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Still annoys me that the unknown set is a creature build when we're already getting buildable Artoo, buildable Threepio, and buildable Droideka, especially when this creature build supposedly occupies a fairly high price point too. If it's something that does include minifigures to interact with, I suppose my opinion would improve. Unless of course it's a UCS Oggdo Bogdo. Hopefully we'll get more firm summer set details soon, even DREAMZzz's August set pictures are already out, even though that's obviously non-licensed stuff.

Oh for sure, it’s just me wishing for a proper set based on these games as they’re some of my favourite modern Star Wars storytelling. Maybe in 2025… Of all the dioramas we’ve had, the Podrace one seems like the only misfire IMO, even if the set itself is good for what it is. I agree it should’ve been a Duel of the Fates Diorama, could have just reused 2 figures from Sith Infiltrator so only Obi-Wan would need a total of 3 new prints. Really, Anakin and Sebulba’s Podracers could have just been polybags. At least with the Trench Run diorama the location build is a critical part of setting the scene. I apparently missed this when it was announced but apparently Lego are doing a livestream during May 4th and it explicitly states new set reveals. That would definitely be the likely place to reveal the Mandalorian Bunker and Battle Pack at least, but I can see Jedi Bob’s Starfighter also being shown off to tie in to the 25th Anniversary celebration angle.

Now that’s interesting. Lego themselves officially said there’d be six anniversary figures, we know that these include: - (Confirmed, obviously): Fives, Malak, and Saw - (Rumoured): Young Leia, R2-KT, Cal, and (now) another with the Sarlacc set. So something doesn’t add up here. Either R2-KT isn’t considered an anniversary figure, or one of the other rumoured figures isn’t. I’m kind of starting to hope the ‘Death Star playset’ (which even Brick Clicker appended with a question mark) could actually be based on Fortress Inquisitorius from Fallen Order. Obviously characters like Death Star Troopers aren’t present there but hey, why not? I’m most likely wrong, but it seems odd that this set has so much uncertainty around if it it’s meant to be an OT set. Of course it’s possible Young Leia may not be an anniversary figure, but the possibilities are exciting nonetheless.

My thoughts exactly. It’s the most boring-sounding set out of the summer lineup so putting Nien in there would certainly make it sell better.

Looks like the Nien Nunb figure on the 25th Anniversary poster isn’t just the artist taking some creative license! Brick Fanatics article

Massive upgrade from the UCS TIE Fighter with the cockpit, thats for sure. I never buy these non-minifigure scale UCS sets but it’s always fun admiring them from afar. Agree that Second Sister would be cool but I’d rather just get a system set of her TIE Interceptor. The Droid Carrier looks really cool but I think I’ll pass ordering anything for May 4th, it just doesn’t strike me as that desirable. I wish they’d redo the B1 mould after 25 years though, they feel so spindly.

He’s referring to the buildable figure and Bat-Pod, there’s nothing else that’s been leaked from TDK trilogy. I’ll always be supremely disappointed that the one time we sorely needed a new cowl mould and perhaps a shoulder armour piece for Batman, Lego just couldn’t be bothered. That Pattinson Batman figure is a monument to wasted potential. Also @Mandalorianknight is just pointing out the Bat-Pod and buildable figure that’s releasing this summer lol, not that there’s another hitherto unknown TDK trilogy set we don’t know of.

I’m starting to think ‘anniversaries’ in general are getting way overcrowded at the moment for this theme. Starting from next year onwards we’ll be getting a barrage of ‘10th Anniversaries’ for all the post-Disney crop of films and media. I definitely think we’ll see a heavier emphasis on RotS sets next year than we saw for TPM this year, simply because there are a ton of vehicles like the ARC-170 and Turbo Tank that have been widely desired for ages. Similarly could see a couple of sets from the Force Awakens being done too, but I think Lucasfilm and subsequently Lego may start dropping anniversary branding unless it’s for big ones like 20 years or whatever just to ensure they don’t feel diluted, but still release a set or two from those films just without making a big deal of it. Getting back on track for 2024, has anyone tried mounting the small 2022 BD-1 figure on a minifigure’s back with a neck bracket and some other pieces so his head sticks over the minifigure’s shoulder? I haven’t got around to trying it out but interested to see how good it could look with Cal coming this summer. We’ve seen that they’re willing to produce new moulds for the anniversary figures so we could get a new ‘backpack’ piece of BD-1 perched on Cal’s shoulder, but that doesn’t seem likely. He’s probably my most anticipated anniversary figure.

