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[CloneCommando99]

Anyone else think it’s weird that Lego made a brand new, highly detailed Quarren head mould in 2022 and haven’t used it since? I mean they could have easily made a Quarren rebel by now.

Edited June 6, 2024 by CloneCommando99

[ARC2149Nova]

Just now, CloneCommando99 said:

Anyone else think it’s weird that Lego made a brand new, highly detailed Quarren head mould in 2022 and haven’t used it since? I mean they could have easily made a Quarren rebel by now.

Not really. Lego does a lot of one-off molds. Annoying, yes, but not unusual.

[QuiggoldsPegLeg]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Anyone else think it’s weird that Lego made a brand new, highly detailed Quarren head mould in 2022 and haven’t used it since? I mean they could have easily made a Quarren rebel by now.

Not particularly, but it would be really weird if they don’t end up using it for Tessek to come with Jabba’s Sail Barge.

Especially since we haven’t really gotten random unnamend non-human Rebels in 2016, and there’s not really any sets that have come out recently that a Quarren could fit in.

[Classic_Spaceman]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Anyone else think it’s weird that Lego made a brand new, highly detailed Quarren head mould in 2022 and haven’t used it since? I mean they could have easily made a Quarren rebel by now.

Somewhat? There are no prominent Quarren characters who could use it, but I am a bit surprised that they did not reuse it for a Mando S2 fishing boat rescue set (which would have given us Bo-Katan earlier!). I expect that it will reappear in the next Jabba’s Palace set that we get. 
 

1 hour ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

it would be really weird if they don’t end up using it for Tessek to come with Jabba’s Sail Barge.

Are we getting him? IIRC we already know the Sail Barge Minifigs, and Tessek is not one of them. 
 

[Mandalorianknight]

17 hours ago, Rwbricks said:

A buildable Babu Frik along the lines of Grogu could be cool, and they could finally include a baby-fig (is that what they’re called?) of Babu in there. I’m not sure it would sell the best, though, even if it were to have the enticement of the exclusive Young Leia anniversary minifigure. 

Is that even much enticement? I doubt any significant number of people are going to buy the set with young leia but wouldn't if it didn't have her.

17 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Darth Jar Jar doesn’t appear to have leg printing. What is this? Marvel?

Some of the figures have had inaccurate parts before, but you might be right about DJJ lacking a leg print in the end. They need that printing budget for the much more crucial aspect E-3PO's arm.

19 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

It actually might be. Weird. 😐

The only thing I can think of is they were worried a plain black arm wouldn't look robotic/metallic. Like the prop arm part fell off and Anthony Daniels's body glove is showing, or something. But then why not just use gunmetal... or make the entire C-3PO black or gunmetal so it works in other contexts?

(Though my first thought whenever a figure in a different color has a black arm is "venom")

15 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

YES. YES. YES.*

* translation: I’d buy that in a heartbeat! Unironically a great idea in my book

There are two good ways they can make the mechs good, IMO. Absolutely nutty designs like the luke mech, or designs that make sense/are canonically accurate if poorly scaled, like an IG-12 like you say.

12 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said:

NO NO NO

It's kind of funny to me to see how small the UCS Droideka Box is, I've never seen a box so small fora buildable character from Star Wars.

I was at a few walmarts today (I was scouting for work), and I saw the box. Totally agree. It's tiny.

25 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Are we getting him? IIRC we already know the Sail Barge Minifigs, and Tessek is not one of them. 

The larger a fig list is for this theme, the more likely it's not accurate. That said, I somehow feel like Tessek's unlikely anyway. No particular reason for it, I just don't really see it.

[ToaDraco]

I'm a little late, but Darth Jar Jar looks good. I don't know if he comes with a cape but he could use one. Evil 3-P0 is fine. The head will be useful for people who want a tRoS version. I kinda wish he was completely black, not just his arm so we could have an unofficial 0-0-0 because I don't think LEGO would ever actually make him.

As for the discussion on the Quarren head returning, it likely will eventually. We have so many alien head molds that appear very sparingly because they don't belong to major characters. After Noga-ta, it wasn't until the Mos Eisley Cantina MBS that we saw the Ithorian head return(sadly, because I so badly want a ton of different Ithorians), and even the Rodian head appears very rarely. Heck, I hope we see the Gran head return soon and although there's a high likelihood of it coming back for the UCS Sailbarge, I want it in a more affordable set. (Mawhonic Podracer anyone? No seriously, you have no idea how badly I want a sub-line of Podracers. Like one of the racing or stunt themed sub-lines that City usually gets, but for the Boonta Eve Classic that gives us a couple of new Podracers every year and eventually gives us the whole lineup)

Edited June 7, 2024 by ToaDraco

[CloneCommando99]

Thank you for all your answers on the Quarren head mystery. 
 

