56 minutes ago, The Stud said:

The problem is that part of the reason people are wanting the Chimera as a playset are the figures it would come with. People want an updated Thrawn as well as some of the new characters and designs like Enoch and the Night Troopers.

True, but I don't see that as a "problem".

This is a golden opportunity for Lego. Fan response as been overwhelmingly positive so far, arguably the best since Luke's Mandalorian entry. I for one would have bought a Chimera playset then and there. (And I do own Thrawn, as I was a Rebels fan and bought the Phantom II). Also, I would have bought multiple Night Trooper BPs.

Waiting for the hype to cool down seems... counter-intuitive. But it is what it is. I hope Lego does not waste that opportunity. A playset ISD would be well timed, the minifig potential is amazing, and they are easy to be made into Lego form.

But then, releasing the Chimera months after its big re-introduction basically proves once more that LSW is not meant for kids. Patiently waiting is not exactly the strong suit of 9yo kids.

Would people want a rebels Chimera or one from Ashoka? I noticed the one last week has the same kind of appearance and look as the stormtroopers have. As in its look like there are gold bits where they’ve repaired the ship from the rebels finale. 
 

I personally would rather a rebels version even though the Ashoka one will probably come with better figures.

 

If they did just a model of the ship (midi scale or possibly UCS), I'd want rebels. If it included figs (playscale), then I think the Ahsoka version would be better suited for that. 

1 hour ago, Flieger said:

But then, releasing the Chimera months after its big re-introduction basically proves once more that LSW is not meant for kids. Patiently waiting is not exactly the strong suit of 9yo kids.

The sets are certainly designed for kids so they’re definitely for kids. Besides, ships don’t lose their cool factor for children just because some time has lapsed. If anything, there’s too many adult sets on the market hogging up space for kids, it’s sad to see. 

Edited September 25, 20231 yr by Flawless Cowboy

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

I personally would rather a rebels version even though the Ashoka one will probably come with better figures.

Releasing a Rebels Chimaera instead of an Ahsoka one would be a certified „bruh “ moment. Sort of like releasing a Death Star final duel set instead of an Exegol one. Wait a minute…

2 hours ago, Flieger said:

True, but I don't see that as a "problem".

This is a golden opportunity for Lego. Fan response as been overwhelmingly positive so far, arguably the best since Luke's Mandalorian entry. I for one would have bought a Chimera playset then and there. (And I do own Thrawn, as I was a Rebels fan and bought the Phantom II). Also, I would have bought multiple Night Trooper BPs.

Waiting for the hype to cool down seems... counter-intuitive. But it is what it is. I hope Lego does not waste that opportunity. A playset ISD would be well timed, the minifig potential is amazing, and they are easy to be made into Lego form.

But then, releasing the Chimera months after its big re-introduction basically proves once more that LSW is not meant for kids. Patiently waiting is not exactly the strong suit of 9yo kids.

Oh yeah, it's definitely not a problem in a broad sense. I just meant the problem with getting a midi-scale version is that it wouldn't come with these figures we want like a playset version would come with.

I definitely agree they should capitalize on this demand sooner rather than later as opposed to waiting for the Filoni movie to do a Chimera playset. I think the mostly positive reaction to this show, plus having the next few shows more spread out, will give us a good opportunity to get some more Ahsoka sets next year.

1 minute ago, The Stud said:

[…] will give us a good opportunity to get some more Ahsoka sets next year.

That, and a set or two based on the final two episodes of Mando S3  If they can deliver that, I will consider 2024 a good year for LSW.

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

Would people want a rebels Chimera or one from Ashoka? I noticed the one last week has the same kind of appearance and look as the stormtroopers have. As in its look like there are gold bits where they’ve repaired the ship from the rebels finale. 

 

Another difference is that in Rebels it's an ISD1 (with ISD2 turrets for some reason) while in Ahsoka it's fully an ISD2. Bit of a weird continuity error which doesn't matter too much but would affect some details on a LEGO set, beyond the obvious damage patches. 