Lego’s initial failure to really capitalise on the renewed interest in the Clone Wars during 2020 has been more than made up for since 2021. I completely agree we need other army builders at this point. I feel like I’m beating a relatively dead horse at this point, but I’ve been finally playing through Jedi: Survivor and it irks me to no end that the buildable BD-1 and Cal minifigure are all that Lego are willing to do for that series. I totally understand there’s a glut of Star Wars content to cover these days, but is a Stinger Mantis with some killer minifigures really considered that risky? It’s such a shame, the games are some of the best canon storytelling we’ve had in recent memory IMO.

As hyped as I initially was by May 4th, I was hoping for something cooler than the Battle Droid Carrier. Still, if it looks good enough I might buy the Sith Infiltrator, Boarding the Tantive IV, and January Battle Pack. That Space Diner GWP may command my attention though. A Night Trooper Battle Pack would be awesome. I don’t necessarily think the figures have to be that distinct from one another to represent how ragged they look in the show - like @Mandalorianknight says just mixing and matching torso and leg prints is enough. The fact that we get so many named characters crammed into the Peridea set makes me think a battle pack is unlikely though. It’d be great to get the Death Trooper and Shoretrooper helmets back into circulation. As helmet moulds go, they really get the proportions right whilst looking suitably abstracted from their real-life counterparts.

Plot twist: it’ll be compatible with the buildable figures. I’d love it if Lego could round out the vehicles from TDK Trilogy with the Bat-Pod and Bat. Realistically you could throw both in the same set and base it on the final chase scene from TDKR. Maybe one day.

Applies towards the Spider-Man sets too to be honest. Mechs and vehicles sell well for kids, but it’s literally become cyclical now with the same patterns and characters year after year. At least in the past we used to get sets like the Web Warriors Bridge Battle (still the greatest mainline set in this theme IMO, alongside the Benatar. Nothing else has matched it) and giant Doc Ock Mech. I’m still bummed out that we never got sets for the Spider-Verse films. So much material to work with. Lego is first and foremost a toy for children when it comes to mainline releases, but Lego Marvel is definitely one of the themes where you can really tell this to be the case and not just overlook it because the sets stand well enough on their own. It’s hilarious that the 4+ sets have given more new characters and moulds than the general retail sets have.

The Battle of Peridea’s piece count isn’t terribly far off from the Takodana and Scarif sets from 2016-17, so a decent facsimile of the Dathomiri fortress seems likely. Agree that a henge build would be really cool as well, given that’s where Ahsoka duels Morgan. I’m really excited to see the Mandalorian Bunker and Imperial Supercommando Battle Pack. From a build point of view we know to expect ‘small grey location’, but the minifigures will hopefully be phenomenal. Would love it if Paz gets a complete revamp.

Hasbro went all out with their Black Series (and some Vintage Collection) figures for the show, so I doubt it’s a matter of Lucasfilm lacking faith in it. Lego probably couldn’t fit sets based on the show into their release schedule but who knows? I’m surprised there’s no mention of the Skeleton Crew set being swapped out for Acolyte ones. It’s a shame because those High Republic-era Jedi characters look so awesome. JB Spielwaren have started posting pictures of the CMF Space figures, looks like that M-Tron’s figure handheld tool and backpack connector is all one piece. That really sucks, unlikely it could be used for Paz in that case.

I completely forgot these are June sets and not August! So excited now, especially to see the Great Hall and Potions Classroom. Really hope they live up to the hype of being the definitive playscale Hogwarts builds.

I know the price-points are sizeably different, but it still feels weird to have a Keaton Batman buildable figure, Bale Batman buildable figure and Bat-Pod, and Batman mech on shelves all at the same time by June. It really sums up the thought that gets put into this theme sometimes, excluding the D2Cs. (But that’s just me being salty because a minifigure-scaled Bat-Pod set would’ve been awesome and it’s frustrating that they’re fine doing it at buildable figure scale only.) A rubber cape for Batman in the Batmobile set seems odd, unless it’s a flexible type that allows minifigures to sit down?

