75159 - UCS: Death Star (2016)

[gregpj]

This one is for you LEGO, inspired by @BrickLegacy and brought to you by Brickpickers everywhere.

[jstodda]

I've seen it.. it's literally a knock off of the original which we all knew. Acceptance is still tough though.

And even the remake is not remade enough.. They could have least added flesh colored figs.

So many reasons to dislike this one. Can anyone come up with a legitimate reason why it has any chance at profitability!?

[Lordoflego]

^somebody edited their post and now my pic makes no sense lol

Edited August 27, 2016 by Lordoflego

[jstodda]

Yeah..... Oops lol. That's what I get for posting before reading lol

[exciter1]

It's getting a little tiring with Sim Aloo and Janus Greejatus constantly getting snubbed.

[jstodda]

This is the only death Star on my wish list now....

[Salimr]

I hate that Lego made an identical set, but trying to find something good from this so I don't get too mad. I have now let my son play with my only Death Star (it was used anyway) and he loves it. He talked to the people for hours. He did add a bathroom and helicopter along with some ninjago figures. I guess Lego should have added a bathroom on the new version instead of cheese wedges

[Bold-Arrow]

Almost there 

[Lordoflego]

^ old Death Star to new Death Star is what French fries are to freedom fries, different number, different name- same thing  

Edited August 28, 2016 by Lordoflego

[biking_tiger]

Mmmm... french fries...

[CM4Sci]

Lmao I just noticed you edited the photo to block out the guy  

[jaxman]

2 hours ago, Salimr said:

I hate that Lego made an identical set, but trying to find something good from this so I don't get too mad. I have now let my son play with my only Death Star (it was used anyway) and he loves it. He talked to the people for hours. He did add a bathroom and helicopter along with some ninjago figures. I guess Lego should have added a bathroom on the new version instead of cheese wedges

Every Death Star needs a Lego Service Truck.

[johnwray]

5 hours ago, jstodda said:

They could have least added flesh colored figs.

They are flesh-colored. That first pic just has lousy lighting. It'll probably look more like this:

 

[Sprocket77]

7 hours ago, Salimr said:

 He did add a bathroom and helicopter

Lego designers will be kicking themselves that they forgot the helicopter, not a true Lego set now.

[Ed Mack]

Are there two different emperors royal guards? How come it isn't emperors royal guard x 2.

It's called marketing. Maybe they are trying to impress consumers with more minifigure pictures.

[Ciglione]

10 hours ago, CM4Sci said:

 

So they even had to ruin my stack of final duels? 

[Ed Mack]

I've seen it.. it's literally a knock off of the original which we all knew. Acceptance is still tough though.



And even the remake is not remade enough.. They could have least added flesh colored figs.

So many reasons to dislike this one. Can anyone come up with a legitimate reason why it has any chance at profitability!?

Han Solo has a new hair style.

[jaisonline]

7 hours ago, CM4Sci said:

Lmao I just noticed you edited the photo to block out the guy  

Felt bad that Lego employee is going to have their pic posted everywhere online.

[dcdfan]

Felt bad that Lego employee is going to have their pic posted everywhere online.

It might help them get a new job if someone recognizes them.

[corbaguy]

Just received the Fall 2016 Lego catalog. It shows the death star and it is all true. And it says it comes with 23 minifigs !

[zskid00]

[1archimedes]

So they even had to ruin my stack of final duels? 

Crap, your right

[Brian Briggs]

49 minutes ago, corbaguy said:

Just received the Fall 2016 Lego catalog. It shows the death star and it is all true. And it says it comes with 23 minifigs !

Well, the box image shows 25 minifigures appearing in the set, and none of them are brick-built this time.

[zskid00]

So they even had to ruin my stack of final duels? 

I'm not too worried about a $500 set putting a cap on the much cheaper alternative for those figures.

[Mathew]

1 hour ago, zskid00 said:

 

I'm not too worried about a $500 set putting a cap on the much cheaper alternative for those figures.

 

So is this really confirmed at $500?  If so then it's a terrible deal even for non-resellers compared to the old one.  

The box art is terrible too.  Where's the background?  A few stars?   Come on.  

They could have updated a few chambers at least.  Maybe even include something from Rogue One.   

[emonster]

Never liked the playhouse set so I never bought any for myself or for resell but I can understand why the younger ones like it. 

IMHO lego basically "retired" it so that it could be rebranded with Disney logo. If you think about it, all high demand sets will be redone eventually, it's just a question of how much time passes between refreshes. In this case the wait was just a couple months.