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

[BacktoBricks]

On 4/12/2025 at 5:02 PM, Something_Awesome said:

I've heard a threshold of "150 dollars." I want confirmation, too. I also want to know about sales or quadruple points etc. Double points and a GWP is not enough for me to participate this May. I need sales or a huge Honey cash back offer. I think one or two years ago Honey stacked with big cash back offers.

Thank you. It seems the threshold will be £145 in the UK so that sounds about right. The Millenium Falcon polybag will also be with purchases of £35+.

[Kit Figsto]

Turbo Tank sounds great.  I think it's worth reserving judgement on the piece count until we actually see the thing, because it's inevitably going to have a lot of large pieces, with the wheels and the plates that probably will make up the sides/roof.  Are people that attached to a UT-AT, or is this just complaining for the sake of complaining?  It was in the movie for like three seconds (in the background of a scene where the action didn't take place in the background, nonetheless), whereas the Turbo Tank, while also initially in the background of scenes, has at least shown up repeatedly in semi-large roles in other shows.

Plus, they've pretty much always played loosey goosey with clone legions and vehicles, not really adhering to specific scenes, but more of a "this is a clone vehicle, so we'll throw in this legion and this Jedi" even if it didn't actually appear together on screen, since at some point, they probably would've fought with that specific vehicle. 

Also, while it is a remake, I feel like people online are also constantly complaining about the demand for certain remakes - well, I checked BL, and the cheapest Turbo Tank is $300 for a new one ($190 for a sealed Brickmaster polybag version), so there is most definitely demand for this.

Edited April 15 by Kit Figsto

[BrickBob Studpants]

32 minutes ago, Kit Figsto said:

Are people that attached to a UT-AT, or is this just complaining for the sake of complaining? 

A lot if it stems from the fact we just lost our only new vehicle this year  I doubt most people are attached to the UT-AT, but at least it would‘ve been something new. 2025 might now be the only year that doesn‘t have a single new vehicle

Edited April 15 by BrickBob Studpants

[CallumPears]

28 minutes ago, Kit Figsto said:

Are people that attached to a UT-AT,

Yeah idk why but the UT-AT is legitimately one of my favourite vehicles. I started a moc of one last year but put it on hold when the rumours came out. Time to resume lol 

[Lordhelmet]

42 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

A lot if it stems from the fact we just lost our only new vehicle this year  I doubt most people are attached to the UT-AT, but at least it would‘ve been something new. 2025 might now be the only year that doesn‘t have a single new vehicle

Home one and acclamator? Not vehicles but new ships.

Edited April 15 by Lordhelmet

[Meaf]

I feel like the Turbo Tank is objectively a good choice (iconic vehicle that hasn't been remade in a long time), and as (I think?) @Mandalorianknight pointed out it isn't really fair to blame Lego here since the UT-AT thing was purely rumors, but this is still a bit disappointing to me. I still have the CW one and honestly I just don't feel the need to upgrade, even if this one is substantially better. The Galactic Marines are cool but I barely even knew who they were before the rumors started so I'll probably end up skipping this one, which is a bit of a shame since I was potentially interested before. At this point I'm not sure I'll be getting much from this year, probably the new battle packs (though I'll wait for a discount on the clones) and the U-Wing? Maybe I'm forgetting something else but the rest is either uninteresting or too expensive or both.

[Kit Figsto]

34 minutes ago, CallumPears said:

Yeah idk why but the UT-AT is legitimately one of my favourite vehicles. I started a moc of one last year but put it on hold when the rumours came out. Time to resume lol 

Hey, fair enough.  I legitimately wasn't sure if it was a popular choice or if this was just people making a mountain out of a molehill.

I do think that the Turbo Tank is more known (especially as it had a prominent role in the Mandalorian, even if it wasn't the exact same version), but I can understand being disappointed if someone like yourself was hoping for a UT-AT.  I guess I just wasn't sure, since some people seemed more hyped about the figures, and if that's the case, then it wouldn't really matter to that person if it was a Turbo Tank or UT-AT, as long as it's the same minifigures.

44 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

A lot if it stems from the fact we just lost our only new vehicle this year  I doubt most people are attached to the UT-AT, but at least it would‘ve been something new. 2025 might now be the only year that doesn‘t have a single new vehicle

Fair, but I guess to me, it seems less disappointing of a remake since it's only been made 3 times in the past 20 years.  With the larger set price points, I feel like there's typically one pretty much reserved for the Falcon at all times, so the other 1-2 that we get at a time in that $140-180 range isn't going to have a ton of variety if they're trying to accommodate requested remakes and new stuff.

[BrickBob Studpants]

37 minutes ago, Lordhelmet said:

Home one and acclamator? Not vehicles but new ships.

