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This is where I would mark it as well. You can't make a fully clean cut- 2021 had a lot of stuff based on older batman films, and 2022 technically did have the 4+ set and the art set- but you have a year without any normal batman/DC sets, and when it returns in 2023, it's fully in the form of batman sets for older films. I believe that's about the time Lego themselves started branding it specifically as lego batman again, too.

But definitely smaller than a modular. Even without accounting for licensing or the increased number of new prints the figures will have, I can't remember the last modular that was $200 if you account for inflation.

Always happy to swordy someone given how often swordy swordies me, it's nice to pay it forward. JLU, or rather the DCAU, definitely did some damage as a whole with some of the characters chosen. Jon being the main lantern probably would have been ok in it if the order wasn't inexplicably Kyle (with Hal's backstory), then Jon, then Jessica and randomly the other earth lanterns always existed and we just never saw them. A similar thing happens with Wally, but thankfully CW flash kept Barry as the main flash in everyone's mind. I don't think Tom King generally writes anyone with justice. His run on Batman wasn't exactly the most well-loved.

As funny as would be, we're not talking specifically about it being bad that they can't adapt that storyline. It's just the storyline we were expecting them to adapt, not that we wanted it off the bat. I can't speak for CC but personally I hate that storyline because

None of the sets have an anniversary figure and a poster, do they? I think you only get one or the other. There was plenty of marketing, there was just nothing to market.

Lego was right to do what they did to this theme. DC doesn't deserve sets anymore.

NOOO THE BERET IS STICKING AROUND AAAAUGH. Marvel, WHY? (Likely the same reason That specific thing I mentioned in the spoiler is also something I think fits this movie and phase of the MCU a lot- it's a half-measure, halfheartedly trying to both stick with their initial post-endgame attempts while also bringing in older, more well-liked characters and stories, but not committing to either path. As for the other designs, They're hedging their bets heavily- maybe people will come for the shells of Steve and Thor, maybe they'll come because they're nostalgic about the X-men, or they were one of the few who really liked the MCU's F4 or watched Thunderbolts (of which I am the latter's biggest fan). But like I said, it's a bunch of half-measures. Nobody's coming for the story built up over the past 7 years because there wasn't one.

You're right, though I always considered ventress and the torrent associated just due to coming from the same microseries. That said, I believe both the figure and ship are the TCW versions, not the CW2003 versions, so it's not all that relevant to the actual product. They absolutely should be, and it's odd that lego doesn't consider it that way. EXACTLY. And in the case of it being an ANH anniversary, it makes even more sense, seeing as there were no force ghosts- at least, not ones we could see- until TESB. I actually like that type of thing for the background legions. It's the digital equivalent of the OT constantly re-using props, and also makes some sense to me- there's probably a list of approved templates/stencils for legion design the republic has. Cody's the type of guy to stay by-the-book and pick a stock stencil for his legion, so it makes sense that other legions would have the same marking pattern. I'm surprised nobody's gotten ahold of one yet, but it should be any day now.