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Releasing a Rebels Chimaera instead of an Ahsoka one would be a certified „bruh “ moment. Sort of like releasing a Death Star final duel set instead of an Exegol one. Wait a minute…

I'm gonna argue that.

Exogol vs ROTJ: "Should we make our diorama about one of the most loved scenes in the saga on the movie's 40th anniversary, or a completely different scene from a poorly received movie from 4 years ago?"

Ahsoka Chimera vs Rebels Chimera: "Should we make our Chimera set based on one of the most hyped up live action SW shows ever, that everybody seems to love, or a fairly well-received cartoon that ended 6 years back?"

The answer seems pretty clear: They'll do neither and release the justifier 2 with a new clone legion.

2 hours ago, Llewop said:

Would people want a rebels Chimera or one from Ashoka? I noticed the one last week has the same kind of appearance and look as the stormtroopers have. As in its look like there are gold bits where they’ve repaired the ship from the rebels finale. 
 

I personally would rather a rebels version even though the Ashoka one will probably come with better figures

I think almost everyone wants an Ahsoka version as the ahsoka version actually looks substantially different than the standard ISD (I know the rebels one has the chimera logo on the bottom, but aside from that). We'll assumably see a more standard looking Chimera in the filoni movie anyway, so might as well get the cool gold-patched one now.

Edited September 25, 20231 yr by Mandalorianknight

2 hours ago, CallumPears said:

Another difference is that in Rebels it's an ISD1 (with ISD2 turrets for some reason) while in Ahsoka it's fully an ISD2. Bit of a weird continuity error which doesn't matter too much but would affect some details on a LEGO set, beyond the obvious damage patches. 

It's a damaged ISD 1.

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/MawInstallation/comments/16nw7d9/the_ship_type_in_the_latest_ahsoka_episode_seems/

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'm gonna argue that.

Exogol vs ROTJ: "Should we make our diorama about one of the most loved scenes in the saga on the movie's 40th anniversary, or a completely different scene from a poorly received movie from 4 years ago?"

I wasn't talking about the diorama, it was a reference to the 2020 Final duel set, which was a pointless remake of the 2015 version and should have been an Exegol set instead  Had such a set been planned for that summer (like the Snoke throne room set in 2018), it would have been designed well before the movie came out.

16 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That, and a set or two based on the final two episodes of Mando S3  If they can deliver that, I will consider 2024 a good year for LSW.

And here I'm still waiting for a set based on the finale for Book of Boba Fett... come on LEGO, a set with Boba Fett, a Rancor, Cad Bane, Krrsantan, some Pykes, and a Scorponek Droid would sell like hot cakes! 

13 minutes ago, ToaDraco said:

And here I'm still waiting for a set based on the finale for Book of Boba Fett... 

I will never understand why they skipped that  One of the biggest missed opportunities in recent memory. It‘s like passing on a money printer

And I'm still sad they entirely missed bad batch season 2, maybe if there's a lull in new content they can go back and fill some of these gaps.

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Regarding the Chimaera, and it's appearance in the latest episode, I don't think it would work either in midiscale or UCS, although for very different reasons. A midiscale ship would be far too small to do justice to the pattern on the underside, or the detail in the damaged/repaired sections. For a UCS model, aside from the internet fury at putting a Thrawn fig inside an $800+ set, the ship would largely be a retread of the UCS Star Destroyer (I know, I know, there are differences in the bridge and other sections). The main draw of the ship that sets it apart is the Chimaera pattern and on a UCS model which is designed to spend most of its life on a stand on a shelf, that pattern would remain largely unseen. I think a play scale version along the lines of Gideon's Light Cruiser is the best of all worlds - swooshable enough that the underside pattern is visible, a decent array of figs (hopefully) in a set that doesn't break the bank, and it would be the first play scale Star Destroyer in about 10 years.

