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This is something that needs to be talked about more, as it's one of the ways larger lego sets increasingly feel like MOCs. Sure, a tiled floor might look better, but it drastically reduces where you can place minifigures unless you go buy a bunch of plates or jumpers. Wedge was originally played by two different guys in ANH because the first one got fired but they inexplicably left his "that's impossible, even for a computer" bit in. To resolve this, the Wedge piloting the X-wing was obviously the "real" Wedge, so the guy in the conference room must be "Fake Wedge", canonized as Col Takbright, a guy who hated that he resembled wedge and then after watching most of the trench run pilots he knew get shot down, has a change of heart and becomes friends with him, being one of the few to go welcome Wedge back to base instead of Luke. But the TIE Advanced is seemingly reasonably priced despite assumably including a "smart" figure at the very least. While consistent with the 327th pack, the may set is definitely not a reasonable price. It's unlikely, since march seems to be the "smart" wave, but I wouldn't rule it out entirely based on price alone. I would honestly be OK with a brick built Swole Rotta, I think Hutts are definitely large enough to capture the necessary details with bricks. Dang I wish the Night Trooper pack got discounted around me. But I agree overall that battle packs are getting too expensive and that's hurting lego's sales.

Elite ball knowledge. But this proves it's not turtle, as it's a 5/5 show for him, whereas turtle clearly had some serious issues with it.) (The idea was still strange to me, like almost every other move in caped crusader. Batman isn't exactly hurting for female villains.) He simply called the DC writers and reminded them how much their sales would plummet if he were to die. Everybody hates on it, but it's IMO the single best translation of superheroes as modern mythology I've ever seen on screen. It's the most these characters have ever truly felt like gods. Now that may not be what you personally go for in your movies- I certainly wouldn't want all of them to be like that- but I thought it worked very well there. No he flies like a soup can. (Jokes aside, I think one of the few things everyone unilaterally liked about MoS was that "first flight" scene or whatever it's called.) I've actually been using them as building materials for my house. I've rapidly increased the number I own since I last posted and have a small building made exclusively out of shadow boxes. Plumbing and electricity were a nightmare to figure out, but eventually I decided it would be OK to use brick sealant and those little LED light kits (but only the ones for the shadow box.)

Even wedge himself has Fake Wedge created out of another situation. The pattern clearly shows lego has a secret "every even-numbered year in may we must produce a $40-50 set that could conceivably be viewed as a clone battle pack" policy. But jokes aside, unless that set is a small arena build with a big molded Jeremy Allen the Hutt, I think it almost has to be something like a clone battle pack. Maybe it's a Smart clone battle pack. The designers realized TMAG didn't include any clone troopers, but disney was telling them to make TMAG sets and they physically couldn't keep building that wave without pausing to make a clone battle pack. I still think it's a bubble that's popped already- the 327th set is already on pretty solid discount near me, and it's only been 3 months. I think it was just Wuher's night off, with his canonical hatred of slavery and love for the jedi, I think an imperial mandate to shut down his place of business would have had him pulling out the shotgun all fictional barkeepers keep under the bar. We really do need a unique face print for him, though we know somebody at lego likes him because he popped up in that 4+ snowspeeder awhile back instead of pilot luke. When vader let him go it wasn't a mistake or pulling towards the light, he was just such a skilled pilot that vader couldn't bring himself to kill someone that sick.

Same- at $10 it shouldn't be oversized like the previous ones, so I'm excited to see how it looks. Unless you're saying you want lego to make a smart iron man based on a rare or new MCU suit, there's nothing for lego to listen to there, he's actively saying he WOULDN't want that set.

He's in TFA, but only because they messed up and had somebody in the Ello Asty costume in the final D'Qar scene after he died at starkiller. C'ai wasn't part of the attack on starkiller base. And IIRC the price and piece count heavily imply it's a clone battle pack. I just want some confirmation on the March stuff. How compromised are these sets going to be?

