LEGO Star Wars 2017 Pictures and Rumors

[Brickweiser]

5 hours ago, appiah4 said:

Y-Wing will be mine.  Not so sure about the A-Wing, something about it just looks off to me..

The engine fins are not angled on the original model and there is a slot at the front. Nothing a little mod on the engine won't fix if I'm so inclined. The Y-Wing and A-Wing are very impressive constructs other than that.

[Magmafrost]

The y-wing's page is now up on S@H. At $110 in Australia for 700ish pieces, its by far the most reasonably priced set in the entire wave, being one of only two sets in the wave that isn't one of the most expensive system sets per piece that we've seen in years.

Interestingly, it says " Not available in your country ".  Says that on the GB page too. First time I've seen that, not sure if its actually new or not, but the other sets say "Coming Soon on 1 Jan 2017". Very strange that they're different.

Edited December 1, 2016 by Magmafrost

[Deathstroke77]

@Magmafrost Link please? I can't seem to find it.

[Magmafrost]

Just now, Deathstroke77 said:

@Magmafrost Link please? I can't seem to find it.

Here's the AU page https://shop.lego.com/en-AU/Y-Wing-Starfighter-75172

[Deathstroke77]

That should be about £60 in the UK then, I guess. If so, not bad at all, really. Is the Scarif set up, too?

[dupczyslaw]

Hi people, 

there few new sets coming soon on polish Lego website, just wanted to show that at first photo here you can see second Face of Lando:

https://shop.lego.com/pl-PL/A-Wing-Starfighter-75175

 

And the prices in polish Shop are approximately:

Yoda's Star Fighter: 29 euros

Duel on Naboo: 29 euros

Phantom: 40 euros

Luke's Speeder: 32 euros

Sand Escape: 40 euros

A Wing: 51 euros

 

[Magmafrost]

Just now, Deathstroke77 said:

That should be about £60 in the UK then, I guess. If so, not bad at all, really. Is the Scarif set up, too?

Just change the region and see the UK price that way, its up for every country except US and CA. Its £65 int he UK

[Deathstroke77]

Don't worry, I found it.

£54.99 for Scarif? Ouch. It's an alright set but I won't be paying that for it.

And £65 for the Y-Wing isn't too much of a kick in the crackers, but I would've preferred £60, personally. But, it is 691 pieces, so it's still less than 10p per piece at £65, so not too bad,

[GryffindorResistance]

Anyone have an idea of when the sets will be released in the U.S.?

[Helghan]

2017 is a good year for Imperial fans like myself!

[Richpepperell]

I've never seen that 'not available in your country' message before (showing for the Y-wing in the UK).  Also, no sign of the battle packs on the site.  Does anyone know - is these a confirmed release for Jan 1?

 

Also just noticed the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire Battle packs are retiring soon - sets don't hang about much anymore!  Galactic Empire set is already out of stock.

Edited December 1, 2016 by Richpepperell

[Hoth Rebel]

Ywing for €80. Kinda okayish I guess.

Scarif set prices online somewhere? 

Edited December 1, 2016 by Kevii23

[Mark1006]

2 minutes ago, Kevii23 said:

Ywing for €80,- 

.. 

Right. Kinda okayish I guess.

I'm pretty okay with paying over €100 for walkers, gunships, shuttles, frigates etc but something about paying more than €60 for a fighter just makes me nope the hell out.

[Hoth Rebel]

2 minutes ago, Mark1006 said:

I'm pretty okay with paying over €100 for walkers, gunships, shuttles, frigates etc but something about paying more than €60 for a fighter just makes me nope the hell out.

Yea, same but this means the set will be around 60 on Amazon.de/uk within a few weeks which makes it a good price. 

[Magmafrost]

2 hours ago, Richpepperell said:

Also, no sign of the battle packs on the site.  Does anyone know - is these a confirmed release for Jan 1?

Well, the y-wing wasn't up yesterday, so the battle packs not being up today quite possibly doesn't mean anything. 

[DarthHank]

10 hours ago, Mymaker123 said:

I also don't understand this notion that the majority of new sets are just repeats - out of the 17 sets releasing in January, those being 4 Microfighters, 2 BPs, 3 Buildable figures and then the rest of the standard sets, only 4 are repeats (Figure scale Y wing, A wing, Skiff, Landspeeder). So 13/17 sets are original designs.   

So something like 76% of new sets are new designs. Yeah, loads of repeats.

