LEGO Star Wars 2011 Pictures & Rumors

[prateek]

By hard to line up, I meant with the Biker Scout helmets

[Ritz Brick]

I do not know if the Home One rumor is true for the August wave but if it is I would wager that it might be a continuation of the midi line of ships. A UCS would be a sight to behold but a system set does not seem like a possibility IMHO.

Agreed, even a midiscale would be difficult with all the rounded bits and such.

[Future74]

I'm a little slow here. Is the droid carrier on the Naboo set canon, and if so, what's its name? It's the best set of this wave IMO, just wondering.

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Looks pretty accurate to me, with the exception of the droid rack.

I'm very excited by the Naboo set, accurate vehicle and great army builder. I'm definitly modding the droid rack just as I did with the MTT.

I wonder if the imperial V-wing will have wings that fold down for landing mode.

[Skafte]

I'm going to put a biker helmet on an ARF trooper. And then put it sideways on one of these to make it a SNOT BURP BARF trooper

[Masked Builder]

I'm going to put a biker helmet on an ARF trooper. And then put it sideways on one of these to make it a SNOT BURP BARF trooper

That's funny!

[Ritz Brick]

I'm very excited by the Naboo set, accurate vehicle and great army builder. I'm definitly modding the droid rack just as I did with the MTT.

I wonder if the imperial V-wing will have wings that fold down for landing mode.

You seem to be an expert on the droid rack My question to you is, do you think that droid rack will work with the MTT?

[Clonie]

The new rack is the same size as the old one isn't it? In theory it could work.

[CMP]

I'm going to put a biker helmet on an ARF trooper. And then put it sideways on one of these to make it a SNOT BURP BARF trooper

[The Legonater]

How would it be hard to line up the cut-out if the head is a just plain black head?! Well, that's just my personal preference, and I still know that the ARF trooper will have the normal clone face and a printed helmet.

Personally, I hate cut outs. With a full visor, you can use a different face underneath. Unless, of course, it comes with a new goggles head...

Edited October 2, 2010 by The Legonater

[sok117]

Personally, i hat cut outs. With a full visor, you can use a different face underneath. Unless, of course, it comes with a new goggles head...

I-Hat? When will apple learn?!?!?!?

[Brickdoctor]

What bulky Technic?? You don't need bulky Technic. Really, you don't. I see bar clips on that V-wing, so it's likely LEGO is doing the folding wings again. What's worse, LEGO appears to have replaced the click hinges on the inner panels with bar clips as well. (The inner panels also look smaller.) I wonder why?

Um, no, that wouldn't work. Let me clarify:

The V-wing's panels need to fold forwards towards each other. They need to rotate around the same axis at the same distance from the body independently, and you have to fit that mechanism into a 1-2 brick-high area. I know it's possible, but I don't think there's any simple way to do it.

Oh. I thought Brickdoctor had meant that a Mon Calamari star cruiser was a rumored August 2011 set. A bit of a meh for me personally (warts don't look good in LEGO) but still good to hear.

I wish.

I would have personally preferred the plain black head and the ARF helmet with the cut-out eye opening like what I stated above.

Me too. I like the cut-out, because then I can swap in an AT-ST driver head to get the white stripes on the lenses:

You seem to be an expert on the droid rack My question to you is, do you think that droid rack will work with the MTT?

I think he's saying he's going to take the rack from his MTT and fit it to the carrier.

[FettJango]

I'm going to put a biker helmet on an ARF trooper. And then put it sideways on one of these to make it a SNOT BURP BARF trooper

Good one!

[Masked Builder]

Um, no, that wouldn't work. Let me clarify:

The V-wing's panels need to fold forwards towards each other. They need to rotate around the same axis at the same distance from the body independently, and you have to fit that mechanism into a 1-2 brick-high area. I know it's possible, but I don't think there's any simple way to do it.

Me too. I like the cut-out, because then I can swap in an AT-ST driver head to get the white stripes on the lenses:

Yep that how they're supposed to fold.

I see what you mean. I'm not sure which one I like better...

[Fallenangel]

The V-wing's panels need to fold forwards towards each other. They need to rotate around the same axis at the same distance from the body independently, and you have to fit that mechanism into a 1-2 brick-high area. I know it's possible, but I don't think there's any simple way to do it.

But as far as I know, they only fold that way in the video games and the Hasbro toys (most of which I consider to be non-canon). I'm fairly certain that the V-wings shown in Revenge of the Sith just had the entire wing structure pivot 90 degrees:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiotiRvQaTg&feature=related

In the first few seconds, you can clearly see a V-wing landing next to the Theta-class shuttle.

From the Star Wars databank:

Bracketing the wedge-shaped ship were a set of flat wings extending above and below the ship. The wings were on articulated collars that allowed them to rotate 90 degrees for landing.

