LEGO Star Wars 2025 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[Samppu]

1 hour ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

They really just need to remake the Endor bunker at this point, and have a battle pack go alongside it.

I would love that too, and given the Death Star, it might not be even impossible to see first some minorly exclusive Imperial characters in the Death Star set, like a dark green naval officer or a stormtrooper with arm printing etc. which would later appear  in an Endor set. That would at least be very Lego like approach.

[Nobricksleft]

21 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

As for the latter, absolutely not. This is the second thread today where someone's been like "haha greenland", but no, I don't think lego is increasing prices on the US because of greenland. Putting aside that most parties in greenland don't WANT to be part of denmark anymore, I feel like we'd know if denmark was forcing it's companies to increase prices on the US (and to my knowledge Denmark's tariffs against other countries and the VAT haven't recently spiked). And of course, lego is an international company, motivated by profit, and I don't think it's at all realistic to suggest they're increasing prices on the US specifically out of... spite? nationalism/patriotism? Over words? It's not like the countries are at war, and it's not like lego increased prices on sets in Canada in 2005, or puts notes in the santa's workshop sets saying "The North Pole is rightfully Denmark's". Be realistic here.

Please, comparing the Whisky War over Hans Island to a threat of invasion is disingenuous. While I don't think Lego prices will increase as a result, you have to admit it's difficult to define what is "realistic" lately.

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

He‘ll no doubt end up being my favourite SW minifig this year  Yeah, I would‘ve loved to have an Exegol set, but this is a second place medal I‘m more than happy with  

Yeah, if there was no room for Exogol in the next few years, this is a fine consolation prize. I'd like to get to the point where the books are used for Legends figures, but so long as prominent characters and costumes are missing I think it's more important we get people like TROS Palps than legends, even fan favorite ones like Mara or Fordo.

4 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

They really just need to remake the Endor bunker at this point, and have a battle pack go alongside it.

We've needed an endor miniwave for YEARS, and while miniwaves have fallen off since the new movies ended, no reason we can't do one for what many would still call the climax of the entire franchise. 

Not to wishlist too hard, but a $35ish Final Duel, some endor battle packs, the bunker, sorely needed A or B wing updates, etc... I mean, the 2019 Falcon finally retired and I can't imagine the DF sticks around long, let's get the ROTJ Falcon out so we can have a pure OT falcon playset back on shelves for the first time in 15 years.

1 hour ago, Nobricksleft said:

Please, comparing the Whisky War over Hans Island to a threat of invasion is disingenuous. While I don't think Lego prices will increase as a result, you have to admit it's difficult to define what is "realistic" lately.

We're dangerously off topic but claiming bringing up Hans island- which while now known for the whiskey war, in 2004 and 2005 was an actual topic of contention that was cited in parliament as a reason to increase Canadian military spending- is disingenuous is rich when paired with the notion that the US is placing Greenland under "threat of invasion". If you legitimately think the US is planning on invading a NATO country, it's not the world that's not being realistic.

 

The may 3-figure GWP is really making me think. I think we can reasonably assume there won't be more than a couple new prints, but that really limits what it could be. Maybe a Mustafar Duel where they re-use Anakin from the interceptor, slap together an Obi-Wan from past sets, and have a new Padme, but I really can't see them putting Mustafar Padme and Anakin in the same set. I know we've had Vader and Antilles but it just doesn't feel the same tonally.

Part of me thinks it could be an "evolution of the Clone Trooper" or something with a P1, P2, and Stormtrooper, which would be a cool concept but a bit disappointing as it'd be no new prints and the build assumably would just be a display stand.

[Nobricksleft]

 

21 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

We're dangerously off topic but claiming bringing up Hans island- which while now known for the whiskey war, in 2004 and 2005 was an actual topic of contention that was cited in parliament as a reason to increase Canadian military spending- is disingenuous is rich when paired with the notion that the US is placing Greenland under "threat of invasion". If you legitimately think the US is planning on invading a NATO country, it's not the world that's not being realistic.

Sorry, but I was just responding to the puzzling comparison you made, especially given the poor state of the Canadian military and how hilarious the whole dispute was. I don't think the recent threats made to numerous countries are taken lightly, even if far fetched. There's a huge difference.

