Kaijumeister

I agree with everything you’ve said. For me, the most egregious thing is not including any Skiff Guards for the heroes to actually fight against. They still come with handcuffs so who would pilot the thing? The lack of a cape on Boba / him not being his RotJ version is just Lego penny pinching, but I’m sure they’ll put out some nonsensical ‘we realised the cape doesn’t work well with a jet pack’ excuse. Solid Brix Studios put out a review of the Skiff and made a super simple mod with the transparent curved piece from the June battle pack to show Boba flying / flailing. It’s such an effective improvement. I’m glad LAN are collectively agreeing this set could’ve been so much better with a few small changes and Lego are really pushing their luck with it. I know this theme has epitomised lack of value relative to price for a good while now, but this summer wave is the first time that they’re being more blatant about it for me.

It’s hilarious when they hold off on official pictures less than a month before release, that’s when it gets really ridiculous. The Onyx Cinder looks great, I’m a huge fan of ships with full interiors so will definitely be buying this if I enjoy the show. I’m curious to see why Lego failed to make anything Acolyte-related when Hasbro could, given that their lead times for products are fairly similar and Hasbro adapted to the Acolyte’s release date being moved forward. Jedi Bob’s Starfighter looks phenomenal, it balances the blocky 2000s look with some sleekness that modern sets are known for. It’s quite silly that they seem to be reserving the official reveal for SDCC, just release the pictures already!

Wow, so Jedi Bob’s Starfighter still isn’t being revealed.

I find it ironic that a lot of the stuff that sounded pretty great in the leaks (Death Star playset and figure count, Enoch, etc.) ended up being inaccurate, but the stuff we were hoping they were wrong about (e.g., Fett being a reuse of the mech figure) wasn’t. Ditto for the Night Trooper having a zombified face, that would be so cool but given that a) We don’t see them helmetless aside from the Death Trooper in the show and b) They’re only reanimated for the first time after Ahsoka / Sabine / Ezra take them down, I don’t think they’d be completely corpse-looking anyway What are everyone’s thoughts on the summer wave as a whole? I don’t think it quite reaches the heights of previous years, but it’s a fairly strong lineup. I think my biggest contention is that none of the sets are as incredible as the Scythe, Ghost etc. from previous years although the Dark Falcon comes fairly close.

I’m really hoping Jedi Bob’s Starfighter reveal isn’t being saved for another day, this piecemeal approach is getting genuinely frustrating.

About time! Thoughts so far. The Good: - The Duel on Peridea build looks phenomenal, as do the minifigures. These location sets we’ve been getting as of late are brilliant, and you can even reuse this as a backdrop for the Ahsoka / Baylan duel from Episode 4 of the show. - The Desert Skiff and Sarlacc Pit builds look more substantial than I expected, and I’ll definitely be buying this. The minifigures all look solid for the most part and I’m unsurprised to see that Luke doesn’t use another brand new hairpiece because that sounded unnecessary from the start. It’s awesome to finally get Nien too. The Bad: - No Enoch absolutely sucks, but the presence of the Night Trooper tells me a battle pack with him in it may not be completely impossible in the near future. - Using the Old Luke hair mould for Ezra doesn’t work for me, the Mad-Eye Moody hairpiece in black would’ve been absolutely perfect. - Not including Boba’s cape is an act of pure laziness, especially for a set this overpriced. I hope Lego gets called out on this by LAN. - Why is Boba the only antagonistic character in the Desert Skiff and Sarlacc set? Surely including a Nikto / Weequay wouldn’t have broken the bank. As a whole, not a bad summer wave. I was hoping for a bit more, although I feel this is because of how good the 2021-2023 summer waves were. The Dark Falcon, Peridea, and Skiff sets will be definite buys for me, and hopefully Jedi Bob’s Fighter is good too.

