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

[Swordy]

2 hours ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

I'm curious on the scale of Grogu. Either they will pour a lot of pieces into the pram, and he will be R2 scale (which would be very small), or it'll be just it's own scale like last time.

I personally wouldn’t mind if that were the case. If a scale had to be established, I like the new smaller scale of buildable characters as opposed to being in scale to 2012 Artoo.

58 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

As for Minifigs, Ahsoka’s Eta-2 appears during the Battle of Cato Neimoidia, so the set should include her brown costume from the latter half of TCW (hopefully with arm printing for the diamond cutouts on her sleeves!), R7-A7, and maybe a buzz droid or two. The only additional characters who I can see appearing are Anakin (RotS version, as he had switched from his earlier armoured design by this point), Rex (reused, ideally with a jetpack as he is wearing one in the scene), or just a 501st Trooper. 
 

Let go of your preconceptions about what characters can be included in what. Were the Senate and Padme ever seen together near a Coruscant Guardship in those outfits? Was Thrawn there at Ahsoka’s duel with Morgan? You must unlearn what you have learned.

It is wishful thinking to expect a ToJ Ahsoka and Anakin over a CW S5 pair, yes, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility. The CW Armored Anakin look is a fan favorite, so it’d make dollars and sense to include it somewhere.

[PreVizsla]

6 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

Please Lego make the N-1 PM based and throw in Queen Amidala. You already have your little Annie minifigure and 4+ sets are all about the large and printed pieces. Watch all us AFOLS by a 4+ set just for the minifigure. Who cares if she doesn't quite tie in with the scene.

Don't give me hope....

[CloneCommando99]

3 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I was going to say "does this scale with the UCS Venator" but a quick google,  unless it's made of Duplo, it does not.

Ah. But it could theoretically scale with this summer’s ISD. Time to assemble the imperial supply fleet!

1 hour ago, Lego Nostalgia said:

We really need an Endor Bunker and some more Imperial Battle Packs

Amen to that my fellow inmate of the Aslume. 

We really need some planetary occupation Imperial stuff such as the Bunker. And a stormtrooper or army trooper battlepack so we can amass a garrison that we can deploy if we are blind.

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Can you say if we are getting a battle pack at all in January (number not part of this list), and if not, at least in March/May? Also, any Microfighters or mechs in 1HY? 
 

I second this question. Could you please answer if possible Foggy? You don’t need to tell us any exact details.

 

Anyone else hope that the ARC-170 is based off of the Battle of Kamino. (Probably where I most remember it from aside from the battle of Coruscant) That way we could get any of: General Kenobi, General Skywalker, Shak Ti, Echo, Rex, Cody, Broadside P1 Clone pilots and most importantly 99 (press F to pay respects to the one true Clone Commando)

Edited July 8 by CloneCommando99

[ArrowBricks]

So, the last few days: 

I do like Jedi Bob’s Starfighter, despite the figures being lacklustre. At the end of the day I want Jedi Bob and the Starfighter is excellent. Price is bad, but all the sets have awful prices. I’ll get it for £30 at some point. 

Regarding 2025, I am glad we have a larger January wave. It makes a lot of sense to have the Mid-scale line together. 

Remember everybody it’s likely we will see another mid-scale set, an exclusive set like The Invisible Hand. 

1. Ahsoka’s Jedi Interceptor is great, I am really intrigued to see what Ahsoka Minifigure we might get! Given the price I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being her Jedi Starfighter, instead. 

2. Really happy with the ARC-170, it’s a wonderful model and I think it’s going to be great with modern techniques. The price will be horrific, but the 2010 model was too. Here’s hoping the Pilot looks good. 

3. I am intrigued by Buildable Grogu because it’s likely it will be in scale with R2 and C3-PO which I plan to purchase at some point. I completely understand the disappointment, though. 

4. Absolutely all over the mid-scale Acclamator. I would assume it has the red livery and the Republic logos, otherwise it’s a snooze fest. Price looks great, and can’t wait to get this one. 

5. I am happy we are getting the mid-scale Home One, but it’s not something I will want to buy. 

6. 4+ N-1 - price seems a little better than other 4+ sets. It could be Naboo, but most likely it’s Mando’s and therefore we could see the Astromech Droid otherwise it’s just like the Microfighter…

So, I think we still have one more set releasing in January, given the mid-scale exclusive set I think we will get. 

