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

[Classic_Spaceman]

29 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Consider yourself lucky that you specified the plushie thing, or you’d be in deep poodoo right now  Or who knows, maybe the anniversary sets all come with minifig plushies

Loophole: @Mandalorianknight's exact wording was that he would eat the plushie if the only KOTOR "LEGO product" is a Malak plushie; as Malak is appearing in a buildable R2-D2, I would argue that he would not count as a "product" (since the entire set is the product, not just a single Minifig/bonus plushie). Had Malak been released alone, or had @Mandalorianknight said "KOTOR representation" (or something of that nature), he may be in trouble! 
 

1 minute ago, CallumPears said:

Saw some people were wondering whether Malak would reuse a mould from the new Ultron in the Avengers Tower set. Looks like that's a confirmed no as the Ultron in that set just has a standard minifig head. 

Yep; new mould confirmed, then? I really cannot see Malak looking good with just a printed head. 

2 minutes ago, CallumPears said:

Still annoyed at myself for not getting more of the loyalists when they were in the magazines. 

To be fair, that version was quite uncommon in the show; the Mandalorian Fleet Commander is a better approximation of the generic TCW Death Watch Mandos. 
 

[Duke27]

18 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

To be fair, that version was quite uncommon in the show; the Mandalorian Fleet Commander is a better approximation of the generic TCW Death Watch Mandos. 

Is it so? I have some loylists in my army and i thought to use the Fleet Commander as "Сommander" of them, but now i'm not sure if i do right. Aren't there any of marks that tell us about special role of the Fleet commander? 

[Classic_Spaceman]

9 minutes ago, Duke27 said:

Is it so? I have some loylists in my army and i thought to use the Fleet Commander as "Сommander" of them, but now i'm not sure if i do right. 

While not as easy to spot as the light grey helmet Mando, the Loyalist can be seen in a variety of Death Watch scenes (including many of the same scenes as LGH Mando). 

12 minutes ago, Duke27 said:

Aren't there any of marks that tell us about special role of the Fleet commander? 

The Fleet Commander Minifig is just based on a random guy who took command of the light cruiser during the retaking of Mandalore after Axe Woves went to the surface. There is nothing particularly special about him (and he is still currently unnamed!). 
 

[Duke27]

1 minute ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

The Fleet Commander Minifig is just based on a random guy who took command of the light cruiser during the retaking of Mandalore after Axe Woves went to the surface. There is nothing particularly special about him (and he is still currently unnamed!). 

Ok , so if this red line on his torso doesn't mean the rank, then it's a good choice to build the army of DW. Thanks 

[Classic_Spaceman]

2 minutes ago, Duke27 said:

Ok , so if this red line on his torso doesn't mean the rank, then it's a good choice to build the army of DW. Thanks 

Those lines are just grooves and a light on his armour; plenty of Mandos have them (such as the Fetts and the base Death Watch warrior from TCW). 
It is a very good choice for an army-builder - You are welcome! 
 

Edited October 16, 2023 by Classic_Spaceman

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Loophole: @Mandalorianknight's exact wording was that he would eat the plushie if the only KOTOR "LEGO product" is a Malak plushie; as Malak is appearing in a buildable R2-D2, I would argue that he would not count as a "product" (since the entire set is the product, not just a single Minifig/bonus plushie). Had Malak been released alone, or had @Mandalorianknight said "KOTOR representation" (or something of that nature), he may be in trouble! 

We'd still have to have a Malak Plushie in that instance. Note the wording implies that even if Renown was just lying for some reason and we got no KOTOR products at all, I wouldn't have to eat anything.

 

Is the droideka labeled as 18+? And if not, who do you think we'll see with it? Both leaked figs are heavy hitters so far, so I'd be surprised if it ended up being someone like Shmi. It also seems like they're making them almost deliberately unrelated to the set they're appearing in (Fives would have made much more sense in the droideka set than the Tantive IV, and honestly would have made more sense with R2 than Malak does too)

[NeutralNoodle]

31 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Is the droideka labeled as 18+? And if not, who do you think we'll see with it? Both leaked figs are heavy hitters so far, so I'd be surprised if it ended up being someone like Shmi. It also seems like they're making them almost deliberately unrelated to the set they're appearing in (Fives would have made much more sense in the droideka set than the Tantive IV, and honestly would have made more sense with R2 than Malak does too)

I was gonna say Cal Kestis but just realized he would kind of fit with the droideka since he fights them in Jedi: Survivor, so he would probably be in a different set if they include him. Maybe Saw Gerrera? Those two are on my wishlist but since they’re including Legends characters, I honestly have no clue who we could expect. 

