Fulcrumfan91 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 anyone see pics of the other sets yet?? I'm more interested in First Order sets tbh :D Quote
General Magma Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Also, did anyone notice that the visors are probably part of the helmets now, and are no longer represented by face prints anymore? I quite like that change, it allows you to swap any heads you'd like on generic pilots, instead of requiring a head with a printed visor on it to do so. Edited July 15, 2015 by General Magma Quote
rollermonkey Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 I got three words for ya: Female. X-wing. Pilot. Quote
Lobot Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 The Falcon looks almost identical to 7965, and has virtually the same part count (1329 compared to 1233), so I think I'll stick with it. I was going to complain about the spring-loaded launchers, but to be honest they aren't any worse that the flick-fire missiles bolted onto the underside of the old one! The only highlight for me is 'Old' Han, the rest looks like an easy pass. Quote
hachiroku Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 So, Jek's star fighter and the old Falcon with more dark grey pieces? Actually, the X-Wing has the exact same body from the 9493. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 @General Magma: I agree, this change is much welcomed Minifigs like the Inquisitor, both versions of Ant-man, Yellow Jacket, the Ultra agents and now the Resistance pilots simply wouldn't be the same without that new technique of combining transparent and opaque plastic into single pieces I'm quite amazed we get (apparently) minor characters like the Ground Crew member or the gang member already in wave one... As long as it's not at the expense of other, more important characters (like Maz Kanata or Supreme Leader Snoke ), that's fine with me though Quote
Venkefedo Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Also, did anyone notice that the visors are probably part of the helmets now, and are no longer represented by face prints anymore? I quite like that change, it allows you to swap any heads you'd like on generic pilots, instead of requiring a head with a printed visor on it to do so. Yep, I mentioned it a couple pages back: At first I thought I'd skip the new Falcon, but comparing it to the last...now I think I'm gonna get it. Or put it on my Christmas list, anyway The figs looks great! ...is that Kanjiklub Gang Member wearing a swim cap for his headgear? The new X-wing helmets look cool, too, and seems like the visor is part of the helmet (akin to the recent Ultra Agents helmets)... which is good, since we can replace the Resistance X-wing Pilot's head with this one and have Greg Grunberg's character from the movie So, yeah... we can make Grunberg's pilot, or, as Rollermonkey pointed out: I got three words for ya: Female. X-wing. Pilot. (not to mention, Kithaba's head could be used, or Ten Numb's, a Weequay, Duros, Mirialan, Zabrak, Nikto, and any other species--existing in SW or not--represented by standard heads... Cathar via Chima Lion heads, maybe?) Quote
Darth Malgus Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Toyland has posted the X-Wing and Falcon images as well here I like them but the x-wing looks a hybrid of JEK's one from 2 years ago. Quote
afolaus Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Oh yay more pics, let the floodgates open. Im really surprised they went with the black x-wing first. I look forward to the white and blue version in a year or two and likely owning both. Now we know why the price of these sets are rather high, each set comes with a minifigs or two more than you'd expect. Or maybe the minifig count is just following recent trends. From hothbricks: 75099 : 2 minifigs - Rey & Unkar Henchman 75100 : 3 minifigs - 2 First Order Snowtroopers & 1 First Order Snowtrooper Officer 75101 : 4 minifigs - 2 First Order TIE Fighter Pilots, 1 First Order Officer & 1 First Order Crew 75102 - 4 minifigs : Poe Dameron, BB-8, 1 Resistance X-Wing Pilot & 1 Resistance Ground Crew 75103 : 7 minifigs - 2 Resistance Soldiers, 2 First Order Flametroopers, 2 First Order Stormtroopers & Captain Phasma 75104 : 7 minifigs - Kylo Ren, General Hux, First Order Officer, 2 First Order Crew & 1 First Order (?) 75105 : 6 minifigs - Rey, Finn, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Tasu Leech, BB-8 & 1 Kanjiklub Gang Member Edited July 15, 2015 by afolaus Quote
Risgrynsgrot Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Talk about a big meh. First of all, the X-Wing. Wow, what an ugly colour scheme. Sure it's probably accurate but what happend to the sexy ones from the teaser? Also looks really similar to the last X-Wing. And the MF is even worse, looking almost exactly the same as the last one, with some added DBG to mess up the colour scheme. Also really disappointed in how BB-8 was done. Now there are some highlights (new X-Wing Canopy! Finns hair! Diversity!) but overall a very easy pass for me. Quote
djmangunz Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) That black and orange x-wing is NICE! The MF is nice but not enough of a change to convince me to replace my 2011 version. Old Han though.... And who would have thought fbtb would be the source of leaked pics? They have always been careful about not ruffling TLG's feathers. Which is a wise practice. Edited July 15, 2015 by djmangunz Quote
benjiv1 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Not sure if it's been posted by here are some pics of the orange and black x-wing from filming: Huge Star Wars fan, but I haven't bought a set since the first Landspeeder. Now that I have my own house, I fully plan on getting all of the Force Awakens sets. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Nice minifig list, but I kinda hoped we'd get a couple of yet unseen characters in the first wave Well, hopefully we'll get them early next year Quote
