I was scrolling through Instagram just now, and I was recommended a picture from one of the leaks hashtags. I checked the user’s profile, and all four of their posts, all from four hours ago, are blurred images of sets with the CONFIDENTIAL stamp over them. Three of them are Star Wars, and the other is from Ninjago. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think I’m supposed to give their account name, so I’ll just describe the images, if that is allowed. 

The first looks to be a red and light-grey V-wing. The minifigures look to be a white and tan(?) one, someone in gunmetal grey armor with a matching helmet, and someone in black with short grey hair. The gunmetal grey armored one looks to be Wrecker, as the armor, helmet, and gun molds appear to be matching the ones he had previously, and there’s a bit of white in the helmet. There’s also a minifigure on a base like the 20th anniversary ones. This character has short, dark brown hair, a white torso with a sand blue stripe on the bottom, sand blue arms, and white legs with black boots. 
 

The second image is of an Imperial T.I.E. Fighter and X-wing dual pack, both of them looking like the ones from 2021. They are positioned very close to each other, though, seeming almost cramped. The set appears to include a T.I.E. pilot, Darth Vader, Luke in his X-wing suit with his lightsaber, and another X-wing pilot with a pistol. 
 

The final Star Wars one they’ve posted seems to be a battle pack, with a black command station-looking thing with a grey satellite dish on top. I see two white troopers, one black one, and there is also an E-Web build that looks identical to the one from the 2022 Snowtrooper battle pack with possibly another white trooper behind it. Additionally, this set also has another minifigure on a black base, this time all black with a black hood and robes and a double red lightsaber. I cannot make out the face, but it appears to have a reddish-tinge, maybe. 
 

As far as I’m aware, none of these match any rumors we have so far, except for the double red lightsaber wielder potentially being Maul or Dark Side Rey, both of which have been rumored. The similar looking builds in the case of the OT set and the E-web seem fishy, as does the lack of a visible astromech with the X-wing, but I could also see LEGO using similar builds to the past. Ultimately, I’m hesitant to believe that these are real, but I always find it fun to entertain the idea and discuss. 
 

If anyone wants the User’s name or the images (which I’ve saved), and I’m allowed to share those through DMs, let me know. 
 

EDIT: I did a bit more looking around, and these are said to be fake. It was claimed that the unnamed pilot was Jek Porkins, the V-wing’s minifigures were Wrecker, Tarkin, a pilot, and Young Leia, and that the battle pack was of the night troopers from Ahsoka, but itsjustajoe said they’re not true, except for a possible ship dual-pack with a T.I.E. variant. 

Edited December 30, 20231 yr by Rwbricks
FAKE

Incredibly fake. The X-wing and TIE Fighter set for instance is just a combination of the two 2021 sets  What a throwback to the glorious days of hilariously fake catalogue leaks

Those are confirmed to be fake; there is also a Ninjago set list (and a few prelims) floating around from the same source that is likewise obviously fake. 
 

  On 12/30/2023 at 10:02 PM, Rwbricks said:

If anyone wants the User’s name or the images (which I’ve saved), and I’m allowed to share those through DMs, let me know. 

While they are using a new name, this is the same person that started the Jedi Temple and Z-95 “leaks”. 
 

  On 12/30/2023 at 11:15 PM, Classic_Spaceman said:

While they are using a new name, this is the same person that started the Jedi Temple and Z-95 “leaks”. 

Wow. So after their rather outlandish fake leaks, they now overcorrected, creating some of the most boring fake leaks in the history of our hobby

  On 12/30/2023 at 10:02 PM, Rwbricks said:

[…] itsjustajoe said they’re not true, except for a possible ship dual-pack with a T.I.E. variant. 

Hmm. I hope not, as we’ve had a lot of TIE variants recently. Unless it’s an interesting new one (a TIE Whisper or one of the mining guild ones from Rebels), I wouldn’t be thrilled about that

40675 Commander Cody Brickheadz. 

from reliable insta sources, including falcon. 

