LEGO Star Wars 2024 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[JohnTPT17]

31 minutes ago, Rokswi said:

Brick Clicker and tandnbricks said it seemed to be a buildable lola

Nah... That doesn't sound right to me. Why have Young Leia as an Anniversary Figure, but then package her in a set that she already "matches" with? If they wanted to make a buildable LOLA with a Leia minifigure, that's one thing, but that makes more sense as an Obi-Wan Kenobi set, not an anniversary thing.

That, and if that set was a thing, that thing would rot on shelves. The stores around me still can't get rid of the Lola toys that released with the series - an expensive Lego version would be an even more difficult sell.

[KevinMD]

On 5/9/2024 at 11:41 AM, Flawless Cowboy said:

Def thought about that one as well, didn’t include it because technically they’re different colorways, but as a vehicle it’s up there with Luke’s landspeeder in the number of releases. Next year would be an excellent occasion to do a UCS Anakin’s Interceptor.

I doubt you meant ‘ship’ intentionally to exclude non starship vehicles like the atte or turbo tank, both of which are getting there, but I’ll point to a speeder bike.  Not a sexy pick but neither was Luke’s speeder and @Anio did a very nice job showing what could be done. 
 

also I think if you include poly bags the aat may be the winner.  But there aren’t a lot of notable vehicles that haven’t gotten the UCS treatment at this point, especially from the OT now that the barge is coming.

[Mandalorianknight]

58 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said:

That, and if that set was a thing, that thing would rot on shelves. The stores around me still can't get rid of the Lola toys that released with the series - an expensive Lego version would be an even more difficult sell.

It's also been long enough that lego knows how poorly it did. If we're all able to see Lola shelfwarm everywhere- and I do. She's the only star wars item there's more than one copy of at my local Walmart's clearance aisle- there's like 5. More hilariously, she's been shelfwarming at local discount retailers like Ross and Ollie's since at least christmas 2023- lego can see that too. 

I highly doubt it's Lola, though if it was the case (And I don't remember either of the mentioned leakers saying that it was), it would be one of the funniest moves by lego in a year that includes Darth Jar Jar, Jedi Bob, and a $13 Rex.

51 minutes ago, KevinMD said:

I doubt you meant ‘ship’ intentionally to exclude non starship vehicles like the atte or turbo tank, both of which are getting there, but I’ll point to a speeder bike.  Not a sexy pick but neither was Luke’s speeder and @Anio did a very nice job showing what could be done. 
 

also I think if you include poly bags the aat may be the winner.  But there aren’t a lot of notable vehicles that haven’t gotten the UCS treatment at this point, especially from the OT now that the barge is coming.

I think an AT-ST remake is also imminent, though I'd say 2026. I do think 2025 will have Anakin's ETA-2.

[Flawless Cowboy]

2 hours ago, KevinMD said:

I doubt you meant ‘ship’ intentionally to exclude non starship vehicles like the atte or turbo tank, both of which are getting there, but I’ll point to a speeder bike.  Not a sexy pick but neither was Luke’s speeder and @Anio did a very nice job showing what could be done. 
 

also I think if you include poly bags the aat may be the winner.  But there aren’t a lot of notable vehicles that haven’t gotten the UCS treatment at this point, especially from the OT now that the barge is coming.

Yeah I meant vehicles in general. The AT-TE is now up to four (five if you count Rex’s), and I think after the AT-AT it’s entirely possible for it to receive a UCS version. 
 

I didn’t consider speeder bikes because the smallest vehicle that Lego has given the UCS treatment is Luke’s Landspeeder. Never say never, but I don’t think Lego would ever reserve a $200+ slot for something like that. Luke’s speeder wasn’t very sexy but it certainly is iconic. 

[CloneCommando99]

With the Leakers getting so many things wrong this year… I’m praying it’s not a buildable creature and is a TPM battle of Naboo set. Which would make the AAT polybag make sense. It’s the only poly bag in the last 4 years that hasn’t had a real set of the same vehicle release in the same year.

[Llewop]

59 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

 

I think an AT-ST remake is also imminent, though I'd say 2026. I do think 2025 will have Anakin's ETA-2.

