Mandalorianknight

so... a little over 3 years? I don't know where all this quadjumper talk came from, it's kind of funny. I still can't get over how good that bespin set is, I really hope it's a wide enough release that I can snag a copy.

I think it’s more so that the named ships for the OT are named, probably since they’re more iconic due to having been around for 22-28 more years than prequel ships. Someone mentioned the tantive IV, which is a good example. There’s also the slave 1, and given that we get things like “sith tie fighter” and “clone turbo tank”, you could say the correct names of the various TIES and walkers as well.

What's set per case?

This might have been the former celebration exclusive, if it is your other bespin luke should be the same price (I think this one has a unique face print, though). I think you're onto something with that naboo cruiser thing.

Yes, I was. I'm really wondering how they plan on distributing the bespin set. Will there be a raffle? Are they just going to drop it on the website, first come first serve?

The youtuber jangbricks made a lavaspeeder on his second channel as a riff on the sandspeeder. So limited release....I hope they announce when it will go on sale and don't just randomly drop it on the website. Bespin duel set looks amazing, especially with the vader from the final duel!

I'm extremely disappointed that they canceled the osprey. I'm not really a technic fan, but I thought the set was well-constructed and have always appreciated military vehicles. I think lego made a very poor choice in giving in to this DFG-VK group, and that that organization itself is making a poor decision in petitioning to stop the release of this set. I doubt that anyone actually believes that the search and rescue osprey set is going to turn kids into rambo.

I really want to see a brick-built Ronto in this set, they're one of the few special edition changes I like and they wouldn't really make sense in any other set. I'm not sure you want to do that, between those designer interviews and them canceling the osprey set that's already in retail stores.

That's true. They could do a massive cantina compared to what we've seen before and still have enough parts for a speeder, some street, maybe even a hanger and midi-scale falcon. You underestimate lego's obsession with that vehicle!

Thank you! I've got some smaller builds in the works but my next big project is a TIE bomber. What about you, any more wishlist sets in the vein of your excellent MTT and TIE defender? Thank you! We really do need another tactical droid, it's been too long since the last one.

OT fleet wave, I'll follow with PT and ST in the next few weeks. Microfighters: X-wing ($9.99): Pilot Luke TIE fighter ($9.99): TIE pilot Y-wing vs Vader's TIE advanced ($19.99): Dutch Vander and Darth Vader Battle packs: Rebel fleet ($14.99): Biggs Darklighter, Jek Porkins, Barion Raner, Rebel ground crew, R5-D8. Build is one of those small pilot transport/ship mantinence vehicles. Imperial pilots ($14.99): 2x TIE pilot (male), TIE pilot (female), imperial crewman. Build is a turbolaser turret, console and mouse droid. Full sets: A-wing ($34.99): A-wing pilot, Arvel Crynyd, Stormtrooper. Y-wing ($59.99): Dutch Vander, Main rebel pilot from squadrons, Rebel fleet officer, Vader. TIE interceptor ($69.99): TIE Pilot, main TIE pilot from squadrons, Imperial officer, Stormtrooper, rebel fleet trooper. TIE bomber ($89.99): TIE pilot (x2), Imperial navy trooper, imperial crewman, Luke (yavin), rebel fleet trooper Star destroyer ($149.99): Improved 2014 destroyer based on ESB. Interior includes bridge, barracks, conference room and vader's meditation pod. Comes with Admiral Ozzel, 4x imperial crew, 2x stormtroopers, 2x fleet troopers, and Vader. MC-80 ($169.99): Large rebel capital ship with interior conference room, bridge, barracks, and small hanger area. Comes with Admiral Ackbar, Hera (general), Mon Mothma, Crix Madine, 2x Mon Cala officer, 2x fleet officer, 2x fleet trooper, Leia (endor), and Han.

Looking at the actual models and ships, the TIES have that sort of sand blue in the OT and the more gray color in rebels, rogue one, solo, etc. But a sand blue TIE fighter, maybe an anniversary edition or something, would be very cool.

This is outstanding! It's incredibly sleek and looks really accurate!

are you joking, between random tie pilot extra and captain needa, this could sell better than anything from figures alone Good point about the MOCs, I'm going to try and make on in the style of the 2018 fighter. I want to quickly talk about the shill thing, just because it irrationally irks me when people do this. Just going off a quick google, it looks like shilling is defending a company or pretending to be an enthusiastic consumer when you do have a stake in it, or at least in the context of swindling or gambling. You have a lot of good points, but I just wanted to point out no one here's really shilling. I mean, I don't think @Pedilego has anything to gain from expressing his opinion on the bomber. Nothing wrong with defending a decision of a company, just like there's nothing wrong with attacking it. (I say this as someone who disagrees with lego's decision and finds it stupid they won't make a bomber) But that's the good thing about lego. It's not like black series (there are black series vehicles, right? I never got into those but I assume they have TIEs and stuff.) where if you don't get the figure you want you don't really have any options. Lego's job is to make money, they've decided a TIE bomber won't (regardless of whether or not it will), and luckily we can MOC some.

