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No I can't see the Lego missing any small chance to squeeze in the flick fire. Although looking at the RGS, they appear to be getting harder to lock in their rack. :'-(

wooki links Gunship- Droid Gunship Saber class tank While both are a bit fuzzy I think they each look OK. The Gunship is supposed to have quite a few missles under it. Hard to tell but I don't really see any atm.

Ouch. Perhaps with recession on its way in US they know that other AFOLs will buy them no matter what. Either people will most likely be spending less in the US on luxury items (I think these could count in this case) maybe they are gambling on the core AFOLs buying no matter what the price is. On the other hand it doesn't take a genius to figure out that alot of people loved the RGS and that many people have expressed their desire to have a remake done. Premium on demand? Personally to me it looks like the Torrent and Magna are about $15 overpriced, AT-TE is about $20 and the RGS I would say is about $25 over. What is really weird to me is that we are not seeing any of the cheeper price points ($15-$35) that many people (my self inculded) would buy on a whim. Any prices yet for the other sets? These prices would seem more realistic if the other sets are in the 15-25 whim zone.

I would say say the Emp's Throne Room. Although I don't think it could be a $150 set. Minifig scale. Should come with Lego Emp (grey skinned), Vader, Fleshy Luke, 2 Royal Guards. Risen platform with the Throne, big windows behind, below platform, shadowey area where Luke hid, small bridge to the elevator. Must have lots of greebles. -or- Mos Eisley Cantina with full band, bar and lots of patrons, not a big set just loaded with mini-figs

They are being delayed a bit, I've had a pretty nasty case of strep throat and I have been working long hours at the lab to make up for the work I have missed. Although I have 2 of the 10 mods done.

I picked one up at my local TRU yesterday (1/12/08) so there is still hope to find some if you are dedicated. It was only my 2nd TRU I tried too.

There is one factor of this dropship that I think people are missing. It is so easily mod-able that it is scary. The bench that the troopers are supposed to sit on is easily detachable and switchable to an array of different payloads. In a couple of days-weeks I am going to be rolling out some different mods for this ship.

There is a precendent for this. Clearly shown with the Blackhole/Shadow trooper in the Tie Crawler released sometime last summer at Target and then another figure in the Dropship Battle Pack released this January. It would reduce manufacturing costs/time to produce more of a mold and paint scheme already in production. The next question on that would be what would be the paired battlepack. It seems that Lego seems to pair their battle packs with other opposing factions e.g. Stormtroopers/Rebels, Clomies/Droids. Although that should most likely not be discussed here but rather a new topic. *sweet*

I think everyone needs to just forget about the prices that are listed. Sam89's posted source ( http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=242680 ) states that these are the prices converted back from an austrailian price based on current rates. Now it has always seemed to me that the aussies have always payed a bit more so I would imagine these prices are a little inflated. If I had to guess I think we might see them something like this (in US $). 7673 Magna Droid Fighter, $25-35 7674 V-19 Torrent, RRP $25-35 7675 AT-TE, RRP $50-70 7676 Republic Gunship, RRP $70-90 7678 Tie Defender, RRP $15-25 7679 Fighter Tank TX 130S, RRP $25-35 I think that would probably be more reallistic range. They could go a little higher/lower on some; but I don't see them raising to the Aus prices that were listed.

Usually I am a huge fan of the redesigns. I loved teh new Sith Infiltrator and many of the other redesigns but these peliminary pictures are leaving me with a :-/ feeling. I think it has to do with the thinness of the ship, the length of the forward cannons, that dreadful sticker (I usually love the Stickers) and the fact that despite how much I try and look at the Radar dishes I just can't see a bubble folding out of there, especially one for each side considering how thin the ship is. *wacko* On a side note as anyone else noticed just how many folding pieces there are on this ship. Check Between the engines, and to the left of the rear compartment. The flick fire missles also don't look like there will be to hard to lock into place, although them moving down into the ship would be a nice added bonus. If Asajj doesn't have twin curved lightsaber hilts personally I'll be disappointed. No one should be upset though if they are not chromed, Lego has said they won't be chroming anymore.

I started collecting right after the AT-TE and RGS went off of sotre shelves. I am excited to think that I could add them now and not have to pay 3-4x the MSRP.