Random set of the day: Poe Dameron
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 75115 Poe Dameron, released during 2016. It's one of 66 Star Wars sets produced that year. It contains 102 pieces, and its retail price was US$24.99 / £19.99, which equates to about US$34 / £28 in today's money.
It's owned by 4,711 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at Brick Owl, BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $18.40, or eBay.
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One of the better human figures with only his hard chiseled face showing.
I know a lot of people aren’t too keen on the face character sets for these, but I really like this one. I still vividly remember the day I got it at the LEGO store.
66 Sets in 2016 for Star Wars?!
Commander Cody, the time has come...
Apparently, the Disney X-Wing was so stripped down vs the original, the pilots needed armor plating?
Beefcake Poe
I’m guessing they gave him and Finn blue missiles because Phasma and the Stormtrooper were given red. Not exactly canon accurate; maybe someone got hung up on the droids and clones having different colored blaster bolts.
Double Star Wars
I forgot about the change in times due to daylight savings. So when I saw this on the top of page I thought they had really expanded the definition of figure for RFotD.
I always liked the way they did the rifles on the buildable figures that had them.
@MCLegoboy said:
"66 Sets in 2016 for Star Wars?!
Commander Cody, the time has come..."
In the novelization of Episode III, Cody asks, "Couldn't the order have come through before I gave him back the bloody lightsaber?!"
Somehow, Poe Dameron returned.
I don’t know why, but I own this set. I was never into Bionicles or constraction figs, so it’s kind of a mystery.
@SearchlightRG said:
"I’m guessing they gave him and Finn blue missiles because Phasma and the Stormtrooper were given red. Not exactly canon accurate; maybe someone got hung up on the droids and clones having different colored blaster bolts."
Poe and Finn’s blasters do fire blue blaster bolts in TFA.
Lore Time!
This guy is... hold on, that's not a BIONICLE...
@Miyakan said:
"I forgot about the change in times due to daylight savings."
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Oh, wait, that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about that totally predictable thing that happens like literal clockwork twice per year.
I liked the head piece of Darth Maul and Chewbacca in this series, so very well sculpted. Stylized look of regular humans didn't leave much room for emotion. And I think this series is cut short because we didn't get C3-PO or Han (original trilogy) or Leia. I guess it didn't sell well.
The uncanny valley effect of constraction builds with human faces is definitely mitigated by most of it being covered by a helmet. Not sure what does remain visible quite resembles Oscar Isaac but he definitely gets off better than Rey and Jyn Urso…
Why was the Minifig whitewashed?
4711 regrets. Get well soon.
This topic is a good opportunity to remember that certain themes or subthemes happened. I liked these figures, when it had a helmet or a droid head, but with a human head, it looked like a robot with a human mask.
The newest RSOTD, launched just over 10 year ago and the first of this group of Bionicle Star Wars figures. Shame they discontinued the hands (part 4612482) as would be useful for todays mechs.
The buildable harnass is a bit bulky but cool. Strange to see that torso unprinted though.
But at the time, this was the same price as Captain Phasma, who came with a special cape. And Kylo Ren, which came with a waist cape and back cape. I ended up getting Kylo Ren... second hand at half the price.
Btw, you can use this head and hands on the Finn figure to create a more regular Poe. The helmet stays though. I think that might even be the reason we got him in a pilot outfit in the first place, as his jacket went to Finn.
@Lego_lord said:
"I liked the head piece of Darth Maul and Chewbacca in this series, so very well sculpted. Stylized look of regular humans didn't leave much room for emotion. And I think this series is cut short because we didn't get C3-PO or Han (original trilogy) or Leia. I guess it didn't sell well."
My buildable figure want list consists of 75530, 75532, and 75537. If they'd released 75538 and 75539, I'd have gotten those, or I'd wish I'd gotten them. I'd almost certainly have gotten 75538; when the line was still running, I was really hoping that they would do some droids.
@peterlmorris said:
"I don’t know why, but I own this set. I was never into Bionicles or constraction figs, so it’s kind of a mystery. "
I don't know why either, but I have got two of this set. Paid less than the RRP of one for the two combined. Even back then no one appears to have wanted them.
Double Star Wars day, and it's not even May 4th!
@PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
"I forgot about the change in times due to daylight savings."
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Oh, wait, that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about that totally predictable thing that happens like literal clockwork twice per year."
Except I am in southern hemisphere so I'm going the other way, and it doesn't happen until next weekend for me. I have no need to remember what Britain does with their clocks.
I've been used to seeing RFotD at 3pm and RSotD at 4pm. So when I hopped on at 3:45pm I was confused.
@Miyakan said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
"I forgot about the change in times due to daylight savings."
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Oh, wait, that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about that totally predictable thing that happens like literal clockwork twice per year."
Except I am in southern hemisphere so I'm going the other way, and it doesn't happen until next weekend for me. I have no need to remember what Britain does with their clocks.
I've been used to seeing RFotD at 3pm and RSotD at 4pm. So when I hopped on at 3:45pm I was confused."
Except you _do_ change your clocks twice a year, so you know it's something that happens in much of the world. In the US, we used to change our clocks on the same days as the UK, so it was just one day of the year that it happened an hour early, and one day that it happened in hour late. Then we shifted the weeks when it occurs, and now we go three weeks earlier in spring, and one week later in fall. But it's the same time of year, so easy enough to remember what's going on.