What is the large white section under the Star Wars Imperial Assault Carrier?

A LOT of cool stuff this year! I see my opportunity to get most of the mainstream OT SW characters, a goal I've had in mind but I haven't been buying SW because there is too much to keep up with. Spidey is another character I keep telling myself I should get before he disappears. Elves looks awesome too! I love this site!

Finally a Gungan besides Jar Jar or generic warrior. With Captain Tarpals in the Flash Speeder that set is a must get for me. I'm not collecting elves sets, but the Pegasus and dragon figures in the sets are pretty cool. Also that naboo pilot in the starfighter kind of reminds me of Ric Olie, maybe its just me though.

That SW shuttle looks better and better...

The new Naboo Starfighter looks cool but large amount of pieces and minifigs (why so many droids?) will surely make it quite expensive set. :(

Everything is awesome.

Imperial Shuttle is impressive with the amount of pieces also. Having missed out on UCS one 5 years ago,this is a must for myself!

Is that a new Darth Vader helmet? It looks to have a top and bottom piece.

Love the mini Ant Man stuff, massive Lego bricks and screws! Brilliant!

I'm a bit gutted the figures with the Shuttle Tyderium are so good coz the shuttle itself looks rubbish. Well, it might be pretty good, but 10212 is my most prized set. In all seriousness this was never going to hold a candle to it, but that doesn't make it any better that it doesn't, if that makes sense. :P

And the way Vader's helmet separates and the white head are making me want the final duel even more! Whoop!

The Elves sets look fantastic! I am so excited for that theme! It, BIONICLE, and Ninjago are really competing for my attention this year but if I play my cards right I should be able to collect all three.

I got a giggle out of the large-scale bricks in the Ant Man set. A lot of people wondered how that set would manage to create an appropriate sense of scale. Now we know!

City and Ultra Agents sets look cool, but I don't have plans to collect those myself. My dad might like some of them, though. He's a big City fan.

Thanks, Huw. I figured that out later. It seems like 1200 pieces is a lot for a model that size. I say that because it looks similar in overall size to Benny's Spaceship. Definitely shorter and not as wide, but bulkier throughout the body.

I do like the Final Duel and the Tyderium, so those are definitely must-haves for me. Thank goodness only two OT sets in the summer wave with the UCS TIE and The Force Awakens sets. Gonna need a bigger wallet!

The City Space subtheme sounded interesting; at first I hoped it might have cooler models and be more like a near-future Earth, or transitional between the City and Classic Space sets (sort of like the movies Contact or Interstellar). Maybe in the next go-round...

I really hope that Rhino is only preliminary, it looks absolutely terrible brick built. I was hoping for a molded version like the Hulk. All the other marvel sets look great though! Carnage!!!

I just realised the bricks in the Antman set are a screw catapult. :)

The Ant-Man image is marked as confidential. I thought that was a Brickset no-no.

I really do like the elves sets. They did a good job turning a Friends horse into a Pegasus.

The Antman set is epic. Hank Pym, Yellowjacket, and Antman? All three? Love the "giant" Lego bricks. Can I have it now? The Miles Morales Spiderman/Carnage set is superb. Plus you get a generic Shield Agent? Is that set going to be $19.99?

I'm sure that the Rhino/Sandman set is final. Not liking the set or the brick-built Rhino at all, but the minifigs are great. Iron Spiderman is awesome, and finally a red-booted Spiderman...

I will buy the Tydirium and Final Battle sets on sight. A dual part helmet on Darth Vader is long, long overdue.

I'm pretty disappointed with the Star Wars sets, to be honest. The cockpit on the Imperial Shuttle looks terrible, and the area around the cockpit of the Naboo Starfighter looks completely wrong for the 3rd time in a row. After seeing today's pictures, I've taken both off my wanted list.

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I believe the white model below the Imperial Assault carrier is actually the Ghost, since they interlocked (fake Wookie transport) for a potential rescue in the first Rebels episode.

I hope those female minifig lovers are happy now, because they come in almost every CITY set.

Great pics thanks Huw. 2 sets there are a must have for me, the Star Wars Imperial Shuttle & the City Spaceport. Both look brilliant!

That agent's boat...Never thought I'd be someone to buy any of those sets, but...just wow. Also, the ant-man set has a watermark ;)

The new Super Heroes sets look awesome. Will definitely get those.

As for the Star Wars - If I want a Sabine minifigure with her helmet, then I have to buy a $130 Imperial Assault Carrier set? Boooo, Lego. That stinks!

I want the two medium sized space city sets. The 2 star wars episode 1 sets look superb. And the 3 marvel sets look AMAZING! Carnage looks great, Rhino; can't wait to get, and construction set looks great for rhino to blow up. And the 2 lego bricks in ant man set look interesting. I really am looking forward to summer because of A. get out of school. and B. LEGOS

The $20 sets are all great. The Agents boat is amazing!

Confound it, Lego. Y U MAKE HELMETED SABINE SO EXPENSIVE

After the awful cream coloured Vader face from last year, the white faced Vader is a great improvement.

