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[Classic_Spaceman]

3 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

While I hope we will, Clone wars is MUCH more popular than rebels, and most of the clone wars stuff we've had recently was from the recent Season 7. Every once in awhile we get a super obscure set like the Azure Angel, Sandspeeder, or Purple Clones tank, but it's rare. I think we'll see RO and Solo sets before any rebels stuff resurfaces.

That said, we do have a chance with all the Ahsoka stuff making it more prominent. If not a tie-in to rebels, then at the very least we'll get updated figure designs from the ahsoka show for the characters that appear.

I am not sure about Solo, but I definitely see us getting some R1 remakes in the coming years, due to the popularity of Andor. As for Rebels, while there will be things that overlap with Ahsoka (such as the Ghost, which seems to survive through TRoS), I think that the series will be revisited after Ahsoka popularises the characters with live-action-only audiences. 
 

[MaximillianRebo]

9 hours ago, cosmic said:

They revisit Clone Wars every few years so who’s to say we’ll never revisit Rebels again? I mean didn’t we get a legacy star fighter inspired by the original 2002 2D Clone Wars cartoon a few years back? If ever we do get sets revisiting Rebels I hope Sabine gets a proper pink print. 

The difference is that Clone Wars regularly has new material released e.g. Season 7 or connected material like Bad Batch, plus its overall tie-ins with the Prequels. Rebels doesn't have anything new or connected coming out, plus there is a lot more new and varied material from all eras currently being released that are higher priorities in upcoming waves. The only chance to see new Rebels related sets will be via Ahsoka, and then only if they appear in the new show. Similarly I don't see any direct Rogue One re-releases, unless it coincides with a ship/vehicle/figure etc. that shows up in Andor.

[AD_Bricks]

40 minutes ago, MaximillianRebo said:

The difference is that Clone Wars regularly has new material released e.g. Season 7 or connected material like Bad Batch, plus its overall tie-ins with the Prequels.

Tales of the Jedi would be another good example of a direct Clone Wars tie-in seeing as it's just come out.

[Sneakguest]

6 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

I am not sure about Solo, but I definitely see us getting some R1 remakes in the coming years, due to the popularity of Andor. As for Rebels, while there will be things that overlap with Ahsoka (such as the Ghost, which seems to survive through TRoS), I think that the series will be revisited after Ahsoka popularises the characters with live-action-only audiences. 
 

hopefully not remakes but new material would be strongly welcomed, although except a jedha location set, maybe something like saw's headquarter, not so much that I missed from R1.

Still really hope for a sequel to the Solo movie, .

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, Sneakguest said:

hopefully not remakes but new material would be strongly welcomed, although except a jedha location set, maybe something like saw's headquarter, not so much that I missed from R1.

Still really hope for a sequel to the Solo movie, .

What? We're missing the AT-ACT and TIE Reaper at least, right? I agree about a jedha location set, and I think we could also get a blue squadron x-wing or hammerhead corvette if they want to mix things up. Not to mention a shoretrooper battle pack or remakes of some of the 8yr old sets like the U-wing and Hovertank.

9 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

I am not sure about Solo, but I definitely see us getting some R1 remakes in the coming years, due to the popularity of Andor. As for Rebels, while there will be things that overlap with Ahsoka (such as the Ghost, which seems to survive through TRoS), I think that the series will be revisited after Ahsoka popularises the characters with live-action-only audiences. 

My point was more so that as a movie, I think it'd be more likely than rebels remakes (without Ahsoka boosting their popularity). With ahsoka, you're probably right. 

5 hours ago, MaximillianRebo said:

 and then only if they appear in the new show.

Without delving into leaks or anything, Ezra and Sabine have been officially cast, so we should be good there. (Also, Hayden was officially added to the cast, that's nuts)

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I think we could also get a blue squadron x-wing or hammerhead corvette if they want to mix things up.

Or that Partisan X-Wing we now have seen a couple of times that could easily come with Two Tubes and Saw… 

[Zap Rowsdower]

13 hours ago, MaximillianRebo said:

Rebels doesn't have anything new or connected coming out, plus there is a lot more new and varied material from all eras currently being released that are higher priorities in upcoming waves. 

