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Or maybe it's not retail set related, but instead something to do with the promos for the 4th? Watch them do something weird like bring back a micro build. Guess we'll find out what's the "big" disappointment or whatnot in the upcoming weeks.

Come on people. It's exciting. We don't know which of the three options the Tusken is going to be! The men? The women? Possibly, the children?

Wonder if by "classic comic books" they could be referring to the new Tales of the Jedi anthology series if it's based on Veitch's comics from Dark Horse. I could see them potentially doing a small set or two next year at some point.

The fact that a number of the sets with the VIP point promotion are retired is incredibly questionable. I hope that this doesn't mean going forward, that they're going to exclude the bigger sets from 2X points as that's pretty much the only time they're worth buying directly from LEGO IMO.

I was going to post a similar statement. LEGO has, historically in the past, released random sets based off Expanded Universe material, so I'm pleased to see the trend is continuing. Figured those days may be over, but hopefully they may do a set or two every year or so on such references.

Very impressive!

Nah, they were actually featured in the old incredible cross sections book on the OT for the AT-AT page. That's where hasbro got the idea from and now LEGO is following suit. Excited about the prospect for the 187th as well, as this may mean we might be getting some more variants down the line. I hope to see modern revamps of all the OG 2005 clones at some point.

Nope. Last riddle: It's not your typical rank and file.

Consider your expectations subverted on what is orange. It's a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

If they were to do a CMF, I'd want the waves to correspond to episodes or projects (i.e. Individual waves for 1/2/3 etc., and waves for shows like CW or Mando). That way, we could get renditions of the main cast, but be sure to get some background characters we haven't had in sets yet. The main characters could be done really well, too, since they could give us new accessories and such. As for Luke, they still haven't done one with his boonie hat/goggles from tatooine. We just got him with the poncho in the landspeeder, but not the hat. They could do his endor get up for the Episode VI wave since they've yet to remake that one since the original wave in 1999. There's a lot of possibilities.

Glad you're making some progress. Only thing that still worries me is the weight. I've been working on some things for it on and off, too. Trying to get a modernized version of Dmac's retractable landing gear in there. Goal is to see if I can get gear deployment synchronized with the wing retraction and gear retraction with flight mode. I'll drop you a DM in the next couple days to discuss ideas and show you some things.

The ceremonial uniform tunic and pants are actually first world war U.S. Marine corps tunics and pants, so the color is somewhere between a forest green and a german green-grey. The Russian soldier torsos from the Indy line are sage green, or in LEGO's terminology--sand green, and are considerably lighter.

Consider those instructions purchased. Very nice model!

Very nice suggestion, and please share any pictures of it when have it assembled! As of now, I have no clue it that panel part fits into the wheel face as I suggested it might in the introductory post. I actually reworked the last system scale X Wing with this new set and made an almagamation of the two. Pretty happy with the result.

The Hi-Res images just released hours ago, and I'm already thinking of mods after reviewing them. Overall, I think the X-Wing has some of the best proportions although it's a bit smaller--but not by much. One of the first things that stuck out to me was the parts for the engine intakes. I'm assuming they're new and look to be roughly proportional to the old engine parts used on all the X-Wings prior to 75218. I don't know if it's a new part or not, but the closest I could find in stud.io was a 4 wide although the part in the upcoming set is a 3 or a 3.5 wide. Another interesting bit to note here is the apparent lack of rubber bands for the S-foils. Reminds me of Mike Psiaki's design for his X-Wing MOCs, and he happens to be working for LEGO now. Convenient? I had an idea of how to improve the intakes but was concerned about the internal diameter of the new part. However, upon looking at close ups, it's obvious a 1 x 2 plate will fit in there without clipping the outer wall of the cylinder. So, here's my idea using the 4 wide part as a substitute. The new part looks to be a happy medium between a 4 and 3 wide. I've already got some other ideas to try when I get my hands on the set, such as the canons, how high the astromech is seated, the landing gear, and the boxy backside, but wanted to start a thread for others to share what they've come up with as it releases. Feel free to contribute!