Darth Vader gets a LEGO® flagship

Posted by voyanui8768 in United Kingdom, 17 Jun 2011 17:43

Oh, Dengar's a bit disapointing. I was expecting some sort of headress like the PoP one with less material at the bottom but no, a printed head with a bandana....
And why is Vader holding a hologram of HIMSELF. Shouldn't it be the Emperor?
Anyway, I won't stay completly negative :) The piece used for IG-88 looks so much better than the old one!
And the size of this model is insane, definatly one to display on the kitchen table!

Posted by Thomson & Thompson in Canada, 17 Jun 2011 17:58

The model looks awesome, especially the bridge. With all the detail on the top it is going to be hard to build. When I read about this 2 months ago, I sort of wanted it. Now, I REALLY want it. It looks so cool!!!!!!

Posted by redgreenblue in Denmark, 17 Jun 2011 18:43

I'm sorry but isn't this just a bit dull? And only four minifigs? Compare this to the Death Star, £75 more for what? Some more grey plates... well it just doesn't compare IMHO. Get your Death Stars while you still can!

Posted by glamdring804 in United States, 17 Jun 2011 18:57

First thoughts: HUGE!!!!!!!...Expensive!...Huge...Long...New Denger!...Huge!

Posted by Zrath in United States, 17 Jun 2011 18:58

Voyanui8768: If you look closely, you'll see that Vader is holding a hologram of the Emperor. Check again.

Well, I'm in this sci-fi stuff for the spaceships, so this is definitely a set I'm looking forward to.
$400 seems a bit much since the part count is only slightly higher than the UCS ISD, which sold for $300 initially. Then again, that was back in 2003, and this one comes with minifigs, so I guess that's not a bad price.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that this beast is 50 inches long!
1.25 meters! I'm 2 meters tall! Holy crap!
This thing will monopolize the dining room table once built.

Posted by GreatBear in Canada, 17 Jun 2011 18:59

And here is my customary complaint about pricing. $499 Canadian vs $399 US? Really LEGO? The Canadian dollar is actually worth MORE than the US dollar right now. Don't expect to sell many of these to Canadian AFOLs....

Posted by Jad308 in Australia, 17 Jun 2011 19:36

Wait until you see the Australian pricing.. We're in the same boat. The Death Star is US$399 vs AUD$699 and our dollar is stronger as well.. Oh well.

Posted by Ha876 in United States, 17 Jun 2011 19:58

Very nice set indeed.
Great job Lego.

Posted by dougts in United States, 17 Jun 2011 21:33

yeah. it's pretty sad that I can buy Pet shops at full retail, mark them up about $25, ship them to Canada and Australia on the buyer's dime, and those buyers still end up paying less than buying them in their own countries.

Posted by Pepper in United States, 17 Jun 2011 21:55

This is awesome, but not quite worth $400. It would have been better without the minifigs IMO, because it would bring the price down, and you can get all of them (or some variation) in other sets. Anyway, the build is very impressive, hopefully this will be my first UCS!

Posted by war44lock in New Zealand, 17 Jun 2011 22:14

Great. If it even makes it here it will be around $800 - $1000. I havn't even seen a UCS Shuttle here yet.

Posted by rainstorm26 in Europe, 17 Jun 2011 22:26

The scale is really lame. The minifigs are nearly bigger than the small star destroyer???????? Come on!

Posted by Silvertongue in Canada, 17 Jun 2011 22:27

sigh, that will cost a lot to ship to Newfoundland, along with that hefty Canadian price tag

Posted by atxdad in United States, 17 Jun 2011 23:18

I love the overall shape and the underside detail, but the top superstructure greebling looks, well, lazy.

Look at how many times a 1x2 grill used. Or the 1x2 plate with bar. It's all I see! Couldn't they mix it up a little bit?

Posted by Mars Needs LEGO in United States, 17 Jun 2011 23:46

If they'd included 4-LOM and Zuckuss instead of a dodgy-looking Dengar and another Bossk, I'd be sorely tempted to save up for this. Instead I'll be waiting for a sale.

Posted by The Reviewer in United States, 18 Jun 2011 00:16

$399? that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PRICEY! I was hoping that this set would be at least $300 but $400 is way too much. I want the minifigures though (except the Darth Vader)

Posted by The Reviewer in United States, 18 Jun 2011 00:17

I agree why can't they make a 4-Lom and Zuckuss Minifigures (Wait! Who is Zuckuss?)

