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It was and is.

Just came from my local Lego Store. Picked up the Advent Calendar along with a free Revan, also some Nexo Knight promotion. We will see if my S@H order goes through from last night with no issues. Now to wait until Sunday.

Took about an act of congress, but my order finally placed Shop at Home. They had the Shuttle and the U Wing on display at TRU, both those suckers are much bigger in person than online. Look forward to building them here in a few months.

Just came from TRU, hardly any people out. Picked up the AT-ST and got the free FO General. They are selling them individually as well, so I bought a second one. TRU cashiers had no clue about the FO General until I spotted a LSW poly-bag and pointed to the box, it was peaking out of, behind them. Then they tried charging for both...and I was like uh no...he is free with a $30.00 purchase. They confirmed it once they scanned it. I felt bad for the guy in front of me... he bought a bunch of RO LSW sets but didn't get the mini-figure. Was gone by the time I got to the parking lot. Plan on hitting up the Lego Store tomorrow first thing to to get Revan. Probably pick up the SW Advent Calendar to get him. Holding off until Sunday before I start unloading on the rest of the RO line..........and maybe.....the Death Star. Placed an order on Lego Shop at Home to pick up a second Revan...Paypal went through, but still processing on the Lego website...so who knows.

Taken from Rebelscum "Collectors in the US can now get a free poly-bagged First Order General mining (5004406) with a $30 purchase of LEGO Star Wars. The offer is only valid to October 1st, so if you are keen for the new LEGO Rogue One sets you can time your purchase with Force Friday. Any stock left after this date will be put on general sale for $4.99." TRU is also giving away an exclusive poster and t-shirt. This is CONUS, not sure about OCONUS.

Not impressed with the new sets thus far. I want Thrown, but will just Bricklink him. I'll be saving money on that wave.

Apparently Lego mailed the notification out to members. Saw the ad posted on FB. I was going to hold off on purchasing the RO sets until the 2nd, but I guess this will force my hand to buy at least one on the 30th. Pretty cool, but would have been nice for the mini-figure to be an exclusive RO one.

I would highly doubt it.

Waiting for Double VIP Points and the "other" day to pick up the new line...although may wait on the U-Wing.

All these rehashed sets are getting old...at least for us old fogies that have been collecting for awhile. Would like to see some new sets for a change.

NO! You don't say.

Those are actually Imperial Code Cylinders.

I received the Lego magazine today and it had the 75159 Death Star in it. Just a small picture advertising the VIP event on 15 September. I find it funny that I received the magazine today, but the official unveil is not until 1 September...allegedly.

There is this, WIP obviously.

Very well put together and great tribute for a great man!

Incorrect. As stated above Force Friday is slotted for 30 September 2016.

That is a good observation/point. My question is if there was very little changes to the new Death Star, why even retire the old one? This isn't like a typical rehash as in most of the previous LSW sets had years in between them. The Death Star was only a matter of months. I agree that Lego seems to be valuing money over "Only the Best is Good Enough". Even this is a child's toy, more thought should have gone into it. Unless CM4Sci is purposley jerking our chains.

And you are in the know/understand because you work for Lego and on a design team, right? I can't see the Lego/Disney corporate being a dictatorial cooperation where they decide to produce a set with no designer feedback. Current me if I am wrong, but I am quite certain a Lego design team plays a key role in the design of a set. This is course with the guidance and final approve from corporate. If that is the case what is a design team even there for? I also never mentioned in any of my posts of designers making random/rouge sets with or without accountablity. Come on guy. I am not one to complain about a sets design. It is like clockwork, as each new LSW set lists/pictures are released it is like an onslaught of members who post on this page moaning and griping about the upcoming LSW set wave whether it is about design, price, or both. It happens each time, I read them all. So who is to blame? Pretty sure those that are mentioned above....I rest my case.

Same here, love the table and chairs. I also love the walls. Great job and well done!

Stop getting your knickers in a bunch over an observation. While some rehashed sets tend to be more popular, Lego (corporate and staff) need to be careful on what sets are picked to be rehashed. After all how many X-Wings and Deserts Skiffs do we need...over other sets...Cloud Cit, Yoda's Hutt, Prequel Sets. Personally I think rotating designers frequently would keep sets from being poorly designed, to include both new or rehashed. Lego has come close to going under in the past, they need not make the same mistake twice. Like I said I will wait until a see the new DS, but its not looking promising. I will be sorely disappointed since I have a considerable amount of VIP points saved up. I am looking forward to Thrawn mini-figure and kudos to Lego for that.

Based on the reports it sounds like Lego needs to start cleaning house on the LSW design team. Sounds like their current team is complacent and lazy. This seems to be a reoccurring trend which will only continue. Disgusting.

Yep same here, bought it about a week ago.

I am not passing judgment until I see it...for my own eyes. I take most things that I read on the inter webs with a grain of salt these days.

Thats odd, because a member on here, with alleged connections, said it would appease both collectors wanting both factions of the 10143 and 10188. Maybe not though, either way looking forward to the revealing. The RO sets look decent, will pick all of them up aside from the U Wing. The trailer was ok. Im still meh on the story line. Looking forward into seeing the DS, ISD's and Darth Vader though.

I use Ivar Ikea shelves to display my collection. Great product, and quality, although not exactly cheap.