Does anyone know when Mos Eisley is being discontinued? the end of the year?

10 minutes ago, mgetz said:

Does anyone know when Mos Eisley is being discontinued? the end of the year?

I believe it got extended to 2024 now. 

luke from endor diorama will be in 5-10$ book in europe link

I dont see any discounts at all in Sweden, think this was a general bad may the fourth. And dont see any 5x vip points like in other regions. But happilly enough the promo was bad so dont care much that I didnt bought anything this year and I dont have to strain myself as much on my vaccation in Mozambique.

5x vip points, wasn't that in official LEGO stores? Both stores are in the Stockholm area.

Discounts? there is discounts for 4 sets, for vip points on lego.com/en-se .

1300 SEK off The Razor Crest™

150 SEK off The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter™

120 SEK off Obi-Wan Kenobi™ vs. Darth Vader™

200 SEK off Ambush on Ferrix™

@Sneakguest

3 minutes ago, Sneakguest said:

I dont see any discounts at all in Sweden, think this was a general bad may the fourth. And dont see any 5x vip points like in other regions. But happilly enough the promo was bad so dont care much that I didnt bought anything this year and I dont have to strain myself as much on my vaccation in Mozambique.

There are 5x VIP points in Sweden, they only screwed most of Eastern Europe out of them.
Deals are beyond horrible and so are prices, AT-TE is 1800 kr ($175) in the LEGO store and 1274 kr ($123) on the Swedish Amazon. Might as well have $50 over the promo and even if you get it off bricklink you are in plus.

36 minutes ago, Shiva said:

5x vip points, wasn't that in official LEGO stores? Both stores are in the Stockholm area.

Discounts? there is discounts for 4 sets, for vip points on lego.com/en-se .

1300 SEK off The Razor Crest™

150 SEK off The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter™

120 SEK off Obi-Wan Kenobi™ vs. Darth Vader™

200 SEK off Ambush on Ferrix™

@Sneakguest

Not for me when checking, dont know uf that can be becsuse I am at a different location or there is another reason for it.

Edited May 2, 20231 yr by Sneakguest

I know that that episode wasn't very well received, but this is just the perfect part for a purist custom Captain Bombardier (from the upcoming theme LEGO DREAMZzz).

Edited May 2, 20231 yr by Mr. Cube

There's a LEGO Certified Store in Sydney, Australia that has huge window decals up of the 2012 TIE and X-Wing, and 2012 Luke Skywalker minifigure from the X-Wing. How does this even happen. What a way to celebrate May 4th 2023.

1 hour ago, Sneakguest said:

Not for me when checking, dont know uf that can be becsuse I am at a different location or there is another reason for it.

If you ain't in Sweden atm, then maybe it wont show it?

 

Clone OPatra, classic throwback SW week maybe?

3 hours ago, omegabadbatch said:

luke from endor diorama will be in 5-10$ book in europe link

Wow, another slap in the face, the endor diorama gets worse and worse doesn't it? Still pretty good for us europeans.

Well was definitely disappointed with the launch on the 1st, and didn't want to brave my store. Missed out on the SSD, after 2 hours of effort, and then the promos because of losing the threshold amount, but happy to stumble onto the SSD at my walmart early, and now I get to build something!

14 hours ago, mgetz said:

Does anyone know when Mos Eisley is being discontinued? the end of the year?

Hopefully it’ll mean another MBS will be coming after this has retired.

9 hours ago, Clone OPatra said:

There's a LEGO Certified Store in Sydney, Australia that has huge window decals up of the 2012 TIE and X-Wing, and 2012 Luke Skywalker minifigure from the X-Wing. How does this even happen. What a way to celebrate May 4th 2023.

what 

12 hours ago, omegabadbatch said:

luke from endor diorama will be in 5-10$ book in europe

Looks like it doesn't include the helmet which is a little annoying (and looks like it's been replaced with the old hairpiece rather than the new one)

9 hours ago, Clone OPatra said:

There's a LEGO Certified Store in Sydney, Australia that has huge window decals up of the 2012 TIE and X-Wing, and 2012 Luke Skywalker minifigure from the X-Wing. How does this even happen. What a way to celebrate May 4th 2023.

Old decals they had sitting around? Did Australia even have Lego stores back in 2012?

35 minutes ago, 1340cc said:

Old decals they had sitting around? Did Australia even have Lego stores back in 2012?

Nope. The first one only opened in the last few years (and they've quickly expanded).

3 minutes ago, Clone OPatra said:

Nope. The first one only opened in the last few years (and they've quickly expanded).

Thought so, our Auckland NZ store only opened in 2019 so figured the Australian stores weren't much older.

