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

[CloneCommando99]

Do we know whether the young Leia set is definitely a creature build? 
 

If not, watch it be something awesome like a Rex’s Y-wing. It’s the only way people are gonna buy that set. I don’t think enough kids and adults alike would actually want a Young Leia.

[Rwbricks]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Do we know whether the young Leia set is definitely a creature build? 
 

If not, watch it be something awesome like a Rex’s Y-wing. It’s the only way people are gonna buy that set. I don’t think enough kids and adults alike would actually want a Young Leia.

As far as I know, it is still supposed to be a creature. Even if it were not, though, I do not think this summer would be the time to release Rex’s Y-wing. With the microfighter coming out in June, a full-sized one would need a really good hook to get people to buy it. 

[Old Master]

2 hours ago, Rwbricks said:

As far as I know, it is still supposed to be a creature. Even if it were not, though, I do not think this summer would be the time to release Rex’s Y-wing. With the microfighter coming out in June, a full-sized one would need a really good hook to get people to buy it. 

Idk about that logic, plenty of ships have been out with their micro fighter companions. Rex's Y-Wing kind of speaks for itself if you ask me, especially since it would presumably come with at least 2-3 more figures than a micro.

Also, Brick Clicker addressing the BS reddit post earlier doubling down on the legitimacy of the Dark Falcon and Jedi Bob's Starfighter.

[PsychoBuilder]

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

If not, watch it be something awesome like a Rex’s Y-wing. It’s the only way people are gonna buy that set. I don’t think enough kids and adults alike would actually want a Young Leia.

...I don't think we know enough about the set to really make this kind of judgement yet, really.

[PreVizsla]

2 hours ago, Old Master said:

Idk about that logic, plenty of ships have been out with their micro fighter companions. Rex's Y-Wing kind of speaks for itself if you ask me, especially since it would presumably come with at least 2-3 more figures than a micro.

There is not a single example I could find where the micro fighter figure was as wanted as Rex and then at the same time available in a bigger set.

I could not imagine the Justifier, Imperial Light Cruiser or even AT-TE doing well with Cad Bane, Moff Gideon and Commander Cody in micro fighters at the same time and I would even argue AT-TE with 4 clones, spider droid and 3 battle droids is a bigger draw than Y-Wing and whatever else they can put in it.

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, Old Master said:

Idk about that logic, plenty of ships have been out with their micro fighter companions. Rex's Y-Wing kind of speaks for itself if you ask me, especially since it would presumably come with at least 2-3 more figures than a micro.

But the biggest draw of both sets would be Rex. Lego knows how much he's worth, and I tell you now, if both are availible, one of those sets is NOT selling.

6 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

If not, watch it be something awesome like a Rex’s Y-wing. It’s the only way people are gonna buy that set. I don’t think enough kids and adults alike would actually want a Young Leia.

I really don't get why people want Rex's Y-wing so bad. Beforehand I just thought it was because it was guaranteed to come with Rex, but we'll have him in a $13 set. As for the Y-wing itself, I don't get why people wouldn't rather have the standard republic coloration. We see rex's Y-wing, like, twice, and neither time in combat. I don't get why it's requested more than your standard GAR or separatist hardware.

I'm not saying it's a horrible choice or something, I just legitimately don't see why it's so requested.

[NoOneOfImportance]

50 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

But the biggest draw of both sets would be Rex. Lego knows how much he's worth, and I tell you now, if both are availible, one of those sets is NOT selling.

I really don't get why people want Rex's Y-wing so bad. Beforehand I just thought it was because it was guaranteed to come with Rex, but we'll have him in a $13 set. As for the Y-wing itself, I don't get why people wouldn't rather have the standard republic coloration. We see rex's Y-wing, like, twice, and neither time in combat. I don't get why it's requested more than your standard GAR or separatist hardware.

I'm not saying it's a horrible choice or something, I just legitimately don't see why it's so requested.

