Mandalorianknight

Given that this debate has reared back up, I'd like to remind everyone my admiration for Mara Jade is purely platonic appreciation of a fictional character This dude is sick. Absolute legend. Canonically still alive too, or at the very least, confirmed to have survived order 66 and never had his death shown or implied. *Battlefront 2017 flashbacks* They just can't win with 327th coloring. Either it's the mustard troopers or the yellow isn't dark enough.

This is our best chance for Rivals sets. Come on lego. It'd print money. You know you want to make these. These would sell so well that you could probably find it in your heart to give them (gasp) leg printing whilst keeping your profit margins up. (And coincidentally, Rivals includes Kaine (as a skin), Moon Knight, and Luna Snow, and Daredevil's in the files...) Also would be a good chance to get a Thunderbolts set or two, but unfortunately the box office isn't correlating to how good that movie is so I don't think there's a realistic chance of sets for it...

There's a curse preventing any studio from making battlefront 3. Now that EA no longer has the exclusive license to star wars, the best we can hope for (and better than EA battlefront 3) is a new studio picking up the battlefront name for battlefront (2027) or something. Or Fortnite. I don't play it, but I hear it's essentially battlefront 3 at the moment.

I'd understand if they were cropping it weirdly to avoid a watermark, but I mean... obviously not. This is engagement farming. I mean wow, yeah, it's the top of a 327th helmet. Looks good, but there's not really anything to say besides "they didn't mess it up from what little we can see."

The designers of these sets must quake with fear every time you buy one- this is the second time I've thought a set just didn't work as a concept only to see you turn it into something I'm tempted to drop hundreds on. It looks SO CLEAN. Making any sort of realistic human form is one of the hardest things to do with lego and it's impressive that you've done such a good job making a form-fitting suit. If you have any interest in working for lego, this and the hulkbuster would pretty much guarantee you a spot, I'd say. They're not just good MOCs, they're showing that with the budget and part availability of the actual set you can pull off some pretty insane feats.

Unfortunately it's not big wheel- theatre projectors wouldn't be able to process his might and they'd explode, preventing the movie from being shown- but it's the next best villain (aside from 8-ball) The character you don't know was Peter's roommate at one point, which sums up the character pretty well since he was literally living with spider-man without knowing it.

Good hunting. You can bring it in warm, or you can bring it in cold. As fun as that would be, licensing costs would make that set even more expensive than the prize machine, which is a set a lot of people are saying is overpriced. (Personally for lego in 2025, given a minifigure allegedly accounts for $3 value added to a set, I don't think it's all that bad.) I burn my life (or more accurately, a hole in my wallet) for a sunrise I'll never see (set that'll never release) She earned that name- she goes through some pretty rough stuff in her first book trilogy and really proves that no amount of conditioning, or even having a supernatural voice in your head constantly screaming intrusive thoughts at you, can keep her natural heroism down forever. But the SCARF! You've forgotten the scarf! But seriously, by this logic, most stormtrooper variants are the same- it's just white armor, isn't it? And why was anyone excited for Black Cat when they just could have given Black Widow white hair? Very happy to hear that- new mold number might actually be on the high end when all things are said and done. Even if it's just putting them in a more accurate DBG and they don't have the orange markings or any new molds besides the head, it'll still be an improvement- I still don't get how the dark brown commando droids happened, did they just mix the two colors they actually are? To be fair, do we know it's based on ROTS? Lego really likes generic prequel era sets based on no specific scene- the 327th set, for example, or the MTT- I can't remember P2 bly being IN TCW besides a single shot of a montage at the start of S7.

This is an undisputed win for the MCU, the world's second-strongest villain (After 8-Ball) is finally joining the universe. are cool too, I guess...

Korra only escapes my ire because complain about it given the other post-ATLA shows/movies would be like complaining about a waiter putting pickles on my burger when they've given me a side of dog feces- I don't particularly like the former, but at least it's food- it's clearly not the main issue. In the comics

It pretty much has to if it's going to have a shell/casing, just to make the lower parts of the casing removable without having another guy hold it up. Yeah I feel similarly here, I'll never buy it- probably even if I did have the money to burn, just because where the heck would you even put it, but it'll be a really cool thing to see in lego stores or even just the images online. There was an idea.... Please, just something from 2026. I need to know whether or not there's a sunrise I'll see. I've probably said that at some point, but I know I wasn't the first- I think that's been said here almost once a wave for years.

