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Good point re. terrain! Glad they removed it, it’s a waste. I’d have preferred a Crab Droid, but atleast they’ve adapted the Spider Droid design. I get the AT-RT criticism, for whatever reason the design doesn’t annoy me too much. In my opinion, the MTT seems to have more value than the Turbo Tank. Not sure why, or what other than more pieces, it just looks better.

Price aside, the 327th Bp is pretty good.

Is a strange one, but other than that the box-art is sensational. In fairness, the sets are more detailed, but are worse in nearly every aspect. Enough is enough, surely. The era of downscales has to end. Agreed, it’s actually a decent set given it’s a downscale. Just imagine how good it could be if it was the 2019 version.

I will wait for more photos, but it doesn’t look promising…

I’m not even worried, nobody will be buying that set. The fact we are forced to talk about it is ridiculous because it should never have been priced this way.

A list of remakes where the design should change and the options for exclusive minifigures is clear. Prequels first. TPM: Naboo N-1 Starfighter £39.99 Minifigures: Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2, Naboo Engineer, Naboo Pilot (Arven Wendik, R2-C4 Battle of Naboo £69.99 (AAT, Flash Speeder) Minifigures: Theed Padme, Naboo Palace Guard, Naboo Security Officer, Battle Droid Commander, Battle Droid (x2) Mos Espa Podrace £149.99 Minifigures: Anakin Skywalker, Sebulba, Mawhonic, Fodesinbeed Annodue, Qui-Gon-Jinn, Shmi Skywalker, Watto, C3-PO (w/flag) AOTC: Coruscant Airspeeder Chase £59.99 Minifigures: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Zam Wesell Republic Gunship £159.99 Minifigures: Clone Pilot (x2), Yoda, Kit Fisto, Clone Commander, Clone Trooper (x3) Homing Spider Droid (sticker detailing for patterns) £39.99 Minifigures: Sora Bulq, Pablo-Jill, Geonosian Battle Droid Commander, Geonosian Battle Droid (x3) Count Dooku’s Solar Sailer: Duel on Geonosis £69.99 Minifigures: Count Dooku, FA-4 Pilot Droid, Yoda, Anakin Skywalker

Be end of June, early July. LEGO are convinced 18+ = no play scale. Correct that error and we feast. They do this my reducing some of the sub-themes focused on 18+. I would remove mid-scale ships and diorama’s and keep Helmets and buildable characters/droids. Then move those 3-4 slots into 18+ play scale sets which I have banged on about the last months.

They’re moving towards more Prequel content. It’s just a shame the builds are lesser quality and figures aren’t immaculate. I’m quietly confident.

All it takes is a play-scale/UCS Lucrehulk.

If we are talking about 30th anniversary figures, I’d like to think we get a Yaddle or Yarrael Poof if we haven’t got them already. Holding out hope that Pablo-Jill appears in a set, but I’d take him too.

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@CloneCommando99, point I’m making is that they release lots of remakes for the Bounty but the size is still top tier. One Piece has started from a large scale, arguably for a theme catered towards children and young adults. Star Wars caters for adults in display models only.

For whatever reason, I have never got on board with a Star Wars CMF. For TPM, Sio Bibble aside, I could see all of those characters finding their way into a set in the next 10 years. Granted, AOTC is more difficult but I cannot say I’d want a Jamillia, Elan Sleaze, or Cliegg.

Another aspect of the downscales that I don’t think gets spoken about enough is that no other theme - popular, mainstays, new - are pursuing downscales, let alone so ruthlessly. Ninjago’s Destiny’s Bounty, Harry Potter The Main Tower, One Piece sets, are just some examples. Are downscales the product of an increasing license fee? @Kaijumeister I’d love that to be the case! P1 Rex would be brilliant. The buildable character/droid influx is rather strange, because you’d have thought they could elongate this sub-theme for 1-2 years if they released 2 sets each year (which we would all agree is enough). When I think of the long-term vitality of the theme, there’s not loads and loads of new ideas and sub-themes I can think of, especially since the last 5-7 years has seen such an increase in different styles of sets (helmets, diorama’s, mid-scale ships). @MKJoshA - not sure if it’s just me, but since the update on site, it’s been really difficult to post messages when using the website via iPhone. You quote a message and click the button to submit the message and it never works. I’d take that any day of the week, atleast the value would feel better. Plus, I’m getting a worthy model. I actually appreciate the release of the Jango Slave One this summer. I cannot afford and do not want to spend the money for the UCS version. Why wait another year? Correct imo. I like it. Really want a Sail Barge and Venator at a more affordable price whilst still feeling premium. They’ve really lost this market for sure. It’s hard given the price increases. Number One rule with LEGO Star Wars is that it most likely doesn’t make sense.

