Lego Nostalgia Posted January 17 Posted January 17 7 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: All good. I'm kind of the same, although from a different perspective. I just love discussing things, but I know that sometimes I can come off as too headstrong. As for the UT-AT, yeah, that's one of the rumours that the leakers are sure about (unlike the Turbo Rider, which is sometimes labelled as a Rebuild the Galaxy set). The price though... 150€ for 813 pieces. Quite awful. But is the 327th battlepack sure ? Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted January 17 Posted January 17 Wait, the Turbo Tank could be an RTG set? They didn‘t even appear in the show! Well that sucks (if true), unless it comes with some interesting minifigs. Quote
Rwbricks Posted January 17 Posted January 17 5 hours ago, Coryo said: The rumour of Asajj Ventress and a potential armoured Obi-Wan coming with the V-19 does make that set quite a bit more interesting It's a little strange that Ventress would get remade sooner than Dooku though, he's definitely the most overdue for a remake. Would an Exegol set with a Jar of Snokes™ bridge the divide between Sequel Heads and Clone Bros? Agreed about both points with Ventress (and Obi-Wan). Their inclusion, if true, is exciting, and it feels like it bodes well for including main characters for availability. The lack of Dooku is wild, though. I wish they still made the duel sets, one between him and Yoda would be great. LEGO should use Snoke heads underneath all of the Sith Troopers, thus implying that they are all Snoke. This is now my headcanon. Honestly speaking, though, my hopes for an Exegol set have fallen since Sith Eternal Palpatine, presumably the most desirable minifigure, is getting released in a book. One final note in general: I see the discussions about Luuke, and raise you: Bigger Luke. Quote
THELEGOBATMAN Posted January 17 Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Lego Nostalgia said: But is the 327th battlepack sure ? Yeah, I think that one's also pretty set in stone. The only one which we got conflicting rumours for was the Turbo Tank set. Quote
CloneCommando99 Posted January 17 Posted January 17 1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Wait, the Turbo Tank could be an RTG set? They didn‘t even appear in the show! Well that sucks (if true), unless it comes with some interesting minifigs. Season 2? Wouldn’t it be funny if it turned out there was a universe before Bob’s. And survivors from that universe called Galen and Mara showed up in season 2. Quote
MKJoshA Posted January 17 Author Posted January 17 Way off topic. @Lego Nostalgia @Mandalorianknight @THELEGOBATMAN and others, you are welcome to express your opinions, but we need to be able to have civil conversations. The last 3 pages have been pretty heated. Please agree to disagree without using hyperbole and straw-man arguments. On 1/15/2025 at 3:50 PM, BrickBob Studpants said: Btw, after finishing Skeleton Crew, I‘m really disappointed with SM-33 having been omitted from the Onyx Cinder. He‘s become one of my favourite droid characters and it looks like this was our one chance to get him Spoiler KB re-attached the cables to his head and was holding it up to help fly the ship in one of the last scenes on the ship. Assuming there's a second season I have every reason to believe they'll bring him back. On 1/16/2025 at 9:48 AM, BrickBob Studpants said: Just enjoy what you enjoy and let others enjoy what they do. It ain‘t rocket science Some people actually try to argue that Legends lore was more consistent. LEGENDS. Where they had like 5 conflicting stories how the DS plans were stolen and they haphazardly tried to make it make sense by claiming each party only stole a part of the plans Where authors killed each other’s creations out of spite. Where we had like 5 layers of canon in case of contradictions, which were a dime a dozen. Or the ridiculous super weapons that kept popping up. Or Luuke. Or Luke falling the dark side, wearing a silly evillllll Megamind-esque collar. Or Abeloth. Or the Vong. Or red Kyber crystals being artificial, meaning red lightsabers easily could have been mass-produced. Or letting authors with a Mandalorian fetish portray them as the best thing ever created and besting the Jedi in every way. Or having 50+ people survive Order 66. Hey, I like the Vong! On 1/16/2025 at 11:01 AM, THELEGOBATMAN said: This made me go down the rabbit hole of reading threads with the most ridiculous Legends lore. Currently, I'm somewhere in-between Yuuzhan'tar (a sentient planet that just goes around the galaxy, accidentally created by a culture from another galaxy that uses organic spaceships) and the Sun Crusher (yet another superweapon, but this time it's basically invincible and can destroy whole star systems). Of course, Palpatine has also somehow returned, but you won't see Disney Star Wars haters talking about it. Not to mention the whole ridiculous Skywalker / Solo family tree. I think that the setting Disney chose for the Sequels is kind of bland, but I'm still glad it's not whatever Legends was even doing. There are some cool ideas, but as a whole, it's an incomprehensible mess that's a glorified fanfiction at best. I kind of enjoy the insanity of it all though, but only because it's exactly what it's called—legends. Oh and uh... Luuke Skywalker. I'm obsessed. Hey, I like the Sunkiller! But seriously, everyone likes different parts of SW media. Some of it is just how it hits you, some of it is nostalgia, some of it is just good media. I grew up with the EU so I really like some of those storylines. But not everyone does, that's ok. Others grew up with the ST. Like what you like and share why, but don't attack those who like something different from you. Unless you like The Crystal Star, that book was horrible. (Just kidding, if you like it please share why) Quote
