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I recently acquires a ree yees head only as the price was good. What are some good substitute torsos I could use to give this ree yees a body. For context I want to add more minifigs to a ucs sail barge i got. I attached the image below, any help is apprecia`ted

ik the part, 553pb003, but I do not know an aspect of it. I am trying to find out where the lego logo is printed on this 2x2 dome piece given it is the older style dome with the semi-open top stud, meaning there is no lego logo on the stud. Does anyone know where I can find the lego logo on this piece, if not, is there any way i can verify it as authentic?

I am glad my prediction of a new tie line a few months ago came true, I suspected the tie being kept for one more year on the shelves as well as being scaled down to an affordable scale would mean something. I can't say the minifigure selection is good though, I hope it is a mistake, maybe it contains Andor minifigs that are kept confidential due to the show not releasing yet, so they label them as vader and gnk droid. I dont see how a gnk droid would fit in, I never see gnk droids used by imperials. I do hope this means that there is a tie interceptor coming too, that is still 16 years overdue, despite them making multiple micro versions, I dont think the major vonreg one really counts. As for the UCS set, I hope this means we finally get a fortress inquisitorius but this is pure speculation, would be possible to make an additional kenobi and fallen order set based off it and since the fallen order game was targeted towards adults it would make sense for a ucs fallen order set. I for one would like to see a tie reaper, but then again i think its better to have the fallen order version with the 9th sister

a late update but im glad promobrickds said it will come again in january 2023, after 20 years, a new tie bomber

if it only appeared in kenobi, this would make sense. Don't get me wrong a fortress inquisitorius set would be nice either way, however the fortress inquisitorius in addition to appearing in kenobi was also a prominent part of the fallen order game. We know now that lego doesnt have qualms about making fallen order sets at the very least over how "violent" it is, and that given how fallen order is a star wars game with a story in place as well as a best-seller and considering how the BD-1 model caters more to older lego star wars fans as well as the game itself, it would make sense for any potential fallen order set to reflect upon that. If not for that alone, can you fit all the cool features of the inquisitorius into a vader castle-sized set? This doesnt have to include the jedi tomb ofc, it is doubtful whether or not lego would make something as dark, but it would be nice to get a tera sinube minifig lol

I think a UCS fortress inquisitorius ($350-400) would make more sense, with the set consisting of at least the entire above water structure and maybe some things under the water. That way, like the death star it can have minifigs and rooms from different star wars media (fallen order and kenobi) as well as minifigs like the 2nd sister and also the 4th sister in kenobi or rooms like the torture chamber but also the jedi tomb

I like the idea of a fortress inquisitorius set, but I think such a concept could be done justice only if we have a size of vader's castle to ucs scale (with minifigs and content from both fallen order and the kenobi series)

Not to mention many y-wings in that 2 decades of time. I do hope any remakes are in minifig scale, as the tie bomber is a set with great playability potential (much like the y-wing). Also not to mention one of the tie interceptors was from the resistance show which very few people, kids and adults alike, have watched. As an imperial collector myself, it would make a fine addition in my collection. To draw back to the originally mentioned brickset article, the lego designer they interviewed cited cost. But this was before 2021 where they were scaling down the xwing and tie fighter once again (to scale a tie would be super expensive as its wings are way larger than made in any set). Given this scaledown to reduce price as well as the tie seemingly lasting till 2023, given that it will face a price increase, I hope the reason why they make the tie last long is because they intend on releasing other variants to accompany it.

