What could follow 75313 AT-AT?

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The most successful Ultimate Collector Series models have typically portrayed Original Trilogy vehicles and 75313 AT-AT will doubtless achieve exceptional popularity.

However, relatively few potential subjects from the Original Trilogy remain, particularly since remarkably few vehicles and locations appear during those movies. Nevertheless, this article explores likely subjects for both the Ultimate Collector Series and Master Builder Series from the Original Trilogy, following 75313 AT-AT.

The corresponding Prequel Trilogy article is available here.


X-34 Landspeeder

  • £179.99, $199.99, €199.99
  • Luke Skywalker, C-3PO

Luke Skywalker's X-34 Landspeeder is perhaps the most recognisable Original Trilogy vehicle without Ultimate Collector Series representation. This streamlined speeder would undoubtedly require a new windscreen component, but could otherwise achieve absolute authenticity using existing parts. Furthermore, the X-34 Landspeeder would suit the common $199.99 price point.

Base One

  • £319.99, $349.99, €349.99
  • Luke Skywalker (Pilot), Luke Skywalker (Ceremony) Leia Organa (Gown), Leia Organa (Ceremony), Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, General Dodonna, General Willard, Garven Dreis, Wedge Antilles, Biggs Darklighter, R5-K6, R2-A3, R2-F2, Rebel Technician (2), Rebel Fleet Trooper (2)

Base One, located on Yavin IV, has undoubtedly been underrepresented in LEGO sets. The spectacular Massassi Temple would therefore be perfectly suited for a Master Builder Series depiction, which might contain the hangar bay, briefing room, command centre and audience chamber. Combining an impressive exterior with internal detail may prove difficult, but I think something resembling 75251 Darth Vader's Castle would be effective.

However, past Master Builder Series products have featured especially desirable minifigures. Base One arguably provides limited potential from that perspective, although finally receiving Red Leader would be marvellous, alongside several Red Squadron pilots and their distinctive Astromech droids! Utility speeders could satisfy the requirement for vehicles.

TIE/sa Bomber

  • £229.99, $249.99, €249.99
  • TIE Pilot, Admiral Ozzel

LEGO evidently considers the TIE/sa Bomber worthy of the popular Ultimate Collector Series, presenting this vehicle among the three options on last year's poll. While this bomber was the least popular among those options, I think the vessel provides outstanding potential. However, the price would probably be quite expensive, relative to recognition for the TIE Bomber.

EF76 Nebulon-B Frigate

  • £319.99, $349.99, €349.99
  • Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, 2-1B Medical Droid

The distinctive Nebulon-B Frigate also appeared among those poll options and seems ideally suited to the Ultimate Collector Series, which could recreate its unusual design with incredible accuracy. Supporting this model would inevitably require a substantial display stand, but I think that would be worthwhile because the Nebulon-B could look absolutely fantastic.

Different options are available for the minifigure selection too, inspired by The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi. Personally, I think characters from the ending of Episode V seem more appropriate because the Rebel Alliance heroes from Return of the Jedi could definitely appear elsewhere, unlike Luke and Leia wearing their medical centre garb.

Jabba's Palace

  • £369.99, $399.99, €399.99
  • Jabba the Hutt, Bib Fortuna, Salacious B. Crumb, Rancor, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa (Boushh), Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, Boba Fett, Gamorrean Guard (2), Max Rebo, Sy Snootles, Umpass Stay, Rystáll Sant, EV-9D9, 8D8, GNK Power Droid, B'omarr Monk

9516 Jabba's Palace provoked controversy during 2012, potentially affecting subsequent sets inspired by this memorable building. Nevertheless, I think a Master Builder Series rendition of Jabba's Palace seems inevitable, especially given its return during The Book of Boba Fett. An appealing selection of rooms could be included, divided between multiple floors as the Rancor pit, prison cells and would be located beneath the audience chamber.