@77ncaachamps - nope, like @Huw said as soon as the question had been asked it's absolutely definitely the back of the actual model, presumably looking more white than it should because of lighting or a flash. It's like a spot the difference competition where there aren't any differences!

People predicted pretty well that Sabine's helmet would appear in a larger, more expensive set. Well, at least we have a Sabine Wren figure now :)

I was really looking forward to Antimatters portal hideout, but really, that looks empty. It's just a platform on stilts. But is that a corrupted break jaw? There's also a remote controlled giant shark, so...

I really wonder what the prices are going to be?

Ant Man looks amaizing, a must get for me.

The Ant-Man set is truly a must have! Loving the Elves sets, does the castle only have 3 figures? Seems like it could have one more at least

So the Carnage Spiderman set will be how much? Three figures usually equates to $20, but with only 97 pieces, I'd be very upset at that. I'd expect at least 180 or more for that price point. So I'm hoping it is 12.99.

Otherwise, some good sets that I would have otherwise passed on and some that I originally would have liked and now I do not... The DC super hero sets are disappointing for the price. These Marvel sets look more appealing.

And a new Leia and Han in the Shuttle set? That might be worthwhile.

I think TLG in love with Naboo Starfighter. They release 6 of them and 3 of them have very same building instruction and look. They released them 4 years apart. So next Naboo fighter will be release in 2019!

I don't understand this situation. They have unlimited scenes from 7 movies and they always do the same. They also have a great potential to create sets like 75052-1 Mos Eisley Cantina, bet they release that type of set once a year.

That antman set is just amazing

Are there any websites that have the prices? The pictures are great but the price point is needed for me to figure out what I want.

And Sethro3 that Spiderman set I did see a price for, it's $12.99 USD.

When are these coming out?

Yes, LEGO was fine with photography on the watermarked image from Ant-Man. The only set that they had to remove for photography was an Architecture set.

^76039 one of the superhero ones. big fat watermark that somehow slipped under LEGOs radar when making the booth at the fair.

The model below the assault carrier is just a top down view of the carrier. ghost doesn't have green shooters!

Why does LEGO constantly redesign the Star Wars minifigures every single year?

Is this the first time we've seen two-tone Spiderman legs?

The lego bricks in the Ant Man set are adorable, I MIGHT get it just for them, but not really interested in Ant Man. Also that Vader helmet is great, that is a very fine set altogether.

^^^Nope, that's the already explained Ant-Man set that there's a picture of, not an architecture set. ;)

Man ... those Marvel sets are sweet. I can buy the Rhino, Sandman and Carnage on Bricklink, but that Ant-Man set is a *must*. I love the giant-scale Lego bricks, that's really clever.

I'm not so keen on the Divers or Space sets, although I'm fond of the double-rotored helicopter.

Why does LEGO keep making the same Naboo Starfighter set. The elements that are grey should be silver. Why is that so hard? I guess the set would be an extra $10-15 if they did that. At least it would be correct. And different.

Must get that Carnage set...

I can't believe the amount of cool sets coming out this year! I surprised the utility shuttle only has 150 pieces.

A lot of great stuff here, but I am especially excited about the printed "LEGO" tiles in the Ant Man set!!!

^are you sure? I assumed they were stickers.

I think the reason they keep making the Naboo Fighter is because it's one of the only iconic or memorable things from the prequels for anyone aside from die-hard prequel apologists.

I honestly couldn't describe any ship from the prequels aside from that one. Maybe a podracer.

Louvre?

The ultra agents ship seems interesting...

I actually really like the Rebels set, and I don't even watch the show!

I'm definitely getting the Imperial Shuttle, even if it looks a bit off, somehow. Great minifigs though. The Flash Speeder too. Not really interested in the Naboo Fighter, which I don't have yet. Maybe on sale.

The Final Duel is cool, but not really worth it if you have the Death Star. I'd rather spend the same money on a similarly-built Cloud City duel set, which I hope they do at some point!

The Ant-Man set is very cool, especially with the magnified LEGO bricks. Great touch by LEGO there!

The next time the they do a City Soace theme, they really should pull ideas from the hypersonic research craft and the SSTO from the 90s, the X-30 and X-33.

I mean for crying out loud. The X-33 Venture Star STILL looks futuristic and cool. These shuttles look like sad Soviet-era attempts at reusable spacecraft.

I guess on the plus side it frees up more of my budget for Star Wars sets, which look pretty good this year.

Ant-Man, new Darth helmet, and finally two-tone Spider-Man legs! What a year!

What's the deal with the gimp-suit Gungan?

The Agents series seems to be where designers are both the most inspired and having the most fun. Mighty tempted to start buying them.

Is the orange glow around the Star Wars minifigures an indication of whether or not they are "new"?

I love the Star Wars sets! Can NOT wait till we see TFA sets... Maybe we can finally know what's in the movie... Lol

the elve's castle' s portal seems to be the same in the atlantis portal

There is a green lantern guy in the ultra agents boat.

