jawa

Lego Star Wars is soon to go downhill. Lastest release, UCS MF, RC, AT-AT and Hoth Base are all great. The republic gunships and At Te which are coming this August are also fantastic, but........ Behind all this excitement, this line is going downhill, and it will not be a big surprise if the contract with greedy George will not be extended after 2011. Reason 1: Too many re-make. Eg. the MF has 4 versions available, the X wing also. Maybe new comers will get excited, but for people who started collecting ages ago this is just getting boring. Come to think of it, nearly everything in the movie has been made into lego models. and looks like there will be hardly any new surprises. unless the lego design team actually "invent" something out of the blue. Reason 2: No movie to back up. Yea, clone war cartoon, but it is no where near a 3 hour long movie. The SWL only picked up in 2005 because EP3 was launching and everyone was like " I want to be a jedi (or sith, or wookie)". But now, it has died down. For children, they are always looking for something up coming eg Transformer. For adults, they are just too busy to remember how good the movie is (or they have grown out of collecting lego all together) Reason 3: Rising prices. Not one of the main points. But yes, prices has been rising. when the SWL first came out everything was so cheap. remember 3340 and all those? They costed like 5USD. Now? a battle pack is selling for like 11USD. Not to mention sales are cutting down and there are less and less good bargains around. Still not convinced? Think for it yourself, when was the last time you found a really stunning collection or scene of Lego Star Wars posted on Brickshelf? People are just buying battle packs and lining the figures up, they no longer build anything. So, summing up all the factual reasons, it is prudent to conclude that these plastic pieces will soon become obsolete. Look on the bright side, by 2011 there might be something better than SWL. Like a PS4 or a Wii2. Who knows?

is Lego thinks I will spend 100USD on this thing, then it can think again. seriously. what is THIS?

I see, so this is what the great-international-pricing-and-trade-knowledge is about----ham fisted american and military might. surprisingly true though

I don't really understand international pricing and should not complain? so.................what do YOU know about international pricing and trade? or, is that what you know about international trade?

as many a time as necessary until the people at LEGO starts to take action with regard to the Europe/US price discrepancy what would the americans think if one day an american originated product is being sold at a higher pprice in US comparing to the rest of the world?

more likely 100%. Look at the imperial landing craft and obiwan jedi SF with hyper ring. so ridiculous. I mean, Lego originates from Europe, how come now the Europeans are the ones getting ripped off, with the Americans ripping all the benefits?

http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Leaf.aspx?cn=473&d=70 troll war ship 49.99---- 493 pieces dwarves mine 39.99 ----575 pieces I don't know if the troll war ship has a bigger box or what but whatever it is it is not worth the extra 10GBP compared to the DM. Seriously, fewer pieces and higher prices? come on Lego.

how much a thing is "worth" is different to how much is "cost"

I wonder what are their exact "function" within Death Star? *sweet*

ever wonder why the auction has 0 bid? *sweet*

what are you going o about? Hoth base 7666 is NOT being granted a re-release by Lego, so at the moment it couldn't be coming back. However, like I said, if the Lego community reflect enough to Lego about how much many would love to buy this there is a good chance it will be re-released again.

I don't think this is a naive hope or silly idea at all. Like we have paid so much money to get engaged with Lego. Surely Lego can at least "try" to listen to our opinion and request. Asking for what is wanted shall always be the right of a customer.

nobody whined for a 7666 comeback, it is just some of us would like th set to be re-released again. apparently there is chance that a set will be re-released, even if it has been cut once, like the Dwaves Mine for example.

Like you, I would like the Hoth Base back, even if it is 10USD more than the first release. I did try to start a petition to get the 7666 Hoth Base back. But somehow surprisingly many members slammed against the idea because they already own a set or a few sets of 7666.

Yes, I totally agree with you, I too, can never quite communicate with them sometimes. why not? if there are enough people phoning up and ask about the hoth set they might re-release it. look at the dwarves mine, that is what probably happened to it. well, I did try to start a petition here, which i reckon would greatly help to boost the comeback of the hoth set. but some members here apparently are not so keen on having the 7666 hoth set coming back. Good! I must say this is a great start, from now on I too, will call up LEGO (several times a day) to ask about the Hoth set. I am sure if there are enough people doing that on a daily basis we may get to see the 7666 back on shelf in no time.