New TIE Bomber? 75288

jacobp51

Not sure if this set was previosuly announced. New TIE Bomber set in the newer Solo packaging. The article is about something unrelated, but I haven't seen an image of the set before.

Article: http://magazine.promomarketing.com/article/lego-building-legacy-advancing-sustainable-packaging-pledge/

Picture: http://magazine.promomarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/Lego-box-for-Headlines.jpg?x14251

Coolguy5000

That's a moc - mandrproductions on youtube  shared it after he nearly fell for it on Flickr.  It's a great moc still though, but just that. 

stlux

@Coolguy5000 Thanks for clarifying. The set number didn't match any of the upcoming SW sets.

Would have been great if it were a real set; it has been a while since we had a TIE Bomber,

jacobp51

Sorry for the false alarm!  Looked legit, but couldn't find any further info.

560Heliport

Damn. I looked at the picture before I read that it's a MOC! C'mon, LEGO, pay attention! We want a TIE Bomber!!

J0rgen

Oh, man... I saw the article on the Brickset homepage yesterday and thought it was legit. I guess this explains why the article disappeared again so fast.

Huw

Yes, I was duped, as was the author of the promo marketing article ;)

CapnRex101 soon put me right :)

The_Rancor

I had a look out of interest and immediately wondered why the minifigure selection was as it was, particularly with a droid similar to K-2SO but no prior reference. The TIE bomber pilot would probably also be the first minifigure in the listing if it were real rather than the ground crew. 

However, otherwise the MOC is fab - is it canon for there to be laser cannons on the front of the bombing compartment or just a suggested play feature?

TheBigLegoski

@The_Rancor



Difficult to tell! I just had a look for you (and myself at one of my many SW artbooks) and took a pic of a pic of one of the models they made and used for TESB.
The Lego model (MOC) is fairly accurate. According to another book: SW Technical Journal  (by Shane Johnson), the hole at the front of the port-side pod; the weapons pod, is the missile port from which it can fire proton torpedoes and guided missiles. However wookieepedia has more extensive info:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE/sa_bomber
However in the film the TIE bombers navigating the asteroid-belt shoot/fire explosives from the 'bomb chute' on the underside of the ship flying overhead of their targets.

Btw. if only this was an actual Lego set, I knew it was fake but it looks really good. I think many SW Lego fans will be so happy if TLG releases a set like this one.

SearchlightRG

^Don’t you just hate it when other fans make stuff of a quality you wish Lego would make?

CCC

Many MOCs are way better than the sets LEGO would actually make. But they also woudln't fit into the price points regularly used by LEGO either.

stlux

And apart from the price points, they might make use of illegal connections or only work as display models.

(Not that all TLG's playsets are executed flawlessly, but it's a very important element during the design phase of a set.)

CCC

New Millennium Falcon coming ...

































































That image is about 7 years old, but still funny.

SearchlightRG

^Reminds me of a video I’ve seen advertised on YouTube-X-Wings or something like that.

Kaitch

I'm kinda surprised this is the first time I'm seeing that ppic. I'd've thought it would have come up during the MF UCS rumour hype last year.

playwell

^ It was a bit too on topic for that thread.

ecmo47

For those that don't want to wait, get the plans for this great MOC:

https://www.brickvault.toys/products/the-perfect-lego-tie-bomber-minifig-scale