Past few years when Lego have remade sets they’ve based it off different versions the hoth AT-ST for example and ROTS AT-TE so if an imperial vehicle is due will they continue this trend? 

id like them to redo the walkers that featured in Rebels, or an imperial version of the republic tank (like in battlefront) just something different. 

I’m also going to contradict myself if they do a AT-ST soon would be nice if it was ROTJ one linked to a new bunker set 

[Flawless Cowboy]

Just now, Llewop said:

Past few years when Lego have remade sets they’ve based it off different versions the hoth AT-ST for example and ROTS AT-TE so if an imperial vehicle is due will they continue this trend? 

id like them to redo the walkers that featured in Rebels, or an imperial version of the republic tank (like in battlefront) just something different. 

I’m also going to contradict myself if they do a AT-ST soon would be nice if it was ROTJ one linked to a new bunker set 

I think he meant as a UCS set, and UCS remakes tend not to stray from the most popular version of a ship or vehicle. 
 

The AT-ST is a big staple of Star Wars and has been available as a play set in some form every year since 2016, until the Hoth variant retired last year. I suspect the next version would be a traditional Endor variant, which we haven’t had since 2009. 
 

If I was a clever marketer, I’d release an MBS Ewok Village set next year, and sell an AT-ST/Bunker set to “complete” the battle of Endor, kind of like how this year the skiff and its characters complement the pricey Sail Barge. That way kids don’t miss out on an iconic vehicle being locked behind an expensive set. 

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, Llewop said:

Past few years when Lego have remade sets they’ve based it off different versions the hoth AT-ST for example and ROTS AT-TE so if an imperial vehicle is due will they continue this trend? 

I meant UCS, so it'd be a normal AT-ST type.

[Classic_Spaceman]

6 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

He claimed he was referring to young leia, but to be honest, I think young leia just happened to fit all the clues (that actually made any sense), and the leaker was just spouting hints to keep people on the stream. (This also fits with one of the hints being "not a main character" and then having to do the mental gymnastics of "well, YOUNG Leia isn't a main character, just adult Leia")

Young Leia was not armed (“packing”), though, nor would be able to fight/beat Jango Fett. There were other hints that did not make sense for her as well, but I cannot remember them. 
 

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Young Leia was not armed (“packing”), though, nor would be able to fight/beat Jango Fett. There were other hints that did not make sense for her as well, but I cannot remember them. 
 

If I remember correctly, he did say it was an anniversary figure. (And for the people claiming he meant jedi bob, there was some other clue narrowing it down to characters who appeared in live-action, I think.)

Which is sort of my point- he was banking on SOME figure being released that fit most of the clues, and that people would forget the others. It's why I prefer leakers that just say what their info is straight up, or ones like Renown, who do use clues and riddles, but don't try to make some giant stream or do tons of hints for a single thing. It's just one or two clues, and they're specific enough that it's clear he knows what he's talking about. (Though the 1984 one still confuses me)

Edited May 14, 2024 by Mandalorianknight

[CloneCommando99]

6 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

(Though the 1984 one still confuses me)

I still think that the 1984 hint was referring to Rebuild the Galaxy having many characters change their affiliations. Much like Winston did when that quote was written in the book.

However it could also suggest that there will be an Andor S2 set with the ISB.

[Rokswi]

9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

나는 아직도 1984년 힌트가 많은 캐릭터가 소속을 바꾸는 은하계 재건을 언급하고 있다고 생각합니다. 그 인용문이 책에 쓰여졌을 때 윈스턴이 했던 것과 매우 흡사합니다.

그러나 ISB와 함께 Andor S2 세트가 있을 것이라고 제안할 수도 있습니다.

Rather, let's think it simple. Do you remember the list that tandnbricks released on April Fools' Day?

1. Simpson will return

2. Horizon isn't a one off

3. Lottr returns in 2025

4. Pokémon is coming

5. Endor is the next mbs

6. Indiana Jones will return

Perhaps Renown's 1984 quote to us means endor mbs, which will be released next year

[MKJoshA]

2 minutes ago, Rokswi said:

Rather, let's think it simple. Do you remember the list that tandnbricks released on April Fools' Day?