That's what it all hinges on for me. The PPP gives me hope that the "smart" integration is at most a vader fig and that the build will be solid. But if it's a "smart" TIE, it's worse than just not getting a TIE Advanced set at all, because it'll not only be compromised but sets the clock back on our next advanced. And given the last one was a decade ago, that's not a wait I'm particularly eager to go through again. Being the best character in all of Star Wars they've always understood wedge is simply too powerful to have a unique face print, the aura generated would cause the plastic to melt. But seriously, it would be nice if they could finally give him a unique face print, despite his lack of screen time in the movies he is a fairly notable name in both the EU and Canon, and he also has the distinction of being the only non-main-hero onscreen to survive Yavin, Hoth, AND Endor. She's a fraud. I feel bad that she got harassed by 1978-special-effects Jogo, and her singing talents... are a trait she attempts to display, but compared to Chalmun "Despite being a species with hair all over their body, I WILL find a way to have have a cartoonish mustache" the wookiee and PTSD-ridden-yet-standing-up-to-boba-fett Wuher, she's nothing. See this is why I don't consider it spam, it's a new and unique way of asking for a tie avenger every day.

I shudder to consider getting Smart Brick marvel stuff, but as far as the mk 42 goes we did get an update to it in the second iron man mech set- the printing on the torso and legs matches up better with the mk42 suit than the 2013 figure. It has the 2nd helmet style rather than the most recent, but it'd just be using the MK3/6/7 faceplate anyway. Yeah, if the battle even comes with more than one civilian (I could easily see it just being Spidey/Venom/Sandman/New Goblin/MJ), it'd be generic kitbashes unfortunately. Honestly a buildable groot would probably be the best incorporation of a smart/sound brick for one of these. Fitting that "robot pet" niche. Excited to get more january wave details. I still think it could be the strongest January in YEARS for this theme.

That's a solid wave. I'd say if we ever did go down this road it'd probably be more like starfighters than landspeeders. Ahsoka Wave- there's definitely some bias in giving it it's own wave, but to it's credit not many live-action disney+ shows get multiple seasons. For SW it's only mando, Ahsoka, and Andor, and andor is not the kind of show to get waves of toys. Howler Ambush ($9.99): Buildable Howler and rock. Comes with Sabine Wren (poncho, no helmet) and a bandit. The Chimera ($12.99): Grand Admiral Thrawn Ronin Ahsoka Mech ($14.99): Gunmetal mech with a white side robe that has a conical hat-style covering and two white swords. Comes with Ahsoka Tano (grey) Imperial Assassins ($19.99): 2x HK-87 droid (beige), 2x Elsbeth Mercenary. Build is a droid charging station and armory. Pathway to Peridea ($34.99): Peridea shrine with orb/key, turntables, and a function to launch rocks, or a figure off the edge of the shine. Comes with Ahsoka Tano (Grey) and Baylan Skoll Ambush at Sabine Wren's home ($54.99): Sabine Wren's home (upper level with interior room containing bed, armor in storage, speeder bike helmet, ezra hologram, and orb/key, and elevator to the ground) and speeder bike. Comes with Sabine Wren (orange outfit), a molded Loth-Cat, 2x HK-87 droid (red) and Shin Hati. Imperial Gunship ($69.99): Imperial Patrol Gunship with Ezra Bridger, Captain Enoch, and 4x Night Trooper. Nightsister Citadel Attack ($129.99): Nightsister citadel with lower level stable containing "cargo" crates and a stairwell passing a mid-level thrawn's command center to the roof shrine. Comes with 3x howler builds as well as Ezra Bridger, Ahsoka Tano (White), Sabine Wren (armor), Morgan Elsbeth, Grand Admiral Thrawn, 2x Night Trooper, 2x Nightdeath trooper, and the three nightsister mothers. Jedi Shuttle vs Marrok's Starfighter ($169.99): Jedi Shuttle (~1300 pcs) with 2-seater cockpit and interior cabin as well as Marrok's starfighter (~350 pcs). Comes with Ahsoka Tano (Grey), Sabine Wren (No armor), Huyang, Marrok, and 1x Elsbeth Mercenary Pilot UCS Ahsoka Tano's Jedi Shuttle ($239.99): includes 3-seater cockpit, interior bunks between the cockpit and main cabin, main cabin with a function to have the table/chairs pop out of the floor, and interior lightsaber assembly room at the back. Comes with Ahsoka Tano (Spacesuit), Huyang, and Sabine Wren (Training) Helmet: Sabine Wren Helmet ($69.99) Diorama: World Between Worlds ($59.99): WBW backdrop and bridge with Ahsoka Tano (Grey) and Anakin Skywalker. Quote is "Ahsoka, within you will be everything I am. All the knowledge I possess. Just as I inherited knowledge from my Master and he from his. You’re part of a legacy." Diorama: Peridea Pilgrimage ($79.99): Forced-perspective Mortis God statues (the heads and upper torsos) with the Father's hand at the front. Includes Baylan Skoll (finale design with furs). Quote is "What I seek... is the beginning. So I may finally bring this cycle to an end." Midi-scale: Chimera Star Destroyer and Hyperdrive Ring ($109.99): Midi-scale Chimera with hyperdrive ring.