Interestingly, no battle packs. Either they’re both connected to something releasing in 2024/2025 from Disney or are from, say, Andor sets based on the first season (a bit like Mando S3). 

[Kaijumeister]

I’m starting to feel quite fed up of buildable <things> occupying so many slots within most waves these days, but hey if they sell and diversify the theme’s product portfolio, then I guess I get it.

But yeah, the absurd prices for the ARC-170 and Ahsoka’s Eta-2 will be slightly digestible if they offer some really good minifigures. I shudder at the precedent this continues to set for the theme though.

 

[Yperio_Bricks]

I just hope there's no yellow skin printed on the torso of Jedi Bob. In the pictures his neckline is obscured by the hood and cape.

[ARC2149Nova]

Ackbar Trooper and a Gonk Droid? 

No thanks LEGO, not even the incredible Jedi Bob can save you this time.

ARC-170 needs Odd Ball, 2 Pilots and an Astromech at least. All ROTS style, screw those long nosed nerf herders from TCW. 

No battle pack, but maybe summer wave or March will provide.

 

 

 

 

[NoOneOfImportance]

Just now, ARC2149Nova said:

Ackbar Trooper and a Gonk Droid? 

No thanks LEGO, not even the incredible Jedi Bob can save you this time.

ARC-170 needs Odd Ball, 2 Pilots and an Astromech at least. All ROTS style, screw those long nosed nerf herders from TCW. 

No battle pack, but maybe summer wave or March will provide.

Really hoping for a good imperial battle pack... Please LEGO..

[MKJoshA]

You can continue to talk about 2025 sets here. I'll make a new discussion topic when we get closer to 2025. The discussion doesn't need to be split across years, but it's nice to have a fresh start each year.

However, I have started a 2025 News thread. If you come across reliable info please post it there.

[Lordhelmet]

I share the buildable character overload sentiment.  2024 we had four buildable droid sets, three starship series and one diorama without minifigures (excluding the two anniversary ones).  That is a lot, and I think most of them were done well (and have bought the diorama and one starship), but I agree that it has been too many especially combined with the general lack of minifigures in sets for Star Wars.  Lego really needs to drive value with the inflated prices by adding more minifigures (especially non brick built ones - gonk droid).  There are so many characters we all want (prequel and original) that Lego has not made or just using the extra trooper to add value for high cost sets.  
 

2013-2019 Lego was making more than 80 Star Wars minifigures each year.  (2016 was the peak with 116). Over the past four years Lego has averaged 59.  This year looks like we will be on pace for around the 60 mark.  Seems like a lot of value has been taken out of the sets in general as we are seeing more than 20 less than what we are used to.  
 

With the increase in sets without substantial minifigures like buildable characters or starships it seems like Lego could use production space on more minifigures for the sets that actually get them (like a skiff driver, or an extra figure with Jedi bob’s starfighter, or an extra trooper or two in the ISD, etc.).  Or they are using the buildable sets as a strategy to take value out (and costs for them).
 

Hopefully Lego realizes that we will be more willing to pay higher prices if the value is there which would be simple to achieve.  I would love to pick up some of the rumored 2025 ships but with the prices they will need good minifigures selections to make it worthwhile. 

[SketchBrick]

18 minutes ago, Lordhelmet said:

I share the buildable character overload sentiment.  2024 we had four buildable droid sets, three starship series and one diorama without minifigures (excluding the two anniversary ones).  That is a lot, and I think most of them were done well (and have bought the diorama and one starship), but I agree that it has been too many especially combined with the general lack of minifigures in sets for Star Wars.  Lego really needs to drive value with the inflated prices by adding more minifigures (especially non brick built ones - gonk droid).  There are so many characters we all want (prequel and original) that Lego has not made or just using the extra trooper to add value for high cost sets.  
 

2013-2019 Lego was making more than 80 Star Wars minifigures each year.  (2016 was the peak with 116). Over the past four years Lego has averaged 59.  This year looks like we will be on pace for around the 60 mark.  Seems like a lot of value has been taken out of the sets in general as we are seeing more than 20 less than what we are used to.  
 

With the increase in sets without substantial minifigures like buildable characters or starships it seems like Lego could use production space on more minifigures for the sets that actually get them (like a skiff driver, or an extra figure with Jedi bob’s starfighter, or an extra trooper or two in the ISD, etc.).  Or they are using the buildable sets as a strategy to take value out (and costs for them).
 

