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The lack of rogue one helmets is surprising. You'd think they would fit right alongside the other imperial ones- sell better than the Dark Troopers and Boushh, at the very least. More shuttles are very welcome. Solo wave- I thought it would be hard to come up with set material, but it was actually hard to limit the sets as much as I did. I really wanted to include a buildable Lady Proxima somewhere but there just wasn't room. At-Hauler Microfighter ($14.99): Rio Durant Lando Calrissian Mech ($14.99): Designed to resemble his paint job for the falcon (with a cape on the mech, of course): Comes with Lando Calrissian Imperial Rangers Battle Pack ($19.99): 3x Range Trooper, 1x Imperial Gunner (Cold-weather). Build is a small railside outpost with a watchtower and turret. Imperial Patrol Speeder ($9.99): Patrol Trooper, Han Solo (Corellia) AT-DT Assault ($29.99): AT-DT with 1x Imperial Mudtrooper, 2x Imperial Army Trooper, and 1x Mimban Stormtrooper. Syndicate Skirmish ($54.99): Dryden's museum/office with Han, Dryden, Qi'ra, and 2x of Dryden's Enforcers. Build includes turntables/features to knock over minifigures. Landspeeder Chase ($79.99): Han and Moloch's landspeeders (both downsized slightly) alongside an imperial patrol speeder and checkpoint. Comes with Han Solo (Corellia), Qi'ra (Corellia), Moloch, Rebolt, an Imperial Protocol Droid, and a Patrol Trooper TIE Brute ($89.99): Includes Qi'ra, L3-37, Quay Tolsite, a TIE Pilot, and a Kessel Mine Guard AT-Hauler Attack ($149.99): AT-Hauler (Can hold the AT-DT or a conveyex car) as well as two Cloud Rider swoops. Comes with Rio Durant, Beckett (Imperial officer), Han (Imperial army trooper), Enfys Nest, and 2x Cloud Rider. Limited Edition: Conveyex Chase ($199.99): Conveyex train (front car, rear car, and 4 middle cars- a vault car, guard station, gunnery car with armory below, and engineering car) as well as a modular track with a probe droid "nest" on one side containing an explode feature. Comes with Beckett, Han, Chewbacca, Val, 2x Range Trooper, 1x Imperial Gunner (Cold-Weather), 1x Imperial Officer, 2x Imperial Technician, and 3x buildable probe droid. Chewbacca Bust ($59.99): Chewbacca Range Trooper Helmet ($69.99): Range Trooper Midi-Scale Millennium Falcon (white and blue paintjob) ($89.99): UCS Han Solo's Landspeeder ($239.99): Han Solo (Corellia), Qi'ra (Corellia)

Agreed. Yeah, realistically there should be an Exegol set, I just feel like I do one every TROS wave so I thought I'd mix it up a bit. Maybe the mech could be for the Sovereign Protector rather than BB-8. I think those would both work well. Maybe a $240ish price pointed UCS set including both of them. Rogue One Wave: TIE Reaper Microfighter ($14.99): Death Trooper Shoretrooper Mech ($14.99): Shoretrooper Squad Leader Scarif Battle Pack ($19.99): 2x Rebel Trooper, 2x Shoretrooper. Build is a small bit of landing platform with an E-web and crate. Scarif Showdown ($9.99): Scarif console and radar transmitter/dish with Jyn Erso and Director Krennic Eadu Raid ($34.99): Turbolaser turret. Comes with Chirrut Imwe, Cassian Andor (poncho), 1x Stormtrooper, and 1x Death Trooper Imperial Occupier Tank ($54.99): Imperial not-hovering tank with 2x Imperial Tank Driver, 1x Imperial Tank Commander, and 1x Stormtrooper (Crystal Pack) TIE Reaper ($89.99): TIE Reaper with 1x TIE Pilot, 2x Death Trooper, and 2x Death Trooper Specialist Scarif Dogfight ($109.99): Blue Squadron X-wing and TIE Striker (Striker is downsized from 2016 model). Includes Antoc Merrik, General Draven, a Rebel Astromech, TIE Pilot, and General Ramda U-wing Gunship ($129.99): U-wing starfighter (larger than both previous models) with 2-seater cockpit and fuller interior. Includes 2x U-wing pilot, Bistan, 2x Rebel Trooper, a Shoretrooper Captain, and a Stormtrooper. Limited Edition: Zeta-Class shuttle ($199.99): Includes Bodhi Rook, Jyn Erso, Chirrut Imwe, Baze Malbus, Cassian Andor, K-2SO, and 2x Rebel Trooper. Death Trooper Bust ($59.99): Death Trooper Shore Trooper Helmet ($69.99): Shore Trooper Midi-Scale Hammerhead Corvette ($69.99): UCS Director Krennic's Shuttle ($399.99): Full interior. Comes with Director Krennic and Galen Erso

