Lordhelmet Posted February 23 Posted February 23 My favorite (mf) Microfighter (mf) minifigure (mf) was theron net from the x wing (and r2-x2). Seriously, two exclusive characters in one microfighter (mf) was pretty awesome. Hopefully plo koon gets a second character, but nothing will beat that x wing one to me unless we get another one with two exclusive named characters. Quote
Rwbricks Posted February 23 Posted February 23 4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said: It does cement this as not a buy for me though- probably wouldn't have gotten it for $13 either, I like Plo but he's not a "buy the set just for the character" for me. I still think this is a good idea and am surprised we haven't had one yet. They're more well known than some of the droids we've gotten/are getting, just from the fact that they're everywhere, they're a bit of a meme in areas of the fanbase. I also think that since they could be easily made fairly hollow, a gonk droid that could be used as a pen holder or storage thing, or- what I would do- hold a power bank would be pretty cool. Agreed about waiting for the microfighter. I’ll try to wait and find it at a discount. It’ll be cool to finally have Plo, but he’s not someone I need immediately. Also agreed about the GNK. Making it functional is a good idea, reminds me of the Star-Lord helmet. And if it is hollow, since it doesn’t technically have a minifigure, it could be like the Droideka and be on the cheaper side (of 18+ sets), too. Quote
THELEGOBATMAN Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Fateful has said on Discord that he believes the rumoured U-Wing minifigure list (Andor, K-2SO, Dedra and two Stormtroopers) is legit. If so, bummer that for some reason it's Stormtroopers instead of Death Troopers... ...but who cares! DEDRA, MY BELOVED! Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted February 23 Posted February 23 14 hours ago, Lordhelmet said: My favorite (mf) Microfighter (mf) minifigure (mf) was theron net from the x wing (and r2-x2). Seriously, two exclusive characters in one microfighter (mf) was pretty awesome. Hopefully plo koon gets a second character, but nothing will beat that x wing one to me unless we get another one with two exclusive named characters. I get that, but I raise you: My Favorite (mf) MicroFighter (mf) was the Millenium Falcon (MF) because it was a cheap way to get a Han Solo Minifigure (MF). (This is not true at all I just realized if we use the falcon microfighter we can get another mf in there) Though I mean if we're making jokes about the acronym, obviously my favorite microfighter would be if they a made Mace Windu's starfighter microfighter (mf). 9 hours ago, Rwbricks said: Also agreed about the GNK. Making it functional is a good idea, reminds me of the Star-Lord helmet. And if it is hollow, since it doesn’t technically have a minifigure, it could be like the Droideka and be on the cheaper side (of 18+ sets), too. Yeah, I really am surprised we haven't seen one yet with how much lego loves buildable droids. 2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: If so, bummer that for some reason it's Stormtroopers instead of Death Troopers... I do think this means it's possible we get a unique, damaged mold for the nightdeath troopers. It's still possible lego just made a baffling choice, or that there was some lack of communication about the mold being recreated until they'd already decided the figures for the andor set, but it at least leaves open the possibility that the nightdeath troopers will have accurate helmet molds with the "jaw" chunk removed. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 23 Posted February 23 2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: […] and two Stormtroopers LAME. Unsurprising since that‘s also what the first rumour we heard about the set said, but still quite disappointing Maybe @Mandalorianknight is right and this means the Double Death Troopers have a unique helmet piece! Quote
Meaf Posted February 23 Posted February 23 15 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said: Right is right, and wrong is wrong. It's ok to defend a decision you think makes sense regardless of whether it comes from a little guy or a big company. Well I qualified it as such because I think it's objectively bad for us and Lego certainly makes enough money to keep them at $10, but like realistically their not going to do that. They like seeing the big important numbers go up as much as anyone else and there has been a decent bit of inflation in the last few years, so it's not shocking. But I have no doubt they could keep selling these things at $10 and be fine financially. On that subject, I'd definitely have preferred if the builds had just been scaled down a little bit and they kept the $10 (or even $13) price. I guess it might be annoying for collectors who're into the ships, but I'm only buying them for the minifigures so yeah. 53 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said: I do think this means it's possible we get a unique, damaged mold for the nightdeath troopers. It's still possible lego just made a baffling choice, or that there was some lack of communication about the mold being recreated until they'd already decided the figures for the andor set, but it at least leaves open the possibility that the nightdeath troopers will have accurate helmet molds with the "jaw" chunk removed. I hope so, that'd be cool if nothing else. I guess they could always re-use the mold in future sets if they made a more generic death trooper helmet but idk, I already have a few of the older death troopers so I don't care too much. Quote
