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

[Kaijumeister]

5 hours ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

I mean there’s ups and downs. The building techniques are getting better on average and arm printing is becoming more common, but at the same time they also have put out a lot of the atrocious new clone design and have opted for cheaping out or being careless when it comes to some easy choices for sets. 
 

I hope we get a new montral piece as well, although knowing Lego I really doubt we do. 

No denying they cut corners quite a lot, I agree. I’m just glad to see modern content from the shows and stuff from the Clone Wars / Prequels adapted into sets is all. 

But damn, we better get something with Cal Kestis this year. I have my fingers crossed that we got BD-1 last year as a compromise because they wanted to get System scaled sets out once Survivor releases. One can hope!

Agree with you all that it’s looking to be an expensive year outside of this theme anyway!

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

You’re right…I should just have it direct deposit to LEGO at this point. 

Related question. I have other expenses besides lego (shocking) that require my paycheck. Can I direct deposit one of my kidneys to lego as a sort of barter?

 

Also agree with @Kaijumeister that a Cal minifig is essential this year. 

[McMurder_them_softly]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Related question. I have other expenses besides lego (shocking) that require my paycheck. Can I direct deposit one of my kidneys to lego as a sort of barter?

 

Also agree with @Kaijumeister that a Cal minifig is essential this year. 

I’m sure they are happy to take organs of all kinds 

[Legofan2001]

By this point last year we had the entire summer leaked (minus the Kenobi sets) idk why Promobricks and others are moving at such a slow pace this year. 

[ForgedInLego]

38 minutes ago, Legofan2001 said:

By this point last year we had the entire summer leaked (minus the Kenobi sets) idk why Promobricks and others are moving at such a slow pace this year. 

I think they are trying to spread out big news over time, we just had some massive leaks and Rivendell just got revealed. Once traffic to those news sites dies down from all that, we'll get the summer list.

[ArrowBricks]

I’d be very surprised if we don’t hear more news next week. 

I’d expect clarification on the May sets, over the summer wave. But at the same time I’m fairly certain this is one of the longer times we have not heard anything in terms of set names, figures for the summer. 

At the end of the day prices, age ranges, piece counts all exist to us all. The set names exist in the leaker circle, it’s just a waiting game sadly for them.

Edited February 10, 2023 by ArrowBricks

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

I’d expect clarification on the May sets, over the summer wave.

Indeed! We still need a minifig list for the Mando sets. The pirate fighter is their chance to make up for the crime of not giving us a well-deserved Babu Frik figure back in 2019/20  Might not be him personally in Mando, but at least other Anzellans appear in the same scenes as the pirates/marauders who I assume the starfighter belongs to 

[wesker]

Rivendell has introduced an interesting solution to minifigures without articulated legs by providing a brick built alternative for when they're seated. I'm curious whether we'll see this used for Palpatine in the upcoming Death Star Throne Room diorama as well.

The figure is due for an update and a printed skirt would look much more movie accurate on both Palpatine and the Royal Guards than the combination of regular legs with a cape currently do.

[Agent Kallus]

On 2/10/2023 at 1:41 AM, Mandalorianknight said:

Related question. I have other expenses besides lego (shocking) that require my paycheck. Can I direct deposit one of my kidneys to lego as a sort of barter?

 

Also agree with @Kaijumeister that a Cal minifig is essential this year. 

Thought I was in the LotR thread for a second there.

On 2/10/2023 at 3:50 AM, McMurder_them_softly said:

I’m sure they are happy to take organs of all kinds 

Can't see a huge demand for appendix or spleen.

[Kaijumeister]

In light of the recent Marvel reveals, I’m crossing my fingers that the Star Wars summer wave doesn’t double down on non-System scale sets. The helmets and the occasional buildable droid here and there are more than sufficient.

Hopefully a full summer set list isn’t as far away as it seems.

[AD_Bricks]

On 2/11/2023 at 1:27 PM, wesker said:

Rivendell has introduced an interesting solution to minifigures without articulated legs by providing a brick built alternative for when they're seated. I'm curious whether we'll see this used for Palpatine in the upcoming Death Star Throne Room diorama as well.

Agreed. I'd like to see them try a Palpy figure with the dress piece instead of a cape and legs (with the alternate pieces for sitting down), just to see how people respond. Not sure if I'd love it personally, but people have made some nice purist customs of TROS Palpy with the dress piece, so I dunno.

[QuiggoldsPegLeg]

2 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

Agreed. I'd like to see them try a Palpy figure with the dress piece instead of a cape and legs (with the alternate pieces for sitting down), just to see how people respond. Not sure if I'd love it personally, but people have made some nice purist customs of TROS Palpy with the dress piece, so I dunno.

The dress piece definitely fits better, since he doesn’t have pant legs on the outside of his outfit. It’s just that up until this point it’s been more important to have him be able to sit down in sets than use a dress piece.
 

I feel like Palpatine with a cape is one of those weird Lego things we’ve all gotten used to that actually doesn’t make sense when you think hard and compare it to the source material, like Obi-Wan being a redhead. And it would be weird to see it change for the first time, but I’m sure we’d all get used to it after a bit, like the new Vader helmet mould. 

For the Royal Guards I feel like a fabric poncho would work better than a cape, since they’re another one of those characters that has a cape that doesn’t really make sense.

[CodFather1]

On 2/9/2023 at 10:46 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Not having high expectations, to be honest. Especially after that ominous hint by Promobricks

What ominous hint is this? Sorry, haven't really been keeping up with the Star Wars leaks at the moment.

[Agent Kallus]

16 minutes ago, CodFather1 said:

What ominous hint is this? Sorry, haven't really been keeping up with the Star Wars leaks at the moment.

