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Piece numbers leaked. That Endor battle pack looks really awful at that price point and piece count. (Shouldn't be hard to give us 200+ pieces either, just throw in more greenery) Also it looks like a color accurate new snowspeeder canopy could finally come... in a smart set. Rumoured price is 70 euro. 😭

Ooh, I agree. Although I fear there is no way around it at this point. I hope they dail back on it if it's a normal sized BP, similar to the 332nd battle pack which was rumoured at 27$/€ but got released at 20 $/€. Some retail sites listed it at 27$/€ at release, so it seemed like e legitimate change done by Lego.

I do hope that the build does make up for something. For 30$/€ in an Endor setting, I'm hoping the builds make up for it by being a somewhat useful parts package (usually, moet people can find a good use for greenery parts)

Yeah, but it would still make more sense to me to replace vader with a stormtrooper in the regular Bespin set? Anybody else notices how sparingly Lego seems to be these days with regular stormtroopers?

I really like this scale. UCS sets usually are unpractically sized,l and don't allow any actual play. This is perfect though.

That set would go so hard. I'm not the biggest prequel fan, but I would definitely get that set. I hope they do it, especially since most pieces they would need are in production now anyway? I guess we'll be seeing MOC's of such fighters as soon as the bricks land on PAB.

I must say, I'm quite excited for the Bespin Duel... Finally! Also hope the Endor BP focusses on Rebels and Imperials and saves the Ewoks for the village. Only things that really stand out to me in a bad way are 'Darth Vader Art" and Luke maxifig... why? One of those could have been a Tie avenger or a Haulcraft. Can't imagine those sets would sell less than a maxifig or "Darth Vader Art".

Doesn't anyone else think it's unlikely we will get both busts and build able figures of the same two characters on shelves at the same time?

Yes and no imo: a Tie avenger f.e. is recognizable enough to get sold as a cool tie fighter regardless of familiarity with the actual show, I think. I find it hard to believe it would sell worse than the force burner snowspeeder f.e.

Hahaha, I love this, Lego should have included it as an alternate build, good job!

? A ROTJ Luke wasn't on the list for the smart brick sets either? So this is a regular set then?

I like the idea, but it kinda works better when you replace it with the smartbrick: “I doubt anyone here is unaware of the difficulties we've had making Lego Star wars playsets a reality. Now I hear the rumours, I know the stories - setbacks, delays, grovelling for designer funding. I met with Christiansen yesterday. He suggested I remind you that the smartbrick remains the centrepiece of his agenda. Access to stable unlimited play will transform the LSW theme and solidify Imperial authority.”

I second that. Skeleton crew is a great, fun adventure. If this was released after the force awakens, it would have been a huge hit and Onyx Cinders would have flew off the shelves. Unfortunately being set in the Star Wars universe has become more of handicap than an advantage. Andor is an absolute brilliant show, often named along things like breaking bad, GoT (S1-4), the wire, better call Saul... Yet it doesn't have the same hype despite the huge brand. I often daydream and wonder what might have been if the sequels were good, like really good. Just got the Holiday catalogues from local toy stores, besides the Lego pages, there is not a single page dedicated to Star Wars anymore. Harry Potter, whose last movie was almost 2 decades ago(2007), has significantly more presence in those catalogues. More doesn't equal better.

I'm thinking those two (Yoda's hut and the X-wing) might be in one and the same set. Pilot Luke will be in another set, like a snow speeder. 😇

My money is betting 75424 is a regular snow speeder, using the new canopy. Suspiciously same piece range 349 vs 347 Same age (7+) Same price (€49) Even the set number is only one digit different (75414) :D

Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of the prequel era, but I agree on the general appeal for toys from that era. Still, the same must somewhat go for OG stormtroopers: recognizable, featured in ton of media etc. And yet, Lego doesn't put out as much of readily available battlepack sets featuring stormies... (That zombie abomination from Ahsoka, doesn't, doesn't count.)

