Star Wars polybag for May the 4th 2014: Darth Revan

legomatt

monkeyhanger said:

^ looks like Hodor from Game of thrones.

WHAAAAT!!! What d'you SAAY??!! ...It's a Jest! It's a good one! Hahhahhahhahah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9e_TXiAb5I

legomatt

@brickdevteam

Could it be HK-47?

rancorbait

^Armed with an AK-47!

legomatt

^ I did wonder about that name.

I wouldn't be surprised to discover a droid called UZi9-MM, or a bounty hunter called Kallash Nikov. Glad he didn't write the original trilogy, or Han Solo might have been Han Gr'nayd.

:oP

rancorbait

Well, lets just say if its another protocol Droid I'm sending in my FOL resignation!

Unless its a chrome gold C3-PO, then I'll forgive them ;o)

TheLoneTensor

More proof that chrome solves all problems.

CCC

If they chrome whatever it will be I just hope they improve the process and don't leave shadows by the shoulders and inner legs. That really ruins posability.

monkeyhanger

Forget chrome - trans light blue ghost Obi-Wan is what I most want.

rancorbait

^ As much as I would love that, its not gonna happen, not an entire figure.


Chrome is as good as it'll get ;o)

monkeyhanger

I read through the thread again and it is someone never been done before in any form, so the people in the know say. With that in mind, I would hope it is a currently absent Bounty hunter visitor to the Executor SSD in ESB. Aunt Beru? One of the singers from Jabba’s palace?

If it is someone really surprising that appeals to another fan base, it could be Willow, who was present at the pod races.

graphite

^ Or ET whose race was in the galactic senate.

CCC

Bar tender in mos eisley. :-D

monkey_roo

I was wondering if Lego would ever tie the promo directly to the UCS launching the same day? That may we might see someone more that a 4 piece polly, maybe an Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru two pack :). Now that would be special.

diodrama

Not sure if it's been mentioned already, but there is a new headpiece mould in one of the YODA chronicles sets this year, that really should have been used for Hammerhead (Momaw Naddon?) in the new cantina set, but has not been. Could be hammerhead is the May 4th figure? Probably too obscure though. Another new mould coming up is a protocol droid head that would work for 4-LOM bounty hunter... Could be he's the free figure? Overall though most likely is a George Lucas figure...

madforLEGO

Aunt beru? The Spy from Mos Eisley? human Jabba?
IMO if it is not original series it is not that mind blowing.

Russell844

I will just put this here...

CapnRex101

@madforLEGO - The spy from Mos Eisley (Garindan) is a great call. I would love that!

legomatt

@Russell844
That's brilliant.
I suppose Lucas did tell us those events occurred 'a long time ago, in a galaxy far away'. This means he must have been in contact with an alien historian (if not one himself) wishing to document the past events of his home worlds. ;o)

Could this be what Close Encounters was about? Lucas was that man ;oP

Now i'm going to have to watch E.T again, this time bearing in mind ET has come from the star wars galaxy (it'll make it an almost weird extension of the star wars movies). Of course, I must remind myself that the events in star wars had happened a 'long time ago'.

Wouldn't it be Wicked-Cool if a bunch of E.Ts featured in episode 9 as galactic historians, but get catapulted into deep space? :oD

ninjagolightly

Russell844 said:

I will just put this here...

legomatt

Front page news has a poly of Darth Revan (Yeah, 'who the intercourse', indeed).

(Having read up on him, I almost choked. How much does that character smack of trying too hard to be cool? A Sith-Jedi-Mandalorian? Purrrrleassse!). :oP

But if this proves to be the May 4th promo, I can't see it will generate oodles of unnecessary full-price purchases, except from polybag/starwars completionists (and they'd buy it whatever it was). Now, if they'd done Star Wars ET... who wouldn't buy something for that fella?

Still, if it saves me spending money, i'll be kinda' grateful in that perverse reverse logic kinda' way. I would like something special... but if it's not, I equally hope it's utterly redundant and instantly forgettable (like this Revan-wannabe-everything-cool). :oP

legomatt

*Oops. Before i'm corrected: Now I've had a proper read, apparently not mandalorian... just involved in all that hoohah for a bit of story-association value. One for the EU fans, either way. Good for them.

Steve_J_OM

That's really disappointing if it is the May 4th promo. It would be surprising, too, given Disney's directive to toy companies to concentrate on the original trilogy and the Rebels cartoon with merchandising (though I don't think it is known for sure if this directive extended to LEGO).

If that is the May 4th promo, it's one to ignore for me. I'm holding out hope that it isn't, though - especially if it has already become available in some places.

Greedfly13

Are you guys kidding? For me, Revan would be awesome! I don't follow the extended universe at all but I mean this guy was the pivotal character from the best SW video game of all time (KOTOR). To each their own, but this would be an absolute must own for me if true.

rancorbait

vitreolum

Very excited about this, wasn't expecting something from KOTOR to ever make it in Lego form.

