Gontron

This entire wave feels like a fever dream similar to last year's. Actually, this wave somehow feels like more of a CW anniversary wave than the one 2 years ago. Hoping for 2003 microseries Ventress/Kenobi in the V19 Torrent but I'll be fine with TCW versions.

Getting a CW microseries set when it had its 20th anniversary 2 years ago without any sets would be wild. If anything I would take the hint that there's no longer a V19 happening.

I know we're all sick of clones but I wish we got TK Troopers or Clone Commandos from Bad Batch.

The Invisible Hand looks incredible and will make a fine addition to my collection desk. The Tantive IV also looks great though I'm not sold on the midi scale Falcon.

All I hope for in a new MTT is its scaled closer to the 2007 version, I could care less about the color scheme honestly. I think at the speculated 160-170$ price point they can get close.

Was there anything in specific that ruled out the Z-95 other than it sounding unrealistic?

The last time we got Summer leaks this early was around 2017 iirc. As for the Z-95 Headhunter it definitely seems too good to be true especially since the minifigures would've been a perfect swap between it and the Swamp Speeder this year.

For some reason I feel like the 150$ set may be an updated MTT. The 170$ set screams Chimera/Thrawn's flagship to me.

It would be hilarious if Lego had sets in advance ready for the KotoR remake that's possibly being canned. Regardless, I missed out on Revan twice so an actual set with him would be great.

Picked up the Coruscant Guard gunship yesterday, overall its size is a lot better in person and I have to admit its probably my second favorite iteration of the LAAT. I do think it would benefit from being slightly taller in the troop compartment as its very difficult to place more than 3 figures in there at a time. The minifigures are very good with my only complaints being Fox not having a waist cape and the odd torso printing (still a good figure imo). I think if it was 120$ or included a pilot/3rd Shock Trooper I would feel better about the price though I still think the AT-TE is a much better value overall.

Kinda surprised we haven't received an actual ST set since 2020. I know the ST wasn't well recieved but surely a new FO Troop Transport or Exegol duel set would sell well.

I think the kama issue is way worse than the printing inconsistencies or "helmet holes". They're okay on Snow Troopers but look awful on Rex and Fox, who are both named characters in very expensive sets.

I'll wait for in-person shots but the Gunship looks bad imo. I think the minifigures are good barring the lack of a cloth kama for Fox but 140$ isn't worth it, especially compared to the Ghost. Nice, kinda surprised it took this long to get a remake of it.

That gunship is not 140$ worth of stuff from the pictures.

At this point I think Yoda's Starfighter is the biggest waste of this entire wave. At least the mechs look somewhat nice and are a cheap way to get main characters, meanwhile you have this absurdly expensive starfighter for just Yoda and R2. I don't know why Lego didn't just remake the smaller Yoda vs Dooku duel from 2002 if they really wanted Yoda to be accessible. Even worse its a remake of a set that no one particularly cared for.

The Mechs look better than I thought they would tbh. I may end up buying one or two for some limb pieces and minifigures.

The Tie Bomber feels closer to a Squadrons set given it has Rae Sloane in it.

I wouldn't expect it, but then again a $650 Venator was a pipedream two years ago.

Cad Bane may be worth more than the entire ship and minifigures if he isn't included in a new set soon.

MandR's livestream is going over it right now.

This just went from one of the worst waves to one of the best sounding waves. A LAAT, the Ghost, Yavin 4, UCS Venator, all in one year.

Ok so from what I'm hearing the gunship may be legit but the Venator and Ghost aren't? I'm confused because those 3 sets together sound like the most wish listed thing ever.

The dioramas look great but they suffer the same issue the previous ones had where there's a 30$ price hike just because of the base piece. I feel like these could have been system sets for a fraction of the price.

I'm not going to defend the clowns who harassed Lego's social media employees and designers over not getting a battlepack or Clone trooper in a 400$ display model set but I think a lot of this stems from the fact a lot of kids who grew up with TCW now have disposable income and want to get Lego sets of vehicles and scenes they couldn't afford as a kid. It sucks when you wanted a Republic Gunship or AT-OT as a kid but couldn't afford it, however now that you can Lego isn't producing them and the aftermarket has surged them to ludicrous prices (ESPECIALLY minifigures, its absurd how expensive some Clones are). For example, Jango's Slave 1 went from 100$ used with minifigures 5 years ago to close to 400$ now.