Please do. I think they both work for those versions. I almost would say a more expressionless head like the generic rebel head that was suggest WOULD work for reed given I personally would want a neutral default face, but I've totally seen Lex's expression on Reed in comics before. Yeah he's not that much bigger than normal humans- I think part of the reason people remember him being so "big" is because most spiders are skinny and most of the shots of him close to people are when he's fighting a 15 year old- and I think it's also more stylistic than "real"- like if these variants popped up in the MCU I think Miguel would still just be a bigger guy, not like a hulk or even MCU thing.

Normal amount- any big increase would be in 1HY for the Mando Movie, and while IIRC we only have a partial list for the HY, I do feel like we'd know by now if there was a big mando wave in march or something. It has to be- it's the flagship of the theme, as weird as it is to have an exterior that's going to depict one version of the DS with some interior scenes from another, I just can't see them removing half the figures/scenes the $500 version depicted.

What I'm hearing is lego is going to make Miguel a $15 mech to display the size difference between him and Miles.

Yeah, I think I'm not understanding what you're trying to say- It is an 18+ set- I'm not sure if it has the label or not but for all intents and purposes it sounds like a UCS AT-ST- an AT-ST that, like what you've been asking for, is larger and more detailed than the system models. I was initially confused because I thought you were saying that you wanted the turbo tank and MTT to be significantly larger and more detailed without increasing the price, but now you are saying you'd be fine with the price increasing into the UCS window. Where I'm coming from is just at that point, if the price is in the UCS window, and it's larger and more detailed than system sets, is it not basically just a UCS set? As for the star destroyer, no. I'd prefer it was cheaper, not larger and more expensive. This is correct- the Battle Droid went up 40% from the original price. Even assuming no deals are made between now and July 1st, if those parts are primarily coming from Vietnam and Mexico, we don't have 40% tariffs on those countries. Now, there are some sets that had increases lower than 25%, but ultimately I think especially with 18+ stuff like the droid, lego's viewing this as a situation where they can further increase their profits while pointing the blame somewhere else. If deals are made, we all know lego's not going to put the prices back down, so they make 40% more profit on that set than they planned to. If not, they still make ~15% more profit. (And one of the side benefits of lego's increased 18+/collector focus is that they get more and more people who'll buy overpriced stuff anyway...)

@CloneCommando99 I'm going to immediately need figures of Syril Karn (ghorman drip with beret) and the rydo huffing, bond-level playboy that is Wilmon Peak. Mandoknight Walletbuster wave- a wave of sets where I'd be hard-pressed to pass on any of them, but staying within the realm of plausibility (realistic-ish prices, no Mara Jades, Thrawn Trilogy sets, etc): Yavin Rebellion battle pack ($19.99): 2x Rebel Fleet Trooper, 1x Rebel Honor Guard, 1x Rebel Technician. Build is a small bit of Yavin temple wall with two bunks and a weapon rack on the other side- it's modular and can fit with MBS Yavin. Imperial troopers battle pack ($19.99): 2x stormtrooper, 1x Imperial Navy Trooper, 1x death trooper. Build is a turbolaser battery. Maul's Rampage ($49.99): Venator hallway (Same size as Tantive IV one from 2024) with sliding door. Includes Darth Maul, 1x "shiny" clone trooper, 2x 332nd trooper (using the new "tomato soup" color for the helmet's markings instead of orange), and 1x 501st trooper, and ARC Jesse. Wolfpack Headhunter ($59.99): Z-95 headhunter with commander Wolffe, 2x Wolfpack Troopers, P2 Warthog, and 2x buildable droidikas. Y-wing starfighter ($79.99): Rebel Gold Squadron Y-wing with Jon "Dutch" Vander, Dex Tiree, a Rebel Astromech (modernized version of the one from the 1999 Y-wing) and Grand Moff Tarkin. TIE reaper ($109.99): TIE Reaper with space for a minimum of 8 troopers in the main bay, as well as two pilots in the cockpit. Comes with 2x TIE pilot , 4x Death Trooper, Baze Malbus, and Chirrut Imwe. Venator Class Republic Attack Cruiser ($159.99): Includes interior bridge, holotable conference room, and armory. Comes with Wulf Yularen, Anakin Skywalker (navy and maroon robes with armor), Obi-Wan Kenobi (tan robes with white armor), Ahsoka Tano (re-used from interceptor), Captain Rex (P1), 2x unarmored clone officer, and 2x 501st trooper (P1). U-wing starfighter ($179.99): New cockpit mold. Comes with Cassian Andor (Scarif Jacket), Jyn Erso, K-2S0, Bodhi Rook, Melshi, Pao, Bistan, and 2x U-wing pilot. MBS Yavin Rebel Base ($399.99): Massive Yavin Temple (roughly half, so it can be placed against a wall) with three central levels. The first level mostly consists of open space for hanger bays with scaffolding/cranes/maintenance vehicles scattered about, but also includes an Andor/RO style conference table. The second level contains the Trench Run briefing room and the throne room/ceremony room. The third level contains a smaller tactical display room as well as smaller barracks style rooms. The set also includes a Midi-Scale X-wing and Midi-Scale Y-wing. Comes with Luke Skywalker (pilot), Luke Skywalker (Yellow Jacket), Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia (medal ceremony), C-3PO, R2-D2, Jan Dodanna, Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, 2x Rebel Honor Guard, 2x Rebel Fleet Trooper, 1x Rebel Technician, 2x Rebel Astromech, Dutch Vander, Biggs Darklighter, Jek Porkins, Garven Dries, and Wedge Antilles. Comes with GWP: Cassian Andor's house ($29.99 value): Cassian's homestead, including bed, shelf of plants, and card table. Comes with Cassian Andor (S2 finale Jacket), Kleya, and Melshi.

