Blondie-Wan

Ooh, mynocks are a great touch, but... no Threepio? Personally, I think it should have figures from ANH as well, since that's the individual movie whose anniversary is being commemorated, after all. And if it had both ANH and TESB, then it ought to have ROTJ as well, especially since that's the one that's had the least representation in LEGO Millennium Falcons so far. Really, I just want a full complement of characters from the complete OT, both TFA and TLJ, and the Han Solo movie. That should cover it for a while.

The USA has indeed on rare occasion had triple VIP points on individual sets for certain periods, perhaps in-store-only, but it's uncommon, and AFAICT it's been a while since the last time they did it. I don't remember it ever happening with Star Wars sets.

About the promo minifigures with stands... Does anyone know of any others? The initial post in this thread doesn't even have the two mentioned here, and the thread is kind of large and unwieldy to go through all of it at the moment. Have I missed any that have already come out?

"Minifigure scale" is a very loose term that really boils down to "designed to be used with minifigures". It therefore includes not only 7190, 4504, and 75105, but also both the classic 10179 UCS and the 75030 Microfighter, but not either the various minis nor even the 7778 Midi-scale, even though the latter's size falls into the range encompassed by the Minifigure scale Millennium Falcon sets listed above. And if you think that's ridiculous, it certainly is, but no more so than anything else involved in trying to wrangle true scales out of a line centered around simulacrums of human beings with flat-faced trapezoidal torsos, propane tank-shaped heads, and virtually square feet only marginally longer than ankle thickness. So there.

I'm guessing not, if they're available only from LEGO itself. Toys 'R' Us often sells polybags and whatnot on its own that it also gives away as GWP, but if LEGO itself offers one as a GWP, then it's almost always the only way it offers it - they seldom sell them on their own. How many of these minifigures are being offered? So far I know of just R3-M2 at TRU and the shore trooper at LEGO, but it seems like something they could easily do a slew of.

That's what I'm hearing (well, "$800" - obviously rounded from $799.99) from LEGO employees. That's very much in line with what one might expect for a 7541-piece Star Wars set, IMO.

So who wants to count all the elements floating around in the video to get a preliminary piece count? (bolding added for emphasis) Wait, what?!

I've voted for all five of the ones I think likeliest. That's not to say I think all five will be chosen, but I do think they'll approve one or more of those five (and I think it's less likely that they'll choose "none" than it is they'll choose at least one of those five).

I'll second that. They've approved multiple projects in a single review on five separate occasions now. We should always regard it as the possibility it is. Tron seems likely enough to me. It's a workable project based on a popular entertainment franchise owned by a company that has already extensively licensed stuff to LEGO, including an Ideas set. I'm not sure about the "no new parts" rule disqualifying Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, since they're so close to existing parts that could easily be used in a final production set, and the set wouldn't be dependent upon new parts the way some other projects have been. However, I could see LEGO deciding it's already about as much of an existing toy property owned by another toy company as certain other licenses they've rejected for that reason. Then again, I've been wrong about what they will or won't approve so many times I'm not sure I want to even try making predictions any more. There's really no telling what they'll decide.

Man, it's nice just to see one of those old LEGO Ideas Books again.

I was in a LEGO Store a few days ago to pick up the remaining minifigures I needed from Series 17, and while I was there, someone bought the last Apollo Saturn V set they had. Again. I think they're going to need regular restocks of this one for a while.

It depends on whatever someone is willing to pay for it. There isn't a specific set value.

"Disney" is a sprawling entertainment behemoth encompassing multiple production studios and IPs, many of which have had LEGO minifigures, sets, or entire themes, and many more of which haven't yet but seem well-suited for it, and likely will in the future. Consider - every single one of the following Disney-owned or otherwise Disney-associated IPs has had at least one official LEGO product at some point (a few of them before they were owned by Disney, but still), and some are ongoing themes with no end in sight: Disney (Disney Animation Studios, live-action Disney, etc.; encompasses most of the Disney Princess characters, plus things like the current Disney Castle): Mickey Mouse & friends Aladdin Alice in Wonderland Beauty and the Beast Cinderella Doc McStuffins Frozen Lilo & Stitch The Little Mermaid The Lone Ranger Miles From Tomorrowland Moana Peter Pan / Jake & the Neverland Pirates Pirates of the Caribbean Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Sleeping Beauty Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs Sofia the First Tangled Winnie the Pooh Pixar Toy Story Cars (& non-Pixar spinoff Planes) WALL•E The Incredibles Brave Lucasfilm Star Wars Indiana Jones Marvel Marvel Considering the sheer volume of characters, stories, licenses and themes involved between Disney and LEGO, the fact their licensing relationship actually predates LEGO bricks (LEGO's first licensed product was a wooden pull toy of Pluto, waaaay back in the '30s or '40s), the fact the two companies' milieus are both centered around family-friendly, imaginative creation, and the fact at least a couple of themes (Star Wars and Marvel) appear easily capable of running indefinitely, I fully expect the relationship to continue for a long, long time to come. That doesn't mean every single Disney production from here on will get accompanying LEGO sets, of course, but I do think they'll evaluate each new Disney thing for LEGO potential. In particular I think it's likely each new addition to the canon of Disney Princesses will appear in at least one minidoll-based set, forthcoming entries in sporadically-active franchises that have previously yielded LEGO themes (Pirates of the Caribbean, Toy Story, Indiana Jones, etc.) will bring about the returns of those themes to LEGO, and the ongoing Marvel Superheroes and Star Wars themes will be with us each year for many years to come.