It probably doesn't have a smart brick. Only the large/expensive sets will, other sets will have other ways to interact with the smartbrick-system, I think. Rumors still say the entire wave could be retailer exclusive, I really hope those rumors are wrong. Retailer exclusive means no discounts.

I absolutely loved Andor. And I'm very much rooting for a set of that TIE, simply because it's a no-brainer that has a wide enough appeal, audience-wise. But honestly that entire opening scene seemed like something demanded by the higher-ups in order to appeal to a wider action-oriented audience. It's fine by all means, as you said, it's a prop to tell a larger thematic story. And it doesn't really break lore/Cannon imo: we don't know if the specifications are really better than the tie advanced in terms of flight characteristics, shields, power output etc. All those things matter. So yeah, where is our Tie avenger, Lego? 😭

I agree. Luke's appearance made sense and was done reasonably well. But then there was the need to return all these other characters for some reason? Mando S1 was great because it expanded the universe. Andor also showed how you create good, new, stories, new characters all tying into the bigger picture, without having all the main characters of the era around. Not that you couldn't give us with Thrawn or others, but focus on the story, your main characters and do it a bit more sparingly, so you can do it justice. Speaking which, where are my Andor sets and figures? We deserve another Krennic and Mon Mothma at the very least. Don't get me started on B2-EMO, Bix, Maarva, Kino and our boy Brasso 😭

The problem is they do that with seemingly everything. Grogu goes with Luke? -> BOBF reverses that. Mando (seemingly) gets over his cultist ways -> nope, undone in S3 Razor crest destroyed? -> reversed in the movie Gideon captured in s2? Only to escape off screen (I think?) with barely any consequence? Owning the dark saber? Conveniently passed on. It's jarring, if such crucial events bear no consequences, why even watch imo? It hits even harder now, after we got an incredible show with Emmy-winning writing. I'm a bit excited we might finally get another stormtrooper battlepack and a Zeb minifigure. But other than that? This will probably be the first SW in my lifetime I won't go see in Cinema. Simply not worth my money, let alone my time away from home and my younglings.

Various sources say that there will be sets with the brick and separte expansion sets. Apparently when this was tested, it also was conceived this way, a bit like Mario. I wonder if the smart tiles are really smart or just contain a unique print? It could mean a huge difference in cost. I wouldn't see how you get a chip in a regular tile tbh. If the smaller sets are just regular sets, which fut in the smartbrick-system, without a ridiculous cost... That could be alright imo.

Yeah I agree, the set numbering seems to suggest that as well. If the other sets are far less heavy on the smartbrick-thing, they could turn out okay value wise? I hope so. While I'm sceptical about the smart gimmick thing, I do appreciate the clear focus on kids-oriented play and sets. Last January had 7 sets, of which 3 adult/display oriented. 8 playsets is good news imo, now let's hope the smartbrick doesn't hurt the value too much... For that matter, I really hope that the entire wave isn't exclusive to one retailer, that's usually bad news. Can't believe Lego would do that with an entire wave and a new feature like this, limiting the availability like that is setting it up for failure imo.

Nice job! I really like these alternative builds, the engines and wings in particular are great.

This, 100%. I could see them making 5 or so smaller sets, like the hangar, Luke vs Vader, trash compactor, the prison block and maybe a battle pack featuring a gun and a couple of stormies/gunners. You could make those so they combine in a grey circle, without costing too many additional pieces. It would be smaller for sure, but it would be accessible for kids and more adults, who both will feel inclined to complete the collection after getting one of those sets. Same goes for Hoth, however it's not like they spend the better half of a movie there, like they did on the death stars, so the appeal might be less big. Still... Most of us don't have a ion Cannon, GR75 or power generator, so plenty of potential there, especially with the new snow speeder canopy...

I think it's more the result of the dollar being weaker? Tariffs don't apply for Lego from Mexico (or Canada), as it resorts under the usmca exemption. Unless there are some minor parts in those specific sets who have to be shipped from elsewhere to the states? Can't wait for day 100. Also: clone/republic commando battle pack would sell like hot cakes, I think.