Mandalorianknight

While I agree with the general sentiment, I do think the actual fully OC characters in this are pretty lame. The ones like white vader or darth jar jar, where they represent things beyond just lego, are cool, but every OC post Jek is just... some human civilian looking person. Darth Dev looks intimidating but also just like a generic inquisitor. I think a lot of the lego OCs work because they either aren't intended to be big OC things and star wars fans latch onto them in the classic star wars spirit of wanting to know more about that slightly different guy in the background (Rebel friend, moustache trooper, jedi bob), or they just do something totally crazy (Jek being a force sensative clone trooper with an arm, like, made of the force or something) This is what confuses me. I've been wanting (and since I joined the site, advocating for in the future sets threads) for a big starbird with the main players of the rebellion (and same for the imperial cog, republic cog, jedi symbol, etc) since the minifigure stand in the UCS Helicarrier. But a star wars logo doesn't interest me. 99% of my collection is star wars, I don't need to advertise that it is. And I don't really see how anyone, existing lego fan or not, would rather have the star wars logo than a ship or faction logo or vader mosiac or what have you. Unfortunately it appears to be that way. Not just looks like- it is. This isn't R2's design with pink instead of blue, this is a fully pink droid with the D-squad caution stripes. I'm actually pretty annoyed. I overlooked the whole "final anniversary fig is an astromech" thing due to R2-KT's special place in the fandom, but this is just... some random astromech. It's not even the SECOND most iconic D-squad droid. This can't be the case as they put her in the droid builder set that comes out next month.

1. Cassian's a better guy in this, though? We start off with his colder side but we also see him really help the people he cares about. But he's definitely not a Luke-like figure, and that's sort of the point. It's how a normal dude, starting off just looking for his sister, can become a heroic figure, even if his true actions are very morally complicated. 2. Many of them do, but the two main ones I hear are Cassian's sister and Mon Mothma. Sure, Cassian's sister doesn't really go anywhere. It's a hook to get us into the story as he loses more and more links to his past. But I think we'll hear about it again in S2. People had similar complaints about Loki and it ended up delivering the best ending in MCU TV history. As for Mon, it's directly related to not only Andor but Luthen. We see Andor's much more ground-level work and sacrifices, and we see what Mon has to sacrifice up at the top. 3. Some of them, sure, but I'd argue that's more than true of most SW shows. Only difference is they just look like normal people- because that's a major point of the show, these are normal people, not force users or spys or crazy looking aliens. 4. Cyril's one of the major characters, that's why he gets so much screentime. He's there to show how someone would get radicalized into the empire. It's a parallel to Cassian entering the rebellion. 5. There's a ton of cloak-and-blade, spying, etc. There's a heist where one of the main players is an imperial colonel who's working with the rebels. There's the ISB and Lonny. There's Luthen's double life and Mon's double life. Just because the main character isn't sneaking around listening to conversations doesn't mean there isn't spying or espionage. 6. The show shows plenty and tells when it makes sense. We don't see Kreegyr because he's not meant to be seen. He's meant to be an expendable group Saw and Luthen let die to show how fine they are letting people get killed to keep a source, and a scene where some rebels get blown up in space wouldn't have added much. In fact, I'm sure many of the same people would complain if we spent time with Kreegyr only for him to go out like that, in a plot that "goes nowhere". 7. The action isn't the point, but I'd argue what we do get is awesome. Both big spaceship fights- the Eye and the Fondor escape- the escape from Ferrix with Brasso's chopper kill, the prison escape, the INCREDIBLE Rix Road finale. But the point of the show isn't the action scenes, it's the ideas around them. I'd also like to know this. There was a TIE Phantom lookalike released during it, but the rest really had no inspiration in non-lego star wars content, and were more different than even the RTG sets which are at least just modified versions of canon/legends vehicles, so I can imagine the reaction being harsh,

I don't think we see Ant-Man and Giant Man in the same set. But I agree we aren't seeing them all in a single set- I'd be surprised if we saw even this many across the two. A combination of airport terrain and a small quinjet, probably, similar to the first one.

I'm gonna be a darn good Turtle. And people are gonna know about it. Totally unrelated to the thread (then again what isn't) but I always assumed some of my classic spacemen were/are women seeing as it's a basic smiley face and they're all wearing spacesuits uniforms. 11 sets. My guess is two max are batman, unless we're getting the Superman tie-ins in january (unlikely but you never know), in which case we could see as many as a whopping 4 sets for DC.

Can't believe we're getting a Batman set this January. Groundbreaking news (watch me still be wrong about this) @Agent Kallus, there another Venom thing you'd like to see? Something of an equestrian nature?

I've had my Din arms on her for so long I forgot she didn't come with arm printing. She definitely needed it. Yes I agree completely- I like the rebels, but if they got the majority of battle packs for years, I'd be starting to get fed up. I agree on both. I've been using She-Hulk's head for Hera for awhile now.