Agreed, with everything here. A TIE bomber isn't any less playable than a Gozanti or republic frigate, sans maybe a bit of interior space. (even then, add some room in the second cockpit and bam it's a boarding shuttle and now has more playability than most capital ship sets). Agreed about the second part too, I mean I don't think disney's even remotely related to this thing. Heck, I don't think it's even corporate policy at lego that's responsible for this. The designers just have some really flawed logic in what they're saying. Aaaand agreed with the third point, too! The 2003 tie bomber is so outdated and inaccurate that it's like there wasn't one at all. I'd want a TIE bomber remake if the last one didn't have the 6x6 dish they've been using the last few years, much less if the last one was somehow blue and still used the old dark gray! First off, i don't get the "you guys" and "we" here. Most people here want both a new bomber and a lucrehulk. Also I dare you to look at the 2003 bomber and have the same opinion, It. Is. Blue. Why is it blue? What possessed the designers to make it blue? WHYYYY?

I think in a way it's similar to the AT-OT (which, by the way, is the stupidest design in star wars. Literally one STAP, rocket b2, or even just a b1 with the high ground could massacre the troopers in there. Who, both in universe and at lucasfilm, thought that an open-top AT-TE made sense at all?), where it's a variant of a more well-known vehicle. I must have missed the playability argument but that's even more asinine than their "too niche" argument. A TIE bomber would have at least an opening cockpit, spring loaded shooters, and a bomb drop function. That's already more than the past few TIE fighters. Then you could easily add a sort of opening storage compartment somewhere, too. Seriously, it's like they don't remember their own sets!

Yeah the night buzzard is too recent to get the iconicity of slave one, I was just saying it does have some screen time. Also, I didn't mean at all that those weren't great sets, just that the designers can't say the bomber is obscure when those much more obscure sets exist. Completely agree about AT-OT and dropship, and that's the point. The AT-OT isn't even IN clone wars, and it's one of the most expensive sets on the secondary market. I just don't get their logic. I'm hoping "buy everything day one" is a joke. Although even with that aside, the rest of the stuff these guys are saying is so strange. It's like you said, the designers don't seem to care. It doesn't even seem to be some sort of corporate thing, I doubt they're making the designers say this stuff.

UPDATE: Republic Z-95 Headhunter Starfighter ($64.99): 637 pieces, 4 minifigures, 2 droids. This was a fun build, I've always loved the headhunter design, and thought the 2013 set didn't do it justice (and used one of those massive fuselage pieces, I hate giant specialized lego parts, they defeat the purpose of lego). I tried to make the model both accurate and stable/swooshable. Back view. One of the main play features: similar to the 2013 model, the headhunter has a compartment towards the back. There are clips for the pilot's gun and macrobinoculars, as well as that build with the 2x2 round piece to push down on as another play feature: The "concussion missile launcher", here two stud shooters, can be pushed down from the compartment into a firing position. The cockpit. Final view with all the figures: 2 501st pilots (would use the pilot helmet if that existed in stud.io), Cody (new mold with visor), Obi-wan, and 2 b1 battle droids. Let me know what you guys think of the model! Next up will be a small one, a remake of the 2008 rebel scout speeder, then I'll probably do a TIE bomber since the lego designers apparently won't. If you have suggestions for any sets I could do from any era, let me know!

Although the night buzzard isn't that obscure that's just a nitpick, I completely agree with your larger point. The Bomber is well-known enough, and even then, you can have never seen it before but recognize it's a TIE fighter variant. I think stability problems may be possible with the bomber, since it wouldn't have a stand like UCS sets. (I literally thought up a fix while typing this, if a random teen on the internet can in a few seconds I would hope someone who's job is to make these could). I'm starting to get really annoyed with the designers, some of these things they're saying are just plain stupid. (and seriously, "buy all the sets day one"? That's got to be a joke, right?) I guess my next MOC is a system TIE bomber, since lego gave up on it. Still holding out hope for an interceptor, as lo Or even things like the AT-OT with dropship, Gozanti cruiser (which I own and think is a great set BTW), Vonreg's TIE, Pelta-class frigate, Wookie Gunship, Coruscant police gunship, wookie Cartarman, etc. I agree with what you're saying, nothing against the other sets but you can't say the bomber is "too niche" when you've make sets like the above. Even if not all SW fans know the TIE bomber itself, even a 4 year old can pretty clearly tell it's a TIE fighter variant.

