HawkLord

Agreed, AOTC C-3PO is rusty and dirtier. He even has a near brown-red left arm and waist onscreen. The advent calander droid is not AOTC C-3PO. And I doubt it can be TC-14, as that one was released as a promo a couple years back. It's E-3PO.

Great review and pics! The build looks fun, but also like it might get old after awhile. I mean there's some details that will move around with different characters, but the base build will generally be the same. I do think the brain brick is ridiculously clever. Given how crazy Funko is getting with exclusives and the like, I can see some people jumping ship and going to these as their vinyl collectible. I'm very tempted.

I could see Lego including a square/rectangle radar dish so that one could convert it to the TFA version. Again speculation - we don't even know if we're ever getting a UCS Falcon.

I'm glad TRU is going back to minifigures, but the themes here are not coherent. It would be nice if they were much closer in relation. Ninja and cowboy? I don't see how those qualify as the same kinda warrior. Still that one is at least good for a parts pack. But if these are coming out in October and Lego is running their double VIP then, as well, I can see where I'd rather spend my money. Maybe like the micro sets, I can catch this one deep clearance.

From boredom. Or exhaustion from Death Star bashing. Vos came out in the most recent wave and probably won't be seen from again after.

Supposedly according to the EU, Vos was on Tatooine in TPM on an important mission and as such even though Qui-Gon and he were aware of each other, they did not elect to break Vos' cover. Of course that's all after the fact in TPM - he was originally just a background character with no bio at the time.

It's funny because when I used to collect action figures, I would occasionally have people, including soccer moms, ask me if what I was buying was going to be valuable. I'd always have the same reaction - no way, in fact now that I'm buying it, it's worth even less than retail. The only reason why Star Wars action figures were ever a thing was because of the vintage stuff, back when people didn't keep things mint-on-card or in box. But now everything is so common, there's no point. It still didn't stop those soccer moms from snatching up Darth Vader figures and telling me they'd put their kids through college with it. Granted some stuff is still hot, but it's really hard to gauge and becomes a full time flipper job. Lego is even more so tricky as a collectible. Sure there's some value to the older stuff, but as Lego makes more and more material, you can eventually find the right pieces to make adequate replacements. Hence all the people custom-building UCS Falcons, which uses some of the same bricks and is much cheaper than paying scalper prices. Not a lot of other toy products have this ability.

Sell them. That's what I'm planning to do if Thrawn looks really good. I've never had trouble selling off duplicate Star Wars minifigures.

I would say, no. If we haven't seen it by now it wouldn't be happening. Plus they already have a RO Wave 2 planned, so any additional material could go there.

I'm happy if the scalpers lose out on this one. I know there was a lot of talk of people buying up 10188s to flip after the new one would come out hoping to make huge profit and the news of the new DS destroys that chance. Personally, even before the announcement of the new DS, I would not have bought 10188s to flip - they had been out so long that they wouldn't be considered really collectible. Hopefully this puts flippers and scalpers in a position where they're thinking twice about future "investments".

Pipe-cleaner arms. Calling it.

The saving grace of Lego in the late '90s era of uncertainty was the licensed product. Given that Lego can tap that well indefinitely since Star Wars and Marvel will be churning out movies every year until forever, I don't see Lego ever ending at this point. The Disney partnership is too strong and there is no real competition, since all major licenses are already taken by Lego. As for pricing, Lego has always been good with gateway level prices. They know they can't rope in kids with $50 sets, so there will always be impulse level purchases available. Pricing will be what the market will bare and is really fine for now - even with the increased prices that experienced Lego fans are seeing.

I prefer and keep both types of minifigures - blockish and detailed. I don't "upgrade" my figures by any means. With that said, I do understand that Lego seems to believe that updates to minifigures are mandatory, so I almost expect something new in every incarnation.

As mentioned, no. But on the bright side, she could be easy enough to make out of existing material. Maybe Gandalf's torso and legs with a female head and pulled back hair?

I would think those should be due out soon, given when they'll hit stores. But, otherwise it'll be hard to tell with all the New DS debating here.

Picked up Ult Lavaria, Beast Master, and Macy at the local Lego store for $7.99 each. Also grabbed the last bad guy four-pack. Let the army-building begin!

Probably locked because the conversation is getting very leak-ish. And don't blame Eurobricks, they have a good reputation with Lego and don't want to damage it. Just remember that this set is not for us - it's for people who missed it the first time. It's like any other collectible reissue, like action figures and the like.

Pretty much a minor tweak. Almost like how the first DS had some revisions to include new head prints. Still, this builds up excitement among the new collecting crowd and publicity. It's an easy sale for Lego and probably has a great profit margin, so hopefully that extra money they'll make will help them some more adventurous products in 2017 and/or 2018.

The set is the current Lego store build that came out in the past couple years. An update of the older one. It's basically a buildable Lego store that's not to scale, but still pretty cool and includes one minifigure. The minifigures set are three minifigures packed in the PaM clamshell container with a cardboard insert that lists the city or state where the store opened. The minifigures also have special printing on their backs indicating the location, as well. In the past the cardboard insert would show a skyline of the specific city, but now the inserts are more generic. The minifigures themselves are generic common minifigures usually city-based. These sets are numbered based on how many are slotted to the store and are fairly randomized - so if you're first in line, you don't necessarily get set #1/400, for example.

I think certain ones are selling very well - namely the licensed ones. The in-house ones are peg warming a bit even with the sale. Obviously the licensed ones have dual purpose - gaming use and collector use. Whereas, most of us don't need another copy of Emmet or random Chima guys. I think that's what's prompting the sales, because overall it's a bit lopsided.

My vote is PaB or those classics sets with just bricks. Alternatively, buy sets with bricks you like and sell off the minifigures to offset your costs.

Between RO this year and the anniversary of ANH next year, I bet the timing of the new DS was very purposeful.

It's the same all over the toy business. Actiony figures, collectibles, etc. Higher ups make the calls on what to make and designers design. In some instances, designers come up with their own stuff, but with something this big, it was not a designer team driven assignment.

That's naive and indicates you don't understand how these things work. The designers get their marching orders from Lego higher-ups and Lego gets their marching orders from Disney. I would trust that they all know what they're doing. To assume that designers just randomly create sets that get through without any accountability is hilarious.

Thank you! I like 10188 and will keep it assembled as long as I have space for it. It's still one of the gems of my collection.