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

[Agent Kallus]

53 minutes ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

Still no pictures of the LSW magazine with the Imperial Shuttle gift. It releases tomorrow here and usualy some people get it early. I really want to know what gift we'll get next: Sabine, Vader or something else?

I've been seeing that one in the shops for a while, I though it was before the 501st specialist which I've not seen in the wild at all. Though this could just be case of different orders for different countries. 

But I'm pretty sure Vader is next.

[Swordy]

16 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said:

I thought it was confirmed the 2nd figure was a clone trooper

I don’t believe anything has been confirmed at this point. The clone trooper theory stems from MandR, as I recall, and it’s likely just clickbait.

It’d be funny if it was the polybag 501st Shadow ARF, though. *laughs in Captain Rex*

Edited June 13, 2024 by Swordy

[CloneCommando99]

11 minutes ago, Swordy said:

I don’t believe anything has been confirmed at this point. The clone trooper theory stems from MandR, as I recall, and it’s likely just clickbait.

It’d be funny if it was the polybag 501st Shadow ARF, though. *laughs in Captain Rex*

First of all, welcome to the forum.

Secondly, I personally wouldn’t put much faith into what Mandr says.

Finally, now I hope that’s the 2nd figure in Jedi Bob’s starfighter (updated of course) it would be hilarious to see the scalpers lose their minds over their resale value going down!

Edited June 13, 2024 by CloneCommando99

[Agent Kallus]

Actually it was Max Bautde that said it was jedi bob and (Clone, Astromech / Mon Calamari)

I'd guess he means either or? But maybe it's more than 2 figs. Max Bautde has a decent track record but a few recent errors have to be taken into account ( the star destroyer/death star debacle for one)

9 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

 

Secondly, I personally wouldn’t put much faith into what Mandr says.

It was said that Mandr was likely just clickbaiting, I don't think we have a 'true believer' here

 

Edited June 13, 2024 by Agent Kallus

[Swordy]

23 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

First of all, welcome to the forum.

Thanks! I’ve been ghosting quietly for a long time, so if I seem too casual and like I’ve been interacting with you all for years, it’s because I kinda have been, lol.

14 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

Actually it was Max Bautde that said it was jedi bob and (Clone, Astromech / Mon Calamari)

It was said that Mandr was likely just clickbaiting, I don't think we have a 'true believer' here

 

My allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy!

Okay. It seemed like Max was spit-balling, so I didn’t put much stock in either one of those options. Whatever it ends up being, though, it’ll just be icing on the cake for the return of the king.

Edited June 13, 2024 by Swordy

[Yperio_Bricks]

22 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

Actually it was Max Bautde that said it was jedi bob and (Clone, Astromech / Mon Calamari)

I'd guess he means either or? But maybe it's more than 2 figs. Max Bautde has a decent track record but a few recent errors have to be taken into account ( the star destroyer/death star debacle for one)

Sometimes he sounds like he has seen pictures but sometimes he seem to have descriptions only. I think his sources simply get it wrong sometimes. These sources must not necesseraily be into Star Wars and if they have access to an blurry image only they may have a hard time identifying what's going on and it ends of like a game of telephone...

At least that's the impression i get sometimes.

[Agent Kallus]

5 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

I've been seeing that one in the shops for a while, I though it was before the 501st specialist which I've not seen in the wild at all. Though this could just be case of different orders for different countries. 

But I'm pretty sure Vader is next.

Had a peek at the back page whilst in Tesco today and yeah next issue is 501st specialist ( in the UK at least).

[Yperio_Bricks]

20 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

Had a peek at the back page whilst in Tesco today and yeah next issue is 501st specialist ( in the UK at least).

In Germany its the last day of the 501st specialist with the next magazine issue with the shuttle minibuild releasing tomorrow.

Just came home from the supermarket and they still had plenty of the 501st specialists.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

Actually it was Max Bautde that said it was jedi bob and (Clone, Astromech / Mon Calamari)

Quite a broad range of potential figures! I‘d love if we got all of them, but that‘s not exactly likely

[Classic_Spaceman]

17 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

If it's not an astromech droid, I'll be very surprised.

Do Astromechs count as Minifigs now? I have noticed a trend towards defining “Minifigs” as only the classic design, with droids, bigfigs, and other figures being presented and described differently. 
I can see the Minifig list being Jedi Bob, a P1 Shiny, and an Astromech (which is consistent with the last Jedi Starfighter of this size). 
 

9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

But hey… Lego’s the one that does the market research not me. (But let’s keep in mind how that market research turned out with Vidiyo.)

VIDIYO was great - The prices, lack of entry-level/impulse sets, busy and confusing box art, and over-reliance on the app are what broke the theme. The actual sets and Minifigs were excellent, and the theme overall was the most whacky and creative offering in years (pre-Dreamzzz, and even Dreamzzz is more cohesive than VIDIYO’s ‘everything goes’ vibe)! 
 

