure is worth more (both in literal production cost and the amount lego thinks people will pay for it) than the parts comprising the lamp post, you know lego would have sold just the rest of the set for $30. In fact, I think that's what most people were expecting, since the descriptions just mentioned a BARC speeder w/sidecar and the figs. I think a more accurate comparison than "the light post cost us a figure or new mold" would be "the lightpost cost us a bit of chunkiness on the speeder". 

This is speculation, of course- no one really fully knows how it works- but if I remember correctly, we do know that the price point and build subject are assigned first. I think it's highly unlikely that there was a point in time where this would have included a naboo guard instead of a light post, I think it's infinitely more likely that a designer was realizing how the set didn't seem like it was worth it and tried to add SOMETHING besides just making the BARC even more oversized.

49 minutes ago, PreVizsla said:

Kelleran Beq's speeder looks really good, a bit oversized for my liking. Not sure if it's like that because of the box image or if it feels/looks different in hand.
Kelleran's fig is amazing.
Happy we are getting a pram for Grogu.
2x 501st troopers look great, but I can understand some people are getting sick of them. Will either get 9 of them for another squad or just switch helmets with one of my 12 captain Vaughns.

Definitely getting this set, but I think the value for $30 could be better. If I compare it to the Mandalorian Forge and the Trouble on Tatooine which are also the Mandalorian sets at $30 I am pretty happy getting less than 80 pieces, but getting an extra 1 figure. If I compare it to other Star Wars sets though like the current $30 battle pack where you get 1 accurate vehicle (STAP), 5 droids and 4 clones it feels it's lacking in the minifigure department and they couldn't even give us printed pieces. 

Either way I think all the Mandalorian $30 sets are some of the best sets we got in the last 5 years.

I'm glad you like it- though unfortunately I think this is the biggest/stockiest BARC we've ever had. 

I guess I also agree that the $30 mando sets have been generally solid, especially as sort of complete play experiences. There's something for kids to do or a scenario to play out in all of them, as opposed to, say, the pirate snub fighter, which has two same-faction characters and a small ship for $5 more than these.

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Even if it was a 501st ARF trooper? That’s probably the next most prominent variant they could do.

....I might have had a different answer before, but now I feel like I gotta stick with it. And in a more general sense, while I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to a 501st ARF alone, we know it wouldn't just be a single 501st. It'd be another 501st battle pack. When there are a number of prominent legions yet to get a BP in the past decade (or ever), not to mention literally every faction other than the clones, which have been battle pack starved for awhile now. 

[Pedilego]

5 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

This is speculation, of course- no one really fully knows how it works- but if I remember correctly, we do know that the price point and build subject are assigned first. I think it's highly unlikely that there was a point in time where this would have included a naboo guard instead of a light post, I think it's infinitely more likely that a designer was realizing how the set didn't seem like it was worth it and tried to add SOMETHING besides just making the BARC even more oversized.

I’m not saying the designers didn’t to the best they could within the parameters they were given. I’m saying Lego didn’t do they best they could. The organization’s own processes & rigidity forgives the designers on some level, but not TLG.

[mirkwoodspiders]

Just sitting here waiting impatiently for the UCS TIE Interceptor to get revealed next month...

BARC Speeder Escape: Pass.
Sith Infiltrator: Pass. The only reason I'm interested is Saw, and I can probably find him for a decent price on Bricklink. The ship itself underwhelms. I really hope it gets the UCS treatment someday.
Podrace diorama: Purchase eventually. Sebulba's pod is quite well done, and the scene is an eye-catcher.
Driodeka: Purchase eventually. Well-designed (mini-fig scale version notwithstanding), and it might have some neat functions of which we are not yet aware.
Everything else released since 3/1: Already impulse bought lol.

[wesker]

Easy pass for me. Its nice to get a new Jedi with Kelleran Beq but I've never liked how oversized the BARC Speeders were in the Bad Batch Shuttle and 501st Battle Pack and I'm still not a fan of it here.

[Shiva]

1 hour ago, mirkwoodspiders said:

Just sitting here waiting impatiently for the UCS TIE Interceptor to get revealed next month...

BARC Speeder Escape: Pass.
Sith Infiltrator: Pass. The only reason I'm interested is Saw, and I can probably find him for a decent price on Bricklink. The ship itself underwhelms. I really hope it gets the UCS treatment someday.
Podrace diorama: Purchase eventually. Sebulba's pod is quite well done, and the scene is an eye-catcher.
Driodeka: Purchase eventually. Well-designed (mini-fig scale version notwithstanding), and it might have some neat functions of which we are not yet aware.
Everything else released since 3/1: Already impulse bought lol.

UCS Sith Infiltrator? What about a minifig size? -> https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/196501-moc-darth-mauls-scimitar-aka-the-sith-infiltrator-minifig-scale-with-full-interior/

The BARC Speeder, that is on my to get list. Ain't it about the same size as the Bad Batch Speeder?

 

 

[mirkwoodspiders]

8 hours ago, Shiva said:

UCS Sith Infiltrator? What about a minifig size? -> https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/196501-moc-darth-mauls-scimitar-aka-the-sith-infiltrator-minifig-scale-with-full-interior/

 

 

That looks really good! Brilliant interior. It's 4,244 pieces, so this would definitely fall in the UCS range. As much as I'd love to have the MOC, I'm not going to the trouble to order all those pieces lol.