The super villian team up looks like a hasbo playset

Are there other Rebels sets being released? I was hoping to get Sabine with her helmet in a smaller set. That's a cool Imperial ship though.

Hoth minifig (with new white cap) would appear to be one from the upcoming USC Hoth Echo Base later in the year.

Is that a new head for Leia?

Must resist urge to buy imperial shuttle!

The Carnage set is by far the best value. Can't believe LEGO put two great figures in such an inexpensive set!

Joker Land is over priced for only two new figures.

Agents theme has been putting out some nice figures.

Deep Sea sets are also surprising nice.

Now I might add a couple of UA sets to my collection.

And isn't the Ant-Man set great? LEGO made of LEGO made of LEGO made of LEGO...

Wow! Awesome new Ultra Agents sets! Must add them to my collection!

@zipsforbananas, you're right.

I didn't see the other pictures in other blogs until this morning (Valentine's Day and all...) but the top of the actual model makes its way into the pic by overlapping the bottom of the box art.

i think it is a good year for pices amaunt.

The orange glow behind SW minifigs would seem to indicate 'new', which is a shame as there are a few figures there that were exclusives last year and seem to be in cheaper sets this year :-(

@Khanivor - "gimp-suit Gungan" - my word you're right! That looks properly out of place.

I must say I'm disappointed by the Star Wars sets. How many more Naboo Starfighters are they going to make? It doesn't look any different from the last one. And do we really need more Anakins, Battle droids and R2-D2s? I must have fifty Artoos by now. I can understand improving sets after several years, say ten. But there are so many vehicles, characters and locations in the Star Wars universe they must be able to give us something new.

I don't get the love for the Ant-Man set...because it has "big" lego? It's clever?

As a stand alone I guess it's good but it makes no sense in relation to every other set. Are we gonna get a bigfig Ant-Man later to represent his normal size in this set? Are we to play with this set in isolation only? Why didn't we just get a normal scale set with a microfig? Blah.

As for people commenting on "yet another...", this is what Lego does. An original idea, repeated every few years. Forever.

It's good for those that missed the early sets but really, Lego should make previous sets available on request and produce completely new ideas as new sets, not revamped old sets.

Good thing that the Carnage figure will finally exist outside of MOC.

So, I'm fine with the Tydirium but the front definitely looks a little too long. Maybe it's just the angle. Another Naboo Starfighter, I pass... The Flash Speeder does look great but if you want to add three minifigs, add the same amount of Battle Droids because it just looks bad... I'm not watching Rebels so allow me to...

Death Star Final Duel. This is a set I'll definitely buy! I mean... it's the climatic duel! I do remember there was the small sets for that Final Duel and it was the cheapest way to get a Stormtrooper, Vader and the Emperor. I remember that the Emperor was in the first Imperial Shuttle and the Stormtrooper being with the TIE Fighter. Vader was in the TIE Fighter (Advanced) vs Y-Wing set, one of the hardest figures to get. Having a Vader figure is always good but I'm curious on how they managed to make a dual piece helmet. I'm curious to see the play feautures and more. Who knows...

Already a new advent calendar?

The new UA sets look nice, but i'm not into them. The Deep Sea City ones are pretty cool, but I don't buy City. The Space ones are just meh. Marvel is also meh. As for SW, they look pretty neat. I'll probably try and get the Naboo Starfighter and the Final Duel, they look best IMO. Does anyone know when the other SW photos will be released? Wanna see them. :P

it would be great if they add microfigures of the figures of the antman set
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Im glad this wave of Star Wars only has 1 or 2 I want. I can stop the hemmoraging of my bank account for a bit.

Awesome! The UA sets are cool, though i'm not really interested in UA right now. I also think the city sets are pretty nice. I like the deep sea and space themes. The Spiderman sets look like the're for little kids if you ask me, but the're OK. Now for Star Wars. I'm a big SW fan so I was hoping for awesome sets, and I have to admit I was kind of dissapointed. The only set worth getting (as it looks to me) is the Naboo Starfighter. Mabye, just possibly, the Flash Speeder as well. And as for the Elves sets, I didn't even glance at them :P

CB out!

I will be getting all the Marvel sets, but I'm glad that TLG are changing up the Spider-Man sets by using some of the alternate costumes, especially the Iron-Spider (makes me hopeful we might see a Scarlet-Spider or Spider-Man 2099 in the future). As for the UA sets, I'll probably get the sets from the second batch as I've gotten all but the Mission HQ from the first (waiting til I see it on sale).

As for the SW sets, with the vast wealth of vehicles & locations available to TLG, I can see how the release of yet another re-hash of previously done sets could cause irritation. Personally, I'm planning to just get certain ships that are of significance to me (the new Slave I set would having been my starting point if not for having purchased the Helicarrier). I would love to see TLG expand the SW range & include at least a few of the following vessels; Dash Rendar's Outrider, Nico Okarr's Redshifter, the Ebon Hawk, the Moldy Crow or even the Sith Leviathan...