Thanks, yours too. Absolutely (though plenty of kids or newer fans probably don't have the OGs. I know personally I parted out my Poe's X-wing as a kid and wouldn't mind a new one)- the sequel sets were made in an era where a number of them were just oversized (TIE Silencer, some of the X-wings, etc. Arguably the TIE Dagger though I'm not as certain on that one- it may just have been overpriced). I think they're the best ones- my favorite is personally Poe's X-wing, but it's not really unique enough to be considered it's own design- it's a slightly modified X-wing. The bomber and silencer are definitely the best original designs. The bomber especially gives off WW2 aircraft vibes despite fitting very well into the star wars aesthetic. I agree that at this moment in time, where we've had two sequel sets in a half-decade, it's very unlikely. But if we can just start getting a few sequel sets, I would say the bombe is one of the most likely options. There are so many people I know who consider it the best design of the sequels by far- I feel like there is an audience there. Even a lot of people who sharply criticize the sequels (and when it comes to TLJ, I'm absolutely one of them) begrudgingly admit the bomber's a cool design. TROS Wave, then we can get to the spinoffs and shows: TIE Whisper Microfighter ($14.99): Kylo Ren BB-8 Mech ($14.99): BB-8 and a First Order Stormtrooper. Eternal Empire Battle Pack ($19.99): 2x Sith Trooper, 1x Treadspeeder Driver, 1x FO Jet Trooper. Build is a Treadspeeder. Interstellar Duel: Rey vs Kylo Ren ($9.99): Small builds for Kylo's trophy room and the Kijimi street with Rey and Kylo Ren. Resistance Skiff ($34.99): The sand blue skiff with Triangular Fuelage. Comes with Poe Dameron (desert outfit), Finn, C-3PO, and a First Order Jet Trooper. Resistance B-wing ($69.99): Aftab Ackbar, Snap Wexley, and a Caphex Spy TIE Whisper ($69.99): Kylo Ren, a Final Order Technician, and Ochi of Bestoon Poe's X-wing vs TIE Dagger ($109.99- downsized from 2020 versions): Poe Dameron (Pilot), R2-D2, Lando (Old), Sith Jet Trooper, Final Order Pilot? (They seem to be confirmed to exist but I can't find a visual of them) Night Buzzard: Knights of Ren Transport ($119.99- in a twist, oversized a good deal from the 2020 version): Includes Vicrul, Trudgen, Apl'ek, Cardo, Ushar, and Kuruk, as well as Kylo Ren and Boolio. Limited Edition: Xyston-class Star Destroyer ($199.99): Comes with General Pryde, 2x Final Order Technician, 2x Final Order Officer, 2x Sith Trooper, and 2x Sith Jet Trooper. Jet Trooper Bust ($59.99): Jet Trooper Sith Trooper Helmet ($69.99): Sith Trooper Midi-Scale Xyston-Class Star Destroyer ($69.99): UCS TIE Whisper ($239.99): Kylo Ren (printed arms) and Rey (Printed Arms)

Oh, with the idea that things at the scale of the falcon or AT-AT can be made midi-scale, and already seeing models like the Acclamator, there's so many options. Even aside from all yours: Midi-Scale Lucrehulk Cruiser Midi-Scale MTT Midi-Scale Republic Dropship and AT-OT Midi-Scale Banking Clan Cruiser Midi-Scale Jedi Starfighter in Hyperdrive Booster Ring Midi-Scale Death Star Midi-Scale Cloud City Midi-Scale Nebuleon-B Medical Frigate Midi-Scale Liberty Cruiser Midi-Scale Star Destroyer (No idea how we haven't had a normal ISD yet) Midi-Scale Chimera with Hyperdrive Booster Midi-Scale Death Star 2 Midi-Scale AT-M6 Midi-Scale FO Star Destroyer Midi-Scale Snoke's Capital Ship Midi-Scale Xyston-Class Star Destroyer Midi-Scale The Ghost Thank you! I think it would be a good move to get sort of the whole Jabba's palace experience. Thanks TLJ Wave: Maybe my least favorite movie, but has one of my favorite ship designs with the resistance bomber. Very WW2 inspired. TFA Wave: Resistance Bomber Microfighter ($14.99): Finch Dallow Praetorian Guard Mech ($14.99): Praetorian Guard (That third helmet type they've never made) Battle of Crait Pack ($19.99): 2x First Order Snowtrooper (I honestly think snowtrooper is a misnomer and it's more of an enviro-suit since we know the normal FO troopers have poor environmental filters), 2x Resistance Trooper. Build is a small trench with a P-tower turret. Rey's Training ($9.99): Rey and Luke Skywalker. Build is a small area with turntables and a function to slice the rock in half. Resistance Ski Speeder ($34.99): Finn (headset), Poe Dameron (Headset), First Order Heavy Trooper First Order AT-ST ($54.99): Actually has a head this time, but with a function to remove it. Comes with Finn (disguised), Captain Phasma (battle damaged), BB-8, a Stormtrooper Executioner, and a First Order Walker Driver Throne Room Duel ($54.99): In the style of the Peridea set. Comes with Kylo Ren, Rey, Snoke, and 2x Praetorian Guard (the two helmet types from the 2019 battle pack) TIE Silencer ($69.99): Downsized from the oversized 2017 model. Comes with Kylo Ren, BB-9E, and a First Order Special Forces TIE Pilot First Order AT-M6 ($179.99): Slight size increase from the 2017 model. Comes with 2x First Order Walker Driver, General Hux, 1x First Order Snowtrooper Captain, 2x First Order Stormtrooper, Chewbacca, and 1x Resistance Trooper Limited Edition Resistance Bomber ($199.99): Very large resistance bomber with Finch Dallow, Nix Jerd, Paige Tico, 1x Resistance Flight Engineer, 1x Resistance Gunner, BB-8, Admiral Ackbar, and General Leia. Praetorian Guard Bust ($59.99): Praetorian Guard (The wide-brimmed helmet type.) First Order Stormtrooper Helmet ($69.99): First Order Stormtrooper Midi-Scale AT-M6 ($69.99): UCS TIE Silencer ($239.99): Kylo Ren (arm printing and side leg printing), BB-9E