That's true, but to be fair- the RFT was a pseudo large battle pack and I have no faith this set will have more than two figures, an astromech, and 1-2 B1s at max. The AAT was pretty bad to be honest. I don't think I agreed at the time (I was probably just excited to finally get Ahsoka), but at $50 USD 2024 (which is insane, by the way. 4 years and going from $40 to $50 off inflation justifies a lot of lego's prices for me), I couldn't see myself coming close to buying it. 9494 would be $55 today and I'll be honest with you I don't know how to reconcile that. Looking at it, for $40... not bad. For $55, crazy of course. But if they sold that for $45 and replaced the two platforms and Nute with a vulture, I could see it a little. I don't fully know how to feel about it, but yeah, I guess you're right. It really comes down to including side builds to make something feel more worth it regardless of what other metrics say, and it's definitely something to think about. I'm always a side build advocate, but I'd never really thought of it as a method of increasing the perceived value of a set before.

For comics? no. Out of the film adaptations? Without a shadow of doubt in my mind yes, in almost every conceivable way. 1. I'm gonna say 6 sets plus a polybag or two. 2. I think we'll get at least one Superman set, but I wouldn't say it'll 100% be based on the movie. I think it's somewhat likely, though. 3. Yes, but with no impact on lego. 4. Nothing D2C building based. Maybe a system Batcave, though I feel they may just do a remake in 2026 for The Batman part 2 5. Not fully, but I could see an eventual move to Icons if things keep going poorly. 6. Dunno. Haven't kept up with how much it's cost 'em. If it's not the production budget of some of these newer marvel films, it should be able to make it's money back even if it's not great- it's superman. 7. No we aren't 8. I think the dioramas are unfortunately gone 9. No. They're a company. DC doesn't make them as much money so it doesn't get as much attention. That's it. 10. No Stupid? I am not Stupid! I am not stupid, I know he swapped those release dates, I knew it was 2025. One after Transformers One, as if I could ever make such a mistake. Never, never! I just- I just couldn't prove it! He covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the studio to lie for him. You think this is something- you think this is bad? This, this chicanery? He's done worse. That Shadow Box. Are you telling me a batcave just happens to be based on a film like that? No, he orchestrated it! Turtle! He said superman flied like a bee, and I saved him! I shouldn't have, I took him into my own thread! What was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change! Ever since he was an egg, always the same. Couldn't keep his posts out of the discussion threads. "But not our turtle, couldn't be precious turtle!" Spamming them blind! And he gets to be a knight? What a sick joke! I should have blocked him when I had the chance. And you- you have to block him, you... (Turtle, this is a joke copying words from a TV show the other guy mentioned. I genuinely enjoy seeing your posts here. Jonkle for all time. Always.

I feel like it's possible- I can't imagine disney charges THAT much more for SW than marvel, and I feel like two figs in a $10 set is an instabuy for a lot of people. Please. I'm begging you. We have had so many more clones than any other faction this past few years. Please. Let them take- not even a backseat, let them just get a normal proportion of sets/figs for a bit. Ok, I get Ahsoka's interceptor 100%. I wrote a whole thing about it. But the ARC? The 2010 one was 396 pieces for $60, or $86 today. The 2024 one is 497 for $70, so 100 more pieces for $16 less accounting for inflation. I know the parts will be smaller, but $16 less and 100 more parts is not at all bad IMO. That is funny. I suggested this a bit earlier, but at the same time, it's 290 pieces. No matter what they make up, unless it's, like, a giant molded vulture droid (which would be a really anti-lego move by lego), it's still going to be astoundingly overpriced.

See that wouldn't do it for me. Bob's starfighter is already overpriced compared to Yoda's starfighter, which was overpriced compared to Obi-wan's. We're just jumping the price $5/year (or now, per HY) with no real increase. I don't think it's gonna be $5 overpriced- I think most likely this set has like 3 figs and is $15 overpriced, maybe $10 if it's molded buzz droids and/or more figs. I assume yeah they'll just use the show lekku. They never seem to keep multiple lekku molds around at the same time. Grogu with pram is kind of annoying, but I guess it'll sell like hotcakes to adults who aren't otherwise lego fans. :/ Just wish we could get both those kinds of sets AND system sets instead of the either-or. Acclamator is fine. This ARC-170 better be the greatest thing to grace the toy aisle or I think it's gonna be my first full HY skip in a LONG time.

I agree- I wish we could tone it down to 4-5 dioramas/buildibles per year in total instead of half the waves being made of them. Also, more cheap sets! Marvel, despite other flaws, has been doing a great job with these little $10 sets with two figures and a small build. More of that, please! Same here- it's just a delta with some add-ons, and not $10 of add-ons. Seriously. Bob's fighter already seems pretty overpriced, and we're jumping it up another $5 for fewer parts?