afolaus Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Oh and thanks TLG for the new Finn hair piece. New short hair has been a long time coming. Im surprised Finn is only available in the MF but not surprised Kylo Ren is only available with his shuttle. I guess there's a chance Finn could be a stormtrooper in a set but I'm sure he would have been named. Quote
Fives Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Wow, such a nice surprise! Gotta say, I'm a little upset that the X-Wing is orange and black rather than grey and blue, but it still looks awesome. Poe looks fine, but it's a shame that there's no civilian clothes version of him. The Resistance crew member is cool (new alien) but also kinda weird. As for the Falcon, this is essentially what I was expecting (although I was hoping for a carrying handle). Can't wait to see the interior. Chewie's bow caster looks good, and the new gang members are pretty cool. It's nice to have a few riff raff characters that aren't aligned with any military. The First Order snowspeeder will definitely be worth buying multiples of, which I was hoping. It's a nice surprise that Hux is in Kylo's shuttle. Shame that there's so few regular Stormies, but I'm guessing we're in for some really great First Order and Resistance BPs in the new year. BB-8 looks rather simple, but I'm glad. I was worried they'd try to make him mobile and it would be way too bulky or break all the time. Can't wait to see him next to R2 so we can get a good sense of his height. Of all the figs, the Unkar guy sounds most intriguing. I'm guessing the gang members in the Falcon set has something to do with Han's story in the film, so perhaps the Unkar guy is the Jakku equivalent of the Tusken Raiders? Regardless, this news is very exciting. Can't wait to see more images! Quote
benjiv1 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 The minifig list is kind of dissapointing. I was hoping for a masked and unmasked version of Kylo Ren. On the plus side, one could hypothetically put Finn's head on a trooper body, and Poe's head on Finn's body and you would have alternate attires. Also, it doesn't appear as if we are going to get very many lightsabres in wave 1. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Hm, R2 and C-3PO are missing from that list as well... It's not like we already haven't gotten enough iterations of those two, but still Hopefully this doesn't mean that they'll be sidelined in the film as well Quote
Clone 01354 Productions Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 The new X-Wing looks absolutely stunning. I love the detail on it, and the black and orange color scheme looks great. Those pilots (one is female!) look quite impressive, and everything from the helmet to the legs looks fantastic (same goes for the crew member). But BB-8......Talk about disappointment. He looks awful. The Falcon is good.....but it looks too much like the 2011 version. I'll wait until we get 2016 leaks to decide if I want this; if Han and Finn appear in other sets, then this is a definite skip. If not......I'll still probably skip it. Those gang members tho..... Quote
Venkefedo Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) As someone else noted, the fuselage of Poe's X-wing seems pretty much identical to 9493, so it should be possible to create a blue and white version, at the very least, depending on the availability of the elements in correct colors. Not all the white pieces from 9493 are available in light bley, but some are available in the old light gray--it might help give it a nice 'used' feel. Then it'd just depend on what goes into the T-70's wings, brick-wise, and whether they'd be available in the proper colors. Those pilots (one is female!) look quite impressive, ?? No, they're both male as far as I can tell... but with the new helmets, we can easily replace the head of either with a female head and not have to worry about lack of a visor print. Edited July 15, 2015 by Venkefedo Quote
BrickJagger Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 I like the new Falcon, but the X-Wing is just decent, as others have said. I have to admit that I'm a little disappointed that BB-8 can't roll, even though that would have made him oversized and clunky. I'm sure that we will see Stormtrooper battle-packs in January as well as Resistance ones to make up for the lack of them in this wave. On a side note, there are currently over 100 people reading this topic. Quote
namioik Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Wow, such a nice surprise! Gotta say, I'm a little upset that the X-Wing is orange and black rather than grey and blue, but it still looks awesome. Poe looks fine, but it's a shame that there's no civilian clothes version of him. The Resistance crew member is cool (new alien) but also kinda weird. I'm thinking the Grey and blue x wings are resistance x wing colors while Poe personalized his very own since he's "the best pilot". In a nutshell, we should EVENTUALLY see the grey and blue version Edited July 15, 2015 by namioik Quote
DarthPotato Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Those pilots (one is female!) look quite impressive Are you sure? The head sort of looks like it's the same as the one used on the Naboo pilot from the Naboo Starfighter that came out this year. Also, I sort of agree with others that the minifigure list is a bit disappointing. Obviously we'll get all of what we missed eventually, but I guess it just feels sort of empty... oh, well, I'm already looking forward to old Leia, Maz Kanata, and First Order battle packs in January. Quote
namioik Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Are you sure? The head sort of looks like it's the same as the one used on the Naboo pilot from the Naboo Starfighter that came out this year. Yes, it looks female from the looks of it. You can tell by the lips Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 I'm also pretty sure they'll release a regular T-70 X-wing; the question is when, not if I don't think it'll be in the upcoming winter wave though since it'd basically be identical to this version (apart from the colour scheme and minifig selection obviously), which would A) be redundant and B) could potentially cannibalize its own sales Quote
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