Maybe they just thought TBB and Andor sets wouldn’t sell well? Especially with Andor being a more mature show, the only set they could realistically make would be Luthen’s Haulcraft which would need a fairly large pricepoint. I’m not sure how the sales figures were for the Marauder, Justifier, and Ambush on Ferrix, but they probably influenced the lack of more sets. For what it’s worth, I do think both Bad Batch sets we did receive were the victims of poor decision making. The Marauder could’ve been a nice hefty ship with interior but the LSW team decided to shrink it down and divert pieces to the speeder bike build instead, and the Justifier just doesn’t look that good and could have been something else instead. It’s genuinely frustrating that the Justifier’s pricepoint should have been used to make a good Marauder. I do think it would’ve been wise to dedicate one smaller set to just having something tying in to the Bad Batch and having the characters on shelves whilst the show is running, but alas.

Yeah I concur, I’m definitely sold on the set even if I’m not a fan of some of the compromises, might even be my favourite Lego rendition of the Infiltrator. The Saw minifigure looks much better in those lifestyle photos, seems that the packaging render has exaggerated the green colouring. Also a fantastic Forest Whitaker likeness with the face print.

It was a while back but I think it was Max Baut who said that Paz would have a decent brickbuilt blaster this time round, so hopefully the figure will incorporate that hose piece. We’ve seen with figures like this year’s Marvel Lizard that CMF pieces can make it into System sets. Would be perfect for a Baze Malbus figure too if Lego ever revisit Rogue One. Edit: Brick Fanatics had an article on it. Gives some cool details about the June Mando S3 sets.

@Mandalorianknight Nice work! That’s an awesome concept for a set. Prior to the information that leaked I was wondering if the ‘Anniversary Set’ would’ve been something like a buildable Lego Star Wars logo with characters on top of it like what we saw on the packaging for the very first sets in 1999. Speaking of the Space CMF M-Tron figure, anyone catch that ‘hose’ piece between his backpack and weapon? That would be perfect to use for the June Paz Viszla figure!

I wasn’t aware of the story behind R2-KT, definitely a poignant subject for an anniversary figure. For me the Dark Falcon is still an iffy choice for a set, especially being the flagship summer wave set. As cool and unique as it sounds, part of me thinks it’s a waste of a slot and could’ve been something else like the Chimaera or Stinger Mantis (not that the latter would happen). The big summer wave ‘spaceship’ sets are always my most anticipated though, so I’m hoping the Falcon will exceed expectations.

I was hoping the BARC would be smaller and sleeker like how the Hoth and Endor speeder bikes have been, but in this case I can appreciate that it being oversized is necessary to accommodate the sidecar with Grogu’s pram. Still, it could’ve been made shorter. This’ll be a skip for me, but it’s a solid set.

Agreed. I like that this rendition of the ship has ‘density’ (for lack of a better word). That is, it isn’t an oversized build that looks like a hodgepodge of plates and sloped pieces the way the 2011 / 2015 versions did. This one looks closer to the 2007 version which I quite like. I really do hope that the speeder bike is included though. Even if it can’t be stored in the ship, it’s an essential side-build. Quite a few brands like Hasbro and Jazwares showed off their new Star Wars merchandise in New York last week for the Imperial Match campaign (sorry to go off topic, but the Micro Galaxy Squadron Ghost is a dream come true). It’s odd Lego wasn’t there, it would’ve been a good place to formally reveal the May sets.

It pretty much looks exactly like what I’d expect a downscaled Scimitar to be to be honest, which is to say it’s fine. Whether or not I buy it will depend on whether Darth Maul’s Bloodfin speeder is also included, it’s essential for the scene the set is based on. It’s weird to give Qui-Gon his poncho (makes me hopeful that the Ahsoka the white variant this summer will have one too) but not a hood and cape for Darth Maul. I do think LSW as a theme generally struggles to get ship sizes right though, even within budgetary constraints. Ships that should be small and nimble (e.g. Mando’s N-1, Shin’s Fiend Fighter etc.) are oversized, whilst larger ships are often undersized. Saw looks cool, but I’ll wait for higher quality pictures to form a final opinion. Looks like the Scimitar will have some sort of drop function to plop out those probe droids.

I’ll be interested to see if the Onyx Cinder will be swapped out for some Acolyte sets in for June, especially as Skeleton Crew still hasn’t received a release window anyway. Guess it all depends on how communicative Lucasfilm has been with their license partners. The Acolyte’s June release has been rumoured for the past month or so so I’m sure those in the know would have been aware of this happening far back.