Furthermore, the set could include an outstanding selection of minifigures, following the good example of 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina. As discussed previously, vehicles typically accompany larger location-based sets and that would be relatively simple here, since Jabba's Palace does contain a garage for cargo skiffs on the lower levels.

Jabba's Sail Barge

  • £649.99, $699.99, €699.99
  • Jabba the Hutt, Salacious B. Crumb, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa (Prisoner), Han Solo, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, C-3PO, R2-D2, Boba Fett, Tessek, Ree-Yees, Max Rebo, Pagetti Rook, Vedain

LEGO evidently favours subjects that can be portrayed at minifigure-scale within the Ultimate Collector Series, following 75192 Millennium Falcon and 75313 AT-AT, among others. Jabba's Sail Barge would be an ideal addition to this range, since an authentic minifigure-scale version would measure approximately 70cm in length.

The minifigures could prove enjoyable too, although questions surround Disney's approach to Leia's appearance on Jabba's Sail Barge. I think excluding Leia would be difficult because her role during this scene is vitally important. Nevertheless, the vehicle provides amazing potential and is definitely deserving of an Ultimate Collector Series rendition, in my opinion.

MC80A Mon Calamari Star Cruiser

  • £369.99, $399.99, €399.99
  • Admiral Ackbar, Nien Nunb

Despite their prominent appearances onscreen, Rebel Alliance capital ships have remained noticeably absent from the LEGO Star Wars theme. I think that can be attributed primarily to their complex curvature, which necessitates a larger model. Admiral Ackbar's flagship, Home One, seems accordingly appropriate for the Ultimate Collector Series, rivalling 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer.

In fact, the Mon Calamari vessel could be designed at the same scale as 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer, thus measuring approximately 90cm in length. That would certainly be adequate to recreate the subject faithfully, without demanding an unrealistic price. Admiral Ackbar and Nien Nunb might accompany this model, although many Rebel leaders would be suitable.

74-Z Speeder Bike

  • £179.99, $199.99, €199.99
  • Scout Trooper

The lightweight 74-Z Speeder Bike, employed prominently during the Battle of Endor, would represent a unique addition to the Ultimate Collector Series. The vehicle is definitely popular enough to warrant such a model, although constructing such a small speeder at such a large scale would be unusual. Nevertheless, I am confident this could prove successful, especially given the potential functions.

Endor Shield Bunker

  • £319.99, $349.99, €349.99
  • Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, Rebel Commando (2), Wicket, Paploo, Stemzee, Wunka, Widdle, Major Hewex, Commander Renz, Stormtrooper (2), Scout Trooper (2), Imperial Navy Trooper, AT-ST Driver

The shield bunker on the Forest Moon of Endor could become an outstanding Master Builder Series set, especially because different approaches could be successful. The shield projector would be an interesting inclusion, although I believe taking inspiration from 8038 The Battle of Endor seems more probable as action is focused entirely around the concealed bunker.

Imperial and Ewok vehicles could be included too, alongside numerous prominent characters from Return of the Jedi. The shield bunker therefore seems like an excellent candidate for the Master Builder Series, perhaps surpassing any other locations from throughout the whole Star Wars saga.


Returning Favourites

Several popular subjects could be updated too, improving upon past Ultimate Collector Series designs. Some would benefit from modern building techniques with enhanced accuracy, while others require reimagining to represent their source material more comprehensively than was achieved previously.

10143 Death Star II seems particularly deserving of a return, in my opinion. While the existing model appeared fantastic at the time of its release, the many inaccuracies have become more noticeable in recent years. Intricate detailing has certainly improved since 2005 and that would be particularly significant for the Death Star II. In fact, I can envisage this superweapon joining the growing selection of sets costing around $799.99!


Which of these potential UCS or MBS sets would most interest you?

X-34 Landspeeder
Base One
TIE/sa Bomber
EF76 Nebulon-B Frigate
Jabba's Palace
Jabba's Sail Barge
MC80A Mon Calamari Star Cruiser
74-Z Speeder Bike
Endor Shield Bunker

Would any other subjects from the Original Trilogy, not mentioned above, interest you? Let us know in the comments.

