RichardGoring

The team who does set names gets paid by the letter...

That picture makes the cockpit of the LEGO set seem far too large too. But look at the beautiful curved wheel arches that hug the wheels so nicely. The more I see the LEGO version, the more the blocky it looks around the wheels and really spoils the effect. It's as though someone has built a BTAS kit car over a jeep chassis and kept the fenders!

Yet another demonstration that Friends is better than City. It feels like Friends sets make use of animals in a more diverse range of play scenarios than City does, and they can stretch the nature of the interactions a little more from reality, so they can be included in a lot more of the sets.

Of course! I was wondering what is what, thinking it was an unfamiliar hairpiece, but I couldn't figure it out.

The BTAS Batmobile looks generally good, and I'm so pleased they did it in blue. The guns look terrible and are completely out of scale, but I get it, it's a playset and that's the size of those pieces, but it looks really unbalanced. I may try to figure out the best way to replace the 1x3 inverted tiles with standard tiles to avoid the holes in it. The wheel arches are disappointing too. They're too square, and I wish they were able to better create the curve to match the wheel. And the lack of a printed windscreen for the split screen A pillar is a shame. That's an iconic part of it they've missed for seemingly no other reason than cost saving. And yet it costs $60? It seems so overpriced for what it is. I do like it, but for the price feel they could have done better.

If they're priced right, they're amazing. Really fun and creative. But I could see them being overly expensive.

The non-space ones look OK? Every time I see another new nod towards wild west, I regret not getting the Bricklink Designer Program General Store a little bit more. But nothing across any of them that really jumps out.

[Outrage at Bricklink price. Added to post above.]

Nice. I was pleased that I knew some of those from the actual movies (2, 4, 9, and 10), and then some from LEGO sets 5, 8, 11, 13, 14). I did like the look of the Nebulon-B Frigate when it was released, and hope they do another. It's an interesting shape and gets you away from every set being, very crudely, a grey wedge. In fact, that's rather inspired me to piece together a Nebulon-B Frigate, and add it to the others I have. I don't need the sticker, and the only other expensive parts are a light grey fez and a dark grey three-toothed plate, both of which are available in pearl grey, which is close enough. BrickHunter tells me it's $45 to get from Pick a Brick. Given inflation the last three years, you could even describe that as being cheaper than when it was first released! OMG! Cheapest on Bricklink is $140 in Hong Kong. One in Canada, then the rest in the US starting from $165. Definitely PAB for parts, instead of a $100-$120 box, sticker, and a 12 slightly different coloured pieces.

What would be your list, out if curiosity. I've only seen the movies once, so mostly know things from pop culture references. I don't know if an X-wing at this scale would have the same appeal, but thinking about it, it could work.

I can understand the sentiment of keeping minifig sets as playsets. LEGO is clearly a toy and should always be. But I have to say, the only LEGO Star Wars sets I have are a couple of UCS sets, some dioramas, and midiscale ships. I wonder if they found that they open up a further audience for them, hence a greater push to 18+, perhaps more so than other lines? Agreed that they could well over do the midiscale ships. If me happy if they released an SSD and that was it. Maybe a Venator, as the UCS set is cool, and I like the shape and color scheme. But yes, it quickly gets into obscure stuff at this scale. Fewer sets or year over longer period would be my preference, although they may find that a three year span is optimal for sales.

It really is very appealing. Nicely done!

The roller coaster looks fabulous. I don't need another roller coaster. I don't need another roller coaster...

There will be a botanical garden set, that was originally done as modular compatible, but we don't know what it will end up as.

No self-respecting classic space person world go to a cool diner and expose their helmet hair, so they have to stay on.