It's really weird that the climactic battle of the entire trilogy only gets sets based on one small (but excellent) part of it. Great set choices, I do think we need more smaller system sets. Between mechs, microfighters, battle packs, and the like, we really only get gimmick sets for the below $30 price point these days. The $10 Mando bike is a great step in the right direction. TFA Wave: First Order Star Destroyer ($14.99): Kylo Ren Poe Dameron's X-wing mech ($14.99): Poe Dameron (pilot) First Order Battle Pack ($19.99): 2x First Order Stormtrooper, 1x First Order Heavy trooper, 1x First Order Stormtrooper officer (with pauldron). Comes with the Assault Walker from the hasbro toy. Rey's Speeder ($9.99): Rey First Order Snowspeeder ($34.99): First Order snowspeeder, smaller than the 2015 version. First Order TIE Fighter ($49.99): 1x First Order TIE Pilot, General Hux, and a First Order Heavy Trooper Poe Dameron's Black One X-wing Starfighter ($54.99): Comes with Poe Dameron, a resistance technician, BB-8, General Leia, and a Resistance Trooper. First Order Lander ($109.99): Comes with 4x First Order Stormtrooper, 2x First Order Flametrooper, and a First Order Technician. Starkiller Base Battle ($139.99): Resistance X-wing, First Order Special Forces TIE Pilot, and a smallish Starkiller Base build with a small bit of snowy terrain and trees. Comes with Jess Pava, a resistance BB unit, 2x First Order Special Forces TIE Pilot, Rey, Finn, Phasma, and Kylo Ren. Limited Edition Maz's Castle ($199.99): Maz's castle build with the full exterior shape. Includes the main courtyard with the cacophony of banners. Behind the main door is the bar, with seating in one wing and the basement with Luke's lightsaber in the other. On the second level there's some hotel-style rooms on one wing and equipment rooms on the other, with a hallway in the middle. Includes Maz, Rey, Finn, Han, Kylo, FN-2199, 2x Stormtrooper, Bazine Netal, Grummgar, ME-8D9, the Crimsom Corsair, 2x of Hassk's species, and a buildable HURID-327. First Order Stormtrooper Bust ($59.99): First Order Stormtrooper- both the figure and bust have a pauldron Poe Dameron's Pilot Helmet ($69.99): Poe Dameron (pilot) Midi-Scale First Order Star Destroyer ($69.99): UCS Black One X-wing ($239.99): Comes with Poe Dameron (dual-molded legs, printed arms) and BB-8 (new specialized body mold with a bar hole in one side to place a 1x1 claw and candle flame in to represent his "thumbs-up")

Thanks. This past season could actually help them make some Deadpool profits while keeping him separate from the R-rated movies, since he's got a unique design here and stays T/PG-13. (To the point of self-censoring his own voicelines. One of which is saying the words "Hums X-men cartoon theme as close as possible without causing legal issues". Not that he hums the theme- he says that line.) As I predicted, my season 5 sets dipped into some imagery that ended up being used more in S6, but luckily any Deadpool-focused season has plenty of vibrant builds. The Bats-Mobile ($22.99): Short american school bus with graffiti and a printed panel featuring deadpool's stick-figure drawing of him and Dr Strange's pet dog Bats. Comes with Deadpool (default design), Elsa Bloodstone (Default design), Spider-Man (Groovy Swing), and Mantis (Galactic Gladiator) Nightmare Escape ($44.99): Buildable Nightmare Study with lots of trans-purple elements swirling around the edges. Comes with Dr. Strange (Phantom Sorcerer), Scarlet Witch (Twisted Conjurer), Captain America (Cursed Captain), and Moon Knight (Eclipse Knight) Museum Tour Takedown ($69.99): Second-Phase Bats-mobile (giant rubber duckie of Dr. Strange), a buildable Brood Creature figure, and a small bit of museum with a function to break a shield wall. Comes with Deadpool (Workwear Woes), Elsa Bloodstone (Apex Huntress), a molded Jeff The Land Shark figure (With printing representing his ducky suit), Gambit (Mr. X), and Rogue (Mrs. X) New Marauder's Pirate Ship ($99.99): Space-pirate ship with Deadpool (Captain Pool), Emma Frost (Black Queen of the Marauders), Venom (Space Corsair), Psylocke (Once-Captive Corsair), Iron Man (Iron Mariner), and Punisher (Marauder Marksman) Unfortunately for some reason their seventh season seems like most outfits will be casual/civilian outfits, which don't make interesting superhero designs in my view, so there probably won't be much there.