The sequence in which sets are being revealed makes me hopeful Lego are intentionally saving the best until last and the Bobfighter / Skiff / Peridea sets are going to be some real heavy hitters. Thus far, the Dark Falcon is awesome, X-Wing and TIE are fine, Threepio is great but doesn’t appeal to me, and Droid Factory is pretty adorable. Nothing is as exciting as proper minifigure-scaled sets though. @Darth Shadowthrone I completely agree regarding Acolyte sets. I don’t think Lego have enough faith in the show to cover it the way they did with Mando and Ahsoka, but a small set with Sol, Mae / Osha, and Darth Qimir is an absolute no-brainer.

I know Lola is oversized, but she still elevates the Leia figure a heck of a lot! I like the inclusion of that 1x1 transparent brick so she can ‘float’ instead of it looking like Leia is holding a massive robotic pizza. Probably an unpopular opinion but this looks even better than Cal IMO, he’s definitely the anniversary figure with the least amount of effort put in. It would have been amazing to give him a poncho with a hole in the back for a neck attachment to fit BD-1. If Lego can list ‘Young Leia and Lola’ on the Droid Builder box, they 100% could’ve done Cal and BD-1 too, there really is no excuse. The Droid Builder set itself is so charming, but I would’ve omitted the black / gold asteomech (forgot the designation) to beef up Artoo, Chopper, and R2-KT. The buildable accessories are delightful.

DM'd you with a link to the leak, but yeah apparently it's a completely different piece to the Throne Room Duel Diorama. What's all the more odd is that we have the Advent Calendar that includes Luke with his hair from the throne room diorama as well coming this year. And I completely agree, the ISD build is definitely the best part of the set for me whilst the figures, though completely making sense for the set, are quite underwhelming. @ArrowBricks Very true, at least July is just around the corner now anyway. I think this will be the first summer wave in a while where I don't buy the majority of the sets, but I'll stay optimistic for how the remaining ones look. The Dark Falcon is awfully tempting, however...

I wasn’t keen on the Skiff when it was first rumoured, but now I’m really looking forward to seeing how it turns out. I wonder if Brick Clicker’s rumour around Luke having a new hairpiece is actually accurate. Pretty excited for the Peridea set too, hopefully it has the same quality as the Paz vs. Gideon set. Is anyone still deliberating on getting the ISD? Seeing all the reviews, the model itself is excellent, but I must admit the main draw for me is the Cal Kestis figure, and that’s only by virtue of it being Cal Kestis. The detail on the figure is pretty solid, and the gunmetal legs are a nice touch, but I can’t displace the feeling that Lego really dropped the ball on it (which stings all the more considering we’re supposedly never getting sets based on the Jedi games).

It’s so odd (and more than a little bit annoying) just how much the summer set reveals are being dragged out: - ISD: Revealed in early May. - 2 of the 3 RBG sets: Revealed last week. - Droid Builder set: Leaked(ish) last week. (Granted, Lego themselves only announced the ISD.) Have the reveals for a single wave of a theme ever been this drawn out? At least there isn’t much left to show I suppose.

The new X-Wing looks great, adding those angles to the fuselage makes a massive difference in improving its accuracy to the source material. I don’t think we’re terribly far away from yet another X-Wing set in a few years time that’ll truly be a mini-UCS. The TIE Fighter…meh. I’m sorry, but obscuring the visibility of minifigures within single-pilot starfighters just doesn’t sit well with me. It’s a weird thing to nitpick but it makes a difference when you can see the pilot in the ship. The Dark Falcon looks just as wacky as I thought it’d be, I may just buy it depending on my thoughts on the other summer sets. Really annoying just how much these reveals are being dragged out. Regarding the picture of the Droid Builder set, it looks charming in some ways, but the set is definitely a skip for me.

I’d be curious to see if the Artoo from this set roughly scales with the big Threepio model coming out.

That actually sounds like a really fun set! Chopper alone sells it for me. Obviously printing a small dish piece for Lola wouldn’t be much effort, but the fact that they could do this for young Leia but not bother to represent BD-1 in any form with the anniversary Cal figure really bums me out.