94 comments on this article

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By in United States,

How about a 74-Z speeder bike at the $100 price point, like the Creator Expert Harley-Davidson?

How about an X-34 landspeeder at the $100 price point, like a Creator Expert car without steering?

I don't think everything needs to be forced into the $200 price point to be built at a satisfying large scale.

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By in United Kingdom,

It’s the Nebulon-B all the way! The gunship certainly took priority for me, but now it’s done, there’s nothing stopping it.
I would also be interested in an Endor Shield Bunker too

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By in United States,

Jabba’s Sail Barge, detailed interior and exterior with a well sculpted out terrain and Sarlacc Pit to be the base.
Can be a great display piece.
Don’t forget Klaatu, Barada and Nikto! ;)

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By in United States,

UCS playsets or environments have a ... troubled history. I would much prefer vehicles and starships, especially capital ships. We've had Star Destroyers and Super Star Destroyers but too few Rebel ships, so the frigate and cruiser are very overdue. I would also rather see a medium transport over most of the other options, though I would prefer that at smaller than UCS scale.

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By in Netherlands,

My predictions on what would be at the top of the poll were 100% accurate, however I voted for the one that's currently all the way down: 74-Z speeder bike. This is purely because I don't have space or money for the very large things and me liking speeder bikes (like that UCS Rey's speeder from Ideas a while back) and I would also like to see if I can design a character in the same scale to 'ride' it (IG-11, maybe??). Although frankly we have already gotten something like that recently with the buildable figures line, remember? Still, that was made with mostly big technic panels so the accuracy can definitely be improved upon.

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By in Netherlands,

The Land Speeder will probably be the next one. And I have a gut feeling the Sail Barge will follow at some point.

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By in Netherlands,

@AcademyofDrX said:
"UCS playsets or environments have a ... troubled history. I would much prefer vehicles and starships, especially capital ships. We've had Star Destroyers and Super Star Destroyers but too few Rebel ships, so the frigate and cruiser are very overdue. I would also rather see a medium transport over most of the other options, though I would prefer that at smaller than UCS scale."

Don't overlook Mos Eisley though, that thing's just phenomenal and there haven't been any troublesome location-based UCS sets released since which makes me have hope they'll have finally learned the right formula now.
wow that's all one sentence, didn't even realize it while typing

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By in Belgium,

While I'd love to see the Endor bunker return, I think a UCS set would be too big for it. I'd rather see them just remake set 8038 as its scale really was decent enough. I honestly don't know why they haven't done it yet too, it is central to a few key scenes in the movie and I think we need it more than we needed another Death Star throne room or another imperial shuttle.
Same thing with Home One, I'd rather see them remake 7754.

As for what could actually be made into the next UCS, I believe Jabba's Palace or his sail barge would both be good options. Models that both work as display pieces and big playsets are always nice.

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By in United Kingdom,

@iwybs said:
"How about a 74-Z speeder bike at the $100 price point, like the Creator Expert Harley-Davidson?

How about an X-34 landspeeder at the $100 price point, like a Creator Expert car without steering?

I don't think everything needs to be forced into the $200 price point to be built at a satisfying large scale."


I agree that the 74-Z Speeder Bike could suit a reduced price point, although the LEGO Star Wars designers have mentioned that $199.99 is essentially the minimum price for Ultimate Collector Series sets, apparently to maintain excitement surrounding them.

Of course, this could change because the Helmet Collection does target the same audience and those products are obviously less expensive.

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By in United States,

I'd like an Endor bunker to go with 10236 Ewok Village.

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By in Germany,

I thought the UCS Landspeeder is basically set in stone. It just has to be revealed. Personally, I'd love to see Base One @Yavin as this hasn't been done before.

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By in United States,

Whatever they have coming down the pipeline they need to lay off the $700+ sets for a while. Three of the last six UCS sets have been $700+...I don't like that trend and I suspect the average collector doesn't either.

