Popular Post Cheese Posted April 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2020 At last, a new UCS set, after years of remakes. Confirmed on Starwars.com. Day one purchase for me. Link to video... 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exracer327 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Where is the "LOVE IT" emoji? It looks great. I hope the guns swivel. If not, I'll be modding that as soon as possible. Is that a new 6-wide canopy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotorCityMuscle Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) disregard. who is the mini fig? Edited April 16, 2020 by MotorCityMuscle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exracer327 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, MotorCityMuscle said: disregard. who is the mini fig? It should be Arvel Crynyd. He's the pilot who flew his damaged A-Wing into the bridge of the Executor, which caused it to vear into the Second Death Star. Edited April 16, 2020 by exracer327 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migration Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Finally... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatttcat Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jedi Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I like it. I like it a lot. Now, if we can just get that UCS AT-AT for the 40th anniversary of ESB... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exracer327 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 SCORE! It is a new canopy and it has swiveling guns! Beyond the Brick youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzH-cNOHUNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graphicski Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Great to have a new ship in the ucs line - not keen on the price (£150 fairer I think) but still a must have for me 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I realize an X-Wing is supposed to be the gold standard of the franchise. But I just sold my last UCS Red Five. My two favorite starfighters are the B-Wing and the A-Wing. I have the B-Wing. I will need to pick up this A-Wing. This is just beautiful. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobot Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Designer video has just been posted by LEGO: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Does it come with a VIP card ? asking for a friend 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I used to be hyped for these UCS sets but with all the MOC instructions and full custom kits available now I'm less inclined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmaslıefendi Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 4 hours ago, exracer327 said: Where is the "LOVE IT" emoji? It looks great. I hope the guns swivel. If not, I'll be modding that as soon as possible. Is that a new 6-wide canopy? You were waiting for this set, weren't you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exracer327 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 hours ago, gmpirate said: I used to be hyped for these UCS sets but with all the MOC instructions and full custom kits available now I'm less inclined. As someone who has already built a UCS Nebulon-B and has the parts to start a UCS AT-AT and the instructions for the UCS Tie Bomber and UCS Tie-Defender, I mostly agree. But all the UCS mocs I saw for the A-Wing just never really captured the sleek look like this set has. One of the challenges was the canopy, which LEGO made a new one just for this set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicSpeed Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 As someone who only has a Slave I and the new Snowspeeder, Im going to get this for sure. Never been into UCS sets, but the A-Wing is one of my favorites. Had the original 7134, this looks 'zoomable' as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotorCityMuscle Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) anyone with knowledge know how the May 4th promotion typically works? i'm a bit concerned that the A-Wing will already be OOS once the promotion hits. so does that mean we should expect to order a key chain to get the promotion set assuming the A-Wing lasts that long? and do they normally do double points during the promotion period? Edited April 17, 2020 by MotorCityMuscle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 12 hours ago, exracer327 said: As someone who has already built a UCS Nebulon-B and has the parts to start a UCS AT-AT and the instructions for the UCS Tie Bomber and UCS Tie-Defender, I mostly agree. But all the UCS mocs I saw for the A-Wing just never really captured the sleek look like this set has. One of the challenges was the canopy, which LEGO made a new one just for this set. Haven't really looked into the A-Wing MOC's, but true, this one looks good. I have the U-Project (full kit) en route to me and the TS-Project in the works. Then I have to figure out where I'm going to put them. I bought the instructions to the AT-AT a few years ago but like a lot of sets I buy, I never got around to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$20 on joe vs dan Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 surprised they didn't save this release till May 4th makes me think it's something even bigger/better..money is on UCS Gunship reveal...we know it's just a matter of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotorCityMuscle Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 13 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said: surprised they didn't save this release till May 4th makes me think it's something even bigger/better..money is on UCS Gunship reveal...we know it's just a matter of time can't imagine they would be able to turn around a gunship that quick. didn't we just finalize that vote two months ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatttcat Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 As someone who has already built a UCS Nebulon-B and has the parts to start a UCS AT-AT and the instructions for the UCS Tie Bomber and UCS Tie-Defender, I mostly agree. But all the UCS mocs I saw for the A-Wing just never really captured the sleek look like this set has. One of the challenges was the canopy, which LEGO made a new one just for this set.Just curious where did you find the instructions for the UCS tie bomber and defender? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exracer327 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, scatttcat said: Just curious where did you find the instructions for the UCS tie bomber and defender? Don't roll your eyes but the designs I liked the most I found on ebay. They were relatively cheap enough and came with the parts list + UCS sticker. The Defender build uses a lot (about 40%) of the parts from the UCS Tie Fighter, which I already have. I was considering tearing it down to build it into that. Here are the links so you can check them out for yourself: Tie Defender: https://www.ebay.com/itm/274318434630?ViewItem=&item=274318434630 Tie Bomber: https://www.ebay.com/itm/274318434607?ViewItem=&item=274318434607 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exracer327 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, Graphicski said: Great to have a new ship in the ucs line - not keen on the price (£150 fairer I think) but still a must have for me 😅 I confess I thought the same thing about the price, maybe even $175 US considering the part count. However, as someone else pointed out in a different thread (I don't recall which one, maybe the UCS snowspeeder thread) the size of the ship or part count for UCS doesn't really affect the MSRP. The T-47 Snowspeeder is the smallest of all the SW ships @ 5.3m / 17' 5". The most recent UCS Snowspeeder had 1703 pieces ($200 US) and was nearly the same size as the UCS X-Wing which in Star Wars is over twice the length (12.5m / 41'). The RZ-1 A-Wing is still roughly half the size of the X-Wing and only slightly larger than the snowspeeder @ 6.9m / 22' 8". The UCS LEGO A-Wing has 1670 pieces ($200 US) and again will be roughly the same size as the LEGO UCS Snowspeeder and UCS X-Wing. So the price, while not advantageous, is in line with previous sets. This is LEGO's first non-remake true UCS set since at least 2015 so I don't necessarily see the price coming down. However, if it goes on sale, I'll definitely buy more. Edited April 17, 2020 by exracer327 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneknightr Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I'm thoroughly surprised and happy that TLG is finally making this. We've been hankering for a UCS A-Wing for a long time now. Even though the piece count isn't extraordinarily high, the finished model looks solid and looks to be a decent size. We get a good idea of the size when the designer picked it up towards the end of the video. Way to go Lego! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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