3 hours ago, Swordy said:

It’d be funny if it was the polybag 501st Shadow ARF, though. *laughs in Captain Rex*

If the Shadow ARF is not a direct remake but an update to the modern Clone design, I would have to pick up the set! 
A better anti-scalper direct remake option would be the concept art white Boba Fett, IMO; the design still holds up, and it can be modified into the Imperial Super Commandos that we see in Rebels. 
 

3 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Actually it was Max Bautde that said it was jedi bob and (Clone, Astromech / Mon Calamari)

If a Mon Cal appears in the set, they will most likely be a villain (considering the premise of the show) - Maybe a Grand Admiral Ackbar? That would also explain why Thrawn has an undamaged uniform, and also why Peridea has so many new characters/variants. 🤔
 

[icm]

Personally, I count classic R2-D2 style astromechs as minifigs but I don't count battle droids or little single-piece droids like D-O as minifigs.

[Agent Kallus]

TLG themselves don't tend to count things like Astromechs or B1s as minifigs. 

"and comes complete with an exclusive TIE Pilot minifigure and Mouse Droid figure, currently limited to this set" 

Here in the official description of the UCS Tie interceptor they explicitly call out the tie pilot as a minifigure but just call the mouse droid a figure.

"To create an eye-catching display, this collectible toy building set also features an R2-D2 LEGO droid figure, a special LEGO Star Wars 25th anniversary minifigure of Darth Malak with a lightsaber and display stand, plus an R2-D2 information plaque."

Or here in the buildable artoo set description they call artoo a droid figure but Darth Malak gets to be called a minifigure.

"4 LEGO® Star Wars™ minifigures and 5 LEGO figures for action play – A Clone Shock Trooper, 3 Clone Troopers, 3 Super Battle Droids and 2 Battle Droids with assorted accessories"

Here we have a excerpt from recent double battle pack set, again explicitly pointing out that that B1s and B2s aren't considered minifigs.

"5 LEGO® Star Wars™ characters – Rey and Finn LEGO minifigures, each with holiday sweater decoration and a lightsaber, a Chewbacca LEGO minifigure, a BB-8 LEGO droid figure and a Porg LEGO figure"

Here is another star wars example.

I think they don't the meaning of minifigure watered down, though they do sometimes slip up, like calling the Gollum in Barad-Dûr a minifigure when really he's more similar to a B1 but you get the point.

[CloneCommando99]

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

If a Mon Cal appears in the set, they will most likely be a villain (considering the premise of the show) - Maybe a Grand Admiral Ackbar? That would also explain why Thrawn has an undamaged uniform, and also why Peridea has so many new characters/variants. 🤔
 

“I’ve set a trap!!!”

Honestly that’s a really good point. The only other way I could see them using a clean uniform would be for a Grand Admiral variant of Rae Sloane. (Which would hint at more empire sets!!)

[Swordy]

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

If the Shadow ARF is not a direct remake but an update to the modern Clone design, I would have to pick up the set! 
A better anti-scalper direct remake option would be the concept art white Boba Fett, IMO; the design still holds up, and it can be modified into the Imperial Super Commandos that we see in Rebels. 
 

If a Mon Cal appears in the set, they will most likely be a villain (considering the premise of the show) - Maybe a Grand Admiral Ackbar? That would also explain why Thrawn has an undamaged uniform, and also why Peridea has so many new characters/variants. 🤔
 

To clarify, I understand LEGO wouldn’t simply rerelease a design from over ten years ago. Even designs that work just as well today are getting updates (Palpatine, Maul, and the X-Wing jumpsuit come to mind). An update would absolutely be needed and welcomed. It’d just be funny that one of the most valuable clone minifigs on the aftermarket gets a direct one-to-one rerelease, causing the value of several prospectors to crash and burn in magnificent glory—ahem, or something to that effect.

Concept Art Boba Fett is one of my white whales (pun intended), so I do like that idea of him being in the set. Almost as if Boba Fett never became a bounty hunter, and joined the Clone Wars as a commander.

They did recently reintroduce that Mon Calamari head in the Ghost, so it’s possible. I don’t see a Grand Admiral Ackbar in a cheap Starfighter belonging to an enemy of his, instead of in the X-Fighter Vs Tie-Wing set, so that he’d have something to command. Are we aware of all the figures to be included in that set? I wouldn’t mind to be proved wrong, though.

[ARC2149Nova]

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

If a Mon Cal appears in the set, they will most likely be a villain (considering the premise of the show) - Maybe a Grand Admiral Ackbar? That would also explain why Thrawn has an undamaged uniform, and also why Peridea has so many new characters/variants. 🤔
 

Thrawn's uniform is undamaged so that he's more versatile. Most Imperial Officers have pristine uniforms, and to be honest, Thrawn's doesn't seem all that different to me.