Exactly. This isn't "Find it on discount and it's a good set with a weird figure". This is "The entire set is compromised" You'd hope, but lego normally pads these things out. The only gimmick line I can think of that didn't get multiple waves was Action Battle- for something this intensive, I can't see lego rolling over and giving up so fast. Even Vidyo made it a full year or two- my hopes for the august wave are not particularly high. Given that the march wave frontloads OT stuff, whereas IIRC the january wave is all TCW/Mando/etc, I can't see us getting any normal OT sets, so even if it's not SMART clone slop, it'll probably still be clone stuff. The only real hope I have is for "dumb" Ahsoka S2 sets. Ironically, though it seems we're going to get a good 5 or 6 OT sets this year, we'll likely be entering year 2 without a single normal OT system set. Though the TMAG sets should include snow or stormtroopers, thankfully meaning we don't go two full years without a single OT imperial trooper in a system retail set. It's possible, but I'd want to see some more concrete data. The clone stuff's really only popped up in the last few years, so I wouldn't say they've been using this strategy long if that's the case. Similarly, the TIE bomber seems to have done very well, being that it's still on shelves (but not clearance, at least near me). That also could be due to it's good value for money, but you know lego will never learn THAT lesson. And while I could definitely see rebel battle packs doing worse than clone or imperial ones, I can't see there being a huge difference between stormtroopers and the 73rd consecutive 501st legion battlepack. Our last falcon was also six years ago. It's not like the X-wing and TIE where we get one every three years like clockwork. Sure, but like I said, it resets the clock on when we can get this stuff again. I want a snowspeeder with the new canopy. It's been 15 years since our last OT falcon. And now I likely have to wait until 2030ish for both since lego's likely making these "smart" sets of them. Also just for you lego's going to throw a brand new alien or two into the "smart" cantina purely to make sure the wave is an absolute wash for every possible perspective. I also have very little hope left for any sort of 2027 anniversary wave for the start of the saga. Getting a Cantina, Red Five X-wing, TIE Advanced at the very least (And I'm fairly confident we'll see an ANH falcon as well) is bad news for any sort of ANH wave in 2027. The only thing I'm still holding out for is a new UCS Tantive IV that year.

"Highest grossing comic book movie of the year" in a year where all marvel's outings lost money isn't much praise. Also, it seems very unlikely it turned a profit. The movie cost $225 million to make and $125 million to market. Given general profit sharing is 50/50, and the movie made $615 million total... it seems like it lost around $135 million. Ironically, it's somewhat possible it could have just barely turned a profit, or at least gotten a lot more in the realm of "eh, just about broke even" had Gunn not taken a $15 million paycheck compared to the star of the movie's $750,000. And those numbers aren't from some sketchy blog or something, that's Forbes and Variety. Those aren't great numbers, and DEFINITELY aren't "lego missed out/lego needs to rush and make some sets post-film" numbers. If I was lego I wouldn't be very confident that those are "make sets for the sequel" numbers. This was NOT the hit that DC needed. Doesn't everyone own multiple shadow boxes? I have 17. I thought the metric of a DC fan was how many shadow boxes you owned.

