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I think the phrase brothers in arms is relevant here. They're about to go into battle. To probably die. Referring to someone as a sister or brother as that happens isn't such as s stretch. it doesn't need scenes of emotional bonding between them. It may also show her that even though her family has been killed she's not alone. She has family in the people around her. These are movies with space wizards and laser swords and gravity altering missiles. Are we really dissecting the language between characters like this? Movies where a woman can have her entire homeward blown up and yet give sympathy to a man who has just seen a relative stranger die? If you've seen the notes of just how much Lucas's script changed throughout the development of ANH he was pretty much making it up as he went along. Nobody has to like any movie but I think if you're dissecting RO like this then I'm not sure what your criteria for enjoying a movie are.

Gold Leader has been released Several times too so I can’t see that one being a poly either. He’s in the UCS Y-Wing as an updated figure anyway.

As Reaper said, we’ve had the Dewback already so I don’t see that changing. It basically perfect as it is. The brick built Bantha that’s coming in January looks OK but I’m also hoping for a fully moulded one at some point.

Exactly. The thread titles are loosely Lego inclusive but with no interest in that whatsoever. We're now back to slagging off Disney, KK, RJ, JJ... whoever else. It needs to be moved.

This thread really should be in a different part of the site. It has absolutely nothing to do with Lego in any way, shape or form. It's the same conversation had on countless forums around the world for the last couple of years and contributes absolutely zero to LEGO Star Wars. The OP has done this now with two threads and then wandered off after dropping the hand grenade into the forum.

The existing flight suit is fine as a unisex design. There are quite a few female pilots thoughout the OT never mind the sequels. The female pilot sat in the ROTJ briefing image above is Dorovio Bold. She can be made from using the T-16 pilot helmet. Quite a few of the pilots can be made from existing Lego releases and Firestar have also produced the Jaldine Gerams helmet (Blue Three) (very similar to an existing Dutch Vander design) as well as a Zal Dinnes (Red Eight) helmet. We also have helmets for Evaan Verlaine (Gold Three) and Wona Goban (Gold Nine) Several female pilots were in ROTJ for various squadrons too but unfortunately their voices were actually dubbed with male VOs. We can still create them (Dosmit Raeh - Tierfon Yellow Aces) as well as others.

Kylo works far better at NOT being Vader. Vader didn't seem to have any weakness... Even in his turning back to the light it wasn't really a weakness... it was just his son being more powerful at that point and maybe a confliction in his feelings also. Kylo works far better at someone much more human who is trying to be someone else, struggling with it, and always doubting whether that's what he really wants. Even as he 'achieves' these things he obviously doesn't feel at peace with himself at all. I don't have an issue with Kylo or Driver's performance at all. Same with Rey and Daisy's portrayal of her.

So the character voted the greatest Cinema villain of all time has 'nothing outside of being intimidating'? This thread started off badly, dipped in the middle and is tailing off towards the end.

My sarcasm detector must be on the blink. I'm not picking up any readings at all. Something must definitely be wrong.

Shouldn’t this be in another part of the site? There isn’t a single Lego thing to discuss from that trailer

I have 50 Stormtroopers with the printed arms.

You mean the view Beckett had when he pushed her? :)

Isn't this the benefit of Lego? To just update any parts that you think would benefit from it? I mean if we look at old Obi Wan he's still got the generic Lego sidepart mens hair in grey even for the upcoming home set. Completely inaccurate but a very easy fix.

I think if Lego thought they were missing out on serious sales from introducing a pirate ship or classic Space then they'd look at introducing them into their range. Eventually we'll get more pirate sets or have a new Space theme. But I don't think it will be at the expense of one of their evergreen themes. These are the themes that generate the sales that keeps Lego in the number one position in toys. It wouldn't surprise me if Lego's new campaign to 'Rebuild the World' was their way of saying 'Why not just build what you want?'.

No. It shouldn't. Each year new fans/buyers/consumers, whatever you want to call them, come along and there are key sets that sell for Lego. If you're bored of there being a Millennium Falcon on a shelf then prepare for a life of boredom. There will always be one. Just because we AFOLs may be up to date with our collections and any new X-Wing may seem repetitive to us it means absolutely nothing to the main audience of Lego Star Wars. There's also lots of new media and titles coming our way that could open up the doors to lots of new and very different sets. Alternatively updated parts and techniques can bring more accurate version of existing sets. I'm at the stage of being relatively up-to-date with things I want from Lego. Do I want the theme to take a break because of this? No. Lego is also in quite a big NASA release phase with two pretty big Ideas sets recently. I'd say they were a bigger obstacle to an in-house space theme. Don't we also have a relatively new wave of Lego Space based sets as a sub-theme of City? Or do people just want Classic Space to be back?

