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

[CallumPears]

The old Rebel and Stormtrooper battle packs were my first ever exposure to Star Wars at all (got both of them together as a Christmas gift from my uncle before I even saw the films) so I kinda feel obligated to get it. 

That said, I've got about 30 fleet troopers already (the old design but they still hold up) and can't stand the new stormtroopers. Might see if I can get just the builds (at least the Rebel speeder since the Imperial dropship does look a bit goofy), and maybe QK-KT but not sure on that; I would've preferred R2-KT or at least a better-executed QT. 

Also might try Bricklinking some of the chinstrapped heads to get some variety in my Rebel fleet troopers and Imperial Navy/Army troopers. 

[CloneCommando99]

Ok. 

I’m in love! 😍😍😍
Is this a limited time set? Or will it have a normal shelf life?

I WANT TO BUY TWO OF THESE!!! I hope it’s like £35. 
 

The Dropship design is so smooth. A perfect flanking escort for my landing shuttle.

Finally! A rebel ground assault vehicle! Those of you on the wishlist thread know that this is something I’ve dearly wanted. Diverse rebel troopers are a big plus as well.

I’m so happy right now. 10/10 set. My favourite set of the year! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED!!! LET’S KRIFFING GO!!!

Edited July 21 by CloneCommando99

[Mandalorianknight]

6 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Three Minifigs and an astromech is the limit, IMO - The $65 TIR Bomber has three Minifigs and a gonk, for instance. 

I mean, no one's arguing it's not super duper likely, but I think it's not accurate to act as if there's no way we'd get four figures and an astromech. I could easily say something like "The 2021 X-wing was only $50 and had three figures and an astromech, so it's not unreasonable that a $70 set would have one more figure.", or bring up that if we're implying lego starfighters under $70 never get more than 4 figures or 3 figs and an astromech (Because if it's any sets under $70, we get many sets with more than 4 figs), we should also bring up all those fighters are single-seaters, whereas the ARC-170 seats 3 minifigs.

My point is the patterns we draw as fans don't always correlate to what lego actually thinks, and it's just as easy to draw patterns implying other things. I'm not saying that this means we're getting 4+ figs or even that it's more likely than the 3+astromech, but I'm saying I don't think you can really rule it out.

 

This new S@H exclusive could be one of my favorite sets, depending on the price. It's remakes of two of my favorite older LSW sets, with the rebel combat speeder in particular being a beautiful update. The dropship also looks nice- I like the sort of bird-of-prey look the canopy's going for- but I don't like that it appears to now only seat 2 troopers in the back rather than 4. If this set is less than $40, it'll be an incredible one, and I'll buy at least 2-3 copies, probably even one to keep boxed for sentimental reasons. At $40, I'd be a little disappointed- for the same price as 2 battle packs, I'd have preferred 8 minifigs, but to be fair the builds are a little chonkier than standard BP ones, but probably still get two copies. Anything more, and it's one copy max until if/when there's a sale.

Also, since it's QT-KT, not R2-KT, I am gonna say this needed to be Rebel Friend. This was by far the best possible set to include him in.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

From what I understand it's definitely not a GwP, right? It's more like the Christmas diorama I think, which means it will be exclusive to S@H.

Honestly, that set is fantastic tho. The vehicles are well-built. The concept itself is highly nostalgic, especially as I've owned both of the original sets (still bummed I didn't get the 20th anniversary dropship). The minifigures are great for army building. There's even an exclusive character, too!

[starlego98]

It is interesting that LEGO decided to remake the  firsts four battle packs, the droid vs clones and the rebel and trooper battlepack 

Edited July 21 by starlego98

[Llewop]

9 minutes ago, starlego98 said:

It is interesting that LEGO decided to remake the  firsts four battle packs, the droid vs clones and the rebel and trooper battlepack 

I think it’s great as an anniversary year to revisit them. 