IIRC either Lucasfilm wanted the Zeta but the designers preferred to do Krennic's (Which makes sense, it's a more interesting build), or the other way around. Either way one group behind the scenes wanted the Zeta instead but it didn't end up happening.

The quantity of vegetables coming at you is going to be too large to dodge. Though I do like the implication that either Mark Hamill/Harrison Ford/Billy Dee Williams/etc shouldn't coach their replacements, or would just be appearing in the films themselves as 20 yr old Luke/30 year old Han/Lando.

My confusion is then just that the largest system sets are $180, and UCS sets go as low as $200, even nowadays with the AT-ST. You said you wanted them more affordable than UCS, but there's just no room between them. But the snowtroopers need to sit down! However will they do this with kamas (ignore that figures with cloth kamas could sit perfectly fine....) That'd be my third-ever UCS set (Boba's Slave One and the AT-AT being the other two). At $240 it could easily be more or less figure scale, and we could finally get a good cockpit setup- though it might require a new mold. Most likely, although at $1000 there's certainly a price gap between it and the previous MBS sets. I still hope we can get an Endor or Yavin soon. (And hey, we could get Cassian's house as a Yavin GWP if we want more Andor, that would fit well.)

@Murdoch17 is right- it's part of the blacktron theme, it's got the blacktron logo and figures... it's a blacktron set. In your hypothetical scenario, if lego released what you described, yes, it would be a blacktron set.

I don't think the MTT or turbo tank will be good either- my point is you're asking for them to be better in literally every way without the price increasing much, whilst as I said, many of the sets people say were better, even at the vastly lower amount of detail they had, already go for close to UCS prices nowadays purely accounting for inflation. Realistically speaking, if you don't want lego to downsize the vehicles, then they're either going to have to be less detailed, come with fewer figures, or cost more. (Again, unless we've been misled about the turbo tank it could probably do 1 or 2 of these for the price they're asking, but it can't be everything.) Again, take the 2010 tank, which would be $180 nowadays. Would you be OK with that 2010 level of detailing for near-UCS prices? (If so I honestly do understand your argument a lot more, exchanging detail for size is a pretty understandable tradeoff.) I WARNED YOU ALL. When Thor and Loki had rubber capes last year, I warned you all this was coming. You all laughed. People who post in this thread said it was crazy. But like Saw Gerrera about the death star, I was right all along. Soon, there will be no cloth left. (Ok, but seriously, I do think this is an issue. The cloth pauldrons weren't perfect, but rubber or plastic ones will have a few major disadvantages: Thickness- the cloth pauldrons were thinner than plastic or rubber brackets are. The increased thickness could make troopers look weirdly tall, especially if they're designed in such a manner as to allow for backpacks to be attached. Which brings me to my second point. Flexibility- the cloth pauldrons could fit on pretty much anyone with a neck. There's going to be a major issue here where Yeah at the end of the day there's simply no good options in the existing palette. He would really benefit from a new color, but those are rare to get from lego and I'm not sure I'd put "new shade of green" at the top of my list. I guess they could- we've had plastic kamas before, after all- but i'd have the same figure height and flexibility concerns as with the pauldrons. (And I think lego would too, given the whole reason they scrapped cloth pauldrons was "they can't sit down"- with the old plastic kamas they literally couldn't bend their legs.) Yeah- especially given that it only fits 1-2 figures in the hold, I think it's not a great representation of the ship overall, but for $70 it's actually fairly good value and works well for people who just want a representation of the ship, sort of like a midi-scale. The U-wing just needs to be a larger ship at a higher price point.