If you're going to decal then get a good clear acrylic spray to seal the figure once the decal is applied. I used to do that and it works well.

This is a difficult subject. I've had designs I've done used by a client that didn't pay for them so I know how annoying or difficult it can be. There are so many variables in this that it's almost hard to keep track. Nobody but Disney own the rights to use those likenesses or even the names of the vessels etc that are MOC'd... so technically you can't use them to sell something. Lego also don't have patents on most of their bricks or parts anymore so they can be copied and not considered a knock-off as it's about as much fair use as people saying they can copy and sell an AT-AT MOC is fair use. I've always felt that MOCing was it's own reward. You've created something and you're proud of it. Now how do you show it? Just pictures? Show it at an exhibition? Do you even make instructions? I know some people don't. If people then go to the trouble of making instructions and having them ready to sell then it's moving on from just being a MOC created for the builder's own pleasure to something else entirely... it's a commercial venture. And if you don't own the rights to any of the names or likenesses then why would you feel it's OK for you to sell it? Because of scale? Selling a few of them would be OK but if someone sold more then that would become an issue? It's all down to how tightly the rights holder wants to keep control. Selling one may be too much to them. With regards to fair use I can see why having images on something like Deviantart is one thing but if you then started selling those then the rights holder may have an issue. It also doesn't matter what platform things are sold on. Even on eBay it can take time for something to be removed even if it's reported multiple times.. and it's not always a guarantee. Amazon is also just used as a vehicle for people to have their own marketplace. Same as Etsy. So this isn't a Chinese issue. China's issues with IP and copyright law are well known even going as far as having Chinese brands essentially copying well known Western vehicles like the BMW X5 but with a different badge on it, so a company selling instructions and bricks to a small Lego type set isn't going to register. I'd take it as a compliment.

To be honest I never quite realise how many had been remade. X-Wing, Y-Wing, Snowspeeder, Death Star, Milf, Yoda Bust, Sandcrawler, ISD, Cloud City and the Tantive. (I've included Tantive as even though it's smaller it's still an exclusive set and almost £200, it's also packaged similar to a UCS set). The Shuttle wouldn't be a bad shout but there's been absolutely no indication or rumour as to what it might be. I wouldn't want to start even mentioning it as other sites then post these comments as rumours and they end up back here as some kind of very early leak.

That Dec 31 2020 date would mean the Death Star and Falcon would be gone, following on from CC in Dec 2019. The Slave 1 and Snowspeeder have already recently gone. Tantive is also due to go (I'm listing this as it's also listed in the exclusives part of the Lego site). That's a pretty big clearout of your flagship sets. The ISD is a monster but I'm interested in what they will add to that shelf offering (including the Y-Wing which should still be around) over the next 14 or so months in anticipation of the DS and Milf retiring.

Just imagine the fume if they'd made it 80cm instead of 110cm.

I think in general the rumours threads both here and in licensed suffer from the hype issue that tends to hit, especially with marquee sets. A lot of this can be down to figure count (not something that any other part of the forum worries too much about) and then the matter of display v playability. People in the HP thread are generally still happy the theme has returned. Just wait until it's been round for 20 continual years. There'll be plenty of people arguing why the Durmstrang Ship isn't the right scale or the fact they still haven't given us an accurate Aberforth figure. :)

It would be naive to just judge a moc with absolutely no piece count limitation, complexity of build, production, price structuring, quality control, deadlines and many other restrictions imposed on the designer to a set that is to become a retail Lego set. There's no comparison. At least three times the parts. Double to three times the cost and no packaging (with all the design and attention to detail that comes with it).

The case for the defence rests.

Weight will be very similar to that of the Falcon. So that means it will feel about the same when you pick it up. Which means that disparity in amount of parts means very little when it comes to the amount of plastic used. Less parts may mean shorter build but then the length of a build has been an indicator of whether something is any good or not before now. I’m not saying anyone has to like the ISD but I genuinely think they can’t please everybody. The Tantive wasn’t big enough and needed to be more of a display model and less about play space... now this needs an interior and is too expensive (I’d personally hate the bridge being modified to accommodate giant looking figures). I just think people need to stop quoting decade old ppp ratios or comparing amount of parts rather than weight to give a better idea of ‘value’ for want of a better word.