SketchBrick

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  1. Posted

    4 hours ago, PreVizsla said:

    2006 version also had more figures, was bigger and cost only $100 which is $154 with inflation now.

    You're not wrong, but to be fair most SW sets these days don't live up to those standards. $160 playsets have had 5-6 minifigs for the past 5+ years. The Justifier basically had 4. The 2006 Star Destroyer had 8 (not counting the mouse droid), and the 2024 set has 7. I wouldn't look at that as a huge downgrade, especially considering the new figures are notably more detailed than the classic ones.

    Would it be nice if the new ISD was bigger? Yes. But I'd also say this one is more detailed and polished off than the 2006 model, so there's always some give and take.

  2. Posted

    1 hour ago, PreVizsla said:

    some ugly Star Destroyer that costs more than the last one, but is way smaller

    To be fair, this one is barely any smaller than the 2014 model, and actually costs slightly less when adjusted for inflation. Plus we have 7 figures here, literally an increase from 2014's 6. Sure there are subjective things one could argue, but the value here isn't really worse than the previous set.

  5. Posted

    12 minutes ago, Black Falcon said:

    The Jungle Sets look pretty good. Just wish we could get just the animals with Sidebuild without the vehicles. Not really interested in those at all (even if they are honestly well done too).

    I agree. Quickly you build up a whole fleet of vehicles to explore a tiny patch of terrain with a handful of animals. I would love to see more focus on the locations and the biodiversity, even though I agree the vehicle builds look good.

  9. Posted

    9 minutes ago, Duke27 said:

    I don't think so, it's just $40. Look at the spider-tank with Bo-Katan which costs $50

    I agree. 4 good looking minifigures, with two new moulded helmets, and the bunker build looks like an okay size with hopefully a couple of good play features. Maybe it should be $35, but in today's market it's hard to expect much cheaper.

  12. Posted

    1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

    MandR is a youtuber. He's made himself a public figure and has a large following. It's generally accepted that it opens you up to criticism.

    Absolutely. At this point he is not just a public figure, he's running a very profitable business based on his social media presence and sales affiliations. It's perfectly fair to criticize his opinions on another company's products when he himself runs a company and sells products.

    That doesn't mean people should be using hate speech or harassment, but if they want to say he's hypocritical for complaining endlessly about clone troopers while selling thousands of them on his website for profit, that's fair game.

  16. Posted

    13 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said:

    Looking through Renown's profile, there are some other smaller quotes from other sources/the Bible. Though I don't think that any of them were a direct tease for a character - moreso in response to a Eurobricks user. So, sadly, it may be a sign that Renown (or Renown's source) has gone dark... If, so, thanks for the fun teases you have given, @Renown!

    If this is the case, it'll be the end of an era. RIP 😭

  20. Posted

    15 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

    I dunno if you noticed, but those are all brickheadz sets- sets that have lots of basic bricks, and are a subline that's always been print-only, like the 4+ sets.

    That's exactly my point though. I doubt Lego is selling BrickHeadz at a loss, so clearly they can afford to include new printed parts if they choose to. Why then do they choose not to print parts on the midi Invisible Hand or Tantive IV? I'm pretty sure the amount of plastic is pretty comparable to a BH multipack, so I just don't see how the value proposition makes sense for these 18+ sets if they're not going to at least offer the full "premium" experience and leave out the stickers.

  21. Posted

    It's crazy to me to see the value discrepancy between a lot of the new 18+ sets and something like the BrickHeadz.

    $55 for the TPM 6-pack gets you 732 pieces and 6 exclusive prints, but they refuse to do new prints (aside from the name plate) for the $50 Invisible Hand that's arguably even smaller at 557 pieces?

    The $10 Commander Cody has THREE unique prints, but we're expected to deal with stickers for the Droideka, the Mos Espa diorama, and even the UCS Interceptor?

    The black box tax is real :laugh_hard:

  22. Posted

    3 hours ago, PreVizsla said:

    If I am being realistic figures are adding an insane value to UCS sets so I am struggling to understand where you got the $5 value from. We also know the exclusive tie pilot from the 75095: Tie fighter is currently at $50 which is 1/4th of it's $200 price point. Would it be the craziest thing in the world for both people that only care about the display set and people that only care about figures to want one more figure inside to either recoup the cost even more or to have one more cool figure in their collection?

    I think I understand what you're saying, and it's a valid argument. When I say $5 however, I'm talking about the actual retail value of including a minifig (from Lego's perspective); they can sell these small pieces of printed plastic in blind bags for $5 and make profit.

    The reason some of these figures sell on the aftermarket for such high prices is precisely because they're exclusive to expensive sets and collectors are willing to pay big money to have them without needing to obtain the full build. Lego knows this, and they're happy to play along by including figures (that they could release elsewhere if they chose) that inflate the "value" of the set to collectors or resellers while costing Lego very little to physically produce.

    If Lego didn't include 1-2 minifigs in a set like the USC Landspeeder or X-Wing, and let's imagine that was normal and expected by fans, would the sets be priced very differently? Maybe they'd be $10 cheaper, but would collectors then complain about the horrible value because there was no "$50" figure they could resell to recoup costs? Either it's "yes" to both, and we have to then admit how obscenely overpriced all UCS sets are just to include a figure or two, OR it's "no" to both, and the builds are what matter and we can all agree losing the minifigs wouldn't really affect the value of the sets much.

  23. Posted

    2 hours ago, 1340cc said:

    Agreed for the most part, but UCS sets that are minifig scale should always have some relevant minifigs. Especially now that Lego's designers are going to the effort of including full interiors.

    I can concede here; at least with minifig-scale (or close to) sets, the minifigs can interact with the build itself (like the AT-AT). With sets where the fig(s) are just be standing on a black plate to the side, it seems kind of unnecessary.

  24. Posted

    2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

    This would not stop the complaints. People won't let go of the helmet holes or the commander being in the gunship instead of the pilot. You think they'll let go of the figures disappearing entirely?

    LOL you're very right. I guess in my fantasy world, they wouldn't have started the precedent of including figures in sets like that at all, so there wouldn't be anything to miss.