stevej Posted January 17 Posted January 17 Mild Skeleton Crew finale spoiler ahead... Spoiler Would love to see a B-Wing after they popped up in the Skeleton Crew finale. Feels like we haven't had a B-Wing in an age and Lego seem to like throwing OT vehicles out under other titles (e.g. Rogue One Y-Wing, Mandalorian AT-ST). Perfect chance for SM-33 to pop up as well! Quote
Tariq j Posted January 17 Posted January 17 On 1/15/2025 at 2:50 PM, BrickBob Studpants said: Btw, after finishing Skeleton Crew, I‘m really disappointed with SM-33 having been omitted from the Onyx Cinder. He‘s become one of my favourite droid characters and it looks like this was our one chance to get him Yeah, I’m not quite sure why he was omitted. I think he was used pretty openly in the trailers and everything. I really enjoyed Skeleton Crew so I’m hoping we can get some more sets out of it. Quote
Virginia_Bricks Posted January 17 Posted January 17 23 minutes ago, Tariq j said: Yeah, I’m not quite sure why he was omitted. I think he was used pretty openly in the trailers and everything. I really enjoyed Skeleton Crew so I’m hoping we can get some more sets out of it. It would have required a new mold and they already did that for Neel so a second new mold was probably not in the budget. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted January 17 Posted January 17 @MKJoshA: I know SM-33 „survives“ , my fear is that we won‘t ever get more SC sets 8 minutes ago, Virginia_Bricks said: It would have required a new mold and they already did that for Neel so a second new mold was probably not in the budget. Maybe? I gladly would‘ve sacrificed another new part for that, like Wooof‘s hat. SM-33 is now one of only three droid companions to get the shaft (the other two being L3-37 and Pip), but by far one of the coolest out of all of them in my opinion. He may even dethrone K2 for me! Quote
CloneCommando99 Posted January 17 Posted January 17 19 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said: SM-33 is now one of only three droid companions to get the shaft (the other two being L3-37 and Pip), but by far one of the coolest out of all of them in my opinion. He may even dethrone K2 for me! This is B2EM0 erasure!!! I will not stand for it! Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted January 17 Posted January 17 5 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said: This is B2EM0 erasure!!! I will not stand for it! Oh yeah, forgor about him Add him to the list! Quote
Lego Nostalgia Posted January 17 Posted January 17 2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: @MKJoshA: I know SM-33 Reveal hidden contents „survives“ , my fear is that we won‘t ever get more SC sets Maybe? I gladly would‘ve sacrificed another new part for that, like Wooof‘s hat. SM-33 is now one of only three droid companions to get the shaft (the other two being L3-37 and Pip), but by far one of the coolest out of all of them in my opinion. He may even dethrone K2 for me! Apparently SC has lower viewership than Acolyte, so, not good if you want more sets, plus not many are excited or talking about SC, it's sad that SW is in a place where a new project is just ignored but, it's sadly the reality At least you got the main ship and I guess that pirate ship from Mando can work with it I wonder why the Night Trooper BP is only coming out in June, the show was out in 2023 and not really a big hit, last year would have made sense, release it along with the Peridia set, it feels so strange releasing a set for a Disney plus show 2 years later, with a movie I'd understand but these shows aren't really popular if you think about it Looking forward to it though, glad Lego went the extra mile with the Night Trooper and had a zombie head underneath the helmet, could have been lazy and made it a plain black head Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted January 17 Posted January 17 9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said: Season 2? Probably too soon for that. And having one of the two remaining playsets be based on RTG would be pretty disappointing, especially since the other already is a letdown from what we‘ve heard Eh, I‘ll try to focus on the positives here. TIME TO BECOME A CLONE BRO Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted January 17 Posted January 17 2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Probably too soon for that. And having one of the two remaining playsets be based on RTG would be pretty disappointing, especially since the other already is a letdown from what we‘ve heard Honestly, while I'm not a huge fan of lego-original designs and sets, I wouldn't mind the RTG tank. I don't think a turbo tank can be effectively done at $50, and one that recognizes that and is deliberately chibi would probably be a better set than one pretending not to be midi-scale. 