It's an interesting article, though I hesitate to read too much into it. This type of thing is normally just some marketing agent somewhere rather than a designer or exec with actual insight into the design philosophy. They've got plenty of these up, and I remember reading one last Black Friday that was clearly written by someone with little insight into not only lego's design process but what products were even availible on their site at the time. That said, I 100% believe them that these sets were made to entice non-afol adults into buying non-UCS sets. At the end of the day there's only 2-3 UCS sets a year, they're large purchases that most people are going to spend more time considering, and if someone doesn't want one, lego misses out on half the yearly income they'd get from that guy. With a large selection of helmets, midi-scale, etc, the risk of one weaker set or source material that a buyer doesn't like gets spread out- if somebody doesn't like one set but still buys the other three, lego's still getting the sales of those three. And they're easier to rationalize or buy as- I wouldn't call $50-70 sets impulse buys, but at the very least things that could be a christmas present or something, rather than multi-hundred-dollar behemoths. Good stuff. I think a lot of these have a good chance at happening relatively soon. I don't know if I can take this betrayal. (Honestly I mean yeah it's not exactly the godfather, but it's also just not trying to be that type of movie. It's Mando, not Andor. I do give it points for the fact that most films that go like this have an obvious-from-the-start plotline where the older guy makes a sacrifice play at the end to let the new blood win, or something else comes up and he gives the win to somebody else, and I appreciated that they actually subverted my expectations in a non-TLJ way. I've been watching the set for it at my walmart and if it hits clearance it'll be the first set I think I'll have ever bought that's not sci-fi or fantasy based.) Thank you! I try to make sure that if it's something we've had with much frequency, it includes or incorporates something new. Your list is an interesting what-if, though perhaps a tad more dramatic than I think would have happened, unless we're assuming that it's an overall lack of interest from Gen Z/younger millenials in buying clone sets rather than JUST the 501st one failing. I think the AT-TE thing you bring up is inarguable, that was clearly set up as an AOTC set. I wonder who the figures would have been- I think you're right that the clone commander would have been a shoe-in for it. Maybe that's why he got put in the calendar. ROTJ wave: Millennium Falcon Microfighter ($14.99): Nien Numb Jabba the Hutt mech ($17.99): A different shape to fit the figure. Sort of like the mechanical leg set Grakkus uses, just also with large arms holding a pike. Endor Battle Pack ($19.99): 1x Rebel Commando, 1x Ewok Scout, 1x Stormtrooper, 1x Navy Trooper. Build is a small endor bunker turret. Speeder Chase ($9.99): 2 speeder bikes, one with a Scout Trooper and one with Endor Luke. Desert Skiff Duel ($34.99): Desert skiff with plank function and a function to launch Boba off the skiff. Comes with Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, and 2x Skiff Guard (Barada and Yotts Orren) AT-ST ($54.99): Slightly downsized. Comes with 2x AT-ST driver and Chewbacca. TIE Interceptor ($64.99): Comes with a TIE Pilot, Janus Greejatus, and a Stormtrooper. A-wing and B-wing at Rebel Command Center ($109.99): Rebel A-wing (~250 pcs) and B-wing (~600 pcs) with small Rebel Command Center similar to the 2000 version and a maintenance cart. Includes an A-wing pilot, B-wing pilot, Rebel Technician, Rebel Astromech, and Orrimaarko. Endor Bunker Ambush ($179.99): Endor Bunker (Interior reactor room, armory, and command center) with sliding doors and a function to blast the doors apart as if R2's forced them open. Also includes an ewok glider and a speeder bike. Comes with Endor Leia, Endor Han, R2-D2, C-3PO, Rex, 1x Rebel Commando, Chirpa, Wicket, Palpoo, 1x Imperial Officer, 2x imperial navy trooper, 1x scout trooper, and 1x stormtrooper. Limited Edition: Home One Rebel Starcruiser ($199.99): Home One with interior hanger bay (with A-wing microfighter), bridge, and conference room. Comes with Admiral Ackbar, 2x Mon Cala Technician, Mon Mothma, Wedge Antilles, General Lando, General Leia, and Crix Madine. Scout Trooper Bust ($59.99): Scout Trooper Royal Guard Helmet ($69.99): Royal Guard Midi-Scale Death Star 2 ($69.99): MBS Jabba's Palace and Sail Barge ($499.99): A ~1800 pc sail barge and ~2200 pc Jabba's Palace. Jabba's Palace is three stories tall, with a side tower containing an additional story. The side tower has a stairway that goes down through each level. The upper level contains Jabba's throne room with the entrance hallway to the side. The second level has an opening down to the pit, but is mainly the droid "re-education" center and a small armory. The lowest level is the rancor pit with some prison cells on the side. A ~300 pc rancor and ~300 pc skiff are also included. The included figures are Jabba the Hutt, Salacious B. Crumb, Bib Fortuna, Boba Fett, EV-9D9, 2x Gammorrean Guard, Han Solo (blind), Lando (Skiff Guard), Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, C-3PO, Leia (Boushh), Leia (Huttslayer), Malakili, Amanaman, Max Rebo, Ephant Mon, Sny Snootles, Yuzzum, Ree-yees, Pote Snitkin, Yak Face, and B. Starsher.

Thank you! I hope they do something like that, I think it would be really cool for the anniversary to have a playscale representation of that scene. Thanks. That's an obscure one- it frustrates me sometimes how many ROTS/AOTC republic vehicles just never show up in TCW. Don't get me wrong, I love a lot of the GAR ships and vehicles introduced by that show, but it would have been nice to get a better view of stuff like the gunboats. You're welcome to do so, it's just an idea after all. The reason I made it one set is partially because I do just think a big anniversary representation of that scene would be cool, and partially because I give myself limited set slots in these waves and didn't want to use half my system sets on the X-wing/TIEs. I like your idea to do a full mcquarrie/cantwell set rather than just figures. I worry it would be a little too obscure for a mainline retail set, but a concept X-wing would be PERFECT for a GWP. All good sets from @ArrowBricksthere, the two-packs have been historically strong sets by lego and I really hope they continue with them. I'd buy almost every one mentioned. TESB wave: Super Star Destroyer Microfighter ($14.99): Admiral Piett IG-88 mech ($14.99): Since IG-88 is made of standard parts it also includes Bossk. The mech has a head included and essentially functions as an alternate body for IG-88, as he's wont to do in extended media. Hoth Battle Pack ($19.99): 2x Snowtrooper and 2x Hoth Rebel Trooper. Includes a P-tower and probe droid. Wampa Cave Wipeout ($9.99): Buildable Wampa and a very small cave, sort of like the one in the "UCS" hoth, with a function for a hanging luke to force-retrieve his saber. Comes with Luke Skywalker (hoth) Yoda's Traning: Dark Side Cave ($29.99): Dark side cave with Luke Skywalker, Yoda, and Darth Vader (Dream version with Luke's head). Luke Skywalker's Snowspeeder ($44.99): Rebel Snowspeeder (with the new canopy mold) including Luke Skywalker, Dak Ratler, and a Snowtrooper with an E-web. Cloud City: Enter Vader ($54.99): Cloud City dining room with Bespin Leia, Bespin Han, Darth Vader, 1x Stormtrooper, and 1x Imperial Officer The Battle of Hoth ($109.99): Echo Base main gate with a DF.9 on top, imperial speeder bike, and a molded Tauntaun. Comes with Hoth Leia, R-3PO, General Reikann, 1x Hoth Rebel Trooper, Darth Vader, 1x snowtrooper commander, and 1x snowtrooper. Slave One: Bounty Hunter Clash ($179.99): Returned to large scale. Includes Boba Fett, Dengar, Bossk, IG-88, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss. Limited Edition: Cloud City Showdown ($199.99): Similar layout to the 2003 version. Includes a landing pad, central hallway, carbon freezing chamber, dining room, and a few small rooms representing sections of the Luke/Vader fight. Includes a ~300 pc Cloud Car. Comes with Lando, Lobot, Ugnaught, Bespin Wing Guard (John Bespin, the one who tragically dies in one of the LSWTCS cutscenes), Wilrow Hood, Carbonite Han, Chewbacca (new mold with studs on the back for a subassembly that C-3PO's head sticks out of), Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and 2x Stormtrooper. Boba Fett bust ($59.99): Boba Fett Snowtrooper Helmet ($69.99): Midi-Scale Slave One ($69.99): UCS Super Star Destroyer Executor ($749.99): Comes with Admiral Piett and Darth Vader

