LEGO Star Wars 2013 Pictures and Rumors

[Sir_Basil_Ashton]

They can paint Yoda's head blue instead of green. That should solve the problem nicely. The thing to remember is that these are toys aimed at children and 1000% accuracy is not needed. Trans blue is as near as Lego can get to an aura and that works pretty good in my opinion.

I whole heartedly agree that LEGO are toys aimed at children. However I don't believe children are into the force ghosts as much as the OT fans. My children and their friends find the OT rather boring as they love the PT and TCW. The only time they watch the OT is when I want to watch it and they often leave the room and find other things to do while I'm watching.

Edited May 13, 2013 by Sir_Basil_Ashton

[Darth Caedus]

My children and their friends find the OT rather boring as they love the PT and TCW. The only time they watch the OT is when I want to watch it and they often leave the room and find other things to do while I'm watching.

That's a shame. Kids can be taught to appreciate quality entertainment, but it takes time and patience. But it's probably just a phase - I wasn't into the OT as much from age 8ish-13ish (basically while the prequels were coming out) - but as a teenager I quickly realized the crappiness of the prequel era stuff and better recognized the OT as true pieces of art.

[Sir_Basil_Ashton]

I'm fine with my kids not liking the OT. They're entitled to their own opinion and the choice is theirs to make.

My son is really looking forward to the new Republic Gunship. I'm hoping it's a lot more stable than 7676.

Edited May 13, 2013 by Sir_Basil_Ashton

[TheLegoDr]

It typically boils down to what did you grow up with. My first SW movie was Phantom Menace and I was in high school at that time, if that says anything. I'm not saying the PT are better than the OT, nor vice versa, but it does seem usually what you can link to your childhood usually wins out, if only for nostalgic reasons.

With that said, the PT and OT both have some great characters and scenes. The downside is they added in some extra humor in the PT that didn't always blend with the rest of the series.

I keep forgetting about this Ewok village set. I may have to save more for that. Too many good sets this year. Thanks LEGO

[Darth Caedus]

Anyways. My thoughts on the new sets:

Tank Druid: Best set of the wave - cheap for a great price with a minifig we've needed for more than a decade. Works as an armybuilder too.

Homing Spyder Druid: Decent price. Stass Allie is cool, I'll probably pass though - just not quite novel enough to justify shunting funds from LOTR purchases to SW.

Geonosian Drool: See above. The environ they created is decent, but just a liiiitle too big for me to care. I guess it pairs well with Dooku's Sholar Shaler from way back when - I'll have to dig that out of storage if I pick this up. Poggle is a nice fig. Would've been cool if they tossed in another Geonosian or two to make it more worthwhile. On the fence as to whether this is a buy, but it's a very good Star Wars set.

JEK-14: Waste of a slot on Lego's utterly banal stuff. This looks like bad fanfic as a set. And 70 bucks? Run me away from this boulder.

AT-TE: Interesting they tightened it up for a 90 buck release. Reasonable. The 2002 one still suits me fine, though. Trebor is awesome, but just another example of Lego's infuriating tendency of remaking tired vehicles and trying to lure in the AFOLs with must-have minifigs. Why not make an UT-AT or something?

Jobba's Shale Burge: Looks like a log of feces and isn't much different in quality. Smaller and derpier than the old one, and horrendously overpriced. Max Rebo and Ree Yees are really cool designs, but not worth $120.

Republic Gunslip: Finally, a proper AOTC Padme. Should've been in a smaller set with a Nexu - another dang gunship. Considering this one is destroyed at the end of the scene it's in, they could at least construct it so it could shatter into multiple fragments - if you're going to have another gunship, might as well do something new.

Mandalorian Speeder: Reaaaaally should have a 3rd Mando (or Starbuck) but it's a solid set and a probable buy. Good work on the Maul.

Starhopper: Bleh. Cad Bane minus his neck thingie, random Nikto and Obi-wan's silly disguise. The set itself is sort of okay, but it's not particularly striking. I'm glad we're done with TCW.

TOR Defender: Didn't expect another TOR set. It's annoying that they draw from TOR (which was a failure of an MMO, so why are we still getting stuff from it?) - but at least these minifigures are cool. The ship itself is pretty squished and just not impressive enough to drop down a whole Benjamin on it. That Sith Warrior *needs* to show up in a battlepack though. Such a sweet design.

[DrasticPlastic]

I think this wave indicates lego knows its audience - there's something for everyone and some love the same sets others despise. I reckon the corporate alliance tank is just lazy with one minifig to ensnare buyers - others love it, well done lego market research.

Edited May 13, 2013 by DrasticPlastic

[8BrickMario]

I personally am fine with both the OT and PT, but I'm partially biased toward the PT, as I started with that.

For those who don't know, the new Slave Leia is brilliantly designed to allow her braid to go around the chain attached to the neck bracket.

[Faefrost]

Republic Gunslip: Finally, a proper AOTC Padme. Should've been in a smaller set with a Nexu - another dang gunship. Considering this one is destroyed at the end of the scene it's in, they could at least construct it so it could shatter into multiple fragments - if you're going to have another gunship, might as well do something new.

Isn't ALL Lego designed to shatter into multiple fragments? Granted it's not something that they list as a "play feature"...