[Yperio_Bricks]

5 hours ago, GlacierPhoenix said:

Looks like next year we're getting a kids activity book with the Mandaloran Fleet Commander from the Fang Fighter. Nice to get that in an affordable way.

I was sure he would come with the magazine because it's one of those figures they like to pick for those. Guess i was not too far off

[Flawless Cowboy]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Is the droideka labeled as 18+? And if not, who do you think we'll see with it? Both leaked figs are heavy hitters so far, so I'd be surprised if it ended up being someone like Shmi. It also seems like they're making them almost deliberately unrelated to the set they're appearing in (Fives would have made much more sense in the droideka set than the Tantive IV, and honestly would have made more sense with R2 than Malak does too)

Droideka is 18+

My vote is for Boushh Leia, unless the one unknown diorama set is indeed Jabba’s Palace

[Gavino]

1 hour ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

Droideka is 18+

My vote is for Boushh Leia, unless the one unknown diorama set is indeed Jabba’s Palace

I wouldn't be surprised if Lego does this. They already had the figure designed for the diorama and unlike the rest of the figures in that set she can't be reused for the UCS Sail Barge

[Matichado]

I sent it to the actual forum

Edited October 19, 2023 by Matichado

[MKJoshA]

4 hours ago, Matichado said:

I’m not sure if I’ve already done this but here are my predictions for what we are going to get in the summer to celebrate the 25th aniversario some Ahsoka sets and more:

August 1st: 

1) stormtrooper battlepack retailing for 22$ with 2 stormtroopers a death trooper and a scout trooper being a remake of the 2017 set plus a aniversary Minifig being sith eternal Darth Sidious the build would be an updated weird walker from the 2017 set.

22$ first order stormtrooper battlepack: 2 rise of skywalker style FO Troopers a flame trooper and a they fly now trooper(jokes aside I love them in bf2 the best atrial period) the build would be the LIUV from the sith eternal set and would be a remake of the 2017 set also the bonus Minifig would be a queen amidala 

A 30$ A wing Star fighter being smaller than the 2017 one but larger than the juniors one figures would be an A wing Pilot, admiral Ackbar a rebel ground crew member and Kanan Jaarus as the aniversary Minifig

110$ Poes X wing Starfighter vs FO Tie Fighter

Being a remake of both sets respectively the minifigs would be: Rey, kylo Ren, a tie pilot bb8 and Poe dameron and the special fig would be mon mothma the ships would be based on the 2021 models of their OT predescesors and the Tie would be the regular variant and not the special forces variant 

100$ ARC 170$ vs vulture droids the figs being oddball 2 p3 clone pilots and an astromech droid plus darth Nihilus as the aniversary figure it would be marketed as a remake of the tri fighter vs arc 170 combo set from 05 and the arc 170 would be larger than the 2021 x wing but a tad bit shorter

160$ Ensor bunker with: Leía, Han, 3po, 2 rebel soldiers 2 stormtroopers a scout trooper, 2 imperial officers and Chewbacca plus 2 Ewoks  the builds would be basically the same as 2009. And the aniversary Minifig would be a Gold Darth Vader

And 140$ Clone Juggernaut Tank marketed as a remake of the 2005 one figs would be: Luminara Unduli commander Gree 3 41st elite corps Scout Troopers: 2 181st armored division clone troopers and 2 b2 battledroids plus Alpha 17 as the figure of the 25th aniversary the juggernaut would be a bit bigger than 2016 would come with an AT RT and can fit 6 figures in the troop bay

September:

155$ Republic Gunship (YES I MEAN IT EVEN THO THEY RELEASED ONE THIS YEAR) based on Ahsoka with: Anakin in cw armor young Ahsoka, p1 Rex 3 p1 clone troopers and 2 p1 501st troopers the gunship would be 1 stud larger in all dimensions and would have the bubble turrets and archway since it’s a live action gunship and would come with some Craits and a med bed to place an injured trooper 

180$ Chimera with: Thrawn, Ezra, Enoch 3 undead troopers and an undeath trooper would be a very rugged ISD and it would have a lot of I terror space 

And lastly an 80$ AT AP

with: Ayala Secura, Commander Bly 3 327th troopers a 7th legion trooper a super battledroid and a battledroid and the aniversary figure would be Mara Jade Skywalker the set would also come with a spider droid 

And lastly there would be a 60$ homing spider droid with 3 b2 super battledroids 2 b1s and Commander Neyo and 2 91st recon corps troopers 

This is a great wishlist and should be posted in the wishlist thread. Not here.