It is really just too big. One of those examples where the set isn't necessarily overpriced for what's included, but should have been made at a smaller size and cheaper price point. With how lego assigns sets we know the designers were told to make a $60 one, but they could have made it smaller and included part of Peli's workshop as a side build. I'm still surprised the lander hasn't, it feels like an easy layup and it's shown up in a few of the live-action shows now. Ahsoka's Shuttle is exactly what I was thinking of in that regard. Slave One is another good example. They're just too big to represent at the scale lego's been making them. Really surprising that we haven't had any rumors of the Starhopper yet, it was fairly prominent in the marketing and would have been a good way to get those merc droids. Unfortunately with how Mando performed I'm not 100% sure that we'll be seeing it anytime soon. Ahsoka Wave: clear favoritism on my part, but I wanted to have 3 total live action waves and Mando's the only show that would clearly deserve it's own, so Ahsoka gets promoted due to being the only other multi-season live-action show that's not aimed explicitly at adults. Ahsoka's Shuttle Microfighter ($14.99): Ahsoka The White Hera Syndulla Mech ($14.99): Hera Syndulla. Mech resembles Chopper's color scheme and his head is included. Imperial Seekers Battle Pack ($19.99): 2x HK-87 droid (tan) and 2x Scout Guard. Build is a navisystem module from the Eye of Sion alongside a small turret. Bandit Ambush ($9.99): A buildable Howler and bit of rocky terrain with Sabine Wren (poncho, no helmet, no arm printing) and a bandit. Fiend Starfighter ($39.99): Marrok, Shin Hati, and an HK-87 droid (red) World Between Worlds Vignettes ($54.99): Three vignettes of geonosis, mandalore, and the World Between Worlds. Includes Ahsoka Tano (S1 retcon outfit), Ahsoka Tano (S7 outfit), Ahsoka Tano (ronin), General Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker (dual-sided face with sith expression on one side), and a mauldalorian. Night Trooper Dropship ($79.99): Imperial Patrol Gunship with 4x Night Trooper (all unique prints) and Ezra Bridger. Dark Jedi Shuttle ($109.99): Baylan and Shin's Jedi Shuttle with interior cockpit and seating area with Baylan Skoll, Shin Hati, Morgan Elsbeth (Prisoner), New Republic Captain, and 2x New Republic Fleet Trooper. Ahsoka Tano's Shuttle ($169.99): T-6 jedi shuttle with interior 3-seater cockpit, main area with removable table, and small saber workshop. Includes Ahsoka Tano (ronin), Sabine Wren (training), Huyang, Sabine Wren's armor (arm printing), Baylan Skoll, and 2x Scout Guard Limited edition Peridea Fortress Raid: ($199.99): The Great Mother's Fortress with sliding door and four levels- bottom-to-top the stable entrance, a catacomb room, prison cell room, and Thrawn's command center, with a stairwell running up alongside all floors to the rooftop shrine. Includes two buildable howlers as well as Ahsoka The White, Sabine Wren (arm printing, helmet and hair included), Ezra Bridger, Morgan Elsbeth, 2x Nightdeath Trooper (new helmet mold with damage and exposed jaw), 2x Night Trooper, Grand Admiral Thrawn, and 3x Great Mother Sabine Wren Bust ($59.99): Sabine Wren (arm printing) Marrok Helmet ($69.99): Midi-Scale The Chimera and Eye of Sion ($109.99): UCS Imperial Patrol Gunship ($239.99): Captain Enoch and a Night Trooper, both with arm printing and dual-molded legs.

It is odd- it probably comes down to her fitting better in the torrent, but getting the new torrent at all is a bit of an odd choice. Not that I'm complaining, those $60-80 starfighters are consistently the best sets. I don't know- I would imagine the prints are why it's more expensive than a battle droid, but you would think the minifigures' legs and torsos being assemblies rather than a single piece would cause them to be more expensive than the R2, which is simply four basic parts, two of them printed. It's just authentic environmental detailing! Yup, they're finally turning things around. I'm sure there will be, I imagine both "real world" sets will be full of references.

Yeah, exactly. They're unique sets and I don't mind them as much as the buildable slop, but they aren't for me. That's exactly it. It's a combination of AOTC not receiving many sets, Dooku really only fitting into sets based on part of a specific act of the film, and the fact that while we have PLENTY of TCW sets they haven't been great at giving us anything other than clones, Jedi, and standard battle droids. Ah- yes, sorry, I didn't mean literally a minifigure, I meant that lego seems to count them as occupying the same budget/space as a minifig. The most recent X-wing is a good example, lego typically puts 3-4 minifigures in their $50+ starfighters, and this one has two and an astromech. Whereas droids like B1s are characters they seem to count as less than a minifigure, as shown in sets like the super packs. Can you imagine a world where we had NINE minifigs in a $30 set? Nice. Might even look like the sand's blending into the table at that point. I think I'll be borrowing that phrase at the end there. It'll be black- hopefully we'll then get a gray version in a UCS Tantive IV or something. A better way to put it than I did- yeah. They aren't things I will personally buy but I understand why they're making them, and they're more palatable than the maxifigs and the like by a large margin. Excellent to see how much they're doing- I like the idea of getting the posters in addition to the figures. I won't be hunting them down, but I'll certainly be happy to see the ones that do pop up in the sets I grab. I also imagine the mcquarrietrooper minifig is almost confirmed at this point- while it's not impossible they do the helmet without a minifigure, it would be a very strange choice. As for the new stuff: Mcquarrietrooper helmet: The helmets aren't my thing, and I do wonder how well this will do, but I think it'll look nice and is a neat choice. UCS TIE Advanced. Lego's baiting me at this point. Smart tie advanced, UCS tie advanced, polybag TIE advanced, lego can I please just have my normal, dumb TIE Advanced? That said, this should be a great build, and while I don't have the space for a UCS collection we'll see if it tempts me enough to bite the bullet. Lego ANH Poster: I already have a spot picked out in my office. Movie theatre: As Kaiju says, a lot better than helmets or statues, even if it's not my type. Georg diorama: Same thing here. I like that pink shorts guy is implied to be coming in a set- I wonder what his BL prices will be, as I wouldn't mind picking him up if he's cheap. A very unique glup shitto.