Out of the 6 new Mando S3 figures we just got in the two new sets: 1 is a new version of a main character we've gotten heaps, one is a cool new character with a new mould (W), one is a new character that had barely any lines but got a relatively cool figure, one has been made countless times before and is only there because it has to be, and two of them are at least almost completely made up by LEGO. I know they were just working off of concept art, but surely they could have done better than that. At the bare minimum, I hope Disney will realise their error and actually let LEGO make some cool figures from the show to release alongside it rather than the sort of stuff we ended up getting this time around.

2 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

 I know they were just working off of concept art, but surely they could have done better than that. At the bare minimum, I hope Disney will realise their error and actually let LEGO make some cool figures from the show to release alongside it rather than the sort of stuff we ended up getting this time around.

First, you’ve answered your own question. Lego could not have done better because of Disney. 

Second, whilst I certainly will not dismiss criticisms of the minifigure lineup, let’s see what Lego has in store for us in 2024, especially January. 

A battle pack, Bo Katan’s Mando Fighter, and a Nevarro Cabin could easily give us great sets and figures. 

Battle Pack - Beskar SuperCommando’s and Pretorian Guards 

Mando Fighter - Axe Woves, Moff Gideon 

Nevarro Cabin - Greef Karga

 

So, whilst I am speculating here, I think a bit of patience and perspective can go a long way on this matter. 

Edited May 3, 20231 yr by ArrowBricks

2 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

 two of them are at least almost completely made up by LEGO.

Which 2? 

I can place all the figs

Mando - no explanation needed

Grogu - Ditto

Bo Katan - Ditto

Vane - Pirate in episode 1 and 5

Pirate pilot - Ditto

Fleet commander - seen in a minor role in episodes 6,7 and 8, helmed the light cruiser.

Imperial Astromech - seen on plazir 15 ( completely irrelevant to set the set he came in yes, but blame limited concept art)

Tie pilot - not made up by lego but not seen either, beskar troopers appeared to be piloting those ties.

3 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

I know they were just working off of concept art, but surely they could have done better than that. At the bare minimum, I hope Disney will realise their error and actually let LEGO make some cool figures from the show to release alongside it rather than the sort of stuff we ended up getting this time around.

I doubt that will ever happen. Disney (not surprisingly) want as much control as possible over when information from one of their flagship IPs is revealed e.g. the internet breaking reveal of baby Yoda at the end of the Mando pilot episode. Yes merch is important to them - historically so in the case of Star Wars - but with these shows going back to the one episode a week format rather than dropping an entire season all at once, it seems they are back to chasing that water cooler moment and want to avoid spoilers as much as possible.

It's also probable that the information given to Lego was true at the time it was disclosed, and changes were made much later in production - Mando concept art for example hints that a larger space battle in the final episode was planned but never eventuated on screen. Given Lego's speculated 12-18 month lead time on new sets, even if they were told about the changes it might not have happened until after they locked down their own design.

Does anybody know if there stiill is a glimpse of hope for the Jabba's Palace diorama?

9 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

I know they were just working off of concept art, but surely they could have done better than that. At the bare minimum, I hope Disney will realise their error and actually let LEGO make some cool figures from the show to release alongside it rather than the sort of stuff we ended up getting this time around.

Doubt that will happen. This has been an issue from the start with Disney Star Wars. Remember the original Kylo shuttle with it's inaccurate colouring and wings that didn't swing outwards, or Thrawn's rank insignia?

7 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Which 2? 

I can place all the figs

Mando - no explanation needed

Grogu - Ditto

Bo Katan - Ditto

Vane - Pirate in episode 1 and 5

Pirate pilot - Ditto

Fleet commander - seen in a minor role in episodes 6,7 and 8, helmed the light cruiser.

Imperial Astromech - seen on plazir 15 ( completely irrelevant to set the set he came in yes, but blame limited concept art)

Tie pilot - not made up by lego but not seen either, beskar troopers appeared to be piloting those ties.

I wasn't including Grogu and Bo-Katan as they just come in the August set. The 6 figures I mentioned respectively were Mando, Vane, Fleet Commander, TIE Pilot, and the two "made up" ones were the pirate pilot and R2-E6. I know the astromech could have been the one on Plazir 15, but we don't know, and it's at least functionally a made up character. Also, the TIEs were piloted by normal pilots, not the new guys.

6 hours ago, MaximillianRebo said:

It's also probable that the information given to Lego was true at the time it was disclosed, and changes were made much later in production - Mando concept art for example hints that a larger space battle in the final episode was planned but never eventuated on screen.

I just wish they didn't get rid of it, I love seeing those sorts of scenes.

7 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

First, you’ve answered your own question. Lego could not have done better because of Disney. 

Second, whilst I certainly will not dismiss criticisms of the minifigure lineup, let’s see what Lego has in store for us in 2024, especially January. 

That's why I didn't really phrase it as a question, lol.

Agreed, high hopes for 2024.