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

[Agent Kallus]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Prayer circle for Rebel Friend

Honestly I don't think an official one would be much better than the purists one can make easily enough, don't curse me but I'd rather him not proitised.

2 minutes ago, Matichado said:

We do have a figure list for Yavin? I just read up there that there are 15 figures I guess I’m outdated on that thing so sorry, regarding the 5 501st troopers, if they are including 15 FIGURES in a Yavin 4 set which fair enough I expect a lot of troopers on a potential gunship

 

edit: I know it’s to wishlisty I even stated so but one is free to dream amiright?

I'd rather any gunship put it's budget into properly closing doors than 5 extra generic clones. But I don't think we are getting a gunship this wave anyhow.

 

[McMurder_them_softly]

5 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

The old helmet is dead. Let it go.

What is considered the old helmet? Just curious. 

1 minute ago, Agent Kallus said:

I'd rather any gunship put it's budget into properly closing doors than 5 extra generic clones. But I don't think we are getting a gunship this wave anyhow.

I never understood the attention to doors on the gunship, thought they have all been fine, except the UCS one which is pretty good. Just my take. Wondering if someone can help me understand, thanks!

[Matichado]

12 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

Honestly I don't think an official one would be much better than the purists one can make easily enough, don't curse me but I'd rather him not proitised.

I'd rather any gunship put it's budget into properly closing doors than 5 extra generic clones. But I don't think we are getting a gunship this wave anyhow.

 

Tbh I much prefer the movie gunship looks more like an assault transport with those turrets

18 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

The old helmet is dead. Let it go.

I beg to disagree they used the old helmet on hunter, there is a chance they still use it, either way I don’t mind that much the new helmet tho I do prefer to old one.

[ArrowBricks]

33 minutes ago, Matichado said:

Here’s my prediction for each set: 

I love your enthusiasm, but I have to agree with @Retro Brick Reviews (apart from Fleet Troopers we agree haha;)) 

This will never happen. 

However, I’d love to see your ideas in the “Future Star Wars Sets” thread on this forum! 

 

 

In other news, considering the remake of the UCS X-wing, are we anticipating another UCS re-release in October? 

For that piece count and price it has to be a Death Star or something like a Super Star Destroyer. 

Edited February 23, 2023 by ArrowBricks

[McMurder_them_softly]

3 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

In other news, considering the remake of the UCS X-wing, are we anticipating another UCS re-release in October? 

For that piece count and price it has to be a Death Star or something like a Super Star Destroyer. 

Does it seem like too many pieces for a Death Star? Just a gut check for me. 

[ArrowBricks]

14 minutes ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

Does it seem like too many pieces for a Death Star? Just a gut check for me. 

Probably, yeah. 

[Fulcrumfan91]

I think the big set in October is a big Endor set. Idk, a hunch on my part. As for the clone helmets....what's wrong with the current ones? I think they're absolutely fine

[Khargeust]

I'm sure it will be an MBS and not a UCS because we haven't had a giga play set since the 2020 release of the Mos Eisley Cantina, and also because there are currently enough large UCS ships available (plus the X-wing that is coming in may).
They're going to go even further with something bigger. Jabba's Sail Barge or an Endor set. I don't see anything else that sticks in terms of timing.

Edited February 23, 2023 by Khargeust

[AD_Bricks]

52 minutes ago, Matichado said:

We do have a figure list for Yavin? I just read up there that there are 15 figures I guess I’m outdated on that thing so sorry, regarding the 5 501st troopers, if they are including 15 FIGURES in a Yavin 4 set which fair enough I expect a lot of troopers on a potential gunship

 

edit: I know it’s to wishlisty I even stated so but one is free to dream amiright?

We know 11 of the figures, so there are 1-4 unknowns.

I think the problem is that we aren't supposed to wishlist here. There's a separate thread for that.

46 minutes ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

What is considered the old helmet? Just curious. 

The piece without accessory holes?

34 minutes ago, Matichado said:

I beg to disagree they used the old helmet on hunter, there is a chance they still use it, either way I don’t mind that much the new helmet tho I do prefer to old one.

They only used the old helmet on hunter because they reused the whole figure from the year prior. Any new stuff they make is gonna use the new piece, and even returning clones will likely get the new mould when the old ones are old enough (e.g. Crosshair).

[Matichado]

59 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

I love your enthusiasm, but I have to agree with @Retro Brick Reviews (apart from Fleet Troopers we agree haha;)) 

This will never happen. 