Beav

Ive heard of him, but had no real idea who it was. Not a must buy for me, but if the May 4th promo is used to give us less mainstream characters or unusual versions of characters, Im all for it.

Gooker1

If Darth Revan is true, I will be a happy camper as getting a minifigure of someone I would never think Lego would make. KOTOR is/was one of my all time favorite games, so Revan is a pleasant surprise.

prof1515

Another wasted promotion. Seriously, Lego, why bother with a May 4 promotion when year after year we get crap? Every Darth Nobody and Jedi Whatever from EU crap would make sense if they'd actually given us Lego versions of major characters, or at least minor named characters, from the two trilogies. Fifteen years on and we still haven't seen an Aunt Beru or Bail Organa but we do have dozens of blink-and-you'll-miss-them characters and crap from video games.

Combined with remakes of the same sets over and over, this is why I'm giving up on the Lego Star Wars line and will, for the first time in a decade, not even be bothering with the original trilogy. No doubt Lego brings in enough new fans with these policies to offset the loss of old ones but that's just the very reason I don't respect the company. People talk about brand loyalty but there's not much consumer loyalty out of Lego. They put on a nice talk but ultimately it's empty words.

monkeyhanger

What a waste if it is Revan. Definitely should be someone withe a connection to the Sandcrawler, like Aunt Beru or another droid featured in it.

dougts

prof1515 said:

Fifteen years on and we still haven't seen an Aunt Beru or Bail Organa but we do have dozens of blink-and-you'll-miss-them characters and crap from video games.

While I'm not going to argue your main point either way, using two blink-and-you'll-miss-them characters who provided absolutely zero substance to any of the movies as your examples isn't exactly making your case

Lego_Lord_Mayorca

If you never played "Knights of the Old Republic", a massively-popular and well-received video game from 2003 (it garnered several "Game of the Year" accolades), perhaps you can be forgiven for your lack of appreciation for Revan. Then again, you also have to ask yourself if you were living under a rock in 2003. Especially if you are a Star Wars fan. KOTOR and Revan are no mere, obscure, Expanded Universe trivia bits. If you haven't played the game, I can't spoil the big secret about Revan, but there's always Wookieepedia for those who missed out. Anyway, it's the main appeal of the character, so I will respect that for people who need to discover him in spite of how long it has been since the game came out.

Personally, I am rather excited for a Darth Revan minifigure, and I am glad Lego is bringing him out. Hopefully, there is a KOTOR set in the future planned with Darth Malak and the rest of the characters.

GIR3691

I played KOTOR at least twice, and KOTOR2 once. I am absurdly happy about this.

krklint

It is the obscure character that we could only wonder about which gave Star Wars a depth few movies before it had ever attempted. G. Lucas and the original Kenner line picked up on this fact. Much has been written about how, in fact, the concept of interesting characters without an OT movie backstory helped launch a new understanding of marketing stories to the masses.

Some may not enjoy the obscure "2 seconds on screen characters," and some might not like a video game character given 15 seconds of minifigure fame, but if Raven is the May 4th promo, I say good for Lego! Not respecting the fan community? Did I read that somewhere? It is all of the 2 second characters that build for immense MOCing and play value.

Personally, I'm hoping for an obscure figure instead of a rehash of a main... but whatever is offered is fine with me. Why? It is a freebie!

Lobot

I would have preferred a chrome ewok, at least it would have been shiny!

Brick_Obsession

I am just excited for anything other than the possible release of TC-4 in North America as the May 4th promo.

On that note, those of you who thought that TC-4 would be the May 4th promo and did not get one yet better do so now as I feel the prices will rise again somewhat.

tom4086

I off loaded all my TC-4's, the risk of a worldwide release was simply too great. But then if it's not released, the price will rocket. You win some, you lose some.

CapnRex101

This might be my stand out Minifigure of the year. I love the character, and the fact that this is so unexpected only pleases me more!

BrickDancer

I have a disdain for all EU material. But from my understanding of the wipe-out mandate that followed the Disney acquisition, a short list of specific EU characters was hashed out by the Lucas team as to be essential to canon. One of which was Starkiller for sure, and I believe Revan is also on that list. But Mara Jade was not.

Russell844

TC-4 will be given away during Star Wars Days at LEGOLAND California.

http://www.fbtb.net/2014/03/24/star-wars-days-update-incentive-minifigure-revealed/

madforLEGO

tom4086 said:

I off loaded all my TC-4's, the risk of a worldwide release was simply too great. But then if it's not released, the price will rocket. You win some, you lose some.

I'm guessing that TRU will be having the TC-4 in the US for their May SW promotion (at least would surprise me if they do not) Or some time soon. I seriously doubt TC-4s will only be available for those in Europe.
Disappointed by this promo. However, it will not stop me from getting it for trading for stuff I want. Still, I think they could have done a better job with this promo. You will have a lot of parents going 'Darth who?' In the stores though regardless of how 'mindblowing' people say the KOTOR was. I just think that while there were many people playing KOTOR it does not speak of all the fans, and they are not going to want for a figure that will be obscure for what I'm guessing is about 50% of the SW fans. Whereas everyone has seen the movies.

