22 hours ago, mirkwoodspiders said:

I wonder: does the release of a UCS Jango's Slave 1 decrease the value of 75060? Or raise it? Boba's ship stays exclusive, but then again you get basically the same guts and frame with a new paint job with Jango's. 

I thought about this too, and I’m leaning toward the 2015 Slave 1 seeing a substantial bump in price. I don’t think many will be so willing to swap the parts to Boba’s paint job when there’s already been a dedicated UCS set. Plus, from my purely anecdotal and uninformed view, it feels like dark red curved slopes are much harder to come by as opposed to similar ones in dark blue; similarly, sand green tiles are harder to find than yellow or LBG tiles.

I could also see many collectors wanting both models to compare the difference across 10 years.

Then there’s the likelihood that “Slave 1” will be censored, as has been previously mentioned. Either way of the debate in which you lie, a censorship would make that 2015 Slave 1 plaque much more expensive.

In summation, I really wish I bought that 2015 beauty sooner.

 

Speaking of beauties, I’m glad that Plo’s starfighter is real and on schedule (on program) for next June! Can’t wait to see the figures included, although I’m just glad that Plo Koon is making a comeback. (I still want Kit Fisto in the ARC-170 even though I know that isn’t happening.)

3 hours ago, Horation said:

wasn't particularly relevant (as in, it didn't tell us anything about the character we didn't already know)

Man this is quite possibly the worst ship to choose for "the name doesn't tell us anything about the character" - there was a whole story behind the name that tells us a hell of a lot about Jango and who he was.

Also, I've never got this "why do you guys care that it's being changed" - why would they care enough to change it in the first place?

23 minutes ago, Swordy said:

Speaking of beauties, I’m glad that Plo’s starfighter is real and on schedule (on program) for next June! Can’t wait to see the figures included, although I’m just glad that Plo Koon is making a comeback. (I still want Kit Fisto in the ARC-170 even though I know that isn’t happening.)

Never more than twelve (system sets in a year now)

I hope Plo gets a new mold- it's been long enough it'd probably count as a new one even if they just recreated it, though I'm not sure if being rubber changes anything.

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Edited September 30, 2024Sep 30 by Horation
pointer-based redaction

4 minutes ago, Horation said:

???

The story might tell us a lot about Jango, but I fail to see how changing the ship's name would ruin his characterisation, also I haven't read that story, is it cannon?

I don't know why they'd change it, probably just that they decided that "slave" is no longer as marketable or something, but I'm sure some post on the circlejerk subreddit will get 200-300 upvotes and you will herald it as proof that I'm wrong...

A quote from Hawkeye in Avengers Endgame

1 hour ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

Didn’t this guy disappear? And when has he ever been reputable as a leaker?

He took a break, he's not the most reputable but he's not untrustworthy either

3 hours ago, Legofan2001 said:

Lifebricks 3 sets remain yet to be revealed. 
 

One of them he says has potential to be one of the best sublines for LSW

 

one of “was obviously going to happen” but will split the fan base due to one of the figures 

 

the other choice is a “wild choice” at least for the era figure is based on and should bring for a great figure. 

Youtuber serves up a bunch of clickbait with no actual information purely to drive speculation ie. engagement. What does this need to be posted?

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I hope Plo gets a new mold- it's been long enough it'd probably count as a new one even if they just recreated it, though I'm not sure if being rubber changes anything.

They better make a new mould, the old one’s printing rubbed off so easily, plus it’s a bit cartoony. At the very least I’d hope they’d make it out of the harder rubber that they’ve used for Yoda and most rubber-headed characters since ~2013, rather than the soft rubber they used for the original Plo, Clone Wars Yoda, and Kit Fisto. 

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I hope Plo gets a new mold- it's been long enough it'd probably count as a new one even if they just recreated it, though I'm not sure if being rubber changes anything.

He really needs a complete redesign. The original head mold has always been terrible right from its release with how squished it was. It would be nice to finally have a Plo Koon figure that hasn't been trapped in a trash compactor.