I see where you're coming from, and agree with the sentiment, but that's not a convincing argument. Microfighters, constraction figures, and to a certain extent battle packs aren't true sets in many of our eyes, and even if they were, most of them would be considered repeats of normal sets. That means 4/8, or 50% of the normal sets are repeats.

I don't mind repeat sets too much, although like anyone I'd prefer new ones. Skipping them allows me to save money and buy the other sets I do want. As others have said though, TLG's selection of sets to be redone makes little sense, even from a commercial standpoint.

Thrawn's torso somewhat annoys me, but it doesn't ruin the figure by any means. I'm a sucker for imperial uniforms of any kind. Doesn't surprise me - General Veers' insignia was wrong for years until it was corrected in the most recent AT-AT. Is there a chance the designers were working off concept art that was wrong? Look at the picture on this page: https://www.google.com/amp/comicbook.com/starwars/amp/2016/09/24/star-wars-rebels-showrunner-really-surprised-what-thrawn-means-t/

[Sion]

The A-wing is and instant buy for me, not sure about the Y-Wing though 

[Japanbuilder]

Amazon Japan has 2 sets up for the Winter Wave

The Y Wing is priced at 10,777 yen (roughly 100 USD) for 691 pieces.

The Battle on Scarif is priced at 9,697 yen (roughly 95 USD) for 419 pieces.

Looks like I'll be waiting a year in my region before picking these up but prices do change quickly so likely they will settle down or up based on what the market here is willing to pay for these sets. 

Edited December 2, 2016 by Japanbuilder

[Aethersprite]

Wait, the Phantom is $40?! Did I miss something? That's ridiculous - I'd expect it to be $30. And to think that you can get the Y-Wing for $60. Lego knows that between Thrawn and blind Kanan, the Phantom is gonna sell like hotcakes nonetheless. What a ripoff!

[Magmafrost]

15 minutes ago, Aethersprite said:

Wait, the Phantom is $40?! Did I miss something? That's ridiculous - I'd expect it to be $30. And to think that you can get the Y-Wing for $60. Lego knows that between Thrawn and blind Kanan, the Phantom is gonna sell like hotcakes nonetheless. What a ripoff!

The really weird thing about expecting Thrawn to pull that much weight, is that Lego's core target audience couldn't care less about Thrawn. They also apparently expect a tusken raider to pull even more weight looking at the landspeeder price (yes its less expensive but its also way less pieces).

[TeufelHund]

7 hours ago, LegoFjotten said:

3/3 OT sets are repeats... let me do the math... yeah that's about 100%.

Just what exactly from the OT is there left that wouldn't be a repeat these days?

For vehicles I can only think of the Tie Interceptor and some of the big rebel ships from RotJ that have never had a system scale set (there was a UCS of the Interceptor). Maybe a few locations. Let's face it - the OT is pretty much mined out with regards to TLG being able to bring anything "new" to the table. Although new versions of some sets are probably long overdue (such as Cloud City).

[YellowCorvette]

So the new Phantom is $40? The 2017 sets are more expensive that what I'll expecting. The sets looks very good but with that kind of price tag. It'll be a very wallet-bleeding year for me next year..... 

Edited December 2, 2016 by ArmstrongYong

[jdubbs]

33 minutes ago, TeufelHund said:

Just what exactly from the OT is there left that wouldn't be a repeat these days?

For vehicles I can only think of the Tie Interceptor and some of the big rebel ships from RotJ that have never had a system scale set (there was a UCS of the Interceptor). Maybe a few locations. Let's face it - the OT is pretty much mined out with regards to TLG being able to bring anything "new" to the table. Although new versions of some sets are probably long overdue (such as Cloud City).

The issue isn't that repeats are bad. It's that there are others more deserving of a refresh. TIE Bomber, TIE Interceptor, Twin Pod Cloud Car, Imperial Landing Craft, Yoda's Hut, Cloud City, etc. are all way overdue for a refresh. The design and build of the most recent versions of each of these don't come close to current standards. By comparison the Landspeeder, Skiff and A-Wing had more recent releases with modern minifigs and builds. 

[makoy]

7 hours ago, Mymaker123 said:

the images do vary in how black/grey/blue those stormie vents are, but Brick Ministry's reviews seem to show them as blue

You meant dark blue, right? It's the same as the one in 2016 Advent Calendar and Slave 1, if I am not mistaken.

It really doesn't make sense if they change it now.

[Mymaker123]

5 minutes ago, makoy said:

You meant dark blue, right? It's the same as the one in 2016 Advent Calendar and Slave 1, if I am not mistaken.

It really doesn't make sense if they change it now.

Yeah, dark blue's what I meant.