I meant playsets

[Mandalorianknight]

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Observe how the dark side grants an aura farming proficiency.

This is true. Although Luke Skywalker definitely aura farms, just walking onto a ship caused Gideon to try and off himself.

3 hours ago, Kit Figsto said:

Turbo Tank sounds great.  I think it's worth reserving judgement on the piece count until we actually see the thing, because it's inevitably going to have a lot of large pieces, with the wheels and the plates that probably will make up the sides/roof.  Are people that attached to a UT-AT, or is this just complaining for the sake of complaining?  It was in the movie for like three seconds (in the background of a scene where the action didn't take place in the background, nonetheless), whereas the Turbo Tank, while also initially in the background of scenes, has at least shown up repeatedly in semi-large roles in other shows.

Plus, they've pretty much always played loosey goosey with clone legions and vehicles, not really adhering to specific scenes, but more of a "this is a clone vehicle, so we'll throw in this legion and this Jedi" even if it didn't actually appear together on screen, since at some point, they probably would've fought with that specific vehicle. 

Also, while it is a remake, I feel like people online are also constantly complaining about the demand for certain remakes - well, I checked BL, and the cheapest Turbo Tank is $300 for a new one ($190 for a sealed Brickmaster polybag version), so there is most definitely demand for this.

You've @Swordy'd me.

100% agree. The only reason the complaints are as frequent as they are is because it originally leaked as a UT-AT. It's just that the set people had in their heads changed. Aside from that, it's just complaining for the sake of complaining. I'm just waiting to see someone try to tie this in to lego hating the prequels. In 2025.

I for one am much more excited for a Turbo Tank, and the set's actually on my list now. I don't have the money or space to get every giant obscure GAR vehicle, but the turbo tank is a classic that's been showing up pretty consistently in almost everything for decades now. I have some great memories of holding the Turbo Tank command point in Battlefront 2017 with my friends.

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

A lot if it stems from the fact we just lost our only new vehicle this year  I doubt most people are attached to the UT-AT, but at least it would‘ve been something new. 2025 might now be the only year that doesn‘t have a single new vehicle

To be fair, going back the past 6 years (and that's not like a time ender, just when I stopped looking), the only new vehicles we tend to get are based on new content. Like 2024 for instance, the only new ship was the Onyx Cinder. If you want to blame lego for no new playscale vehicles for this year, I'd put it on how many 18+ sets we now get or lego refusing to make a TIE Avenger before I'd put it on lego not making a UT-AT of all things- if it hadn't leaked, I doubt many people would be going "you know what this year is missing? The UT-AT."

2 hours ago, Meaf said:

I feel like the Turbo Tank is objectively a good choice (iconic vehicle that hasn't been remade in a long time), and as (I think?) @Mandalorianknight pointed out it isn't really fair to blame Lego here since the UT-AT thing was purely rumors, but this is still a bit disappointing to me. I still have the CW one and honestly I just don't feel the need to upgrade, even if this one is substantially better. The Galactic Marines are cool but I barely even knew who they were before the rumors started so I'll probably end up skipping this one, which is a bit of a shame since I was potentially interested before. At this point I'm not sure I'll be getting much from this year, probably the new battle packs (though I'll wait for a discount on the clones) and the U-Wing? Maybe I'm forgetting something else but the rest is either uninteresting or too expensive or both.

I am interested in this- I think you're the first person I've seen who was excited for the UT-AT but not the galactic marines. 

Ironically I was in the same situation as you UNTIL this turned out to be a turbo tank, but just because I don't have one yet. Otherwise we're in the same boat.

[MKJoshA]

So the Lego website uses the name Firespray-Class Starship. Why can't the plaque?

[Agent Kallus]

So the keychain isn't a medium GWP but insiders points? I'm less interested in the random tat GWPs than the actual builds but it's still a bit of a downgrade compared to the precedent set in the last few years.

[Mandalorianknight]

23 minutes ago, MKJoshA said:

So the Lego website uses the name Firespray-Class Starship. Why can't the plaque?

You're expecting logical consistency from a pair of corporations that are scared of the ship's name.

Firespray would have been more accurate than just putting "Jango Fett's starship" on the plaque if we're going for any level of accuracy, but we've already seen that whoever's making these choices doesn't consider accuracy the priority.

17 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

So the keychain isn't a medium GWP but insiders points? I'm less interested in the random tat GWPs than the actual builds but it's still a bit of a downgrade compared to the precedent set in the last few years.

Not to mention lego's pretending that that keychain is $20 value... c'mon guys. I don't dislike the idea of the non-lego may the 4th GWPs, especially when coming alongside lego ones, but if you're going to allege they're $20 value and then not even provide them as GWPs anymore...