Going forward I’m down for these kind of mixed factions “super battle packs” as opposed to say the recent imperial super commando normal pack where there is two of each faction. 

the 4 figures ones should be from the same faction/army and then if they want to mix do these bigger ones. 

no rumoured price yet but seeing as its similar to the other pack we got in January it should be around the same. The fleet troopers have been in a few sets now so are quite common as is the new Stormtrooper helmet so if it’s anything above £30 it’s just Lego greed

Edited July 21 by Llewop

[Lobot]

I'm quite impressed by it, but I'd be surprised if it's not around £40 considering the pricing of the latest sets.

It includes 7 decent minifigures and once you factor in a small '25th Anniversary premium' I can't see it being any less.

 

[Llewop]

36 minutes ago, Lobot said:

I'm quite impressed by it, but I'd be surprised if it's not around £40 considering the pricing of the latest sets.

It includes 7 decent minifigures and once you factor in a small '25th Anniversary premium' I can't see it being any less.

 

Imo considering we got the clone one which had 4 figures and 5 droids was only £25.

whereas this has 3 rebels and 3 stormtroopers even throwing in a little premium for an anniversary figure a £15 difference would be quite the jump in one year. 

[Lordhelmet]

I think the set is cool, I think if it had been R2-KT it would have been a for sure purchase.  I might get one or two for my kids but having just bought the tantive hall set will probably pass for myself (I might be tempted if there is a sale to beef up the tantive hall with more figs).  Definitely a cool set and concept.

[Shiva]

40755, that goes on my wishlist!

[Lordhelmet]

9 hours ago, MaximillianRebo said:

I had some free time over the weekend and did a deep dive on Brickset over the last 10 years or so of LSW, looking at how PPP has changed over the years, how many sets were released per year, and how many of those sets were playscale. I didn't count polybags, advent calendars and promotional/GWP sets in my numbers; for playscale sets I did include battle packs and MBS sets (including proto-MBS like Hoth and Endor) but not microfighters or USC sets. I also included 2013's planet sets in total numbers, as I'd included microfighters in all following years, and planets were the forerunners of microfighters. For figuring out the 'worst PPP' I just primarily looked at playscale sets, ignoring buildable figs, 4+ sets and even battle packs which would have been much worse. Here's what I found:

2013: 20 playscale out of 27 sets released. Worst PPP - Sail Barge and Rancor Pit (both probably because of the big figs in the sets)

2014: 21 playscale / 28 total. Worst PPP - nothing really

2015: 26 playscale / 40 total. WPPP - Sith Infiltrator and First Order TIE Fighter (not including the buildable figures that started that year)

2016: 25 playscale / 42 total. WPPP - Battle on Takodana

2017: 25 playscale / 41 total. WPPP - Resistance Bomber

2018: 24 playscale / 35 total. WPPP - Grievous' Combat Speeder ($0.19 ppp !!). Dishonourable mentions - Snoke's Throne Room, Imperial Conveyex and Imperial Landing Craft

2019: 23 playscale / 34 total. WPPP - Vonreg's TIE Interceptor

2020: 17 playscale / 27 total. WPPP - Sith TIE Fighter and Grievous' Starfighter

2021: 12 playscale / 21 total. WPPP - Duel on Mandalore

2022: 16 playscale / 25 total. WPPP - Dark Trooper attack ($0.21 ppp !!!!). Also the Republic Tank and The Justifier

2023: 15 playscale / 28 total. WPPP - Yavin 4 (although this does have a large number of figs, so YMMV on how much value minifigs lend to a set)

2024: 12 playscale / 24 total. WPPP - BARC Speeder and Desert Skiff

So, looking at all this, 2015-17 were absolutely massive years in LSW, due in no doubt to the release of TFA and a renewed interest in Star Wars, which TLG jumped on. Not only that but the ratio of playscale to total number of sets was two thirds, which has now dropped to around a half. 2021 was a tiny year - probably because of Covid - but it looks like 2024 is going to go the same way. Only 24 sets in total (barring any surprises later in the year) and only half of them are playscale - the smallest number in the last 10 years excluding 2021's Covid affected waves. If you took out the RTG sets from this years numbers you would be left with only 9 playscale sets for the whole year... I started doing this because I was curious how previous non-canon sets affected overall yearly numbers, and in the years when Freemaker and Yoda Chronicle sets released there were still 20 or more other sets to choose from if you gave those sets a pass.

