Brikkyy13

Is there any news out of London Toy Fair? Apparently LEGO is there this year but there’s nothing on the main floor, it’s all in a separate area.

Better pictures of the scout trooper are out there. This is the first updated helmet since the 2014 snowtrioper that I actually like. Looking forward to seeing the set it comes in. The head of the 20th anniversary Vader is also floating around. It’s the same but in bley instead of old grey

I like it! Very unique style, it looks very expressive and I bet you could get some cool shots with it it if you played around with the posing. Is there any way you could improbe the angles of the legs? I feel like the build would be improved if the legs could point outwards towards the back at the “hip” joint. Is there an interior?

It won’t be exactly the same figure, it’ll have a 20th anniversary logo print on the back.

Vader, Luke and Leia were to be expected... Lando is a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. I hope Luke and Vader come with lightsabers with classic chrome hilts, that’d be the coolest thing ever.

On the bright side, the box has been updated too so it’ll be easy to tell if he’s in the set or not. If this change has been around since November I’m surprised nobody noticed this sooner.

Damn, how do you guys get this stuff so early?! On one hand I’m jealous, but on the other I know I’d go crazy having seen the sets earlier than normal and having to wait so long to get them! Interesting to hear that the 20th anniversary sets aren’t all that special. I wonder if the dropship has a $20 US price tag because it could potentially have 5 minifigures, 4 for the normal battle pack figures and 1 yellow skinned 20th anniversary fig

$200 and $500 USD, lets hope that translates well for Australia. 75244 will probably be $300 as per usual. If the Death Star is anything to go by that could mean $800 for 75252. Between that, the 20th Anniversary wave, Ep 9 sets and anything else LEGO puts out that catches my eye (Jurassic Park D2C could be promising) this is going to be another expensive year for me.

Just checked his channel because I thought he would’ve had the minifigure “rumor” and instead he’s got a video titled “UCS Tantive IV, Star Destroyer”. No wonder so many people think that’s what we’re getting.

There is no Tantive IV rumour, it was speculation in this thread that caught on. This is why the mods don’t allow wish listing.

There is no way to answer those questions. Maybe we’ll see a new resistance x wing as early as October with the episode 9 sets, maybe we’ll never see another one again. Just get the current one, it’s fantastic as is. And if they do release another one soon you can never have too many x wings!

I can’t believe that at 14.5c per piece it’s better value than what we normally get

The Instagram post cites this editorial piece, which is nothing but speculation based on rumoured piece counts. For all we know, this may be the year where we finally get that UCS Jar Jar bust we’ve been asking for

I only see one post about it, and I don’t recognise the source. Take it with a grain of salt. Besides, when have we ever heard anything about the 2HY D2C before the 1HY D2C?

Now watch in amazement as LEGO rereleases Cloud City Boba Fett

Photos of the bag the VIP card holder comes in are lurking around the internet. Apparently it's resealable and the image is a piece of card, not printed onto the bag like a normal polybag. Call me nitpicky but putting the stand in a bag is just one final "screw you" to the black VIP members. Every exclusive for a convention, LUG or whatever comes in a special box. As for the yellow hands on the figure, at first I thought that we would be encouraged to swap out the head for our own, but now I doubt even that. I know LEGO normally has all their sets designed at least 6 months in advance and usually puts actual effort into them, but I really want to chalk this one up to sheer laziness. It wouldn't surprise me at all if we found out this one was designed two weeks ago. I can only imagine LEGO HQ the day they came up with this. "Hey, December is a week away and those fools who fell for the black card bait are getting restless. Any ideas as to what we could give them?" "Lando in Han's clothes?" "We don't have time to get approval from Disney for that. What can you make with the bricks on your desk?" "I don't know, maybe a card holder?" "I want it on my desk in an hour, you've got sets that people will actually pay for to design. Have a graphic designer slap that picture from the card onto a torso and we'll call it a morning." "What about the packaging?" "Send the intern to the supermarket and have him get a couple packs of ziplock bags, it's too late to get a box made up."

I don't normally enjoy MandRproductions' content but I have to agree with him on this one. It is absolutely infuriating to see that these "exclusive" sets have been sold to the public, I hope LEGO is smart enough to not ship them. I'm normally one to blindly follow LEGO as I generally agree with their moves as a company as a whole but this black VIP promo has been a complete letdown and a waste of everyone's time, to end it off with yet another middle finger to the dedicated fans is a major misstep on LEGO's behalf. 5 promos in total through the year after what was marketed as a very different program. IIRC the original wording was "a year of exclusive offers, contests and early access" or something along those lines. We got one round of double VIP points, a polybag that had been available for months prior and an "exclusive" "poster" that ended up being given to regular customers too (I don't think it's fair to complain about the metal figure giveaway as that was the only one handled appropriately). Something tells me that MandR's(?, I know someone said it) assumption is right and that there may have been some plan in place but because the ball was dropped on release of the MF they scrapped it. I don't care. What follows is sure to be an unpopular opinion but it needs to be said. The program should've been as all-out as the MF set, more VIP points year round (hell, 10% extra would've been fine), early access to sets, sales and/or discounts and we 100% should've been given some type of exclusive figure based on actual Star Wars content, not this... thing... in the card coffin. The torso is cool but has no value out of the context of the set it comes from. Anybody who says it wouldn't be fair to those outside of the program shouldn't kid themselves; it's a VIP program, exclusive perks should be part of it.

Really? It got bumped around on these forums quite a bit when the set was first released. Before then, though, I’d never seen it either. I’m waiting for the day that I can nonchalantly use it in a casual conversation

Pathetic excuse for a promo in my opinion, however it’s better than what we’ve gotten previously. In the end, I’m thankful we’re getting something somewhat exclusive but like others I really do believe LEGO could have put more effort into this program. What they’ve released does match the description of the program given last year, however it’s fair to assume that they would’ve given us more. Anybody willing to buy a set with the MILF’s price tag is either gullible or dedicated; someone buying that set is most likely giving a lot of money to LEGO already. Would something as simple as double VIP points all year not have been easy for LEGO? I’m sure they wouldn’t stand to lose too much revenue from it in the end. If LEGO tries to do something similar in the future I hope they get it right, but I will not be part of this program again.

Say it again for the people in the back

What is with LEGO and making new, oversized helmets? Nobody asked for them and the old ones were perfect the way they were, and tbh I think they should be spending the money on developing new parts that can actually be used for something instead of updating helmets that don’t need updating.

Saw the set list in the other 2019 thread, very interesting that the first UCS of the year is $120 US. Glad to see its something smaller, that makes my wallet happy. My gut tells me it's probably an A-Wing at that price, but only time will tell. Can't wait to see photos of these new sets.

Don't forget that we get a lot of molds for alien characters and trooper helmets. Besides, there aren't that many creatures in Star Wars to mold that we haven't gotten already - the only obvious one I can think of is a Bantha

Today I learned. I’ll have to check it out next time I make a LEGO purchase, thanks for letting me know! :)

As far as I’m aware, Amazon is still only for books here in Australia so it better be available through other channels. I’m starting to get realy pissed at LEGO for giving the US preferential treatment. Brand stores, exclusive sets, better prices, earlier releases, wider set availability... the list goes on. If you’re selling your products worldwide you should at least act like you care about everyone. (In their defence, Australia did just get a new S@H warehouse so orders are finally arriving in a few days instead of a month, so that’s been the step in the right direction.)