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

[Balrogofmorgoth]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

AT-AT destruction status update: it took me 6 hours to repair this beast, but the dark deed has been done  Now I‘m missing two pieces and I found the broken off tip of a LBG bar piece, but have no idea where it came from. All 38 bar pieces look fine 

Honestly I’ve never had an issue with any of my UCS sets falling apart. That said, I’m really anal about how carefully I move them so maybe I’ve just been careful enough and gotten lucky nothing happened. I get so scared moving the Falcon, AT-AT, and Star Destroyer. I hope the Venator is stable

[SketchBrick]

3 hours ago, Archer said:

It's actually crazy that of the 3 main protagonists of ATOC Anikan has shown up in only 3 sets (Blue Angel did use his episode II look though) and Padme in only 1 Ever!! Obi-wan is the only character who feels like he's popped up a fair amount in that variation (Cuz he has a starship). Even Dooku, the main antagonist has only appeared twice! I obviously only counting their episode II looks.

I agree, it's a shame we haven't had more instances of AotC characters. Even most Phantom Menace sets have been given a few different remakes. I think LEGO has prioritized the broader "Clone Wars" subtheme over specific movie scenes for that time period of the canon, which I can understand, but so few figs of Dooku/Jango/Padme/Anakin from the movie itself is a bummer of an omission in my books.

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, starlego98 said:

I notice there is no microfighter rumored for next year, it will be the end of microfighters? or they'll come back in another wave?

The mechs are intended to be a replacement attempt for them. If they sell poorly enough, maybe we'll see microfighters in 2HY 2024/1HY 2025 instead of a second mech wave. Hopefully not at $16 though, that's absurd.

[AD_Bricks]

3 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Hopefully not at $16 though, that's absurd.

I think at this point there's not really any hope of them bringing the price down; I reckon the N-1 micro and mechs being $16 has pretty well set the new standard going forward.

[PsychoBuilder]

Hey, I don't know if this is quite the right thread for this (in which case I'll move it, but it seemed relevant given recent and upcoming sets), but has anyone else seen things about people scalping kamas and waistcape parts and massively overcharging for them? I just saw one, and I was wondering if this is a big thing. 

[Kit Figsto]

1 hour ago, Brickroll said:

Hey, I don't know if this is quite the right thread for this (in which case I'll move it, but it seemed relevant given recent and upcoming sets), but has anyone else seen things about people scalping kamas and waistcape parts and massively overcharging for them? I just saw one, and I was wondering if this is a big thing. 

Honestly it doesn't surprise me if this were true.  There's a whole side of Instagram that's obsessed with "investing" in LEGO, which often consists of getting a bunch of people to buy up the entire supply of a desirable but still somewhat cheap minifigure on BL then re-list it at a higher price to artificially inflate the going rate.

This is arguably even dumber, since one part isn't nearly as scarce as an entire minifigure in good condition.

[kidtheboss611]

3 hours ago, Brickroll said:

Hey, I don't know if this is quite the right thread for this (in which case I'll move it, but it seemed relevant given recent and upcoming sets), but has anyone else seen things about people scalping kamas and waistcape parts and massively overcharging for them? I just saw one, and I was wondering if this is a big thing. 

I'd say it is a big thing for collectors, and the scalping of those items will be a more common theme that spills over if more clones after Rex and Fox come out with printed waist capes and pauldrons.

More than the scalping issue which is the case for a lot of things in the Lego space, I don't see why clones all of a sudden don't have kamas as they used to come with troops that had them, for example, the arc trooper from 2012. I genuinely don't understand how in a $700 set one of the two figs can't have a small piece of cloth that is show accurate never mind the dam helmet hole in the right place. I know it's seen as a petty gripe by a lot of people but for the amount of money Lego is charging for the Venator combined with the fact they had it right in 2012 I feel like it's a justified take. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 hours ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

I get so scared moving the Falcon, AT-AT, and Star Destroyer. I hope the Venator is stable

Rightfully so  The only big-scale UCS set I‘ve never had any issues with so far is the Razor Crest. The Falcon lost many plates on the underside (which are a real pain to reattach), the SD was downed by me forgetting to transport it the correct way (i.e., removing the bridge and sections below to gain access to the Technic skeleton inside, serving as a handle), and now the AT-AT had an …accident.

Hope the Venator is more like the Razor Crest, but I get strong SD 2.0 vibes from it, unsurprisingly

[McMurder_them_softly]

6 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Hope the Venator is more like the Razor Crest, but I get strong SD 2.0 vibes from it, unsurprisingly

I mean, it IS a Star Destroyer after all 

[ArrowBricks]

When will the 2024 thread get created? 

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 minutes ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

I mean, it IS a Star Destroyer after all 

Duh, I meant in terms of stability and sturdiness  The SD is basically a skeleton with plates attached on the outside whereas the Razor Crest is pretty chunky. While the Venator has different angles compared to its famous in-universe successor,  I‘m afraid the core design will be similar

[McMurder_them_softly]

2 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Duh, I meant in terms of stability and sturdiness  The SD is basically a skeleton with plates attached on the outside whereas the Razor Crest is pretty chunky. While the Venator has different angles compared to its famous in-universe successor,  I‘m afraid the core design will be similar

I know what you meant and totally agree! Just saw a chance to be cheeky. 

I do think with the flatter sides that maybe the internal structure could be more robust. 

Edited August 10, 2023 by McMurder_them_softly

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 minute ago, ArrowBricks said:

When will the 2024 thread get created? 

Good question. Most other themes get theirs on Jan 1st, but SW always gets some special treatment it seems  Usually when reliable rumours hit, so… last week?

[Old Master]

6 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Hope the Venator is more like the Razor Crest, but I get strong SD 2.0 vibes from it, unsurprisingly

The Razor Crest designers did an exceptional job tiling it off and smoothing edges. Hopefully the Venator is similar as opposed to the 2019 ISD.

