Star Wars 2014

rancorbait

Minifigs from #75053



I must say, I love that bothan!(?) The jedi and the Twi'lek don't look like much. Everything except the mouthpiece looks awesome on the stormtrooper, I'm definitely going to pick up a few.

cavegod

They do release the pics it was practcally condirmed at afolcon 2012

CapnRex101

@rancorbait - I like the Stormtrooper, very stylish (although I would prefer the torso to be a bit closer to the current version).

vitreolum

The stormtrooper "mouth" looks weird to me, too arched.

Lobot

I've just noticed that the new TC-4 minifigure will be available at TRU (in the UK at least!) for a very reasonable £2.49 :-)

Johnnyfinlandia

when is that ? ^

Lobot

Hi, it's just been added to the website but is currently out of stock...I've requested a stock alert and I'll add a post when I hear anything.

monkeyhanger

If TRU are selling TC4 then at least we should be getting a different May 4th poly for sure.

margot

I read that Star Wars The Clone Wars season 6 is coming. (I think on Netflix ) So there should be some more Clone Wars sets in the future.

91stlegotrooper

margot said:

I read that Star Wars The Clone Wars season 6 is coming. (I think on Netflix ) So there should be some more Clone Wars sets in the future.

I know that there is a German TV Station that will start running Season 6 of the Clone Wars I think starting the beginning of March or late February.

jediami65

margot said:

I read that Star Wars The Clone Wars season 6 is coming. (I think on Netflix ) So there should be some more Clone Wars sets in the future.

Yes in USA Clone Wars Season 6 (The Lost Missions) will be exclusive to Netflix which is total BS: I have to pay for Netflix for 13 episodes or wait for the DVD/Blu-Ray release probably towards the end of the year.

Netflix is going to be the exclusive online streaming content provider for most of Disney's shows it looks like.

I would not expect, though I would love, new sets based on the CW since the future is Rebels. They have a lot of material to draw from: last night I was watching The Gathering" episodes from season 5 with my kids and there are some nice sets that could be made and figures that could be added to the Lego SW family...

plasmodium

Wait...do my eyes decieve me?! Is it...can it be...Is that Boss from Republic Commandos? In TCW? If we get Republic Commandos Lego sets I may buy Lego Star Wars again. I may or may not also start drooling uncontrollably.

cavegod

^^ i'm sure you can find the episodes on some interweb thing for free if you know where to look. Unfortunately I don't know where to look.

jediami65

plasmodium said:

Wait...do my eyes decieve me?! Is it...can it be...Is that Boss from Republic Commandos? In TCW? If we get Republic Commandos Lego sets I may buy Lego Star Wars again. I may or may not also start drooling uncontrollably.

Yes that is he they dedicated 2 episodes to the Gregor character it was really good.

cavegod said:

^^ i'm sure you can find the episodes on some interweb thing for free if you know where to look. Unfortunately I don't know where to look.

Yeah I know: I try to avoid the sites that are breaking copyright laws, just my preference. I will probably just pay Netflix for that 3 or so months that the series will run. I have the complete 5 season set on Blu-ray so I don't need to stream any of that.

Lobot

Photos from the NY toy fair are now online, just have a quick trawl through the usual sites for a link ;-) The AT-AT is 1137 parts and is an improvement on the last version, and Mos Eisley looks a must buy, although I'm not that impressed by the new Dewback.

y2josh

^I actually really like the new Dewback, though the new snowtroopers are pretty much just as terrible as the new stormtroopers. I'm not sure how I feel about the ISD yet. It looks quite small in the photos.

rancorbait

How are the new snowtroopers terrible? I thought they looked more accurate than ever!

binaryeye

Who is the guy with the tan torso and legs in the B-Wing set?

CapnRex101

I like these updated Minifigures, but equally resent them as the arrival of these new Snowtroopers make the older versions obsolete to an extent.

rancorbait

@binaryeye I believe he is General Airen Cracken :o)

monkeyhanger

Still no May 4th UCS (or large system scale) sand crawler picture leaks?

legofanfromleeds

Ok I give in ... can you post some links please..im missing out on the action. .

suprajames

NY pictures look great, might be my lack of an expert eye, but the B-Wing and AT-AT and ISD look very similar to the older versions, Snowspeeder looks slightly improved and colours have been changed around. Cantina look like a great set, new Snow Troopers are more accurate to film and look good. Being a huge OT fan and not owning any of the older versions, expect the 2006 B-Wing and Snowspeeders from few Hoth Sets, I will still more than likely buy all the new sets, would guess around £90 for the larger sets, so I will start saving now !

y2josh

rancorbait said:

@binaryeye I believe he is General Airen Cracken :o)

That's definitely Cracken, who, along with Horton Salm, really enforces the 'random figures that make no sense' idea that LEGO seems to be all about these days (which I'm totally on board with, since there's no way I'd get those characters otherwise). I'm actually surprised that they didn't shoe-horn Han or Luke into the set somehow. I do find it mildly comical that Salm is piloting the B-Wing on the box art, though.

monkeyhanger

Really liking those NYTF pics. AT-AT is looking very good, best looking legs/feet on an AT-AT, if not for the loss of the printed knee/hip joints they'd be nigh-on perfect for a system sized AT-AT.