To address the first point, I think that sales of one or the other would certainly be impacted some, but at the same time, for kids who just really want the fig, they are going to be far more easily persuaded by (and far more easily buy) a $13 microfighter than a $60+ Y-Wing. If this was a situation where an exclusive selling point fig from a $170 set was in a $13 set, that would be one thing, but a $13 set versus $60-$80 set isn't going to impact sales of the other as much (as something like Cad Bane from the Justifier being in a microfighter, etc.). 

And I would agree. Some of this comes from me not being as much of a TCW fan as others (just never watched enough of it), but at the end of the day, I'd much rather have another Anakin Y-Wing than a blue one that rarely shows up. The figs that would be more of a draw for people will be or have been in cheap sets of late (Ahsoka, Rex, etc.), and while characters like Jesse would be cool, I don't think that fig justifies creation of an $80 set (of something barely seen).

Edited March 31, 2024 by NoOneOfImportance

[Llewop]

3 hours ago, PreVizsla said:

There is not a single example I could find where the micro fighter figure was as wanted as Rex and then at the same time available in a bigger set.

I could not imagine the Justifier, Imperial Light Cruiser or even AT-TE doing well with Cad Bane, Moff Gideon and Commander Cody in micro fighters at the same time and I would even argue AT-TE with 4 clones, spider droid and 3 battle droids is a bigger draw than Y-Wing and whatever else they can put in it.

I think the point was more you can have a micro fighter and a system scale fighter out at the same time. We had the mando N1, slave 1, millennium falcon all in recent years having both out at the same time 

3 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

But the biggest draw of both sets would be Rex. Lego knows how much he's worth, and I tell you now, if both are availible, one of those sets is NOT selling.

I really don't get why people want Rex's Y-wing so bad. Beforehand I just thought it was because it was guaranteed to come with Rex, but we'll have him in a $13 set. As for the Y-wing itself, I don't get why people wouldn't rather have the standard republic coloration. We see rex's Y-wing, like, twice, and neither time in combat. I don't get why it's requested more than your standard GAR or separatist hardware.

I'm not saying it's a horrible choice or something, I just legitimately don't see why it's so requested.

I feel like as we are going to have Rex in the cheapest set possible atm we don’t necessarily need a big y wing. If anything if they are going to do any starfighter from the prequels I’d rather a new arc170 

[Mandalorianknight]

55 minutes ago, Llewop said:

I feel like as we are going to have Rex in the cheapest set possible atm we don’t necessarily need a big y wing. If anything if they are going to do any starfighter from the prequels I’d rather a new arc170 

EXACTLY! We haven't had an ARC-170 in 14 years, and it's a much more prominent clone-wars era vehicle!

3 hours ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

To address the first point, I think that sales of one or the other would certainly be impacted some, but at the same time, for kids who just really want the fig, they are going to be far more easily persuaded by (and far more easily buy) a $13 microfighter than a $60+ Y-Wing. If this was a situation where an exclusive selling point fig from a $170 set was in a $13 set, that would be one thing, but a $13 set versus $60-$80 set isn't going to impact sales of the other as much (as something like Cad Bane from the Justifier being in a microfighter, etc.). 

And I would agree. Some of this comes from me not being as much of a TCW fan as others (just never watched enough of it), but at the end of the day, I'd much rather have another Anakin Y-Wing than a blue one that rarely shows up. The figs that would be more of a draw for people will be or have been in cheap sets of late (Ahsoka, Rex, etc.), and while characters like Jesse would be cool, I don't think that fig justifies creation of an $80 set (of something barely seen).

I don't necessarily disagree, but I still feel that regardless of whether or not it'd be as much as cad bane in a microfighter alongside the $170 justifier or something, putting a highly desirable fig in a microfighter and then releasing a full-sized version of the set shortly after is going to hurt the sales of that full-sized set fairly significantly.

[ToaDraco]

So I thought about what the buildable creature could be that young Leia would come with and my best guess would be a Lothcat. That just makes the most sense to me. 

I'm glad to see other leakers come out and nip that nonsense in the bud about the fake falconfan post. Yes, the dark Falcon and Jedi Bob Starfighter still sound ridiculous and while I would have preferred more canon sets, I'm still very intrigued and excited for something almost completely new. I really hope Jedi Bob's Starfighter is a wild color, like teal.

