LEGO Star Wars 2014 Pictures and Rumors

[Mogywar]

I can't wait for new Wookies!

[legocaptainrexfan]

I can't wait for new Wookies!

Neither can I.

[hench]

I hope they'll give us some Wookiee vehicles in summer wave, like Catamaran ...

[Walter]

Am I the only one that thought we'd never see another Kashyyyk trooper produced by TLG?

I really am excited for that specific battle pack. I always wanted one of those minifigures from the original episode III sets, but I never got one because they were so expensive.

[Tariq j]

I'm really excited about commander gree and kasheek troopers.

[Lego Spy]

Am I the only one that thought we'd never see another Kashyyyk trooper produced by TLG?

I really am excited for that specific battle pack. I always wanted one of those minifigures from the original episode III sets, but I never got one because they were so expensive.

I'm really excited about commander gree and kasheek troopers.

Me too, the Kashyyyk troopers in the preliminary pictures, long story short, look awesome.

[vriverajr3]

As cool as those troopers look, 2 wookies and 2 troopers would have made me and probably a lot of other people happier. Still going to get multiple of that set though :)

[Legoofmyleg]

So, I have been giving the AT-AP some thoughts. I have decided to share them.

Some have expressed dislike for the vehicle's looks, however I personally like it. Sure, it gets a tiny amount of screen time, but I think it looks cool. It's all personal opinion of course.

My enjoyment of the AT-AP is such that I bought the first one when it came out. Since the images of the new one were released, I've been comparing the sets to look at the differences and possible improvements. The first thing I noticed was the new one beats the old one on the accuracy of its appearance. It has nearly twice the number of pieces of the old one and that allows it have more detail. So we win there. I see some elements of the old one that have been carried over to the new, unfortunately the pictures are not good enough for me to pick out fine details. A major bugbear for me was the old AT-AP had a problem with gaps, lots of them. Underneath, in the rear......and I am not entirely convinced that these have been removed in the new model. Again, I can't see the details and I hope the higher part count has gone into fixing them. I really need to see a review to make up my mind especially given its price.

Yes, the price...an increased part count means an increased price. The old one retailed at 40 dollars, this one is at 60. I feel it does jack the set up into the next tier of pricing, for what is frankly a minor vehicle in the franchise, albeit a (probably) well built one. I bought the original at a discounted price and felt that it was worth the price that I paid. I feel like the new one may also benefit from a discount. Plus you will most likely need to buy a battlepack to flesh it out.

My biggest gripe (what a grouch I am) is the minifig situation. In the old one you had two clones but three (!) seats, and well that always did annoy me. On the plus side you got a couple of special clones which were only sold in ones in the battlepacks. The new one is even worse. Ok, you get three droids (shrug), they don't drive the AT-AP though. Opposing them, you get a Commander Glee and a new wookiee. Well neither of them are going to drive it either. So you essentially have a fancy vehicle and five unrelated characters in one set. Therefore you must buy a battle pack to flesh it out. I understand that many will be buying multiple packs as will I, but consider it one extra pack for purchase. I do wonder if they have thrown in Glee and the wookiee purely as a buying incentive, much like they threw in the two special clones in the old one.

To conclude. I am cautious about the new set. It does like better, but it is considerably more expensive. The minifig situation is immensely irritating, but then again it seems like many Star Wars buyers spend more time fawning over new minifigures than the models themselves. So Lego throws in a few new figs and they will still be guaranteed to move enough sets off of the shelves. I'm going to wait for the review to see if the new model still has gaps, if so, I will stick with the old one and just mod it.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Legoofmyleg

[jrad26]

http://images.wikia.com/lego/images/4/45/Hd_8fa5464e2180afb96c6b168bfbded17c.jpg could be the new grievous!!

[wesker]

http://images.wikia....68bfbded17c.jpg could be the new grievous!!

I think you may be right. Obi-Wan is definitely wearing the new ROTS costume from the preliminary artwork.

