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I suppose the question is and I haven’t done any research with these remakes if they maintained their scale but with improved level of detail that we get with some of the new building and design techniques would we not see the prices go up even more so than they have now and if they do, how many people would want to pay for them? I’m not defending it but shrinkflation is everywhere and it’s a question we all got to ask ourselves is do we want it at the right scale but cost more or cost what it used to be but smaller? Starfighters they have the downsizing quite well the only thing they need to improve on is having pilots being able to sit and not lie down looks stupid imo. But these large land vehicles they need a finer balance. before we had pics and info just set names I wanted everything day 1 but after seeing more and more I’m struggling to justify it tbh the only one that I would is maybe the MTT I’ve never had one and I quite like the quirky separatist vehicles. im also lucky that my birthday is 31 July which means I normally have a whole Load of money for the August wave so chances are my family and wife will be paying for the MTT and anything else probably on a deal down the line

I can’t remember who did the original comment but pretty sure it was a fellow Brit and I didn’t read it in a malicious way. Culturally we brits insult each other as a way of endearment. I’m sure other brits on here would say the same. Like you name the country we will have banter for it. America is allegedly britains greatest ally and trust me we hate Americans the most. If I knew all the brits on here I would honestly get in trouble with name calling but it wouldn’t be malicious it’s just cultural it’s hard to explain. Like I call my grandma a dickhead to her face sometimes and she calls me something worst. If you want to kind of understand the type of things that we say on a day to day just watch anything with Frankie Boyle in. The only way to spot a racist Brit at the moment is ask their opinion on boats crossing the channel…

I agree tbh Lego is kind of the last place you should be looking for 100% accuracy. There are other figures/toy companies that specialise in that. In 25 years of having Lego I’ve never been put off a figures design even when I was a kid the target audience it never annoyed me. im glad a lot of the reviewers are slamming the CTT I haven’t seen anyone be positive about it. The figures are the only good point for it but I wonder if the reviews will make Lego review the rrp or is it too late and if it sells bad it’ll just retire early? having seen an MTT review I don’t know how previous ones deployed droids but this looks impressive and I’m leaning more towards getting this sooner rather than later and I’m at a point where I will support any kind of separatist set as LSW needs more of them

Been thinking about it now seeing as the MTT and the BP are linked to Felucia. I just wished that instead of the CTT Lego had done and AT-OT for the 327th and made the big BP for the galactic marines. of these 2 legions I’d rather build up more marines than the 327th, to me all I need is B2 in orange and green in the same style as the 501st etc and we’ve got a bloody rainbow of clones. But yeah the marines are unique look and design whereas if I went colour blind tomorrow I wouldn’t be able to tell which legion is which for all the others. But I know I’m on my own with this little moan this wave could have been the greatest in a long time but it’s been let down by Lego greed these rrp prices are not inflationary. Maybe the designers are trying to bankrupt the clone bros so that they can be free to make other sets again :D

So with the battle pack, the 501st 2020 one was 4 figures, 2 B1s, a walker and speeder, the 2024 had 4 clones, more droids, a speeder, turret and big droid thing. They felt like it was good value especially the 2024 one got all the separatist stuff while adding about £8-9 on to what a normal 4 figure BP would cost. I wonder if the fleet troopers vs Stormtrooper anniversary bp was a test to see if they could get away with less figures and higher price? I mean I bought one and figured the extra price was for the anniversary figure which I thought was a bit much but it also Lego store exclusive so knew the price would never go down. but now 4 figures, 3 droids and bigger droid build and a walker for the same price as the anniversary one is madness. At minimum to justify the price rise and get similar amount for the set they should have put in a BARC speeder in at least. Or some other kind of swamp speeder or something. I still don’t get the £10 price hike inflation can’t have been so bad in 20 months. The only thing that gives me hope is this battlepack will be in lots of shops and I except it Will go on a big discount. battlepacks used to be something you could get with a bit of pocket money, now you need to remortgage you house just to get one. A lot of other themes still have the cheapish sets that kids can get with a bit of pocket money but I feel bad for kids today who can’t get these kind of sets. im glad that a lot of people both here and on Reddit are not happy about the price rise I seem to remember a similar uproar when the Ahsoka clones went up in price and Lego changed it last minute.