Posted by war44lock in New Zealand, 18 Jun 2011 00:37

That Dengar looks cartoonish, I like the torso alot but that head is strange looking. The admiral looks very cool, nice head and torso. The other figures are a bit dull.

Posted by jarom_moroni in United States, 18 Jun 2011 02:18

Looks like they got smart and added a second support. I hated the way the 10030 Star Destroyer would bend over time. It looked really lame sitting on a shelf and people would walk by, "I think your Star Destroyer is melting.." Well, no more of that.

Posted by CapnRex101 in United Kingdom, 18 Jun 2011 02:48

Oh yes, very good, very good indeed. The only thing I wish is that the command bridge inside was bigger. But I think I have found my Christmas present!

Posted by woony2 in United Kingdom, 18 Jun 2011 03:48

Love the ship and want it, but I'm really struggling to get my head round the pricing - same price as the Falcon (in UK) but 2000 parts less.
Could live without the mini-figures as well, if there not in scale and it's not a play set they seem a bit pointless.
Tempted to agree with 'redgreenblue' and get myself a death star.

Posted by Markey in Belgium, 18 Jun 2011 04:46

This set is so big! It looks pretty boring however, so I think this will just appeal to SW fans.

Posted by meccanotwitch in United Kingdom, 18 Jun 2011 04:56

I agree with woony2, how can Lego justify the price with 2000 parts less than the Falcon. I think Lego seem to take advantage of us AFOL knowing, most of us, will buy the UCS sets regardless of price.

Posted by flump in United Kingdom, 18 Jun 2011 06:16

^. I did think the exact same thing regarding the Falcon when I initially read the announcement yesterday. However, having had time to reflect, could it be the size of the pieces have anything to do with it? Yes, the Falcon has a few large plates, but this baby has a fair few more. And then, when you come to the intricate pieces, I'd imagine the SSD would win the contest again. Just a thought.

Posted by MinifigureMan in United Kingdom, 18 Jun 2011 06:46

I saw this and I thought Dengar looks odd, and IG-88 is too tall. Although the printed cylinder is good. Same hologram piece for Darth with the Emperor as Yoda oddly had in the Republic Frigate.

Posted by hssky97 in United States, 18 Jun 2011 07:45

Pricey, a little too pricey.

Posted by TooMuchLEGO in United States, 18 Jun 2011 09:53

Even my dad was impressed by this and he's not really impressed by LEGO that often. :) I doubt I will be getting though

Posted by voypro in United States, 18 Jun 2011 09:56

@GreatBear Exactly right, based on today US$ (1.00) vs. CANADA$ (1.02) the price should be US $399.99, CA $391.99. It ripoff as large as the ship itself.

The figures on this are a joke, there should be more and they should all be new.

Posted by macmon in Philippines, 18 Jun 2011 10:59

Oh my, 400 dollars! Quite a lot of dollars. But this thing is LONGGGG!!!! Almost 4.16 feet (50 inches) The question is, where does one place this and how. Not so much impressed with the minifigs. A small A wing would be more interesting.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 18 Jun 2011 11:41

400 dollars for this? The sad thing people will pay it.. Sorry, but the figures are really nothing amazing and were all done in the slave one set a few years ago (It looks like all they did was break out the old molds) IG-88 looks like every other assassin droid in that little 10 dollar pack that was out a while ago, Dengar? Who cares.. I mean really, you can find him( prob for a lot cheaper) on BL, and who cares if it is the 'old' oneand Darth was on a magnet, albeit prob lower quality. and you get an imperial general... woopee (at least the did not put Grand Moff Tarkin on it) But what would you rather pay for? a 15 dollar mag set or a 400 dollar 'super' star destroyer that is not to scale? Yes Yes, I know they could not make it to scale, but my point is that if you are going to shoehorn figures into a non-scale set (AND Charge $400 USD for it), make them special, like the SW Death star for minifigs, not to scale obviously but A LOT of figures in it and things to do. This set can only sit on a counter....
Plus while I have not watched Empire recently I belief the scale between the super destroyer and normal star destroyer may be a bit off.
I think Lego is trying to rip off the fan once again IMO.
But I also think they will be trying to sell these like the first giant star destroyer (one without figs)... for five years. then clearance

Posted by kiwibird16 in United States, 18 Jun 2011 11:44

Anyone else notice Admiral Pietts head is Serverus Snapes from the reintroduced HP sets?