Yup. I can't understand what the appeal is here. Kids should be imagining the noises themselves, not need to be handheld by "smart" tech, and there's no way lego's marketing screwed up enough to make people think ADULTS were interested in this. I would die laughing if the $160 set is the same emperor's throne room design they used in 2023 then downscaled slightly in the 2025 death star. The designer came up with it and was like "yeah, this is something special. We gotta make sure every demo gets ahold of this specific design scheme" It's not even a bad design, it would just be so funny if they re-used it three times in four years. Especially if the smart brick jumps the price $60 in three years. I almost hope they aren't, lego being forced to recall these because the warning label rubs off would be the funniest thing ever. And there has never been a more important opportunity to hold the line. This isn't "don't buy the super overpriced sets if you want your legos to stay semi-reasonably priced", this is "don't buy the smart brick sets if you want your legos to stay... lego" Unfortunately I'm deeply concerned about the "normal" aspects of the sets. We can already assume most of the builds with be severely compromised to accommodate smart brick functionality if the X-wing is any indication. My biggest gripe, and biggest point of confusion, is why these all appear to be OT sets. My biggest gripe, because I was begging for the clone onslaught to be abated and us to actually get some OT sets next year, and in a cruel twist of the monkey's pay they're all horribly compromised by smart bricks. Worse than simply not being normal OT sets, they reset the clock on when we'll get more. Good luck getting a normal OT snowspeeder or falcon anytime soon now that these abominations will be clogging shelves. My biggest confusion because why choose the OT? Lego historically does like to start off gimmick lines with OT sets, but given the Clone Barrage of recent years you'd assume they think the clones or Mando hold more sway over kids. Why not use them? It's not like the 18+ sublines where your target demo is in large part older adults, they can't possibly think anyone over that 6-12 label on the box would be interested in these.

Unfortunately (because I wanted a new normal snowspeeder and this'll be smart brick) you're probably right. I dunno I think i'd take light-up lightsaber minifigures over smart figures. A little light doesn't bother me as much as whatever "ai" tech they've crammed into these things, and I HATE toys and collectibles that make noise. You just know that no matter what you do or how little charging it has, you're going to at some point hear Luke whining at a completely random time when you're not even near the figure. I'd buy a Mara Jade Brickhead. I think others have pointed out that unless lego is totally fine with the safety labels rubbing off, it's unlikely this is printed, but rather etched in some way, meaning they probably can't do it to the standards or colors you'd want for side torso printing (if anyone would want that... I don't know why you would) I will army-build Smart Greedos if that's a feature. Hate the smart figures with a burning passion. People have already brought up all the many reasons- unnecessary technical integration, imposition on creative play for kids, annoying noises, torsos and legs being welded hampering customizability, side and back printing making the figure look dumb, risks of wireless charging devices, etc. I really hope these dramatically fail.

I hope not, for the excellent reasons @Scarilian lists below. Same. I've wanted a TIE advanced for years, and even though the rumored PPP sounds nice, I will avoid it if it includes smart figures. Lego has a weird thing against remaking comic-con figures, but the major exception is when those characters/variants show up in movies. I think we've got a good shot at a symbiote figure since, as you say, we'll probably see the suit sometime soon. There was leaked concept art YEARS ago.

It didn't work for clone troopers but now that it's not "every helmeted SW character" it wouldn't mind if they kept it around every now and then. There are still some characters it works for, and at the end of the day so long as we have the variety of faces for grunts we currently do, I'm OK with them not spending more prints on helmeted goons. I thought the angry clones were clones of Space Paul Giamatti, hence why they used the head for Rhino as well. Do "Movie" and "glory" not rhyme in england? Over here they both end in the -ee sound.