 

3 hours ago, ToaDraco said:

And here I'm still waiting for a set based on the finale for Book of Boba Fett... come on LEGO, a set with Boba Fett, a Rancor, Cad Bane, Krrsantan, some Pykes, and a Scorponek Droid would sell like hot cakes! 

But why put Cad Bane in a cool set with a Rancor and Scorponek when you could put him in a ship no one wants! 
 

At the end of the day, companies make what's popular. It says something that basically no one did ROS sets after the movie, not just LEGO. I don't think the Bad Batch shuttle did well enough to warrant more sets for that show either. Given Thrawn's popularity and the Chimera, I would NOT be surprised if we see some more Ahsoka sets this next summer, whether a Chimera itself or something else with the figs people want. I could honestly also see a Rebels revamp set, similar to revamped Clone Wars sets of late, that could include Kanan or Zeb, etc. to make them available when people most want them. 

21 hours ago, The Stud said:

I think the mostly positive reaction to this show, plus having the next few shows more spread out, will give us a good opportunity to get some more Ahsoka sets next year.

That sounds great and logical. So I hope TLG is doing that, but the emphasis is on 'hope' unfortunately.

PS: don't worry, I got your meaning. We are 100% in agreement and I think we are in a majority on that particular case.

 

5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I will never understand why they skipped that  One of the biggest missed opportunities in recent memory. It‘s like passing on a money printer

The Book of Boba Fett has not been a hit, and the vast majority of the viewership was 25+yo (and most of them being older than that), so why would a kids' toy producer go there?

Nah, I am just pulling your leg. The minifig potential alone would have earned more BoBF sets. But then, there is imo little doubt that other SW opportunities are greater. And Ahsoka is one of them. The biggest these days.

 

1 hour ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

At the end of the day, companies make what's popular. It says something that basically no one did ROS sets after the movie, not just LEGO. I don't think the Bad Batch shuttle did well enough to warrant more sets for that show either. Given Thrawn's popularity and the Chimera, I would NOT be surprised if we see some more Ahsoka sets this next summer, whether a Chimera itself or something else with the figs people want. I could honestly also see a Rebels revamp set, similar to revamped Clone Wars sets of late, that could include Kanan or Zeb, etc. to make them available when people most want them. 

An interesting thought, although Rebels might be a bit too recent. Also, back then it did not seem that the sets were a big success for Lego (despite being pretty well done, imo). The minifigs of Thrawn and adult Ahsoka were basically what people wanted after season 1, and that's it. Even old man Rex and his walker did not exactly fly off the shelves...

23 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That, and a set or two based on the final two episodes of Mando S3  If they can deliver that, I will consider 2024 a good year for LSW.

Well, I think you'll be able to consider 2024 a good year lol. I'm sure we'll get at least another set or two to finish covering Mando S3 since the show probably won't return until 2025 at least so they're going to want to have some other Mando sets in the mean time. If I recall correctly, one of the blogs talked to a Lego Star Wars designer who mentioned that those last two episodes gave them a lot of ideas?

(Here it is: https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-designers-the-mandalorian-s3-inspiring)

1 hour ago, Flieger said:

That sounds great and logical. So I hope TLG is doing that, but the emphasis is on 'hope' unfortunately.

Something, something, rebellions are built on hope. 

 

No spoilers but a clip for tonight's Ahsoka episode released earlier and it is perfect material for a $30-40 set.

3 minutes ago, The Stud said:

(Here it is: https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-designers-the-mandalorian-s3-inspiring)

Thank you for sharing the article! I wasn‘t aware of it  Sounds very encouraging, so fingers crossed they‘ll deliver on these promises!

Given that set development lasts roughly a year and it sounds like they didn‘t get to see a lot of concept art from the S3 finale in advance, it now makes perfect sense there‘s no Mando stuff in 1HY besides Grogu‘s Escape. Well then, once again, the 2HY sets will blow the 1HY offerings out of the water

Same goes for Ahsoka, I suppose. I wonder why they‘re being so much more secretive with the shows compared to the movies. Okay, I get it with Grogu and Luke, but there was no real reason to keep Gideon, the beskar troopers, and the preatorian guards that much of a secret

46 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Thank you for sharing the article! I wasn‘t aware of it  Sounds very encouraging, so fingers crossed they‘ll deliver on these promises!