I get the appeal of them but these personally just don't interest me. They are cool concepts, but it's a similar thing to the giant minifigures- if I want star wars legos, I want legos representing things in the star wars universe, not legos referencing lego star wars or filming/watching star wars. I think it's entirely possible in the latter case. Dooku would be guaranteed for an AOTC Brickheadz pack, but doesn't appear to be showing up before then in sets. It's not unheard of- though this would probably the most extreme example- as Grievous and General Lando also both received brickheadz a number of years after their minifigures went off shelves. I'm glad to hear I wasn't alone in my lapse in judgement- though I do quite like the speeder, too. Some new wedge-tip curved slopes I hadn't seen before. Nice- and yes, of course, it's always going to come down to the build. For some reason lego seems to count astromechs as minifigures. They don't do it with the B1s/B2s, etc, but they do with the astromechs. That said, two minifigs in a $30 set- one of them re-used- would imply a detailed general skywalker is coming, since it's sort of like the Cobb Vanth speeder set if the other fig had been a re-used Mando instead of your beloved Cad Bane. I think we probably will get arm printing and the like- the real question is if we'll get the more visually distinct navy and maroon robes, or the black and brown. Dust is a scourge for legos. Especially the black-base dioramas- at least Mos Eisely has to be harder to notice dust on given the lighter colors. You've turned me around. This is the best set idea of all time, I can't believe it took lego 28 years to make it. (Joking of course, but if they were able to sneak Mara in I would be very grateful- especially because you could probably snag Mara for cheaper than your average exclusive-to-$200-set figure since there'll be a ton of city fans buying the build and scrapping the figs.)

Amazing. They really kept the spirit of the 90s intact with that one. I wish we could get sets for it, even if people aren't watching the show, the designs are comic-accurate enough and so many of those characters are A or B listers who have never had a minifigure. Rivals Season 8 sets. While it is not the upcoming GREATEST SEASON OF ALL TIME (Season 9 starts with the revelation that Apocolypse murdered the Egyptian pantheon, and the lone surviving god- Khonshu - now sends his Moon Knight on a kill mission to prevent his ascent to godhood, alongside a schisming X-men team that's more radical members now oppose them as Horsemen. Oh, and The Hood's made a deal with Mephisto that seems to be part of what caused Daredevil's entire world to collapse and his spider-man to die. This season is going to be incredible), season 8 did have a few different storylines between the 2099 battle and the Tournament finally occurring, so there is a bit more set material- for the first time more set material than costume material, given the season's unfortunate swell of useless beach skins and civilian skins. Devil Dino Raid ($19.99): buildable Devil Dinosaur (default), with Cyclops (default), Ultron (cybernetic drip), Deadpool (Monster King), and a molded Jeff (Devil Landshark) Luna Snow's Car ($39.99, somebody on the lego team must have visited the game's development office): Luna Snow (Sonic Trailblazer), Iron Man (Iron Samurai), and an Infinity Thing bigfig. Shenloong Tournament ($59.99): Tournament central point with gong, turntables, and functions to knock figures around, as well as a buildable Groot (Ironwood Serpent). Includes Daredevil (default), Iron Fist (Shou Lao's Champion), Wolverine (Dogbrother X), Storm (Judicator Xiezhi), and Angela (Odin's Daughter) Battle of Nueva York ($119.99): The X-jet, an Alchemax base build with Cyclops's cell and a collapsing wall function, and two buildable dinos- Devil Dino (Chrono-Armor) and the cloned dino (Corporate Cruncher). Comes with Cyclops (Weapon M), Phoenix (White Crown), Daredevil (Shadowed Start), Rogue (Will of Galacta), clone Wolverine (X-2099), clone Magik (Soulless Sword), clone Gambit (Barrier Buster), and clone Star-Lord (Glory Gunner).