Posted by Firox 5000 in United Kingdom, 18 Jun 2011 11:54

The set in my opinion looks massive. But once again most likely due to massive price tag, I will very likely call this set a miss. The model is exellent though.

Posted by The_Rizulli in United States, 18 Jun 2011 12:19

Price is pretty much what I was expecting, but the piece count is wayyyyy lower. A bit disappointing in that regard, but otherwise I'm still looking forward to this set. Just gotta wait for some kind of sale or double VIP point thing...

Posted by voypro in United States, 18 Jun 2011 12:33

Wait til BOGO 50% buy 2 for $600, sell one on ebay for $325-$350. After ebay fees you'll have $300 in the one you end up keeping.

Posted by nadnerb112 in United States, 18 Jun 2011 12:53

It's sad that lego used snape's head for piett.

Posted by dewballer in United States, 18 Jun 2011 12:55

Well, LEGO is a company that wants MAX PROFIT just like anyother companies. $400 for this?? At least Death Star came with good amount and outstanding minifig collection. I guess LEGO did their research that LEGO collectors and Star Wars collectors will buy them or people who wants to make profit selling on eBay will buy and people new to this LEGO collecting will buy so at the end of the day it will sell. No matter what we say about the price, LEGO will not change anythnig, they said they are listening to the customers but not all of 'em. Just look at Minifigure Series, they raised $1.99 to $2.99 we complaint about the price but LEGO stick with $2.99 and people bought them anyways. Because LEGO knew complaint will die off and people will still buy.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 18 Jun 2011 13:10

^^^ Good plan... IF TRU ever does a BOGO for these AND if TRU does not inflate the price to $450 per (I am surprised they did not do that when the first 'batch' of their SW Death Stars did not sell out during the BOGO)

Posted by Sabreman64 in United Kingdom, 18 Jun 2011 13:31

The price per price ratio for licensed sets is getting very high. Compare this Executor set with the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal had almost twice as many pieces as the Executor, and yet it was about two-thirds the price of the Executor. So, with its low price per piece ratio, the Taj Mahal was excellent value for money. This Executor - not so good value for money.

Posted by itsaturkey in United States, 18 Jun 2011 14:09

If I'm going to spend 400 bucks on a Lego set then I'd get the Death Star. At least it has 24 minifigs many of which are exclusive to that set. Plus all the features and playability. I don't understand why Lego would price this to 400 USD, compared to the other prices of this set in other places, like Canada and Australia, 400 is cheap! Oh well, I don't even have 400 dollars to buy it so I guess I really shouldn't complain.

Posted by legowasta in Netherlands, 18 Jun 2011 15:13

€400 seems a bit high... ah well, sounds like a good investment to buy near the end of the production date! ;-)

Posted by Jarod98 in United Kingdom, 18 Jun 2011 17:11

$399.99 is a little high for this baby. I love big builds, but I hate the prices of UCS sets. The only reason I would ever buy a UCS is for the minifigs. In this set, the only fig I don't have a past model of is Admiral Piett. I already have Bossk and Darth Vader (although the one I have is lost, but I'm getting the '7965: Millennium Falcon' to replace the lost one). I was thinking this might be $249.99 or $299.99 and if we got lucky $199.99 (I wasn't sure on the exact size), but I'm disappointing and now no longer want this set. I will have to get IG-88 and Dengar off eBay or BrickLink though.

Posted by Thomson & Thompson in Canada, 18 Jun 2011 18:58

I agree with almost everybody here..... it's expensive. And very big. But, I think it's worth buying it!

Posted by Alemas in Germany, 18 Jun 2011 20:05

Erm, guys? Look who we've got: http://www.brickset.com/profile/?Nabii LEGO Designer Mark Stafford! :) Look here, too: http://www.brickset.com/brickLists/?5289

Posted by voypro in United States, 18 Jun 2011 21:30

At least this UCS is worth buying. When Lego goes small and cheap we get this yawner:
Obi-Wans Jedi Starfighter: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=10215-1

Posted by ApolloVI in United States, 19 Jun 2011 00:23

Well, maybe if we all feigned disinterest in this set and agreed not to buy it right away, Lego will lower the price :-D

Posted by legofanatic2414 in United States, 19 Jun 2011 02:01

My father..a LEGO collector like me....dreamed of this set. He loved the ship, the movies and he waited for LEGO to make one....10 long years he waited. He would have been so happy...sad he passed away. Oh, how I wish I could give it to him. I will miss is my father dearly and I will buy this set just for him.