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By in United States,

As always, TIE bomber is my top choice. I would also purchase the Base One and Nebulon B.

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By in Canada,

I thought the landspeeder was set in stone for next spring (I know I won't get it. No interest whatsoever).

I voted for the MC80A Mon Calamari Star Cruiser. I never thought this choice would be so unpopular :(

My dream however is a remake of 10221 .

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By in United Kingdom,

I think the Sail Barge would be a fantastic blend of displayable model or UCS and playset with minifigs or MBS. Lots of potential for that one with skiffs and Sarlacc as well.

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By in United States,

A lot of good choices there, but I would love a TIE Bomber the most. I'd go with Jabba's Sail Barge and Jabba's Palace after that, assuming they are minifig scale (which they would have to be, right?).

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By in United States,

Keep in mind the larger market for these sets beyond hard-core Lego collectors. Which of these set ideas would elicit a strong emotional reaction from casual Star Wars fans?

Even though hard-core fans might love a Mon Calamari Star Cruiser, they're less likely to display it if all of their friends would just look at it and say, "What's that?"

Some of these "missing" set ideas seem to be targeted primarily to Lego Star Wars fans who want to collect ALL of the UCS sets, which is an exceptionally small market. Even though we've already had a couple of UCS X-Wings, another one would likely outsell most of these choices. (Lego is still a business after all.)

Having said all that, I'd prefer one of the Jabba sets (Palace or Sail Barge), because they'd both be large minifig-scale playsets with lots of iconic minifigs that would appeal to a larger market (and me!).

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By in United Kingdom,

I don't see a sail barge at seven hundred, I would guess more like the sandcrawler with it looking like minifigure scale but coming up well short by the numbers.

And with the Landspeeder, I think you might be cheating a bit, have Lego already sent you one to build :)

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By in United States,

I would like Jabba’s palace because I think it could have an amazing cast of characters and little details. Another rancor would be nice but that may call for a separate set. I’m not sure what the controversy was about the last on is, and I probably don’t want to know.

2nd choice would be Base One. I have good memories of the Micro Machines Action Fleet Yavin Rebel Base.

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By in United Kingdom,

Forgot to mention a more detailed Ewok Village than 10236 would also be fantastic, although I like the idea of a far larger Jabba's Palace than 9516 built on top of the rancor pit 75005 as in the movie.

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By in United States,

I voted for the home one, but if I didn't already have a chinese nebulon, that'd be my first pick!

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By in United States,

Whats the 'controversy' on the last jaba's palace? Both my boys and I loved it!

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By in United States,

@CDM said:
"Whatever they have coming down the pipeline they need to lay off the $700+ sets for a while. Three of the last six UCS sets have been $700+...I don't like that trend and I suspect the average collector doesn't either."

While my wallet agrees with you, my heart wants an updated Super Star Destroyer.

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By in United States,

@i_bricked_it said:
"Whats the 'controversy' on the last jaba's palace? Both my boys and I loved it!"

"Slave" Leia. Edit: I guess I assumed the wrong controversy

@AcademyofDrX said:
"While my wallet agrees with you, my heart wants an updated Super Star Destroyer."

I mean I'm not calling for a total moratorium on ultra-'spensive UCS sets...just let these ones breathe a bit for a couple years. And honestly, by the time they release a new SSD you're probably looking at a $999 set between shear scale of the model and inflation. Yikes.

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By in United States,

Put me down for TIE Bomber--and I'll make the same comment I make every time an article like this comes up: they need to make a universal TIE set since the Bomber ought to provide enough pieces to build pretty much any of the standard OT TIEs. It'd be a 4-in-1 that could build the line, interceptor, bomber, or advanced.

Also, I know the N-1 isn't OT, but it wasn't on the PT list and I'd sure love to see a larger, updated version of that.

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By in United States,

@i_bricked_it said:
"Whats the 'controversy' on the last jaba's palace? Both my boys and I loved it!"

