ArrowBricks Posted May 16, 2023 Posted May 16, 2023 Ye man, my guys have said! To be honest I’ve had egg on my face once this year already with the April 1st leaks, so who knows Quote
Sierra Posted May 16, 2023 Posted May 16, 2023 As nice as that would be, I feel like at least one other person would have mentioned that before now, no? Quote
1340cc Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 Hope not, $100 seems too small to do the Ghost justice Quote
Flawless Cowboy Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, 1340cc said: Hope not, $100 seems too small to do the Ghost justice Any size below UCS won’t do it justice Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 1 hour ago, 1340cc said: Hope not, $100 seems too small to do the Ghost justice IIRC it was $90 back in 2014, or $115 today (meaning with price increases lego would sell it for $130-140). If they're selling it for $100, you'd be 100% right. Forget getting any interior past the cockpit, we'd be lucky to fit the full ghost crew in the ship at all! But I'm pretty sure the leak is fake. No one else has mentioned it, and I've never heard of this guy before. Has anyone else? Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 Sounds fake. There’s no set number unaccounted for and I doubt that one would appear out of nowhere. While there have been weird leaks from new sources this year and we all had to eat humble pie on multiple occasions, I still don’t believe just any random stuff Quote
Lego Nostalgia Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 (edited) Does anyone know when the winners of the vip sweepstakes for the star destroyer are announced ? 15 hours ago, omegabadbatch said: this dude is saying that ghost is not 130$ but 100$ and that 130$ set is thrawn star destoroyer Don't believe that guy all his content is clickbait Edited May 17, 2023 by MKJoshA Please don't include photos or vidoes in your quote. It takes up server space. Quote
omegabadbatch Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 49 minutes ago, Lego Nostalgia said: Don't believe that guy all his content is clickbait Ok. Quote
omegabadbatch Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 I hope r2d2 in yoda starfighter will have back print Quote
Chazinski Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 3 hours ago, omegabadbatch said: I hope r2d2 in yoda starfighter will have back print We can only hope. I too would like to see that. Quote
Big_Daddy Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 4 hours ago, omegabadbatch said: I hope r2d2 in yoda starfighter will have back print I really don't care about that. As long as he's recognizable as R2 it's fine by me. Quote
Fulcrumfan91 Posted May 17, 2023 Posted May 17, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 5:00 PM, omegabadbatch said: this dude is saying that ghost is not 130$ but 100$ and that 130$ set is thrawn star destoroyer Eeeeh I don't buy it. This person seems to have a lot of click-bait vids and hasn't been around that long either. Wouldn't mind being proven wrong, but, I will say that if that's true, the Ghost is gonna be very undersized and that kinda sucks. Quote
Fulcrumfan91 Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 Looks like we're getting the mech reveals. Boba is the only one I think looks good lol Quote
Rwbricks Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 The mechs themselves are LEGO’s mechs. If you like them, you’ll like these. If not, these probably won’t be appealing. It’s good to be able to get (relatively) cheap options for these minifigures, though. I’m still not 100% sure about the new Stormtrooper, but Boba looks great. I’ll be intrigued to see how this minifigure affects the insane prices of the other OT Bobas with arm printing. Quote
Clone OPatra Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 Wow they really went and put such a fantastic Boba in a mech set. Kudos. But wow these kind of suck otherwise. They almost look like something someone made at home. The colours and random pieces used for detail are all over the place. The only interesting thing is how chunky they made Boba's and Stormie's, but for the price, messy designs and complete lack of connection with the actual Star Wars universe, these are bad. Of all of the small gimmick types of things - minis, planet sets with minis, microfighters - these have the least connection with Star Wars by far. They might be fun for kids to play with, but they had to be baseline $10 - not $16!! Quote
ForgedInLego Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 Hmm. Of all these styles of mech these are definitely my favorite, but still don't plan on buying any, especially at $16. $10 would tempt me, but I'm not the target market I guess. Quote
ToaDraco Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) I know there are a lot of people who are angry and hating on these mechs but I can't help but laugh at how silly they are. I'm going to have to get the Boba Fett one. I will say they are all weirdly chunky. They absolutely did not need to be $16, they easily could have been $10 and shaved down the piece count. Edited May 18, 2023 by ToaDraco Quote
Flawless Cowboy Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 Looks like the boba in the mech has different printing than the UCS/Cloud City Bobas. But it looks just as good, if not better. Collectors still keep an exclusive figure and everyone now has access to a cheap and excellent looking boba, win/win Quote
Rwbricks Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 I forgot these were $16. Weren’t the original Marvel mechs only $8? Twice the price, double the, uh, price, I guess. Quote
Clone OPatra Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 21 minutes ago, ToaDraco said: They absolutely did not need to be $16, they easily could have been $10 and shaved down the piece count. You're looking at it the wrong way. LEGO has just hiked the price "because price hikes". They absolutely could give us the same amount of pieces for less money, not shave off pieces in order to charge less. Quote
Fenghuang0296 Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 Huh. I did not expect to actuallt kijd of like these mech sets? For what they’re trying to be, they’re dumb, but they have potential. Can anyone confirm if the Darth Vader figure in the mech is the version with arm printing? I haven’t been able to find an image of him outside the mech. If it is I might just get that one, maybe. Also tempted to get two of the Stormtrooper Mechs to mod and add to my sci-fi army . . Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 These are... REALLY bad. I'm not sure why I expected them all to be as if they were large versions of the characters, but... Boba's is the only one that seems to be? Vader's has the weird red accents and the stormtrooper one is weirdly bulky and obviously has the imperial logo on the chest. Not that it would have made them better, it's just a weird decision to me that Boba's looks like an extension of the character, stormtrooper is meant to look like a mech, and Vader's is a weird in between. All in all, I hate these conceptually and think that they're stupid, and even then I don't believe they were executed well. That said, I can see Vader's doing well as it's a cheap way to get him. Boba's will probably enjoy success among AFOLS, but for kids, they're cannibalizing the sales of their slave 1 microfighter. One of the two sets is going to sell very poorly. Quote
Rwbricks Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 21 minutes ago, Fenghuang0296 said: Huh. I did not expect to actuallt kijd of like these mech sets? For what they’re trying to be, they’re dumb, but they have potential. Can anyone confirm if the Darth Vader figure in the mech is the version with arm printing? I haven’t been able to find an image of him outside the mech. If it is I might just get that one, maybe. Also tempted to get two of the Stormtrooper Mechs to mod and add to my sci-fi army . . Vader does have arm printing. FalconFan has some images with him out of the mech. Quote
jdubbs Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Rwbricks said: I forgot these were $16. Weren’t the original Marvel mechs only $8? Twice the price, double the, uh, price, I guess. The Marvel mechs are $15, not $8. Quote
Fulcrumfan91 Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 I got Boba's ship microfighter recently so I'll be skipping these mechs. The microfighter is really really good. Quote
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