Posted by beefygrefe in United States, 19 Jun 2011 03:32

@ ApolloVI - that kind of 'worked' on the UCS Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter...in that no one really wanted it so they knocked the price down for a while. I think there's enough interested in this set that it won't happen twice, but if everyone would sit it out for a while (in protest of the high price) it might force Lego to rethink their pricing.

Posted by fff in Spain, 19 Jun 2011 04:32

It is great, but after a second thought, the price sucks. Le me explain why. I'd like to see the inventory to check how many pseudo plates 2x1, or pieces 1x1 does it have it... Then I see price is not fair. 250€ and it would sell like hot cakes, 400€ is far away from fair price.

... in my humble opinion...

Posted by meccanotwitch in United Kingdom, 19 Jun 2011 05:25

If you go to brothersbrick there is a picture of the instructions showing the inventry for this set. This may make up your mind to buy or not. I may just download the instructions and build from parts I already have. you may have to improvise a little but that's ok.

Posted by Xiaolong in Belgium, 19 Jun 2011 05:41

All these Americans should stop complaining about the price. 400 US$ is only 280 Euro. That is 30% less then we have to pay. I wonder how much shipping across the ocean would be. And for 240 Euro ( 2 boxes in my suitcase) I can fly up and down New York.

Posted by mlavwilson in United States, 19 Jun 2011 06:55

The price takes all of my excitement away. The bridge sceen is much smaller than I envisioned.

Posted by macmon in Philippines, 19 Jun 2011 08:34

Yes the Bridge is somewhat small. And you cant seem to place it back if the minifigs are there. :( Unless I am mistaken

Posted by Mequel De Vaughn in United States, 19 Jun 2011 09:43

I just saw it first hand at Brickworld yesterday..that ship is awesome!!!!!

Posted by princedraven in United Kingdom, 19 Jun 2011 10:54

I'm a Star Wars nut, but honestly don't see how I can justify the price for this.

£350 for a huge grey 3152 piece monster (with 5 minifigs) that I would have to dismantle pretty quickly as it takes a stupid amount of space.
or
£353 for Fire Brigade, Grand Emporium AND Pet Shop, 6445 pieces (over double!) (with 11 minifigs, fire dog, fog, cat, parrots and fish) and will look awesome displayed.

Would have loved to have this model, but I think I would struggle to justify £200, £350 is madness.

Posted by macmon in Philippines, 19 Jun 2011 11:20

After reading through the comments. In comparing the Death Star 10188 at the same price, In terms of minifigs, the Death Star is the winner many times over. Now looking at other items. For 400 dollars, one can get the Imperial Shuttle (259 dollars) plus another 1 or 2 or even 3 items worth 150 dollars. Then that is more sets as compared to only 1. I guess it will stay long also just like the Death Star.

Posted by Don in Canada, 19 Jun 2011 12:29

Good job on the "screw Canada" pricing, Lego.

Posted by The Sly Fox in United States, 19 Jun 2011 16:06

This set looks awesome !!!

I would like to mention that TLG price their sets based on weight and not by piece count. So those who think that this set is worse value than the Millennium Falcon based on parts are not quite right. Although the price of Lego has gone up this year sadly.

Posted by Huffy1968 in United Kingdom, 19 Jun 2011 16:07

Fantastic model, really. But way too big, too expensive, and with some unique and utterly needless minifigs (that will no doubt end up on BrickLink at ridiculous prices) this simply places the set, like many of these UCS models, out of the purchasing capabilities of the average Star Wars/Lego fan. Although Admiral Piett does actually look a bit like actor Kenneth Colley... :)

Posted by aresze in Australia, 19 Jun 2011 16:31

TLG just simply dont want to sell in australia

Posted by Lego Lord Mayorca in United States, 19 Jun 2011 18:06

So amazing....I will not make the same mistake I made with the original UCS Star Destroyer (i.e. not getting it...ever). This sucker will be mine, and though I may not be able to build it initially, it WILL become one day the centerpiece of my Lego Star Wars collection!