(Paraphrasing as I don't remember exactly what they said) They said it will controversial and bring back some 'megablocks' that we'd all though they were done with?

Perhaps we will get buildable figures as it seems like we are getting quite a few in superheroes (Batman Captain America, Wolverine in addition to the current Mike's Morales, Peter Parker, Venom and Tony Stank), using system parts rather than CCBS but still.

Though I'd assume it was about the 9.99 sets so maybe they are rehashing the planets series ( but honestly I'd like that).

Edited February 12, 2023 by Agent Kallus

[CodFather1]

4 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

(Paraphrasing as I don't remember exactly what they said) They said it will controversial and bring back some 'megablocks' that we'd all though they were done with?

Perhaps we will get buildable figures as it seems like we are getting quite a few in superheroes (Batman Captain America, Wolverine in addition to the current Mike's Morales, Peter Parker, Venom and Tony Stank), using system parts rather than CCBS but still.

Though I'd assume it was about the 9.99 sets so maybe they are rehashing the planets series ( but honestly I'd like that).

Yeah, Given the small piece counts on the lower priced sets, which seem too large to consistently be CCBS, while also being priced to low for that (standard CCBS sets were around $25USD when they finished). I thinks it's reasonable to assume it's either the planets, a new wave of those "Action Battle Sets" from 2019, or a substantial number of the sets being 4+. That being said, it could also refer to the reintroduction of the dreaded Flick Fire Missiles for all we know.

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, CodFather1 said:

That being said, it could also refer to the reintroduction of the dreaded Flick Fire Missiles for all we know.

They were never really gone though

 

 

[CodFather1]

23 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

They were never really gone though

 

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That's what I meant. They only started showing up again this year being used for their original purpose(with the exception of Minecraft arrows and 4+ sets), and maybe Promobricks has yet to notice (however unlikely that may be.) In any case, I meant this more as a joke, although I do hate their existence as one of the ugliest projectiles lego has ever produced.

Edited February 13, 2023 by MKJoshA
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[Mandalorianknight]

15 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

In light of the recent Marvel reveals, I’m crossing my fingers that the Star Wars summer wave doesn’t double down on non-System scale sets. The helmets and the occasional buildable droid here and there are more than sufficient.

Hopefully a full summer set list isn’t as far away as it seems.

Isn't like half the wave made of gimmick sets of some type?

Luckily they can't be those stupid buildable figures the marvel sets are doing (due to being cheaper), but my money's on the horrifying return of Action Battle.

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

They were never really gone though

No one's ever really gone.

 

I'll be honest I don't get the flick missile hate. They aren't any more egregious than spring or stud shooters to me, and the projectiles at least look like missiles. (sure, they make 0 sense for lasers, but by that logic stud shooters only work when representing stun blasts or geonosian weapons.)

[BrickBob Studpants]

5 hours ago, CodFather1 said:

[…] a new wave of those "Action Battle Sets" from 2019, or a substantial number of the sets being 4+. 

I hope not. Neither of them aesthetically fit in with normal sets. I hope the gimmick is something new and the returning „BS“ just a small aspect of that 

[Legofan2001]

Speaking with two different respected sources the 15 dollar sets are NOT the return of figurepacks 😔

[AD_Bricks]

13 hours ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

For the Royal Guards I feel like a fabric poncho would work better than a cape, since they’re another one of those characters that has a cape that doesn’t really make sense.

Now I'm annoyed that they didn't update both Palpy and the guards for the 2020 duel set.

11 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

They said it will controversial and bring back some 'megablocks' that we'd all though they were done with?

I hadn't heard that second half of the sentence before now... and it makes me think it's ST stuff. Could totally be Action Battle sets or something, though.

[Mandalorianknight]

44 minutes ago, AD_Bricks said:

I hadn't heard that second half of the sentence before now... and it makes me think it's ST stuff. Could totally be Action Battle sets or something, though.

Doubt it's sequel sets. The price points of those 3-4 cheapest sets for a summer wave, that aren't battle packs, really makes me think it's a gimmick. 

On the other hand, I can't see it being Action Battle either. Even back in 2019 the cheapest sets they did were pretty small for $30. At $15, we'd get, like, one cannon and a tiny build. Plus, those sets sold horribly.

No idea what else it could be though. Like I said below, it might be a misunderstanding, in which case it's a new gimmick.

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I hope not. Neither of them aesthetically fit in with normal sets. I hope the gimmick is something new and the returning „BS“ just a small aspect of that 

Wait, hold on, didn't they say that for marvel too? (If so, mystery solved on that one, it's the buildable figures) Did they say it for both themes, or is this a misunderstanding?

[Agent Kallus]

Quite probably a misunderstanding on my part

[BrickBob Studpants]

11 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Wait, hold on, didn't they say that for marvel too? (If so, mystery solved on that one, it's the buildable figures) Did they say it for both themes, or is this a misunderstanding?

Oh, you‘re right!! The „old BS“ was about Marvel, hence the superjumper discussion, I forgot  Okay then, but I wouldn‘t call the buildable figures „old“ since we just got four of them last year

 

1 hour ago, Legofan2001 said:

Speaking with two different respected sources the 15 dollar sets are NOT the return of figurepacks 😔

Well, that was kinda obvious

[wesker]

15 hours ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

For the Royal Guards I feel like a fabric poncho would work better than a cape, since they’re another one of those characters that has a cape that doesn’t really make sense.

Even a poncho feels unnecessary for them. They really don't need any cloth attachments at all. Just a simple print that carries over from the torso to the skirt piece should be enough.