Anyway, still not a good reason to increase Lego prices in the US.

[Classic_Spaceman]

21 hours ago, Llewop said:

Or a Krennic Mech 

A Krennic mech vs Tarkin mech set!! 
 

[CallumPears]

17 hours ago, Brickwraith said:

we've had hoth troopers since then

True, though the last time they were actually accurate was 2016. 

[Llewop]

Slightly unrelated but just seen that Pokemon and Lego are collaborating now with a new theme. All these licensed themes Lego have now cant see them being cheap can only see them rising the prices again on all sets across the board. Crazy how there is only a handful of themes that are created by Lego everything else is just licensed. To me it really is the end of Lego as primarily being a child’s toy in a way that I remember as a 90s kid. They are fully a collectible now aimed for Adults with premium prices. I’m surprised tbh that all these themes have not cannibalised legos sales seems to have done the opposite. Such a shame that so many themes that a couple of generations of kids now haven’t had the chance of a cheapish classic castle, space or pirate theme. 

[Classic_Spaceman]

2 hours ago, Llewop said:

Slightly unrelated but just seen that Pokemon and Lego are collaborating now with a new theme. All these licensed themes Lego have now cant see them being cheap can only see them rising the prices again on all sets across the board. 

I doubt that we will see across-the-board price increases as a result of new licenses; licensed themes need to be profitable on their own (not subsidised by other themes) for LEGO to justify making them! 

2 hours ago, Llewop said:

To me it really is the end of Lego as primarily being a child’s toy in a way that I remember as a 90s kid. They are fully a collectible now aimed for Adults with premium prices. I’m surprised tbh that all these themes have not cannibalised legos sales seems to have done the opposite. Such a shame that so many themes that a couple of generations of kids now haven’t had the chance of a cheapish classic castle, space or pirate theme. 

City sets are still decently-priced, and Ninjago occupies the entire range of price-points. I do agree that LEGO is moving more towards AFOLs and adult consumers in general, but (aside from the prices!) I am OK with that - LEGO tried to appeal more to kids via app connectivity in sets, which did not work (and cost us good themes like Hidden Side and VIDIYO when the apps bombed), and the levels of detail that fans demand now are not conducive to cheap sets. 
 

[Meaf]

2 hours ago, Llewop said:

To me it really is the end of Lego as primarily being a child’s toy in a way that I remember as a 90s kid. They are fully a collectible now aimed for Adults with premium prices. I’m surprised tbh that all these themes have not cannibalised legos sales seems to have done the opposite. Such a shame that so many themes that a couple of generations of kids now haven’t had the chance of a cheapish classic castle, space or pirate theme. 

I get what you mean (and agree for the most part) but surely that's a little overdramatic to say in response to Pokemon of all things getting a Lego theme? I mean that's literally the most popular media franchise on Earth, an army of kids will be asking for those sets come Christmas 2026. 

Relatedly (and to get back on topic), I feel like LSW is by far the worst offender when it comes to increased prices and being more aimed at adults (which are two very related factors). I think Lego has realized that Star Wars is getting to be more popular with adults than kids and are seizing on that by aiming more at collectors and bumping up prices accordingly. Idk maybe I'm just being overdramatic and reading too much into it, but it really feels like the LSW I knew as a kid is dead. They still put out some cool sets but the prices are just outrageous compared to nearly every other Lego theme, and the overall quality feels like hit-or-miss to me.

[CallumPears]

Better Boba leaked image. It has the same hair as before so maybe that is indeed correct? Disappointing if so. Also very much not a fan of the colour choices. His torso is too vibrant and his arms are just completely wrong (as with Jango, they're using sand blue when really they should be using purple. If anything his torso and legs should be the sand blue parts). 

[Mandalorianknight]

8 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

A Krennic mech vs Tarkin mech set!! 

How did I forget about Tarkin, Krennic is nothing in importance compared to that. One of the main villains of the first movie and the only set in a DECADE he's availible in will be $1000. We're reaching Dooku levels of inaccessibility.

Come to think of it, it's even been a good few years since the last Grievous. Not insane by itself, but without any other separatist leaders. This is the most egregious part of the clone dominance- we can't even get enemy hero units since they'd kill too many clones (joking about that last bit of course, but it is mind-boggling how despite all the clone wars era sets, the separatist army is leaderless.) Ventress will help a bit but she really isn't the same as the other two- she was more of an assassin and dips out halfway through the war.

