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Is the thing with the arm printing and new mould confirmed?

I think he just heard whatever it was from an actual leaker and covered it in a video / reposted it.

Geez, not that guy

I guess it's not normally implausible that LEGO would make the same mistake twice, but as I said, I'm pretty sure I remember them outright admitting that it was an issue with the printing. In usual LEGO fashion, they'll do anything not to go back on their word, and they already conceded once to it being a mistake at all.

I doubt LEGO would make the same printing mistake on the helmet, particularly after outright saying it was an issue in an interview (iirc). A surprisingly large number of people have made guesses that it's 442nd (though I can't imagine that actually happening), so perhaps if they can appeal to those people, they think they might be taken relatively seriously?

Yep, got that. I think that with both sets, they'll get revealed when they appear in the show, but for the August one, the reason it's releasing later and why we don't know the name yet is probably because it's spoilery, as opposed to the Fang+TIE set, though the spoilery one might still appear earlier in the season, warranting an earlier reveal.

Ah, thanks for clarifying. I'm looking forward to seeing what it turns out to be.

I could totally see that being a motivator, but I've already heard at least 2 people call 75280 "the blue stormtrooper set" anyway Hold on... I was aware that there's supposed to be another Mando s3 set coming in August (that isn't the Sub fighter, Fang+TIE, or N-1 MF), but have we suddenly got confirmation that it's from the first two episodes + will be revealed on a Tuesday or something? I'm confused.

Spot on mate, good job pointing this out. I just saw the ep and went back to see all the spoilered posts I previously skipped, and was going to point out the error, but you already had.

I'm pretty sure there's at least a fourth set coming this August, and considering how long it took us to get a decent few season 2 sets, I could totally see another one (or two) being released in January based on the finale or something.

I'm not too into Indy so the first thing I thought was Yavin and I was like WAIT NO-

Aha! I thought so!

I reckon they still could be goggles, but it's potentially just different eyes, yeah.

Don't jinx it.

I think I see where you're coming from; the pilot might have goggles on or something. I don't think the head is lighter though.

What? That's absurd! They literally could just have chucked in a reused Mando from the N-1 (still saving the one with special helmet printing for the fang fighter) and sold a ton more copies, or better yet, put in a new Greef Karga and given that set something to make people really want it. Yet another mind-boggling decision from LEGO for 2023. I checked, and they look like they use the exact same face print (making the fact that they're all we're getting in the set even more disappointing), so I'm certain it's another Nikto.

90% sure they're set for a May release.

Don't forget how the $60 USD Mandalorian starfighter is only $90 AUD, making the others look even sillier by comparison! Though the set doesn't particularly interest me personally, my dad is considering getting it for his (small) collection, so I appreciate that.

I wish that were the case over here. The inconsistency in their pricing in Aus is baffling at times; I don't think it has much to do with conversion rates, and if it does, they have to be exaggerating a lot to get the prices that they do.

Peculiar... over in Australia, the Tac-Pod is AUD$130, but the Executor is only AUD$100. Is the Andor set absurdly priced with the Executor being a bit over average, or did we get a good deal for the Executor?

Well, you could at least revise your original message to say "(except for two)", unless, of course, you liked Resistance?

Ditto that. I'm assuming you're referring to Resistance?

I love how there's just one singular ST fan

Perhaps the room of the Death Star with the screen displaying Yavin IV and how close the DS is to targeting it? It's been done before, but not for a while, and never as its own set. It seems like the kind of thing that would be a GWP, and would go spectacularly with Yavin. Image spoilered to save space.