I don't want to get too off-topic, but here's the link to the announcement. Same, I prefer the brick-built creatures but the molded ones look nice too. The bantha would totally look better with bricks, it shouldn't be too hard for them to scale up the microfighter. Did I miss something in that book? Garindan is just a pretty iconic mos eisley character (and to bring in the book that everyone's now talking about, he technically is in the cantina ), so even if it's not 100% accurate I could see them doing it.

Oh, sorry for misinterpreting. I think a Duros molded head would be nice since their heads are somewhat taller than human heads, but I agree it's not needed for a new figure. Completely agree about the Givin though. I think the Chandra-fan, gotal, Acrona and Talz could use new molds too, but as long as the super iconic ones are there I'll be happy. (Ponda Baba, Snaggletooth, Hammerhead, Evzan.) Absolute pipe dream, but it'd be amazing if there was a walrusman figure. It's super unlikely because they'll probably just have the accurate ponda baba, but those old kenner toys are so iconic. Yeah, it's a really iconic place in star wars. You're referencing the From a Certain Point of View novel with Wuher's backstory, right? I loved that book, it added so much to the already great A New Hope. I'm glad they're doing one for The Empire Strikes Back and i'm hoping they eventually do ones for the prequels and sequels, too. I agree a ronto or new dewback would be great, although I'd prefer brick-build to a new mold.

If we get one duros with a new head mold, we'll probably get the other too. That said they did just use a normal figure head on the duros in the rebel battle pack, so they might not get a new mold. I think two sandtroopers is the most likely outcome, probably with a black pauldron and an orange pauldron. I would love it if they included a Ronto, too.

This rebel hovertank wouldn't happen to be.... possibly, a T2-B perhaps? Great wishlist, I'll try one. Although there are 4 sets from each trilogy (and a Gonk), these are actually the sets I would want most (within reason, no massive minifigure packs or anything). Microfighters: Poe's X-wing (TROS x-wing, $9.99): Pilot Poe and BB-8 TIE dagger ($9.99): Sith trooper. Wheel bike v boga ($19.99); Grievous and Obi-Wan (correct robes) Battle packs: Clone legions ($14.99): Correctly sized AT-RT, small barricade, 2x clone shinies, 332nd trooper, 212th trooper. Purge trooper attack ($14.99): Black speeder bike with red accents and trans-purple stud shooters, purge trooper, purge commander, second sister, Cal Kestis with BD-1. Duel: I am your father ($19.99): Bespin catwalk and small interior section with function for vader to "force push" things at Luke. Comes with Luke and Vader. Other sets: A-wing ($34.99): ROTJ a-wing. Comes with A-wing pilot (ROTJ), A-wing pilot (Squadrons), rebel technician, Admiral Ackbar. Separatist Might ($69.99): vulture droid (correctly sized), hailfire droid, 2x b1, 2x b2, b1 commander, 2x bx commando, Count Dooku, Anakin Skywalker, Captain rex, 501st clone trooper. Exogol ($79.99): Sith throne, sheev's puppet thing, area where kylo fights the knights, jar of snokes, small "transformation" type chamber for dead-ish palps to turn into reborn palps. Comes with Palpatine (dead-ish), Palpatine (reborn), Rey, Ben Solo, Trudgen, Kuruk. TIE Bomber ($89.99): TIE pilot, TIE pilot (squadrons TIE pilot), imperial technician, Captain Needa, Hoth rebel Soldier, Hoth Leia. Republic Gunship ($139.99): Republic gunship with correctly sized AT-RT at the back. Comes with 2x 501st troopers, Anakin, Ahsoka (Seasons 3-5), Fives, Rex, 2 501st pilots, 501st at-rt driver, 2 b1s, and a droidika. Statue: GNK power droid ($99.99): classic dark bluish gray with GONK droid with GONK droid figure. UCS: UCS Poe's X-wing ($299.99): Poe's Black and Orange X-wing with Poe Dameron and BB-8.

The battle of hoth is just a scene, isn't it? The cantina is easily the most iconic building in star wars (second most iconic if you count the death star), and although "just 1 movie scene" (and a scene in the mandalorian too), it's such an iconic scene with all those aliens that it makes sense it's getting a set. When I was a kid, I remember staring at the visual dictionary page on the death star, wishing I had it so I could stage a battle. I eventually did get it a few years ago (and feel no shame in admitting that I did, in fact, at least set up the figures as if in battle ). The death star was the only set of that type around when I was a kid, but just from my experience a cantina set would be a similar thing, like you say, where it's not so much the play features themselves as a place to stage a battle.

This is what I'm expecting. A full or at least larger cantina, probably with a small mos eisley alleyway on one side.