Hopefully Lego realizes that we will be more willing to pay higher prices if the value is there which would be simple to achieve.  I would love to pick up some of the rumored 2025 ships but with the prices they will need good minifigures selections to make it worthwhile. 

I wholly agree with this comment.

I understand the appeal to some degree, and clearly they must be selling with the older fans, but the number of display-type sets and "buildables" is far too high these days in my opinion. We are getting far fewer minifigures now than we used to, as you point out, which is a shame as there are so many desirable characters that Lego has never made, or hasn't remade in many years. Minifigures have huge play value as well as being collectible, and I don't think anybody would be upset with a higher number of them being available on shelves at different price points.

For the TPM 25th anniversary this year, for example, they only released one regular playset (with just 3 TPM minifigs at that), unless you also count the GWP Droid Carrier. But we have also gotten a buildable R2-D2, a buildable C-3PO, a buildable Droideka, and a 4-pack of buildable droids (with yet another R2-D2), not to mention a microscale diorama, multiple BrickHeadz, and a plethora of other sets that don't contain or focus on the figures.

Granted, some sets have had better minifigure counts than average (Clones vs Droids battle pack, Tantive IV hallway, etc.), but it isn't enough with the total number of sets these days to give us figure tallies like we had 5-10 years ago. I think Lego Star Wars is doing many things well these days, but skimping on figures is definitely not one of them!

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, ARC2149Nova said:

No battle pack, but maybe summer wave or March will provide.

I’d wager we’re looking at what would usually have been a March wave right now  No way we’re getting three 1HY waves again if the January one is already this packed! The wave after that will likely be in May to coincide with the May the Fourth D2C set.

[Yperio_Bricks]

54 minutes ago, Lordhelmet said:

I share the buildable character overload sentiment.  2024 we had four buildable droid sets, three starship series and one diorama without minifigures (excluding the two anniversary ones).  That is a lot, and I think most of them were done well (and have bought the diorama and one starship), but I agree that it has been too many especially combined with the general lack of minifigures in sets for Star Wars.  Lego really needs to drive value with the inflated prices by adding more minifigures (especially non brick built ones - gonk droid).  There are so many characters we all want (prequel and original) that Lego has not made or just using the extra trooper to add value for high cost sets.  
 

2013-2019 Lego was making more than 80 Star Wars minifigures each year.  (2016 was the peak with 116). Over the past four years Lego has averaged 59.  This year looks like we will be on pace for around the 60 mark.  Seems like a lot of value has been taken out of the sets in general as we are seeing more than 20 less than what we are used to.  
 

With the increase in sets without substantial minifigures like buildable characters or starships it seems like Lego could use production space on more minifigures for the sets that actually get them (like a skiff driver, or an extra figure with Jedi bob’s starfighter, or an extra trooper or two in the ISD, etc.).  Or they are using the buildable sets as a strategy to take value out (and costs for them).
 

Hopefully Lego realizes that we will be more willing to pay higher prices if the value is there which would be simple to achieve.  I would love to pick up some of the rumored 2025 ships but with the prices they will need good minifigures selections to make it worthwhile. 

I also fully agree with your observations. And thanks for the numbers. It's really sad that we get so much less minifigs nowadays. I wish my Dark Ages had ended earlier

So I was just browsing through brickset, looking at some sets and one picture from the 75396 Desert Skiff & Sarlacc Pit is even a bit funny (I erased Boba and the Sarlacc that were shown below the skiff). With the aforementioned absence of a guard it looks almost a bit comical. Four friends on a boat:

EDIT: Of course i will still get the set

[BacktoBricks]

4 hours ago, PreVizsla said:

Don't give me hope....

Hopes dashed already. 

[CallumPears]

Glad to see I'm not the only one annoyed at the increase non-system-scale sets over the past couple of years. 

I like midi-scale ships since most of those wouldn't be able to be done for a reasonable price otherwise (though I still feel like they cost too much for what you get), but all of the buildable characters, droids, helmets and especially brickheadz feel like pointless "filler" sets to me. Combine that with the ever-increasing prices and we don't really have many good value system-scale sets at all these days. Crazy how we used to get 4 battle packs, multiple microfighters and a few ~£20 sets every year. Now we're lucky to get a single battle pack, and even then they aren't the cheap impulse-buys that they used to be (yes inflation is a thing but not this much). 