[Gavino]

Are those workbook magazines with the Mando fleet commander only available in Europe?

[Agent Kallus]

4 hours ago, Gavino said:

Are those workbook magazines with the Mando fleet commander only available in Europe?

The magazines and the activity books are two different kettles of fish.

Magazines are only European countries as far as I know, ( I don't know if it's every European country either but I've got them from the UK, Germany and Denmark, but I'm pretty sure there also in most of western Europe and parts of eastern Europe).

The activity books I believe are more widespread.

[betaplayer]

7 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

The magazines and the activity books are two different kettles of fish.

Magazines are only European countries as far as I know, ( I don't know if it's every European country either but I've got them from the UK, Germany and Denmark, but I'm pretty sure there also in most of western Europe and parts of eastern Europe).

The activity books I believe are more widespread.

For some reason they are not in Flanders / the Netherlands. But otherwise they are indeed available throughout most of Europe. 

[Yperio_Bricks]

From the publisher's program for the next year:

[Gavino]

On 10/17/2023 at 7:00 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

From the publisher's program for the next year:

<snip>

If only they did a Douku figure instead, would have been so much better. I guess they only do reuses tho

Edited October 19, 2023 by MKJoshA
Please don't quote photos

[Matichado]

On 10/17/2023 at 12:59 AM, MKJoshA said:

This is a great wishlist and should be posted in the wishlist thread. Not here.

Doing it right away

[Matichado]

Question: do we know the other figures that will be in the Kelleran Beq set? Jedi bricks said 2 shock troopers is this confirmed? I’m personally very much hoping to at the very least get 2 501st troopers (preferably 3) since they are not currently on shelves and I think it makes sense to have them instead of shockies and regs that come in the battlepack

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 minute ago, Matichado said:

Question: do we know the other figures that will be in the Kelleran Beq set?

Nothing’s been confirmed so far. It should come with an anniversary figure too though, or so I hope

[ArrowBricks]

49 minutes ago, Matichado said:

Question: do we know the other figures that will be in the Kelleran Beq set? Jedi bricks said 2 shock troopers is this confirmed? I’m personally very much hoping to at the very least get 2 501st troopers (preferably 3) since they are not currently on shelves and I think it makes sense to have them instead of shockies and regs that come in the battlepack

It makes the most sense to have atleast one standard 501st legion clone trooper especially because they have not been released with the helmet holes. (Only specialists thus far) 

I think they’ll include 2, if they do. That is even with the likely anniversary figure.  

Edited October 19, 2023 by ArrowBricks

[Hhalcyon]

Please god no more 501st clones.

How to 501st clones in 2023/24:

1. Buy 332nd Battlepack
2. Buy 501st Battlepack
3. Swap the helmets
4. You're welcome.
5. no need for more 501st clones in sets
6. please lego no, no god please no more blue boys please.

If you want non-helmet hole clones,

1. lego's not going to make them again,

2. they're very cheap anyway

3.the 501st battlepack clones actually have a more accurate helmet print which is something to consider.

[Flawless Cowboy]

13 hours ago, Matichado said:

Question: do we know the other figures that will be in the Kelleran Beq set? Jedi bricks said 2 shock troopers is this confirmed? I’m personally very much hoping to at the very least get 2 501st troopers (preferably 3) since they are not currently on shelves and I think it makes sense to have them instead of shockies and regs that come in the battlepack

It makes no sense to re-release 501st regs when they JUST retired after being on shelves for three years. No business sense. Waste of precious fig slots. 

[Llewop]

501st should not be in the Grogu escape set. The only exception is if it a named character or a variant we haven’t had before. Realistically though my money is shock troopers. We normally get new trooper in an expensive set (gunship) and then following year in a cheaper set 

[ArrowBricks]

4 minutes ago, Llewop said:

501st should not be in the Grogu escape set. The only exception is if it a named character or a variant we haven’t had before. Realistically though my money is shock troopers. We normally get new trooper in an expensive set (gunship) and then following year in a cheaper set 

The newest super battle pack has a Shock Trooper coming.