Thanks! Excellent choices from both the higher and lower price points in the spectrum. It's good to see the Sandcrawler this summer seems to be falling directly into the type of signature set you're asking for. Good diversity of eras for both, it's impressive you were able to come up with solid clone battle packs that are unique compared to anything we've seen the past ~5 years. And I'm always a fan of the 212th- though I've never heard of the clone gunboat and can't seem to find it on google, what's it's technical name? ANH wave: Vader's TIE Advanced Microfighter ($14.99): Darth Vader (New dual-molded helmet with dark red lenses, wave standard) TIE Fighter Pilot Mech ($14.99): TIE Pilot. Rather than an extension of their body, the mech resembles a TIE fighter and includes a shield shaped like a wing. Imperial Patrol battle pack ($19.99): Dewback with 4x Sandtrooper (1 orange pauldron, 2 black pauldron, 1 white pauldron), as well as a security droid build. Droid Escape Pod ($9.99): Small droid escape pod with C-3PO and R2-D2 (using the new body mold with an additional new mold to cover the back studs, wave standard) 50th Anniversary Luke's Landspeeder ($24.99): Luke's Landspeeder using the new canopy piece with Luke Skywalker (Farmboy), Biggs Darklighter (tatooine), and special anniversary Mcquarrie Stormtrooper. 50th Anniversary Detention Cell Block ($44.99): Comes with Han Solo (Stormtrooper), Princess Leia, 1x Imperial Fleet Trooper, Luke Skywalker (stormtrooper), special anniversary Mcquarrie Chewbacca. 50th Anniversary Trash Compactor Escape ($54.99): Comes with Luke Skywalker (stormtrooper), Chewbacca, Han Solo (Stormtrooper), Imperial Officer, special anniversary Mcquarrie C-3PO. 50th Anniversary Y-wing ($69.99): Y-wing with Dutch Vander, Dex Tiree, a Rebel Astromech, and special anniversary Mcquarrie Luke Skywalker 50th Anniversary Millenium Falcon ($159.99): Downsized a bit from the 2015/24 version which I honestly think is too big. Comes with Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Ben Kenobi, Darth Vader, 2x Spacetrooper, and special anniversary Mcquarrie Ben Kenobi. 50th Anniversary Death Star Trench Run ($199.99): X-wing (~500 pcs), TIE Advanced (~500 pcs), TIE fighter (~450 pcs), a small turbolaser turret, and a small exhaust port with an explode feature. Comes with Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, Darth Vader, 1x TIE Pilot, 2x Imperial Gunner, and special anniversary Mcquarrie Darth Vader. TIE Pilot bust ($59.99): TIE Pilot Sand Trooper Helmet ($69.99): Most of the dirt detailing is done with pieces, not stickers or prints. Midi-Scale Star Destroyer Devastator ($69.99): how have we not gotten this in the starship collection yet 50th Anniversary UCS Tantive IV ($699.99): Tantive IV with full interior- the bridge, the main hallway, the area where leia records her message, an escape pod bay, etc. Comes with Princess Leia (Skirt), C-3PO (silver dual-molded leg), R2-D2, Captain Antilles, 3x Rebel Fleet Trooper, 3x Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, and special anniversary Rebel Friend.

Oh, no, I think your figure selection for it was great. I didn't mean that the lack of another faction was an issue, I was just joking that with how clone-focused lego's been recently they'd probably choose the version of the AAT they could put clones alongside. Ironically $35 does fit in that £24.99/£29.99 window, so it all works out. Forward Command Center is a tricky one for me- the versions we've had are both much smaller than it should be, but it's also not a build that I think would sell at the "real" scale. Yup- I think the Slave One sets are without a doubt that ones that suffer most from downscaling. I think generally the downscales work out ok or at least leave a set that fulfills the same purpose, but the Slave Ones got turned into starfighters. Really like this set idea and if it's OK I'm gonna mark it for whenever I do my next wishlist wave. I think it would be cool if the proton cannon had a feature to explode as if it got bombed by the republic Y-wing- actually giving the bombers something to bomb would add a lot to the play pattern of the Y-wing sets. ROTS wave: Anakin Skywalker's Interceptor Microfighter ($14.99): Anakin Skywalker General Grievous Mech ($17.99 since it has more arms): General Grievous Clone Specialists Battle Pack ($19.99): 1x each a Galactic Marine, 212th Airborne trooper, Kashyyyk AT-RT driver, and 327th trooper with a build of an accurately sized AT-RT. BARC Speeder Ambush ($9.99): clone BARC speeder with 91st legion clone trooper and a b2 battle droid Corporate Alliance Tank Droid Raid ($29.99): Tank Droid with a Wookiee Warrior, 41st legion clone trooper, and 2x b1 battle droid. Jedi Starfighter vs Vulture Droid ($39.99): Anakin's ETA-2 (downsized from 2020 version, ~200 pcs) and a vulture droid (~150 pcs). Comes with Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2, Count Dooku, and 2x b2 battle droid Palpatine's office battle ($54.99): Palpatine's office with a function to launch palpatine from his chair and another to blast out the windows. Comes with Darth Sidious, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, and Agen Kolar. Battle on Kashyyyk ($109.99): AT-AP and HMP droid gunship. Comes with Commander Gree, 2x 41st scout trooper, Tarffull, Yoda, 2x b2 battle droid, and 2x droidika. The Invisible Hand ($179.99): Invisible Hand capital ship with interior bridge, hallway with ray-shield feature, and a small throne room. Comes with Chancellor Palpatine, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R2-D2, Count Dooku, General Grievous, 2x b1 battle droid, 2x b1 pilot, and 2x magnaguard. Limited Edition- Battle over Coruscant ($199.99): ARC-170 (~800 pcs), V-wing starfighter (~200 pcs), Obi-Wan's ETA-2 interceptor (~200 pcs), 2x Vulture Droid (~150 pcs) and 1x Droid Tri Fighter (~300 pcs). Comes with 4x Clone Pilot, 2x Republic Astromech, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R4-P17, 2x Buzz Droid, 2x b1 battle droid, Sasee Tiin, and Captain Fordo. General Grievous Bust ($59.99): General Grievous Commander Cody (Phase 2) helmet ($69.99): Midi-Scale Clone Turbo Tank ($69.99) UCS Anakin Skywalker's ETA-2 Interceptor ($239.99): Anakin Skywalker (new hairpiece with molded headset), R2-D2