I'm not sure that's totally true. Based on reports, Ahsoka will serve as some continuation of Rebels. Ahsoka and Sabine hunting for Thrawn and Ezra. 

[1340cc]

18 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

What? We're missing the AT-ACT and TIE Reaper at least, right? I agree about a jedha location set, and I think we could also get a blue squadron x-wing or hammerhead corvette if they want to mix things up. Not to mention a shoretrooper battle pack or remakes of some of the 8yr old sets like the U-wing and Hovertank.

We're also missing the Zeta-class cargo shuttle. There were plans to make one as part of the Rogue One wave but it was dropped in favour of Krennic's Delta-class shuttle.

On 10/27/2022 at 2:20 AM, Mandalorianknight said:

Lego has been making some dumb choices as a whole lately (Poorly selling stuff like vidiyo, camp nou, queer eye, as well as such decisions as the awful marvel D2Cs this year and only having 1 DC system set-a 4+ set no less-this year), but SW has largely been safe.

Star Wars has had some annoying issues with availability of smaller prequel-era sets but the quality has certainly been more consistent than most other themes. Really don't understand how that Hulkbuster got approved for production, even the LAN reviewers are tearing it apart.

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, 1340cc said:

We're also missing the Zeta-class cargo shuttle. There were plans to make one as part of the Rogue One wave but it was dropped in favour of Krennic's Delta-class shuttle.

Star Wars has had some annoying issues with availability of smaller prequel-era sets but the quality has certainly been more consistent than most other themes. Really don't understand how that Hulkbuster got approved for production, even the LAN reviewers are tearing it apart.

Forgot about that one. I do hope we get it, though doing Krennic's instead was a good call IMO.

Yeah, the Hulkbuster looks so weird and elongated. The Hulkbuster is getting rightly torn apart, but I feel like the BP bust has just been forgotten about. It's tied for the second most expensive marvel set EVER and looks about as odd as the hulkbuster in some places.

[Meaf]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Forgot about that one. I do hope we get it, though doing Krennic's instead was a good call IMO.

Yeah, the Hulkbuster looks so weird and elongated. The Hulkbuster is getting rightly torn apart, but I feel like the BP bust has just been forgotten about. It's tied for the second most expensive marvel set EVER and looks about as odd as the hulkbuster in some places.

I think the BP bust is just less obviously flawed, so it's managed to go under the radar more. 

Getting back on topic, I really like the idea for the Fang Fighter vs TIE Interceptor set. Obviously I'll need to see pictures first, but it sounds like something I would be interested in. I might wait a little while on it though, since we will most likely get more Mando S3 sets in the summer, and I have a limited budget for Lego. 

[ToaDraco]

Personally I would have preferred if the TIE Interceptor vs Fang Fighter were split into 2 cheaper sets rather than 1 expensive one but if this allows us to get some extra minifigures or something that would be nice. 

For some reason I never considered the possibility of Tales of the Jedi sets but a couple small sets would be really cool. Maybe a couple $20-$30 duel sets, one each for Jedi Master Dooku and Ahsoka.

[1340cc]

35 minutes ago, ToaDraco said:

Personally I would have preferred if the TIE Interceptor vs Fang Fighter were split into 2 cheaper sets rather than 1 expensive one but if this allows us to get some extra minifigures or something that would be nice. 

Even when sold individually the playscale fighters tend to have 1 or 2 extra minifigs in addition to the pilot(s) so I don't think it will make much difference to the total number of minifigs. Hope the Fang fighter turns out to be good, and I'm guessing the Interceptor will be very similar to the 75300 TIE just with different wings.

[YourLocalB2]

Crossing my fingers for a new Moff Gideon & Bo Katan in one of the Mando S3 sets, hopefully will include the rumored

Spoiler

black mandalorian helmet for Gideon & Mythosaurian Armor for Bo Katan

Didn't pick up the light cruiser and don't plan to. I didn't think the minifigs would stay exclusive and so far, at least for the most part, I'm right. Also interested to see what characters will be included in the Fang Fighter vs. TIE Interceptor.

Edited October 30, 2022 by YourLocalB2

[THELEGOBATMAN]

Oh boy, I need more Andor sets right now.