EDIT - second Grievous pic here: http://images1.wikia...199a12dfab2.jpg

Edited September 2, 2013 by wesker

[LEGOMAN132]

The CG pic kind of makes General Grievous look a bit mega blocky. still better then the first one we got though the second pic makes hime look better

Edited September 2, 2013 by LEGOMAN132

[Artanis I]

Doesn't look white to me...

[The Kid]

Looks like they've finally figured out the arms if that turns out to be the real deal. And Grievous wasn't exactly painted in tennis whites in the film, only the original Clone Wars cartoon. A little bit of musky beige is more fitting for a film version, no?

TK

[Brickdoctor]

EDIT - second Grievous pic here: http://images1.wikia...199a12dfab2.jpg

Looks like they've finally figured out the arms if that turns out to be the real deal.

That definitely does not look like it could be a future minifig as it is. Look at the shoulder joints: the arms are split in half, and there's only half a clip at the end of each arm touching the shoulder bar!

[wesker]

That definitely does not look like it could be a future minifig as it is. Look at the shoulder joints: the arms are split in half, and there's only half a clip at the end of each arm touching the shoulder bar!

The mold of the new Grievous will no doubt be the same as the CW one. CG renders tend to take liberties in how flexable the minifigures can be and the prelim artwork shows the second pair of arms still connect to the first pair.

I think the render at least gives us an idea of what Grievous' new face print could potentially look like, especially since Obi-Wan is wearing the new costume from the preliminary pics.

[Brickdoctor]

The mold of the new Grievous will no doubt be the same as the CW one. CG renders tend to take liberties in how flexable the minifigures can be and the prelim artwork shows the second pair of arms still connect to the first pair.

I think the render at least gives us an idea of what Grievous' new face print could potentially look like, especially since Obi-Wan is wearing the new costume from the preliminary pics.

Sorry, I meant to quote The Kid's post as well and forgot to. I hope my post is clearer now.

[legofreak86]

Doesn't look white to me...

He never was completely white in the film it is clear that when you watch he is a beige colour between white and tan. So making him white would be illogical. I think that grievous will probably share the design of the yoda chronicles one as that is very ep 3 accurate facially: Hoping for that cape too. This figure should be great judging by the facial design and the eyes and hopefully they'll whack that cape on him. Did I mention he needs a cape?

also looks like Vader is back in a set next year as there is an awesome cg of him. Nothing different to previous variant but hopefully he will be in a system set.: http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles15/908969/projects/10371765/91949fc794b86124799e5fedb53a1b20.jpg

Edited September 2, 2013 by legofreak86

[Tariq j]

Is that greivous the one from the yoda chronicles?

[legofreak86]

Is that greivous the one from the yoda chronicles?

Indeed. The facial design is clearly the same as the CG one shown in the earlier photo. This was just a better close up.

[Artanis I]

He never was completely white in the film it is clear that when you watch he is a beige colour between white and tan. So making him white would be illogical. I think that grievous will probably share the design of the yoda chronicles one as that is very ep 3 accurate facially: http://cartoonnetwor...jpg?w=584&h=328 Hoping for that cape too. This figure should be great judging by the facial design and the eyes and hopefully they'll whack that cape on him. Did I mention he needs a cape?

also looks like Vader is back in a set next year as there is an awesome cg of him. Nothing different to previous variant but hopefully he will be in a system set.: http://behance.vo.ll...fedb53a1b20.jpg

At first I thought this image was artwork for the upcoming sets, and there has been a question about whether the new minifig was going to be white or tan. That's what my comment was about. Later I thought that this image is quite possibly nothing to do with the sets but rather for a SW Lego animation, and if the Yoda Chronicles topic is being thrown around then maybe my original idea was completely irrelevant.

[jrad26]

yoda chronicles characters have already made appearances in this years wave so its certainly possible

[narbilu]

My opinion on the AT-AP: set 75043

Minifigs:

It was about time that a new wookiee was introduced and with the upcoming Kashyyk battle pack more can be expected soon.

The clone commander is cool and the drones are a must in this battle. I personally hope that a clone gunner is included inside the AT-AP.

It is a shame that two minifigs are special characters, not really a plus for army builders.

But as said earlier with a Kashyyk battleset coming it will be a great addition.