That actually makes a lot of sense as well. I was under the impression that that only replaced the S1-S2 costume. Her S3-5 costume isn't nearly as bad. Why? It's not the most child-friendly thing, but no less than the movies themselves. And it's by far their biggest cash cow in recent years- I honestly can't believe we haven't had it yet. Jedi Bob isn't "out there"? Though I agree in general. While I'm glad the X-wing/TIE pilot set has the standard pilots, we also needed an X-pilot and Tie-Wing pilot in that set instead of two OCs that look like generic civvies. I was going to say "does this scale with the UCS Venator" but a quick google, unless it's made of Duplo, it does not.

That's true, but this one is just such a direct comparison to the previous one. At least the others are different vehicles. This one is just so easy to point out the blatant increase. I almost think this is gonna be a smaller ETA-2 and a vulture droid, but I also think that'd be super hard to pull off with 290 pieces- for an official set, it'd be small enough and have few enough figures that we're back in the same boat value-wise. But at least it's not so obviously overcharged as a direct "the red one is 50% more even though the inflation was only... 21.4%". I did that calculation at the end and... dang. My point stands- lego's still overcharging a ton- but man. 21.4%. In a few years. I am expecting this exact thing in May. It just feels likely. My guess it'll be this or an AT-ST remake.

@NXS7 can see the future. 2025 info starting to leak out, so I'll save us all some trouble and tell you what the next wave is going to be. $14.99: Harley Quinn Mech $37.99: Buildible Superman $44.99: Superman tie-in that would be $30-35 five years ago. Includes Superman, Lex (made of re-used parts) and The Engineer $74.99: Caped Cruscader Batmobile with Batman, Harley Quinn and Renee Montoya. $239.99: UCS The Bat with a TDK batman figure. Just kidding of course- it'll be roughly half the figure counts here, and we won't get any TDK or Caped Cruscader representation

Something is seriously wrong. In 4 years the price jumped 50%. This is not inflation. This is not normal. This set has 42 pieces more than the last interceptor, but unless that's 7 more minifigs, this set is in no way worth it. I'm not a big "it needs a billion figures" or a big PPP guy, but $45, for a set that was $30 four years ago, for what's assumably the same thing- that's the most egregious one I've seen, and that's even considering stuff like the Hoopty and X-jet. Lego's been getting a lot of slack for stuff that doesn't really matter, but this is the big issue. $70 for an ARC could actually be pretty reasonable. Might be a buy from me- I'm a big ARC fan. My big request here is getting three pilots. Midi-scale home one for $70 is pretty solid as well. Unfortunately, I didn't get the executor, which has snowballed into me not really collecting these sets. Though I am glad we're FINALLY getting the exterior of the ship. A playscale one to go against the new ISD would be great, but this is also a good move- albiet one I won't personally buy. $30 4+ mando's N-1 is GENIUS. Great move by lego. Throw in Mando, Grogu, and Moff Gideon and it's like the perfect 4+ set. Two left yet unrevealed- the $50 midi-ship (that's what it's got to be, right?) and the $100 set. My hope is a nice $100 playset or flagship vehicle alongside a small diorama, but I think it's most likely a republic ship for the $50 18+ and a buildible droid of some kind for the $100 set given the PPP. Welcome to eurobricks, though you might want to ask that question in a ninjago thread. I ran the list in my head and I think you're right. They've been good at keeping the OT main cast in sets recently- not necessarily the cheapest ones, but at this point that's no longer realistic. The mandoverse, most prequel or TCW main cast, and even the Rebels and Sequels characters have been done since Dooku. 11 years is NUTS. (On the bright side, he's pretty easy to make a solid purist custom of, but that's a half-measure) Thanks for the info, Foggy. Hope there's a good reason for that interceptor price. If not... this may finally be the straw that breaks the camel's back for me lego-wise. My purchases have already been significantly lower this year. I'll pick up sets, but these prices have brought me past the standard "oh, I'll buy this because it looks cool" that I used to be at. And even then, I have a much easier time just waiting for discounts than before.

No battle pack actually concerns me a fair bit. Stuff like the Super Battle Pack is fun and all, but they can really only do it for clones/droids since droids aren't counted as full figures. Two 18+ sets in january is also interesting- my guess is micro ships or something new, because I don't think we've had a diorama around $50 before. I hope the dioramas aren't dead- lego has a bad habit of quickly scrapping these sublines, and I like the dioramas. I want to be able to keep expanding them. I'm also going to throw a crazy soul read out there and say that 75410 is a 4+ version of Anakin's ETA-2.