Someone said it looked like a mosque and was offensive to muslims

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By in Belgium,

Jabba's palace on top of the votes, as it should be! But ... why no inclusion of new Oola minifig? And please don't tell me about slavery and other bullshit. A movie character is a movie character!

Great topic again btw, thanks capn!

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By in Canada,

As far as UCS play-sets or environments go, Mos Eisley Cantina 75290 is very well done for display and/or as a play-set (Lego should release tan baseplates). To recreate Base One at Yavin to the same standard, the model would probably cost $4000 and necessitate a dedicated table (like those used by railroad modellers - i.e. 4'x8' table. Even Jabba's Palace would need to be huge to reach similar quality level. Jabba's barge would be a good one (the barge, two skifs and the sarlac pit as the base - which would make all this a rather expensive kit in the end). I'm also thinking, the UCS sets should come with a rolled back screen (either space or terrain) for display. Personally, and I am not the biggest fan and/or collector (at one point I was but that was in the early beginning of UCS) I would like to see the Nebulon B or a remake of DS II (again with a back screen for display).

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By in United States,

@CapnRex101 said:
"For those wondering about the past 'controversy' which surrounded 9516 Jabba's Palace: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/8555610.html "

Kind of crazy. I understand where they are coming from, but shouldn’t their problem be with the movie itself? Sure, Lego designed the build for it, but Lucas designed the building and characters.

I hope that Jabba’s Palace makes a comeback although I would prefer as a non-UCS set (barge as well). I have the feeling it may come back for Book of Boba Fett, but I’d prefer to have the ROTJ minifigures. I suppose I could always Bricklink them if need be.

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By in United States,

For me, it’s between Base One, Jabba’s Palace or Jabba’s Sail Barge.

Ultimately I have to side with Base One, since the other two have had well-executed models in the past, and I would LOVE to see more of Yavin IV represented.

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By in United States,

Regarding the “Slave Leia” minifig, I cant remember how the announcement was phrased, and whether it took any toys based on Leia in that outfit off the table, or if dropping the name is all that’s required to satisfy the ban. I thought it was a blanket ban at first, but I sorta remember seeing something based on the look being released under a different name.

Anyways, my short list for UCS sets is the speederbike, Soulless One, and a STAP. Unless they’re willing to do Mace Windu’s Ep3 starfighter...

@mr_Fikou:
The tricky thing is, Mos Eisley is just flat ground with a couple buildings, which the LEGO System is ideally suited to produce. For Bespin, many people refused to settle for nothing less than a huge, thick disc balanced on a needle-thin spindle, which isn’t gonna happen without functional anti-grav generators.

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By in United States,

@woodelf said:
"How would a “UCS Speeder Bike” differ materially from the constraction-scale one we got a few years ago? https://brickset.com/sets/75532-1/Scout-Trooper-Speeder-Bike "

I'm actually pretty content with 75532 being my UCS/MBS Speeder Bike. I wish the constraction figures had not squandered their last year. I would have loved a Snow Trooper with E-web cannon or a Battle Droid on a STAP.

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By in United States,

I only own a few Star Wars sets so excuse my asking, but would the big droid sets (like the recent R2-D2) be considered UCS sets as well?

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By in Canada,

No MBS Dagobah? All we’ve had is the 4502 so far. I can see a great play function with lifting the X-wing from the swamp, Luke fighting “Vader” in a cave, Yoda’s hut and some basic training obstacle course. Also only need 4 figs (5 if you have a force ghost Obi) and some sort of brick-built swamp monster to spew (launch) R2 out the water. And an abundance of foliage is not the problem given the Ewok Village.

It could be like Cloud City, but dirtier.

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By in United States,

Pretty sure this kind of article has been posted before. Anyway, any small sized vehicles like the land speeder and speeder bike probably won't be as popular as large vehicles/buildings as a UCS set. Not a fan of something way bigger than minifig scale as a UCS set. One main purpose for UCS is to capture the details of something that is hard to do in a smaller scale set. For small vehicles you don't really need to do that.

