LEGO Star Wars 2017 Pictures and Rumors

[doclord]

The Quadjumper looks lovely, but those minifigures are killing me. I appreciate a cheaper way to get the Unkar Brute but really what a lame selection.

Rathtar Escape though... I've never been so conflicted over a Star Wars set. I didn't like the scene at all in the film, but the build is surprisingly nice to display and very configurable as Jek pointed out. The minifigs are all excellent as well, and the Rathtars are nice builds despite not being in scale. I think the price is going to keep me from pulling the trigger (as well as my thoughts on the scene) but still I'm impressed.

First post, longtime lurker. :)

[Deathstroke77]

Very nice. I don't need a Dengar, but Bossk and IG-88 will be a fine addition to my collection, that's for sure. Also, 4-LOM looks AMAZING. One of the best figs I've seen in a while from LEGO. I see LEGO doing another one of these, or something like this, since I see this selling very well.

[Franklinw1234]

I like the battlepack, but it is kind of disappointing that bossk doesn't have duel molded legs. It makes it look a little weird with just printing. Especially because the foot printing doesn't go to the side of his legs.  

[doclord]

Just now, Deathstroke77 said:

Very nice. I don't need a Dengar, but Bossk and IG-88 will be a fine addition to my collection, that's for sure. Also, 4-LOM looks AMAZING. One of the best figs I've seen in a while from LEGO. I see LEGO doing another one of these, or something like this, since I see this selling very well.

I mean you would think something like this would sell hotcakes, but I hope it appeals to kid enough that we see more like this. Seeing as it's hard to army build with this I hope sales will be high enough..

[Deathstroke77]

Just now, doclord said:

I mean you would think something like this would sell hotcakes, but I hope it appeals to kid enough that we see more like this. Seeing as it's hard to army build with this I hope sales will be high enough..

Since it has cool looking characters, I imagine kids will want to buy this, especially since it's a change from the regular trooper battle packs we usually get. I'd imagine this will sell well with us adults, too, since all of these characters haven't been in a desirable set for years now (I doubt many adults wanted that Eclipse Fighter), and 4-LOM is making his first appearance, so people will likely be wanting to add these guys to their collection, too.

[Franklinw1234]

3 minutes ago, Deathstroke77 said:

Since it has cool looking characters, I imagine kids will want to buy this, especially since it's a change from the regular trooper battle packs we usually get. I'd imagine this will sell well with us adults, too, since all of these characters haven't been in a desirable set for years now (I doubt many adults wanted that Eclipse Fighter), and 4-LOM is making his first appearance, so people will likely be wanting to add these guys to their collection, too.

Yeah, you would think interesting looking characters would be more desirable than bland looking troopers. Oh, and it looks like you posted this twice. 

Edited March 29, 2017 by Franklinw1234

[StarWars8Spoiler]

I'm still curious as to why Old Han doesn't have the new hairpiece in medium stone grey. That would've looked a lot better than the bit they're using right now. 

[Legofan2001]

3 minutes ago, ChristopherLee said:

I'm still curious as to why Old Han doesn't have the new hairpiece in medium stone grey. That would've looked a lot better than the bit they're using right now. 

I really want to know why they changed his face print the new one looks nothing like Harrison Ford.

[Franklinw1234]

Just now, ChristopherLee said:

I'm still curious as to why Old Han doesn't have the new hairpiece in medium stone grey. That would've looked a lot better than the bit they're using right now. 

I think that they should've used his new hairpiece too. Maybe they will make his new hair in grey in the future, so I can replace it with it. I think the new face print looks better though. Maybe they saw Han's hair in this picture and thought it looked fine. 

[Tidy]

this may have been posted. idk. things get buried too quickly with ____

http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-star-wars-r2-d2-30611-to-be-may-the-4th-promo-polybag/

 

[VaderFan2187]

22 hours ago, BrickHat said:

According to The Brick Fan, the May the 4th promo will be the R2 polybag:

http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-star-wars-r2-d2-30611-to-be-may-the-4th-promo-polybag/

20 hours ago, Richpepperell said:

I know this doesn't fit in with the current vibe of insults and arguments, but brickfan is reporting that the R2-D2 mini-builds will definitely be the may the 4th promotion. Anyone seen a UK confirmation of this? http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-star-wars-r2-d2-30611-to-be-may-the-4th-promo-polybag/

I guess stuff like these got buried pretty quick.

