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I think he meant Assault on Hoth. That’s two very expensive playsets that were not well-received by AFOLs. I have neither myself, but mostly because I’ve had higher priorities as I came out of my dark age right around when Assault on Hoth was out and then retired. I’m on the fence with Cloud City. I like certain parts of it, but it’s an awkward size for displaying.

Yup, don’t want no stinking wishlists! I just wasn’t sure if any rumors had started leaking out.

Really interesting that 3 of the 20th Anniversary sets are retiring this December and the other 2 won’t retire for a whole extra year. Definitely feels like shorter timeframes for the MF, Cloud City and Tantive IV sets than I expected Guess I have to make a decision on the Falcon, Death Star and Cloud City. Tantive IV is already on my definite list, probably for May 4, 2020, hoping to get a discount a nice GWP. With the long-rumored ISD now out of the way, what are the best rumors for what will be next? I assume 1 UCS and 1 MBS in 2020?

The trailer for SW Resistance Season 2 is out, and it will be the final season of the show. I’m guessing no more sets from it. Really want a Fireball though! side note: the tone of the trailer is even darker than the end of the first season.

Could the gingerbread family just be a gift with purchase? I wouldn't mind a bakery or candy shop that's decorated as a gingerbread house, but I'm not sure how I feel about a gingerbread family in a Winter Village set. Perhaps they're just part of the decor for a building?

Fire Station is also a city building.

Almost me exactly. Thought they looked really goofy at first. Got Harry and Hedwig. Now have all HP, SW, and a nearly all the non-Marvel or DC ones.

Ewok Village is my favorite too. Massive amounts of nostalgia because I had the Kenner Ewok Village playset as a kid. It’s also just a fun set. Build is interesting. Lots of mini figures. Displays great. I really love my full display with Shuttle Tydirium (non-UCS) and an AT-ST.

There’s no way it’s going to survive a launch that close to the tower! ?

We definitely need a new generic pirate ship and some pirates who can attack the treehouse family. And maybe some ostriches they can ride.

Except everyone who doesn't have a Falcon. I imagine the three pretty consistent sellers from SW are the Falcon, an X-Wing, and a TIE Fighter. Those are essential for pretty much any fan, and I imagine Lego will always want a recent design of all three available.

I would like really good quality, detailed ($100-200) sets of Serenity and USS Planet Express Shop. Please? Pretty please?!

Same with the others. I only started with the fairground theme as the Ferris Wheel was on clearance. Still have a huge backlog of other themes to buy plus the Carousel and Coaster sets. And yeah, that Treehouse at $200 and possibly the surprise Stranger Things sets... Stretching my Lego budget already!!!

A Brickheadz dual pack with Palpatine and someone else would be pretty amazing, IMO. Don't know that I'd put very high odds on that, but I would buy one immediately to make sure I got it.

Someone on Instagram posted some pictures of a flyer for the UK May 3-6 weekend. Looks like there will be the Hoth set with £75 SW purchase online and in store a free Naboo starfighter (polybag?) in store only with £35 SW purchase 2x VIP on all SW purchases early access for the Tantive IV on May 3 an exclusive SW poster -- looks like it has the 20th Anniversary set art Build in store mini Tantive IV, May 3 4-6pm only Sale on select SW sets, with BB-8 pictured

Could also be a Space Shuttle Discovery, couldn’t it?

Meh. I think the proportions don't look as bad as y'all are making them out. They're not perfect, but I'll bet they're close enough for the vast majority of the market. A highly-detailed UCS set would have been great, but it also likely would have been ridiculously expensive. And as small as you think the market is for a $200 playset, the market for a $300-400 UCS set is almost certainly smaller. I'm also not sure you're right about how few children can afford it, based on the fact that Lego made it after they had good sales data from the Death Stars, Ewok Village, Assault on Hoth, Cloud City, etc.

I think it looks great in the pictures. The others came out during my dark age, so I don't have a blockade runner. I'm certainly going to get this one. Even though it's not "UCS" with the label and the detailed accuracy, it should still display really well. I understand why people are disappointed that it's not a "major upgrade", but like all of the SW sets that are repeats: TLG has to keep in mind that not everybody has collected every set for the last 20 years. There are lots of different customers with different wants and needs. They aren't going to satisfy everybody with every release or re-release.

Really? I've only only ever seen the set in a Lego store or at Target. And looking online right now, Amazon and Walmart.com are only showing it from third parties. In Walmart's case it's a third party that routinely resells sets for above RRP.

I'm guessing we will find out tomorrow when they announce the Tantive IV during the Celebration panel. Otherwise, the only leak so far is for a build event the weekend of May 4. And of course the release of the Tantive IV itself.

It's not clear. All of the initial reports about the set mentioned 4/11, but that may have just been the start day for Celebration and the sources didn't give specific information about when Target would release theirs. Others have pointed out that the Funko stuff is always released for sale at the exclusive retailers the same day as they're sold at the Con. For Celebration, that's tomorrow. The Lego panel is also tomorrow. So maybe Target will put the Vader bust up tomorrow as well.

That's pretty massive. A decent amount longer than any sets I have other than the Saturn V and Hogwarts Castle.

I'm surprised it isn't going to have any branding. The 20th Anniversary boxes look GREAT, and this would be a perfect use for it if it's not going to have the official UCS seal. If it's not a UCS set, will it have the unofficial-UCS signal of an info plate?

The prices seem out of hand in isolation, but some of them make sense. The rumors/leaks are: 75253 seems to be the Boost set. That price is in line with what I'd expect. 75254 First Order AT-ST -- this one seems high at $50/60e. I'm hoping there's more to it than just an AT-ST! 75255 Buildable Yoda -- price is high, but is the same as the BB-8 and Porg, IIRC. I imagine it will be readily available for 20% off, putting it into an ok price range. 75256 First Order Shuttle -- The shuttles have tended to be pretty big sets lately and if there are good minifigures, $130 is a little high but not crazy. 75257 MF -- Yeah, these are just expensive. They're a good size, usually have a few desirable minifigures, and I'm sure sell really well even though there's a new variant every couple years. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a Leia and/or "old Lando" figure that's exclusive to this set that will be highly sought after.

The flyer someone posted suggests there’s an in-store build event on May 4. Have they done that in the past? Is it any type of hint as to what promo they might do? Cant say I’ve ever been to a build event before.