4 hours ago, Llewop said:

Slightly unrelated but just seen that Pokemon and Lego are collaborating now with a new theme. All these licensed themes Lego have now cant see them being cheap can only see them rising the prices again on all sets across the board. 

 Adding a license does not increase prices across the board- they wouldn't add a license if they couldn't make a profit off the theme.

[BacktoBricks]

24 minutes ago, CallumPears said:

Better Boba leaked image. It has the same hair as before so maybe that is indeed correct? Disappointing if so. Also very much not a fan of the colour choices. His torso is too vibrant and his arms are just completely wrong (as with Jango, they're using sand blue when really they should be using purple. If anything his torso and legs should be the sand blue parts). 

The hair is totally wrong if it turns out to be the one used in the set and the colouring is all wrong on everything from the main colour being too vibrant to the the arm colour being too light and the belt having turned brown. Plus the sideways lip smirk looks nothing like his expressions which are either a closed lipped pout during Jango's talk with Obi-Wan or a full on open mouthed smile during Jango's dogfight with Obi-Wan. Hopefully the alternate face will capture a better expression. The belt printing is also far bigger than previous versions and too big in comparison to the source material. The last couple of versions got the hair more accurate, got the expressions closer and also used darker arms and smaller black belts. Even the original yellow tone minifigure was arguably closer in hair, colour and design if you ignore the yellow. The only thing this version has improved over others is the skintone, but other than that it's a big downgrade. I just don't get the graphic design choices. Also, seeing as this is a minifigure intended for a UCS set, dual molded short legs to represent his black boots would make the figure far more accurate.

Edited March 18 by BacktoBricks

[Llewop]

11 minutes ago, Meaf said:

I get what you mean (and agree for the most part) but surely that's a little overdramatic to say in response to Pokemon of all things getting a Lego theme? I mean that's literally the most popular media franchise on Earth, an army of kids will be asking for those sets come Christmas 2026. 

Relatedly (and to get back on topic), I feel like LSW is by far the worst offender when it comes to increased prices and being more aimed at adults (which are two very related factors). I think Lego has realized that Star Wars is getting to be more popular with adults than kids and are seizing on that by aiming more at collectors and bumping up prices accordingly. Idk maybe I'm just being overdramatic and reading too much into it, but it really feels like the LSW I knew as a kid is dead. They still put out some cool sets but the prices are just outrageous compared to nearly every other Lego theme, and the overall quality feels like hit-or-miss to me.

It’s more not just Pokemon but like “oh no another one”, had Bluey, peppa pig, Mario, animal crossing, Nintendo in general, all 10 F1 teams and F1 itself, Star Trek could go on just the ones I’ve noticed past few weeks. Just wonder what the next one would be. Licensed themes cost more when it comes to sets. SW is prime example a BP cost 20 quid but a city pack with similar figures cost half. I fear for Legos long term future. It’s a fair assumption to say most AFOls were once fans of Lego as kids so if Lego shifts to being an adult first market where are the new generation of customers going to come from? 
 

i think that the Lego we all know from our childhoods whether it’s be the 80s, 90s, 00s is dead and gone and my wife will probably be happier because I’ll probably end up spending less and buying fewer sets 

9 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

 

 Adding a license does not increase prices across the board- they wouldn't add a license if they couldn't make a profit off the theme.

Didn’t mean to be as dramatic but I do feel that the rise of more licenses and especially the icons and other 18+ sets has given me the impression that all set prices have gone up (regardless of inflation) if one theme produces set x with x amount of pieces and figures and sells well for 20% more than normal lets give it a go with set y from another theme. 

Prime example is Jedi fighters. Used to be a cheap and easy £20-25 set with 3 figures and a droid and every 6 months they’ve released one the price has gone up - I don’t think it’s all down to inflation it is corporate greed and for me the more and more licensed themes I feel like the more they will do it and at some point we’ll have 4 figure battle pack for £50 (and the way basic sets are going we’ll be thanking them for it due to our starvation of system scale SW sets) 

I don’t know for me the toy I grew up with and the hobby I enjoy (and benefits my mental health) isn’t what it once was and I’m not sure what I’m going to do one day. I’d say go back to gaming but I’m a single player gamer and those games are already on the way of the dodo 

[Flawless Cowboy]

35 minutes ago, Llewop said:

It’s a fair assumption to say most AFOls were once fans of Lego as kids so if Lego shifts to being an adult first market where are the new generation of customers going to come from?