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By in United States,

I want Jabba's palace but would be happy assembling it as a wave of smaller sets that can be purchased separately and then combined together, a la the recent Hogwarts sets.

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By in United States,

I was going to suggest the tennis shoe that was in the Ep.III space battle, but 10282 has already been released. Are suggestions just limited to the live action movies? Because there are a bunch of Clone Wars / Rebels sets that I would love to see get the UCS expansion.

But what I would REALLY want is a UCS Darth Vader's Castle.

EDIT: Sorry, just saw this was only for the original trilogy. I voted for Home One.

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By in United States,

I can't afford UCS, but I'd love to see the Nebulon-B Frigate on display at the LEGO store, so I voted for that. :)

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By in United Kingdom,

They are now running out of the iconic vehicles from the original trilogy to make into UCS sets. I’d like a new Super Star Destroyer and Death Star. It seems that they’ve started a ‘every two year’ trend for 5000 piece plus £700 sets, so I’d think there’s a good possibility of a new Death Star in 2023

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By in United Kingdom,

I always thought it odd that the Jabba's Palace LEGO set is the thing people talk about being controversial, not the design in the Star Wars movies... Clearly Disney doesn't have a problem with it, because they're about to release a whole big budget live action TV series set in that exact location. So if people don't react to the forthcoming "Book of Boba Fett", I think that surely gives LEGO the green-light to produce "MBS Jabba's Palace" at a similar price point to the "MBS Mos Eisley Cantina"

And I'd love a massively improved UCS "Vader's Tie Advanced". For me it's probably in the top 6 of essential "Star Wars" ships, and it's clear that they could do a much better job now to really do it some justice.

@CapnRex101 How about a separate poll to see which rereleases people want to see most, then a poll that combines the two... This site is almost the exact demographic they target for these UCS sets, so lets give them an easy way of seeing exactly what they ought to produce next...

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By in United States,

There will already be a "Jabba's Palace"/Boba's Palace set next year, so I don't think it's likely we see an MBS/UCS set of that in 2022. There will be new Gamorean Guard mini figures though, so it might make sense to do a Jabba-related set. I'm hoping for an MBS Sail Barge. The perfect setup would be to have it on a small base and stand that also has a Sarlacc and a single skiff off to the side. Or perhaps those two on their own base and stand separate from the Sail Barge.

Minifigures for that type of set should include: appropriate versions of Luke, Han, and Chewy, which already exist; a Weequay Guard or 2; Lando in disguise; Jabba; R2D2; C3PO; Huttslayer Lego; a Gamorean Guard; Bib Fortuna. That would be 11 counting Jabba. Mos Eisley Cantina has 21, so there would be room for more, except I worry that the piece budget would need to be a good bit higher because the Cantina is relatively simple compared to the Sail Barge.

Or they could do like the AT-AT and supplement it with a high-quality 18+ skiff set the following year, allowing them to split up the minifigures and pieces across two sets.

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By in United Kingdom,

I'm really interested to see where the ceiling is for these huge sets. Waiting for a £1000 double 'crate' set (like they've used for the AT-AT, Falcon,Colosseum, Titanic).

Perhaps a rideable speeder bike.

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By in United States,

@CDM said:
"Whatever they have coming down the pipeline they need to lay off the $700+ sets for a while. Three of the last six UCS sets have been $700+...I don't like that trend and I suspect the average collector doesn't either."

That is intentional. TLG doesn't want everyone to just be able to buy every UCS set. They are intended to be aspirational so that kids (and adults) who can't afford them drool over them for years.

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By in United States,

I don't think it could be a full size ucs, but a intricate diorama of the battle of coruscant would be very cool, each capital ship would only be at most 8 studs long but it would include dozens of ships. Just keep it small, I don't need the biggest set ever with like 24 minifigs and thousands of parts, just a nice small set of a scene i like.

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By in Austria,

I really want a remake of the Imperial Shuttle.