[naugem]

Stass Allie and Ree-Yees look great.

[8BrickMario]

I actually don't like Ree-Yees. He looks too happy, and not too accurate. I like this unofficial one much better:

[wesker]

I think that the Ewok Village will include Ewok Village Leia, an updated Endor Luke, C-3P0 and three Ewoks. Possibly Teebo, a generic Ewok and a Chief Chirpa update.

A generic Ewok would be great. So far all the Ewoks released have been named characters, so it would be nice to have one that can be used for army building. I wouldn't mind one of the new Scout Troopers thrown in as well.

I personally am fine with both the OT and PT, but I'm partially biased toward the PT, as I started with that.

For those who don't know, the new Slave Leia is brilliantly designed to allow her braid to go around the chain attached to the neck bracket.

They did a great job with both the hairpiece and the overall figure. She's definitely one of my favourites of the wave.

[naugem]

That unofficial one looks more realistic, while the official one looks more lego-ized. I still think it looks cool. And he comes packaged with slave Leia, maybe that's why he looks so happy

[8BrickMario]

That unofficial one looks more realistic, while the official one looks more lego-ized. I still think it looks cool. And he comes packaged with slave Leia, maybe that's why he looks so happy

Any minifig would feel that way! My favorite minifigures of this wave are Max Rebo, Stass Allie, Slave Leia, the Jedi Consular, and Dooku.

[Faefrost]

Oh dear, I just had a thought that might get rocks thrown at my head. We've been thinking on what might be in the Endor Village, and a lot of people are debating how or if they would do the three force ghosts. I've been a little skeptical if they would commit three figs out of the sets minifig budget to do the ghosts that appear on screen for 3 seconds and don't actually move or do anything. But then it dawned on me how they might do it. (Oh gods they are going to light me on fire for even suggesting this). Look at the Iron Man Malibu Mansion set (bleach I cannot even type that name without thinking Barbie dolls) look at how they pulled off the wall of armor in that set. Stickers on clear panels. Or look at the old school Han in Carbonite piece. The printed brick. Might they not simply print the ghosts onto a clear brick or stickers to some effect? (Heading to grab some fire proof underwear).

As much as I want a force ghost, I think we will be far more likely to see it in a Dagobah set where they only need the one, Obi Wan. And he gets to move around a bit.

[Artanis I]

Stickers on clear panels. Or look at the old school Han in Carbonite piece. The printed brick. Might they not simply print the ghosts onto a clear brick or stickers to some effect?

Seems a reasonable solution. Completely unnecessary minifigs in my opinion.

[8BrickMario]

Yeah, that would be pefect. Color stickers on trans-blue bricks, maybe the piece linked below, built into a forest wall?

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=46212

Edited May 14, 2013 by 8BrickMario

[wesker]

I'd be OK with using stickers on transparant bricks. It worked pretty well for the Sidious hologram in the 2006 Star Destroyer.

[8BrickMario]

Yeah, but to create the right look, the stickers would be full color, on the trans-blue, to give the blue aura/transparent feel.

[Faefrost]

Yeah, but to create the right look, the stickers would be full color, on the trans-blue, to give the blue aura/transparent feel.

Or lit from above or below via lightbrick

[Legoman123]

Look at what they're doing with Jek-14, he has a translucent blue arm. I'm not saying that the whole body should be translucent, but some should be, e.g. The arms and legs, and then do the rest like the lord of the rings ghosts of the dead.

Edited May 14, 2013 by Legoman123

[CaptainCRO]

I haven't been in LEGO SW since the winter wave.

I must say these sets look amazing!

So many must have figures...I don't even know where I will get the money for all of this.

The set that looks the best to me is AT-TE.

It looks MASSIVE opposed to the old versions which look skinny.

And Coleman Trebor is simply a must have.

Slight off topic- What do you think, how hard would it be to make the new AT-TE If I have the 2008 version?

How many pieces could I use from mine, and aprox how many should I buy?

Do tou think this is even a good idea?

[XimenaPaulina]

Slight off topic- What do you think, how hard would it be to make the new AT-TE If I have the 2008 version?

How many pieces could I use from mine, and aprox how many should I buy?

Do tou think this is even a good idea?

We won't exactly know until we have the official parts list from the instructions to compare with the 2008 version. But judging from the comparison pic below I'd say the difference in parts are only minor, so you may be able to use approx. 80% (just an estimate) of the 2008 AT-TE if you decide to update. What would be interesting to know is the differences in design of the interior and the structural base/"skeleton" (it seems the new one is shorter, and hence looks appropriately bulkier).

If you just want to update your old AT-TE then it would be better if you BL the parts, and you'd be able to use the $90 on other purchases. But if you're a clone army builder then it might be worth getting this new one.

[CaptainCRO]

Thank you KielDaMan.

Indeed it seems the new one is shorter which looks much better in my opinion.

Edited May 14, 2013 by CaptainCRO

[8BrickMario]

On the LotR and The Hobbit 2013 thread, towards the end, we discuss extensively the possibility or impossibility of trans-minifigs. Check it out.

[Captain Settle]

Love the mandalorian speeder. The update of madalorians looks cool and those Darth Maul legs would be very useful.