Edited April 15 by Mandalorianknight

[Virginia_Bricks]

58 minutes ago, MKJoshA said:

So the Lego website uses the name Firespray-Class Starship. Why can't the plaque?

They do... 

That information is just not up top which is likely done because of space constraints and not wanting to shrink the font.

[TeddytheSpoon]

1 hour ago, MKJoshA said:

So the Lego website uses the name Firespray-Class Starship. Why can't the plaque?

I'm wondering if it was a late name change. Review copies - including my own - have the name "Jango Fett's Starship" on the box, without the Firespray bit. The plaque does say Firespray-class but still has "Jango Fett's Starship" as the tag line. Not sure if either will change to match what LEGO seem to be calling it everywhere else though.

Edited April 15 by TeddytheSpoon

[Tariq j]

6 hours ago, Kit Figsto said:

Turbo Tank sounds great.  I think it's worth reserving judgement on the piece count until we actually see the thing, because it's inevitably going to have a lot of large pieces, with the wheels and the plates that probably will make up the sides/roof.  Are people that attached to a UT-AT, or is this just complaining for the sake of complaining?  It was in the movie for like three seconds (in the background of a scene where the action didn't take place in the background, nonetheless), whereas the Turbo Tank, while also initially in the background of scenes, has at least shown up repeatedly in semi-large roles in other shows.

Plus, they've pretty much always played loosey goosey with clone legions and vehicles, not really adhering to specific scenes, but more of a "this is a clone vehicle, so we'll throw in this legion and this Jedi" even if it didn't actually appear together on screen, since at some point, they probably would've fought with that specific vehicle. 

Also, while it is a remake, I feel like people online are also constantly complaining about the demand for certain remakes - well, I checked BL, and the cheapest Turbo Tank is $300 for a new one ($190 for a sealed Brickmaster polybag version), so there is most definitely demand for this.

I agree. Whilst I do think it would have been nice to have a completely new set this year, I do really like the Turbo Tank. The last version came out 9 years ago so it’s not like we’ve been getting bombarded by the vehicle either. 

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

To be fair, going back the past 6 years (and that's not like a time ender, just when I stopped looking), the only new vehicles we tend to get are based on new content. Like 2024 for instance, the only new ship was the Onyx Cinder. If you want to blame lego for no new playscale vehicles for this year, I'd put it on how many 18+ sets we now get or lego refusing to make a TIE Avenger before I'd put it on lego not making a UT-AT of all things- if it hadn't leaked, I doubt many people would be going "you know what this year is missing? The UT-AT."

Yeah, I think 10/15 years ago we could have gotten both the UT-AT and the Turbo Tank in the same year/wave. But with all the buildable figures and other 18+ sets it just isn’t going to happen. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

3 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Like 2024 for instance, the only new ship was the Onyx Cinder. If you want to blame lego for no new playscale vehicles for this year, I'd put it on how many 18+ sets we now get or lego refusing to make a TIE Avenger before I'd put it on lego not making a UT-AT of all things- if it hadn't leaked, I doubt many people would be going "you know what this year is missing? The UT-AT."

We also got the Crimson Firehawk last year, if we count 4+ sets as playsets

Fair enough, but I didn‘t blame my lamentation about a lack of new playset vehicles on the CTT (which would be absurd since it was a misunderstanding that TLG had nothing to do with), but rather on the selection this year as a whole. As you say, a TIE Avenger (?) would‘ve been awesome! It was right there!

[ArrowBricks]

I do appreciate Lego’s larger May wave this year. Actually makes the May 4th promotion that little bit more exciting. 

In my opinion, there are some really good sets released (Chopper, Kylo Ren helmet, and UCS Jango’s Slave One the best), I just wish one or two were play sets with strong minifigures. Let’s hope the summer wave can deliver on that front. 

The Kamino GWP is a brilliant choice, and certainly does decently attempt filling some of the void of playscale sets and minifigures. But it makes me want it more! 

UT-AT rumour is a real shame, and I didn’t expect a Turbo Tank given the downscaled version in 2016. I always felt if Lego were to release it again in the modern Clone Wars era it would be specialised in some way. That could still be the case. Rumours are a couple of Galactic Marines, which puts the Minifigure lineup at 4 figures only. I’d expect another Marine, and maybe some Battle Droids, but who knows! 

Finally, a hot rod Snowspeeder sounds fantastic! Let’s hope we get some nice flame detailing and maybe the main figures are new variants, which will make the set super appealing! 

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

Rumours are a couple of Galactic Marines, which puts the Minifigure lineup at 4 figures only. I’d expect another Marine, and maybe some Battle Droids, but who knows! 