From maxbautde:

• 75379 Grogu Barc Speeder Escape comes with Grogu, Beq and 2x 501st regulars with helmet holes, 221 parts
• 75381 Droideka, 583 parts
• 75382 UCS TIE Interceptor, 1931 parts
• 40675 Commander Cody Brickheadz. 
• 40676 is a Star Wars Brickheadz multipack
• 75390 Luke Skywalker Mech, 195 parts
• 75391 Captain Rex Y-Wing Microfighter, 99 parts
• 75386, Imperial Bunker on Mandalore, Moff Gideon, Paz Vizsla, 2x  Praetorian, 289 parts
• 75373, Mandalorian vs Super Commando Battlepack, Koska Reeves, Blue Mandalorian, 2x Super Commando, 109 parts

Don't know what is new info

  On 12/31/2023 at 5:36 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

From maxbautde:

• 75379 Grogu Barc Speeder Escape comes with Grogu, Beq and 2x 501st regulars with helmet holes, 221 parts

Called it! 

  On 12/31/2023 at 5:36 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

From maxbautde:

• 75379 Grogu Barc Speeder Escape comes with Grogu, Beq and 2x 501st regulars with helmet holes, 221 parts
• 75381 Droideka, 583 parts
• 75382 UCS TIE Interceptor, 1931 parts
• 40675 Commander Cody Brickheadz. 
• 40676 is a Star Wars Brickheadz multipack
• 75390 Luke Skywalker Mech, 195 parts
• 75391 Captain Rex Y-Wing Microfighter, 99 parts
• 75386, Imperial Bunker on Mandalore, 289 parts
• 75373, Mandalorian vs Super Commando Battlepack, 109 parts

Don't know what is new info

Cody is new as are 501st Troopers. (Hopefully the brickheadz multipack is TPM themed)

So 501st troopers again. Accurate to the scene, but having built the three 501st battle packs over the past few weeks I can't say I'm excited about them. Naboo guards would have been way more interesting.

  On 12/31/2023 at 6:33 PM, Big_Daddy said:

So 501st troopers again. Accurate to the scene, but having built the three 501st battle packs over the past few weeks I can't say I'm excited about them. Naboo guards would have been way more interesting.

This. And it would’ve been on-brand with the 25th anniversary of TPM. They’re not even new figures, new prints, or new holes, Lego is just reusing its current supply of 332nd bodies and 501st specialist helmets. You can literally make two regular 501st clones by combining the two current battlepacks. 

  On 12/31/2023 at 5:36 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

75379 Grogu Barc Speeder Escape comes with Grogu, Beq and 2x 501st regulars with helmet holes, 221 parts

Don't know what is new info

We did not know what unit the Clones would be, nor how many would be included (though 1-2 501st Troopers was the safest guess, so it does not seem new). 

  On 12/31/2023 at 5:36 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

75379 Grogu Barc Speeder Escape comes with Grogu, Beq and 2x 501st regulars with helmet holes, 221 parts

I think that this will come with two BARC Speeders, as the 2020 501st pack had one BARC and an AT-RT with 285 pieces. 
 

  On 12/31/2023 at 5:36 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

From maxbautde:

• 75379 Grogu Barc Speeder Escape comes with Grogu, Beq and 2x 501st regulars with helmet holes, 221 parts

Well I sure hope somebody picked up that phone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cause I f********ng called it!

DBZA Cooler

Edited December 31, 20231 yr by Matichado

 

  On 12/31/2023 at 5:36 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

40675 Commander Cody Brickheadz. 

40676 is a Star Wars Brickheadz multipack

75390 Luke Skywalker Mech, 195 parts

I think these are the new ones. We might have known about the Luke mech, I can't remember if that leaked or was just speculated.

Cody brickheadz should be fun.

The multipack this year failed, It honestly might be a TPM multipack as the last one was ROTJ, but I can't see it selling well. I feel like the generation with nostalgia for the prequels is also the generation who would just want minifigs.

I don't want this to come off as mean but I hope the (assumably pilot) luke mech makes the Queer Eye set and UCS Hulkbuster look like bestsellers. Let the mechs die, kill them if you have to. 