4 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said: Apparently SC has lower viewership than Acolyte, so, not good if you want more sets, plus not many are excited or talking about SC, it's sad that SW is in a place where a new project is just ignored but, it's sadly the reality At least you got the main ship and I guess that pirate ship from Mando can work with it It's a weird area where I don't think I've met anyone who thinks Skeleton Crew was bad (I thought it was fine, I think it stumbled a bit in the finale. It's the only one of the live action shows where I think it was done well but just wasn't for me.) Honestly the Snub Fighter works better as a Skeleton Crew set than a Mando one. (And was a pretty solid pickup at $3) Quote
Lego Nostalgia Posted January 17 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Mandalorianknight said: Honestly, while I'm not a huge fan of lego-original designs and sets, I wouldn't mind the RTG tank. I don't think a turbo tank can be effectively done at $50, and one that recognizes that and is deliberately chibi would probably be a better set than one pretending not to be midi-scale. It's a weird area where I don't think I've met anyone who thinks Skeleton Crew was bad (I thought it was fine, I think it stumbled a bit in the finale. It's the only one of the live action shows where I think it was done well but just wasn't for me.) Honestly the Snub Fighter works better as a Skeleton Crew set than a Mando one. (And was a pretty solid pickup at $3) I mean it's the same with Andor, it's not bad, it's good, but no one watched it well not a lot anyway Will probably be forgotten about once it's done You don't hear anyone talk about Kenobi or BOBF, same fate will happen here I think Disney + shows made SW irrelevant and is just quantity over quality People are just burnt out I guess I think maybe 5 or 6 years without any SW projects would do more good than harm, get the excitement back up again I wonder when we'll get images of the June wave Quote
Meaf Posted January 18 Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said: Honestly the Snub Fighter works better as a Skeleton Crew set than a Mando one. (And was a pretty solid pickup at $3) Where are you getting the snub fighter for $3??? I know it's probably just a typo but I actually am curious where people get deals on sets these days, it feels like I almost never see any sales in person and online is rarely more than 20% off on the sites I check, at least for SW. Quote
CloneCommando99 Posted January 18 Posted January 18 (edited) What if on August 1st Lego said:”Turbo Tank, what a joke.” And instead decided to make another Buildable Glup Shitto? Edited January 18 by CloneCommando99 Quote
Lego Nostalgia Posted January 18 Posted January 18 57 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said: What if on August 1st Lego said:”Turbo Tank, what a joke.” And instead decided to make another Buildable Glup Shitto? Doesn't sound so bad considering a Turbo Tank at 50$ won't do it justice, 100$ is the minimum Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted January 18 Posted January 18 20 minutes ago, Lego Nostalgia said: Doesn't sound so bad considering a Turbo Tank at 50$ won't do it justice, 100$ is the minimum Unless it‘s one of the smaller ones, like the one seen in Mando That can now sadly be ruled out thanks to the RTG rumours, but it‘d be one way to do a TT at that price. Or maybe the TT rumour was bogus all along and it‘s something else actually from the first season of RTG Gimme Jedi Palpy! Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted January 18 Posted January 18 16 hours ago, Meaf said: Where are you getting the snub fighter for $3??? I know it's probably just a typo but I actually am curious where people get deals on sets these days, it feels like I almost never see any sales in person and online is rarely more than 20% off on the sites I check, at least for SW. Well, I did use VIP points, but there was a black friday deal to get $15 of VIP points for practically nothing. Probably used $3-4 of points in total, so more like $6 or $7. You just have to wait and watch- there's a lot of store specific stuff you can't see online. I use a reddit (ew, I know), r/legodeal to see receipts and price stickers of what's going on sale at other locations to know what to look for. For instance, right now a lot of Walmarts in the US have the Onyx Cinder, Coruscant Gunship, and Dark Falcon for $75 each. (No luck near me, of course, only one I've got is the $50 YJA set down to like $16.5, which is a third of the price but somehow still doesn't feel worth it?) I've also seen X-jets for as low as $15 reported. And I've personally picked up a $25 marvel set for $12. 5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Unless it‘s one of the smaller ones, like the one seen in Mando That can now sadly be ruled out thanks to the RTG rumours, but it‘d be one way to do a TT at that price. Or maybe the TT rumour was bogus all along and it‘s something else actually from the first season of RTG Gimme Jedi Palpy! The HVCw A9.2 from Mando still has 10 pretty big wheels and just looking at the geometry, I really can't see how a $50 in 2025 version would work. Those middle segments would have to be like two studs thick. It's also unarmed, so I think regardless of the RTG rumors we can rule it out completely. 17 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said: quantity over quality Not to get into the quality of projects approach again but the quantity is definitely something interesting for lego, because there's now so much out there that some projects realistically probably just won't be revisited in any real capacity. Quote