Darth_Bane13 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 22 hours ago, Lordhelmet said: My favorite (mf) Microfighter (mf) minifigure (mf) was theron net from the x wing (and r2-x2). Seriously, two exclusive characters in one microfighter (mf) was pretty awesome. Hopefully plo koon gets a second character, but nothing will beat that x wing one to me unless we get another one with two exclusive named characters. My favorite mf mf is the 2014 plain p2 clone, it was the only way to get that mf for years, (and is much better than the newer clone style). Quote
Rwbricks Posted February 24 Posted February 24 13 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said: Though I mean if we're making jokes about the acronym, obviously my favorite microfighter would be if they a made Mace Windu's starfighter microfighter (mf). As long as it comes with a Bossk microfighter (BMF)! Quote
MKJoshA Posted February 24 Author Posted February 24 Alright, the joke has been beat to death. Move along, move along. Quote
Kaijumeister Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) 19 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said: It's still possible lego just made a baffling choice, or that there was some lack of communication about the mold being recreated until they'd already decided the figures for the andor set, but it at least leaves open the possibility that the nightdeath troopers will have accurate helmet molds with the "jaw" chunk removed. I’d love to get a mould like this, but can 100% see Lego thinking it’s too specialised just in case they want to include (living) Death Troopers in more sets down the line. On the topic of Plo’s head, I do hope Lego try to redesign his head completely rather than reuse the same overall shape and proportions, just in a less rubbery type of plastic). I’m all for resurrecting moulds as they were if the designs were solid enough like the ARC-170 pilot helmet, but don’t really think it applies to Plo. So far this year, the resurrected (R) / new mould list for minifigures seems to be: - ARC-170 Pilot helmet (R) - K2-SO head / torso (R) - Death Trooper helmet (R) - Plo’s head - Bacara’s helmet - Possible P1 Pilot helmet That’s a significantly small list all in all, especially for a big-budget theme like Star Wars. Edited February 24 by Kaijumeister Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 24 Posted February 24 29 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said: That’s a significantly small list all in all, especially for a big-budget theme like Star Wars. Indeed, especially compared to previous years. The Sailbarge alone pretty much had the same number of new and resurrected parts! But I‘m not gonna dwell on it. In my mind, this year‘s SW budget simply went to a different theme. Just like HP „stole“ some of its budget from JW in 2018, I like to imagine they took SW‘s budget to finance all the new pieces for the One Piece theme (And it seems JW returned the favour this year since HP so far also seems to have very few new pieces) Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kaijumeister said: I’d love to get a mould like this, but can 100% see Lego thinking it’s too specialised just in case they want to include (living) Death Troopers in more sets down the line. On the topic of Plo’s head, I do hope Lego try to redesign his head completely rather than reuse the same overall shape and proportions, just in a less rubbery type of plastic). I’m all for resurrecting moulds as they were if the designs were solid enough like the ARC-170 pilot helmet, but don’t really think it applies to Plo. It's possible- I would say I feel like then they'd just be in the U-wing, but it's entirely possible the development timelines don't work out that way, or that lego just chose stormtroopers so there'd be normal stormtroopers in at least one retail set this year. (Another easy solution to "let's make sure there's normal stormtroopers in a retail set this year" would be to produce at least one original trilogy playset in the year 2025) Same. Something like the one from the old lego games would work well in my opinion. I'm also hoping it's tan instead of dark orange to better fit his movie appearance, and then the inevitable wolfpack set in 2026 can contain a TCW recolor if we're lucky. 52 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said: I like to imagine they took SW‘s budget to finance all the new pieces for the One Piece theme Personally I do not like to imagine this, I never got into One Piece and don't like the idea of it taking my favorite theme's lunch money. Doesn't it have a strong audience, hence why it's getting a theme? Is lego somehow so strapped for cast that they have to cannibalize one of their bestsellers to launch a new line? Edited February 24 by Mandalorianknight Quote