Marvel is showing what can be one with $10, disney-licensed sets. Look at the guardians headquarters, or the new one with the spider-man bike. You can make complete-looking system sets at that price. You don't need to make weird mechs.

  On 12/31/2023 at 6:33 PM, Big_Daddy said:

So 501st troopers again. Accurate to the scene, but having built the three 501st battle packs over the past few weeks I can't say I'm excited about them. Naboo guards would have been way more interesting.

My guess is it's a budget thing- 501st troopers are fully re-used from the 2023 specialist helmet and 332nd trooper torso/legs, as others have pointed out. But I do think the set needed some bit of desirability beyond Kellaran, who is cool and all but not really a major character, and visually is just a bald human in jedi robes.

  On 12/31/2023 at 5:42 PM, Legofan2001 said:

Cody is new as are 501st Troopers. (Hopefully the brickheadz multipack is TPM themed)

You say this, but would you actually buy a TPM brickheadz multipack? Going off the last one, let's say it's Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, Young Anakin, Jar Jar, and Maul or something. Would you pay $45?

I just don't see the appeal- especially since even their OT brickheadz multipack failed.

  On 12/31/2023 at 6:51 PM, Flawless Cowboy said:

This. And it would’ve been on-brand with the 25th anniversary of TPM. They’re not even new figures, new prints, or new holes, Lego is just reusing its current supply of 332nd bodies and 501st specialist helmets. You can literally make two regular 501st clones by combining the two current battlepacks. 

Yup. I have done so, I have about 8 normal 501st with helmet holes.

The fact that 501st clones have been so much more readily available than imperial stormtroopers over the past 4 years is nuts. Not clones in general, the 501st legion ALONE.

  On 12/31/2023 at 10:30 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

You say this, but would you actually buy a TPM brickheadz multipack? Going off the last one, let's say it's Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, Young Anakin, Jar Jar, and Maul or something. Would you pay $45?

I’m not really a fan of the line (I just have Luke & my daughter has Ahsoka) so I was agreeing with you up until I actually considered the Q. QGJ is one of my favorite characters & I recommend doing a search for Amidala Brickheadz—the custom(s) out there look great. Darth Mail would surely be popular. Ofc you’d have some that are less interesting but that’s the point of these large packs… to make you buy more than you’d otherwise be interested in.

  On 12/31/2023 at 10:30 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

The multipack this year failed, It honestly might be a TPM multipack as the last one was ROTJ, but I can't see it selling well. I feel like the generation with nostalgia for the prequels is also the generation who would just want minifigs.

Marvel is showing what can be one with $10, disney-licensed sets. Look at the guardians headquarters, or the new one with the spider-man bike. You can make complete-looking system sets at that price. You don't need to make weird mechs.

Completely agree with all this - I bought the Endor Heroes Brickheadz pack as my first foray into the line, but really that was only because I wanted the exclusive Star Wars Celebration tile GWP whilst I was at the event. Built the set last week and I was underwhelmed.

Brickheadz are charming, but really they work best when the textures are built up as opposed to just using prints. I guess that’s why I’m more partial towards R2 and Wicket from the set, and I suspect Cody will at least look cool.

It would be nice to see cheaper ‘impulse’ sets that aren’t gimmicky. The old Final Duel and Jedi Defence models were so cool and hardly had many pieces anyway.

Given today’s new info, it looks like the highlight of Grogu’s Escape will be the Kelleran minifigure. Childish Landino on IG also seems to be confident in some good TPM sets this year so that’s cool. 

 

Legofan2001, of those you mentioned, the following interests me.

75379 Grogu + Beq + 2x 501st. 75391 Captain Rex Y-Wing Microfighter. 75386 Moff Gideon, Paz Vizsla, 2x  Praetorian. 75373 Koska Reeves, Blue Mandalorian, 2x Super Commando.