[Lordhelmet]

56 minutes ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

I also fully agree with your observations. And thanks for the numbers. It's really sad that we get so much less minifigs nowadays. I wish my Dark Ages had ended earlier

So I was just browsing through brickset, looking at some sets and one picture from the 75396 Desert Skiff & Sarlacc Pit is even a bit funny (I erased Boba and the Sarlacc that were shown below the skiff). With the aforementioned absence of a guard it looks almost a bit comical. Four friends on a boat:

Funny find, would be fun to swap the Luke with beach Luke from the dark falcon to complete that look :)

[Clone OPatra]

On the Minifigure discussion, it's crazy to me that after 25 years we've still never gotten Boss Nass, Shmi or pre-covering 3PO (who could've been the figure with the big 3PO really). Not to mention Naboo handmaidens or Padme in any outfit besides Tatooine and the one Queen one.

Not saying any of those could've fit in the sets they decided to produce for this year, though the Infiltrator could've used another character or two from the actual movie.

We all used to semi-bag LEGO for throwing "extraneous" characters into ship sets, but these days the ships are just as expensive without the extras, for the most part.

[wesker]

26 minutes ago, Clone OPatra said:

On the Minifigure discussion, it's crazy to me that after 25 years we've still never gotten Boss Nass, Shmi or pre-covering 3PO (who could've been the figure with the big 3PO really). Not to mention Naboo handmaidens or Padme in any outfit besides Tatooine and the one Queen one.

Not saying any of those could've fit in the sets they decided to produce for this year, though the Infiltrator could've used another character or two from the actual movie.

We all used to semi-bag LEGO for throwing "extraneous" characters into ship sets, but these days the ships are just as expensive without the extras, for the most part.

That's the most frustrating thing for me about the prequel sets. As much as I enjoy the clones, they aren't the only thing that matter about that era and there's still a wealth of characters that are constantly being neglected in favor of them. I'm grateful for at least getting Taun We and Chancellor Palpatine in recent years but they still really need to step up their game and flesh out that corner of the galaxy more.

[SketchBrick]

1 hour ago, Clone OPatra said:

On the Minifigure discussion, it's crazy to me that after 25 years we've still never gotten Boss Nass, Shmi or pre-covering 3PO (who could've been the figure with the big 3PO really). Not to mention Naboo handmaidens or Padme in any outfit besides Tatooine and the one Queen one.

I agree, and we've had much more niche characters from other movies or shows. Shmi and 3PO wouldn't even require new moulds; is it really that difficult to squeeze them into a set somewhere?

Literally a few extra minifig-focused playsets per year could help even out a lot of these issues. This year could have introduced a new Watto's Junkyard or something, but it seems like the overall numbers of sets in the theme is more restrained than it was several years ago.

[AD_Bricks]

Is there any chance that Ahsoka’s interceptor comes with a vulture droid as an homage to her old starfighter set? That could explain the abhorrent price. 

[Mandalorianknight]

6 hours ago, TheUnusualBuilder said:

Oh, I'd LOVE if LEGO Star Wars could start doing some cute $10-$13 playsets, especially since Microfighters are all but extinct. Not holding my breath for it to ever happen, though.

I feel like it's possible- I can't imagine disney charges THAT much more for SW than marvel, and I feel like two figs in a $10 set is an instabuy for a lot of people.

6 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said:

We had a good few Clone sets these past 3 years but there's still Legions and Commanders we're missing

Please. I'm begging you. We have had so many more clones than any other faction this past few years. Please. Let them take- not even a backseat, let them just get a normal proportion of sets/figs for a bit.

3 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

absurd prices for the ARC-170

Ok, I get Ahsoka's interceptor 100%. I wrote a whole thing about it. But the ARC? The 2010 one was 396 pieces for $60, or $86 today. The 2024 one is 497 for $70, so 100 more pieces for $16 less accounting for inflation. I know the parts will be smaller, but $16 less and 100 more parts is not at all bad IMO.

1 hour ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

So I was just browsing through brickset, looking at some sets and one picture from the 75396 Desert Skiff & Sarlacc Pit is even a bit funny (I erased Boba and the Sarlacc that were shown below the skiff). With the aforementioned absence of a guard it looks almost a bit comical. Four friends on a boat:

That is funny.

19 minutes ago, AD_Bricks said:

Is there any chance that Ahsoka’s interceptor comes with a vulture droid as an homage to her old starfighter set? That could explain the abhorrent price. 