The rear parts of the snowspeeder guns are improved, those B-wing minifigs look great, although I have no interest in the system set with a UCS version on the shelf. The look of the ISD is also great for a non-UCS.

I don't think there is a single OT SW set there I wouldn't consider buying. Not liking the "sad" Stormtroopers from Rebels though.

GothamConstructionCo

From the ISD box art the imperial
officers look to have have new cap molds and what looks like new torso printing on Vadar.

Lobot

legofanfromleeds said:

Ok I give in ... can you post some links please..im missing out on the action. .

Google 'New York Toy fair 2014 Lego' and that should work ;-)

mathew

I think I'll be picking up the Jedi Scout Fighter when it goes on sale. Good looking ship and cool minifigs. AT-AT and Cantina as well.

Another neat thing about the Cantina is that it can function as a diorama to display minifigs. As much as people love Jabba's Palace it really was nothing more than a rehash of the Cantina complete with weird aliens, a band etc. Actually Return of the Jedi is pretty much a rehash of the first two films. The Lego version of Jabba's Palace didn't do much for me. It was more like Jabba's Studio Apartment.

woony2

Snowspeeder looks to be the best one yet but I don't think I'll be getting it as I have a whole bunch of the older ones. Cantina does look much better than I expected but may have to get 2 or even 3 to make a good sized one.
For me though the original AT-AT #4483 is still by far the best looking, all the others are just so out of proportion.

legofanfromleeds

Thank you...I'll give ot a whirl. .

Lobot said:

legofanfromleeds said:

Ok I give in ... can you post some links please..im missing out on the action. .

Google 'New York Toy fair 2014 Lego' and that should work ;-)

jediami65

http://toynewsi.com/ig.php?mode=album&dispsize=600&album=2014_New_York_Toy_Fair/Lego/LEGO&start=120&sl=21933

jediami65

The Jedi Scout Fighter looks to me as one of the best ships, and includes 2 new Jedi to add to the collection, the Ithorian Jedi (hammerhead) is really great to see it was one of my favorites in the Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars series 2003-2005.

binaryeye

It sounds like the future of Star Wars toys is in the OT and post-Disney productions (e.g. Rebels and sequel trilogy):
http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/content/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13152/

Though this news is about Hasbro and action figures, I'd be surprised if the same doesn't apply to LEGO.

BrickDancer

Yay!! The EU is dead for sure now, just a matter of time before their continuity will crumble.

Goldchains

I "might" just have to go outside of my SW OT bubble if the Rebels sets are decent. Not liking the Phantom or Ghost sets though. I have to have the Ithorian minifig, because he will go nicely in the Cantina set(no Momaw Nadon, but he will have to do). The alien from the CW Freeco(sic) Speeder set would work as well, and the Bothan wouldn't be a bad choice either. Hmm...what other alien creatures would go with the Cantina that are from other sets?

TwoRider

So exactly how many minifigs are included in each of the new sets? The box art pics are too fuzzy for me to make out the names under the figs. Well - the pics are clear, but the names under the figs are not so clear.

I know the snowspeeder has Luke, Dak, and a snowtrooper.

The B Wing has Cracken and Nunb, but is the pilot actually named or simply listed as "B Wing Pilot?"

Vader's in the Star Destroyer, along with one (or two?) stormies, but who else?

binaryeye

Goldchains said:

The alien from the CW Freeco(sic) Speeder set would work as well, and the Bothan wouldn't be a bad choice either.

I don't think LEGO has yet made a Bothan.

Goldchains said:

Hmm...what other alien creatures would go with the Cantina that are from other sets?

This is a good resource for the characters were in the cantina scene.

There are several humans in spacesuits with large helmets, which shouldn't be too difficult to MOC. There is also BoShek, in a spacesuit without a helmet, for which the recent A-Wing pilot torso and legs might work (though I'm not sure about the head). There is a Jawa. There is another Rodian, for which you could use a Greedo head with different outfit. There are a couple Trandoshan, for which you could use a Bossk head. There is a Bith that is not part of the band. There are also several "grubby" humans that could be made from Obi-Wan torsos and random head and hair combos.

binaryeye

TwoRider said:

The B Wing has Cracken and Nunb, but is the pilot actually named or simply listed as "B Wing Pilot?"

