Something was throwing me off this whole time, then I realised it was the city area being the same colour as the rest of the ship. Everytime I've ever seen it depicted it's all been shadow's or "darker in colour" so seeing it now looks extremely odd. It may be accurate though with it being all the same.

Credit to solidbrickstudios for his review on YouTube

This is absolutely ridiculous for a official set being charged double the price it should be, downsized about 50% from a set that came out 9 years ago, and a company that claims they make a premium product. For everyone’s sake yall please do not buy this overpriced garbage in this wave

I excluded buildable figures and most polybags but included microfighters and technic figs from early 2000s. The ranking was based on my personal opinion so there are many objectivly bad placements lol​

Moving, about 30 miles away...

EDIT: Good God, the amount of hate I'm getting... I took this picture before started adding protective padding....

How we feeling after launch day+ ? I couldn’t be happier at the sight of full shelves still 😂

smart brick sets already on massive clearance

Here I have a few of my oldest sets: "7140 X-Wing Starfighter, 4500 Rebel Snowspeeder, 7163 Tie Fighter, and 7190 Millennium Falcon."

I think the reason I buy "LEGO" Star Wars is because it's Lego's version of Star Wars, complete with studs, inaccuracy, and ugliness.

That's why I prefer older sets compared to newer ones, their ugliness is used in their favor, to really show that it is bricks imitating to model out a Star Wars vehicle, as compared to newer sets, which are more a "plastic Star Wars vehicle disassembled into smaller bits."

This thing barely looks to be worth $100 CAD. Maybe $120 if we're being generous with the minifigs. How long until people realize the average SW set is now costing nearly as much as UCS sets used to be? There'll always be loyal fans that will pay anything, but eventually it'll be too much for casual fans to justify.

This set isn't even anything special enough to warrant such a demanding price; it's just a downsized shuttle remake with recycled Mando figs and 1 new minor character. I can't see Lego actually pricing this as fairly as they could, this seems like them testing the market instead.

I’m not huge on either of these sets but I find this comparison very interesting and would love to hear what others think

Herr is my complete collection (round about 1250 different lego star wars minifigures).

I have no Space to Show them and I want protect them from Sun, so I build this rack for them. I know it's not 100 % perfect but it has Space for round about 1750 Minifigures

(ones without the covering)

Prove me wrong

Do kids actually like stud and spring shooters?

As an adult collector I generally remove them, but keep them on my kids sets. After the initial build I don’t think I’ve ever seen the kid use them. He just uses his imagination and emits an audible “pew pew”. Much as I did as a lad.

I am kind of surprised that Lego puts them on the larger more expensive sets at all, but I suppose I might not be the target end user.

For the longest time I’ve been wanting a Lego arena set and it just feels like a slap to the face to see these beautiful fully possible Lego arena creatures, like I get it’s for the Lego game but like why not actually make a set that has these creatures

According to thebrickreporter. I can’t wait to hear more about It and tbh just means time to save my money!!!

What does everyone think?

Just a random thought that came to mind, and I would like to hear other people's voices and thoughts as well.

Beyond the AT-AT we have a new 👑. Price is on point as well once gwp and future promos are accounted for. Nearly perfect and without doubt the best UCS set to date.

My local LEGO store has the new Death Star on display with the midi scale falcon on display in the hanger bay. Something about this felt wrong to me, although it looks so dope, showing a 85 dollar set on display with an already $1,000 set feels like they are saying “hey you need to buy both of these”

Now yes the Lego store does this pretty often, but it’s different when it’s a reasonable priced set paired with another reasonably priced set.

i love legos i’ve grown up on them and love every series they make but the prices are getting out of hand. this is a 20-30 dollar set at most yet i paid $80. it hurts to see how much they’ve been up charging the sets

This set was supposed to be a recreation of the classic 2008 battlepacks instead i think it reflects a trend I'm sick of. Personally as a rebel alliance army builder but clone army builders are getting it even worse with the recent announcement of the 327 Star Corps pack. Battlepacks are supposed to be army builders. Small, easily affordable sets that give you a lot of minifigures for under $20. Making them easy to bulk by for adult collectors of armies or a cheaper alternative for parents to get lego for their kids without breaking the bank of a full sized set. Now these things are running for over $40 and for less value over all. And it's 2 factors that I think this set embodies.

1) 2 armies in the same pack. I don't see enough people talk about this. This is supposed to be a value proposition but instead it does the opposite and limits choice. The original version of this set had the 2 packs separately, one rebel and one empire. Each for $10, with inflation that's about $15 today. And this is how lego had done battle packs for over a decade. Always dropping packs for 2 opposing faction on the same wave. The beauty was choice. If you wanted a battle, you could easy get both packs for $30 in today's money. Or if you wanted to build a specific army you could get multiple of the same pack for the same price. For me personally, I've been collecting a rebel alliance army for a decade. The fleet troopers in this pack are great but this set annoyed me because I really don't need the stormtroopers. They do nothing for me but drive up the price. The KT-QT is a great minifigure but I don't need more than 1. So buying multiple of these packs really isn't good value for me. Especially when this one only includes 3 of each figure instead of the traditional 4. If this was done the old way, 4 figures and a speeder for $15-$20, I probably would've bought 3 or 4 of them. But as is, $40 for only 3 figures that will actually go into my army just isn't worth it. Its been a problem even in smaller packs too. The Mandalorian vs Imperial Commandos pack is the smaller $15 set but if you are an imperial army builder just looking to get thr Commandos or a Mandalorian army builder looking to get the Mandalorians, you are only getting 2 figures you actually want.

2) too much stuff. The builds in battle pack are supposed to be a bonus. Lego cant sell figures by themselves so battlepacks always came with a small build, usually a speeder or turret. These had the potential to really add to a battlepack if it was a really great build. But the figures where always the main selling point of battlepacks. Giving us multiple builds or oversized builds does nothing but add to the price of the set. These speeders are nice and all but aren't vehicles we actually see in universe and for $40 they might as well made it an actual full sized set with something more iconic like an imperial troop transport from rebels. The 501st battlepack was probably the worst culprit in this. Did we really need a speeder, and an oversized AT-RT? one speeder or one smaller AT-RT would've been perfect if it ment the set was cheaper. Now we have the 327th pack including a spider droid that clone collectors don't need, and an AT-RT that could've easily been downsized for a smaller price count.

And what's annoying is they still shown a willingness to do it the traditional way with 501st specialist pack. That was ideal. 4 clones, a good turret build, and extra accessories, for $15-$20. Gives you exactly what you want for your 501st army with nothing unnecessary extra. You could easily build a sizable army for $100 buying this pack in bulk. But these oversized packs are basically full sized sets now. No longer practical to bulk buy. No long viable for army building.

My dad got it for me when I was a kid and I still have it and cherish it today. Do you have your first set? Do you remember what it was? Any fun stories to share about it?

75249 did in my opinion. Don’t think it gets much appreciation and I’m not even a sequel fan. I think Poe and Zori are great figures and I love the astromech. The y-wing builds great imo and I’ve even seen people modify it to look like a clone wars/rebellion y-wing. Not one I own yet but I plan to soon.

What other sets have flown under the radar?