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Does anyone know what the size of this is when it’s closed?

For all the moans about the next wave, I’m glad to see the Helmet collection gets a second set. Hopefully some interesting helmets like a scout trooper or the royal guards or boushh from ROTJ rather than going for the obvious fan favourites of Vader and Kylo. As to the UCS set, the A-Wing is a great set, so it shows cheaper UCS sets can work.

So now we have official pics do we think obi wan’s hut connects to this somehow ... and yes I know his hut isn’t in mos eisley

Yes if you think of the adult demographic a fan of both Star Wars (ANH) and Burtons Batman is highly likely. could be an expensive day ... especially as I haven’t got the batmobile yet!

Any more news / leaks on the batwing ? It’s all gone a bit quiet.

The important questions about the Batwing are does it have the wire cutters in the nose? It talks about the guns and rockets on the sticker sheet and I can see the flaps/air brakes on the pic of the model but what about the wire cutter? but more importantly it better come with a stand so it can be displayed vertically. if it’s any good I’ll buy this and the burton-mobile on a side note a batman wiki says the wingspan is 35ft. The sticker looks like it’s saying 21ft 4in

I hope the renaming of the Razor Crest set can be resolved so we can get a UCS of the ship in the near future. It would look odd with “mandalorian bounty hunter transport ship” written on the plaque!

This has been sitting under my desk for a while. Time to get building. Any advice?

Thanks

@Sariel - not having either this or the Harley or any bike but how do the tyres and wheels on the 2 models compare? I’m guessing Harley rear tyre is the widest? But can you put the wide Harley tyre on the Ducati wheels?

Does no one remember 41999 ? this was what you saw on the shelf! so no idea what you were buying apart from a Technic set. it wasn’t until you too it off the shelf and looked at the back that you saw this ... ... and on that note I’m quitting this forum for a few weeks ... getting far too argumentative and trolly on here ... personally I think the last few weeks this forum had gone downhill and I just don’t need this in my life at the moment. See you on the other side once we’re discussing how good or bad the set is once we've got it in our hands

1. Because that’s the logo Lamborghini use for the car. It’s the official script / logo for the Sian 2. I think that’s the inside of the lid, not where all the boxes go which is picture 4 3. What’s wrong with this as a side of a box ? If you look at the a-wing box some of these have minimal text 4. This is the inside of the box and the inside of the Chiron box looked similar when opened (wheels missing on this though but could be hidden to keep the graphic looking clean) 5. The boxes are meant to be easy to open so you wouldn’t have glue tabs! 6. This is assumed to be the front of the box and I think it looks amazing and very stylistic ! As I said previously it’s similar to 41999 7. it’s got all the usual text there, just a bad camera or the photographer didn’t focus his phone correctly !

There may be an earlier release for VIPs but I don’t think they’ll do preorder. The current UCS A-wing didn’t have preorder. As to your earlier comment about sets should have been like the Chiron all along what do you mean by that? Do you mean Technic sets from 1977 ? Or more recently ? Remember just like everything in life things evolve. When the first iPhone came out we were amazed, but it’s evolved to much more. Much like the first Star Wars sets look very simple compared to what is classed as a good set today. So as long as sets continue and evolve that’s a good thing and we shouldn’t measure old sets by newer standards but put them in the context of what was the standard then.

The top of the box reminds me of 41999 Boss Crawler a bit. i just want S@H to allow you to order this now!

More leak pics of the box, love how they did something similar to the interior of the Chiron box but with it switchable between the bonnet(frunk) and engine cover. I’m just waiting to be able to buy it

Just watch out for people needlessly spamming over the next few days to get their tally up ?

How about a Yellow Bentley Bacalar ?

I think this thread needs to take a time out and relax a little. Getting far too argumentative for me.

@MarkyMark42 ah, the race car. Such an amazing beast. They make an amazing noise, having seen them a few times. sorry for going OT

18+ is just a marketing strategy for what age group they are aiming sets at (ucs a-wing, helmet collection and haunted house in this new category too). It doesn’t mean it has Adult content like a film or computer game. its purely an advisory as to what sort of age the set is aimed at in terms of build skill and type of model. 18+ obviously for more expensive sets that are more display than play (I know the haunted house doesn’t fully fit this) if the age groups were strict a lot of us AFOLs would be at a loss as we’d be too old for lots of sets!

So what car from Audi, VW, Seat, Skoda or Bentley would work ? ? I know what I’d like to happen You could potentially use the new ones on the front and the old Porsche ones on the rear to get some good car shapes too.

The only parts that will be Sian exclusive will be the wheels and any printed parts, similar to previous ultimate car sets

Even so the pin holes in the corners will be for the reason I said, both the “Porsche” and “Corvette” arches have these holes so it figures they would add them on any new arch types even if not used in the initial launch model

I wouldn’t be surprised if there isn’t a black part that isn’t hidden that we can’t see that’s attached to the wheel arch on the top corner pin holes. To have a nice stable arch you ideally need to connect it in all 4 corners also they’ve just replicated the other arch pieces that exist with where you ideally want pin holes.

I don’t think we’ve had so many entries in a competition before. Well done to everyone, here’s my top 6. 32: 10 54: 6 15: 4 51: 3 20: 2 2: 1