Good TPM ideas @ArrowBricks, I can't believe I made a "realistic" wave and somehow forgot the AAT. Yours is a solid price point and a good way to get Gunray in there. Though I suppose the answer is that in the modern era, since the vehicle has the potential to include clones, they just wouldn't do the TPM one. :/ I also think that if we get more of those $200 sandcrawler type sets, the podrace would be a solid choice for one. But lalalala I'm not reading those AOTC ideas until I do my wave. (Same to @Swordy though I saw and respect the idea of making a ROTS wave without a single clone trooper.) Obi-Wan's Delta-7 Microfighter ($14.99): Obi-Wan Kenobi Jango Fett Mech ($14.99): Jango Fett Clone Trooper Battle Pack ($19.99): 4x P1 clone trooper with a small barricade and a remake of the speeder from the 2002 AT-TE Dueling Dooku ($9.99): Count Dooku's speeder with Yoda and Count Dooku Geonosian Cannon ($34.99): Comes with 3x Geonosian, 1x clone sergeant, and Mace Windu Droid Factory ($54.99): Droid Factory interior, with a function to move the large bucket of slag/scrap, as well as a function to move some of the automated cells as weapons and one to drop a ray shield. Includes Padawan Anakin, Padme (with cape), R2-D2, C-3PO with a B1 head, a B1 with C-3PO's head, 2x b1 battle droid, and 2 buildable droidikas. Hailfire Droid ($64.99): Clone Lieutenant, Clone Captain, Kit Fisto, 2x B2 battle droid. Geonosis Arena Battle ($129.99): Roughly semicircular arena with main balcony/gate and stands. Includes the three central pillars and three arena beasts. Figures are Padawan Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padme (battle damage), Clone Trooper, Nute Gunray, Jango Fett, 2x Geonosian, 2x b1 battle droid, 2x b2 battle droid Republic Gunship ($179.99): 2x Clone Pilot, 1x Clone Commander, Yoda, Coleman Kcaj, Bultar Swan Limited Edition- Dogfight over Geonosis ($199.99): Significantly larger Slave One (~1500 pcs) and a slight update to Obi-Wan's delta-7 starfighter. Comes with Jango Fett, Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R4-P17, 2x Clone Trooper (Training Fatigues), Lama Su, and Nala Se. Jango Fett Bust ($59.99): Jango Fett Clone Trooper Helmet ($69.99): Includes spare parts to swap out between trooper, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and commander. Midi-Scale Republic Gunship ($49.99) UCS AT-TE ($449.99): Clone Commander, 3x Clone Trooper, Yoda, Bail Organa

I know you're a TPM guy so I'm glad to have your stamp of approval. I always try my best to make sets I think lego would actually make, and at the end of the day Maul is the bestselling part of TPM. We also just recently had a $70 infiltrator, so I wanted to distinguish it from that. Oh man I hope it's not a UCS falcon. I think the 2017 one still holds up, whereas the Blockade Runner is begging for a UCS remake. I also think there'd be something poetic about choosing the first ship ever seen in star wars as the 50th anniversary fall UCS. A UCS landing craft could be cool, though I think I might rather have a new playset one. The Lambda this year seems to imply they may be starting to take your downscaling concerns to heart, so maybe it'll be a $130ish set next year? I'm always the brick-built creatures guy, but I can't deny that something about a molded bantha has me interested. It might be nostalgia from the old LSW games. Every time I do an ANH wave, I always at least have a draft of either a large death star playset with the detention block and trash compactor, or one set of each room that can combine together. I share your surprise that we've never had a playset detention block. Have you seen F1? Brad Pitt channels his best Literally Me for a solid two and a half hours. It's great. I bring it up because I very much want Starfighter to be that film translated 1:1 into space, and correspondingly for my hopes that there's some racing involved in starfighter, I hope our set wave for it is just a bunch of unique starfighters. That's a DIABOLICAL set choice. I don't know whether to applaud you or try to exorcise you through the screen. Overall a very solid wave, I'm glad the Mcquarrie anniversary fig concept is seeing some popularity, and I think you've got a good variety of solid sets there. That Republic Gunship/Millennium falcon double punch would rival 2014 for the best heavy-hitter playset selection, and while I'm sure there'd be some whining about how we've had them before, are probably my two most-wanted system sets at that flagship price point.