[BrickBob Studpants]

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

[…] putting a highly desirable fig in a microfighter and then releasing a full-sized version of the set shortly after is going to hurt the sales of that full-sized set fairly significantly.

Unless the full-sized one came with another desirable minifig  It‘s a bit of a moot point though since there‘s nothing indicating the set is not gonna be a buildable creature, as rumoured

3 hours ago, ToaDraco said:

I'm glad to see other leakers come out and nip that nonsense in the bud about the fake falconfan post.

Exactly. This whole sting operation conspiracy idea is just ridiculous  As silly as these two sets sound (they even made me laugh out loud when the rumours started), they are infinitely more plausible than that alleged conspiracy.

[PreVizsla]

10 hours ago, Llewop said:

I think the point was more you can have a micro fighter and a system scale fighter out at the same time. We had the mando N1, slave 1, millennium falcon all in recent years having both out at the same time 

Yes you can have it, but if the figure is the main draw then one of those two won't sell. Mando was in 10 sets since 2019 and most of them were super affordable and Rex was only in one 
$650 set since 2013.

Let's say in 2025 LEGO makes Queen Amidala after 12 years of fans waiting and asking for her. She ends up in a $10 Naboo Royal Starship micro fighter and at the same time in a $90 Gungan sub with Obi, Qui-Gon and Jar-Jar. There is no way that sub set is selling well with that micro fighter on the market unless they put Boss Nass or some other highly desirable figure in it.

[CloneCommando99]

21 hours ago, Rwbricks said:

As far as I know, it is still supposed to be a creature. Even if it were not, though, I do not think this summer would be the time to release Rex’s Y-wing. With the microfighter coming out in June, a full-sized one would need a really good hook to get people to buy it. 

I didn’t actually mean Rex’s Y-Wing specifically just as an example. I was just saying that the set is probably going to be something really awesome by itself if Lego expects it to sell well with Young Leia as an anniversary figure.

 

On another note. Do you guys think we could get some August wave updates tomorrow? Last year we got updated information on the swamp speeder (it was revealed to be 332nd) and Yavin play-set (we got the full fig-list) as well as the September wave. And the year before that it was revealed that Cody and the 212th would be in the AT TE around April 1st.

[PsychoBuilder]

20 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

On another note. Do you guys think we could get some August wave updates tomorrow? Last year we got updated information on the swamp speeder (it was revealed to be 332nd) and Yavin play-set (we got the full fig-list) as well as the September wave. And the year before that it was revealed that Cody and the 212th would be in the AT TE around April 1st.

Seems unlikely. I don't think the AT-TE info came out on April first, and Promobricks got some criticism for leaking the actual list as a double-fake-out April fools day gag. I have a feeling they won't do it again, and it seems kinda pointless to do the same joke two years in a row. I also think it worked particularly well last year since many of those sets (the UCS Venator, the Ghost, Republic Gunship) have been heavily requested online for a well, so it seemed kind of like a wish list leak wave. But then again, I'm willing to be surprised. 

[Mandalorianknight]

4 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Exactly. This whole sting operation conspiracy idea is just ridiculous  As silly as these two sets sound (they even made me laugh out loud when the rumours started), they are infinitely more plausible than that alleged conspiracy.

While these specific ones were supported by enough reliable leakers to be trustworthy, it's not like lego hasn't done similar things before. It wouldn't have been out of the question.

[Llewop]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I didn’t actually mean Rex’s Y-Wing specifically just as an example. I was just saying that the set is probably going to be something really awesome by itself if Lego expects it to sell well with Young Leia as an anniversary figure.

 

On another note. Do you guys think we could get some August wave updates tomorrow? Last year we got updated information on the swamp speeder (it was revealed to be 332nd) and Yavin play-set (we got the full fig-list) as well as the September wave. And the year before that it was revealed that Cody and the 212th would be in the AT TE around April 1st.