It's named "Gray Squadron [Something]", probably Gray Squadron Leader, which is what the figure is. Of course, Gray Squadron at Endor was Y-Wings, not B-Wings. Ten Numb should piloting the B-Wing, not Gray Leader as shown in the box art.

TwoRider said:

Vader's in the Star Destroyer, along with one (or two?) stormies, but who else?

From left to right:
Stormtrooper (x2)
Imperial Officer
Imperial Navy Trooper
Imperial Crew
Darth Vader

jediami65

Found this picture of the Sandcrawler at the Jedi Insider, it does not look like the old set, can someone verify if it is the old set.

y2josh

TwoRider said:

I know the snowspeeder has Luke, Dak, and a snowtrooper.

The B Wing has Cracken and Nunb, but is the pilot actually named or simply listed as "B Wing Pilot?"

I posted this a few posts up, but "That's definitely Cracken, who, along with Horton Salm, really enforces the 'random figures that make no sense' idea that LEGO seems to be all about these days (which I'm totally on board with, since there's no way I'd get those characters otherwise). I'm actually surprised that they didn't shoe-horn Han or Luke into the set somehow. I do find it mildly comical that Salm is piloting the B-Wing on the box art, though."

The helmet detailing is the only real way to identify Salm, but it's definitely him.

graphite

^^ That is not the old set. And it is highly unlikely it is the new one either.

y2josh

jediami65 said:

Found this picture of the Sandcrawler at the Jedi Insider, it does not look like the old set, can someone verify if it is the old set.

If that's what they want to sell me for $350, I'm all in, but that's almost certainly an MOC. It's extremely unlikely they'd do brick-built Banthas with all of the other SW creatures being unique molds.

rancorbait

jediami65 said:

Found this picture of the Sandcrawler at the Jedi Insider, it does not look like the old set, can someone verify if it is the old set.

Yup, I remember seeing that pic quite some time ago, when browsing Google for sandcrawler MOCs, but if the official model looks anything like that I'm all for it!

dougts

pretty sure it's the Cuusoo entry by MB Bricks that hit 10,000 way back when
http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/1786

FollowsClosely

That is a moc, the best one I have seen. I think it's marshal-banna's. If that was a set it would be over $1,000, the actual set will suck if that is what you are expecting.

FollowsClosely

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50572&st=0#

graphite

The picture posted above in this thread is definitely the Cuusoo one and not Marshal-banna's one. Marshal's one appears to be studs out on the side panels and the above picture is not.

FollowsClosely

The studs out is his early version. Work through the topic...

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50572&st=150#entry1000773

It's done. The model is finished!

Facts:
Minifigscale: 96 cm long, 100.5 cm long (lowered main ramp)
Weight: approximability 20kg
Part count: over 10’000
Powerfunctions: 4 xl motors, 5 m motors, 4 receivers, 4 batterypacks, 22 Lego LED-lights

Powered radio-controlled Functions:
- driving: forward reverse
- stearing
- main ramp: up and down
- crane: up and down, in and out
- conveyer band: forward and reverse

Other features:
fully interior on three floors in the front half of the model and a detailed cockpit (removable roof) second crane in the back of the workshop, lighted smelter.

Building and planning time: 9 month

Thanks to:
- My girlfriend for her comprehension and lovely support.
- CopMike from eurobricks.com, who donated some extremely rare reddish brown parts.
- Derjoe for his inspiration at LEGO Fanwelt 2010.
- The fantastic LEGO community on flickr and eurobricks

Credits to:
- Baronsat for his fantastic Bantha design
- dzine123 for his skeleton
- Turtlebot by Legoloverman

jediami65

Impressive...most impressive!!!

Cuusoo/TLG can do that, as well as the AT-AT, why not have a ultra exclusive limited series? The Ultimate Ultimate UCF!!! I would buy 2-3 of those it may take me a whole year to build but I'll be ready for a larger set like that 2 x a year.

monkeyhanger

jediami65 said:

Found this picture of the Sandcrawler at the Jedi Insider, it does not look like the old set, can someone verify if it is the old set.

That looks like a massively detailed MOC - I doubt we can expect anything close to that detail at even half the size, from TLG under £400/$600, which would make it the most expensive SW set to date. I only hope that my anticipation for the new one isn't spoilt by the image of that masterpiece.