LEGO Star Wars 2009 Sets and Rumours

[Algernon]

Because some of us couldn't get it the first time, or found the massive one waaaayyy too expensive.

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4504-1

[THE-FORCE]

Just as a reminder to all.

3 and 4 May there will be an exclusive on the online LEGO shop.

I found the news on Brickset.

Sorry if posted before.

But as I said it was a reminder.

Greets, The Force.

[Tanma Dude]

Ok? That's wierd. I just searched up the new falcon and I found it with a 10th aniversary design on the box

I can't post pics because they're confidential

[DarthSion]

From that box art the snail tank looks like you pull it back and it goes off by itself?.

[Navy Trooper Fenson]

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4504-1

This set is out of production since 2006 and costs 200$ at the moment.

Ok? That's wierd. I just searched up the new falcon and I found it with a 10th aniversary design on the box

I can't post pics because they're confidential

Preliminary designs. It happens often that they change details, but I never heard of a change in the box design.

Can somebody explain why they had to make the Falcon a TCW set? I am not confident to see him in the next season.

[KimT]

This set is out of production since 2006 and costs 200$ at the moment.

So? That's not far from the release price back then, at least not if you're living outside the US.

[The Penguin]

From that box art the snail tank looks like you pull it back and it goes off by itself?.

I don't think so, it (such mechanism) would have boosted the price greatly.... I guess they just wanted to show that the tank can easilly move forward. Perhaps, some unusually easy-to-go design? )

Good day, gentlemen! )

[ADHO15]

From that box art the snail tank looks like you pull it back and it goes off by itself?.

I don't think so, it (such mechanism) would have boosted the price greatly.... I guess they just wanted to show that the tank can easilly move forward. Perhaps, some unusually easy-to-go design? )

Good day, gentlemen! )

Or just to show that the tracks move around the tank like on the old one.

[Raptor]

The Venator is set for August? or maybe earlier?

[Oky]

I guess we may hope, gentlemen, that it's only the first set in a row of mid-scale starships! Imagine all those opportunities to make relatively-not-big starships! From CW to Civil War eras.... The kids will love to make space battles, and adults to see it on displays! )

I'd love to see some Confederate mid-scaqle starships! )

Hear, hear!

From that box art the snail tank looks like you pull it back and it goes off by itself?.

Yes, I noticed that too, and it quite puzzles me as well. However, the arrows don't indicate that you have to pull it back, so I don't think that it does have a pull-back motor (which would be a neat feature IMO and would rectify the high price). So, the Penguin might be right in saying that it could simply have a new design which makes it much easier to roll than the old snail tank (hence the lushness of the treads) so that it just keeps rolling after you give it a push. On the other hand, it doesn't look like you can seat a droid inside this time (which is more accurate and therefore good IMO), so the tank needs to have some play feature (besides rolling), or else the play value of this set would be pretty low.

[Skipper 24]

Thanks for the new pics of the Falcon. I don't think I'll be too keen on getting this one.

[The Penguin]

so the tank needs to have some play feature (besides rolling), or else the play value of this set would be pretty low.

Isn't flick-fire missiles feature enough for you, Oky? )))))

Thanks for backing my ideas. ) Indeed, I guess, it's no more than that, since CA Tank droids had a habbit of row wave attacks, crushing everything in their path. ) Not much space to manouver. ) But the set is still great, thanks to it's nice color scheme too. ) Though, it could use some dark blue, in my opinion. )

Good day, gentlemen! )

Edited April 21, 2009 by The Penguin

[Asuka]

It seems like they're trying to create a new niche here, and I don't know that there's room for it.

Like they have said, it would be great for putting on your desk next to your computer. It is small enough where it doesn't take up a lot of room, but big enough that it has a lot of detail. This is a lot better than the old mini sets.

I guess it´s just like SWMAN said, a set that´s probably and almost strange enough, designed towards A- and perhaps older TFOLs,

something to put on the desk or some board that looks decent but not henpicking and not so 'juvenile' like the MF sets...

So, execs and shy ones, here comes your long awaited chance to confess that you just love LEGO like we all do, huh?