  On 12/31/2023 at 11:47 PM, Pedilego said:

I’m not really a fan of the line (I just have Luke & my daughter has Ahsoka) so I was agreeing with you up until I actually considered the Q. QGJ is one of my favorite characters & I recommend doing a search for Amidala Brickheadz—the custom(s) out there look great. Darth Mail would surely be popular. Ofc you’d have some that are less interesting but that’s the point of these large packs… to make you buy more than you’d otherwise be interested in.

Brickheadz also aren’t my cup of tea (I only own the Frankenstein one, though I think there’s some really cool ones, I’ve been tempted by the Tusken Raider often), but I think TPM’s character designs are interesting enough to where there could be some neat builds.  Maul, Queen Amidala, Qui-Gon, Jar-Jar, and either Obi-Wan, Nute Gunray, bare C-3PO, young Anakin, maybe with his podracing helmet, would be a nice assortment. 

  On 1/1/2024 at 3:42 AM, Kit Figsto said:

Brickheadz also aren’t my cup of tea (I only own the Frankenstein one, though I think there’s some really cool ones, I’ve been tempted by the Tusken Raider often), but I think TPM’s character designs are interesting enough to where there could be some neat builds.  Maul, Queen Amidala, Qui-Gon, Jar-Jar, and either Obi-Wan, Nute Gunray, bare C-3PO, young Anakin, maybe with his podracing helmet, would be a nice assortment. 

The only brickheadz I’ve ever got was the wedding one (bride and groom) as that was something my wife liked and thought would be good at our wedding every other one just not in to I’d rather get minifigures than brickheadz seems like Lego trying to cash in on the funko pop craze

  On 1/1/2024 at 12:59 AM, Kaijumeister said:

It would be nice to see cheaper ‘impulse’ sets that aren’t gimmicky. The old Final Duel and Jedi Defence models were so cool and hardly had many pieces anyway.

Agreed. The weird thing is that other themes do have sets (e.g. someone mentioned the Guardians headquarters earlier) which are comparable to the old FD and JD sets, and those sets are cheaper than the current SW gimmick sets (brickheads, microfighters and mechs) with more minifigures. 

It's the same (arguably worse) with LotR. Currently the only sets available, other than Rivendell which is prohibitively expensive for most people, are brickheads which most people don't care about and which don't introduce any interesting parts or minifigures. 

 

Speaking of LotR, looks like the Barad-Dúr from that survey last year is confirmed. Have we had any similar updates on the possibility of a Jabba's Sail Barge? 

Edited January 1, 20241 yr by CallumPears

  On 1/1/2024 at 12:10 PM, CallumPears said:

Speaking of LotR, looks like the Barad-Dúr from that survey last year is confirmed. Have we had any similar updates on the possibility of a Jabba's Sail Barge? 

As far as I know, we have yet to hear anything. However, given that it would come out in the latter half of the year, I don’t think that’s cause for concern. 

  On 1/1/2024 at 12:10 PM, CallumPears said:

Have we had any similar updates on the possibility of a Jabba's Sail Barge? 

Not yet. It's one of four sets from the survey leak that still haven't been confirmed (Donald Duck, the Deku Tree, and the Maleficent diorama being the other three). The others have all been confirmed by leakers in the meantime, so it'd be weird if any of those four didn't make it

  On 12/31/2023 at 10:30 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

The fact that 501st clones have been so much more readily available than imperial stormtroopers over the past 4 years is nuts. Not clones in general, the 501st legion ALONE

Agreed, there have been very few storm troopers lately.  Working on MOCs without easy access to these is expensive.  Also I miss the older (2014-2018) stormtrooper helmet mold .  The new (dual molded) one always reminds me of Family Guy.  I prefer the helmet holes clone helmets to the current stormtrooper helmet.  Would be great to get a non clones battle pack to mix it up a little (not hating on the clones battle packs, it definitely makes up for a long time without them, would be nice to see more battle packs released like 2015-2019).