Edited March 25 by mirkwoodspiders

[Old Master]

Has there been anything on minifigures for the UCS Tie? I'd assume we will get a near identical pilot to the one from 75095 but a droid maybe? 

[Mandalorianknight]

11 hours ago, wesker said:

Easy pass for me. Its nice to get a new Jedi with Kelleran Beq but I've never liked how oversized the BARC Speeders were in the Bad Batch Shuttle and 501st Battle Pack and I'm still not a fan of it here.

I'm pretty confident this is the largest BARC we've ever had. The sidecar is consistently larger than the 2013 one!

2 hours ago, Old Master said:

Has there been anything on minifigures for the UCS Tie? I'd assume we will get a near identical pilot to the one from 75095 but a droid maybe? 

I'd guess Moff Jerjerrod or another officer, maybe someone like Janus Greejatus if they want to be more unique.

[Lordhelmet]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'm pretty confident this is the largest BARC we've ever had. The sidecar is consistently larger than the 2013 one!

I'd guess Moff Jerjerrod or another officer, maybe someone like Janus Greejatus if they want to be more unique.

Are we expecting more than one minifigure for the UCS tie?  Like a pilot plus, or is this just saying some alternate options could be these?

[McMurder_them_softly]

1 hour ago, Lordhelmet said:

Are we expecting more than one minifigure for the UCS tie?  Like a pilot plus, or is this just saying some alternate options could be these?

I think like the X-Wing from last year, probably just the 1 (R2 notwithstanding). 

I also wish for a UCS Sith Infiltrator...maybe someday. 

I quite like the Droideka. 
Not sure about the podrace diorama, wish it had a figure or a better price. 
Pass on the Escape set. Never really was that interested. Needed another vehicle for me to buy in. 

Waiting for May Fourth to see what deals I can pout together and hit some spending thresholds. 
 

Edited March 25 by McMurder_them_softly

[CloneCommando99]

So we expecting any big reveals on May 4th? I know we don’t most years but the big countdown timer on Lego.com makes me wonder. 🧐

[McMurder_them_softly]

2 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

So we expecting any big reveals on May 4th? I know we don’t most years but the big countdown timer on Lego.com makes me wonder. 🧐

UCS Tie Interceptor I think. 

[Big_Daddy]

I was planning on postponing my purchase of 2024 sets until the May the 4th promo, but I'm starting to suspect that it might be cheaper to take advantage of the seemingly regular discounts and buying the droid carrier on the aftermarket. Wasn't the Sith Infiltrator supposed to be a Lego exclusive though?

[Mandalorianknight]

20 hours ago, Pedilego said:

I’m not saying the designers didn’t to the best they could within the parameters they were given. I’m saying Lego didn’t do they best they could. The organization’s own processes & rigidity forgives the designers on some level, but not TLG.

I think this may be another case where we're agreeing and just saying it differently. 

Sure, Lego didn't do the best they could, and another figure or lower price would have been nice. But you can say that about almost every set they put out nowadays. I don't think the lightpost was a trade-off at any point or really bares any blame for any shortcomings of the set.

3 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

Are we expecting more than one minifigure for the UCS tie?  Like a pilot plus, or is this just saying some alternate options could be these?

We don't have any indications of figure count yet, but the May UCS sets tend to have two figs.

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

So we expecting any big reveals on May 4th? I know we don’t most years but the big countdown timer on Lego.com makes me wonder. 🧐

The countdown may also just be for when all the sales and stuff take effect- they usually have countdowns to may 4th, black friday, etc.

[Minishark2000]

Childish landino has said that Saw has a printed cape and the droideka can roll up! Good news for once!

[Old Master]

 

6 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'm pretty confident this is the largest BARC we've ever had. The sidecar is consistently larger than the 2013 one!

I'd guess Moff Jerjerrod or another officer, maybe someone like Janus Greejatus if they want to be more unique.

Oh wow, that would maybe be great. I think the second minifigure (if there even is one) is what's going to sell me on this set. $240 for just one minifigure ain't it.

20 minutes ago, Minishark2000 said:

Childish landino has said that Saw has a printed cape and the droideka can roll up! Good news for once!

Printed cape as in detail printed on the cape like the ones from Solo or a cape printed on to the figure?

[AD_Bricks]

5 minutes ago, Old Master said:

Printed cape as in detail printed on the cape like the ones from Solo or a cape printed on to the figure?

Fairly certain he's using the Wrecker/Paz/Darktrooper armour piece, so I don't think a cape printed onto the figure would make sense. Most likely an actual cape with printing on it, because they seem to be willing to put some more effort into the anniversary figs than usual.

[Rwbricks]

2 hours ago, Big_Daddy said:

I was planning on postponing my purchase of 2024 sets until the May the 4th promo, but I'm starting to suspect that it might be cheaper to take advantage of the seemingly regular discounts and buying the droid carrier on the aftermarket. Wasn't the Sith Infiltrator supposed to be a Lego exclusive though?

I think it’s supposed to be exclusive to the LEGO Store and one other retailer (at least in the US). I seem to remember Brick_Clicker saying something about it maybe being Walmart since Target already has a retail-exclusive set, but I could be wrong.