Anywho, the Clone Bros’ outrage at the lack of Clone Sets this summer is starting to surface. Mandr himself is now blaming the Dark Falcon for taking up the Clone Set’s slot. It’s honestly sad to see a sizeable part of the online LSW community feel entitled to have the largest playset out of any faction every year.

 

Anyone have any inverted affiliation character predictions for RTG. It would be funny to see Grand Admiral Ackbar. But I’m not sure whether Lego would go that deep.

Edited June 7, 2024 by CloneCommando99

[Agent Kallus]

20 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Anyone have any inverted affiliation character predictions for RTG. It would be funny to see Grand Admiral Ackbar. But I’m not sure whether Lego would go that deep.

An evil Dexster Jettster would be fun but unlikely.

[ARC2149Nova]

7 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Anywho, the Clone Bros’ outrage at the lack of Clone Sets this summer is starting to surface. Mandr himself is now blaming the Dark Falcon for taking up the Clone Set’s slot. It’s honestly sad to see a sizeable part of the online LSW community feel entitled to have the largest playset out of any faction every year.

On the other hand, I feel like Lego doing their own Star Wars sets is a waste of slots in general.

Especially when there's canon content to be made or remade.

[CloneCommando99]

12 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

On the other hand, I feel like Lego doing their own Star Wars sets is a waste of slots in general.

Especially when there's canon content to be made or remade.

I am inclined to agree in some cases. I think it’s great that Lego’s being creative. But I feel like 1-2 sets based off their new thing should be the maximum. I think that Jedi Bob’s star fighter and the Dark Falcon are rather worthy of their slots. It’s just the X-Wing and Tie Fighter which I find ridiculous. Especially seeing as that’s going to be a rather short-lived set as it only has characters that will show up in RTG. And therefore the remake/ remakes which will have to happen within two years are going to unnecessarily take up 1-2 future set slots. Set slots that could be used for new things based off old and/ or (Andor!!) new content.

Edited June 7, 2024 by CloneCommando99

[Yperio_Bricks]

This or that set taking this or that slot - at the end it always comes down to one's personal preferences. I have come to peace with the fact that Lego will never make the sets i really want, so i don't mind if they try something new and release sets like the Dark Falcon or the modifiable/exchangeable X-Wing and Tie Fighter.

Or, in the case of sets that are more likely to be made, that it will take me a very loooong wait until they'll eventually remake sets like Jabba's Palace and the Mos Eisley Cantina as playsets.

[Mandalorianknight]

13 hours ago, ToaDraco said:

I'm a little late, but Darth Jar Jar looks good. I don't know if he comes with a cape but he could use one. Evil 3-P0 is fine. The head will be useful for people who want a tRoS version. I kinda wish he was completely black, not just his arm so we could have an unofficial 0-0-0 because I don't think LEGO would ever actually make him.

 (Mawhonic Podracer anyone? No seriously, you have no idea how badly I want a sub-line of Podracers. Like one of the racing or stunt themed sub-lines that City usually gets, but for the Boonta Eve Classic that gives us a couple of new Podracers every year and eventually gives us the whole lineup)

Finally someone else says it. I'm ok with them making the dark falcon, but they're really dropping the ball figure wise. Only one I've really liked so far is White Vader.

Those might be fun, but they would shelfwarm harder than any non-gimmick sets this theme's ever released.

9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Anywho, the Clone Bros’ outrage at the lack of Clone Sets this summer is starting to surface. Mandr himself is now blaming the Dark Falcon for taking up the Clone Set’s slot. It’s honestly sad to see a sizeable part of the online LSW community feel entitled to have the largest playset out of any faction every year.

MandR and his followers when clone troopers don't get a major shelf presence this wave (They've only had the majority of battle packs and multiple $100+ sets for the past half-decade)

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I am inclined to agree in some cases. I think it’s great that Lego’s being creative. But I feel like 1-2 sets based off their new thing should be the maximum. I think that Jedi Bob’s star fighter and the Dark Falcon are rather worthy of their slots. It’s just the X-Wing and Tie Fighter which I find ridiculous. Especially seeing as that’s going to be a rather short-lived set as it only has characters that will show up in RTG. And therefore the remake/ remakes which will have to happen within two years are going to unnecessarily take up 1-2 future set slots. Set slots that could be used for new things based off old and/ or (Andor!!) new content.