Meaf Posted January 18 Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said: Well, I did use VIP points, but there was a black friday deal to get $15 of VIP points for practically nothing. Probably used $3-4 of points in total, so more like $6 or $7. You just have to wait and watch- there's a lot of store specific stuff you can't see online. I use a reddit (ew, I know), r/legodeal to see receipts and price stickers of what's going on sale at other locations to know what to look for. For instance, right now a lot of Walmarts in the US have the Onyx Cinder, Coruscant Gunship, and Dark Falcon for $75 each. (No luck near me, of course, only one I've got is the $50 YJA set down to like $16.5, which is a third of the price but somehow still doesn't feel worth it?) I've also seen X-jets for as low as $15 reported. And I've personally picked up a $25 marvel set for $12. Ah yeah, that makes sense. I'm not on reddit much anymore except to occasionally look at leaks, but I maybe I'll check it out sometime. I think the last really good deal I got was the Justifier for half off at Walmart, but I almost regret that one since I just don't care about the set much. I hear Costco has some good deals pretty often, but I don't have a membership so that's not an option. As far as new sets for next year go, are there any we still don't know anything about? I know there are a lot of details missing like minifigures and such but I was under the impression that we have heard about most if not everything we're getting. Personally I'm fine with the selection for summer since I don't buy too many sets to begin with and I like having a few clones from each legion, but I definitely would have liked if it was at least a little more varied. The deluge of 18+ sets is definitely not helping either and kind of sucks for me since I don't care about those at all, but I guess we'll just have to hope 2026 turns out a little more balanced. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted January 18 Posted January 18 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Meaf said: As far as new sets for next year go, are there any we still don't know anything about? Yes, there‘s one unknown playset still. All we know about it is that we shouldn‘t expect much out of it 1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said: Those middle segments would have to be like two studs thick. It's also unarmed, so I think regardless of the RTG rumors we can rule it out completely. Fair enough. It would still make more sense than a CTT at that price point, but if the RTG rumour is true, it could be something else entirely Edited January 18 by BrickBob Studpants Quote
Flieger Posted January 18 Posted January 18 19 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said: Honestly the Snub Fighter works better as a Skeleton Crew set than a Mando one. (And was a pretty solid pickup at $3) And it looks great beside the Onyx Cinder. I really like the aesthetics, especially as it works well in Lego form. Funny that I had zero interest in both before SC came out, but it was such an enjoyable show that I could not resist. I wonder if other people feel the same and the sales for the Onyx Cinder improved over Chrismas. Maybe word of mouth can convince Lego to make some more SC sets. Obviously there is enough to work with, in terms of minifigs, vehicles and locations. One can dream. Anyway, even if there are no more SC sets, I am happy about what I got. Jod is one of my favourites now, as is the old Onyx Cinder (the new one is a little to seek for me). On 1/16/2025 at 11:01 AM, THELEGOBATMAN said: Of course, Palpatine has also somehow returned, but you won't see Disney Star Wars haters talking about it. People did talk about it negatively. A lot. Especially compared to the original Thrawn trilogy. It did not generate much fuss because it was merely an EU comic book with no impact on the main story, to be ignored at your leisure (C-Canon). On the other hand, Rise of Skywalker is the culmination of a much anticipated trilogy, fully canonical, not to be ignored, and produced with a near infinite budget that should have provided for some decent writing - or, at the very least, a little better than some EU comic from the early 90ies - but did not. Obviously the disppointment is greater in case of RoS. Kinda weird to compare the impact of these two, imho. Quote
CloneCommando99 Posted January 18 Posted January 18 (edited) 20 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Yes, there‘s one unknown playset still. All we know about it is that we shouldn‘t expect much out of it We also know it’s a ship of some kind. I’m expecting it to be either a Y-Wing, A-Wing, Imperial Shuttle or Skyhopper. Something bland that’s been done before basically. Edited January 18 by CloneCommando99 Quote
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