LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary exclusive minifigure revealed!

Well, I won’t be getting that book.

I actually own an original one of these, so I’m happy to let this one pass me by.

Lame. We’ve gotten a better Maul already.

lame. but that's a good thing, I don't have any reason to buy it.

you got remember what are most known characters for mass populous

@yellowcastle said:
" @AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"Are we not gonna talk about Ahsoka's lightsaber being backwards on the cover?"

I never know which side is which, lol."

A Difference? lol...
How do you know she not carrying other part in other hand.... ouch

Well, I'm going to buy the book regardless...

*Duel of the fates starts playing in the background*

Also, @capnrex101 will you be reviewing this?

Darth Maul is one of my favorite SW characters, especially because of the extended story arc we got in Clone Wars and Rebels . . . so I'm always happy to see another Maul, but why not give us a truly different version? I would love an "Old Master" version from the end of his story in Rebels. Such a great ending deserves it's own figure!

Pretty soon there will be anniversary editions of Star Wars minifigure update books.

@AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"I'm kinda confused.

LEGO said that for the 25th anniversary, they were devoting these exclusive minifigures to ones we had never gotten before.

But now they're remaking the 1999 Darth Maul with 25th anniversary printing, like the 20th ones in 2019. It doesn't make sense to me.

I was really hoping the book minifigure might be someone like Yaddle, Dexter, or Boss Nass, but I guess not. Hopefully one of them will be the unknown 6th anniversary fig."

Well, but this is the fleshie version of the yellow-era Maul. Gotta expand our Maul haul!

Not sure what I wanted, like to keep my level of disappointment down, so am always hopeful, LEGO will do something unexpected.

That said, this is not what I wanted. However, I do like that this 'remake" has 25th printing on the back, to include with my 20th Anniversary Collection of figures. Wish they had done the same with Tatooine Luke (yellow head), that was release a few years prior.

Perhaps LEGO will do something similar this year, like they did with the 20th ObiWan, provide a surprise figure, in a Polybag?

Worst. Character. Ever

@Norikins said:
"That Darth Maul was one of the longest lasting original figures (only outlived by the B1 Battle Droid) appearing for a decade. Most of the sets he appeared in were small. So I'm bewildered to see he's worth over $10 used. "

Might be because he's one (if not the only) version of Maul where they didn't screw up his facial expression. Anyways most of the old figures have become rather expensive, 1999 Darth Vader and 2000 Boba Fett also had at least one appearance each in a very small set, yet they are now over $10.

Can Lego Star Wars get any worse?

I'm so stupid. I think I pre-ordered this (hard face slap!). Never again!

I got back into Lego because of SW. I'm now firmly convinced that it will also be the driving force that sends me back out. Poetic.

@Pollywanna said:
"This is actually the 2007 Maul, the original 1999 release had a totally different eye design

"

This annoys me so much; both here and Bricklink have the 1999 and 2007 versions considered as the same minifigure and they are not!!

Not only are the eyes different, the torso print while they are the same, it is done in a darker colour on the 2007 one

Brickset please change it lol (?°?°)?? ???

I do like these books, but I'd love one that was written by https://brickset.com/profile/capnrex101/ .
I'll probably get this once it gets reduced (like the new Marvel one is now only £10).
Also, for the 20th Anniversary book, the LEGO.com version came in a extra thick sleeve with a couple of prints inside - wonder if they will do the same for this?

@AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"I'm kinda confused.

LEGO said that for the 25th anniversary, they were devoting these exclusive minifigures to ones we had never gotten before.

But now they're remaking the 1999 Darth Maul with 25th anniversary printing, like the 20th ones in 2019. It doesn't make sense to me.

I was really hoping the book minifigure might be someone like Yaddle, Dexter, or Boss Nass, but I guess not. Hopefully one of them will be the unknown 6th anniversary fig."

A new mold head mold with special printing for a book would be a first. The best I can see is a Nien Numb who comes with a classic 90s Aviator cap and no ears.

@_add_um said:
" @Pollywanna said:
"This is actually the 2007 Maul, the original 1999 release had a totally different eye design

"

This annoys me so much; both here and Bricklink have the 1999 and 2007 versions considered as the same minifigure and they are not!!

Not only are the eyes different, the torso print while they are the same, it is done in a darker colour on the 2007 one

Brickset please change it lol (?°?°)?? ???"

I have similar issues with the original Stormtroopers and asked Brickset, they said that they only want to copy whatever Bricklink says and have no interest in trying to verify claims like this (even if they are simply true). So Bricklink is the defacto only authority even though they do have many issues that never get addressed or resolved because of their weird editing system.