The battle pack pic is out, they’ve ditched the terrain from the prelim but for that price a side build or another speeder or something is needed. It’s good if it was at last years price of £25 but I don’t see the extra £10 in this yet

I agree but also, Why would they put the same figure from the UCS set and actively hurt sales of that set into a system set a 1/5 of the price?

No battle pack leaks yet guess leakers gotta sleep lol well in the U.K. most came out before midnight with the official pics over night. curios to see what changes have been made since the prelims. For me the figures look pretty good. Even the AT-ST pilot looks great. Don’t think the Jango figure has changed from the version I have from 10 years ago. My only complaint would be to swap Ki adi for an extra marine but I suppose I’ll have to wait for the marine to pop up in a magazine. By the sound of it there are only two possible sets so far for M&G and they aren’t spoiler ish to say. AT-AT is in the trailer and the new razor crest. i would eat my hat if they didn’t release another wave for M&G in May. The film waves from R1, TFA and TLJ were elite and I have high hopes for them to give it everything it’s the first film for the 2020s and if it fails we are in a bad place.

The MTT and commandos look pretty cool. its my first chance to get an MtT and CTT so im pretty hyped for them

CTT pics are out it looks cute. Marines look amazing just on the box art one random marine looks like he’s flying. The first thought that went into my head was “they fly now?” I would have gladly swapped Ki adi out for another marine, or even a B1 for an extra marine but I will wait for a sale or for a good GWP to come before I buy. The RTG set has an orange saber blade unless I’m going blind. That set looks cool but I’ll pick that up on sale

It kind of does reconfirm those leaks. So I’m guessing75440 and 75441 will be the Vader and Venator. 75449 probably is the siege of mandalore bp. Maybe the AT-AT and Razor Crest are really downsized to hit these prices? Looks like we either have a mech or microfichter (or both) as well. Guess the 75437 is the Cobb Vanth set which just leaves the $70 and 4+ set unaccounted for. The $70 is the perfect age range for a TIE Avenger….. if the leaks do turn out to be fake though. We know we are getting a battlepack of some sorts. 2 18+ sets. A $30 small set and 3 middle of the range sets under $100.

Gingerbread Vader just looks like he’s been applying too much fake tan. But the icing detail is pretty cool

Don’t forget the krakens and griffins 4 new factions. They must be planning more in the future!

SW is such a big thing now nobody likes the whole thing. Whilst your preference maybe the OT it’s not now everyone’s. The more new content we have and the more the years roll by its prevalence will diminish. The skywalker saga is supposedly over and the last few projects have all been looking beyond that and SW is successful without having those main characters. let’s remember Andor is one of the best received series and that is a spinoff to a spinoff which is a sequel to the prequel era and also a prequel to the originals and apart from a handful of prequel cameos (except mon mothma) im not saying they should stop making OT stuff but the rate at which new stuff comes out the demand will go down for the OT stuff. The next x wings, y wings, a wings, TIe, snowspeeders, AT-ATs aren’t going to be based on the OT anymore it’ll be on something different something current and in more demand. Chances are anything OT will be aimed at adults so that UCS and Dioramas (if they are still a thing) it’s not my place to say that what you like about SW is wrong but I think everyone here needs reminding constantly that just because person A likes this doesn’t mean everyone else is in the same boat. It’s one of the downsides of algorithms is that we only see what they think we want to see which is people who ageee with us and often it isn’t a true representation. i think Lego’s sales might indicate how well they can cope without featuring the main OT cast. If they think they can do it then they can. But all everyone has here is opinions and nobody ever shares one you just got to respect that people look at things differently. if Disney and Lucas film get their arses in gear we are set for new tv and films until at least the end of the 2020s now is rather Lego focus on the new stuff and if they are revisiting older media focus on things that haven’t been done before or haven’t been done in at least 10 years. The Lando series is still being worked on last time I checked so there is always hope he gets a set for that series. For me Lando has always seemed like he was a Han while Han was frozen. Didn’t really bring much else to the table, but actually thinking about it I don’t actually like that many SW characters lol, like a true SW fan.