And a new Death Star II, which would be the only UCS set I would accept a 800€ price tag on if it came in both Death Star I and II versions.

From the list, a UCS TIE-Bomber is long overdue as well as a remake of Darth Vader's TIE Fighter and a remake of the TIE-Interceptor.

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By in United States,

Ones I'd most want t see:
- Sail Barge
- Jabba's Palace
- TIE Bomber / TIE Advanced (love the 4 in 1 idea too)
- Nebulon B

I don't think either the land speeder or the speeder bike are worth doing in UCS form. both will be over-scaled and unnecessary and can be more than adequately captured in the usual system scaled sets

I like both Base 1 and Home 1 in theory but I think it could be challenging to pull off either in a way that is both satisfying and feasible to produce

The Endor Bunker is an interesting one. At first blush it sound brilliant, but then as you think about it, you realize there really isn't much of interest in the actual bunker. So either you get a big hunk of grey with not much interesting in it, or you end up with more of a Attack on Hoth approach with a bunch of different elements, but where it feels like a collection of small sets jammed together and not appropriately grand in scale.

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By in Canada,

TIE Bomber is at the top of the list for me, at a scale and in a design similar to Vader's Advanced TIE 10175. IMO the TIE Interceptor 7181 is dated looking and is a good candidate for an eventual re-release. Agree with the concept of a 4-in-1 kit with four different buildable TIE models.

A master builder style rendition of Jabba's Palace would be awesome, given the success of the Cantina. The minifig selection could be exquisite.

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By in United States,

@fulcrumbop said:
"I was going to suggest the tennis shoe that was in the Ep.III space battle, but 10282 has already been released. "
Ha! I'll upvote anyone calling out the UCS Shoe--may it forever live in infamy!

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By in United States,

@CapnRex101 said:
" I agree that the 74-Z Speeder Bike could suit a reduced price point, although the LEGO Star Wars designers have mentioned that $199.99 is essentially the minimum price for Ultimate Collector Series sets, apparently to maintain excitement surrounding them. "

To maintain excitement for customers, or for the LEGO Group?

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By in United States,

@dougts said:
"The Endor Bunker is an interesting one. At first blush it sound brilliant, but then as you think about it, you realize there really isn't much of interest in the actual bunker. So either you get a big hunk of grey with not much interesting in it, or you end up with more of a Attack on Hoth approach with a bunch of different elements, but where it feels like a collection of small sets jammed together and not appropriately grand in scale."

Great points. I think I'd like to change my vote.

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By in United States,

I'm really hoping they release a Lambda Shuttle in 2023. They could do a fantastic one for $350. If they were wanting to soak customers for more they could have the stand include motors for the wings like so many MOCS have. Then could $500 - 600. I'm being kind of cynical, but who knows, that might set it apart as a more interesting piece as motion is something they don't include in these sets and that is a good candidate to try that out.

My big hope would be for some type of interior - not enough for troops, but a table and seats for VIPs to discuss important matters. Hopefully connecting to the ramp. The cockpit would not be accessible from the interior of course, but their current solution would work well.

Finally, 2023 is more than a decade since their last shuttle, would be 2 years out from the last large vehicle UCS set (AT-AT) and is poised to take advantage of the 40th anniversary for the release of Return of the Jedi.

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By in United States,

Personally I enjoy minifig-scale building almost exclusively, so the UCS sets that go that route are of the most interest. Tempted as I am by great models like 75275 A-Wing when they come out, I always pass in favor of the often great minifig versions. There are many reasons for this, not least of which being display space. But the concept of LEGO being a minifig’s world is perhaps the bigger reason…it’s just one of the things I like most about the medium.

It’s also something that allows the balance of sufficiently complex and interesting detail with keeping scale and cost of sets approachable. This has become ever more so as the range of options for element types and building techniques has so widely expanded in the last several years — something which makes the need for UCS models to the point of portraying accuracy and detail much less relevant in my opinion. The draw becomes mere impressiveness of scale, which to me is something that gets old fast. Meanwhile, a collection like the modular buildings series is a fantastic example of still-impressive and “realistic” (i.e., believable) scale balanced with complex building and great detail.