I'm definitely excited by the prospect of a new Plo Koon head piece. The old rubber heads have not aged well and the proportions were way off, especially with the pointy bits on his mask being huge. A new, dual-molded, hard plastic piece would be excellent. I would love for Kit Fisto to get the same treatment someday too.

If it wasn't for the likelihood that this is intended to be a RotS set, I would also love to see arm printing for him based on his Clone Wars look with the gauntlets but I suppose they could still do it if they also put Wolffe in the set and make it a set that kinda works for both CW and RotS. It's not like LEGO hasn't done something like that before.

Edited September 27, 2024Sep 27 by ToaDraco

According to davebricks, who I think we can say is quite reliable now, there will be a battlepack in the June wave.
 

Please let it be Army Troopers. It would work so well with the U-Wing.

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I know lego isn't super accurate with rank tiles all the time, but I don't think they're gonna turn around and use Thrawn's torso for Dedra.

I was thinking of Krennic‘s torso (or rather a slight update of it since it‘s obviously not in circulation anymore), but only just realised the different rank insignia  As I‘ve said before, I never pay much attention to those colourful rectangles  (And of course I realise Krennic outranks her by a hurge margin by virtue of being the director, but that‘s what the majestic cape is for, no? )

So yeah, she‘d have a new torso print. Still not super exciting to me personally.

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Please let it be Army Troopers. It would work so well with the U-Wing.

I‘d rather have those than yet another CT battlepack, but my vote goes to a Nighttrooper one!

Edited September 27, 2024Sep 27 by BrickBob Studpants

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I‘d rather have those than yet another CT battlepack, but my vote goes to a Nighttrooper one!

Seconded, this would be the perfect opportunity to reintroduce the Death Trooper (still has one of the best minifigure helmets ever made IMO), and we’ve seen from this year that Lego aren’t afraid of creating new moulds for a battle pack, so Enoch would be perfect too.

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I was thinking of Krennic‘s torso (or rather a slight update of it since it‘s obviously not in circulation anymore), but only just realised the different rank insignia  As I‘ve said before, I never pay much attention to those colourful rectangles  (And of course I realise Krennic outranks her by a hurge margin by virtue of being the director, but that‘s what the majestic cape is for, no? )

Krennic is also not ISB; he is the director of Advanced Weapons Research, which is a branch of Imperial Intelligence and thus part of the Imperial military structure. Conversely, the ISB is a branch of COMPNOR, which is a “civilian” entity. 

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I‘d rather have those than yet another CT battlepack, but my vote goes to a Nighttrooper one!

We usually get at least one Clone pack each year, so I suspect that will hold true for 2025 as well (not judging based on a pattern, but on the fact that Clones sell!). While we are overdue for a 212th (with Airborne Trooper(s)) vs. Crab Droid pack, a Wolfpack one would fit well with Plo Koon’s JSF (especially if the set includes Wolffe). 
 

1 hour ago, Kaijumeister said:

Seconded, this would be the perfect opportunity to reintroduce the Death Trooper (still has one of the best minifigure helmets ever made IMO), and we’ve seen from this year that Lego aren’t afraid of creating new moulds for a battle pack, so Enoch would be perfect too.

I feel like we would have a better chance of getting a Night Trooper pack, Enoch, etc, whenever Ahsoka S2 comes out. 
 

58 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Krennic is also not ISB; he is the director of Advanced Weapons Research, which is a branch of Imperial Intelligence and thus part of the Imperial military structure. Conversely, the ISB is a branch of COMPNOR, which is a “civilian” entity. 

Whoops, I thought the ISB was a part of that, but I stand corrected then

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

We usually get at least one Clone pack each year, so I suspect that will hold true for 2025 as well (not judging based on a pattern, but on the fact that Clones sell!).

True. Maybe we‘ll get two battlepacks then?  I miss the times when four in a year was normal.