Given that set development lasts roughly a year and it sounds like they didn‘t get to see a lot of concept art from the S3 finale in advance, it now makes perfect sense there‘s no Mando stuff in 1HY besides Grogu‘s Escape. Well then, once again, the 2HY sets will blow the 1HY offerings out of the water

Same goes for Ahsoka, I suppose. I wonder why they‘re being so much more secretive with the shows compared to the movies. Okay, I get it with Grogu and Luke, but there was no real reason to keep Gideon, the beskar troopers, and the preatorian guards that much of a secret

No problem! I think it's interesting that they specifically mentioned the Gauntlet because I'd like to see them do a larger version with the color scheme of the 2011 set and a tad more interior space than that and the 2021 set. I think that, some sort of playset and a Beskar Trooper battle pack would be sufficient to cover the rest of the season. (As cool as Gorian Shard's ship would be too, I don't see Lego dedicating a $100+ set to that over some other things they could do next year).

It's funny how "secretive" they think they were for those things in Mando season 3 when I remember seeing rumors about IG-12 and Praetorian Guards a full year before the season started, plus some sketches of Gideon and the Beskar Trooper designs surfaced in advance as well.

I've said this before in a previous post but I could see next summer's wave being remniscent of summer 2021 which played a lot of catch-up for TCW Season 7 and Mando Season 2. I think 2-3 sets each for Mando season 3 and Ahsoka is plausible, especially since there's going to be a bit of a lull in terms of new content next year.

Edited September 26, 20231 yr by The Stud

9 minutes ago, The Stud said:

I've said this before in a previous post but I could see next summer's wave being remniscent of summer 2021 which played a lot of catch-up for TCW Season 7 and Mando Season 2. I think 2-3 sets each for Mando season 3 and Ahsoka is plausible, especially since there's going to be a bit of a lull in terms of new content next year.

That would be the absolute best case scenario in my book. And there‘s inevitably going to be a sizeable gap. Skeleton Crew likely won‘t get more sets for the time being (if ever), Andor S2 will most likely be pushed back to 2025, and The Acolyte will probably take Andor‘s autumn spot, leaving a huge gap in the summer. Perfect for 2021 2HY volume 2!  

I’ve found Ahsoka to be pretty meh as a show. It’s fine, probably a constant 6/10 with a few better moments but also quite dull / not very gripping at times. But a Lego battle / transit damaged Chimaera? Yes please. I’d be all over that set in any scale. 

So at this point I wish Carson Teva had been included in the Ghost set instead of Lt. Beyta, (or in addition too). Hawkins, I would keep as he at least has some lines and a unique uniform. Teva definitely deserves a figure at this point and they had to have known he would show up in this series when making the set. I'd argue he's a great candidate for a promo set or polybag but they rarely do that anymore. 

The current X-Wing playset is due to retire at the end of this year. Since we're bound to get our obligatory remake soon after, it'd be a nice change of pace to maybe get Carson Teva's X-Wing. The dude deserves it given how much he's appeared in these Mando-verse shows.

21 hours ago, HothFan1987 said:

I’ve found Ahsoka to be pretty meh as a show. It’s fine, probably a constant 6/10 with a few better moments but also quite dull / not very gripping at times. But a Lego battle / transit damaged Chimaera? Yes please. I’d be all over that set in any scale. 

I'm honestly wondering if it's more likely we'll see a Chimera or a set of the Eye. Both could easily include Thrawn, but the ISD seems to be a likely candidate for the flagship set of Filoni's movie (if it's in that). Wouldn't likely impact the fig selection much, but interested to see what/which they would pick if there is more Ahsoka next year.