Kanohi

Revan plays a part in the MMO as well as KOTOR I and II. Disney is keeping the MMO active.

Which is also most definitely why we're getting him at all - as a TOR promotion, not a KOTOR promotion.

BrickDancer

@madforLEGO‌ if TC-4 follows Shirtless Maul, then there is a good chance it will still remain unobtainable to the masses in the US.

krklint

just for fun, and if only to bring joy into the "what if" concept of threads like one: On May 4th, there is supposedly a special Simpson's episode being released which coincides with the CMF Simpson's line. Would they dare release a Darth Bart minifig? or something along that line? (shakes hands in a Mr. Emperor Burns kind of way.

CCC

I got a calendar earlier in the post. It says celebrate LEGO Star Wars 28th April-4th May. Quite a few days.

It also has a free 3x pack of minifigs from the BAM bar for £15 spend.

prof1515

krklint said:

It is the obscure character that we could only wonder about which gave Star Wars a depth few movies before it had ever attempted. G. Lucas and the original Kenner line picked up on this fact. Much has been written about how, in fact, the concept of interesting characters without an OT movie backstory helped launch a new understanding of marketing stories to the masses.

Some may not enjoy the obscure "2 seconds on screen characters," and some might not like a video game character given 15 seconds of minifigure fame, but if Raven is the May 4th promo, I say good for Lego! Not respecting the fan community? Did I read that somewhere? It is all of the 2 second characters that build for immense MOCing and play value.

Personally, I'm hoping for an obscure figure instead of a rehash of a main... but whatever is offered is fine with me. Why? It is a freebie!

If you think that Star Wars has depth, you're grossly misinformed or ignorant of what constitutes depth in a film or even a fictional world. Is there visual depth in Star Wars? Undoubtedly but the "backstory" of them is completely irrelevant and when looked at on its own it's pathetically thin. The Star Wars universe is extremely shallow and uninspired, even by fantasy standards (it's not science fiction, after all).

Overall, I don't care too much. I have never purchased Lego on their May 4 promotion since I usually buy any sets I want long before that. This year was a little different as I'm debating whether or not to abandon collecting Lego's Star Wars and as a result haven't purchased a single set since last year. A good promotion might have inspired me to make a purchase but I can safely say that this dud has convinced me otherwise.

Of course, this general lack of collecting is part of my continuing debate over whether or not to abandon collecting Lego altogether. To date, I've spent less on Lego in the last two years than I was averaging any given month prior to that, a trend I don't see changing given Lego's offerings. There's always the modular line to suck a little of my cash but overall it gives me more money to spend on more important things. :-)

plasmodium

^I'm really not sure about all the hate for Darth Revan you're expressing. If you care about the May 4th minifigure, then you're probably a Star Wars fan. And if you're a Star Wars fan, then how have you not heard of KOTOR? I haven't played it, but I've heard of it (and Revan).

That besides, what is your big problem with it anyway? It's free! It's a toy! You talk about Lego abandoning their consumer base? Well, maybe they're trying to create a new consumer base. People who played KOTOR are probably the age where they're going to be willing to pay the £50 (or whatever it is) to get a Revan and possibly get into Lego collection.

Brick_Obsession

Here is the rumored release from our friends at FBTB

http://www.fbtb.net/2014/03/26/darth-revan-minifigure-revealed/

Disregard if posted earlier.

TheLoneTensor

prof1515 said:

Of course, this general lack of collecting is part of my continuing debate over whether or not to abandon collecting Lego altogether.

I encourage you to abandon it.

krklint

@prof1515, shallow and uninspired, yet inspired movie making in ways that cannot be denied, or are you too young to know? In an era (70's) of really uninspired films, SW gave new life to a genre that was considered dead, Space fantasy.

Glad to see you cling to specific demands for science fiction as a genre... I'm also glad to know most of us are not that shallow. Btw, are you really a Prof? because if you are, we could go prof to prof in an honest debate about your existence on here or in this thread. I, too, have seen the market change and directional change of Lego. I, too, have cut way back on my spending; but outside of these items, your statements are really the shallow and uninspired information shared.

Star Wars has major depth. In an age where there was no internet or computers, and at a time when movies had more to do with disco than adventure, SW gave a whole generation a chance to connect with each other... and they did! Something without depth cannot accomplish that (unless it is reality tv, lol).

Also, it is nice that you feel willing to label others ignorant, yet I believe my background in literature, marketing, rhetoric, and fan communities allows me to see that you are either a thread troll or just a person upset that the rest of the world highly disagrees with you. As TheLone Tensor said above...

plantman

I would absolutely love a Revan figure - actually all of the figures from KOTOR I (KOTOR II was not very good). I just have a feeling this is a hoax. There can't be that much of a LEFO fanbase for this guy to begin with - I doubt any kids would even know who this is. That game is more than 10 years old.