However, I’d love to see your ideas in the “Future Star Wars Sets” thread on this forum! 

 

 

In other news, considering the remake of the UCS X-wing, are we anticipating another UCS re-release in October? 

For that piece count and price it has to be a Death Star or something like a Super Star Destroyer. 

Tbh I can’t see the 1083 pieces set being any other thing, tho maybe a bad batch set, I’m still very hopeful it will be a gunship probably with lesser figures tho

Edited February 23, 2023 by Matichado

[ArrowBricks]

44 minutes ago, Fulcrumfan91 said:

I think the big set in October is a big Endor set. Idk, a hunch on my part. 

I’d love it to be, but I can’t see that piece count for an Endor set. 

10 minutes ago, Matichado said:

Tbh I can’t see the 1083 pieces set being any other thing, tho maybe a bad batch set, I’m still very hopeful it will be a gunship probably with lesser figures tho

Trust me, there’s loads of existing options let alone new ones with new media. It makes no sense to release a Gunship in September.

If we were getting a Gunship we’d know about it now. It would have been leaked because it’s a huge hype set. 

[NoOneOfImportance]

17 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

I’d love it to be, but I can’t see that piece count for an Endor set. 

Depends what they did with it. Include a Bunker and Ewok Village, as well as a bunch of trees and an AT-ST and you could easily get that many parts.

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Rogue One minifigs are too much to ask for, but a non-canon meme character from a 17-year old game isn’t?

2 hours ago, FoggyFate said:

Don’t get your hopes up for anything more than extra pilots and fleet troopers.

Fine by me. More figs the better, even if they are repeats. 

Lack of honor guard is definately a miss for the set, but it still sounds great overall.

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

Honestly I don't think an official one would be much better than the purists one can make easily enough, don't curse me but I'd rather him not proitised.

Of course, I was joking. I wouldn't realistically expect or want him to show up in anything other than a polybag, since as much as I love the guy, he isn't canon.

[Retro Brick Reviews]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Of course, I was joking. I wouldn't realistically expect or want him to show up in anything other than a polybag, since as much as I love the guy, he isn't canon.

Canon is but a point of view, Anakin. The canon and the memes are similar in almost every way, including their usage in LEGO sets.

[Legofan2001]

The price per piece seems way too awful to be a Death Star,Endor,or vehicle (unless it’s a remake of the UCS Super Star Destroyer) I’m sticking with this D2C being either a MBS Geonosis Arena or more likely MBS/UCS Sail Barge. 

[QuiggoldsPegLeg]

9 hours ago, Retro Brick Reviews said:

There literally aren't "generic pilots", every pilot from the Battle of Yavin is a named character with a unique helmet lol

I guess since it’s based on A New Hope we’re less likely to get an unnamed pilot, since Lego has created plenty of unnamed rebel/resistance pilots, but all of the X-Wing pilots have had names so far. (Or at least clearly been a specific character if not named on the box.)

[omegabadbatch]

set with 1083 pieces in semptember is skeleten crew ship I think

[Fulcrumfan91]

1 minute ago, omegabadbatch said:

set with 1083 pieces in semptember is skeleten crew ship I think

I was thinking this too, yeah

 

9 minutes ago, Legofan2001 said:

The price per piece seems way too awful to be a Death Star,Endor,or vehicle (unless it’s a remake of the UCS Super Star Destroyer) I’m sticking with this D2C being either a MBS Geonosis Arena or more likely MBS/UCS Sail Barge. 

There's no way it's a Geonosis Arena, as sick as that'd be. Sail barge maybe. I still think it'll be an Endor thing. 

[Agent Kallus]

5 hours ago, Matichado said:

Tbh I much prefer the movie gunship looks more like an assault transport with those turrets

I beg to disagree they used the old helmet on hunter, there is a chance they still use it, either way I don’t mind that much the new helmet tho I do prefer to old one.

If you are begging then beg, but to quote retrobrick quoting me vaguely quoting Ben solo ‘Let the past die.’

4 hours ago, AD_Bricks said:

We know 11 of the figures, so there are 1-4 unknowns.

I think the problem is that we aren't supposed to wishlist here. There's a separate thread for that.

The piece without accessory holes?

They only used the old helmet on hunter because they reused the whole figure from the year prior. Any new stuff they make is gonna use the new piece, and even returning clones will likely get the new mould when the old ones are old enough (e.g. Crosshair).

Yeah this is exactly the thing with old helmet and Hunter.