Bingo, me too. But perhaps a little cheaper, maybe the £220 price point.

That is a story for another day. Let’s just say that I wouldn’t mind a new Coleman Trebor soon enough. I’ll convert you to my side, soon enough! I agree, it worked well for really common ships we see year-in-year out. I really don’t know why they haven’t moved to the Sequel Trilogy for their X-Wings, Tie’s as I think they’d sell well given the lower price point. Smaller ships, bigger prices, worse quality. That’s how I characterise the vast majority of the sets. Heck, we even got the wrong Bib Fortuna mould in a $500+ UCS set, so what hope do the smaller ones have! That being said, I do like the summer wave from what I can see so far, except the prices. If the MTT and Turbo Tank were £120, maximum then I would say they are good sets. The bigger question is why LEGO are currently pricing (or unable to price them any less at RRP) well beyond the price per piece - which I argue is a good benchmark for understanding value. I always use the Elite Clone Trooper BP as the case study for new moulds, and the corresponding very low price point. The MTT doesn’t have enough big pieces and new moulds for such a price hike, and the decision to use brick built wheels surely would have balanced with the new Bacara, Galactic Marines regarding the Turbo. When LEGO inevitable up-scale the sets again, it will make the return that ever bit sweeter. I just can’t help think they lost millions with their decisions in the past 3-4 years.

Hard to disagree with this - well put. Fingers crossed! I do think it’s reliant on having 1 or 2 good figures included for these to sell e.g. Separatist Leader, Tactical Droid, exclusive Jedi/Clone etc etc. They’d have made a lot more, if they got the figures nailed though. They lowered the ceiling, considerably.

Sadly, Jango’s Slave One was never going to be like the 2019 version. It pairs nicely with Obi-Wan’s JSF. MTT looks good, Turbo Tank looks ok if you can get past the downscale. V-19 feels a bit empty…maybe it’s lacking a Republic insignia. Sadly, I am not impressed by the Ewok which is a shame. Satisfied with the other sets, and I can see myself buying a few which is always a bonus.

Thank you, greatly appreciated. I did try and make the predictions as realistic as possible. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we see a buildable Commando Droid/Tactical Droid, though.

Ayy, my B1 prediction was right! Happy to hear there are 3 Galactic Marines, although we haven’t seen them yet, ha! The Snowspeeder sounds really good, I hope it looks it too. The V-19, Slave One, and MTT are the ones I’m most excited to see. If I think they’re 9/10 minimum I’ll purchase them. Sadly, the Turbo Tank sounds like a rubbish set otherwise I’d have been interested. I can also see myself going for the Buildable Ewok, again if it sounds as good as it looks - I think it will translate really well.

Turbo Tank has more than 4 figures, confirmed by carterbricks04 via legominecraft_goat. I would speculate a couple of battle droid, maximum.

I will change concerned to surprised. I believe it’s an inferior product, but I do think the reason is to enhance play and longevity for the figure.

Not sure they need actual fan feedback to work out the pupils is a bad decision, as is the lack of cloth. I’d be a bit concerned at anyone that thinks it’s the best decision.

My 2026 predictions. Death Star Troopers Battle Pack £20 - includes Storm Troopers Endor Rebel Forces Battle Pack £20 - Rebels and Ewoks Corporate Alliance Tank Droid £35 - Kashyyyk Luke’s Landspeeder £35 - Sandtroopers with new pauldron piece 4+ Anakin’s Podracer £25 Rebuild the Galaxy Microfighter £15 Buildable BB-8 £80 Buildable IG-88 £100 Buildable L3-37 £120 Mandalorian & Grogu Mech (IG-11) £15 - Season 3 Phase I Clone Pilot Helmet £80 Shore Trooper Helmet £65 Lando Skiff Guard Helmet £60 Mid-scale Hammerhead Corvette £45 Mid-Scale Resistance Bomber £65 - red version Mid-Scale Imperial Shuttle £70 Clone Z-95 Headhunter £45 - Wolfpack Troopers Darth Vader’s Tie Advanced £45 Rebel GR-75 Transport £150 Imperial AT-ACT £180 - Rogue One Mandalorian & Grogu movie sets: AT-RT £20 Downscaled N1 Starfighter £40 £65 - Zeb £90 - Villain set (Embo?) £160 - RazorCrest (?!)

The new moulds give me hope more generally! TK StormTroopers, Commando’s, ARF Troopers, AT-RT Driver. Many options, including Plo Koon’s excellent new mould which gives me hopes for Jedi redesigns and new moulds altogether.