[Hhalcyon]

7 hours ago, kidtheboss611 said:

I'd say it is a big thing for collectors, and the scalping of those items will be a more common theme that spills over if more clones after Rex and Fox come out with printed waist capes and pauldrons.

More than the scalping issue which is the case for a lot of things in the Lego space, I don't see why clones all of a sudden don't have kamas as they used to come with troops that had them, for example, the arc trooper from 2012. I genuinely don't understand how in a $700 set one of the two figs can't have a small piece of cloth that is show accurate never mind the dam helmet hole in the right place. I know it's seen as a petty gripe by a lot of people but for the amount of money Lego is charging for the Venator combined with the fact they had it right in 2012 I feel like it's a justified take. 

Honestly considering how much Lego wants to stick to printed kamas and MOST DEFINITELY heard us complaining about it, AND that they make capes for other lines AAAAAAND that they still make fabric capes for star wars characters like vader. It leads me to one real conclusion. The lego designers have bad taste, and genuinely just printed kamas looks better.

Anyway, I'll always recommend third party companies for kamas and pauldrons. They're much much cheaper than dealing with the bricklink hive of worm eating, diseased goblins who think an official kama is worth like $7. They're generally better quality than the lego ones anyway.

[Balrogofmorgoth]

I actually really don’t mind all the studs on the ISD. I mean, it is lego. I kinda want it to look like lego 

[Agent Kallus]

Next magazine after stormtrooper is armprinting C-3po with a gonk sidebuild.I think that's pretty good.

[BrickBob Studpants]

48 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

I actually really don’t mind all the studs on the ISD. I mean, it is lego. I kinda want it to look like lego 

In the „studs vs tiles“ war, I‘m picking a third side: greebling

[Yperio_Bricks]

12 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

Next magazine after stormtrooper is armprinting C-3po with a gonk sidebuild.I think that's pretty good.

Yeah, that's really good! I skipped the scout trooper and will skip the storm trooper but C-3PO and the gonk i'll pick up  

[Mandalorianknight]

10 hours ago, kidtheboss611 said:

I'd say it is a big thing for collectors, and the scalping of those items will be a more common theme that spills over if more clones after Rex and Fox come out with printed waist capes and pauldrons.

More than the scalping issue which is the case for a lot of things in the Lego space, I don't see why clones all of a sudden don't have kamas as they used to come with troops that had them, for example, the arc trooper from 2012. I genuinely don't understand how in a $700 set one of the two figs can't have a small piece of cloth that is show accurate never mind the dam helmet hole in the right place. I know it's seen as a petty gripe by a lot of people but for the amount of money Lego is charging for the Venator combined with the fact they had it right in 2012 I feel like it's a justified take. 

The kamas is an issue to me, as the prints look so much worse and it's an example of something we had that was taken away, but I still don't get the helmet holes gripe, much less as it being worse than the lack of a kama. The holes are higher up to allow for the visors and kamas to fit on p2 troopers, and the customization is more than worth the little holes IMO. 

As opposed to the kamas being printed, which not only looks worse but discourages customization...

3 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

When will the 2024 thread get created? 

Unlike the other licensed themes, it's anyone's guess beyond "latter half of 2023"

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

In the „studs vs tiles“ war, I‘m picking a third side: greebling

greebling on the flat grey panels? You've chosen a side of heretics. 

[McMurder_them_softly]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

In the „studs vs tiles“ war, I‘m picking a third side: greebling

I second this motion. I feel that filly tiled looks the worst. Some tiles to add surface detail looks the best and I think the ISD is one of the best examples of this. Hoping the Venator employs the same. 

[Old Master]

Ahsoka T-6 Shuttle review:

• Her Lekku is the same material as the past two versions
• Ahsoka sets are apparently for sale at some Target stores already 
• This set, aside from figures, seems to be a let down

[McMurder_them_softly]

2 minutes ago, Old Master said:

Ahsoka T-6 Shuttle review:

• Her Lekku is the same material as the past two versions
• Ahsoka sets are apparently for sale at some Target stores already 
• This set, aside from figures, seems to be a let down

Glad I did not preorder it and just the Ghost. 

[Displayedaction]

HellotheRex has review of the gunship and I gotta say I still prefer the 2014 Shock helmets the red printing just looks better/more crisp.Gunship looks good from all angles imo only gripe is that it feels kind of empty without a command center/speeder to put in it.

[ArrowBricks]

I think the T6 Shuttle aesthetically is great. The figures are also strong. (can’t decide if I like the Droid as a figure…)

The problem is, it feels lacking in multiple areas: play features, small cockpit, underside of wings. Couple that with the price, and I’m unsatisfied. Good one to get on discount that’s for sure.  

There is also a review of the new Gunship, and I think it looks pretty decent. (check HelloThereRex YouTube) Again, it has one too many issues for my liking: Fox epitomises Lego laziness, the stud shooters are off putting (admittedly easy to fix), and the Gunship is lacking play features compared to its predecessors. I can’t understand why we don’t have a small side-build that fits into either the compartments at the front or at the back of the Gunship. 

Admittedly, I’ve gotten over my Pilot issue with the set, but I do think it should have had an extra Shock Trooper. 

I’ve seen other reviews of the E-Wing set and I think I’m happy with it. 

Just The Ghost to go…fingers crossed. 

7 minutes ago, Displayedaction said:

HellotheRex has review of the gunship and I gotta say I still prefer the 2014 Shock helmets the red printing just looks better/more crisp.Gunship looks good from all angles imo only gripe is that it feels kind of empty without a command center/speeder to put in it.

Was typing my post as you posted this and didn’t see. My sentiments exactly.