I do think that overall 2027 should be focused on ANH's 50th, since it's the 50th of the movie that is the reason we have any other movies or shows or comics for star wars, but these three in particular I think would be excellent ways to give AOTC's anniversary some recognition as well. A new Gunship in the standard colors is an excellent idea and would probably do better than the last few flagships (onyx cinder and evil falcon are both hitting 50% off at a lot of retailers, and I'm sure the Jugger-not is soon to join them). Plus as we normally get two flagships a year, it would allow for the release of an ANH falcon as well, our first standard OT falcon in 16 years. Petranaki's another good one. I'd like to get a UCS Tantive IV as our fall UCS set, but I wouldn't mind Petranaki as the may UCS, and as you point out it does not need a $350+ price point to be done well. I haven't done this in awhile, so I'm going to once again start giving a wishlist wave for every movie, starting with TPM. Which is always the toughest one given there's no clone/imperial/FO faction. Anakin's Podracer Microfighter ($14.99): Anakin Skywalker, Pit Droid. Battle Droid Mech ($14.99): Looks like a bulked-up B1. Comes with Padawan Obi-Wan as well, since lego counts B1s as less than a minifigure. Droid Army Battle Pack ($19.99): 6x B1 battle droid, 1x B1 commander, and 1x B1 pilot. Builds are a STAP, 2x droidika, and one of the folding racks for droids. Darth maul's Speeder ($9.99): Maul's Bloodfin and a moisture vaporator with Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul. Flash Speeder ($34.99): Flash Speeder with a Naboo Security officer, Queen Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and 2x b1 security battle droid. Duel of the Fates ($54.99): Naboo catwalks, reactor, and ray shield array (transparent panels that can slide in and out). Includes a function to launch a character from the side of the reactor pit up to the catwalks. Comes with Qui-Gon Jinn, Darth Maul, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Naboo Starfighter vs Vulture Droid ($69.99): Comes with Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2, Padme (battle outfit), and 2x B1 battle droid. Naboo Royal Starship ($89.99): Mainly LBG with some pearl silver elements. Comes with Padme (tatooine), Ric Olie, Jar Jar, Senator Palpatine, and 2x Senate Guard Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator ($109.99): Higher price point and size than previous versions. Includes Darth Maul, Nute Gunray, Rune Haako, 2x security battle droid, and Darth Sideous. Mos Espa Podrace: Limited Edition ($199.99): Anakin, Sebulba, Gasgano, and Ben Quadrinaro's podracers alongside a build for the start/finish line. Comes with Anakin Skywalker, Sebulba, Gasgano, Ben Quadrinaros, 4x pit droids in various colors, Shmi Skywalker, Fode and Beed, Kitster, and Watto. Maul bust ($59.99): Darth Maul B1 battle droid head ($49.99): (Cheaper because it's smaller/less pieces than a helmet) Lucrehulk Droid Carrier ($69.99) UCS MTT ($699.99): Massive MTT with full interior. Comes with 32x b1 battle droids and 2x b1 pilot.

If you're asking what it is in a more literal sense, they're spoofing I believe an old american beer commercial, as well as the general vibe/layout of a lot of american commercials for beer and/or trucks. This is why modern western legend Sam Elliot is inexplicably narrating it. As for why they did that... I have no idea. No kids are going to understand what they're talking about. No star wars fans are getting anything extra out of it. And nobody who wasn't otherwise going to watch the movie is going to change their mind because Sam Elliot did a spoof commercial for it. The Project Hail Mary trailer felt more like a star wars movie than the TMAG trailer. I'm very excited to see it. I would say likely molds include Zeb's head, a set of new molds for the snowtrooper helmet and heat mask, potentially new molds for Rotta, and of course the confirmed new baby yoda mold. Beyond that I don't think we've seen much that would require new molds, but maybe there's spoiler characters or aliens in the wings. I've been saying for awhile that this might be the single biggest issue with the movie's marketing/potential success.

Yes, exactly. Just that there was print/mold budget going to something other than the sweaters. Honestly I don't even mind christmas-themed prints in them- they're hardly normal sets and I don't need them to have exclusive canon figs- but I thought the santas were a lot more fun. The sweaters don't interest me as much and all blend together after awhile, whereas every santa fig but threepio all felt pretty unique. Snowbacca was excellent as well. 50th anniversary of the franchise is also the 50th of ANH, so I wouldn't mind them doing Santa Tarkin or something. You may fireplace when ready. Buildable Grogu looks pretty solid for what it is. Definitely an improvement on the previous ones, and a legitimately well made design that uses shaping well. I assume the little belly shield is from the movie. Though I still think the diminishing returns- which we already saw with the sales the grogu with pram set is hitting- are only going to get worse here. Especially given that this is going to be retailing for 30% more than the grogu with pram, and well over double what you can easily find it for on sale. We can see a very, very blurry/pixelated bit of the new minifig-compatible grogu by the plaque too, and from what I can see it does seem to represent his little robe better.

I can wait. That is the issue- Starfighter would probably have been a better option for this to start, but given when development started for each of them, Mando probably seemed like a safer bet than he currently is and/or they didn't have Gosling's sign-on yet. Honestly I think starfighter has the same popcorn movie goal, or more specifically, getting the 18-35 male demo back into the brand. A number of publications and I think disney themselves have acknowledged they've suffered some major losses in that demo over the past 5-10 years. Ryan Gosling might be the single most popular person in the film industry in that demographic, and is importantly very viral and popular in the meme space. I would guess starfighter will be a similarly fun movie where Gosling gets into races and dogfights and has some lines designed to become memes. Regardless of how well Mando and Grogu does, I'm sure Starfighter will be more successful, simply because at this point Gosling will be more of a draw- at least for the targeted demo- than the star wars brand. I would say Starfighter's to get people in seats and TMAG's to get merch off shelves, but the fact that Mando and Grogu are both in more or less the same designs as the last three seasons... how much merch does this move? Those two have countless action figures currently on shelves. Their minifigures are nearly battle droid/r2-d2 level cheap. Failing to give them new outfits might be the biggest merchandising blunder this franchise has had... ever. (I don't count the early bird or baby yoda being kept secret as blunders- whatever initial revenue they lost out on they more than made up for in the year or two following it.) Yeah, I just mean since last year we got a new print/mold that wasn't a christmas sweater. I know we're seeing Anzellens again, but 9 months later- even if the anzellen starship figures are the same print, I think it's definitely the case that that small gentleman came out of the calendar's budget.