I assumed they were responsible for Morbius 2, the one where they 3-D print Robomorbius and he rides a lightcycle around for a half hour or so. True. Definitely no sets from this game. Just don't check lego.com

I feel like impersonating the pope is probably a bridge too far but I was really tempted to reply to this with "you can't prove I failed" Right, I remember seeing something in the news about them reviving Thomas Malthus to be the CEO. They couldn't get him to come in for a few days after being defrosted because he kept watching Infinity War on loop.

And in Outer Rim, though that's an even more obscure source- we likely won't see any of them unless we get a War of the Bounty Hunters movie or series. It'd be a nice store exclusive. I didn't like the show much- unlike TCW and rebels it didn't run long enough to grow beyond the kid appeal vibes- but the ship designs were strong and I wouldn't mind a Fireball set. Mandalorian Wave: Mudhorn Challenge ($9.99): Buildable Mudhorn with Mando (muddy) and Baby Yoda in his pram. Also includes an egg piece. Bo-Katan's Kom'rak ship ($12.99): Bo-Katan Kryze The Mandalorian Mech ($14.99): Comes with a shoulder turret for Baby Yoda. Includes Mando (beskar armor, new wave-standard gunmetal color for cloth) and baby yoda. Imperial Remnant battle pack ($19.99): 1x Stormtrooper (dirty), 1x Death Trooper, 1x Incinerator Trooper, and 1x Scout Trooper (dirty). Builds are a speeder bike and E-web. Rescuing the child ($37.99): Building facade with sliding door as well as the large hover cannon. Comes with The Mandalorian (Pilot outfit), IG-11, Grogu, and two raiders. The Mandalorian's N-1 starfighter ($44.99): more accurately scaled than the 2023 version. Comes with The Mandalorian, Grogu, R5-D4, and Greef Karga (S3) TIE Outlander ($69.99): TIE Outlander with Moff Gideon, The Client, Dr. Pershing, and The Mandalorian (With nylon cord to attach to the tie.) Assault on Tython ($129.99): Imperial Lander (~850 pcs) and Tython Shrine (~400 pcs) builds. Comes with 1x TIE Pilot, 1x Mortar Trooper, 2x Stormtrooper, 2x Dark Trooper, The Mandalorian, Grogu, Boba Fett (damaged armor), and Fennec Shand. The Razor Crest ($179.99): Larger and more detailed than 2020 model. Comes with The Mandalorian, Grogu, Greef Karga (S1), Cara Dune, IG-11, Kuill, and The Armorer, as well as a small buildable Blurrg. UCS The Mandalorian's modified N-1 Starfighter ($239.99): Comes with The Mandalorian, Grogu, and R5-D4 Helmet: Moff Gideon's Mandalorian helmet ($69.99) Diorama: Saying Goodbye ($79.99): Arquitens cruiser bridge with sliding door, consoles, etc. Comes with The Mandalorian (no helmet), Baby Yoda, Grogu, and R2-D2. Diorama: Krayt Dragon Combat ($99.99): cave entrance with two scaled-down tusken ballista and a buildable bantha, as well as, of course, a large buildible krayt dragon's maw erupting from the sand. Comes with The Mandalorian, Cobb Vanth, and 2x Tusken Raider. Midi-scale: Moff Gideon's Cruiser ($49.99)

I mean, there'll be more anniversaries... there's just a good chance they won't include new sets or recognition from lego.

Not true, we have Batman's archenemy this wave, Golden Batman. I will not tolerate this batfleck slander. He's certainly an antiheroic batman in BvS one who's lost his way after losing Robin (or potentially the original Joker successfully turning Robin into a joker batman beyond style, I think there's some solid evidence for that), but he's never an outright villain, and has a four straight hours of redemption arc afterwards. Speak for youself. That is my fault, I didn't realize that lego had teamed up with apple. No, LEGO batman is too violent for lego to make sets on. He's one of the most evil versions of the character- none of the live-action batman ever tore generic criminals limb from limb in wild melees.