We are all guilty of it really. Wishlisting can’t be helped sometimes people are more realistic than others

I don’t get the hype for Boba barely does anything in two films get cucked in his own series but screen time isn’t a good metric, neither is what random person from eurobricks says either. Characters can leave an impact and only have seconds of screen time or they could have an entire film/trilogy do nothing of note. At some point the die hard OT fans will have to let go of the fact that it’s ever becoming a smaller part of the franchise. Do kids of today like the OT? It’s impossible to know as there aren’t any kids here we are all adults so have different opinions. That’s not me saying they shouldn’t make sets on OT but for balance it will get less coverage same as the PT and CW. I’ve hit my mid 30s now and all I crave is castle and pirate sets now I find my focus more drawn to them than to SW.

I’m in the same boat as you, wonder if the rumors of the Mandolorian vs orange 501st is true maybe they’ll through in a pauldron or two to make it similar for Rex.

Possibly in the Ferrix stage recruiting the guy to get the job done It would be the bros dream to have 24 different clone figures for 24 days of Christmas or would it be 24 of the same. As some one with a higher BMI I’m still waiting for the ultimate chocolate Lego adventure calendar lmao

Double edged sword. I like the random figures of calendars in years past. But I like the idea of this years calendar despite the fact I don’t really want droids. But I like that one year you have a clone one, or a tatooine one, or rebel /imperial etc. think marvel and hp have had these themes before for there calendars. if we are getting news of the gingerbread AT-AT Death Star figure list and details won’t be long. Especially as other D2C sets have had details and figures leak for later in the year like the Star Trek set

Looks like the gingerbread AT-AT comes with a gingerbread Vader. Sweet. Price seems pretty hefty for what it is. Wonder what kind of scale the AT-AT will be

Anniversaries, “your joking another one? For god sake” Might be on my own here but I think we need to cool down with these anniversaries literally every year now is some kind of landmark.i must admit 50th anniversary of SW is maybe something to celebrate but it should be something that celebrates the entire franchise as a whole. Maybe 30 years for LSW in 2029 they can do a couple of special figures but after that we’ve got to let them go. If every year is supposed to be special for one reason or the other it becomes not special and it’s just mundane and the norm. do we think the influencers will get their review sets for the August wave soon? Still can’t believe we have had any official pics yet and still nothing from the AT-ST

So the clone bp is apparently going to be £35 in the U.K. 10 more than than the pack from last January. Same price as the anniversary battlepack but always had hoped that it was the fact it was anniversary set that made the price rise just turns out it’s the usual corporate greed. No idea how a set premise (faction vs faction) can go up by 40% in 20 months inflation isn’t that bad just pure greed and I’m actually properly enraged by it

I’m going to have a moment of delusion what about a Mandolorian CMF. I know there is no chance

I’ve been trying to make this point for absolute ages. The only problem with the theme is the balance. 5 years ago people were complaining about the lack of clones and now it’s come full circle. But the problem is that in the past 10-15 years SW has grown so much and will only ever get bigger. The days of every year having so many OT sets and so many OT sets are gone it’s going to be a free for all and I think for some they will have years they like and some won’t. My only defence with clone dominance is every set has bought something newish to the table (until next year if the rumours are true). Considering how expensive Lego is sometimes I’m quite relieved that they make a wave of sets that don’t interest me gives me time to save for the future. It looks like recent trend is 2 4 figure packs and 1 bigger battle pack. Which I don’t mind but it’s the balance again have one clone one if you must but the other two need to be something else. Last year was bit different with the anniversary battle pack that was more of a one off I think. but yeah with the helmet my first thought was the duel but like you said he loses it after the first episode so it’s either an inaccurate set (which I don’t mind tbh) or it is based off of S2 ep1. But I do like the idea of it maybe just being a random piece in the razor crest that would be the ultimate troll move from Lego. Is there any chance as it is boba fetts helmet that it could just be for Boba? I know his armour gets repaired during season 2 of Mando but it is helmet after all

Kind of conflicted because I like the idea of the super commandos but not the clones. Wonder what kind of build that battlepack would have. Guess Lego have ran out of helmets so we’re in for 5 years of busts (and not the cool kind lol). I take it if the Vader bust is real it’ll be a remake of his helmet probably the same design plopped on top of some shoulders? I’ve got the helmet already so that’s a pass for me