Most likely. I don't believe magneto uses the helmet, I imagine it's in part a symbolic thing because he no longer has to block his mind from Professor X. Extremely good news there- I would hesitate to compare the build to galactus given the sentinal is likely much, much smaller, but the number of figures in a $60 set is wonderful to see. I really, really hope we're getting a new avengers quinjet if for no other reason than that leak would have to confirm helmeted John Walker as opposed to that stupid beret. It would also vastly increase our odds of getting the full team of bolts. Plus it'll be nice to see what their quinjet looks like- I've got an absurd amount of lore built up for them since until very recently it seemed like a second movie was out of the question, and it would be nice to add a definitive quinjet layout to that lore. They're definitely more muted, I'd say more like dark purple and silver than dark purple and magenta. That one should be easy enough to swap, it's the carvings and scales that'll be more of an issue. We might get lucky with Mystique since she's wearing clothes this time around so there's not as much of a need for the scales, but there's no reason for them to remove Nightcrawler's markings aside from wanting comic accuracy.

That's true- I doubt most people are begging for an AOTC brickheadz pack or statue. It is diabolical. I have the spare income, and I was weak. I wanted the mandos. I will pick up Plo's microfighter at some point, or receive it as a gift or something. I bought one for my father, actually, since he's a big Plo fan. That's fair, it's smart to wait for sales whenever reasonable. I would hope with only 2 figs in the $30 set, one of them being Artoo, that lego gives Anakin the justice he deserves. A good point- it is a mix of both. That's an impressive list! The cantina is one of my grails for if I ever have the space to display sets like that.

Unfortunately a lack of marketing campaign kills the film. If the general audience isn't being shown it, they aren't going to remember to go see it. Similar with the theories- it gives the fans something to obsess over and get hyped for. And if you don't want to engage with it, you don't have to. (Though at the end of the day that's not something that needs a big campaign to happen- starfighter already has plenty. Even something as simple as a leak for Ryan Gosling's character's -already has a bunch of theories and is gaining a lot of hype with fans. Arguably nobody really knew what was going to happen in TMAG because nothing DID happen in TMAG. I think most people were able to puzzle out "opens on snow planet, mando fights empire, mando gets rotta, mando goes to nal hutta, ends with the NR striking Nal Hutta", and beyond that there wasn't much that you needed to theorize about. There were no cameos besides Dave "totally inconspicuous normal pilot that my friend who barely knows SW totally didn't immediately clock as a member of the production team" Filoni, no plot twists, nothing. I'm still hoping that leak was a misread because if it was my favorite character coming into Doomsday is confirmed a fig- something that the sheer number of characters and low number of sets is not a sure thing for anybody not named doom- but yeah, the TIE avenger's new best bets are May and August 2027. If it doesn't happen in either of those slots I think it's unlikely it happens anytime soon at all. They need to. I think there'll be a lot more interest between the new time period, fact that instead of Pedro Pascal fatigue Ryan Gosling can't stop winning, and overall more mysterious nature of the film so far, but if they don't give us anything to go off the GA isn't going to be as likely to show up. Yup. It reminds you that just because we haven't gotten something doesn't mean the designers aren't aware of it. Hopefully. Typically the anniversaries have received at the most one playset, with it mostly restricted to a brickheadz pack and 18+ sets. Perhaps between 2025 being the year of jango and the 50th of the franchise eating more of the 18+ slots, AOTC will simply lose out... or maybe it'll get to double dip on playsets. I went back through my collection- as of the coming December, unless I bite the bullet on the sandcrawler or the Boba Fett somehow reached 35%+ off already, I'll have spent $23 on lego star wars sets myself in the past 2 years (A shameful purchase of the 2nd 332nd pack because I do love mandalorians), and about $100 on new sets in total (a few small marvel sets and the ninjago anniversary display). For January 2027, the sets I have more or less locked in as purchases are the Y-wing and about $100 of marvel sets, which already doubles the total lego purchases I've made in the last two years. But depending on the build I might also pick up Bespin and Mustafar, which would TRIPLE it. If we count sets I've received as gifts that number doubles and January 2027 won't eclipse it unless everything I'm on the fence about ends up being a day 1 purchase, but regardless I think it shows how good this january is looking. Or just that we're finally back to system OT sets and some PT sets that don't rely entirely on Jango Fett's DNA.

