7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

While the show is still set during the High Republic, it's towards the era's end, so are Vectors still around by then? If so, that'd be a great set idea! Really cool design

Considering Vernestra Rwoh is in the show, it can’t be that much farther beyond the start of the High Republic comics/books. (Maximum a few decades.) Unless Mirialans age way slower than humans. So definitely not unreasonable for them to be around when similar versions of Y-wings and TIE/ln fighters lasted over 50 years.

(Not a spoiler for the show, since this is info announced last Star Wars Celebration, but I’ll spoiler it anyways.)

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Considering Vernestra Rwoh is in the show, it can’t be that much farther beyond the start of the High Republic comics/books. (Maximum a few decades.) Unless Mirialans age way slower than humans. So definitely not unreasonable for them to be around when similar versions of Y-wings and TIE/ln fighters lasted over 50 years.

 

(Not a spoiler for the show, since this is info announced last Star Wars Celebration, but I’ll spoiler it anyways.)

Force sensitive ones age slower, 

4 hours ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

(Not a spoiler for the show, since this is info announced last Star Wars Celebration, but I’ll spoiler it anyways.)

The Acolyte is reportedly set 100 years before TPM, making the spoiler character around

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years old, which makes sense  Do Vectors still appear in any of the stories the character‘s involved in?

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The Acolyte is reportedly set 100 years before TPM, making the spoiler character around

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years old, which makes sense  Do Vectors still appear in any of the stories the character‘s involved in?

Hmm, I guess it makes sense to make the human-like species’s lifespans longer so you can use them in more stories, like they did with Weequays and Hondo. 
 

Looking at Wookieepedia, the latest in the High Republic that the Vectors appear is 229 BBY so far, although there apparently are still a small number of functional Vectors at the Jedi Temple in 41 BBY when Obi-Wan is a padawan. 
 

So definitely possible to show up 97 years later in the Acolyte, but probably not too likely. 

1 hour ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

Looking at Wookieepedia, the latest in the High Republic that the Vectors appear is 229 BBY so far, although there apparently are still a small number of functional Vectors at the Jedi Temple in 41 BBY when Obi-Wan is a padawan. 
 

So definitely possible to show up 97 years later in the Acolyte, but probably not too likely. 

Yeah, I also found this when I looked it up in the meantime! So it's definitely possible Vectors appear in the show, but maybe not overly likely, and if they do, who knows if they're prominent enough to warrant a set. Then again, we got an E-Wing set for Ahsoka despite the vehicle's very limited screentime

Falcon Fan has taken down all the summer leaks he posted. It’s probably nothing. But for safety of your happiness I will recommend not fully expecting anything that’s leaked this summer. But once again I think he was just requested to take down the leaks by Lego. So don’t panic.

20 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

But once again I think he was just requested to take down the leaks by Lego. So don’t panic.

Yeah, smells like a takedown request! After all, other leakers backed it up as well

May 4th Promo confirmed to be a Battle Droid Carrier with 6-8 battle droids! Best Promo for May 4th of all time????????

Brickheadz confirmed to be 

Darth Maul,Qui-Gon,Captain Panaka,Queen Amidala,Kid Anakin,and JAR JAR BINKS!!!!!!

2 minutes ago, Legofan2001 said:

May 4th Promo confirmed to be a Battle Droid Carrier with 6-8 battle droids! Best Promo for May 4th of all time????????

...the May the 4th promo is a battle pack?! Can't say I saw that one coming

3 minutes ago, Legofan2001 said:

May 4th Promo confirmed to be a Battle Droid Carrier with 6-8 battle droids! Best Promo for May 4th of all time????????

Brickheadz confirmed to be 

Darth Maul,Qui-Gon,Captain Panaka,Queen Amidala,Kid Anakin,and JAR JAR BINKS!!!!!!

And the droideka comes with a minifigure scale one as well. Wonder if the design will be new

People are gonna be ordering like crazy to get multiples of the GWP carrier.

Brickheadz also revealed. Panaka is surprisingly in the lineup.

It’s the 25th anniversary of TPM, he’s in the branding, but Obi-Wan is not showing up in a single set. Maddening.

Well. That's a very weird may 4th promo that could have been a set but I won't complain! More droids!

15 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

People are gonna be ordering like crazy to get multiples of the GWP carrier.

Brickheadz also revealed. Panaka is surprisingly in the lineup.

It’s the 25th anniversary of TPM, he’s in the branding, but Obi-Wan is not showing up in a single set. Maddening.

Almost like Lego should’ve made a Duel of the Fates Diaroma and Naboo Royal Starcruiser.

