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

[omegabadbatch]

12 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

So reading the brickset review of the Tenoo(oooooo) jedi temple, the new Yoda head is a rubbery material. I'm disappointed by that, my CW Yoda ( and 2011 Dobby and 2014 flash) have all lost print due being rubber parts that just don't hold on to the paint very well. I always prefer proper ABS parts especially when there's print involved.

can you tell me if lekku part from aayla secura from republic tank have printed or painted brown something? I dont know how it is called. My aayla lost some paint? print? on lekku

so aayla lekku is not abs part yes? thats why lekku lost print?

[Mandalorianknight]

41 minutes ago, omegabadbatch said:

can you tell me if lekku part from aayla secura from republic tank have printed or painted brown something? I dont know how it is called. My aayla lost some paint? print? on lekku

so aayla lekku is not abs part yes? thats why lekku lost print?

The lekku is an ABS plastic part, not rubber. You just got unlucky.

[omegabadbatch]

10 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The lekku is an ABS plastic part, not rubber. You just got unlucky.

It was something like this: aayla was standing on baseplate and then minifigure with long blaster fell over on baseplate and his long blaster hited aayla lekku. After that I see that some print gone on spot where blaster hited.

[Agent Kallus]

15 hours ago, omegabadbatch said:

It was something like this: aayla was standing on baseplate and then minifigure with long blaster fell over on baseplate and his long blaster hited aayla lekku. After that I see that some print gone on spot where blaster hited.

Yeah, as @Mandalorianknight says I think you were just unlucky.

 I mean paint can come off of any part ( just the rubbery ones are much worse) but something like that shouldn't be enough to remove remove the print so I think you probably just got a part with a defective print job ( maybe some dust or something got between the plastic and the paint at the factory or something like that), if the set was sit in production you'd probably have been able to get a replacement part from customer services but I fear it's too late for that now.

[ToaDraco]

On 6/9/2023 at 3:20 AM, Agent Kallus said:

So reading the brickset review of the Tenoo(oooooo) jedi temple, the new Yoda head is a rubbery material. I'm disappointed by that, my CW Yoda ( and 2011 Dobby and 2014 flash) have all lost print due being rubber parts that just don't hold on to the paint very well. I always prefer proper ABS parts especially when there's print involved.

Like my poor Kit Fisto and Plo Koon, though thankfully they're only missing a little bit of print but it's still annoying. The rubber mayerial itself also doesn't hild up well over time, it gets a little grainy, I hate it. The more LEGO can stay away from rubber parts, the better.

Edited June 13, 2023 by ToaDraco

[Old Master]

Whats up with that Jabba's Palace image floating around on r/legostarwarsleaks ? Can anyone confirm or deny?

A few prominent people in the space have all referenced a photo of this set somewhere so I guess this could be it

[Something_Awesome]

So for anyone CONSIDERING the Yavin set, and I know there has been jokes about it being "4+," but the 4+ A-Wing set (75247) pairs exceptionally well with Yavin and would make for an AMAZING gift combo for a kid. The A-Wing is in scale with the Y-wing and the A-wing still looks great at the 4+ scale. It also helps establish a "fleet" for Yavin and gives you a green rebel pilot, which helps round out the population of different rebels at the base. It even comes with a small Yavin side build. 

I just bought me the 4+ A-wing set a few days ago, and they are still relatively cheap. IMO, buy now if you are getting Yavin. 

Edited June 13, 2023 by Something_Awesome

[McMurder_them_softly]

41 minutes ago, Old Master said:

Whats up with that Jabba's Palace image floating around on r/legostarwarsleaks ? Can anyone confirm or deny?

A few prominent people in the space have all referenced a photo of this set somewhere so I guess this could be it

I thought about this too. It looked too grainy for a real leak though, aren't mobile cameras better than this nowadays? Would love to be proven wrong! 

[Old Master]

1 hour ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

I thought about this too. It looked too grainy for a real leak though, aren't mobile cameras better than this nowadays? Would love to be proven wrong! 

Saw BrickClicker comment on one of them, idk if it was actually his reddit account tbh, but he said the set he had seen was different from that one leading me to believe it might be fake. 

BC described that it had a similar build to that new Batcave and also featured a roof on it.

[Stefanisimo]

That Jabba's palace almost definitely looks like a fake to me.

Anyway, I saw someone mention that the new Ahsoka will reuse the old headpiece. Has this actually been confirmed?

[ForgedInLego]

On 6/6/2023 at 4:39 PM, NeutralNoodle said:

I don’t think so. Aside from possibly Rex, the TSS designs haven’t been a good indicator of what the physical minifigs would end up looking like, as evidenced by Commander Cody, Yavin IV Luke, and Kuiil. 

Judging from previous UCS sets (Landspeeder, X wing), I think there is a good chance that the Venator Rex will have dual molded legs while a cheaper set with Rex later down the line will have the legs like the TSS design, keeping the expensive fig unique or whatever. I'm not seeing a return of cloth capes, IMO their durability is worse than the paint on rubbery parts.

[ARC2149Nova]

3 minutes ago, ForgedInLego said:

Judging from previous UCS sets (Landspeeder, X wing), I think there is a good chance that the Venator Rex will have dual molded legs while a cheaper set with Rex later down the line will have the legs like the TSS design, keeping the expensive fig unique or whatever. I'm not seeing a return of cloth capes, IMO their durability is worse than the paint on rubbery parts.

Why, pray tell, would Rex have dual molded legs? There's no change in color, he's white (and blue) from head to toe. Unless you're talking about his kama.