Regarding PPP, it's actually stayed pretty stable year on year, averaging between 11c -13c over the last 10 years (when removing outliers like 4+ sets and buildable figs) and even battle packs skew that number with their high number of figs to pieces ratio. Giving a modest value of $2 per fig in each set brings the PPP down to below 12c in all years. Of course this doesn't account for size of pieces, weight, or 'volume of stuff' but that would be a much deeper dive.

Great research and review.  If we add in the minifigures numbers (over 80 per year from 2013-2019 peaking in 2016 with 116).  Then seeing it crash 2020-this year to less than 60 minifigures a year.  Combined with Lego making less than 20 play scale sets a year since 2020, really shows the new era of Lego Star Wars is falling off.

 

2020-2024 Average of 14.4 playsets per year (25 total average).  Average of less than 60 minifigures per year.

2013-2019 Average of 23 playsets per year (35 total average).  Average of 80plus new minifigures.

 

So we have seen about a 37% of playsets wiped out in the past five years from the previous seven, and a 26% (plus) drop in unique minifigures.  (30% total decrease in sets).

 

very clear that the last five years of Lego Star Wars has dropped off from its peak in 2016.  I am curious what has led to this, was there a renegotiated contract in this timeframe with Disney that is less favorable to Lego?  New leadership that is trying to move away from Star Wars?   Lego (and particularly LSW) saw a ton of increased interest around COVID but 2024 has some of the lowest numbers?  Something has to be driving this along with the above inflation price increases.  Sad to see but would be interesting to know what is driving the decline in numbers that we have now seen in 2024 sets.

[CallumPears]

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

At $40, I'd be a little disappointed- for the same price as 2 battle packs, I'd have preferred 8 minifigs, but to be fair the builds are a little chonkier than standard BP ones, but probably still get two copies. Anything more, and it's one copy max until if/when there's a sale.

Also, since it's QT-KT, not R2-KT, I am gonna say this needed to be Rebel Friend. This was by far the best possible set to include him in.

Agreed that it could've done with at least one more figure on either side (ideally a Shadow Stormtrooper to really match the original sets). Thinking about it, they could've done the Shadow Stormtrooper as the "higher ranking" figure on the Imperial side and Rebel Friend as the equivalent for the Rebel side. 

[Kaijumeister]

@MaximillianRebo Thanks for consolidating those numbers! It’s quite sad to see how not only has the number of LSW sets been decreasing year by year (not to say quantity necessarily correlates with quality), but they’ve become severely diluted by non-System sets too. I wonder if the number of buildable items will only continue to take up even more set slots in the coming years. I feel like this year has been a double whammy with the uptick in buildables coupled with the RTG sets taking up slots too.

Apologies if this is off topic, but damn if 2018 wasn’t one of the best years for this theme. The follow up TLJ sets were fantastic, coupled with the phenomenal Solo sets rounded off with some nice OT builds too. 

The new battle pack looks brilliant, 3 Fleet Troopers against 3 Stormtroopers seems really reasonable and it’s the perfect way to cap off the 25th anniversary of this theme given how iconic the 2008 iterations were. I wouldn’t try to equate the value of this against this year’s Clones vs. Droids set given that a B1 / B2 figure isn’t the same as a ‘proper’ minifigure, but nonetheless hopefully the price lends itself well to army building.

One benefit of this year’s lineup is that we’ve gotten a lot of iconic OT builds out of the way, with the X-Wing vs. TIE, ISD, and Dark Falcon (even though this is a non-canon variant, I can’t imagine another Falcon hitting shelves until this retires). Fingers crossed this means that more slots next year are free for some more interesting sets.