The vehicle itself:

Is a perfect reflexion of the actual one. Detailing, size and colorscheme are good.

I hope the model can stand sturdy in different positions.

The complete set:

A nice addition for every LSW collector and clone war fan.

Brickcount, 700 seems ok. I hope the price will be under € 60.

Can't wait for the January sets.

Edited September 2, 2013 by narbilu

[Navy Trooper Fenson]

The mold of the new Grievous will no doubt be the same as the CW one. CG renders tend to take liberties in how flexable the minifigures can be and the prelim artwork shows the second pair of arms still connect to the first pair.

I think the render at least gives us an idea of what Grievous' new face print could potentially look like

The cover on the neck joint would also require a completely new mold, as well as the head with its 3D-details on the ears and eyes. LEGO sometimes takes freedom when designing 3D models for their films but this Grievous takes so much that he can´t be released, he is like the Grievous from Search for Artoo or the Rancor from Padawan Menace, just for the movie and like all those movie only models this new one won´t be relevant for anything, not even at giving a hint where the new Grievous deisgn is going to.

especially since Obi-Wan is wearing the new costume from the preliminary pics.

The prelim drawing shows a new Obi-Wan with the same head and torso but with new legs and a different hairpiece. The Obi-Wan on the pic is from the AOTC Laaty gunship which means the model was made for Yoda Chronicles and/or to promote summer 2013 sets.

He never was completely white in the film it is clear that when you watch he is a beige colour between white and tan. So making him white would be illogical. I think that grievous will probably share the design of the yoda chronicles one as that is very ep 3 accurate facially: http://cartoonnetwor...jpg?w=584&h=328 Hoping for that cape too. This figure should be great judging by the facial design and the eyes and hopefully they'll whack that cape on him. Did I mention he needs a cape?

Grievous in ROTS isn´t white but he was planned as being white with several actionfigures being released in that color (including the very first LEGO Grievous) and the Gennedy cartoon Grievous being white/grey. Looking at the ROTS and TCW designs as well as the already released TCW LEGO Grievous there isn´t much they can change in the printing. If it were up to me it would only be the eyes but seeing how LEGO cartoonifies parts of their designs they are pretty much okay the way they are for a Life Action fig. So seeing how LEGO can barely change anything it would make sense to make Grievous white for this set since that is a popular variant of his, LEGOs designers are colorblind/Don´t give a crap anyway with darkblue/dark brown Hoth Han and SANDBLUE Boba Fett and it already looks like they changed his color to white or at least a lighter color than the standard and dark tan of Obi-Wan who is directly beside him in the prelim catalogue. I know prelim catalogues can change since they are preliminary but drawings in the catalogue are generally identical with the final product.

Also, he never had a cape in the scene of the film it is clear that when you watch he dropped it when "GREETINGS JEDI!" and looking at the lack of lightsabers in all available pics of this set they seem to want to make the set more about the chase and the fight at the escape ship platform. Oh, and LEGO is cheap and don´t want to do a new cape cutout when they don´t have to which is why they haven´t put him with the Tri Droid or Vulture and based him off the bridge scene.

yoda chronicles characters have already made appearances in this years wave so its certainly possible

Yeah, but those were at least possible through existing molds and didn´t have any magical half-clips that are somehow sticking to the fig and can be positioned.

[wesker]

The prelim drawing shows a new Obi-Wan with the same head and torso but with new legs and a different hairpiece. The Obi-Wan on the pic is from the AOTC Laaty gunship which means the model was made for Yoda Chronicles and/or to promote summer 2013 sets.

The costume in the CG pic is definitely identical to the preliminary drawing. The torso is a new design featuring a brown undershirt and the legs are dark tan.

The AOTC figure from the Gunship has light tan legs and uses the same torso as Qui-Gon with the flesh neck.

The design of the torso on the recent Clone Wars figure is similar to the ROTS version, but not identical. The legs on that figure are nougat.

Edited September 2, 2013 by wesker

[Chills]

I see posts about new types of blasters for 2014, I guess I missed the pictures. Could someone post them, please?