Night Trooper BP, especially if it comes with an Enoch. We can get the gunship from a different story in the franchise if we have to. I understand the lack of andor sets. It's the best star wars show in many ways, but not a show kids would enjoy, and while it has some incredible scenes, not many lend themselves well to dioramas. I don't get why they don't do this more often- it seems like a no-brainer. Have the main build be something everyone recognizes to counteract any risk of characters from a slightly less iconic part of the franchise. Completely agree about the E-wing set being the weakest. Also gave us two characters we didn't really need- new pilot is nice, but not exactly one of the many desirable ahsoka figures we're missing, and the IKEA droid is only there because an astromech is needed for the ship.

I'm worried about the sheer number of characters being introduced in this. W for Static finally showing up in something live-action though. No, no, Kyle might be good. It means they're less likely to do the whole "Hal is evil now because we for some reason can't let him be a good guy" thing. (Though of course they've done it with John in Kyle's place before...) I'm continually surprised by how seriously you guys all take Mr. Turtle. Nolan made an excellent film trilogy putting batman into the "real world" (Or at least the "real world" in terms of action/crime films). He only "ruined" the perception of the character in that DC's failed to make anything around the same quality since then in which batman's put in a more fantastical setting.

Exactly. It looks much more presentable and more like a display than the Obi-wan duel. It's an excellent set. I totally agree that Ahsoka's been covered exceedingly well, but I want more! Night trooper battle pack, imperial dropship, Chimera, diorama of endgame Baylan on the statue (Ok maybe that one isn't as realistic), a larger shuttle, a small set with the Howler and bandits, etc. I got excited about this Jedi Master Gift Set instruction listing I found before I realized it was just the walmart repack.

I actually love the visorless army troopers in andor. It helps show them off as people more, and serves to make the stormtroopers seem more threatening with the contrast of their faces being completely hidden. It also fits with the old legends idea that stormtroopers were elite shock troops (something later legends material and canon would both pretty much stomp on), and your average joe imperial was just an army/navy trooper.

Unless this is something about the rex microfighter, which I still can't find in-store, I haven't noticed any difference between the mandalorian and clone visor packs recently. Do you mean from the older accessories from when they first made the packs, back when it came with the flashlight attachments? I'd be fine with this. If it's not gonna have the sarlacc, I do think it needs a side build to add to the scene without needing another set. I also think that it needs a LOT more figures than what's currently rumored, this should be a daily bugle level figure count.

I'm not saying it'd be terrible- while I don't think Gunn is the savior everyone seems to think he is (and IMO he's already proven he can't stick to the hard reboot we needed), I think he could pull off the concept fairly well. I just don't think it's what we need right now to restart the universe. I don't think meta-commentary is the way to go. Totally agree on the Boys though- I couldn't get very far into it, it's just so cynical and shock-value based with such a simple message that it seems to think is really clever. But people act like it's the greatest thing to happen to the superhero genre, so I think it's a bad move to take a similar major concept for the new movie. I wrote a whole paragraph about the big inmate essentially being one of the people to save everyone but I deleted it for space reasons. That doesn't happen to me, but to fix yours in the quote I just highlighted the text and changed the font size to 14, the default (at least for my screen, that might be changeable)

The rumor I heard is In my opinion the hyperrealism is the point- they'd tried to go comic-book goofy and it went horribly with the 90s films, so they went the other way around. Instead of trying to fit comic-book batman onto a movie screen, they thought what he would look like in a "realistic" action/crime movie form. And I love it. He faces consequences for his actions- not just in stuff like taking the blame for the Dent murders, but by the end of the series he's more or less physically incapable of continuing to be batman, and retires- one of the only mainline versions of batman to end his story that way. And fitting with the more realistic tone, Batman does what he can and stops joker, but the real heroes of the climax of the movie are just people. I think the two boats scene is the single best example of who Joker is and what he's trying to do I've ever seen. His whole deep psychological need to prove his belief that anyone forced into his position would turn out like him. And the people rejecting his game. -Guy loses ring to squirrel -Superman retrieves ring -post credits teases another ring falling to earth and the squirrel finding it -"Ch'p will return"

100% these are Marketable Space Flashlights. Gives it a very 80s ET/Goonies vibe. Ship itself looks great- the white stripes really help it be more than a grey blob, and it's got pretty interesting shaping and techniques. Whether or not it's a buy will completely be down to what I think of the show, though. I wonder when this is meant for release.

It seems pretty blond to me for a character who's usually got orange hair. I get that redheads never get translated to screen anymore (Even Daredevil, the best superhero show of all time, missed it) but if we're going to the extent of giving the guy a wig, why not go for accuracy? I agree that Mr Terrific's outfit looks good (His jet...exoskeleton? is odd, but I'll grant that it probably will have some CGI on it), but yeah, Lord's influence doesn't salvage Guy's suit. He wouldn't throw in with Lord to that extent.