For anyone who wants to know regarding the Stormtroopers:

The sets from the 2000-2004 era have a gap in the middle of the mouth and often one side was kind of lower or higher compared to the other side. Al of these "off-looking" variants are definitely from sets sold in 2004 or before.
With 2005s Imperial Inspection they have fixed the pad printing into a continuous black line for the mouth.
In late 2007 and with the 2008 Imperial Battlepack they have rolled out another change that made all Stormtrooper mouths into grey lines with black dots which also affected sets still in production back then so some copies of Imperial Landing Craft and Star Destroyer came either with grey or black mouths.

The issue is black mouth helmets are all treated as the same piece even though the pictures of all the old black mouth Stormtrooper variants show very obvious differences between before 2004 and after. These differences are very easy to trace back to specific sets since the clean continuous black mouth is exclusive to only Imperial Landing Craft, Imperial Inspection and the first Star Destroyer Playset as well as spring to autumn copies of Magnet Set 851939.

Edit: Just saw that apparently the part number did not change for Mauls head at least. Even if that is true for every change of this kind ( I doubt that Double Molded Stormtrooper head with or without printed spots on the back got different official part numbers), a site like Bricklink should consider it different pieces because they change the look of the figures immensely and the change simply puts a date on when the figure was produced. It's like a seller of 50s era sets claiming they are authentic but not paying attention to the tiles in the sets having no brims (3069 v.s. 3069a)

meh. not impressed.

Speaking of which can someone please update the picture of:

ISBN9781465489562: LEGO Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
https://brickset.com/sets/ISBN9781465489562-1/LEGO-Star-Wars-Character-Encyclopedia-New-Edition

So that it includes the Darth Maul figures, was trying to find which book had him and kept missing it was this one.

and:

ISBN9780241357521: LEGO Star Wars: Visual Dictionary, New Edition
https://brickset.com/sets/ISBN9780241357521-1/LEGO-Star-Wars-Visual-Dictionary-New-Edition

and not Star Wars but:

ISBN9780241320037: LEGO DC Super Heroes: Visual Dictionary
https://brickset.com/sets/ISBN9780241320037-1/LEGO-DC-Super-Heroes-Visual-Dictionary

Yay! Another Maul /s

@Ridgeheart said:
"Am I satisfied with this minifig-choice? Yeah, I guess. Would've preferred a glow-in-the-dark Classic Spaceman, by way of "Force Ghost" (or: Forced Ghost), but that's because I'm a horrible and selfish person."

I’m not sure Classic Spacemen really fit the Star Wars theme. Too cheerful.

@SMC said:
"Speaking of which can someone please update the picture of:

ISBN9781465489562: LEGO Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
https://brickset.com/sets/ISBN9781465489562-1/LEGO-Star-Wars-Character-Encyclopedia-New-Edition

So that it includes the Darth Maul figures, was trying to find which book had him and kept missing it was this one.

and:

ISBN9780241357521: LEGO Star Wars: Visual Dictionary, New Edition
https://brickset.com/sets/ISBN9780241357521-1/LEGO-Star-Wars-Visual-Dictionary-New-Edition

and not Star Wars but:

ISBN9780241320037: LEGO DC Super Heroes: Visual Dictionary
https://brickset.com/sets/ISBN9780241320037-1/LEGO-DC-Super-Heroes-Visual-Dictionary
"

@CapnRex101

you're a star, many thanks

we forget about the book the article is about :)
https://brickset.com/sets/ISBN9780744092660-1/LEGO-Star-Wars-Visual-Dictionary-Updated-Edition

i cannot BELIEVE they didn't use the Monkie Kid staff hilt for Maul's lightsaber instead of the regular asymmetrical lightsaber hilt

@CapnRex101 said:
"As long as somebody remembers, all is well :o)"

Remembers what?

@JulieHD:
Combine a standard lightsaber hilt with a telescope (both exist in light-bley), and plug 3L bars into the ends to get a good Darth Maul lightsaber that he can actually wield _two-handed_.

Coming soon to your local £/$ store due to lack of interest

A very easy pass.

@A_Smooth_Criminal said:
"Coming soon to your local £/$ store due to lack of interest

A very easy pass. "
Hard pass?

@ecleme11 said:
"Worst. Character. Ever "

Well, I would REALLY like to agree with you. But there's this: https://brickset.com/sets/ISBN9781465449672-1

AND, they didn't even keep the brute exclusive, but subsequently added him to set 75178 two yrs later!!

But this figure is exclusive thanks to the back printing, so they are still giving us exclusive Maul figure. Kudos to them for that