Edited July 22 by Kaijumeister

[Classic_Spaceman]

I am genuinely surprised that we got a Rebels vs. Stormies ultra battle pack, but it looks great! I am not sold on the Imperial dropship's design, but the remade Rebel Scout Speeder looks excellent - Like a vehicle from an old Legends video game, and I love it! 
My only qualms with this set are the lack of a fourth Minifig for each side (as the original sets had four each) - we could (and should!) have gotten a Shadow Trooper and Rebel Friend instead of QT-KT (Rebel Friend could even have doubled as an anniversary figure if necessary) - and the seeming lack of new Rebel head prints (it looks like they reuse the two Yavin heads). 
The $45 price feels a bit steep, though $15 (the price of Rex with a Microfighter accessory) more than the Clones vs. Droids pack for two extra Minifigs, an astromech, and more substantial builds, is probably fair (though I would still feel better if it were $40).
I hope that this set sells well, since it would be great to see another tier of battle packs ($20 - 4 Minifigs, $30 - 4 Minifigs and 4-5 droids, $45 - 6 Minifigs, a droid, and some substantial builds). 
 

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

My point is the patterns we draw as fans don't always correlate to what lego actually thinks, and it's just as easy to draw patterns implying other things. I'm not saying that this means we're getting 4+ figs or even that it's more likely than the 3+astromech, but I'm saying I don't think you can really rule it out.

I am not really drawing on a pattern as much as I just think that LEGO will give us the bare minimum of Minifigs; any more than three and an astromech would be a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one! 
 

Edited July 22 by Classic_Spaceman

[SketchBrick]

Obviously the price is not yet confirmed, but I think anywhere between $35-40 does feel fair. The vehicles are slightly more substantial than the usual battlepack/microfighter build, and 6 figures plus a new astromech is still far and above the typical 3ish minifigures we get at this price point.

Consider Yoda's starfighter only including 2 figs (one of which is an astromech) for $35. This has five additional figures and likely a higher total build volume. Not that it's a high bar, but if this was $45, it wouldn't be the most egregious example of an overpriced LSW set in recent years.

[Mandalorianknight]

7 hours ago, starlego98 said:

It is interesting that LEGO decided to remake the  firsts four battle packs, the droid vs clones and the rebel and trooper battlepack 

I hadn't picked up on that, but it's a really neat detail.

6 hours ago, Llewop said:

Imo considering we got the clone one which had 4 figures and 5 droids was only £25.

whereas this has 3 rebels and 3 stormtroopers even throwing in a little premium for an anniversary figure a £15 difference would be quite the jump in one year. 

To be fair- and though I do think this is overpriced at $45- the clones vs droids pack had significantly less substantial builds than the other one.

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

I am genuinely surprised that we got a Rebels vs. Stormies ultra battle pack, but it looks great! I am not sold on the Imperial dropship's design, but the remade Rebel Scout Speeder looks excellent - Like a vehicle from an old Legends video game, and I love it! 
My only qualms with this set are the lack of a fourth Minifig for each side (as the original sets had four each) - we could (and should!) have gotten a Shadow Trooper and Rebel Friend instead of QT-KT (Rebel Friend could even have doubled as an anniversary figure if necessary) - and the seeming lack of new Rebel head prints (it looks like they reuse the two Yavin heads). 
The $45 price feels a bit steep, though $15 (the price of Rex with a Microfighter accessory) more than the Clones vs. Droids pack for two extra Minifigs, an astromech, and more substantial builds, is probably fair (though I would still feel better if it were $40).

I am not really drawing on a pattern as much as I just think that LEGO will give us the bare minimum of Minifigs; any more than three and an astromech would be a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one! 