1. Simpson will return

2. Horizon isn't a one off

3. Lottr returns in 2025

4. Pokémon is coming

5. Endor is the next mbs

6. Indiana Jones will return

Perhaps Renown's 1984 quote to us means endor mbs, which will be released next year

Please don't repeat clear clickbait.

[Rokswi]

15 minutes ago, MKJoshA said:

명확한 클릭베이트를 반복하지 마십시오.

This is not a clickbait. All this information is becoming true at the moment. Simpson has been hinted by tandnbricks that there will be additional products and a minifigure series related to springfield coming up next year. Horizon has just had an article recently, so I think everyone knows. Also, with Rivendell in 2023 and Barad-dur in 2024, it may be a given that there will be a new Lord of the Rings product coming out in 2025. Pokémon were also recently hinted at something related to pikachu by maxbautde. I just made a post hoping it would be more helpful for us to speculate. I've just joined eurobricks. Really Sorry if there were any regulations I'm missing.

[JohnTPT17]

1 hour ago, Rokswi said:

Simpson has been hinted by tandnbricks that there will be additional products and a minifigure series related to springfield coming up next year.

Source? I didn't notice anything on @TandNbricks's Instagram. Not to mention the fact that a third Simpsons series makes zero sense - the second one bombed, and what interesting characters are left?

1 hour ago, Rokswi said:

Horizon has just had an article recently, so I think everyone knows.

That leak comes from a gaming leaker, which makes me think it has something to do with either Lego Fortnite, or Lego bonus items in a game, like the Sonic skins. Unless we hear more, I'm not going to assume we get any physical bricks.

1 hour ago, Rokswi said:

Also, with Rivendell in 2023 and Barad-dur in 2024, it may be a given that there will be a new Lord of the Rings product coming out in 2025.

That's a best an educated guess, not a leak until there's actual set numbers/descriptions.

1 hour ago, Rokswi said:

Pokémon were also recently hinted at something related to pikachu by maxbautde.

Again, source? This is the first I've heard of it.

I also haven't heard anything about the Indiana Jones theme coming back - heck, the rebooted sets haven't even retired yet!

So, yes, unless you can direct to more specific information, it's just clickbait - especially when most of it has nothing to do with Star Wars.

[TandNbricks]

1 hour ago, JohnTPT17 said:

Source? I didn't notice anything on @TandNbricks's Instagram. Not to mention the fact that a third Simpsons series makes zero sense.....

So, yes, unless you can direct to more specific information, it's just clickbait - especially when most of it has nothing to do with Star Wars.

I never said Simpsons S3 is coming. Secondly, the original "teaser" list/post wasnt clickbait, it was an April Fools Day, public story. 

Looking forward to the discussion getting back on track about Star Wars!

On 5/14/2024 at 10:25 AM, Rokswi said:

Brick Clicker and tandnbricks said it seemed to be a buildable lola

This was a guess. No one has publicly come out to rumor the context of the set. Most leakers don't know what the set is by the sound of it.

[KevinMD]

On 5/14/2024 at 2:16 PM, Flawless Cowboy said:

I didn’t consider speeder bikes because the smallest vehicle that Lego has given the UCS treatment is Luke’s Landspeeder. Never say never, but I don’t think Lego would ever reserve a $200+ slot for something like that. Luke’s speeder wasn’t very sexy but it certainly is iconic. 

That’s a good point - I could see a non-traditional release as a third offering at some point if a developer came up with a detailed design.

 

do like the idea of the ETA and atte in the near future tho!

[CloneCommando99]

Maybe the Young Leia (Coughing Baby) set really is an Acolyte set. That’s may be why we don’t know anything about it.

Or it’s just a Lego exclusive, hence why it’s been kept under wraps.

It’s weird we haven’t had any additional information on that set since January.

[MKJoshA]

14 hours ago, Rokswi said:

This is not a clickbait. All this information is becoming true at the moment. Simpson has been hinted by tandnbricks that there will be additional products and a minifigure series related to springfield coming up next year. Horizon has just had an article recently, so I think everyone knows. Also, with Rivendell in 2023 and Barad-dur in 2024, it may be a given that there will be a new Lord of the Rings product coming out in 2025. Pokémon were also recently hinted at something related to pikachu by maxbautde. I just made a post hoping it would be more helpful for us to speculate. I've just joined eurobricks. Really Sorry if there were any regulations I'm missing.