5 hours ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

What is considered the old helmet? Just curious. 

I never understood the attention to doors on the gunship, thought they have all been fine, except the UCS one which is pretty good. Just my take. Wondering if someone can help me understand, thanks!

I’d take any system scale gunship, but I’d prefer fully closing doors.

4 hours ago, Matichado said:

Tbh I can’t see the 1083 pieces set being any other thing, tho maybe a bad batch set, I’m still very hopeful it will be a gunship probably with lesser figures tho

Then you lack imagination, there are dozens of things it could be, part of me suspects we don’t know about it because it’s something we don’t know about yet. I mean there could be other reasons we don’t know, maybe it’s a retailer exclusive or maybe there’s another retailer exclusive set that we don’t know anything about yet… I mean I’d also like a gunship don’t get me wrong and Lego would be foolish if they don’t make one relatively soon.

49 minutes ago, Fulcrumfan91 said:

I was thinking this too, yeah

 

There's no way it's a Geonosis Arena, as sick as that'd be. Sail barge maybe. I still think it'll be an Endor thing. 

They might’ve gone back on it but at one I’m sure that at somepoint one of our reliable sources said the autumn UCS was the sail barge.

3 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

 

 

Of course, I was joking. I wouldn't realistically expect or want 

this is the part where I pretend I knew that all along.

Edited February 23, 2023 by Agent Kallus

[Retro Brick Reviews]

58 minutes ago, Legofan2001 said:

The price per piece seems way too awful to be a Death Star,Endor,or vehicle (unless it’s a remake of the UCS Super Star Destroyer) I’m sticking with this D2C being either a MBS Geonosis Arena or more likely MBS/UCS Sail Barge. 

Firstly, awful PPP is the norm for LEGO Star Wars, not an exception. Have you forgotten that Yavin is 1000 pieces for $160? If it's an MBS with 20 or so minifigs, the PPP fits in line with past sets (2016 Death Star was 4016 for $500, 2020 Cantina is 3187 for $400). Any big MBS playset with 5200 pieces could be $650.

Secondly, a Geonosis Arena for $650 would make no sense, it's 3 big animals with an arena backdrop and some columns for prisoners. A playset of $150-$200 would make much more sense, especially considering that a D2C display model would be obliged to at least somewhat adequately fill the stands of the arena, whereas a playset would both have much less space to fill and have no such obligation to fill it adequately.

Thirdly, we already KNOW it can't be a Sail Barge (so I'd really appreciate if people could stop bringing it up). All the leaked survey sets were shown in their current states at the time the survey was made. We know this because the sets we know 100% are coming very soon (Rivendell and Snow White) were complete and fully decorated, while sets we know aren't coming until 2024 at least (Barad-dur and the HP D2Cs) were in earlier stages. With that said, the leaked Sail Barge was in an incredibly primitive state, and therefore there's no way they could have a model finished up by this September to release. It's not the Sail Barge, full stop.

[Legofan2001]

13 minutes ago, Retro Brick Reviews said:

Firstly, awful PPP is the norm for LEGO Star Wars, not an exception. Have you forgotten that Yavin is 1000 pieces for $160? If it's an MBS with 20 or so minifigs, the PPP fits in line with past sets (2016 Death Star was 4016 for $500, 2020 Cantina is 3187 for $400). Any big MBS playset with 5200 pieces could be $650.

Secondly, a Geonosis Arena for $650 would make no sense, it's 3 big animals with an arena backdrop and some columns for prisoners. A playset of $150-$200 would make much more sense, especially considering that a D2C display model would be obliged to at least somewhat adequately fill the stands of the arena, whereas a playset would both have much less space to fill and have no such obligation to fill it adequately.

Thirdly, we already KNOW it can't be a Sail Barge (so I'd really appreciate if people could stop bringing it up). All the leaked survey sets were shown in their current states at the time the survey was made. We know this because the sets we know 100% are coming very soon (Rivendell and Snow White) were complete and fully decorated, while sets we know aren't coming until 2024 at least (Barad-dur and the HP D2Cs) were in earlier stages. With that said, the leaked Sail Barge was in an incredibly primitive state, and therefore there's no way they could have a model finished up by this September to release. It's not the Sail Barge, full stop.

The Snow White cottage was definitely not finished considering the dwarfs didn’t look anything like them . A UCS Geonosis Arena doesn’t have to be JUST the Arena it could also include the caves,droid factory,CIS meeting room,Obi Wan’s prison cell,and even the control room with the Death Star plans.  