We're about due for an AT-ST, and long overdue for a normal endor one. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like any of the march wave sets could be it- 75424 is $50 for 347 pieces, but I don't think that's it. The last AT-ST was the same price for over two hundred more pieces. Taking a 200 piece cut in three years for the same price is roughly in line with how LSW works nowadays, but I think it's more likely we'd see an AT-ST with a similar or greater piece count for more money. I just don't see how they could do one at 347 pieces in the modern design scheme, unless the set contained a smart brick and it looks like the new X-wing. Interesting. The good news (maybe) is that it probably means they see you as "one of them" rather than a stuffy authority figure, but that would also mean you can't kill memes by using them yourself. Those ancient droids or the nightmare fuel filoni sketches he's been tweeting would both make good buildible figure sets, I assume one of them will be the Peridea set and we'll get two NR/Imperial sets alongside it. If I had to guess we'll get Ezra's A-wing alongside some sort of imperial vehicle, and then a set based on the ground assault on Dathomir. Maybe a Chimera if we're really lucky, but it hasn't been too long since the last ISD and lego may also want to save it for the filoni movie if that ever ends up going into production.

I don't believe it's very well known in america, which is one of the larger markets, so that would be my guess. Not saying it's a good or bad thing but it's probably why. The only time i can think of where we got a theme based on something not known in america was the Journey-to-the-west-inspired Monkie Kid, which was done to break into another major market, China. I don't know if China even has access to Miraculous. Shame- I'm not very familiar with the show but the animation looks very nice. French animation is always solid, I loved the Iron Man cartoon from that French studio when I was a kid. TMNT would be nice to get full sets of again. We'd never get a Last Ronin-marketed set, but sneaking in a Last Ronin Michealangelo minifigure into something would definitely have me bricklinking it at the very least. Though my one remaining dream for a TLG theme, now that Indy and Dune got sets, is for Transformers to break into a full Energon Universe theme with Void Rivals sets. A theme based on comics without associated cartoons or movies is never going to happen, but rumor is the Energon Universe IS getting a cartoon, so it'll all hinge on whether or not they can dull it to TV-14. Void Rivals itself isn't anything too violent or dark for lego (though I buy one volume at a time so maybe something horrible happened between issues 17 and 25), but the associated Transformers comic has some human deaths that if adapted to a cartoon would definitely hit a TV-MA rating.

I think a Red Kom'rk is fairly likely to see in the next few years. Maul's popular, mandalorians are popular, and clones are popular, and this set could include them all. Throw in ARC Jesse to get the clone bros going wild. As improbable as they are I REALLY want all the ESB bounty hunter ships. The Mist Hunter, Punishing One, IG-2000, and Hound's Tooth would all be excellent! Were we not supposed to Kragle everything together? I thought the whole point of lego was to put the sets together exactly as the instructions say with glue to keep them in place on a shelf forever. Are... are we supposed to re-use the bricks for... creativity? Scattershot animation wave based on the other projects (TBB, Clone Wars 2003, Resistance, Tales, Visions): Dooku's Fall ($9.99): small coruscant hanger build with collapsing/raising door feature and two turntables. Comes with Young Dooku and Yaddle. Azure Angel Microfighter ($12.99): Anakin Skywalker (Clone Wars 2003) Crosshair Mech ($14.99): Gunmetal and maroon mech with a massive sniper rifle and scope built above the cockpit with Republic Crosshair. Imperial Clones battle pack ($19.99): 2x TK trooper, Hunter ARF trooper (with hounds), and an Imperial Commando. Build is a dark gray, accurately scaled AT-RT. V-wing Attack ($29.99): V-wing starfighter with Hunter (S1, new helmet mold), a TK trooper pilot, and Scorch Droid Gunship ($69.99): Comes with General Grievous (Cape), 2x Magnaguard, Chancellor Palpatine, Mace Windu, Roron Corobb, and Shaak Ti Resistance Aces ($99.99): The Fireball and Torra Doza's racer with Kazuda Xiono, Torra Doza, Jarek Yeager, CB-23, and Commander Pyre The Havoc Marauder ($129.99): Havoc Marauder (much larger, based on the second season of the show, no side builds) with Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Echo, and Omega. Muunilist Gunship ($149.99): Muunilist-marked republic gunship with 2x Clone Pilot, Captain Fordo, 3x ARC trooper (one of whom uses a front-mounted neck bracket to set the comical cannon on), Obi-Wan Kenobi (Armor), and a buildable Durge. (Retailer Exclusive) The Ninth Jedi ($99.99): The Margrave's temple build with crystalline panel, turntables and other action features, as well as side builds of Kara's speeder and Juro's mech. Comes with Jedi Kara, Ethan, Margrave Juro, Homen, and sith acolytes Roden, Niizo, Hen Jin, and Hanbei UCS ARC-170 ($239.99): Muunilist-painted ARC-170 with exclusive figures of Captain Fordo (arm printing) and a clone pilot. Helmet: Captain Fordo ($69.99) Diorama: Star Destroyer Showdown ($79.99): Star Destroyer ruins with Hunter, Omega, Todo, and Cad Bane. Quote is "I've taken down so many clones over the years. Once you figure out one, the rest are easy." - Cad Bane Midi-scale: The Colossus Refueling Station ($49.99): Comes with various miniature aces.

