Star Wars 2023

[Pseudoty]

34 minutes ago, joch29 said:

once you've see it you can't unsee it...

Lego releases potentially their best set of the year, Gringotts, and their worst set of the year on the same day. 

[Darth_Raichu]

9 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

Lego releases potentially their best set of the year, Gringotts, and their worst set of the year on the same day. 

You are just mad it does not come with brick built Porgs

[KvHulk]

No idea why but Chewie reminds me of the Return of the Living Dead zombie.

Edited July 19, 2023 by KvHulk

[exciter1]

I feel better now, it's only $200.

[MrToes16]

kind of feel like this is what I am seeing:

 

[joch29]

[Achilles]

You know, I hate the Star Wars Mechs far less than I thought I was going to. I DO think it's weird they didn't have a natural "Good Guy" or Enemy Mech that you could get to pit them head to head, I mean there's no reason a Storm Trooper can't fight Boba Fett or whatever, but it seems like it would have made more sense to have some sort of matching "Good Guy" mech to go against each "Bad Guy" mech. Luke/Obi-Wan for Vader, a Rebel Trooper or Pilot for the Stormtrooper, Han or whatever for Boba.

Just seems like an odd choice. If I were a kid, I'd want to have these bad boys go at it! The first wave of Marvel Mechs had Iron Man/Thanos, Spider Man - Then the Venommech (Vs Spiderjet) but you could improvise. Anyway.

[brickvoyeur]

22 minutes ago, Achilles said:

 it would have made more sense to have some sort of matching "Good Guy" mech to go against each "Bad Guy" mech. Luke/Obi-Wan for Vader, a Rebel Trooper or Pilot for the Stormtrooper, Han or whatever for Boba.

We all know that Lego would never produce a mech of the only logical "good guy" choice due to PR concerns..... the C-3PO with the golden dong.

[Darth_Raichu]

1 hour ago, Achilles said:

You know, I hate the Star Wars Mechs far less than I thought I was going to. I DO think it's weird they didn't have a natural "Good Guy" or Enemy Mech that you could get to pit them head to head, I mean there's no reason a Storm Trooper can't fight Boba Fett or whatever, but it seems like it would have made more sense to have some sort of matching "Good Guy" mech to go against each "Bad Guy" mech. Luke/Obi-Wan for Vader, a Rebel Trooper or Pilot for the Stormtrooper, Han or whatever for Boba.

Just seems like an odd choice. If I were a kid, I'd want to have these bad boys go at it! The first wave of Marvel Mechs had Iron Man/Thanos, Spider Man - Then the Venommech (Vs Spiderjet) but you could improvise. Anyway.

Isn't Boba a good guy now in Disney canon? 😛

[Mathew]

On 7/19/2023 at 8:53 AM, MrToes16 said:

kind of feel like this is what I am seeing:

 

I wonder if Disney pushed for this.  Chewie is one of the few legacy characters that is still alive through the 3 trilogies and he’s the only one at Galaxy’s Edge to have a meet and greet. Otherwise it’s a strange choice for a $200 Lego set. 

[marcandre]

$200 for that pile of brown bricks?? Will that include the inevitable rebrickable poo emoji build? 

[Bricklectic]

IS this the first time LEGO has made a machine gun?

 

[ravenb99]

28 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

IS this the first time LEGO has made a machine gun?

 

It's a bowcaster. Geesh 

[Bricklectic]

3 minutes ago, ravenb99 said:

It's a bowcaster. Geesh 

woops. never liked his character. Thought the safety belt thing was the ammo 

[Darth_Raichu]

9 hours ago, Mathew said:

I wonder if Disney pushed for this.  Chewie is one of the few legacy characters that is still alive through the 3 trilogies and he’s the only one at Galaxy’s Edge to have a meet and greet. Otherwise it’s a strange choice for a $200 Lego set. 

They are probably testing the water for brick build versions of the human characters.  Next one is most likely Chewie's BFF to pair it with. It will be interesting to see LEGO tackle this version of Rey. 😛

 

[fossilrock]

Why do I feel like jumping a shark?   

[Furious_george]

On 7/20/2023 at 11:54 PM, brickvoyeur said:

We all know that Lego would never produce a mech of the only logical "good guy" choice due to PR concerns..... the C-3PO with the golden dong.

Lol what the hell?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Its even PIERCED,!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Achilles]

I thought the 4+ AT-ST was bad, price wise, but this - just finally saw the Young Adventures set in store. $40. 124 pieces. Same size box as comparable Minecraft Mushroom House, 272 pieces, $24.99. The boxes that were $20 a couple years ago. But inflation, ok, $25, I got it. No idea how/why they think that $35/$40 for these sets is remotely reasonable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mark Twain]

People are paying for it, otherwise we wouldn't be seeing these prices. I'll wager this--whatever algorithm they're using to predict future buying/pricing trend is likely screwed up because interest rates haven't curbed spending like the Fed hoped. 

[Thanos75]

I know its not a new set but its new to me.  Manager asked me if I wanted it.

[Darth_Raichu]

1 hour ago, Achilles said:

I thought the 4+ AT-ST was bad, price wise, but this - just finally saw the Young Adventures set in store. $40. 124 pieces. Same size box as comparable Minecraft Mushroom House, 272 pieces, $24.99. The boxes that were $20 a couple years ago. But inflation, ok, $25, I got it. No idea how/why they think that $35/$40 for these sets is remotely reasonable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disney is confident this new series will be a hit. What kid wouldn't identify with blue alien with purple hair 👍

[brickvoyeur]

Are you deep on Christmas Sweater Poe from the Advent Calendar? He'll be needed to complete the sequel Falcon diorama. Swap out for moneyshot Chewbacca from the Hoth AT-ST and you'll have a solid grouping. 

Supposedly not a GWP, more seasonal like Santa's sleigh. 

 

Edited July 31, 2023 by brickvoyeur

[brickolodon]

Creativity punch https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/millennium-falcon-holiday-diorama-40658

 

 

[Pseudoty]

 

"Limited Shelf life"?

 

 

Edited September 5, 2023 by Pseudoty

[Mr_Coat]

Rip out the Xmas and Sequel stuff, and you have a nice interior diorama for the Falcon that would be great with OT characters. Wonder if this could squeeze into the UCS Falcon.....?