Found 75338 at a 20% discount today (which isn't easy, since it's LEGO exclusive, at least in Europe), and I decided to buy. Can't wait to get it.

This series is too good, it's already my favourite Star Wars content, and quite possibly from Disney as a whole (except maybe two or three Pixar movies). 

It would be such a missed opportunity if we didn't get anything more. Maybe a set from the heist arc, seeing as the prison isn't a particularly good material.

[NoOneOfImportance]

48 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Oh boy, I need more Andor sets right now.

Found 75338 at a 20% discount today (which isn't easy, since it's LEGO exclusive, at least in Europe), and I decided to buy. Can't wait to get it.

This series is too good, it's already my favourite Star Wars content, and quite possibly from Disney as a whole (except maybe two or three Pixar movies). 

It would be such a missed opportunity if we didn't get anything more. Maybe a set from the heist arc, seeing as the prison isn't a particularly good material.

Given how much people have liked the show, even if it's not getting crazy amounts of views, I wouldn't be surprised if we got more sets for Season 2 at least... Not sure if we'd see more from S1 or not though. 

[MKJoshA]

I wasn't going to buy the set initially. But because I like the show so much I've decided I probably will just to show support. Hopefully Lego gets the point

[BrickBob Studpants]

52 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

It would be such a missed opportunity if we didn't get anything more.

So far, nothing has struck me as set-worthy except for the Tac-Pods and Luthen‘s ship  

The show just doesn‘t lend itself to any toys, neither in the vehicle nor the figure department as 99% of the characters are ordinary humans in rather ordinary clothes or common Imperial uniforms. Why would I want minifigs of characters I can easily kitbash out of parts in my collection?

Also, this is a show that features brothels, cold-blooded murder, the good guys taking a 12-year old kid hostage, people getting tortured to insanity by

having to listen to the cries of dying children

, and a concentration camp - like prison complete with Kapos. The perfect source material for sets!

I enjoy the show more than I used to, but it‘s just so dark and bleak, LEGO sets are the last thing I think of when watching it

[MSY-MSP]

Actually, I think that Luthen's shop might make a good set.  It isn't super actiony but it is where a good amount of the story seems to be occurring and there is potential to put in a ton of extra little easter eggs in the sets.  Plus it would be a logical way to put Mon in a set.  Possibly combine it with her "car" and driver.  And I wouldn't be so against the prison either, but will save judgement until that arc wraps up.   

[McMurder_them_softly]

I agree, I want to buy the set to show support, maybe if I can find it on discount. Would love to see Luthens ship as well. 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

Yeah, same.

The set is really great, but it has a few weak parts — like the Andor minifigure (the face and hair combo looks nothing like Diego Luna), or the fact that the pod has two separate compartments, which really should be just one.

Not to mention the price, which is horrible. It should be 60€ at most, and that's even stretching it.

Saying all that, the series is so good that I just had to buy it. That's quite possibly the first time something like that has happened to me — liking a project so much that I just had to go back and snatch a LEGO set based on it. (I always buy LEGO sets for upcoming projects the day they release, I never wait.)

[1340cc]

It's a reasonably good set but overpriced in comparison to the Inquisitor Scythe. Lack of corporate troopers is my biggest complaint, especially as they included seating for 4 passengers.

[Yperio_Bricks]

Yeah, there really should have been 2 Pre-Mor troopers in this set. Escpecially considering the price.

[McMurder_them_softly]

Apparently there is some branding from the 2003 Clone Wars series? Would be wild to get another set based off of that. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

Hm. It‘s nice they‘re celebrating the 20th anniversary of CW, but won‘t a lot of people confuse it with TCW, which „only“ turns 15 next year? 

I definitely wouldn‘t mind if this resulted in a Durge minifig somewhere down the line, especially since he‘s canon again

[McMurder_them_softly]

32 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Hm. It‘s nice they‘re celebrating the 20th anniversary of CW, but won‘t a lot of people confuse it with TCW, which „only“ turns 15 next year? 

I definitely wouldn‘t mind if this resulted in a Durge minifig somewhere down the line, especially since he‘s canon again

Weird play for sure if true. I mean I will take either at this point, but a Muunilinst gunship...that would be amazing with some clones.