It's very nice, only qualms are exactly what yours are. Shadow Trooper and Rebel Friend + price. (Oh, also the fact that the vehicles fit only 3 each, instead of the 4 and 5 of the 2008 speeder and dropship respectively)

Though, and I'm going to be SUPER pedantic here, the Rex microfighter is $13. I know it's not a huge difference, but with the sets that small and the attempt with the N-1 to make them more expensive, I think $13 is a fair price, but $15 is excessive.

That's fair- we assume it'll at least be enough to crew the starfighter in terms of number of figs, if not who they are, as the bare minimum, and lego certainly hasn't been generous with figs in most sets recently.

Edited July 22 by Mandalorianknight

[Classic_Spaceman]

12 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

It's very nice, only qualms are exactly what yours are. Shadow Trooper and Rebel Friend + price. (Oh, also the fact that the vehicles fit only 3 each, instead of the 4 and 5 of the 2008 speeder and dropship respectively)

I actually like that the Rebel speeder is scaled-down, as the original one is too long; this version is more compact and looks like an actual vehicle (despite being entirely non-Canon/non-Legends!). 

14 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Though, and I'm going to be SUPER pedantic here, the Rex microfighter is $13. I know it's not a huge difference, but with the sets that small and the attempt with the N-1 to make them more expensive, I think $13 is a fair price, but $15 is excessive.

Ah, I was remembering the N-1 and I just assumed that they kept the increased price. 
 

[Swordy]

Rebels Vs Stormtrooper Battlepack looks nice! I definitely enjoy both builds, as well as the plethora of army builders in one box. Nicely executed, and a set I wish wasn’t S@H exclusive for only three months. But $45? C’mon man…

I also have to wonder if I really need more Fleet Troopers/Stormtroopers; not that I don’t want more, but do I really have a use for them? Such is the case with any battlepack these days in my case. I’d like to have money to spend on other things I might want over a couple more troopers.

If it was $30 I’d buy two, but since it’s not, and the QT-KT only has me mad we didn’t get R2-KT, I’ll probably pass, but I’ll keep an eye out on any discounts.

[SketchBrick]

55 minutes ago, Swordy said:

But $45? C’mon man…

This isn't aimed at you, but because multiple people have said it:

There is no confirmation on the price so far, so it doesn't do us much good to comment on that aspect until it's been verified.

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Ah, I was remembering the N-1 and I just assumed that they kept the increased price. 

Actually, I think the N-1 was even slightly more egregious at like $16 or something. I'd be pretty ticked at a $16 Rex microfighter as it wouldn't even have the excuse of a second "figure" with grogu.

58 minutes ago, Swordy said:

If it was $30 I’d buy two, but since it’s not, and the QT-KT only has me mad we didn’t get R2-KT, I’ll probably pass, but I’ll keep an eye out on any discounts.

To be fair to lego, $30 was never going to happen. Even my $35 thing is a little optimistic- while it's two figures down from battle packs, those are bigger builds than a BP would get. $40 seems like about what lego would do for this. $45 would be too far for me to get multiples, though. (I'll buy one of these even if it's overpriced. They're 100% getting me. The sentimental value on this is too much and it's less likely to go on sale being an exclusive)

[Swordy]

8 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

To be fair to lego, $30 was never going to happen. Even my $35 thing is a little optimistic- while it's two figures down from battle packs, those are bigger builds than a BP would get. $40 seems like about what lego would do for this. $45 would be too far for me to get multiples, though. (I'll buy one of these even if it's overpriced. They're 100% getting me. The sentimental value on this is too much and it's less likely to go on sale being an exclusive)

I’m not one to buy multiple $40+ sets, even $35 is pushing it. $30 seems reasonable to me to army build this set.

For $20, you get 4x minifigs in a battlepack (since 2022). For $15, you get 3x minifigs in an accessory pack. When it comes to BPs since 2022, $5 has got you 1 minifig. So can’t we get 6 minifigs for $30?