I still think we’ve already got a similar amount of info the equivalent of what the April fools leaks were from last year. Not to say we won’t get more info but feel like we’ll be hearing more about the June wave and the UCS reveal before seeing/hearing exact figure list and descriptions of the August wave

[TeddytheSpoon]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

While these specific ones were supported by enough reliable leakers to be trustworthy, it's not like lego hasn't done similar things before. It wouldn't have been out of the question.

Have they? (Genuinely curious)

[Flawless Cowboy]

Infiltrator fully leaked. Amazing finish, covered technic holes, no stud shooters, retractable landing gear, brick-built play features including dropping probe droid functions, remotely activated spring shooters, a speeder bike sliding into the cockpit, no stickers? Yeah this is a great set, THIS is a cool toy. Where was this ingenuity with the Gunship? Only complaint is no hood for Maul and the bloodfin’s backseat should be a bit taller but I think it’s shortened to fit inside. The ship looks a bit pregnant but it accommodates the droids so I’m fine with that too. Honestly the best all-round playset we’ve gotten in a while in my opinion, pending an in-hand build. It doesn’t have an ugly angle and most importantly, it looks to be FUN. 

[Kaijumeister]

Yeah I concur, I’m definitely sold on the set even if I’m not a fan of some of the compromises, might even be my favourite Lego rendition of the Infiltrator.

The Saw minifigure looks much better in those lifestyle photos, seems that the packaging render has exaggerated the green colouring. Also a fantastic Forest Whitaker likeness with the face print.

[Minishark2000]

I am not sure why you guys are so hyped about it, imo these images make it even worse. That middle ridge on the infiltrator looks AWFUL!

Saw looks great though, the green isn't so bad imo

Edited April 1, 2024 by Minishark2000

[NoOneOfImportance]

26 minutes ago, Minishark2000 said:

I am not sure why you guys are so hyped about it, imo these images make it even worse. That middle ridge on the infiltrator looks AWFUL!

Saw looks great though, the green isn't so bad imo

I'm mixed. I think it's certainly the best infiltrator we've gotten in a lot of ways, but even the best version has a lot of issues... Especially the middle ridge and the fact that the top of the cockpit is too low..

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

Have they? (Genuinely curious)

IIRC they worked with a blog to get "leaks" of an uncharted set to LAN members. I believe it was the blog's idea, but when they reached out to lego they were 100% on board.

31 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

Yeah I concur, I’m definitely sold on the set even if I’m not a fan of some of the compromises, might even be my favourite Lego rendition of the Infiltrator.

Totally agree. I love the way they store the bloodfin.

[Displayedaction]

Strange they didn’t give maul his cape and hood I think all the other infiltrators had them included.The hood especially since he had it on until naboo.I like the shaping and size of the ship alot, looks more like a personal ship.The 2011 version I thought was way too flat and dull looking and the 2015 a bit too chunky.

[JohnTPT17]

Qui-gon and Ani look good, and I like that Saw's green is darker than first impressions made him look. Maul's cataract eyes are a miss, though. I don't really have any opinions on the ship either, since I don't really care about it. I feel like if the price was a little cheaper, or if it had another minifigure or two, it would move a lot more units. As-is, though, I think it will be stuck on store shelves.

[Mandalorianknight]

32 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said:

Qui-gon and Ani look good, and I like that Saw's green is darker than first impressions made him look. Maul's cataract eyes are a miss, though. I don't really have any opinions on the ship either, since I don't really care about it. I feel like if the price was a little cheaper, or if it had another minifigure or two, it would move a lot more units. As-is, though, I think it will be stuck on store shelves.

I dunno about that. I can't remember the last playscale set I've seen shelfwarm in this theme, exempting the justifier. The walmart near me right now had a couple AT-TEs for $112, but as soon as I bought one they brought the price back to $140, and I'm in a more rural area at the moment.

Actually, come to think of it, I don't remember if I ever saw the justifier warm shelves. I know it did- I've seen the sales others have gotten on it- I just don't think I ever saw it myself.

Edited April 1, 2024 by Mandalorianknight