Ironically I feel the opposite. While I'm not very happy about the figure lineup in the X-wing and TIE set, the set itself is fine if they look serviceable in their non-swapped modes. Always good to have those on shelves. The other two are more of an issue as they aren't really canon in any capacity. Now I'm not super bothered by it, but as the fig lists came out and we saw the number of made-up characters, I got more annoyed. 

[RODDY]

12 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Thank you for all your answers on the Quarren head mystery. 
 

Anywho, the Clone Bros’ outrage at the lack of Clone Sets this summer is starting to surface. Mandr himself is now blaming the Dark Falcon for taking up the Clone Set’s slot. It’s honestly sad to see a sizeable part of the online LSW community feel entitled to have the largest playset out of any faction every year.

 

Anyone have any inverted affiliation character predictions for RTG. It would be funny to see Grand Admiral Ackbar. But I’m not sure whether Lego would go that deep.

I’m surprised it took them so long to realize this fact, maybe the Jedi Bob circle jerking finally wore off but I actually agree with them. I would literally take anything regardless of what movie or TV show it comes from over a dark Millennium Falcon or a Jedi Bob starfighter. Sets based on an upcoming TV show only an handful of people are going to watch. Especially with it being the The Phantom Menace’s 25th birthday and the only system scale set we have is the Sith Infiltrator which I loved but I want more. 

[Kaijumeister]

1 hour ago, RODDY said:

I’m surprised it took them so long to realize this fact, maybe the Jedi Bob circle jerking finally wore off but I actually agree with them. I would literally take anything regardless of what movie or TV show it comes from over a dark Millennium Falcon or a Jedi Bob starfighter. Sets based on an upcoming TV show only an handful of people are going to watch. Especially with it being the The Phantom Menace’s 25th birthday and the only system scale set we have is the Sith Infiltrator which I loved but I want more. 

To be fair, applying wild and wacky ideas isn’t the worst thing in the world and the premise of RTG is pretty great. It’s just that sets at the larger (non-D2C) price points every summer tend to have the most potential as we’ve seen since 2021. Making some smaller sets based on RTG makes sense, but I’m so sure about dedicating this many sets to it.

In 2022, we got both the Scythe and AT-TE, last year it was the Ghost, Coruscant Gunship etc. I know the Gunship isn’t perfect, but sets like those are genuinely some of the best we’ve seen in this theme for a long time in terms of builds and minifigures.

As much as I really do think this has been a pretty awesome year for Lego Star Wars already, I don’t think it’s reached the same heights that previous years have. Looking at the summer set list, there isn’t much that sounds as exciting as previous summer waves have been (granted, there are some really bright spots like the Peridea set and finally getting Nien Nunb), but that’s my extremely subjective view. 

Alas the wait for pictures of the August wave continues, year after year Lego is getting better at dragging out reveals, that’s for sure.

Edited June 7, 2024 by Kaijumeister

[BrickBob Studpants]

I‘m sick and tired of the „why did they make [set I personally don‘t want] instead of [set I personally want]“ type of argument. It‘s just stupid. Sure, if the Dark Falcon wasn‘t made, they instead would have released a Clone set with every single missing named CT

The Clone crowd gets on my nerves to a point where I wish they wouldn‘t release any such sets anymore for a coupla years  Giving in to the bullying with the 501st BP was a huge mistake.

[Yperio_Bricks]

6 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I‘m sick and tired of the „why did they make [set I personally don‘t want] instead of [set I personally want]“ type of argument. It‘s just stupid. Sure, if the Dark Falcon wasn‘t made, they instead would have released a Clone set with every single missing named CT

The Clone crowd gets on my nerves to a point where I wish they wouldn‘t release any such sets anymore for a coupla years  Giving in to the bullying with the 501st BP was a huge mistake.

+1

[icm]

To be fair, the dark Falcon only takes up one of three upper-mid slots this year. In 2022 the three slots for big playsets were the Scythe, the AT-TE, and the Justifier. In 2023, they were the Coruscant Guard Gunship, the Ghost, and the Yavin IV base. In 2024, they seem to be the Skeleton Crew ship, the ISD, and the Dark Falcon. Given the recent minifig leaks, I think we can expect that the Skeleton Crew ship is actually happening. It's rumored to have ~1325 pcs at $140, which is a pretty good price in LSW. Hopefully that'll be an interesting new design with fun features and good looks. That and the ISD count towards the "literally anything else" you would rather have than a Dark Falcon.