If you can show me a passage from Labyrinth of Evil or a panel from a canon Star Wars comic book released prior to Revenge of the Sith, I'll believe you and everyone else on this forum who says the V-wing's wing panels fold like scissors, but until then, I stand by the film footage.

[Brickdoctor]

But as far as I know, they only fold that way in the video games and the Hasbro toys (most of which I consider to be non-canon). I'm fairly certain that the V-wings shown in Revenge of the Sith just had the entire wing structure pivot 90 degrees:

[snip]

In the first few seconds, you can clearly see a V-wing landing next to the Theta-class shuttle.

Certainly can't deny that, but a Google image search reveals that the official Hasbro model folds scissor-like.

EDIT:

But then this comic says otherwise:

For now, I guess the canon folding mechanism is the way you've described it, in which case I see no reason why TLG doesn't use it.

Edited October 1, 2010 by Brickdoctor

[prateek]

Certainly can't deny that, but a Google image search reveals that the official Hasbro model folds scissor-like.

EDIT:

But then this comic says otherwise:

*snip*

For now, I guess the canon folding mechanism is the way you've described it, in which case I see no reason why TLG doesn't use it.

I was just gonna say. It seems that Hasbro just wasted time and money creating something that is inaccurate

[Brickdoctor]

I was just gonna say. It seems that Hasbro just wasted time and money creating something that is inaccurate

So did Pandemic. Two moving wing pieces would obviously use less data and modeling time than four.

[The Legonater]

SW Battlefront 2's V-Wings showed the sizzor version. However, that also bombs. Maybe there's two V-wing varients?

[Brickdoctor]

SW Battlefront 2's V-Wings showed the sizzor version. However, that also bombs. Maybe there's two V-wing varients?

The V-wing only assumed the Bomber class because the other two roles were already filled by the Eta-2 and ARC-170. It would have been slightly more accurate to have the V-wing as the multi-purpose fighter and the ARC as the bomber, but the ARC was supposedly made the multi-purpose fighter since the X-wing fills that role for the Alliance.

[FettJango]

The V-wing only assumed the Bomber class because the other two roles were already filled by the Eta-2 and ARC-170. It would have been slightly more accurate to have the V-wing as the multi-purpose fighter and the ARC as the bomber, but the ARC was supposedly made the multi-purpose fighter since the X-wing fills that role for the Alliance.

Too bad they didn't have the CW Y-Wing bomber at the time. That would be a cool vehicle.

[Future74]

You seem to be an expert on the droid rack My question to you is, do you think that droid rack will work with the MTT?

Expert? Not really

I think he's saying he's going to take the rack from his MTT and fit it to the carrier.

Brickdoctor is right, I think the droid rack on the new carrier will be easy to MOD in the same way as I did on the MTT. I'm looking forward to this set and the number of droids in it makes it fabulous. Looking at the released sets I think the Seperatist were in dire need of a (armybuilder) set.

[Fallenangel]

The V-wing only assumed the Bomber class because the other two roles were already filled by the Eta-2 and ARC-170. It would have been slightly more accurate to have the V-wing as the multi-purpose fighter and the ARC as the bomber, but the ARC was supposedly made the multi-purpose fighter since the X-wing fills that role for the Alliance.

Right. And of course the reason for this reassignment was solely game mechanics. The same reason that the T-47s in Battlefront 2 had no cannon(only a harpoon shaped like a plug) and Grievous's fighter was labeled a 'CIS Strike Bomber'. Game mechanics are the reason why I don't consider Star Wars video games to be canon - unless (as with Jedi Starfighter) a certain canon starship or vehicle appeared in a video game prior to a true canon appearance. There is no second variant of the Alpha-3 Nimbus fighter. And the existing variant does not feature wing panels that fold toward each other. (And I hope we all know Hasbro toys aren't canon...)

From Wookieepedia:

In the games Star Wars: Battlefront II and Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, the V-wing is depicted as a heavy bomber with flak cannons rather than the fast interceptor craft that it has been established as in other sources. Although this portrayal of the this ship is likely considered non-canon, it was done regardless as the fighter and interceptor roles for the Republic faction were already filled, leaving the V-wing to take on the bomber ship class.

By the way, where is that comic from? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

[prateek]

By the way, where is that comic from? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Star Wars: Dark Times 4: The Path to Nowhere, Part 4 if you're referring to the comic with Appo and Vill walking with the Imperial V-Wings in the back.

[Dino_Bot]

The mandalorian packie looks amazing.

[The Crazy One]

I haven't really been following Star Wars Lego lately, but this wave certainly looks interesting. Any developments on the issue of SW ending this year?