[ForgedInLego]

5 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Why, pray tell, would Rex have dual molded legs? There's no change in color, he's white (and blue) from head to toe. Unless you're talking about his kama.

Yep, talking about the kama sorry for the confusion, not sure how else they would get the color change all the way around the back of the legs without dual molding or bringing back the cloth pieces

[Mandalorianknight]

 

27 minutes ago, ForgedInLego said:

Judging from previous UCS sets (Landspeeder, X wing), I think there is a good chance that the Venator Rex will have dual molded legs while a cheaper set with Rex later down the line will have the legs like the TSS design, keeping the expensive fig unique or whatever. I'm not seeing a return of cloth capes, IMO their durability is worse than the paint on rubbery parts.

I've never had any issues with the cloth kamas, do your cloth kamas fray?

But either way, lego seems to have stopped doing them (IIRC the reason given at the time was for snowtroopers needing to sit down or something), and the current print isn't up to stuff at all, much less up to the quality of a UCS set, so I think you're right that dual-molded legs are the only solution. Hopefully lego's fixed the issues of light printing on dark plastic by this point... I don't need more vampiric Batmen or gray-skinned balaclava stormtroopers.

2 hours ago, Stefanisimo said:

That Jabba's palace almost definitely looks like a fake to me.

I'm still having trouble finding the image due to half the subreddits deciding to black out or whatever, but is it even of a diorama, or just someone's palace MOC?

[Stefanisimo]

26 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'm still having trouble finding the image due to half the subreddits deciding to black out or whatever, but is it even of a diorama, or just someone's palace MOC?

It's someone's diorama MOC. Literally just the flat throne with a big arch above it. It's too much blurry for it not to be a fake. Also, the biggest giveaway is that it's missing the quote plaque in front.

[Something_Awesome]

8 minutes ago, Stefanisimo said:

It's someone's diorama MOC. Literally just the flat throne with a big arch above it. It's too much blurry for it not to be a fake. Also, the biggest giveaway is that it's missing the quote plaque in front.

It's a prototype. That's how prototypes look.

[Old Master]

Can't say my expectations for Rex are high given how clones have been dealt with over the last few years. There's really 0 shot they go out of their way to make a unique helmet mold for him with his range finder without another helmet hole on the other side. It's just gonna look derpy anyway they spin it. Hope i can be proven wrong.

 

18 hours ago, Stefanisimo said:

Anyway, I saw someone mention that the new Ahsoka will reuse the old headpiece. Has this actually been confirmed?

Meaning the Lekku? Would make sense that its the same mold but I can surely imagine it will be a new print. If not, holy cow lego is cheap. My only real hope for the new Ahsoka is dual molded arms with prints. 

[Agent Kallus]

16 hours ago, Old Master said:

Can't say my expectations for Rex are high given how clones have been dealt with over the last few years. There's really 0 shot they go out of their way to make a unique helmet mold for him with his range finder without another helmet hole on the other side. It's just gonna look derpy anyway they spin it. Hope i can be proven wrong.

Honestly that is a total unreasonable thing to expect anyway. They are never gonna make a one hole helmet, nor would I want them to ( budget better spent elsewhere) the two hole looks fine and the difference between it and the no-hole is minimal and imo worth the trade off.

[Old Master]

5 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Honestly that is a total unreasonable thing to expect anyway. They are never gonna make a one hole helmet, nor would I want them to

I was more or less speaking about how others have insane expectations. But I do understand how someone would expect such a thing out of a $650 UCS set.

[Savage Oppress]

New hair piece for Luke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7AiDZWpbQ

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, Savage Oppress said:

New hair piece for Luke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7AiDZWpbQ

Yes... this piece is in the throne room set that came out in may.

[Arjo]

Well, early review of Yavin now available on ytb... and I believe it will be an easy pass for many. Very average build (and I think I am being kind saying this) if it were half the price. For what TLG want for it, no way, even accounting for minifigs. That's coming from someone who likes location playsets the best... Hopefully it floats others' boat...

[Archer]

59 minutes ago, Arjo said:

Well, early review of Yavin now available on ytb... and I believe it will be an easy pass for many. Very average build (and I think I am being kind saying this) if it were half the price. For what TLG want for it, no way, even accounting for minifigs. That's coming from someone who likes location playsets the best... Hopefully it floats others' boat...

I’m going to buy it because I really want the location, but I really hate that it seems like a half baked attempt and a high asking price. Design would be forgiven if it was $50 cheaper, price could be swallowed if they knocked the design out of the park, but compare this set to the Indiana Jones temple they just did. One seems like it had way more TLC in The design phase.

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Archer said:

I’m going to buy it because I really want the location, but I really hate that it seems like a half baked attempt and a high asking price. Design would be forgiven if it was $50 cheaper, price could be swallowed if they knocked the design out of the park, but compare this set to the Indiana Jones temple they just did. One seems like it had way more TLC in The design phase.

To be fair, the IJ set has 4 figures, this has what, 12? And it's meant for kids, not collectors, though that's no excuse for putting out a sub-par design.

I'm still estatic that we're getting it at all, but I am sort of realizing that this probably delays any potential Yavin MBS by a few years at least. (Though that said, we are getting a system gunship only 2 years after the UCS one)

[Archer]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

To be fair, the IJ set has 4 figures, this has what, 12? And it's meant for kids, not collectors, though that's no excuse for putting out a sub-par design.

I mean maybe the level of detail in monkey kid and Ninjago temples is a better of example as those are definitely aimed at kids and have beautifully attentive detail.