Good, the way it should be done. I think he did fine with Superman's personality, but there's enough else going on in the movie that I'd want changes to- including the reversion of the viltrumite thing, which I've heard Supergirl only reaffirms as canon. It really seems like that came out of James Gunn's personal relationship with his father, which he has spoken about influencing some of his films. I think Superman coming from a good and noble legacy and wanting to live up to his kryptonian heritage is a big part of his character and something that separates him from heroes like invincible. I've got no animus towards Milly Alcock as a person, and I haven't paid to go watch the whole movie, but nothing I've seen really makes me think she's a very good supergirl. Maybe it's in part that we've largely been spoiled by Melissa Benoist, who was pretty much a perfect casting, and Sasha Calle, who while not the perfect choice for a mainline supergirl, did an excellent job in an otherwise terrible film. (I would love to see her show up alongside Henry Cavill in some sort of elseworlds, she does very much feel like the supergirl to his version of superman.) I think if you want to have supergirl as a major character you need to do either the young newbie from JLU style stuff or the matrix comics larger-than-life, divine being vibe, and Milly Alcock doesn't really feel like either to me. But who will change the hierarchy of power in the lego DC universe? Bat Adam? Black Bat? (Actually, yes, please give us a Black Bat minifig) Yup. It's looking very likely that Morbius will end up beating it, massive victory for us Morbheads, morbius in Marvel Rivals when? (In all honestly, a mainline MCU/DCU movie being beaten by Morbius is probably a career-ender. The fact that it'll be on streaming before the month is even over implies even the studio's realized it's dead in the water.) This will not help lego DC's case, ESPECIALLY as far as getting anything other than batman goes. If the superman mech retired early with that film doing alright, and then lego sees supergirl being one of the biggest losses in box office history, they will 100% come away thinking there's just no market for characters who aren't the bat.

Which is part of why I think either it's not a doomsday set or they're getting the character and build confused. This would be such a gargantuan leak for the movie and I just can't see marvel giving lego that information.

I guess it would make a heck of a final trailer shot, especially since they've already used up the X-men shock factor in earlier announcements/trailers and there's no way they officially show off the opening scene cameos at this point. It's possible, but it seemed like the leakers had all started moving away from that notion towards the leaks we've been seeing in the past few months. I believe the first of the two leaks you mentioned was pretty shaky to begin with. I'll still wait until we see, but I personally hope That's correct- I mean, technically speaking It's a very slight difference, isn't it? I think there's a fairly good chance that it was just a prototype that was later changed.

Exactly. For lego-original concepts it makes a lot more sense, but licensed figs just don't appeal to me in terms of "$100 upscaled minifigure" Interesting. The designers definitely just throw that out sometimes- they said something similar about Two-Face's new hair mold in a Batman set in january 2025 implying we'd get another of that character soon... and with the 1HY leaks for that theme's 2027 we can now say that that isn't happening. But it does at least mean the designers are thinking about it. I wouldn't completely rule it out- it is AOTC's 25th after all, even if there's a bigger anniversary it shares- but you're right that it's not particularly likely now that we can confidently say two duel sets with anniversary figs in the same wave is a coincidence, not a pattern. I feel like the dioramas were moreso an example of a subline lego was trying that had to include minifigures despite their best wishes/efforts. This sounds like the first one where the focus is actively on the minifigures, rather than lego doing a diorama collection, having to include minifigures to complete the scenes, and then ending it with a figless one anyway. Hopefully. Dude, not the hat- iconic hats are clearly what give IP franchise runners their power, without his hat the brand is doomed. Nien Numb got a new mold in the skiff- and this is lego star wars at the end of the day, so I wouldn't say it's something they have to do. I think it's moreso a case of lego knowing that fig will drive sales to a set that otherwise wouldn't get ones from some of those new buyers. Unless it's actively the worst-looking Y-wing they've ever made, it's an instant buy from me. January 2027 is rapidly shaping up to have me spend more in that one day on legos than I have in the past two years. (Unless I get the sandcrawler, I suppose) Yup! This needs to do well, it has the potential to completely reshape the 18+ landscape for this theme. Those are my worries as well. I hope so. I must have missed that, congrats @icm!