I suggested this a bit earlier, but at the same time, it's 290 pieces. No matter what they make up, unless it's, like, a giant molded vulture droid (which would be a really anti-lego move by lego), it's still going to be astoundingly overpriced.

[Clone OPatra]

8 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I suggested this a bit earlier, but at the same time, it's 290 pieces. No matter what they make up, unless it's, like, a giant molded vulture droid (which would be a really anti-lego move by lego), it's still going to be astoundingly overpriced.

Not debating that the interceptor will be overpriced, but both the AAT and Republic Fighter Tank were under 290 pieces and USD $40 and didn't feel terrible due to what they included.

Also, 9494 had 300 pieces and was $40 back in 2012, which again didn't feel too awful due to the extras included.

$45 for 290 pieces in 2024 isn't completely beyond the pale, as long as there are good inclusions besides just the starfighter itself.

[Mandalorianknight]

5 minutes ago, Clone OPatra said:

Not debating that the interceptor will be overpriced, but both the AAT and Republic Fighter Tank were under 290 pieces and USD $40 and didn't feel terrible due to what they included.

Also, 9494 had 300 pieces and was $40 back in 2012, which again didn't feel too awful due to the extras included.

$45 for 290 pieces in 2024 isn't completely beyond the pale, as long as there are good inclusions besides just the starfighter itself.

That's true, but to be fair- the RFT was a pseudo large battle pack and I have no faith this set will have more than two figures, an astromech, and 1-2 B1s at max. The AAT was pretty bad to be honest. I don't think I agreed at the time (I was probably just excited to finally get Ahsoka), but at $50 USD 2024 (which is insane, by the way. 4 years and going from $40 to $50 off inflation justifies a lot of lego's prices for me), I couldn't see myself coming close to buying it.

9494 would be $55 today and I'll be honest with you I don't know how to reconcile that. Looking at it, for $40... not bad. For $55, crazy of course. But if they sold that for $45 and replaced the two platforms and Nute with a vulture, I could see it a little. I don't fully know how to feel about it, but yeah, I guess you're right. It really comes down to including side builds to make something feel more worth it regardless of what other metrics say, and it's definitely something to think about. I'm always a side build advocate, but I'd never really thought of it as a method of increasing the perceived value of a set before.

[Kaijumeister]

48 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Ok, I get Ahsoka's interceptor 100%. I wrote a whole thing about it. But the ARC? The 2010 one was 396 pieces for $60, or $86 today. The 2024 one is 497 for $70, so 100 more pieces for $16 less accounting for inflation. I know the parts will be smaller, but $16 less and 100 more parts is not at all bad IMO.

Fair point, I completely forgot about the 2010’s ARC’s PPP when writing that!

Reviews are popping up for the Dark Falcon on YouTube, I’m debating on whether to pick this up on sale eventually but the minifigure look great and the colour scheme really pops. It’ll align quite nicely with the Scythe and Kylo’s revamped Command Shuttle from 2019.

[Classic_Spaceman]

9 hours ago, Swordy said:

Let go of your preconceptions about what characters can be included in what. . . Was Thrawn there at Ahsoka’s duel with Morgan? 

The set is an amalgamation of scenes; Thrawn is present when Morgan gets her tattoos, Ezra is absent for the Ahsoka vs. Morgan duel, and Ahsoka is absent from Ezra’s leap of faith. The main Minifig-related issue with the set for me is that they did not give us a version of Sabine with arm printing (or even just toss the existing one in) - She is a major part of two of the scenes depicted in the set!! 

9 hours ago, Swordy said:

Let go of your preconceptions about what characters can be included in what. Were the Senate and Padme ever seen together near a Coruscant Guardship in those outfits? 

That set was odd overall, though, and adventure Padmé, Sheev, and Fox are more marketable than the scene-accurate lineup of Scipio Padmé, Rush Clovis, and Commander Thorn. 
 

9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Anyone else hope that the ARC-170 is based off of the Battle of Kamino. (Probably where I most remember it from aside from the battle of Coruscant) That way we could get any of: General Kenobi, General Skywalker, Shak Ti, Echo, Rex, Cody, Broadside P1 Clone pilots and most importantly 99 (press F to pay respects to the one true Clone Commando)

I am expecting it to be RotS, not TCW, but Shaak Ti would actually make a good addition to a Battle of Coruscant ARC-170! Either way, though, we would need a new Clone Pilot helmet mould (I suppose that the old one with a printed head would work, but something larger with a moulded visor would be better).