After 250 years, we've finally reached the ultimate honor of being represented by Ted Lasso. (This will do until @CloneCommando99's avengers posters reach The New Avengers) It is by far the best they've done. I like Cyclops so seeing him in the suit was cool, but in terms of conveying any sort of actual meaning, seeing a serious Thor again gave me more hope than anything else I've heard about this movie. I feel like Magneto and Professor X would need to be some of the older moderators. A momentous occasion- ICM needs to put that in his signature. I'm biased in favor of the falcon since I've wanted them to creep the price point down for awhile, but that bias can only get me from "the worst of an already extremely compromised wave" to "not the worst one but still horribly compromised" It is a good point in favor of the landspeeder that it pulls off the side builds most successfully- and side builds in general are great to have. This is really concerning and something disney REALLY needs to get on top of. I've said for awhile that to regain some audience goodwill disney just needs this to be a fun popcorn movie, not a deep piece or $2b hit, but people do still need to watch the movie so they should probably start marketing it. I think you forgot a few- namely Mara Jade, but I also wouldn't mind a cheaper range trooper, purge trooper, Mara Jade, second sister, and if we're looking at legends, Mara Jade, Darth Nihilus, Bastila Shan, a new Shatele Shan, Mara Jade, HK-47 or his canon cousins, Canderous Ordo, Zaalbar, and of course Mara Jade. A little unfortunate that we're back to the new prints being christmas sweaters and the builds being microbuilds, but that's moreso because we're coming off such a strong calendar last year than this one being anything particularly unfortunate. Overall it sounds good- a cheaper way to get the new Grogu is good, and even if he's got a christmas sweater, is is great to get Gideon in any capacity. For the main villain of the mandalorian show, he needs to be more availible than showing up in two sets. The Jawa from the sandcrawler and likely the pilot from the new X-wing. I wonder if it's Teva, Trapper Wolf, or someone with the generic face print.

I actually could see ATLA at least starting out with just the one 18+ set. Unlike Spongebob, ATLA's had a much more difficult time staying popular with kids, I could 100% see lego deciding that a 18+ Appa with the main cast would be the way to go to start out. I don't know how popular they are among kids here, but they're certainly beloved enough by plenty of adults. If you're suggesting a line of playsets I don't know that they would do well, but a line of 18+ or an Icons subline would both do just fine.

Wise Vanth's speeder and the 332nd pack are enough to make him reliable for me. The rest are understandable guesses (though maybe not all at once), but nobody could have guessed Cobb's speeder, and NOBODY could have guessed lego would throw a SECOND 332nd battle pack out 2.5 years after the last one. Yup- Thanks- sort of like how you adjust your profile picture for your next desired character, I've been trying to keep it updated to represent my next MOC project. The last one just got really delayed so I stuck with the old PFP for almost a year. You never know, Pershing did canonize glasses... but fair to assume he'll have his own print. He is the main character in a star wars movie, so re-using prints ideally wouldn't be a budgetary necessity anyway.

I'm surprised that meme hadn't been used yet for your crusade. The quantum mechanics that go into PAB pricing elude me- the standard captain america helmet is nearly $7, and there are plenty of unprinted, smallish parts at multiple dollars each- but regardless of any PAB clues, I'm sure we'll see a lot more of the pauldron. Plenty of characters wear it, and it's usage on the sandtrooper implies lego views it as not era-specific and here to stay. (I'm still the old man yelling at cloud about this- I prefer cloth pauldrons- but given how cheap they are I'll probably PAB some to try them out.) I have been awfully tired recently... and I did wake up covered in ABS pellets and the remains of a round-trip ticket to Denmark... plus there's this weird alter outside covered in aurebesh and hieroglyphs. (I've been trying to keep my profile pic updated to point towards my next project, it was just stuck on the anniversary stand for so long because of how delayed my progress was on that wave.)

I looked it up to see how ridiculous the price was... and it's 31 cents in the US? I thought it would be multiple dollars each. Next time I have a lego order I'm adding 10 of these if they're still in stock. That's a great price.

You're right that it's likely some kind of nickname. There's a run of the Vader comic set 1 year after ROTS that shows the inquisitors (invading Mon Cala) and they all already have their -brother or -sister names. I haven't investigated myself but I heard the trailer shot was cut weird so that it LOOKS like maul's slicing Marrok when really it's someone else. With how expensive Lego Star Wars is at this point, I don't know if I would. Probably adds $5-10 to whatever the set would have cost.

I get that, but at the same time wouldn't it be considered more of a waste if you kept collecting something you didn't want to collect? Sort of a Sunken Cost Fallacy issue. The good news is that legos keep their value extremely well, and you could recoup a pretty big chunk of the original cost put in by selling off the collection you no longer want. It won't be (my guess is it's a Venom bust, maybe Hulk or Groot?) BUT how awesome would a Magneto bust be? You could have his actual face obscured by shadow with just white eyes showing like a lot of his aura farming panels do. This remains the most interesting one to me, just because of how far ahead of the other doomsday sets it is. Exactly. There's no obligation to pour X amount of money into legos every year.

Drumlaquer is a whole different- and more expensive- process than standard parts, so it's got a similar issue to chroming, just without the super dangerous byproducts. The issue then also becomes a higher-level version of the reason they aren't just pearl silver- not enough parts currently exist in that color and single sets don't typically have the budget to recolor dozens of parts. If they could start slowly rolling out more pearl silver parts, eventually we'd have a good base built up for an N-1 or Crest in that color. They've done this with Pearl Gold and are now able to produce mostly pearl gold sets like the golden ultra dragon. It would speak to what @BrickPrick was saying if us not forcing or pressuring lego into swapping the bag material means they don't do it here. Which I don't have an issue with, I'm OK with lego not being pressured into changing their packaging material. (Though we are starting to get the paper polybags in so I think it's more likely they just chose to start in europe and are now expanding.) I do think there's a good chance we get Anakin's Delta this year, but Giant Fig Vader could easily be a 50th anniversary set. I wouldn't say that a set being based on a single movie would really count as evidence that it's for the 50th anniversary- most sets are based on specific single movies or shows. Death trooper helmet is a good idea, and I think it would do pretty well. I can see it having some pop to it if it's got dark green lenses. A midi-scale Zeta or something could be a fun build too.

Hey! I remember reading Clone OPatra's review back when it came out and being impressed by what was essentially an objective upgrade of an alt-build to the U-wing. This mod is excellent as well, though honestly I think your username is the best thing in the post. Radmiral Thrawn is hilarious.