LEGO Star Wars 2018 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!

[Lord Buckethead]

The pictures are on the legoleaks discord if anybody is interested.

[GryffindorResistance]

This is ridiculous hahaha! Someone just send a link, were all gonna see them in the next day anyway

[LordLEGOtube]

Didn’t expect to see a porg in a small set. Also Kylo Ren in a micro fighter??

[darththeling]

Damn. R/lego spot hit by a DCMA three days ago. Interesting that they were in danger of 'being shut down completely' over this kind of infraction. I used to really enjoy that sub, a daily check for sure, hope this isn't the beginning of the end of it.

I adore playsets (especially not-Hoth ones), so it's thrilling to know that this wave will apparently have two of them. 

A bunch of City sets just got the official reveal. Maybe we'll get lucky and see some Star Wars ones next. 

 

Edited November 21, 2017 by darththeling

[BacktoBricks]

46 minutes ago, Commodore Thrawn said:

Is it just me or does the background of the First Order Battle Pack look like Starkiller Base? It has a blue-ish tint to it and it doesn't have red soil anywhere on it. I'm positive it's supposed to be Crait, but it looks more like Starkiller Base to me. Just thought I'd mention that

I agree that the bluish colouring does look more like Starkiller base, but I also think that the scene could apply to both, so by leaving out the distinguishing red soil of Crait the photo is better designed for a BP, at least from Lego's point of view; with a wider usage in terms of location, it means a set is more massable which is exactly the point of a BP.

7 minutes ago, LordLEGOtube said:

Didn’t expect to see a porg in a small set. Also Kylo Ren in a micro fighter??

Neither did I so that's great to see, although I think the lack of more exclusive figs to the UCS MF shows that Lego was never trying to sell the Falcon on its figs so keeping the Porgs exclusive to that set made no sense from a marketing point of view; I'm sure a lot of kids and adults alike will want the set for Luke alone, but add a porg and some people are bound to pick up multiples.

Definitely did not expect to see Kylo in a smaller set though, so that is great to see. The only difference I think is he doesn't appear to have his cape so that makes the Kylo in the larger Kylo's Tie set exclusive, but I doubt kids will mind too much. :)   

Edited November 21, 2017 by BacktoBricks

[Brickweiser]

Liking the ski speeder and Ach-To sets. The trench and tower are what they are. May have to build a moc. That hut is very nice and simple.

Not a big fan of the battle pack but will buy at least one. Im may have to start paying people to get rid of the amount of first order crew figures I have.

[CJ306]

Id appreciate the link too, if someone could please :)

[azog]

I can not believe this wave is this Good! I will still end up buying the heavy assault walker which will be at the same time as...most of these. Rest in peace wallet 

[Peppybricks]

Just saw the sets, and they look pretty good. I plan on picking up the Ahch-to set as well as the Crait set. Both look pretty good. Also I feel like  TLJ news today has overshadowed the leaks of the fantastic Boba Fett figure. I think it’s one of the best yet.

[starwars4ever]

Has anyone seen the set with Phasma, Finn, and Rose? Can't find it!

[Commodore Thrawn]

All of the pictures (including some new out-of-box pics) are up on Instagram for anyone that's interested.

[Azani]

20 minutes ago, starwars4ever said:

Has anyone seen the set with Phasma, Finn, and Rose? Can't find it!

Nope, no one has. 

Edited November 21, 2017 by Azani

[Bricky Dee Williams]

2 hours ago, LordLEGOtube said:

Didn’t expect to see a porg in a small set. Also Kylo Ren in a micro fighter??

Great, right? And I can’t believe I hadn’t read that right, so glad we get Kylo in such a cheap set. Not to mention one that will likely be continuously discounted!

Oh, man. I love the Ach To set. That is a nice structure (which now reminds me we’re gettjng Yoda’s Hut as well, right?)

[darththeling]

Ahch-To: The smooth plate Rey is standing on suggests she has a turning action feature? Maybe makes the rock explode. Wish there were stairs but easy enough to MOC them in. Very satisfied with the green grass colors. Lots of great grey slopes for Imperial capital ship MOCers in this set. I don't know how many Lego porgs a grown man should own but I am thinking of getting at least three of these kits. Just a fantastic sized kit for this scene! 

Crait speeder: Speeder is way bigger than I'd hoped... oh, it's not gonna be an $80 set is it? I think this set would be way cooler with two smaller speeders... The tower/building is not what I expected but looks very cool. I wonder what's inside...

Executioner "specialist" troopers look awesome. Love the staffs... with those blue electro staff thing pieces they'll be easy enough to MOC. The Scarlet Witch minifig (Marvel) comes with two.

Kylo flying his ship with his lightsaber ignited made me lol. 

An excellent wave overall! Lego is doing locations/playsets right for 2018. Very encouraging.

[TeufelHund]

Can't see much of interest to me in the leaks without seeing the film.

I guess the FO Battlepack might be of interest although I already have the other figs apart from than the Executioner Stormies. Battle of Crait I'd like to see what it's all about although with the FO Walkers it's looking depressingly like a sandy reprise of the Battle of Hoth.

Might have to get Kylo's Tie Silencer after all as I was really hoping for the Tie Pilot with the red stripes to be in a cheaper set...

Edited November 21, 2017 by TeufelHund

[xboxtravis7992]

I might need to get that Micro Fighter Crait Speeder vs Walker set... Because I am thinking that Resistance pilot will have to be my new sig-fig! 

[darththeling]

Wow, I didn't even see that fifth leak. The microfighter Crait speeder is actually going to be my System scale size!!   It's a good kit. A cheap way to access ST walker drivers for sure. 

 

[StarWars8Spoiler]

I LOVE the Ach-To Training set and the Defense of Crait set! Kits that include buildings are always more appealing to me.

[ToaDraco]

Man all of these sets look great! That battleback is worth it to me just for those executioners and I'm glad they're giving us 2. The ski speeder is much bigger than I expected but that set looks good overall. Ahch-to is a must-have for sure and I'm glad it includes a Porg. 

[Stash2Sixx]

Judging from what I have seen on Brickfinder and TBB Facebook posts, these pics are not marked as confidential in anyway. In fact, to be honest, they look like hi-res pics from TLG. So, feel free to post the pics.

Not everyone of course, but yes, go ahead and add them to either here or the 2018 news thread. I'm not at a laptop and cannot do it right now, sorry.

[Spongebob456]

The Ach-To set will be a day 1 purchase then, sweeeet.

[Moff Muffins]

The pictures are also up on the Brothers Brick Website now.

I certainly will get the Microfighter double packs for the nice minifigs, and probably the Defense of Crait set and the Sandspeeder.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Looks like the pictures can be found elsewhere too, enjoy  Thanks to everyone for keeping the site itself secret  The last time they released pictures too early they got burned pretty bad from what I can recall (and I felt quite guilty since it was also yours truly who discovered them) and that was in the pre-Disney era  

[LordLEGOtube]

Although is that it for the 2018 TLJ wave? No praetorian guards? No Leia?

[DrasticPlastic]

Something a bit average about these sets. Is it the minifigs? Dunno, but these all seem a bit underwhelming.