I don’t believe that’s a fair assumption to make and Lego’s strategy of shotgunning adult sets ranging from Orchids to Roman fountains to Korean boy bands is testament to that. Lego is chasing after casual fans who buy one or two expensive sets a year and didn’t grow up with Lego. The market has adapted. Kids much prefer video games to physical toys.
 

35 minutes ago, Llewop said:

I’d say go back to gaming but I’m a single player gamer and those games are already on the way of the dodo 

Oh come on now, which game releasing this year has even a modicum of the hype GTA 6 has? Which announced games drive fans into a frenzy more than the words Elder Scrolls 6? 

Edited March 18 by Flawless Cowboy

[Tariq j]

The Boba figure is a bit of a misfire if I’m honest. The only real improvement seems to be the skin tone on the headpiece and torso. It’s kind of baffling because they almost nailed the colours of the torso on the previous version (2017) so I’m not sure what went wrong here.

Edited March 18 by Tariq j

[Old Master]

They designed this Boba figure from a really cloudy memory

Hair is an easy fix, even the arm colors - though it will not be consistent with Jango as it is supposed to be

No dual molded legs though 😭

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

I don’t think it’s all down to inflation it is corporate greed 

Only half of it is directly inflation (which is still a lot) but corporate greed =/= licensed themes increase the price of other themes. That's not how that works.

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

Didn’t mean to be as dramatic but I do feel that the rise of more licenses and especially the icons and other 18+ sets has given me the impression that all set prices have gone up (regardless of inflation) if one theme produces set x with x amount of pieces and figures and sells well for 20% more than normal lets give it a go with set y from another theme. 

That's correlation, not causation. The increase in licensed themes is happening at the same general time period as other price increases (though lego was never particularly cheap). Lego making One Piece and Pokemon sets doesn't make Star Wars sets more expensive. That's just not how business works.

7 minutes ago, Old Master said:

They designed this Boba figure from a really cloudy memory

It feels like it's designed as an update to the previous young boba figure rather than a more accurate representation of what he actually looks like.

[Llewop]

1 hour ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

I don’t believe that’s a fair assumption to make and Lego’s strategy of shotgunning adult sets ranging from Orchids to Roman fountains to Korean boy bands is testament to that. Lego is chasing after casual fans who buy one or two expensive sets a year and didn’t grow up with Lego. The market has adapted. Kids much prefer video games to physical toys.
 

Oh come on now, which game releasing this year has even a modicum of the hype GTA 6 has? Which announced games drive fans into a frenzy more than the words Elder Scrolls 6? 

From my experience the guys I work with and my mates from school only started getting the odd Lego sets again in Covid lockdown which is when the adult focused sets seem to really lift off a bit more. Most of them said they had loads as kids and chucked it out so maybe it’s not a general thing then but I thought from my own experience that it was a fair assumption. 

also with the games I’m married with 2 kids under 3 when Skyrim came out I was in my 1st year of University and GTA V came out I was in my 3rd year of University that’s well over 10 years now my personal hype for those games will come when I see some actual footage of them, but also I have commitments now I can’t sit in my room for 12 hours a day and play those games like they should. Even if I could get time off work my wife would be getting me to do some sort of DIY project or taking the kids to soft play or something like that. Lego is a lot easier to do as a hobby for now until it starts costing more than the mortgage does.

i just thought I’d share my thoughts I know it’s hypocritical to be moaning about a new licensed theme when my favourite theme is a licensed theme just miss the old days of Lego. 

[Darth_Bane13]

20 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

We've needed an endor miniwave for YEARS, and while miniwaves have fallen off since the new movies ended, no reason we can't do one for what many would still call the climax of the entire franchise. 

Not to wishlist too hard, but a $35ish Final Duel, some endor battle packs, the bunker, sorely needed A or B wing updates, etc... I mean, the 2019 Falcon finally retired and I can't imagine the DF sticks around long, let's get the ROTJ Falcon out so we can have a pure OT falcon playset back on shelves for the first time in 15 years.