I can't remember if we ever got a specific figure list rumored, but I know the rumors include Ki-Adi, Bacara, and Galactic Marines. So 4 at a minimum, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was at least 5+ some droids. I can't think of the last system SW playset set more than, say, the starfighter two-packs or so that came with only 4 figs. 

5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

We also got the Crimson Firehawk last year, if we count 4+ sets as playsets

Fair enough, but I didn‘t blame my lamentation about a lack of new playset vehicles on the CTT (which would be absurd since it was a misunderstanding that TLG had nothing to do with), but rather on the selection this year as a whole. As you say, a TIE Avenger (?) would‘ve been awesome! It was right there!

Sure, but at that point I don't even know why we'd be counting- I doubt there are many collectors who were hyped to get the 4+ firehawk, it's not exactly built for displaying. Edit: Also, as kallus said, depending on how we're defining it, we could add the enforcer. And then technically speaking the hot rod snowspeeder, Ahsoka's ETA-2, Imperial Laat/le, maul mech, and 327th AT-RT, though I'm not sure even I am that much of a pedant.

On a more realistic point though, while it's not a good year for fully new vehicles, it's a good one for long-awaited remakes. First ARC in 15 years, first Turbo Tank and U-wing in 9, first MTT in 11, first Jango Slave one in 23, that sort of thing. You could even throw in stuff like the first torrent in, what, 16-17 years? but at that point I think the V-19's the type of vehicle where it's understandable how long it's been. I don't think it redeems the year- long gaps there may have been, but the vast majority of playsets are still tying back to one singular faction- but it's a silver lining, at least.

Yeah, exactly. Though if some of the rumors about Andor S2 are true I can see why they'd be shying away from tie-ins. (Not in an Acolyte "we're not sure if this will do well" way but in more of a "we're not sure we want children's toys of a show like this" way. As-is I'm almost thinking some rumors are wrong because there's the lego set, unless it's an Echo situation where they were conned without knowing.)

Edited April 16 by Mandalorianknight

[Agent Kallus]

4 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:Fair enough, but I didn‘t blame my lamentation about a lack of new playset vehicles on the CTT but rather on the selection this year as a whole. L

 

I suppose the Kamino craft in GWP should count, though it's not something I'd have picked.

[Swordy]

Probably a stupid question, but all the same I’ll ask in preparation for May the 4th: I thought I had read somewhere that you didn’t earn VIP points when redeeming VIP points at the same time—is that so? I’m mulling over whether or not I’ll use a discount voucher to bring my total closer to the GwP threshold come May the 4th.

[BacktoBricks]

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

Probably a stupid question, but all the same I’ll ask in preparation for May the 4th: I thought I had read somewhere that you didn’t earn VIP points when redeeming VIP points at the same time—is that so? I’m mulling over whether or not I’ll use a discount voucher to bring my total closer to the GwP threshold come May the 4th.

Yes that is partly correct. If you pay with all VIP points then you will earn none. If you pay only with part VIP points then you won't automatically earn no points, you will just only earn VIP points on the amount you paid for using actual money. 

Edited April 16 by BacktoBricks

[BrickBob Studpants]

4 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

I suppose the Kamino craft in GWP should count, though it's not something I'd have picked.

Fair enough, we can count that one then  

And I know, judging a year solely based on how much new stuff there is for a long-term collector may not be entirely fair, but that‘s one of my key metrics and I stand by that  

We have some desirable remakes (V-19, CTT, playset Jango‘s Slave One, U-Wing), a couple of vehicles with new colour schemes (Ahsoka‘s interceptor, UCS Slave One, MTT), and few new characters (Dedra, Bacara, Bly), but even then, 2025 will undoubtedly be the weakest LSW year for me since 2010.

[CloneCommando99]

Lucas damn it Lego!

Was a second Jango’s Slave One really necessary instead of this?!

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Was a second Jango’s Slave One really necessary instead of this?!

I‘d rather switch out one of the buildable figures for it, but yeah. This would‘ve been such a cool set, and they even could‘ve brought back the Range Trooper helmet!

TLG ignoring a new TIE is kinda bonkers, but it‘s not the first time (the TIE Reaper & TIE Whisper come to mind).

Also, hot take, but this clip alone is far more exciting to me than most of the action in S1, which was competent, but not memorable at all (except for Luthen‘s escape). I know, the monologues are the high point of S1, but it’s nice to see some good action set pieces too! And more Stormies! Plus, Andor finally does some actual spy work, as was originally promised!

Edited April 16 by BrickBob Studpants

[ArrowBricks]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Lucas damn it Lego!

Was a second Jango’s Slave One really necessary instead of this?!

It may come next year, it wouldn’t be the first time sets based off of Disney+ shows are staggered. The Mandalorian S3 and Ahsoka are perfect examples. There’s hope!