QuiggoldsPegLeg Posted February 24 Posted February 24 On 2/22/2025 at 1:49 PM, Classic_Spaceman said: Kriff!! 😡 Does it at least include a droid? I’d guess we’ll probably get a droid head. (Least of which because R4-F5 is only a head attached to the starfighter.) In terms of microfighters where there are droids in the starfighters, 2 have included the droid (Theron Nett’s X-Wing, Anakin’s N1) and 4 have not included it (Temmin’s X-Wing, Zorii’s Y-Wing, Blue Squadron Y-Wing, and Rex’s Y-Wing). The Y-Wings make sense not to include an astromech because it’s hard to do that and keep the general shape of the ship at that scale. Temmin’s X-Wing doesn’t really make sense and is a bit of an outlier. Maybe it’s because they didn’t have a name for him yet and potentially not good photography available for R6-D8 so he didn’t get included. But given we’ve got an astromech with the other X-Wing and N1, I can imagine we’d get one with Plo Koon’s starfighter considering it’s not intrusive to the rest of the ship and is an important part to the layout of the ship. Quote
CloneCommando99 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 26 minutes ago, CallumPears said: ANDOR TRAILER I’m actually mad at Lego for ignoring the Avenger. We could have gotten a new Krennic and new Tie Pilot. What’s with the music? I’m getting The Boys vibes. Maybe Lego made the right call. I don’t see any Death Troopers but lots of stormtroopers. Granted I don’t see a U-Wing either. Also the critically acclaimed stuff— either Lucasfilm and Disney are really desperate for viewership or they know how much we want this. Quote
Classic_Spaceman Posted February 24 Posted February 24 On 2/23/2025 at 9:55 AM, THELEGOBATMAN said: Fateful has said on Discord that he believes the rumoured U-Wing minifigure list (Andor, K-2SO, Dedra and two Stormtroopers) is legit. I hope that if Dedra has her overcoat, LEGO uses printed dual-moulded white/black legs! A regular uniform version would be more useful, though (so I hope they end up going this route). This is pure hopium, but I would really like to see the “Stormtroopers” turn out to be the (what are probably) CompForce troopers that we see in the trailer! 2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said: I’m actually mad at Lego for ignoring the Avenger. We could have gotten a new Krennic and new Tie Pilot. We absolutely need a TIE Avenger in late 2026-2027! I am surprised that we are not getting one TBH, since TIEs sell regardless of the media they tie into. Quote
Swordy Posted February 24 Posted February 24 4 hours ago, CallumPears said: ANDOR TRAILER “The revolution starts now.” Very pleased with the trailer overall, and Season 2 can’t come any sooner. As for LEGO talk, now I do miss the TIE Avenger. I could see an alternate scenario where the U-Wing featured the Rebel/hero cast while the Avenger includes the Imperial/villain side, with Andor being the only repeat character (not minifig, I’m aware of the difference right now) in each. Now it feels as though the entire Andor cast has to be boiled down to any essentials that can fit in a single set. I suspect we maybe get another trailer a month out from the series where a U-Wing is featured, and that’s when the LEGO U-Wing is revealed. I hope they don’t wait until the premiere to reveal the LEGO set, lol; in any case, the set surely will leak any day now. Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted February 24 Posted February 24 4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said: I’m actually mad at Lego for ignoring the Avenger. We could have gotten a new Krennic and new Tie Pilot. What’s with the music? I’m getting The Boys vibes. It really would have made a good set, I get why lego doesn't give us much for Andor though- as good as it is it's not ok for kids, and lego still at the end of the day is a toy brand. I'm glad they're making something and always WANT more from andor, but it's understandable that lego isn't making playsets for a show that very few in that 6-12 age range would be watching. The music is really odd- I like the trailer, but it's weirdly upbeat and I think the first time real-world music has been used in a major SW trailer? I'm not against it here specifically, but it's something I hope is a one-and-done. It's clearly part of an attempt to appeal to an audience that normally wouldn't be a star wars fans, which is also why they throw all the reviews up there. (Though I honestly don't think I've ever met someone who would watch a show because one of those publications recommended it, it is how a lot of shows market). Assumably this is because disney saw the positive critical reception to S1 as well as it's comparatively low viewer count, and is trying to get people who view star wars as childish or modern SW as slop to come back and watch. Quote