Yeah I feel like ROTJ has been neglected for a while, we got the barge and skiff sets but those we're pretty overpriced and disappointing to me. 

[CallumPears]

3 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

I just don't get the graphic design choices

Tbh this could be applied to a lot of figures in the past 5 years or so. Hoth Rebels, many of the Clones, etc. 

49 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Yeah I feel like ROTJ has been neglected for a while, we got the barge and skiff sets but those we're pretty overpriced and disappointing to me. 

Yeah for me the Barge was probably the most-anticipated set of the decade and it ended up being super disappointing with how few figures it has, how inaccurate some of the included figures are, and how the model itself is also missing some features.

[Darth_Bane13]

1 hour ago, CallumPears said:

Tbh this could be applied to a lot of figures in the past 5 years or so. Hoth Rebels, many of the Clones, etc. 

Yeah for me the Barge was probably the most-anticipated set of the decade and it ended up being super disappointing with how few figures it has, how inaccurate some of the included figures are, and how the model itself is also missing some features.

Same, I really want to add a Sail Barge to my collection but the new one doesn't do it for me. I might end picking up one of the older ones if I can find one for a decent price.

[CallumPears]

20 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Same, I really want to add a Sail Barge to my collection but the new one doesn't do it for me. I might end picking up one of the older ones if I can find one for a decent price.

Gladly I've had the 2006 one for... a very long time now, but was hoping for an upgrade. I probably will still get the UCS one at some point but not for the RRP. Maybe even without some of the figures since the only ones I care about are Wooof, Max Rebo and Vizam (though I'm pretty disappointed with how Vizam turned out; he's got some inaccuracies). Will also try to get 2 more of Wooof's head+helmet to make the other 2 Kadas'sa'Nikto guards. Also need to get Ree-Yees from the 2013 version.

 

Ironically the 2006 version actually has one of the features which is missing on the UCS set: the hatches towards the front of the barge which Luke pulled one of the guards out of while he was climbing up.

[Classic_Spaceman]

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

How did I forget about Tarkin, Krennic is nothing in importance compared to that. One of the main villains of the first movie and the only set in a DECADE he's availible in will be $1000. We're reaching Dooku levels of inaccessibility.

We need a DS1 briefing room diorama set (quote: “I find your lack of faith disturbing”), with at least Tarkin, Vader, Motti, Tagge, Yularen, Bast, Romodi, and two Navy Troopers! Siward Cass and Trech Molock would also be nice (and would realistically only need new torso prints), but they have far less prominence than the other members of the Joint Chiefs. 

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

This is the most egregious part of the clone dominance- we can't even get enemy hero units since they'd kill too many clones

We got 501st and 212th at the same time, along with a Macrobinoculars helmet attachment - We have enough material for plenty of Clone casualties! 😈
 

5 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

It feels like it's designed as an update to the previous young boba figure rather than a more accurate representation of what he actually looks like.

Jango too! Boba should have a sand blue tunic and pants (with dual-moulded sand blue/black legs and lavender arms) with his old hairpiece, while Jango should have lavender arms and legs (maybe even lavender/flat silver dual-moulded legs, to better represent his shin and boot armour). 



Also, as much as I appreciate the new rangefinder piece, we really needed a new jetpack mould for Jango (that can be reused for Boba) with a proper rocket. 
 

[Brickwraith]

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Jango too! Boba should have a sand blue tunic and pants (with dual-moulded sand blue/black legs and lavender arms) with his old hairpiece, while Jango should have lavender arms and legs (maybe even lavender/flat silver dual-moulded legs, to better represent his shin and boot armour). 
 

people keep saying lavender but if you look at this image (lavender is on the right) it's honestly farther away than sand blue is. lilac or medium violet are the closest colors lego has ever produced, but they retired in 2007 and 2004 respectively.

 

[icm]

Yeah, the color of Jango Fett's jumpsuit has never read as any shade of purple to me. It's always seemed to me like a faded navy blue or denim blue of a piece of clothing that's lost a lot of blue dye and become grayed and muddy from being thrown in mixed washer loads too many times - which seems fitting for a single dad on the go whose skill set is assassination, not housekeeping.