 

More on topic, I am excited that we still have a micro fighter I think this is one of the best things Lego does (I would love more $10-$15 sets like marvel has too).  Not a fan of the mechs, the builds are boring and repetitive, my kids don't really play with them either just the minifigs, and the parts are not great to use in other builds.  However if we have to get mechs it would be nice to get new characters (or maybe more microfighters with named minifigs).  For example we could get a Captain Needa mech, or a Tarkin Mech, or Jek Porkins mech (which would be hysterical).  I think that could make mechs interesting at least.  The 12th pilot Luke minifig in a mech is a hard pass but someone will inevitably buy it for my kids around the holidays because it is the only thing in that price range.

  On 1/1/2024 at 7:37 PM, Lordhelmet said:

Agreed, there have been very few storm troopers lately.  Working on MOCs without easy access to these is expensive.  Also I miss the older (2014-2018) stormtrooper helmet mold .  The new (dual molded) one always reminds me of Family Guy.  I prefer the helmet holes clone helmets to the current stormtrooper helmet.  Would be great to get a non clones battle pack to mix it up a little (not hating on the clones battle packs, it definitely makes up for a long time without them, would be nice to see more battle packs released like 2015-2019).

Yeah, no, I love the clone packs too, it'd just be nice to get other factions instead of 50%+ of battle packs being clone troopers.

 

I went to four stores today looking for the new battle pack. Showed up at a lego store literally a single minute after it opened and their stock was immediately emptied. Went to two separate targets- nothing. Found three copies at kohl's- which was good, because I was with two friends of mine also searching. The demand for this pack has been insane- to go to four separate stores and come away with one copy each is nuts. (Most January sets were stocked, just not that set. Ironically, every copy of that juniors set was still there for all three stores, since the target audience of a 4+ set isn't rushing the shelves day one). There were still a number in stock online so I got three there, but I'd be surprised if I didn't get hit with the retroactive backorder like I have with other in-demand sets in the past.

The lego store limited people to two copies a head, which was nice (even though I still didn't manage to get one), but it is a little annoying having to search for copies so much and then seeing people post their literal scores of the set online.

Edited January 1, 20241 yr by Mandalorianknight

2x 501st in the Barc Speeder set is not surprising and I have no problem with it. It's what was in the show and was the easiest, cheapest option for LEGO so if anyone was expecting different then I don't know what to tell you.

Aside from that, not really anything new that's worthy of note. Hopefully we'll get some pictures before long.

Edited January 1, 20241 yr by ToaDraco

  On 1/1/2024 at 8:39 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah, no, I love the clone packs too, it'd just be nice to get other factions instead of 50%+ of battle packs being clone troopers.

 

I went to four stores today looking for the new battle pack. Showed up at a lego store literally a single minute after it opened and their stock was immediately emptied. Went to two separate targets- nothing. Found three copies at kohl's- which was good, because I was with two friends of mine also searching. The demand for this pack has been insane- to go to four separate stores and come away with one copy each is nuts. (Most January sets were stocked, just not that set. Ironically, every copy of that juniors set was still there for all three stores, since the target audience of a 4+ set isn't rushing the shelves day one). There were still a number in stock online so I got three there, but I'd be surprised if I didn't get hit with the retroactive backorder like I have with other in-demand sets in the past.

The lego store limited people to two copies a head, which was nice (even though I still didn't manage to get one), but it is a little annoying having to search for copies so much and then seeing people post their literal scores of the set online.

I played it safe and ordered a couple off Amazon this morning. In the U.K. Argos had some at 6 am and then I checked at 8am and they’d all gone already. Past couple of years when the January sets come out I always get them either off Amazon or Lego online as they almost certainly have them.

  On 1/1/2024 at 8:57 PM, ToaDraco said:

2x 501st in the Barc Speeder set is not surprising and I have no problem with it. It's what was in the show and was the easiest, cheapest option for LEGO so if anyone was expecting different then I don't know what to tell you.

Aside from that, not really anything new that's worthy of note. Hopefully we'll get some pictures before long.

There’s pictures out for some March sets like Disney/Harry Potter so we should be getting pictures of any Star Wars coming out then soon. Off the top of my head there are 4-5 coming in March?