We aren’t talking about a Tantive IV hallway build to go with them. You see two $20 builds. In my view, the Rebellion tank and the Imperial Dropship look like great $20 and $15 builds, respectively. (Although even that tank at $20 is questionable.) So does $35 seem reasonable? Sure. $40? $45? I don’t see value in that.

(Do I have the Jang-sense? No. Do I have the Swordy-tingle? I’m getting there.)

For the reasons above is why it doesn’t offer as much value to me at the rumored price of $45. $35 is where I draw the line for myself.

(Of course, I can’t just agree to disagree, so I must write a short essay that will try to persuade you to my side. Will it work? No; because you, as you have stated, have nostalgia, and no man with an experience is at the mercy of a man with an argument. I can only offer rationale for my opinion.)

 

The Christmas Falcon diorama went on sale at the end of year, though. Of course, given that was a Sequels set and this is a BP, I don’t expect to be able to grab one of these at 20% discount. Still, I have hope.

Edited July 22 by Swordy
After rereading MandoKnight’s post, I realized that I had committed some redundancies in my post. So I’ve edited my post down to be more clear and concise.

[CloneCommando99]

So. I just remembered that the dropship vs speeder may only have a shelf-life of 3 months. Which is stupid if you ask me.

I pray to the Lego gods that Lego actually makes enough of these to make most people happy.

And I hope that the Scalpers stay well clear of this, more likely since there isn’t a Clone in it therefore being a bad investment. Looking at you LifeBricks and MandR!

This set is so Kriffing Peak. I just hope that Lego doesn’t repeat the mistakes of the Clone Blister Pack and Republic Fighter Tank by not making enough. Nevermind us AFOLs, kids are going to want this set. And I feel like that should be our priority. So that today’s generation can feel the same childhood that we had with revamped versions of our childhood sets.

I feel like that this will be on a lot of kids’ Christmas lists.

I love how the dropship takes design elements from both the 2008 version and the 2008 imperial landing shuttle.

[MaximillianRebo]

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

So. I just remembered that the dropship vs speeder may only have a shelf-life of 3 months. Which is stupid if you ask me. I pray to the Lego gods that Lego actually makes enough of these to make most people happy. And I hope that the Scalpers stay well clear of this, more likely since there isn’t a Clone in it therefore being a bad investment.

As you said it isn't a clone set (or one containing a clone anniversary figure) so it's less likely to be in high demand. Also being an OT set and one containing the same figures released just six months prior in another set makes it less likely to be in high demand. If the Tantive Boarding set hadn't released earlier in the year it might be a different story, although people aren't looking to amass Rebel Fleet Troopers in anywhere near the same numbers as clones. Even the anniversary fig, while being from TCW, featured in one of the least liked arcs of that show and is unlikely to have the same draw as if it had turned out to be R2-KT.

The only chance it might be hard to find is if people take advantage of the limited release to create artificial scarcity and wait until the set has retired to drive up prices. I don't see that happening, but fingers crossed.

Edited July 22 by MaximillianRebo

[Meaf]

On 7/21/2024 at 8:07 AM, MaximillianRebo said:

I had some free time over the weekend and did a deep dive on Brickset over the last 10 years or so of LSW, looking at how PPP has changed over the years, how many sets were released per year, and how many of those sets were playscale. I didn't count polybags, advent calendars and promotional/GWP sets in my numbers; for playscale sets I did include battle packs and MBS sets (including proto-MBS like Hoth and Endor) but not microfighters or USC sets. I also included 2013's planet sets in total numbers, as I'd included microfighters in all following years, and planets were the forerunners of microfighters. For figuring out the 'worst PPP' I just primarily looked at playscale sets, ignoring buildable figs, 4+ sets and even battle packs which would have been much worse. Here's what I found:

2013: 20 playscale out of 27 sets released. Worst PPP - Sail Barge and Rancor Pit ($0.14 & $0.16 ppp) - both probably because of the big figs in the sets

