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I’m happy with all the anniversary figs we are getting because hopefully they stick to “not getting them any other way” and this means we aren’t getting any other Kenobi show sets with kid Leia. In all seriousness I do think a couple of them could have been better thrown into random Clone Wars sets and different figs selected for the anniversary figs, but at least they’re all six new right now. And I think that post from “FF” is highly sus given that particular subreddit, the brand new account, the style… though I have personally wondered if Lego didn’t do a covert ops with the wave and hide a fake detail in it to catch whoever internally has been leaking.

The Infiltrator looks fine. Nothing spectacular for the fifth playscale iteration of this ship. Some things look better than past models and some things don’t, but at the end of the day this is the least exciting of the TPM related sets this year to me. I do hope the speeder is included though and we just aren’t seeing it. I also agree from these blurry pics Saw looks way too green. I wish they would have filled a TPM slot with a brand new build of a ship or scene from that movie that they’ve never ever done. Unlike with the OT, there are still so many PT ships and scenes that took a significant chunk of screen time that have never been represented at all…

Don’t love the rumored price for the Podrace. It seems like it will be close to if not slightly wider than the Dagobah diorama by my counting of studs, making it a large one in the diorama line, but with two mini podracer that have both been done in that scale before and no figures I’m having a hard time seeing the $80. It looks like two mini polybag builds and a bunch of non-unique tan and black parts with one printed quote brick. If we generously say the mini builds are ~$10 each they’re really asking a lot for tan and black parts. The droideka model on the other hand looks fantastic and even if it has no articulation will be great on display. The mini fig size droideka may be the worst one ever. The legs are very weird and too distracting, and it has no neck gap unlike every previous model. The head is smashed right down onto the chest area. So bizarre they can’t get this right. The best droideka build remains the first one IMO. Close enough in looks and could fully roll up into a rough ball shape.

It’s gotten to the point where during builds I am consciously rotating pieces to try to hide the marks. I look back at my early sets and they don’t exist like that. It’s especially noticeable on smooth tiles because they are usually finishing parts on top but the marks tend to be on the sides and very noticeable. (Except I noticed in tiling the Rivendell roof that all those little 1x1s some have it on the side and some have it underneath, which makes me think they’re in the process of changing the process?) in any case, I’ve been building Lego since the mid 90s, SW since the beginning, and 2024 is the first year I’ve ever had to order a new part because one that came in my set was so out of tolerance that it wouldn’t fit flush together as it should. Quality is definitely not as good as it once was.

I love it! I can't believe you can balance such a lot of work with your other tasks. I dabbled in stop motion once for a school project and it was so agonizingly long. I give you props for being able to create such a great work with so much motion and detail in every scene.

I am really excited for these sets. I don't have any major problems with them and think it will be a great line. However, I hope they decide to use something other than the Frankenstein headpiece for Gunray, I don't care so much for how large it is compared to his body. I am glad we will finally get one of him though. I am not a fan of TCW but one thing it has done for the Legos is provide many new characters, some with wonderful new headpieces. I hope they change it for Gunray because these are prelim pics. Overall my favorite addition based on what we know so far is the Endor set. It oozes awesomeness!

Well I do have them all, but I've never gotten them all in one shot before. I'll see what I can do for you. One question though: Do you define UCS as only the sets that have that little plack or any set that has appeared under that category on Lego's site?

I always wanted to adopt a Mini V-19... Please sign me up!!

I really hope they DON'T use her bent saber hilt molds for Dooku's. They are not as similar as they seem. Hers have grooved rings in the hilt and have no pommel at the bottom whereas Dooku's had both a pommel and more bend in it (and it was in chrome but i doubt we will ever see chrome again :(). THey most certainly have the mold or the know-how to create a new one and I for one will be very disappointed if we just get repackaged Ventress saber hilts.

Thanks all of you. To meschepers, it is the music from the Nazi rally, it is labeled on the soundtrack as "Belly Of The Steel Beast" as track 10, but the name of the song is "Der Koniggratzer".

I was not sure where to place this so I figured general was best. It is a brickfilm version of the Battle of the Bulge and other events in world war two I made for my AP European history class. It is not supposed to be completely accurate, and some humor is intended. It is the first brickfilm I have ever done so any constructive criticism is welcome. It is not perfect, but it is Lego , and I'm mildly proud that I did this in two days with no prior knowledge of brickfilming. So without further ado the link:

While I would seroiusly love it to be like the ISD, they only said that it would include a control center and an A-Wing, so don't get your hopes up like everyone did over the Hoth Base (myself included).

As torn as I am between 1 and 3, I will vote for one because it has the most new figs. I admit I have been dying for a fleshie Palpy and all the Jedi are great. I wouldn't vote for number two because I have both the Cloud City set and all three iterations of the Slave I. I didn't pick three because it was 1 new fig vs 3, and because I fear another letdown like the Hoth Base that is focused around the A-Wing with a little control station thrown on just so they can include Ackbar.

I got one in the Naboo Starfighter and Vulture Droid on a chance purchase at a Toys R Us. I opened it too.

After seeing mutley777's pic of the blue ARC on page 108, I am alarmed at how narrow the neck is. It almost seems as though the head is a solid piece on the ARCs and there is no head piece underneath, mabye this is to allow for the removable antenna (because it is in some pics and not in others of the ARCs it has to come out or at least rotate down) and this would be a sad difference. I hope I'm incorrect but that neck just looks too thin.