Star Wars Constraction 2016 Discussion

[Dorek]

Those (gold?) bow pieces, though... I want them.

[VBBN]

On 10/7/2016 at 9:38 PM, Aethersprite said:

VBBN, will you be getting and reviewing the Rogue One figures?

I've been extremely busy as of late, however I do plan to eventually review all of the figures (including the force awakens figures) I just picked up the Death Trooper on sale yesterday. 

[Aethersprite]

7 minutes ago, VBBN said:

I've been extremely busy as of late, however I do plan to eventually review all of the figures (including the force awakens figures) I just picked up the Death Trooper on sale yesterday. 

No problem, I was just curious. So Lego didn't supply you with sets this time around?

[DuckBricks]

 

7 hours ago, Tazakk said:

I mean, I guess they could be fake, but they look pretty darn legit to me. 

 

My question is where and how these would ever get released out in the wild this early...

[Shakar]

Not too many exciting pieces, but I really didn't have very high excpetations from those two anyway, still:

-shoulder pad in red
-small Technic panel in red (not sure if that's new, though, I have a hard time remembering all those panels)
-half circle Technic panel in red (again, not sure)
-barrel piece in red

-6M shell in dark tan
-3M shell in dark tan
-large panel shell in dark tan
-Star Wars torso shell in dark tan without printing (previously exculsive in Finn with printing)

-new (???) bow pieces in gold- what are those? Never saw them before. Are they new?
-new waist cape for Donn- ahem, Chirrut.

I think I wrote down everything, but feel free to add to the list.

Edited November 7, 2016 by Shakar

[CM4Sci]

Should we make a new thread for 2017? 

[TheBrickPal]

3 hours ago, CM4Sci said:

Should we make a new thread for 2017? 

Done! 

 

[Shakar]

Well, I finally got K2-SO yesterday, and I'm pretty impressed, not just for the parts. Building was a lot of fun and there are a lot of techniques and builds I'm going to reuse. The model is even taller than I thought (though it's mostly thanks to the legs) and actually looks rather menacing and creepy .

And the parts, oooooh. Two 3M axles with stoppers, 4 ++O axles, 2 black barrel pieces, 2 dark bley extra long bones (previously exclusive to Grievous, I believe), 4 black lightsaber hilts. And the piston shell in black, which is GORGEOUS. I love the new panel shell (HF add-ons from the Breakout era are compatible with it!). And the head is more versatile than I thought- I wonder if I could use it on a BIONICLE MOC... 

Am I going to get another one of these guys? You bet. This set is a goldmine.

[Tazakk]

Official pictures of the 2017 lineup on Brickset. They also have six more listed for the summer - not sure if that's news or not.

[Aethersprite]

8 hours ago, Tazakk said:

Official pictures of the 2017 lineup on Brickset. They also have six more listed for the summer - not sure if that's news or not.

Yeah, I don't think we've heard of the six summer sets yet. Nice find!

The Shoretrooper is a must-buy. Looks like he comes with a plastic skirt piece, like the Deathtrooper's pauldron.

[Chimaninja454]

Do Malbus use a custom torso build?

[Pako]

Hi everyone,

Just got the 3 first Rogue One figures (after seeing the movie) to complete my collection with Darth Vader, Grievous, The First Order Stormtrooper, Captain Phasma and Kylo Ren.

Does anyone have a picture of the full collection?

[BubbaFit45531]

First Order Stormtrooper and Capt Phasma look the nicest among this wave. I saw a Phasma review and she looked weird being so much taller than the trooper.

[Jim]

On 2017-6-3 at 9:39 AM, BubbaFit45531 said:

First Order Stormtrooper and Capt Phasma look the nicest among this wave. I saw a Phasma review and she looked weird being so much taller than the trooper.

Hi. Please don't revive an old topic just to say which one you like best. Only bump topics when you have useful information to add. Thanks.

[TwistLaw]

On 4/6/2017 at 10:32 AM, Jim said:

Hi. Please don't revive an old topic just to say which one you like best. Only bump topics when you have useful information to add. Thanks.

I disagree. As a member of this forum he still has the right to express his opinion, and in this specific case he had no better place to do so than in this thread. Opening a new thread just to ask wich one was the best from last year's wave would have been superflous, instead, since this thread does still exist.
Besides this is the LEGO Action Figures forum, I guess VVBN should be the person in charge of saying what we should do and what we shouldn't do.

In topic, Phasma is a very nice parts pack, but Finn was actually better. The best looking set was Kylo Ren, though, in my opinion.