We try to keep this thread on track with substantiated rumors, not speculation. Very important to read the first post in this thread. Then you should be good with future comments.

13 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

So, yes, unless you can direct to more specific information, it's just clickbait - especially when most of it has nothing to do with Star Wars.

Excellent summary.

11 hours ago, TandNbricks said:

I never said Simpsons S3 is coming. Secondly, the original "teaser" list/post wasnt clickbait, it was an April Fools Day, public story. 

Looking forward to the discussion getting back on track about Star Wars!

This was a guess. No one has publicly come out to rumor the context of the set. Most leakers don't know what the set is by the sound of it.

To be clear, the click-bait I was referring to was not your original, April Fools post, but rather the insistence that such a list was proof of future Lego content.

[TandNbricks]

12 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

We try to keep this thread on track with substantiated rumors, not speculation. Very important to read the first post in this thread. Then you should be good with future comments.

Excellent summary.

To be clear, the click-bait I was referring to was not your original, April Fools post, but rather the insistence that such a list was proof of future Lego content.

I only made the one post for that day. Just like when Lan members teased a fake uncharted set, you have to take these things with grains of salt. I should also mention that if any of these unsubstantiated joke/rumors were to be true, that's awesome and we can say I was right all along 😂. (Just joking of course)

But to get this SW chat back about SW, I'd like to point out how hyped I am for the Cal kestis minifigure. Cheers!

Edited May 16, 2024 by TandNbricks

[Mandalorianknight]

15 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Maybe the Young Leia (Coughing Baby) set really is an Acolyte set. That’s may be why we don’t know anything about it.

Or it’s just a Lego exclusive, hence why it’s been kept under wraps.

It’s weird we haven’t had any additional information on that set since January.

I get the instinct to want it to be some more interesting and/or figure-scaled thing, but just like when people were saying it might be a BB Zillo beast, this is almost certainly not the case.

The other five anniversary figs are in skywalker saga sets, the non-skywalker saga sets don't have anniversary figs. I think C-3PO breaks the chain by not including one, but that's one exception, so it's still pretty likely the Young Leia set is skywalker saga based. I'd also say the fact we haven't heard anything about other figures implies there isn't anything new or interesting there, likely either nothing or a figure/figure-scaled brick build of the "buildable creature".

Aside from all that, we really have no reason to believe the buildable creature rumor is false.

Sometimes a Coughing Baby isn't concealing a Hydrogen Bomb. Sometimes it really is just a Coughing Baby.

2 hours ago, TandNbricks said:

I only made the one post for that day. Just like when Lan members teased a fake uncharted set, you have to take these things with grains of salt. I should also mention that if any of these unsubstantiated joke/rumors were to be true, that's awesome and we can say I was right all along 😂. (Just joking of course)

But to get this SW chat back about SW, I'd like to point out how hyped I am for the Cal kestis minifigure. Cheers!

I thought the LAN members were duped too, and Lego themselves were in on it?

I'm glad we're finally getting it, but I'm honestly really let down by the figure. No BD-1, no poncho, nothing really special about him unlike every other anniversary figure that's been officially shown as a product (Fives with cloth pauldron and arm printing, Saw with armor and special Cape, Malak with new mold)

[CloneCommando99]

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Sometimes a Coughing Baby isn't concealing a Hydrogen Bomb. Sometimes it really is just a Coughing Baby.

 

Fair enough. I am actually wondering whether Disney forced Lego to make Young Leia as an anniversary figure. There’s no way that the same people who chose hydrogen bombs like: Cal, Saw, Nien, Fives and Malak would willingly choose a Coughing Baby like Young Leia. Especially since if they really wanted to do a female character they logically should have gone for either: Mara Jade, Doctor Aphra, Agent Tini, Dedra Meero, Mara Jade, Merrin, Cere Junda, Mara Jade, Jaina Solo or maybe even Mara Jade.

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'm glad we're finally getting it, but I'm honestly really let down by the figure. No BD-1, no poncho, nothing really special about him unlike every other anniversary figure that's been officially shown as a product (Fives with cloth pauldron and arm printing, Saw with armor and special Cape, Malak with new mold)

I feel like Lego knows Cal’s popularity and they thought that he would make his set sell well whether he was very detailed or not. Combine that with the fact that a ISD would automatically be a bestseller and they wouldn’t actually need to put too much detailing.