Posted by JDLego in Canada, 19 Jun 2011 23:36

I dont see the greatness in this set, its flat, long with no big top sticking out, what is this anyways? What does it do? Not a set to get at all, save your $400 for other SW sets to make a bigger collection.

Posted by Sly Raskal in United States, 20 Jun 2011 00:47

It is currently showing up in the LEGO Exclusives category ...
http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=10221&cn=245&d=100

Posted by primetime in United Kingdom, 20 Jun 2011 05:16

Another boring overpriced LEGO set. I really feel LEGO are running out of ideas now with the Star Wars theme.

Some Star Wars ships just don't lend themselves to LEGO sets, simply due to scale - and this is a good example (plus it is dull). How the heck can you display this monster unless you live in a palace? 4 minifigures plus IG-88 (not a minifigure)?!? LEGO should have put all the bounty hunters in at the very least.

LEGO would have been better off redesigning the regular Star Destroyer.

Posted by meccanotwitch in United Kingdom, 20 Jun 2011 05:38

I wonder if Lego will take note of all these negative comments and restructure their pricing. This must be the set with the worst comments that I have ever read.
I know there are hundreds more AFOL other than these on Brickset, but surely these initial comments must count as some sort of wake up call for Lego.

Posted by Thomson & Thompson in Canada, 20 Jun 2011 08:26

@meccanotwitch-Thats's a good thought, and I really hope LEGO does just that. Do you (or anyone) know if LEGO has done that before?

Posted by mlavwilson in United States, 20 Jun 2011 10:40

^ Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter is an example. Don't buy it, and the price will come down.

Posted by Zacherano in United States, 20 Jun 2011 10:45

I agree with most of these comments. When I first saw this set, I was barely interested. The minifigures and some detail on the bridge are hardly a consolation for the (in my opinion) overall boring appearance of this set. If I want to devote my time to building a UCS set, it would be something exciting and fun like the Death Star or Millennium Falcon, not something monotonous with thousands of miniscule grey parts and a couple already done bounty hunter minifigures. I'm far from impressed.

Posted by paul88 in United States, 20 Jun 2011 11:25

Very boring IMO. And the minifigure count... 5? Really? Doesn't the death star have upwards of about 15?? This is pretty disappointing overall. It's too bad they didn't do something like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marshal-banana/5786158313/in/set-72157626809606992 (as posted in the forum recently). Now *that* I would pay $600 for in a heartbeat :)

Posted by moloko in United States, 20 Jun 2011 13:30

@paul88 that model is 10k in pieces. that would be way costly. that would be way over 1000$$

Posted by paul88 in United States, 20 Jun 2011 16:59

@moloko: I knew that :) (on both accounts...the "600" was just a dream number of course) They could at least re-do the first sandcrawler or even re-release it. It's a sore spot for me because it's one of my favorite star wars vehicles, but never bought it when it was at retail :(

Posted by MinifigureMan in United Kingdom, 21 Jun 2011 11:07

Also it has now been announced the the fact plate says 'turoblaser', quite a bad typo for something so expensive Lego.

Posted by voypro in United States, 21 Jun 2011 21:29

"Turoblaster"??? That is Turrific.

Posted by Andrew85 in United Kingdom, 22 Jun 2011 05:36

Looking at the shop at home, the death star is perhaps the oldest set available, SW and very high piece count, this is probably the replacement, so get the death star while you can. I have one and its awesome! :D

Posted by Alemas in Germany, 23 Jun 2011 15:54

@LEGOlas1: Look at the ":D" sideways, and you'll understand. :)

Posted by itsaturkey in United States, 23 Jun 2011 18:20

Ha Ha! I just realized that I like the mini star destroyer more then the actual flagship! I feel bad for the guy who made this, looks like it took like a year to design (that's an exaggeration) and it seems as if not many people are willing to buy it.

Posted by Andrew85 in United Kingdom, 24 Jun 2011 03:01

@ LEGOlas1, I mean one of the oldest sw exclusives available, and its now done three years on the production line so I think times nearly up. Also :D is a very smiley face

Commenting has ended on this article.

Home

Browse

Sets released in...

New for 2013

Buy at LEGO.com

Buy LEGO books

Brickset merchandise

Amazon Bargain Watch lists

Compare EU Amazons

Log in to use the My Sets features

Get more out of Brickset

Cool stuff...

Site related

Get in touch