2014: 21 playscale / 28 total. Worst PPP - nothing really

2015: 26 playscale / 40 total. WPPP - Sith Infiltrator and First Order TIE Fighter (~$.014 ppp) - not including the buildable figures that started that year

2016: 25 playscale / 42 total. WPPP - Battle on Takodana (~$0.15 ppp)

2017: 25 playscale / 41 total. WPPP - Resistance Bomber (~$0.14 ppp)

2018: 24 playscale / 35 total. WPPP - Grievous' Combat Speeder ($0.19 ppp !!). Dishonourable mentions - Snoke's Throne Room, Imperial Conveyex and Imperial Landing Craft

2019: 23 playscale / 34 total. WPPP - Vonreg's TIE Interceptor (~$0.14 ppp)

2020: 17 playscale / 27 total. WPPP - Sith TIE Fighter and Grievous' Starfighter (~$0.17 ppp)

2021: 12 playscale / 21 total. WPPP - Duel on Mandalore (~$0.14 ppp)

2022: 16 playscale / 25 total. WPPP - Dark Trooper attack ($0.21 ppp !!!!). Also the Republic Tank and The Justifier

2023: 15 playscale / 28 total. WPPP - Yavin 4 (~$0.16 ppp) - although this does have a large number of figs, so YMMV on how much value minifigs lend to a set

2024: 13 playscale / 25 total. WPPP - Duel on Peridea and Desert Skiff (~$0.14 ppp)

So, looking at all this, 2015-17 were absolutely massive years in LSW, due in no doubt to the release of TFA and a renewed interest in Star Wars, which TLG jumped on. Not only that but the ratio of playscale to total number of sets was two thirds, which has now dropped to around a half. 2021 was a tiny year - probably because of Covid - but it looks like 2024 is going to go the same way. Only 25 sets in total (barring any surprises later in the year) and only around half of them are playscale - the smallest number in the last 10 years excluding 2021's Covid affected waves. If you took out the RTG sets from this years numbers you would be left with only 10 playscale sets for the whole year based on canon media... I started doing this because I was curious how previous non-canon sets affected overall yearly numbers, and in the years when Freemaker and Yoda Chronicle sets released there were still 20 or more other sets to choose from if you gave those sets a pass.

Regarding PPP, it's actually stayed pretty stable year on year, averaging between 11c -13c over the last 10 years (when removing outliers like 4+ sets and buildable figs) and even battle packs skew that number with their high number of figs to pieces ratio. Giving a modest value of $2 per fig in each set brings the PPP down to below 12c in all years. Even current sets like the Desert Skiff doesn't have a worse PPP than many other years, but it also being dumped on for being a much more expensive skiff set than any that came before. Of course this doesn't account for size of pieces, weight, or 'volume of stuff' but that would be a much deeper dive.

Thank you for the analysis, that was very insightful! This pretty much just confirms what I'd thought was the case (that we're getting less playscale sets), but I had no clue it was such a precipitous drop off in the last few years. I completely get that they'd scale things back now that there aren't movies releasing, but 13 sets total for 2024 is just crazy, especially since 2 of those are completely non-canon designs. In fairness to Lego, I do think they mostly used the lower number of sets effectively. I wouldn't say there's a ton of filler this year, most of the sets feel like they cover something worthwhile to me. Still, I'd definitely prefer to see at least two or three more playscale sets per year because 13 just feels like so little.

On the topic of the new battlepack, I think it looks good. I'm a sucker for battlepacks so I'll probably grab one, though if it does end up being $45 I may wait until I see it on sale. Hopefully it's not too hard to come by.

[ArrowBricks]

Love the set. Feels like a reward to the fans, for the fans. 

Yes, only 6 troops, but I do like the Astro droid and the vehicles seems to benefit from having 3 figures, for each. 

Hopefully stock is good, because I’d want a fair few of these.

The set go extremely well with Boarding on Tantive, Yavin Base, and the Imperial Star Destroyer all from recent times. I love when I can buy multiple sets that make sense together.