All good options, I'm surprised we haven't yet had a new Headhunter or a normal Falcon. I like the Falcon's figure lineup a lot too, Garindan adds some collectability figure wise.

There are ways where I like it- such as TCW Dooku's appearance being stated to be how republic propaganda portrays him in live-action in the propaganda book- but I mainly prefer it just to explain stylistic choices like that. I don't like the idea that the events we're seeing on screen aren't real to that universe. I don't necessarily have an issue with there having been some sort of inter-cell squabble beforehand, but I dislike how the show was portraying and talking about gold squadron like Luthen's group took all the real risk and gold squadron was just a PR stunt "for the story". If they'd followed it up with one of the people saying that hearing that half of gold squadron died protecting Mon from a new type of TIE fighter, I wouldn't mind it, but as-is anyone who just watches andor is coming off with the impression that the rebellion we see in ANH are just gloryhounds whereas the Andor crew was taking all the risks. It felt like Gilroy was mad he had to work around a cartoon- which we know is true, given what he's said about Rebels's version of Mothma's speech- and letting it bleed into the show too much. I do at times wish we could have had a full show, but I also think that things would have taken too long to pay off for a lot of people. I'm not sure I could sit through two full seasons of Ghorman before the massacre. I didn't have your foresight on Kleya- I thought she was a bit of a nothing character in S1, and while I realized they were giving the actress a bit more to do in season 2 I wasn't expecting her to come out swinging as the MVP of that final arc. Same on Partagaz- I liked him but had no idea his final scene in the show was coming- what he's able to convey with just his movements and a few words is incredible.

I think these two sentences perfectly exacerbate the problem lego does have. You want sets cheaper than UCS sets, but with- -Larger -More detailed -Have good features (assuming play features) -Better/more figures The May UCS pricepoint has generally been $40-60 from the most expensive system price point- don't get me wrong, I think even without seeing the builds we know there are issues with both this year's flagship sets and that they're both overpriced, but "it needs to be more affordable and also better in every way" isn't really something that's realistic to expect out of any product. To use the turbo tank as an example- a lot of people point to the 2010 one as the best turbo tank. That set would be almost $180 today purely adjusting for inflation- and that's with significantly less detail than we have today. It included six minifigures- none of which have leg printing, and four of which are repeats. If lego released the exact same product today with the inflation adjusted price, people would be outraged. Realistically speaking, if we want more detailed figs, 2025 part density/detailing, etc, either we have to compromise in other places, or we're creeping dangerously close to justified UCS pricing, even discounting how much lego would actually charge for a product like that. Now it's also absolutely true that the current turbo tank and MTT are almost certainly going to be overpriced and not good sets. But if lego's just hearing "we want bigger and more detailed and more figs and more accurate/detailed figs but is also has to be more affordable than UCS sets"... I don't have much faith in lego learning the right lessons in the best of circumstances, but how do they draw improvements from that?

Yeah, exactly. Including him towards the end works to bridge the tonal gap to RO, but like I said, awakened K2 in the Ghorman Massacre or watching Brasso die would be jarring. I don't hate the concept, but I never like the idea that the original trilogy is some sort of propaganda or manipulating the truth in some way because, like, it's the star wars. I'm fine with stuff like Andor adding context, but I don't like the idea that it's the "truth" any more than the rest. That actually bugged me about the show- in the Mon Mothma escape episode, we know from behind the scenes that Gilroy was pretty dismissive of Rebels and frustrated that he couldn't fully overwrite it, and it clearly leaked into the actual writing with some of the yavin characters saying that Andor can't keep helping Mon and Gold Squadron has to step in because "that has to be the story". It makes it seem like Gold Squadron was just some PR heroic thing rather than the important operation- and sacrifice of more people and material than Andor's part of the escape- that it really was.