that would be nice, a tie brute looks cool as well, but it only appeared in solo, and it doesn't seem lego makes any sets of the standalone films after the film is released. Regarding the tie bomber at least, I believe lego has some say, as you can read the tie bomber section here, https://brickset.com/article/52610/interview-with-star-wars-designers-75288-at-at-and-ucs-poll, you can see that they cited internal reasons like cost and popularity vs. external reasons. Maybe they don't want to talk bad about Disney, but if such were the case where Disney is preventing them from making a tie bomber, they would have prolly said we chose to focus on sets featuring newer vehicles or something along those lines. Regarding the tie brute, though cool, it can be argued that that is obscure and niche given that it was only in one scene in solo and didnt even fire its giant cannons. Nevertheless, it would be interesting to have a double-pod tie with a pilot in one pod and a gunner in the other

exactly, im sure m4stert3ch's point is that lego's claim in 2020 that it was a niche vehicle is BS, given that they made the lame quadjumper into a set, but not remake a more recognizable and cool vehicle, the tie bomber

It's because 75178 is the quadjumper, it appeared for less than a scene in force awakens (rey and finn run toward it but it is blown up right away, in other words we never even saw it fly), yet was still made into a set

So, I am mainly thinking of minifig scale, I mean the tie bomber is more prominent than the resistance y-wing and quadjumper (given how there was a lack of demand for sequel merchandise overall, I hope this draws Lego to make more OT and prequel sets as well as sets from the show). I think it would be nice for minifig scale fans to be able to build comprehensive tie squadrons, those who mainly collect rebel sets are able to do that. Regarding Thrawn, we see in Mandalorian that Governor Elsbeth as well as the soldiers of Calodan utilize the imperial thrawn chimaera symbol. Given the Empire is operating in remnants, it would be nice to see a minifig scale tie defender if we do indeed see it in the show. After all, Thrawn, as a high-ranking prominent officer, most likely would be in charge of his own remnant. Besides him and Ezra, a lot of his crew was still alive when the stupid space whales did a hyperspace jump. Regarding the bomber, what leads me to believe they would at least try to make a minifig scale one is back in 2020, one of their cited reasons was price due to piece count (their other reason was it was too obscure, but that seemes more like an excuse than a reason, as they admit the demand for a minifig scale remake). However I believe 2021's version of the tie fighter (at a much smaller scale) is a conscious effort to make it feasible to make a minifig scale tie bomber. We see from custom sets like republicbricks tie bombers which is more or less in the same scale as the 2021 tie fighter, it is possible to make one at around 500 pieces now rather than 900-1000. Granted, according to the Mandrproductions review of it, it sucked and lacked a functional bomb dropping feature, however given the expertise of Lego's design team, I estimate the design, which looks relatively to scale can have better stability and a proper bomb bay with a maximum additional 200 pieces, given that most exterior detailing is there, in other words at the 2021 tie fighter's scale, it is possible to make a tie bomber at $70 or less. Here is the mandr review (the only review i could find of that tie bomber custom set) for context: While I do hope for a new tie interceptor as well in Imperial form, I think a tie bomber would come first, given major vonreg's tie interceptor only retired recently. Perhaps at the beginning of 2023 we have a bomber and later we have an interceptor (hopefully with fallen order minifigs)

According to recent lego news, one of the sets that will face price increases is the lego tie fighter (75300). This almost certainly means that the set will most certainly not retire this year. Given this, and next year being the 20th year anniversary of the tie bomber, do y'all think we might see remakes of a least one imperial tie next year at minifig scale. After all in 2021, we saw in the lego magazine comic a lego tie bomber, from this we can gather at the very least they have an existing model of the tie bomber in the modern standard. Next, the tie bomber did appear in Mandalorian as well. As for other ties such as the tie reaper and tie interceptor, given that it seems lego is starting to make fallen order sets, those would be good sets to make given the 2nd sister flies a tie interceptor and the 9th sister flies a tie reaper. What do y'all think about these various pieces of information? Could it mean we finally get modern remakes of the old tie variants in 2003-2006? Rebel fighters like the y wing, b wing, and a wing got multiple remakes in this long period, is it possibly time for the other TIEs to get some love? EDIT: another cool tie that should be made into a set is the TIE defender, I suspect it may appear in the upcoming Ahsoka show, given Thrawn was set up in the Mandalorian to be the Ahsoka show's villain