JohnTPT17 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 6 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said: The music is really odd- I like the trailer, but it's weirdly upbeat and I think the first time real-world music has been used in a major SW trailer? I'm not against it here specifically, but it's something I hope is a one-and-done. It's clearly part of an attempt to appeal to an audience that normally wouldn't be a star wars fans, which is also why they throw all the reviews up there. (Though I honestly don't think I've ever met someone who would watch a show because one of those publications recommended it, it is how a lot of shows market). Assumably this is because disney saw the positive critical reception to S1 as well as it's comparatively low viewer count, and is trying to get people who view star wars as childish or modern SW as slop to come back and watch. That's basically the vibe I was getting as well. Plus some of the shots, like walking away from a building and pushing a button to blow it up, to get a "cool guys don't look at explosions" shot. I'm willing to chock it up to it simply being a mass-market trailer that somehow missed airing during the Superbowl and hope it's not an indication of a turn in Andor's tone, though. Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Just now, JohnTPT17 said: not an indication of a turn in Andor's tone, though. I'm very confident it's not a turn in the actual show's tone- all the happy music in the world can't change the shot that appears to show Saw's guys leaving after killing a civilian, or all the shots of stormies gunning people down, etc. But I hope it's not a turn in marketing. Quote
TheScaryDoor Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) For me the music in the andor trailer feels off and the "critical acclaimed" slogans feel cheap in general. But the pictures and shots are perfect. Looking forward for the show and what kind of lego sets might be realized in the future. Edited February 24 by TheScaryDoor Quote
THELEGOBATMAN Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Actually it's really surprising we're not getting the TIE Avenger—it's been featured really heavily in the new trailer (which is obviously fantastic, but I already couldn't possibly be more excited for this series). Quote
Rwbricks Posted February 24 Posted February 24 1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said: It really would have made a good set, I get why lego doesn't give us much for Andor though- as good as it is it's not ok for kids, and lego still at the end of the day is a toy brand. I'm glad they're making something and always WANT more from andor, but it's understandable that lego isn't making playsets for a show that very few in that 6-12 age range would be watching. The music is really odd- I like the trailer, but it's weirdly upbeat and I think the first time real-world music has been used in a major SW trailer? I'm not against it here specifically, but it's something I hope is a one-and-done. It's clearly part of an attempt to appeal to an audience that normally wouldn't be a star wars fans, which is also why they throw all the reviews up there. (Though I honestly don't think I've ever met someone who would watch a show because one of those publications recommended it, it is how a lot of shows market). Assumably this is because disney saw the positive critical reception to S1 as well as it's comparatively low viewer count, and is trying to get people who view star wars as childish or modern SW as slop to come back and watch. A version of Major Tom (Coming Home) by Peter Schilling, but in Huttese, was in a Skeleton Crew trailer, but I do think this is the first time a regular song has been used. I do agree that more sets would be great, but not likely. Luckily, aside from Mon, most of the main characters will have been available at or around the show’s release (Cassian, Luthen, Syril, Dedra, K2, and Saw). Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Sorry, but I did NOT like that trailer. A regular song and stuffing the trailer to the brim with random accolades?! What is this? I mean the actual footage looks good, but this is easily my least favourite SW trailer. The SC one with the Huttese version of Major Tom was pretty out there, but at least it was creative! Thank the maker they‘ll release 3 episodes at a time!! That‘s what they should‘ve done for S1, as everyone said And yeah, that TIE Avenger would‘ve made for a cool set. Alas… Quote
QuiggoldsPegLeg Posted February 25 Posted February 25 4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said: I'm very confident it's not a turn in the actual show's tone- all the happy music in the world can't change the shot that appears to show Saw's guys leaving after killing a civilian, or all the shots of stormies gunning people down, etc. But I hope it's not a turn in marketing. I don’t know about happy, but Season 2 will presumably have a bit more of the triumphant vengeful antifascist energy the finale of season 1 had, which the trailer song fits in with. (Obviously alongside a decent chunk of showing the brutality of violence, of course.) Quote
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