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Whoops, I thought the ISB was a part of that, but I stand corrected then

Don’t sweat it. It’s confusing.

Especially when you find out that Admrial Versio is ISB not Navy Intelligence.

Not sure where Grand Admirals fit into it. TBH.

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

True. Maybe we‘ll get two battlepacks then?  I miss the times when four in a year was normal.

Ah yes, better times when 4/ 6 main factions could get a BP in a year. Sometimes they’d even throw us a goofy BP (Jawas).

Those were the days, where have they gone?

Edited September 27, 2024Sep 27 by CloneCommando99

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Krennic is also not ISB; he is the director of Advanced Weapons Research, which is a branch of Imperial Intelligence and thus part of the Imperial military structure. Conversely, the ISB is a branch of COMPNOR, which is a “civilian” entity. 

According to Wookieepedia "Orson Callan Krennic (...) who served as Director of the Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research, which belonged to Imperial Intelligence and the Imperial Security Bureau during the Imperial Era. Additionally, he was the commander of the DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station up to the beginning of the Galactic Civil War."

55 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Don’t sweat it. It’s confusing.

Especially when you find out that Admrial Versio is ISB not Navy Intelligence.

Not sure where Grand Admirals fit into it. TBH.

Yes that's very true. Before his promotion to admiral Garrick Versio was apparently an ISB Inspector General (with a single row rank plaque of three red tiles followed by one blue) Also weird that Grand Moff's outrank Grand Admirals even though Grand Admirals have the flashy uniforms.

Luckily in Lego form we have an accurate torso for both Admiral Versio and now also Director Spiro Barsha leading the ISB covert intelligence division. I just really hope for an Andor set which gives us another ISB (or other officer) rank in the future. 

lol so apparently the random on discord who leaked many of these sets just admitted he was trolling. UCS Jango Slave I, Arc-170, Chopper, logo, Ahsoka starfighter and the U-Wing were corroborated by other reputable leakers but the summer battle pack, midi-scale Kylo Ren’s shuttle, AT-AT driver helmet, and Plo Koon’s starfighter are all unverified.

Edited September 27, 2024Sep 27 by Flawless Cowboy

At least UCS Slave 1 is safe.

What a loser that guy though

Edited September 27, 2024Sep 27 by Old Master

28 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

lol so apparently the random on discord who leaked many of these sets just admitted he was trolling. UCS Jango Slave I, Arc-170, Chopper, logo, Ahsoka starfighter and the U-Wing were corroborated by other reputable leakers but the summer battle pack, midi-scale Kylo Ren’s shuttle, AT-AT driver helmet, and Plo Koon’s starfighter are all unverified.

Wow, a lot of people are gonna be pretty upset. 

The Plo-Koon's fighter "leak" especially has already spread like wildfire and it'll take a lot more time for the news that it's (probably) fake to catch up.

22 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

He’s confirmed Plo Koon’s JSF is indeed coming, awesome! So it looks like there’ll be a wave between April and June with a few system sets at least.

Hang on is the Plo Starfighter still coming? He in the quote refers to Childish Landino, but I can't find the source for it

If he lied about the U-Wing I will personally send him to the Shadow Realm!

That‘s exactly why I don‘t listen to new „leakers“. At least nothing of value was lost

Can also verify the ARC-170, Ahsoka's Eta-2, Chopper, and title crawl logo. Seen with my own eyes.

3 minutes ago, Renown said:

Can also verify the ARC-170, Ahsoka's Eta-2, Chopper, and title crawl logo. Seen with my own eyes.

Thank the maker.

 

I’m sure hoping that DaveBricks wasn’t lying about the June Battlepack. It’s tricky as his info was a mixed bag of real and fake by the looks of it. It ends up hurting more than completely fake batches of information.

7 minutes ago, Renown said:

Can also verify the ARC-170, Ahsoka's Eta-2, Chopper, and title crawl logo. Seen with my own eyes.

Have you! Wow, lucky. Can’t wait to see them…