I get why they didn’t include a poncho since Lego hasn’t made one as detailed as any of Cal’s before. However the lack of BD-1 is a war crime on Lego’s part. The redeeming quality of the figure is that he has a very detailed face print that portrays his scars very well.

I feel like if it was Survivor Cal Lego would have given him arm printing. It’s just that JFO Cal doesn’t really have any notable details on his arms whilst Survivor Cal has a Jedi Order symbol and other notable details on his arms.

Overall I quite like the Cal figure, but I do think that it could have been much better if Lego hadn’t been lazy.

[Kaijumeister]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Saw / Fives / Malak / Nien ate up most of the budget for the anniversary figures, given that both Cal and Leia have no specialised prints nor new moulds / elements of some sort like the others do. A new poncho element may have been challenging to make, but I feel the ponchos that were made for the 2015 Tydirium set were also pretty detailed, so it’s certainly not impossible.

What’s most annoying IMO is that with these figures being deemed unworthy of being in sets of their own, this is seemingly all we’re going to get for JFO / Survivor, and they couldn’t be bothered to do more with the figure - especially as it’s in one of the most expensive sets of the summer as well.

I guess the first batches of anniversary figures had such great quality that I raised my expectations too high. At the very least, I do hope Cal’s hair is bright orange (hard to tell from the lifestyle images) and this is just a case of the rendering looking poor like it did with Saw.

Edited May 17, 2024 by Kaijumeister

[PreVizsla]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Fair enough. I am actually wondering whether Disney forced Lego to make Young Leia as an anniversary figure. There’s no way that the same people who chose hydrogen bombs like: Cal, Saw, Nien, Fives and Malak would willingly choose a Coughing Baby like Young Leia. Especially since if they really wanted to do a female character they logically should have gone for either: Mara Jade, Doctor Aphra, Agent Tini, Dedra Meero, Mara Jade, Merrin, Cere Junda, Mara Jade, Jaina Solo or maybe even Mara Jade.

I don't think LEGO was forced to do anything. All the picks are really bad apart from Malak, not just Leia. (And even he is kinda niche) Let's not forget they said they only picked characters they didn't intend to ever make in minifigure form. I know a lot of OT fans are happy with Nien, but he could and should have been included in any Millennium Falcon or X-Wing set, old or upcoming. Fives could be included in any TCW set. We already have two wasted figure spots. Saw is even worse. Even if LEGO doesn't want to do Andor sets, why not just make a Rogue One set and include him? That's a really popular movie they haven't touched for 6 years. They could make an updated AT-ST walker or Imperial Assault tank, and give people Saw, a vehicle driver, and a death trooper. This is just judging the picking aspect, I am not even talking about how low quality these figures are.
It doesn't even have to be a list of niche comic characters; we don't even have figures for Shmi Skywalker, Yaddle, L3-37, Mother Talzin, Jocasta Nu, or Seventh Sister.

[ARC2149Nova]

1 hour ago, Kaijumeister said:

I wouldn’t be surprised if Saw / Fives / Malak / Nien ate up most of the budget for the anniversary figures, given that both Cal and Leia have no specialised prints nor new moulds / elements of some sort like the others do. A new poncho element may have been challenging to make, but I feel the ponchos that were made for the 2015 Tydirium set were also pretty detailed, so it’s certainly not impossible.

Five's couldn't possibly be on that list, unless you're talking about printing, he has no new molds and neither does Saw. Pauldrons and other fabric elements evidently don't cost Lego that much, seeing as how shoulder accessories are incredibly common. Malak and maybe Nien have new molds, but honestly, Cal nor Leia need them. Yes, it sucks that Cal has no poncho, but grab that Tatooine Luke that came in the Landspeeder from 2021 or so, and it's a decent substitute.

It's definitely lazy though, on Lego's part. Really, aside from name recognition, none of the anniversary figures feel special. Like you mentioned, it seemed like they just went for a bunch of fairly popular characters that could've been in any number of relevant sets on their own.