75184 - Star Wars Advent Calendar 2017

[Manse1001]

[thoroakenfelder]

4 hours ago, jaylay said:

Nothing spectacular about this calendar.

The imperial officer has sideburns, that's kind of cool. But, I agree. Nothing in this set stands out. Putting a hat on BB-8 is the worst excuse for a holiday exclusive figure.

[Pseudoty]

6 hours ago, jaylay said:

Nothing spectacular about this calendar.

I told you we were getting a new MF this year  

[fossilrock]

38 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

I told you we were getting a new MF this year  

And it's basically the old falcon with just a cheese slope added.

[Bold-Arrow]

Lazy 

[Pseudoty]

No Stickers FTW!

[justapilgrim]

There goes the unkgar thug market

 

[KShine]

And the Downward Spiral continues (are they trying to fail?).

Seriously - When this one sells poorly (comparatively), will they have meetings to discuss what might have been wrong?

Edited March 26, 2017 by KShine

[siddji]

Ugh... really ! This could be the worst of the advent calendars to date. Will get ONLY ONE to add to the advent calendar collection. Lego needs to be More creative than this .

Edited March 26, 2017 by siddji

[fossilrock]

I don't really see a problem with this one.  It can't stay honing on the OT and PT's forever.  So, i'm glad they are finally devoting one of these to the new movies.  Plus, the minifigures aren't horrendous, since you can add to the army building for those themes.  

For little kids into these movies, and into the new movie sets this set is going to be a winner to them.  PLUS, if Star Wars is to carry on beyond just Gen X and some millennials, they need to hone on the new stuff and give the kids the new stuff.  The OT wasn't a part of thier generation.

[KShine]

19 minutes ago, fossilrock said:

I don't really see a problem with this one.  It can't stay honing on the OT and PT's forever.  So, i'm glad they are finally devoting one of these to the new movies.  Plus, the minifigures aren't horrendous, since you can add to the army building for those themes.  

For little kids into these movies, and into the new movie sets this set is going to be a winner to them.  PLUS, if Star Wars is to carry on beyond just Gen X and some millennials, they need to hone on the new stuff and give the kids the new stuff.  The OT wasn't a part of thier generation.

The problem isn't OT & PT - it's the lack of exclusive/special minifigs. They could have done a Santa Ren, or something (anything) - Imagine if the set had a Santa Leia.

I thought last year was odd that there was no Santa minifig, but at least there were still the 2 decent specials - but this year they give us a freakin hat???

[justapilgrim]

santa Rey/kylo/finn/leia anything. people dont mind having the new movies, we do mind the lack of creativity

[ravenb99]

[exciter1]

Sounds like a good year to get into the Advent market.

[jerphisch]

Advent calendars are primarily for children, and children happen to really like BB-8.  I don't see how this is a terrible decision.  Maybe the execution could have been a little better than just slapping a Santa hat on, but the more Santa you make it, the less BB-8 he becomes.

[thoroakenfelder]

There's a way to make him creative, do a Christmas ornament deco on him and you're actually creative. Throw a hat and snowboard on him and you're lazy.  Usually there are 2 themed characters per set and this time it's like a half.

[MrToes16]

Maybe I would have like to see a version of the elves ears and hat piece on BB-8 instead of the santa hat.

[gregpj]

Maybe I would have like to see a version of the elves ears and hat piece on BB-8 instead of the santa hat.

Santa Poe and elf BB8... now that would have been cool.

[Dr Jedi]

I concur with the general tone of this thread.  I love the SW advent calendars, and have bought them all, but if something doesn't change between now and its release, this may well be the first that I skip.  I don't know what the draw is, but so far it eludes me.  There are so many great candidates yet to be given the santa treatment, that calling this BB-8 effort "lazy" is probably an insult to the term.

Edited March 27, 2017 by Dr Jedi

[thoroakenfelder]

Santa Kenobi

Santa General Madine

Santa Ren

Snowman stormtrooper

 

Just a few quick thoughts

[Phil B]

I for one will withhold my judgement until I see the calendar and all 24 builds. I thought last year's calendar was a bit poor before my son started opening it (come on, a white Chewbacca?). But the mini-builds really were quite cool and I think it was a great calendar. The picture above shows 10 out of the 24 minibuilds, so still 14 that could be totally awesome. Just because a few minifigs are not very impressive does not necessarily make it a bad calendar.

[ravenb99]

Santa jar jar 

[KShine]

Since the mini-builds are just quick/fun/cute builds (buildable w/ spare pieces found around the house) capable of being built just by looking at a picture - Yes, the minifigs are the key to any lasting value/demand for these sets (and LEGO must certainly know this).

To consciously decide to not include any unique aspect with this set is lazy, and cheap - it shows a complete lack of respect/appreciation for the traditionally high quality of the brand.

Edited March 27, 2017 by KShine

[Alpinemaps]

I for one will withhold my judgement until I see the calendar and all 24 builds. I thought last year's calendar was a bit poor before my son started opening it (come on, a white Chewbacca?). But the mini-builds really were quite cool and I think it was a great calendar. The picture above shows 10 out of the 24 minibuilds, so still 14 that could be totally awesome. Just because a few minifigs are not very impressive does not necessarily make it a bad calendar.

I think we bought last year's calendar, but then my son opted to do a City calendar from a couple years ago.

I'll let the kids pick again. I'm going to guess the kids will pick Friends and City again this year, though, based on this offering.

[Darth_Raichu]

3 hours ago, KShine said:

Since the mini-builds are just quick/fun/cute builds (buildable w/ spare pieces found around the house) capable of being built just by looking at a picture - Yes, the minifigs are the key to any lasting value/demand for these sets (and LEGO must certainly know this).

To consciously decide to not include any unique aspect with this set is lazy, and cheap - it shows a complete lack of respect/appreciation for the traditionally high quality of the brand.

 

But but but the boxart shows a cute Starkiller base that beams out presents to everyone