[Fulcrumfan91]

10 minutes ago, Retro Brick Reviews said:

Firstly, awful PPP is the norm for LEGO Star Wars, not an exception. Have you forgotten that Yavin is 1000 pieces for $160? If it's an MBS with 20 or so minifigs, the PPP fits in line with past sets (2016 Death Star was 4016 for $500, 2020 Cantina is 3187 for $400). Any big MBS playset with 5200 pieces could be $650.

Secondly, a Geonosis Arena for $650 would make no sense, it's 3 big animals with an arena backdrop and some columns for prisoners. A playset of $150-$200 would make much more sense, especially considering that a D2C display model would be obliged to at least somewhat adequately fill the stands of the arena, whereas a playset would both have much less space to fill and have no such obligation to fill it adequately.

Thirdly, we already KNOW it can't be a Sail Barge (so I'd really appreciate if people could stop bringing it up). All the leaked survey sets were shown in their current states at the time the survey was made. We know this because the sets we know 100% are coming very soon (Rivendell and Snow White) were complete and fully decorated, while sets we know aren't coming until 2024 at least (Barad-dur and the HP D2Cs) were in earlier stages. With that said, the leaked Sail Barge was in an incredibly primitive state, and therefore there's no way they could have a model finished up by this September to release. It's not the Sail Barge, full stop.

Agree with all these points

2 minutes ago, Legofan2001 said:

The Snow White cottage was definitely not finished considering the dwarfs didn’t look anything like them . A UCS Geonosis Arena doesn’t have to be JUST the Arena it could also include the caves,droid factory,CIS meeting room,Obi Wan’s prison cell,and even the control room with the Death Star plans.  

Even with that 

 

3 minutes ago, Legofan2001 said:

The Snow White cottage was definitely not finished considering the dwarfs didn’t look anything like them . A UCS Geonosis Arena doesn’t have to be JUST the Arena it could also include the caves,droid factory,CIS meeting room,Obi Wan’s prison cell,and even the control room with the Death Star plans.  

Maybe? But still very very unlikely. I wouldn't get my hopes up on this tbh

[Legofan2001]

3 minutes ago, Fulcrumfan91 said:

Agree with all these points

Even with that 

 

Maybe? But still very very unlikely. I wouldn't get my hopes up on this tbh

Oh I’m definitely not considering 2022 was the year to do it but late than never 🤷‍♂️

[Techam]

Another reason I doubt the fall $650 D2C will be a sail barge is the price-point... I don't know if it is iconic enough to warrant something of that size.  How much could you add to the old playset that would be of substance?  The Pit of Carkoon, a skiff, tons of figs, some more detail, sure, but I don't see how it could sell for more than $300.  It is worth noting that the UCS Star Destroyer just retired, so maybe that is making room for another capital ship like the Executor as someone said earlier here.  It has been over 10 years since that one came out.  However, I don't know if they would make a SSD smaller than the SD.  Also if the SD was 4000 or so parts for $700, I don't know if  they could make a Venator for 5000 parts and $650.  There must be a lot of small parts and details in that thing.  Maybe it really could be a Death Star mega playset?  At the risk of sounding wishful, I wonder if a Venator and Invisible Hand could come in one set for that price point and part count.  Probably not, but we have had pitifully few prequel UCS sets.  Butif they did do something like that... then you are a bold one, Lego. ;)

[Fulcrumfan91]

11 minutes ago, Techam said:

Another reason I doubt the fall $650 D2C will be a sail barge is the price-point... I don't know if it is iconic enough to warrant something of that size.  How much could you add to the old playset that would be of substance?  The Pit of Carkoon, a skiff, tons of figs, some more detail, sure, but I don't see how it could sell for more than $300.  It is worth noting that the UCS Star Destroyer just retired, so maybe that is making room for another capital ship like the Executor as someone said earlier here.  It has been over 10 years since that one came out.  However, I don't know if they would make a SSD smaller than the SD.  Also if the SD was 4000 or so parts for $700, I don't know if  they could make a Venator for 5000 parts and $650.  There must be a lot of small parts and details in that thing.  Maybe it really could be a Death Star mega playset?  At the risk of sounding wishful, I wonder if a Venator and Invisible Hand could come in one set for that price point and part count.  Probably not, but we have had pitifully few prequel UCS sets.  Butif they did do something like that... then you are a bold one, Lego. ;)

Ooooh a SSD would also be a reference to RotJ. So...there's that too I guess?