LEGO Star Wars 2023 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[ForgedInLego]

55 minutes ago, AD_Bricks said:

Okay, surely THIS new image of one of the 501st specialists is real. Can anyone confirm?

A neck bracket with a 1x1 printed tile on it would make it a ton better, but even if it is fake I don't think the real one will be much different

[Mandalorianknight]

48 minutes ago, ForgedInLego said:

A neck bracket with a 1x1 printed tile on it would make it a ton better, but even if it is fake I don't think the real one will be much different

I mean, the figure isn't fully the figure, so it might have a neck bracket on the back. The one in the picture is missing the visor and definately won't come with two silver pistols.

[Classic_Spaceman]

The Heavy’s helmet has gaps between the fin and the top printing (like the 212th), which casts doubt on the leaked regular 501st helmet (which has its top printing closer to the fin). 
 

[AD_Bricks]

34 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

which casts doubt on the leaked regular 501st helmet (which has its top printing closer to the fin). 

I thought we already knew that all of the previous ones were faked

[Classic_Spaceman]

55 minutes ago, AD_Bricks said:

I thought we already knew that all of the previous ones were faked

We suspected, but there was still a chance that it could be legitimate. 
 

[AD_Bricks]

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

We suspected, but there was still a chance that it could be legitimate. 

Ah, alright.

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

The Heavy’s helmet has gaps between the fin and the top printing (like the 212th), which casts doubt on the leaked regular 501st helmet (which has its top printing closer to the fin). 

I'd say this is enough to semi-confidently conclude that the other one was fake at this point.

[ForgedInLego]

3 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I mean, the figure isn't fully the figure, so it might have a neck bracket on the back. The one in the picture is missing the visor and definately won't come with two silver pistols.

I know its missing accessories, but Promobricks did mention that "no shoulder bag and no backpack are used"

[Classic_Spaceman]

39 minutes ago, AD_Bricks said:

I'd say this is enough to semi-confidently conclude that the other one was fake at this point.

Agreed, though I wish that LEGO had fixed the printing issue. 😕
 

[Gontron]

I know we don't have clear images yet but based off the leak is there a reason Lego is shifting the print down on helmets when the previous prints were fine?

[Classic_Spaceman]

21 minutes ago, Gontron said:

I know we don't have clear images yet but based off the leak is there a reason Lego is shifting the print down on helmets when the previous prints were fine?

I assume that it has something to do with the new helmet mould. 
 

[AD_Bricks]

53 minutes ago, Gontron said:

I know we don't have clear images yet but based off the leak is there a reason Lego is shifting the print down on helmets when the previous prints were fine?

 

30 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

I assume that it has something to do with the new helmet mould. 
 

Definitely to do with the new mould, but if the old one was fine, why is whatever printing machine they use for this one not able to print there?

[BrickBob Studpants]

I’m still not convinced that any of the alleged leaks we’ve seen are real  Luckily, we will know pretty soon!

[NeutralNoodle]

On 9/15/2022 at 9:42 PM, Classic_Spaceman said:

Not to turn this into a wishlist, but I can see the next TIE Interceptor being based on Fallen Order (Minifigs would be Cal, Second Sister, a TIE Pilot, and maybe a Purge Trooper Commander). 
 

Now that we know the next TIE Interceptor will be in a Mando season 3 set, let me propose an alternate solution: a TIE Reaper, based on the opening section of the game, with the same minifigure selection (plus maybe a Ninth Sister bigfig with the new Thanos mold). 

[MKJoshA]

Officially becoming a wishlist. Let's get back to actual set chatter.

[AD_Bricks]

Lol, imagine if the leaked TIE Bomber was actually not a TIE Bomber but really just a TIE Boarding Craft from Andor and R1 (literally the same but no bomb play feature). That would be funny.

[BrickBob Studpants]

39 minutes ago, AD_Bricks said:

Lol, imagine if the leaked TIE Bomber was actually not a TIE Bomber but really just a TIE Boarding Craft from Andor and R1 (literally the same but no bomb play feature). That would be funny.