[RODDY]

2 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

To be fair, applying wild and wacky ideas isn’t the worst thing in the world and the premise of RTG is pretty great. It’s just that sets at the larger (non-D2C) price points every summer tend to have the most potential as we’ve seen since 2021. Making some smaller sets based on RTG makes sense, but I’m so sure about dedicating this many sets to it.

In 2022, we got both the Scythe and AT-TE, last year it was the Ghost, Coruscant Gunship etc. I know the Gunship isn’t perfect, but sets like those are genuinely some of the best we’ve seen in this theme for a long time in terms of builds and minifigures.

As much as I really do think this has been a pretty awesome year for Lego Star Wars already, I don’t think it’s reached the same heights that previous years have. Looking at the summer set list, there isn’t much that sounds as exciting as previous summer waves have been (granted, there are some really bright spots like the Peridea set and finally getting Nien Nunb), but that’s my extremely subjective view. 

Alas the wait for pictures of the August wave continues, year after year Lego is getting better at dragging out reveals, that’s for sure.

I think this year has been great up to this point. We got some really good stuff like the Boarding The Tantive IV, Sith Infiltrator, Rex’s Y Wing and the Clone Battle Pack. I usually don’t pick up sets before the August wave because most of the time they’re pretty skippable. But that’s just the appetizer and the summer wave which is usually the main course isn’t really delivering in that regard and a big part of that is that three sets at decent price ranges are going to show nobody has even seen. That’s why I feel like it’s falling flat imo. I’m still extremely excited for the Sarlacc Pit and UCS Sail Barge (my favorite ship finally gets the VIP treatment) but I feel for the summer wave of the 25th anniversary of Lego Star Wars, it’s not what it could have been imo. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

Personally, I think they did an amazing job this year. The anniversary figures are the best celebratory idea they‘ve ever had for any theme in my opinion, with Saw and Cal being my favourites of the bunch  And finally a Nien Nunb minifig! The Mando S3 sets are great, the Peridea set has a lot of potential, and I‘m still amused by Jedi Bob and Darth Jar Jar appearing in sets.

These are all big Ws in my book!

[ARC2149Nova]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Personally, I think they did an amazing job this year. The anniversary figures are the best celebratory idea they‘ve ever had for any theme in my opinion, with Saw and Cal being my favourites of the bunch  And finally a Nien Nunb minifig! The Mando S3 sets are great, the Peridea set has a lot of potential, and I‘m still amused by Jedi Bob and Darth Jar Jar appearing in sets.

These are all big Ws in my book!

Some folks are happy with anything. Other folks aren't.

Objectively, it's been a good year. Some desirable figs, okay set selection, even some Clone War love. Worth a few duds (RTG) which might even turn out well.

[Rwbricks]

On 6/6/2024 at 4:42 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Is that even much enticement? I doubt any significant number of people are going to buy the set with young leia but wouldn't if it didn't have her.

Failed, I have. It was meant to be sarcastic, probably should have used the emoji. I agree that Young Leia will likely not be a sought after addition, which is a shame considering the rest of the anniversary minifigures are great. 

22 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Anywho, the Clone Bros’ outrage at the lack of Clone Sets this summer is starting to surface. Mandr himself is now blaming the Dark Falcon for taking up the Clone Set’s slot. It’s honestly sad to see a sizeable part of the online LSW community feel entitled to have the largest playset out of any faction every year.

I mean, technically speaking, we got the most popular clone, highly detailed, back in a cheap retail set, widely available to the public. One year ago that would have been lauded. 
 

Aren’t we supposed to be getting a clone/Mon Calamari clone in Jedi Bob’s Starfighter, too?

[CloneCommando99]

It looks like evil C3P0 definitely does have arm printing on his gold arm. So that’s nice. And it probably means that it’s the standard for protocol droid figs from now now.

[Agent Kallus]

28 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

It looks like evil C3P0 definitely does have arm printing on his gold arm. So that’s nice. And it probably means that it’s the standard for protocol droid figs from now now.

I wonder if he'll say "You probably didn't recognize me because of the gold body" implying that the black arm is the only original part.

[ArrowBricks]

I’ll never complain about a set being released providing it’s a solid 9/10, above. Hence, I’d be a bit miffed if the Dark Falcon is an objectively bad set, but I’d never complain about its existence over something else, that’s inane. 

[Agent Kallus]

I mean I'd rather something new over a remake of something I already own. Not that I plan on getting the dark Falcon (which is sort of half and half remake and new) hopefully some of the wacky figs will appear in the magazine or something.

Edited June 8, 2024 by Agent Kallus