[Legoman]

Pictures fixed

Sorry about the now broken links guys. I fixed it all up now. When i saw pics showing up all over BS i thought mine wern't nessessary... I kinda forgot i posted them in a couple of forums... Sorry

Edited April 21, 2009 by legoman

[Klaus-Dieter]

New pics of the falcon!

Thanks to Clone Commander Assassin

Thank you very much for the pic, legoman!

Like already wrote earlier this version of the MF is deisgned absoletely perfect but doesn't interest me. It's not in minifig scale - so it is for me useless.

Without wanting to hurt somebody but I did never understand people who buy not minifig scaled sets - and I still do not understand that. Imo that's really not worth the money. But that's my opinion.

I disagree. The rumors were for this year, and it wouldn't make sence to release it next year, THIS year is the 10th anniversary - not next. It makes sence - it's the first ship in SW!

I totally agree with you, legoman!

We already had this rumor about a Tantive 4 last year - and when I'm right I remember one of our former admins (xwingyoda) told us last year that it actually is already designed. And now it's the tenth anniversary of Lego SW and the Tantive 4 is the first ship you can see in the OT and it's the counterpart to the already existing minifig-scaled ISD and there isn't yet a big OT vehicle this year. So if TLG doesn't release it this year then we supposably will firstly see it in 5 or 10 years - or very supposabley even nowhere.

I mean: The CW/PT fans get two big vehicles this year (RSD and AT-OT) - so there really has to be a big OT vehicle, too!

At least one thing is imo really clear: Since 10195 was released that early this year it's very supposably that we'll see another exclusive and not yet known (or at least not yet confirmed) SW set in summer/fall.

Klaus-Dieter

[maiq the liar]

'Midi-scale'?

It's the same size as a MIDI-Port or a MIDI-Format synthesized song?

[PMJ]

On the other hand, it doesn't look like you can seat a droid inside this time (which is more accurate and therefore good IMO)

In the first half of the Clone Wars, the Tanks were droids themselves. The CA changed that in the later days of the CW so that the tanks were controlled by battle droids.

[YG-49]

Good analogy. However, I don't agree with it. I feel like these new Ewoks have more detail and a little more life in them. The old ones were too plain. The one-color thing didn't really work.

I meant the real life picture

The Millenium Falcon pictures really shed-a-light

[TenorPenny]

Because some of us couldn't get it the first time, or found the massive one waaaayyy too expensive.

Exactly! At this price, I shall certainly buy. I don't even *like* minifigs...

[RileyC]

I hope that the CIS tank droid is able to be pulled back and let go to move or what ever its called. Because over here in little New Zealand it will cost so much!!

[Natman8000]

I hope that the CIS tank droid is able to be pulled back and let go to move or what ever its called. Because over here in little New Zealand it will cost so much!!

I dont get what you just said. You want a pull back droid tank? With treads? Not a chance.

[Darth Legolas]

I dont get what you just said. You want a pull back droid tank? With treads? Not a chance.

Yeah I doubt it. But there's a major typo there. I think he meant he hopes that the Tank is not a pull-back, because it would cost so much.

Anyways, people are arguing way to much about the droid in the seat of the Tank Droid. The Tank Droid was actually a droid to start with, and was a droid at the era of Clone Wars that the show, and this set take place in. In late Episode III, they realized it would be cheaper to make a hollow tank and have it piloted by droids. So this is 100% accurate. Way more than you'd think.

[The Penguin]

In the first half of the Clone Wars, the Tanks were droids themselves. The CA changed that in the later days of the CW so that the tanks were controlled by battle droids.

Source? )

As far as i remember, it always had an integrated droid brain. )

[Darth Legolas]

Source? )

As far as i remember, it always had an integrated droid brain. )

Despite the fact that it has it's own eyes and moves on it's own, for some reason, I think in Battlefront II it was, the NR-N99 was feat7ured as an available tank for you to hop in if you were playing as a battle droid. I think it was the third Nintendo DS rendering in which that was featured.

So blame the video game designers.

[PMJ]

Despite the fact that it has it's own eyes and moves on it's own, for some reason, I think in Battlefront II it was, the NR-N99 was feat7ured as an available tank for you to hop in if you were playing as a battle droid. I think it was the third Nintendo DS rendering in which that was featured.

So blame the video game designers.

If you've ever read The Revenge of the Sith visual dictionary, there is a section on large CIS droids. That is my source.