Darth_Bane13

I think people focus too much on minifigures. If all you care about is having the OT cast, go buy action figures. And if you really love the minifigures that much, then just make a brick link account and buy them all for $10. It's really not hard to find out how to buy figures on the secondary market, literally a quick google search. As long as Lego refuses to sell Star Wars minifigs directly it's just going to be hard to have all the characters you want available for cheap.

Aldar Beedo

The problem is split legs wouldn't work with the current torso, the new B1 would probably end up looking a lot different from the old one. At this point I think it's just too late to change it, it's an absolute iconic staple of LSW. I think it's grandfathered in like the Minifigure is. I think it's like the rebel pilot helmets in that even though it's not the most accurate, it has a very LEGO feel to it, fans will be angry if it's changed after so long. Also B1 can't be improved since you cannot improve that which is perfection.

It's kind of impressive how much you guys keep track of new molds, I honestly never gave it much thought.

Yeah I guess I was just saying some sets should be more affordable so kids aren't priced out of an X-wing or Tie fighter. To your point though I think the justifier is a good example of a set that was too expensive for a ship no one really cared about. And why didn't Lego make clones until 2002? They must truly hate clone fans. It's kind of funny how often this is brought up here, even all these years later since the change. I am guilty of this myself, kind pf goes to show how many dislike the current helmet.

I don't think the value on the new one is bad but they should've made it $100 and done it justice. Some sets are okay downsized but this isn't an iconic ship and doesn't need to be affordable like a Tie fighter or an X-wing does, in my opinion.

The U wing is yet another disappointing modern Lego star wars remake.

We just had a fighter tank a few years ago so I really hope it's a UT-AT

My favorite mf mf is the 2014 plain p2 clone, it was the only way to get that mf for years, (and is much better than the newer clone style).

The former because it's similar to Wi-Fi.

That is certainly an interesting acronym to use for Micro Fighters...

Yeah I wish they'd bring back figures for May 4th.

I think I should become a minifigure (Darth Bane)

For years my only Han Solo was the one from the character encyclopedia

I think people who don't let their kids play with their Lego need to watch the Lego movie again. I get some sets being off limits like UCS, but at the end of the day it's still a toy and would be better used being played with than collecting dust on a shelf.

I already knew someone was gonna say this, which is why I said "personally" clarifying it is MY opinion. Of course not everyone is gonna have the same view of what figures should be included in a battle pack, but I and many others think a battle pack should either focus on army buildable figures or have all named characters. I think the Clone/Jedi battle pack should've been separated into two different sets, one with 4 Jedi and the other with 4 clones. Keep in mind the original point of battle packs was to build your army (it said so on the box), I was expressing I was glad that Lego was returning to their roots by focusing more on the troopers then including officers and crew members. Also there are other ways to have small sets include named characters like minifig packs. I don't see why it is so hard for people to understand this, this was a very common complaint in the Lego community back in the day.

My original point is that from roughly 2016-2020 Lego would knowingly only include 1 or 2 of the figure people wanted so they'd have to buy more of the set to get the number of figures they wanted. The 2016 first order battle pack as an example, only gave us 1 regular first order stormtrooper, and back then people just wanted to build an army of FO stormtroopers. Lego nowadays has gotten better about this, so I don't mind paying a bit extra if I get the figures I actually want. The Malgus example has nothing to do with my point, I was just listing the reasons why I personally could live with $20 battle packs.

I don't see why the desirability wouldn't count. Yeah the cost to produce is the same but value is subjective, if a battle pack has 2 stormtroopers and 2 officers many would consider it worse than a battle pack that has 3 stormtroopers and 1 officer. If you wanted to build an army of stormtroopers the value of the latter would therefore be superior.

This was a very interesting in depth analysis. For battle packs I can live with the $20 price point because we've been getting better figures for the most part. From around 2016 - 2020 there was a real problem of battle packs only having 1 or 2 of the figures people actually wanted to army build, like the 2016 First order battle pack for example. I think it's rather interesting that the "small normal sets" really only existed in the "classic era" of LSW, as soon as battle packs came in 2007 they were done for. Unfortunately I think that type of set will never come back at this point. I'd happily watch/read that mini-documentary.

I have no idea why they stopped the $20 duel sets there were so many more they could've done. Yoda vs Dooku, Obi wan vs Vader, Obi wan vs Grievous, etc.

Kind of sad that kids don't play with Lego as much anymore, TikTok and smartphones are a terrible substitute.

I'd rather it just be UCS personally

I still think the bounty hunter battle pack is one of the best of all time, 4 desirable named characters for $15, which is unheard of today. MTT is rumored to have 20 more pieces than the 2014 one so I guess it'll be around the same size.

Fair enough, season 1 and 2 were big when they came out.

I would guess that the majority of the consumer base for Lego Star Wars nowadays is adults. I think Star Wars is only still popular due to nostalgia from adults, most of the Disney plus shows have to bring back characters from the past to get people interested. It's only because the OT and to a lesser extent the prequels/TCW have so many diehard fans that keep the brand on life support that Star Wars has a bit of popularity still, similar to lord of the rings. And yes I'm aware some people here love the sequels and the acolyte but they're still a small minority.