Sounds like something that should just be a regular set TBH. 

the droideka minifigures is intriguing.  That set just doubled its sales with an exclusive minifig.  
 

promo is cool, but I’ll probably pass on spending big this year unless there is something more unique to it.  Cool that it is episode one based.  

Really excited for that Brickheadz pack now! Great selection of characters there. Queen Amidala and Jar-Jar will be great. 

May 4th Droid Carrier Promo sounds great. Feels like an actual set, which I prefer. If I was being a bit greedy, I’d have loved a Droid Commander (still could happen), or extra wishlistingy (great word, I know), a Nute Gunray. Can’t complain, though.  

Podrace Diorama news is a bit lacklustre. Subjectively, I’d have wanted 4-5 microscale Podrace and less focus on the terrain, but that is just me. 

That buildable Droideka is going to be superb, too! Can’t wait for May 1st to get the Droideka and the Brickheadz pack along with the promo. 

Now, I wait for the Sith Infiltrator. 

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36 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

Sounds like something that should just be a regular set TBH. 

Honestly yeah because IF they had made it a retail set it could’ve included battle attire Padme and Boss Nass.

What do we think the price threshold for the GWP will be? If it's around $100, decent chance I got for multiples. Any higher it'd be hard to justify, though.

4 hours ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

People are gonna be ordering like crazy to get multiples of the GWP carrier.

Are they? It's cool, but it is B1s. They aren't exactly rare. I'm not sure it'll drive people more than other years' promos.

 

I like the GWP, and probably should have held off on purchases until may, as it is something I'd like to have gotten. I don't want any of the may sets, so this'll be the first year in a few where I miss the promo for may 4th.

3 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

the droideka minifigures is intriguing.  That set just doubled its sales with an exclusive minifig. 

I don't think it's a minifig, I think it's a minifig-scale droidika. Though that's confusing too because they say "at last", but... haven't most droidikas been roughly figure-scaled? I always thought they were about the height of a minifig/droidikas in lore were about the height of a human, and a quick google puts them at 6ft/1.83m.

10 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

don't think it's a minifig, I think it's a minifig-scale droidika. Though that's confusing too because they say "at last", but... haven't most droidikas been roughly figure-scaled? I always thought they were about the height of a minifig/droidikas in lore were about the height of a human, and a quick google puts them at 6ft/1.83m.

Ah I misread that, thought he said minifig but you are right just mini fig scale, disregard then, hopefully they have a better design.

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Are they? It's cool, but it is B1s. They aren't exactly rare. I'm not sure it'll drive people more than other years' promos.

 

Not for the figs obviously, for the transport. 

17 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

Not for the figs obviously, for the transport. 

I don't think it'll have any new prints, and it's a pretty generic droid transport- it'll most likely just be a downsized version of the one they've done a few times already. My assumption is aside from the youtubers who are buying insane copies of sets anyway, most people who want a lot of droid transports would just bricklink the parts for ~$10-15 rather than spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars on sets they wouldn't otherwise be getting for a GWP. 

1 hour ago, Lordhelmet said:

Ah I misread that, thought he said minifig but you are right just mini fig scale, disregard then, hopefully they have a better design.

It's been a good chunk of time since our last droidika, I'm hoping they've come up with something using some newer parts. That 1l bar with the stud that they use to pose CMF figs feels like it could factor in somewhere, maybe to help mount the guns on it.

6 hours ago, Llewop said:

And the droideka comes with a minifigure scale one as well. Wonder if the design will be new

I absolutely hope so. Not a single LEGO Droideka has nailed the design in my opinion. They've all been way off and most are completely out of scale. The way this leak is worded makes me think there's a possibility that it might use some new specialized pieces to achieve a more faithful look and I would be ecstatic about that. Regardless, I'm very excited for this set since Droidekas are my favorite droids in all of Star Wars. Oh, and I would almost bet money on the legs for the minifig-scale figure utilizing the newer mech finger piece from the Marvel and Ninjago mechs.

 

As for the May 4th promo, that's actually a brilliant promo. No fomo from exclusive figures but still provides a great value to Star Wars fans while also tying in to the Phantom Menace anniversary. It's a great thing, so I fully expect all the usual youtube personalities to absolutely hate it. 

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4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

It's been a good chunk of time since our last droidika, I'm hoping they've come up with something using some newer parts.

We need a droideka that can actually ROLL. Some of the previous designs were decent, but with the parts that were introduced since then, a rolling function should finally be feasible!

Edited February 12, 20241 yr by BrickBob Studpants

Speaking of promos, anyone have any speculation on what the 25th anniversary promo coming with the sail barge is? Or more importantly who is in it?

Edited February 12, 20241 yr by CloneCommando99