LEGO Star Wars 2015 Pictures and Rumors

[Tariq j]

Thanks again for another brilliant review Just2Good. I think the Skyhopper will really fit in well with this year's Sandcrawler and Cantina, shame we didn't get Luke's house.

Edited December 18, 2014 by Tariq j

[Slurpifier]

Thanks J2G!

My opinion on the Tusken has changed; I want a full Tusken camp of them!

The Skyhopper Pilot is neat too! I can see it being added to the Rebel Alliance easily!

[Clone OPatra]

Thanks for the reviews of these sets so far, j2g. I have to say the American prices are ridiculously good for these, I expected each set to be at least five dollars more than the prices you've said they are. (Also just to note, the ice cream cone piece in black is not exclusive to the Skyhopper; it first appeared in Mixels.)

The Skyhopper looks like a really great model. I can't say I want it, since I don't really care about Skyhoppers, but LEGO still did an excellent job on it. I only wish it came with a second Tusken. That's the type of figure you won't multiples of, and it's frustrating to get only one at a time. Just the inclusion of a second makes each seem less lonely. (I can't imagine being the lone 212th trooper in the Umbaran MHC for example, so sad )

I'm really liking the Sabine figure as well, but I hate the printing style that LEGO has been going for on Star Wars legs recently. For anybody with a knee guard, LEGO just prints half a knee guard and then cuts it off. This problem plagues all three figures in Ezra's Speeder Bike, in fact. I really don't understand why they went this direction; they used to design knee prints to fit the printable area, like the old Sandtrooper:

Yet now they design things to be too far down and just cut off; see, the new Sandtrooper:

It's really quite ugly, and just make the figures look sloppy. I wish LEGO would go back to designing knee guards to completely fit in the printable area.

[Pablo94]

I've just found some of the new sets (battlepacks, Wookie Gunship) in a shop in Warsaw.

[irispen]

Shadow troopers and At dp review please! :)

[SzyMek]

These minifigures are great!

[rollermonkey]

That's a lot of Technic in that Skyhopper!

Do want for the Tusken, though.

[merman]

GallardoLU: It might probably be that set. The employee said it was a Death Star sized set, meaning the set didn't necessarily have to be SW. He could have just been referring to the DS.

That rumor comes from me. I spoke to the employee. It was a SW set but he also mentioned January. And it was NOT the Slave. When we spoke the first images of the Slave already had emerged online.

[wesker]

I'm really liking the Sabine figure as well, but I hate the printing style that LEGO has been going for on Star Wars legs recently. For anybody with a knee guard, LEGO just prints half a knee guard and then cuts it off. This problem plagues all three figures in Ezra's Speeder Bike, in fact. I really don't understand why they went this direction; they used to design knee prints to fit the printable area, like the old Sandtrooper:

Yet now they design things to be too far down and just cut off; see, the new Sandtrooper:

It's really quite ugly, and just make the figures look sloppy. I wish LEGO would go back to designing knee guards to completely fit in the printable area.

It does look pretty bad, although the Stormtroopers still using the black hips annoys me more. It was fine on the older versions but completely unneccessary now that we have leg printing.

[just2good]

Alright, Shadow Trooper time...

The minifigures in here are very well done. The Shadow Troopers look fantastic- they have a pseudo chrome-black look to them and some phenomenal printing. The Shadow Guards are not as good, but still pretty cool- love the "mask" piece in black, a color we never got it in before.

I need to rest, holy cajoli. Too many sets today.

[Darth Malgus]

Shadowtroopers very nice, thanks J2G!

[Fuppylodders]

Now those shadow troopers are a BP I'm going to bulk out on! I love the dark feel to them, they have been carried out extremely well imo. The 'mouth' printing also looks like what some people are wishing for on the white stormies...? So that has to be a bonus of some twisted sort

[Dragonlego27]

Great set, great review. Thanks again Just2good! Just one question: have you literally managed to get all the sets?

I'm not a massive fan of the speeder, but it's the minifigures you want and they're truly phenomenal, even though they're just reprints.

In a better light, the Shadow Guard's lightsaber hilts definitely look to plain, so it looks like I'm going to be busy trying to find an easy and repeatable way to mod them.

Keep them coming Just2good!

[just2good]

Thanks for the feedback y'all!

Great set, great review. Thanks again Just2good! Just one question: have you literally managed to get all the sets?

I'm not a massive fan of the speeder, but it's the minifigures you want and they're truly phenomenal, even though they're just reprints.

Nah, only other set I have at the moment is the troop transport battlepack.

[Nom Carver]

Thanks again just2good, this may be my only purchase for next year (unless there is something fairly good coming with the summer wave).

[Only Sinner]

Thanks for the feedback y'all!

Nah, only other set I have at the moment is the troop transport battlepack.

Thanks for doing these early reviews, man. You are a genuine LEGO hero, as far as I'm concerned. Question; How do the Shadow guards look displayed with the helmeted Inquisitor? I would imagine they kind of match up, even though they have never been together thus far in SW universe.

[SzyMek]

Alright, Shadow Trooper time...

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The minifigures in here are very well done. The Shadow Troopers look fantastic- they have a pseudo chrome-black look to them and some phenomenal printing. The Shadow Guards are not as good, but still pretty cool- love the "mask" piece in black, a color we never got it in before.

I need to rest, holy cajoli. Too many sets today.

Cool!

[Tariq j]

Thanks for the review J2G! Looks like another good set, although I wish they hadn't used the new blasters

[Kodan Black]

Now I just need a double VIP day in Feb to get the shadow trooper pack and my Hoth Han.

[wilson3a10]

That grey colour looks shiny and interesting. Will get 2 boxes.

[Artizan]

what if the shadow troopers battlepack is a episode 7 set?

[Dragonlego27]

what if the shadow troopers battlepack is a episode 7 set?

No chance. I seriously doubt JJ Abrams and Disney, who have been really into anti-spoiler security, would allow a toy company to release set/s a year before the film's release.

Also, the Shadow Guards and Troopers are directly identical to the versions in the Force Unleashed video game, which is set about 50 years before SW7, and since ROTJ all the troopers and ships have been updated.

[irispen]

Thanks just2good, you are just pure awesome!

Edited December 21, 2014 by irispen

[Dragonlego27]

Thanks for doing these early reviews, man. You are a genuine LEGO hero, as far as I'm concerned. Question; How do the Shadow guards look displayed with the helmeted Inquisitor? I would imagine they kind of match up, even though they have never been together thus far in SW universe.

I had the same idea, as so far he's had now bodyguards or special troops in the series. They both wear black and have red visors; they're even from the same timeframe! I think they'd work well together, but pictures would be nice.

[just2good]

Let's say... Summer 2015... There's a new set that's an Imperial Carrier. What vehicle would that be?