For select members of the 501st and then the Bad Batch, maybe. Obviously kids are going to identify more with protagonists than enemy ranks. But take this year for example. Nobody's waxing poetic about Bly or Bacara's character development. There's always an exception, no disrespect to you or your army. I tried to army-build Jawas as a kid. And I've successfully built quite a stash of rebel fleet troopers, although I feel like that's more standard, they are kinda the main uniformed forces for the rebellion. The Allegiance/Choices duology is the best stormtrooper-focused story I can think of, and the only one where the protagonists are stormtroopers who don't almost immediately join the rebels and instead continue to serve the empire. (kind of) But as you say, that's a few legends novels, not a cartoon aimed at kids. Not many grew up with it.

I think in terms of toy science/toy economics that's almost inarguable. Heroes and hero vehicle/locations sell better than villain ones. The cool armored faction will generally do better than spindly robots or unarmored humans/humanoids. With the OT and ST these roughly balance eachother out, but for the PT the clones are not only the good guys but the most toyetic designs. This correlates to how few separatist sets we get nowadays. The same is true for imperial legions, we're just suffering from clone frenzy right now so they've taken a backseat. Though we still get some solid ones. A batch of sales just hit my local walmart, and the results were kind of surprising. Logo's down to $50, which we all knew was coming and if it hits $40 I'll pick up. The 327th pack, as I predicted, managed to hit down to $36 only 2.5 months into it's life cycle, which is still far too overpriced for me to consider, but a significant discount. The surprising thing is that Slave One has joined the U-wing and ARC-170 in being discounted within a few months of release, now at $60. (The Arc's been at $55 for awhile, as has the U-wing at $60). What's odd is I think most of us had considered these the best sets of the year for SW, and you'd think that would correspond to sales, but it doesn't seem to have done so. Battle packs, Ahsoka's starfighter, and even the Turbo Tank have yet to be discounted around me whilst these all have- Slave One shockingly close to it's release, too, implying they've struggled to move ANY units.

How are we in a state of the theme where I'd unironically love to get the villain goons in sets again. Super low budget for lego too, just a re-used face and no torso print. Actual comment from either the design team, liaison from DC, or some executive. "Wonder Woman? She was only in, like, one or two batman movies. And we JUST DID a superman. Let's get the character everyone really wants- Bruce Wayne. He's been in EVERY batman movie." You accuse me of mocking and yet you make such a blunder as expecting the mad hatter figure to come with a top hat? Lego doesn't have the budget for that! They know all the REAL batman fans have that purple top hat from 4+ arkham, so he'll be included without it as an "easter egg" to that set. Also he uses a totally different head print, this one. Totally different facial structure and expression.