That would indeed be funny  They are so similar that one could easily pass for the other. I wonder why they didn’t go for a more unique design for the Boarding Craft

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

Lol, imagine if the leaked TIE Bomber was actually not a TIE Bomber but really just a TIE Boarding Craft from Andor and R1 (literally the same but no bomb play feature). That would be funny.

That would be pretty funny. (The boarding craft is in ESB too, so having Vader in the set would still make sense!)

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That would indeed be funny  They are so similar that one could easily pass for the other. I wonder why they didn’t go for a more unique design for the Boarding Craft

I assume it's meant to look like a repurposed TIE bomber. Budget or whatever, they just hollowed one out and put seats in it.

[BrickBob Studpants]

4 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

That would be pretty funny. (The boarding craft is in ESB too, so having Vader in the set would still make sense!)

Wasn’t that a TIE Shuttle?

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Wasn’t that a TIE Shuttle?

Yeah, maybe. The TIE shuttle has inverted wings half the time it shows up so I always get it mixed around.

[AD_Bricks]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah, maybe. The TIE shuttle has inverted wings half the time it shows up so I always get it mixed around.

I'm pretty sure the one from ESB is still unconfirmed as it was hard to tell which it was. If it is the shuttle, then that would, I think, be its only canon appearance.

[Clone OPatra]

In this interview, Denise Gough (who plays Dedra on Andor) says they made a LEGO version of her. Is she just joking and/or confused? Or does she know about something and doesn't know it actually isn't out yet?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-denise-gough-interview-tony-gilroy-game-of-thrones-1235266613/

 

[Classic_Spaceman]

7 minutes ago, Clone OPatra said:

In this interview, Denise Gough (who plays Dedra on Andor) says they made a LEGO version of her. Is she just joking and/or confused? Or does she know about something and doesn't know it actually isn't out yet?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-denise-gough-interview-tony-gilroy-game-of-thrones-1235266613/

 

Compared to other series, Andor takes a political and contemporary approach. Is this what intrigued you? 

Tony and the other writers have written a story that’s only incidentally a Star Wars series. In some ways, it’s something else — more mature, complex and tense. I’ve often thought that for my 7-year-old nephew watching Andor couldn’t have been very easy. Then, they made a Lego version of me, and everything was okay. Jokes aside: that I am able to say these things, to say them so honestly, it’s a wonderful thing for me. 

 

Dedra Meero appears in a Skywalker Saga DLC, but that it fairly obscure; I think that Gough is referring to an actual (physical) Minifig! 
 

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Clone OPatra said:

In this interview, Denise Gough (who plays Dedra on Andor) says they made a LEGO version of her. Is she just joking and/or confused? Or does she know about something and doesn't know it actually isn't out yet?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-denise-gough-interview-tony-gilroy-game-of-thrones-1235266613/

Given that she's talking about her nephew, it's possible her nephew showed her the skywalker saga DLC, but a physical minifigure is also a definite possibility.

8 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

I'm pretty sure the one from ESB is still unconfirmed as it was hard to tell which it was. If it is the shuttle, then that would, I think, be its only canon appearance.

it shows up in some junior novel or something about the millennium falcon, but in terms of "real" canon, yeah.

(I've long mantained that the junior novels and stuff like resistance and forces of destiny are in-universe media aimed at kids, hence the more childlike dialogue and plotlines)

[BrickBob Studpants]

My guess is that she’s referring to the Skywalker Saga DLC. While it’s possible she’d been informed about an upcoming minifig (say, in next year’s August wave), I don’t think it’s very likely

[AD_Bricks]

6 hours ago, Clone OPatra said:

In this interview, Denise Gough (who plays Dedra on Andor) says they made a LEGO version of her. Is she just joking and/or confused? Or does she know about something and doesn't know it actually isn't out yet?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-denise-gough-interview-tony-gilroy-game-of-thrones-1235266613/

 

Yeah, I reckon she just knows about the Skywalker Saga. Surely they'd be a bit more careful when it comes to telling things to outsiders