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Yeah, it's the 60th anniversary of Lego bricks, not of Castle/Space/Pirates/Town minifig themes. That limited edition micro scale giveaway is a nice gesture but not really gonna "do it" for the afols. A 40th anniversary remake (totally updated) of the yellow castle, 30th of the pirate ship etc would hit the spot, will they do it? Maybe.

It's more like a non-issue, we will just have to be twins Now I know how it feels to have a name like "clone commander" haha Exactly

Man, everyone is quoting me except not. I had a feeling that this set wasn't going to be too much like the last one

simple & unobtrusive

I thought posting to request pm pics/links etc was not allowed? Or was that just for back before the split topics

If the machinery wasn't in the set, you could pick up a whole stack of that set and satisfy some Space AND Castle needs! Although I would personally use the rocks for a Space mining operation anyway. Too bad about all that yellow (maybe build a yellow castle, haha)

and in the Republic you are a general if you're a jedi. Since she wears Kanan's pants... (plus she has a clone captain as a subordinate) haha

They could've tried, but it seems he's the type to spout that legal rights "liberty & justice" kind of speech ("this is America" free market capitalism etc), then threaten to sue for lost potential income or some crap - that sort of behaviour that gives Americans a bad name. I think their hands would be tied. *Hey, you... just because you have a legal right doesn't mean it's right to be an ar$ehole!*

I should've said "no self-respecting AFOL" - I have seen those videos of Death Stars being dropped from a height in slow motion. Pretty cool visual but not cool practice!

That's great to see

You can put most of the ire down to the fact that the new one came out very closely behind the original's final run with a (justified but hefty) price increase. Bump up the price but not really improve/modernise the core structure's build quality is shaky ground. New techniques like clipping plates to a network of beams instead of stacking bricks on top of each other will create much stronger & lighter walls etc. No one wants their DS to explode if they drop it! You can get much nicer looking rounded curves than by stacking straight slopes on top of each other too. Things like that could've been improved relatively easily and perhaps encouraged a lot more sales to owners of the original - just like the other remakes have done.

Haha that's great

SW UCS sets would never be "reissued". So far the UCS sets that have been rereleased have all been updated to the modern (at the time) standard. The closest to the original was the Death Star, and that was met very negatively (not updated as much as it should've), while not being bad. All other UCS remakes have been marked improvements on the originals. While SW is still very prominent, there is more than enough market for remakes, and owners of the original are still likely to pick up the new one too. System sets are reissued with minor changes nearly every 5 minutes, that's a slightly different but similar story. SW fans are used to this, and spoiled by it. Reissue of UCS without updates would go down like a lead balloon

But the point is, that while there is a NK "castle" theme, there can not also be a "real" Castle theme, regardless of whether there ever will be again. Mark has basically said (but my words) that normal Castle doesn't playtest well, it has to have wacky features, ridiculous colours and every minifig must be some specific character with a backstory. So blame those kids' taste for why we'll never again see Castles like this: but rather this: He considers NK to be Castle. I do not. Bricklink does not. Doesn't matter. Other than potential one-offs and Creator type releases, it's over - end of story. No more Castle themes likely, sad to say. Elvis is dead, Lennon is dead, Hendrix is dead, Jackson is dead. The kids want Bieber, Pink, Nickelcrap etc

Mid season finale? That sucks. When is the next episode? Crazy, only a few weeks ago Hera finally bought herself a new outfit. Here she is with #3! Who knew her wardrobe was so huge?

N**+S**/L*** is where I am looking

Are the pics in the wrong section? All I am seeing is the list of set names

The flash is over that part of the box, so it's hard to tell but it looks to me that it says "sandspeeder pilot" & "sandspeeder gunner"

They are "holiday" sets. They in no way depict the "religious" aspects of those events. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there aren't any sets about church or Jesus - only eggs, bunnies, north pole elves etc.

I think if I was wanting any rereleases they would all be too old. So if they were subtly revamped with the current colours and parts, I would like the vintage Pirates ships (& bases?) to be remade. Keep as much of the original vibe as possible! Don't change the minifigs (except the brown/grey). And working cannons would be nice... Even though I'm Castle/Space almost all the way, I don't think any of those old sets could be rereleased & appreciated today without massive changes. So don't bother. The other sets I would like to see released again (original or slightly modified) are the early modular buildings. Not for my sake, since I can't afford that line of sets, but for the community as a whole. Since the subject of images has been brought up, here we go:

I don't think I have anything to add to this, I agree with most of what's been said and am glad that TLG is willing to rerelease sought after sets, especially ones that are scalped through the roof or heavily bootlegged. They really should be doing it actually. Instead of complaining about copyright infringements, cater to your customers so they have no reason to buy bootlegged old sets?

No, they don't kill civilians, only imperial forces. And that is only when the stakes are high - in combat they always shoot to stun and hit to knock-out. (It's weird to see jedi using lightsabres to merely block blaster shots after years of watching them slice through droids) That is in contrast to the empire who are willing to kill civilians, and Saw Guerilla who doesn't care who dies anymore, friend or foe.

On Bricklink, each SW minifig has a sub-category that denotes whether it is from OT, CW, Rebels, Ep 1,2,3,7, Rogue One or other. Is that what you meant?

I was more thinking along the lines of RI: $20 USD and $30 AUD (150%) NASA: $25 USD, so @$37.50 AUD let's call it $40 or $45 if we feel extra evil

Considering that Research Institute was $30, $50 for NASA is rather mind-boggling. You'd think $40 is typical TLG rudeness, and really pushing it with $45... but no PASS