Absolutely wild that not only have they put off revealing the summer wave, but they’re sending out a single set from said wave as review copies to LAN members. Cal looks much better in the flesh though, just like Saw.

What’s funny is that the official images for most if not all summer sets from other themes (Marvel, Mario, Dreamzzz, Animal Crossing, etc.) were released over a month ago, heck even the Zelda set was revealed and that doesn’t launch until September.

Sounds like such a cool set

Apologies if I’m going off topic but this is correct. I don’t have the link on hand but there was a BrickFanatics interview with one of the leading designers for the theme back in 2020 and they confirmed it was solely Lego’s idea to go the digi-fig route.

To be fair, applying wild and wacky ideas isn’t the worst thing in the world and the premise of RTG is pretty great. It’s just that sets at the larger (non-D2C) price points every summer tend to have the most potential as we’ve seen since 2021. Making some smaller sets based on RTG makes sense, but I’m so sure about dedicating this many sets to it. In 2022, we got both the Scythe and AT-TE, last year it was the Ghost, Coruscant Gunship etc. I know the Gunship isn’t perfect, but sets like those are genuinely some of the best we’ve seen in this theme for a long time in terms of builds and minifigures. As much as I really do think this has been a pretty awesome year for Lego Star Wars already, I don’t think it’s reached the same heights that previous years have. Looking at the summer set list, there isn’t much that sounds as exciting as previous summer waves have been (granted, there are some really bright spots like the Peridea set and finally getting Nien Nunb), but that’s my extremely subjective view. Alas the wait for pictures of the August wave continues, year after year Lego is getting better at dragging out reveals, that’s for sure.

I concur. I’d have compressed these smaller waves into something like January-May-August just so they’re spaced out fairly evenly and aren’t too small. I’m not sure if I’m being overly negative, but the August wave seems quite disappointing in terms of large non-D2C sets in the sub-1000 piece range. Every year we do get at least some well-designed large ships like the Ghost, Coruscant Guard Gunship (which I still think was mostly good), Scythe, etc. which have fantastic minifigure lineups and excellent builds. This year we’re getting the Dark Falcon, ISD, X-Wing vs. TIE, and yet another buildable <thing> which seem quite lacklustre in comparison, although at least the Dark Falcon should still look quite unique. Can’t believe it’s been a month since the ISD reveal, guess Lego really are going to just sit on the official set pictures until early to mid-July.

I’m not entirely surprised that the microfighter has sold out already, very pathetic of those who buy excessive multiples but people like those were to be expected. I miss the days where June 1st correlated with getting a first look at the August wave via the retail catalogues. Crazy that we’ve already seen most of what’s coming in August and beyond for most themes except Star Wars

Ah I saw that, thanks for getting it confirmed. @BrickBob Studpants nice call, such a bummer -_- I’m sure these summer images will get leaked before the official reveals in July or whatever.

Completely agree, just spitballing more than anything. Promobricks have the June - December 2024 catalogue in their hands, hopefully new set pictures will follow suit tomorrow.

The more I’m seeing of the Acolyte trailers and TV spots, the more I hope some surprise sets are planned for August / September. I’m usually weary of merchandise pushes for content we know little of / characters we aren’t yet invested in, but the characters just look so damn good. On a random note, has anyone with the 2024 Sith Infiltrator added a hood and cape to Darth Maul? If so, can he fit in the ship with them on? I’m assuming the reason they weren’t included is because the interior is a pretty tight fit.

Thrawn is a fantastic upgrade over the 2017 version, Ezra looks great too although I pedantically feel that the Mad-Eye Moody hairpiece in black would’ve been a way better fit than the old Luke hairpiece. I wonder if Ahsoka the white will include a white cloth piece, probably won’t. Hopefully we’ll see the full August wave soon.