[JohnTPT17]

2 hours ago, Swordy said:

I don’t see a Grand Admiral Ackbar in a cheap Starfighter belonging to an enemy of his

75170 (Which has The Phantom, Kanan, Chopper, and Thrawn): Am I a joke to you? 

That being said, I haven't heard enough solid rumors about the set to believe that more than Bob and an Astromech are coming for sure in there - anything else in there is a surprise bonus, in my book.

[AD_Bricks]

3 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

75170 (Which has The Phantom, Kanan, Chopper, and Thrawn): Am I a joke to you? 

Exactly my thoughts!

[Swordy]

5 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

75170 (Which has The Phantom, Kanan, Chopper, and Thrawn): Am I a joke to you? 

For the fact that I can’t have a Blind Kanan at a reasonable price because you, 75170, include Thrawn, yes.

Spoiler

Technically, though, the Phantom II was a Separatist shuttle—only repainted, nay, vandalised—and Thrawn did work with the Separatists prior to AotC (in Outbound Flight, which is Legends, yes, but not outside the realm of possibility within canon). So really it was Admiral Thrawn defending an ally’s ship from being stolen by Rebel enemies.

Okay, but yes, fair point.

Edited June 14, 2024 by Swordy

[CloneCommando99]

5 hours ago, Swordy said:

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Technically, though, the Phantom II was a Separatist shuttle—only repainted, nay, vandalised—and Thrawn did work with the Separatists prior to AotC (in Outbound Flight, which is Legends, yes, but not outside the realm of possibility within canon). So really it was Admiral Thrawn defending an ally’s ship from being stolen by Rebel enemies.

Actually that’s not the case in canon, in fact the opposite. In the Canon Thrawn Ascendancy novels we know that he was still serving in the Chiss Ascendancy’s Expansionary Defense Fleet during the Clone Wars. As the Senior Captain of the Springhawk. In canon he only ventures into lesser space (the main galaxy) once during this time, and that’s to do some research into the republic and see whether they were a threat to the Ascendancy. During this time he ran into Anakin Skywalker, who was looking for a missing Padme, and subsequently joined forces with him. Culminating in them taking out some Separatist forces. And retrieving Padme. (These events occurred in the novel Thrawn Alliances)

My apologies for the 🤓 moment.

 

 

When are we going to see leaked pics of our Lord and Saviour Jedi Bob?!!

 

 

Edited June 14, 2024 by CloneCommando99

[BrickBob Studpants]

4 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

When are we going to see leaked pics of our Lord and Saviour Jedi Bob?!!

Maybe never, since we‘re getting closer and closer to the official reveal  Also, Enoch is first in line  Pictures of that minifig must be floating around somewhere

[CloneCommando99]

Did the mystery of @Renown’s 1984 quote get solved? Or did we just give up on whatever it was?

[BrickBob Studpants]

29 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Did the mystery of @Renown’s 1984 quote get solved? Or did we just give up on whatever it was?

We gave up it seems  After the Tarkin theory got shot down in the wake of the ISD reveal, the topic was dropped and never really picked up again. I‘m still curious too, because it doesn‘t really fit in with anything that we currently know. Maybe it relates to one of the unknown figures in the RTG sets?

[Classic_Spaceman]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Did the mystery of @Renown’s 1984 quote get solved? Or did we just give up on whatever it was?

This might be copium, but what if it refers to the mysterious young Leia “buildable creature” set? Either C-3PO does not have an anniversary ‘fig (which is weird), or Leia appears in that set instead and we know nothing about the “buildable creature”. I have doubts about the set actually being a buildable creature, since the only information that we have is the “more than two eyes” comment - Maybe the set actually includes someone who fits the 1984 hint, such as Tarkin or Pershing? 🤔
 

[Yperio_Bricks]

This quote can refer to literally everything. We'll always find an fitting explanation retrospectively. The big brother that is mentioned in the quote is obviously Lego. They caught him. He loves Lego now and he is one of them now

I can pull a random Benjamin Fraklin quote “Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.” and it obviously refers to an Night Trooper battlepack

Oh and Vader is comming with the LSW magazine that releases 12 July in Germany. No Sabine yet So no special 25 years of LSW special issue with Vader. The Vader issue will also come with one out of two tin boxes.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

This might be hopium

FTFY

Yeah, I wouldn‘t get my hopes up. While the buildable creature rumour is somewhat fishy, we have no evidence to discard it, so the hint likely refers to something else.

28 minutes ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

They caught him. He loves Lego now and he is one of them now

@Renown only gives us real hints  Also, didn‘t he already deny being caught?