Yeah, they've been doing really well recently. Unfortunately it seems we're now down to one option, being the New Avengers Tower. And at this point I'm worried that we won't even get the full Thunderbolts lineup in that one. That would be really cool looking, though tricky to pull off. Right now I just have my cyclops holding a lightsaber blade up to his eyes so it looks like he's touching the dial on the visor and firing- getting that sort of no-hands, wide-range blast would be tricky without just having it attach to a back neck bracket or terrain, which might look a bit janky from angles besides the intended one. WHAT. It doesn't NECCESARILY mean it's a doomsday set, but if it is, that's MASSIVE spoilers. Probably would be the biggest spoiler lego's ever done, I can't believe marvel would even have told them about that. Most of the more concrete leaks have been claiming Which lines up with one of the sets we know is coming later, but not the set that just leaked at all. Yeah I don't think any credible leaks have mentioned that at all. Part of me thinks it won't actually be a doomsday set given the (IIRC) different release date. I can't believe marvel would give lego concept art of something like that and we wouldn't have seen it in the leaks at all- though it'll be interesting to see which leakers immediately "leak" this info for the movie. (My favorite one of those being that after that Australian theatre chain did some marketing around their Vmax system in spider-man trailers and one leaker evidently misunderstood the trailers and immediately started "leaking" a bunch of info about the role Vmax plays in the movie.) All that to say, I am really, really hoping this is a mistake from someone seeing a black-and-red cap suit and thinking "evil cap", and it's really a confirmation that we're getting John Walker, helmet and all. This just seems like a crazy thing for marvel to have told lego about if true, and "the new avengers have a quinjet" is a much more reasonable piece of info for them to give lego- or for lego to just make up to add a build to a set.

If Cyclops is any indication they'll be pretty comic accurate. A Reed build sounds incredibly cursed but I agree that he should have the stretchy arms. Hopefully cyclops is in the $100 set I think there's a really good chance we get the Sentry alongside the other bolts in the New Avengers Tower set. If it really is real, which there've been enough people corroborating and expanding the leak for me to believe, there is 0 chance we don't see a set in May/June 2028. If lego's smart and not legally prevented from doing so, they'll already have one of their guys moccing some fig designs and a generic base up right now so they can shoot for an earlier date. I think there's a good shot they throw in steve somewhere if for no other reason than that Hopefully he's in the $100 set.

Doomsday. We did get Herbie, and we don't know what that $100 set will be. I'm not sure how many options there are aside from the F4 ship- I doubt we get a playscale tower AND a playscale X-mansion, and I'm not sure what else they'd even do here.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT (minor spoiler if true) Is getting a set. The greatest thing to grace cinema screens since morbius. (Though I believe the new leaks state that said action actually occurs during - major spoiler if true- instead) That is interesting. I hope the $109.99 set is still the Thunderbolts Tower (and comes with the bolts themselves). $99.99 set is what I assumed this would be, so now I don't know what it is. A playscale F4 ship?

I think it's minifig vignettes, like little environments for each figure. The really interesting part is it's an 18+ set in which the minifigures are the central focus, not there because the diorama wouldn't work without them or just entirely absent. I would guess they either think it was the only way to "sneak in" Malak, which I think is just objectively wrong given we got Cal in an ISD, or they think putting the fig in a non-minifig set allowed them to up the budget alloted to the figure, which is somewhat reasonable. (Though if we could have gotten a Malak in a smaller system set and he just re-used the Ultron neck bracket or something I would have been fine with that. It works for my custom Malak anyway.) WOOOOOOOO! (The TIE Avenger did cause some spectacular fireworks in the show) For me it's less about the set itself and more about what it means- it sounds like an 18+ set actively focused on minifigures, which would imply lego has finally realized that minifigs won't scare off adults from buying sets. This is a potential game changer. I think a TK trooper or other ANH concept art figs are more likely then the latter two there, like female starkiller, the uniformed vader, etc. Everything we've seen so far is from ANH concept art, I wonder if they'd want to save later films' mcquarrie designs for later. (Would be funny if 25 years from now we get a set of AOTC annivesary figs and it's just a republic commando and 5 radically different pieces of Dooku concept art) I'm starting to get worried about Ahsoka S2's potential sets. I think at this point this is the best january figure lineup of the modern era. I don't know what would even compete with it. That's exactly it. Minifig-hunters who otherwise wouldn't buy a giant buildable Luke Skywalker will now want to pick up the set anyway so they can get the mcquarrie vader. I hope that set crashes and burns so we can pick up the vader minifig for cheap later on (and because while it's entirely hypocritical, as I loved sets like the rebel scout speeder remake, the maxifigs may be my single least favorite set type lego's ever made for this theme. It feels paradoxical- I have a Luke Skywalker minifigure because I like legos as a medium and I like star wars as an IP. Something like the boba fett statue is cool because it's a boba fett made out of legos. A lego luke skywalker made out of legos feels like something that should be a niche legoland product, not taking up a mainline slot. I would- somehow- even prefer the statues to them.)