DarthHank

I'm a big empire fan, so I always get the sets with imperial vehicles, even if they're from a film I dislike. I hated Solo, but the conveyex (both in the movie and in lego) is pretty cool, so I bought two (and when the patrol battle packs were on sale I bought 10 of them too).

Whereas most minifigure parts are made of one color of plastic, maybe with different printing colors on top, dual-molded parts use two different colors of plastic.

I'm just excited for when the TIE eventually is discounted and I can buy 10 of them.

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3626bpb0071&idColor=90#T=S&C=90&O={"color":90,"iconly":0} Would this one work? It's not double-sided, but it has a chinstrap, which might look strange.

Would the heads from older AT-ST drivers work?

The Brickset review argues that the disk on the top floor is actually meant to represent this scene - after all, only the view and the circular floor are distinctive about that room. I do, however, agree that Krennic and Vanee should have been included, although neither is a very interesting figure.

Maybe it's just me, but I never like figures that have a lot of printing on the hips - the gap always seems just a little too big, and it never lines up 100%.

Not really; it's too new. Unless it sells horribly, they won't discount it until next year, and even if it does sell horribly, I doubt there'll be much of a sale until later. I don't think "Insult on Hoth" got any discounts so early on, and this is a much better set.

I was really hoping this is what this would be when I saw the thread title; I'm glad I wasn't disappointed.

I think it's great; not perfect, but about as good as could be expected. The exterior of cloud city is pretty dull, and if not perfectly-shaped it would be completely unrecognizable. I don't see any way they could have had a nice exterior while still having an interior (and remaining stable, and under $1000). Really, it's no uglier than the death star set (which I love, I should say). Some locations are easy to replicate with a nice exterior and interior, the Ewok village being the most notable example, but the death star and cloud city just aren't well-suited for it. I do agree with some people who say it's a little cramped in places, and I think the Slave 1, landing platform, and cloud car should have been separate from this set to free up room to make it less cramped and more cohesive (or flesh out the control room from the Vader/Luke duel), but those are minor complaints in my eyes. The only thing that might hold me back from buying it for a while is the price.

Pictures of it came out weeks ago, and its supposed price was revealed a page back. What else is there to know?

It's not too hard - awhile back there was a thread about a relatively simple mod to get them in there. I'm not at home right now, but if I remember I'll send a picture of mine. It's a little cramped though.

I bought a MISB TIE Crawler, and a few of the blue pieces were discolored or warped or brittle. Everything else was perfect, but some blue bricks were difficult to get to snap on, and the two blue turntable bases broke. Is this characteristic of whatever plastic TLG uses for older blue bricks?

Has anybody ever received a set with a broken bag inside? I just built the FO star destroyer, and one bag was broken open with loose pieces inside the box, but no minifigures or pieces are missing (I just finished building), and the hole didn't look man-made, so it can't be a thief.

The Solo range actually looks to be pretty complete - other than the weird TIE, Dryden, and L3 (all of which are in the trailer) everything that would be a feasible set is covered.