[Franklinw1234]

While I like the R2 polybag I was hoping that another figure would come out for May the 4th . 

 

[Tidy]

4 minutes ago, VaderFan2187 said:

I guess stuff like these got buried pretty quick.

i figured as much ... mea culpa ...

[Borex]

That Bounty Hunter BP is so nice! The build is lame though, but who cares. Bossk is looking sweet, and i may need to buy multiples of the Trandoshan.

4-LOM is awesome. Lego, well done! He also has a little hole at the top of his head, so you even can give him some headgear? (birthday hats, donald duck's hat, minnie's bow)?

Now we wait for Zuckuss.

The Rathar Escape and the Quad Jumper are also real winning sets imho. Go Star Wars Lego!

[VaderFan2187]

Brickset says that the R3-M2 polybag comes with purchases at LEGOLAND. Does that mean that the figure which @ChristopherLee saw may be the second polybag this year?

Or could it be in a set that we don't have rumors of (like the MTT last time)?

[Cottin]

I almost thought battle damaged Anakin had duel-molded legs when I saw the official pic, but no such luck.. we should start a betting pool -- which Star Wars character gets dual-molding during what wave of what year. Four ways to win! Cash payouts for those who accurately predict the character, dual-molded limb, wave, or year!

Lol.. maybe we'll get that level of fig detail for Star Wars by 2020. But enough with beating that dead horse..

I'm so freaking thankful TLG included an actual rifle for IG-88 and didn't limit him to only a stud shooter. Being interested in only the tinier sets of this wave, my wallet is pretty happy about this summer.

[TeufelHund]

12 hours ago, Supersonic said:

All the good stuff is in the small sets - both $25 sets and both battle packs seem really well done.

Agreed - I'm a definite for the Battlepacks and maybe the Tank and Vader Transformation. Nothing else is even of vague interest.

[Amazing Bricks]

Is it just me, or does bossk have this yellow color to him?

[Magmafrost]

13 hours ago, doclord said:

I mean you would think something like this would sell hotcakes, but I hope it appeals to kid enough that we see more like this. Seeing as it's hard to army build with this I hope sales will be high enough..

Its probably very much a minority of customers who buy several copies of a battle pack anyway

[Mr. Cube]

14 hours ago, ChristopherLee said:

I'm still curious as to why Old Han doesn't have the new hairpiece in medium stone grey. That would've looked a lot better than the bit they're using right now. 

Maybe because of this:

 

[ToaDraco]

Wow, that Bounty Hunter BP is fantastic. Bossk is a huge improvement, as is IG-88. 4-LOM looks awesome as well. I don't have the Dengar from last year so it'll be nice to get the updated one. That Republic Fighter Tank is a day one buy for me. I absolutely love anything from the Clone Wars era.

[miles teg]

As I need a Bossk and a Dengar, I'm definitely going to pick up the bounty hunter pack. 4 Lom looks cool too. I held off from buying the   black spaceship set with Dengar this year as apart from him, it looked a bit naff. That will be the only set I buy from this wave though...absolutely zero interest in any of the others. Most of which don't even look 'star wars'. 

 

Apart from that ucs snowspeeder of course.... it will be mine...oh yes, it will be mine ?

[Cyberfounder]

Is there any news on Obi Wan's jedi starfighter? Or was that a flase rumor???

[atlas]

21 hours ago, Franklinw1234 said:

I think that they should've used his new hairpiece too. Maybe they will make his new hair in grey in the future, so I can replace it with it. I think the new face print looks better though. Maybe they saw Han's hair in this picture and thought it looked fine. 

 

han's hair has way less volume in episode 7 than it did in Star Wars, i'm pretty content with the different piece for the much older character. I think that piece would look a bt silly on a space pensioner

[StarWars8Spoiler]

I was saying he needed the new hair piece because of pictures like this

It looks longer here, but I can see why LEGO went with the short hair too.