I'm curious as to why we think it has stuff from those two movies and not A New Hope, when that's the movie whose 40th anniversary this set commemorates (and a TFA-specific Falcon was not only recently released but is still widely available). Granted, ANH passenger / crew complements have been better represented in Millennium Falcon sets over the years than all the other movies combined, but then that would be an argument for including a Return of the Jedi figure assortment, if anything. That's not to say that's what they'll do, since LEGO sometimes does make decisions we don't understand. I'm just curious as to how that particular rumor (ESB and TFA figures, with no indication of other movies represented) came to be the prevailing assumption. I, for one, have for years expressed a desire for a new UCS Millennium Falcon with dozens of minifigures, à la the Death Star sets, representing every movie in which the Falcon appears to date. I do think that could be done, since TLG has after all done a couple Death Star sets that both have that many minifigures despite not costing as much as this thing will, but then of course the "real" Death Stars would ostensibly each have had many thousands of people on them, so LEGO including as many figures as they did could still be seen as having a minuscule fraction of what they "could" have, even if more wouldn't be realistic. Would they ever do that with a Millennium Falcon set?

What LEGO Carousel has 2,685 pieces? Doesn't 10257 have 2,670? Edit: Moreover, the Carousel comparison in LEGO's tease is clearly referring to the difference in size / page count between the instruction books, not between the piece counts. I think we'll have to wait until next week or possibly the week after that to get the piece count comparison. Hi, Cab! I'm afraid I don't have an answer to your query, not being Aussie myself, but I wanted to welcome you to the forums. Welcome aboard!

Wow, that's terrific!

Indeed. I also don't think they'd have just two teases before the reveal like they've had so far and make them just the box size and the instruction book size, when the piece count would surely be a bigger deal. I'm sure we'll get at least a third tease, and perhaps a fourth, and tease the set's total piece count (what would the other one be if they have four - minifigure count? Set silhouette? A photo of a close-up detail somewhere on the set? I guess we'll know soon enough...).

Where'd you get that number?

I think it's meant to be read as "a discontinued LEGO theme, such as Blacktron, or a LEGO brand, such as Octan". I don't think they meant for "discontinued" to be read as a modifier for either theme or brand, only theme. It would probably be better if the wording were changed slightly.

No, those should be fine. I think the latter. Note there actually already are a few projects scattered across Ideas that homage specific classic sets in this way. I think it just means you can't simply take an existing set and change a few pieces on it. Projects that have whole new builds from the ground up to achieve builds that reference the original designs seem to be okay. But I'd ask the Ideas team directly, of course.

Possibly (though I wouldn't be so sure), but as I indicated, I was talking about what's possible with a set in the size and price range being discussed in the thread, and that discussion has largely revolved around a set alleged to be that large (or larger, in terms of piece count) and expensive (or more so). I didn't say it would happen; indeed, I've addressed more than once the possibility that a new UCS Millennium Falcon might not be happening at all (though for the record, I do suspect it is, and I'll be disappointed if it's not). I simply said that if they were truly doing a new UCS Falcon, and if it truly were as large and expensive as many of the posts were suggesting it would be, it would be totally possible for it to surpass 10179 in accuracy and detail while also having an interior and assorted other features, including a slew of minifigures. That's not to say that that is indeed what they're doing; it's just to say that if they are doing a Falcon with 7000+ pieces costing >$699.00, it certainly could have all the features described.

Also, wasn't the PF walking AT-AT available simultaneously with another minifigure-scale AT-AT for a while?

The original was plenty detailed as official sets go, but as you yourself suggest, there's a gap between it and MB's. I said a set in the size and price range being discussed here could exceed it in detail, and since you yourself quote MB's as having 7500 pieces and the high end of the part count range being discussed for this set is higher still, obviously it could be more detailed / accurate than 10179 (particularly since the likely usage of that new half-cone element for the cockpit could actually boost accuracy of that aspect of the ship while simultaneously reducing the piece count for that part, freeing up more parts for use elsewhere). I fail to see how it's "impossible" for this one to be more detailed / accurate than 10179 when it's supposed to have two or three thousand more pieces than that one did and cost a couple hundred dollars more. As far as the internal structure goes, a robust support structure would certainly be mandated, but I think there's still plenty of opportunity for a sturdy internal structure that still leaves room for an interior. The original eschews having one because it simply wasn't a consideration when it was designed, but as the lack of an interior is arguably the single greatest area for improvement with 10179, I think it's very naturally something to consider. That doesn't guarantee it'll have one (heck, there's no guarantee yet another UCS Falcon is coming at all), but I do think it's possible.

As much as I want a new UCS Millennium Falcon myself, I think it'd be absolutely hilarious if this turned out to be a ginormous Classic box of 8,000 basic bricks. That said... I'm in the contingent that very much wants an interior. I don't get this weird AFOL obsession with wanting their LEGO sets to have fewer features rather than more. At the kind of size range, piece count range, and price range being floated around here, it could easily have a more accurate exterior than 10179, and a detailed, equally good-looking interior, and also have 40 minifigures spanning everything from ANH to TLJ. Maybe even PF lighting or other such swanky features. I've been describing this dream for years, in fact, since long before this thing was rumored for this year.

Incidentally, these review results mark the fifth time two projects have been approved simultaneously (after 1) Birds & The Big Bang Theory, 2) Doctor Who & WALL•E, 3) Caterham & Adventure Time, and 4) Yellow Submarine & Apollo Saturn V), and the third time a project has been approved after being held over for further review (after 1) Research Institute and 2) Doctor Who).