For this reason, I’d love to see similar treatment given to Yavin IV or Jabba’s Palace.

@CapnRex101 re: the $199 price baseline for UCS…I’d not heard this before, but I suppose it’s sensible. Nonetheless, I’m hopeful a middle ground approach might be taken to more frequently include smaller subjects in a display-focused model with excellent design, whether or not officially “UCS”. It seems that was the intent with 75296 Meditation Chamber, for example…although I don’t think it was particularly successful. The helmets series are another, as you mention.

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By in Puerto Rico,

Just look at the Walker box, there should be a highlighted clue there.

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By in United States,

I'm sick of remakes, not just in UCS, but I think the TIE interceptor deserves a remake.

Maybe it's time for something from the sequels though

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By in United Kingdom,

@HBBGDFJMOUQUDUY said:
"Maybe it's time for something from the sequels though"

I almost doubt it will ever happen tbh, the sequel trilogy figures with the UCS Falcon are potentially as much as you'll ever get.

For the price range of UCS/MBS sets it's obviously an adult audience who are targeted.

This is why there have been so few prequel UCS sets- The Naboo Starfighter barely counts, and they tested the water with Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter, which did not sell well. This is because most prequel fans are those who grew up with the prequels, so were still not adults with expendable income at the time of that set's release. Only now will we maybe see the odd prequel UCS / MBS trickle through, because fans are old enough.

This means it's probably ~15yrs until they'd consider making a sequel UCS set, and by then there'll be far more Star Wars movies out (and TV shows), hopefully including some that aren't close to as bad as the sequels, and actually have a substantial following in the fanbase (e.g. The Mandolorian). So many people will be calling for a UCS Razorcrest before they will a UCS Crait Skiff, or a UCS Sith Star Destroyer etc. Heck, I'm struggling to think of any really memorable (original) sequel ships that could get UCS status... Rey's Speeder?

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By in United States,

UCS Pod Racer, obviously.

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By in Poland,

By the way: @CapnRex101 when can we expect the Ninjago and Ninjago Legacy set reviews?

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By in United States,

@woodelf:
Better design? I was excited about the constraction one, but it’s rather clunky looking, and the steering vanes look phoned in. I much prefer my own Bionicle one. It’d be cool to see one built between 18-24” long.

@lORDoFtHEbOARD:
Oola’s outfit make Leia’s bikini look like overalls and a thick sweatshirt?

@alfred_the_buttler:
Oh, it gets even more stupid. The Hagia Sophia started out as an orthodox (Christian) cathedral under the Byzantine Empire. The Catholics had it for a bit, the Byzantines got it back, and only then did the Ottoman Empire stake a claim. Modern Turkey actually deconsecrated it and turned it into a public museum for decades. Only in the last year, I think, did the current Turkish government change it back to a mosque, long after both of these sets had been retired.

@SMC:
I’m a little unclear on that one. I read about it when the news first broke, but it was secondhand. I don’t remember hearing about an official press release. And I do sorta remember at least one unreleased instance of the design making it to market some time later. So, did they retire the whole look because of the whole look (and if so, did they wait until Fisher died so she couldn’t tear them a new one over it?), or did they just retire the name the same way they appear to have with “Boba Fett’s Spaceship”?

@tgewin:
If they ever do an MBS Jabba’s Palace, they really do need to include minifigs of Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto, all in the same set, for the first time. Then you could say that’s the day the Earth stood still and really took notice.

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By in United Kingdom,

UCS Sith infiltrator or Gungan Submarine from Phantom Menace!

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By in United States,

LEGO should come out with a new Imperial Shuttle. The old UCS version goes for many hundreds on eBay. I’d love one but can’t afford the 3, 4 or 5x markup. I think there’s big demand for a new version of that UCS set.

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By in United Kingdom,

I would agree with pretty much everything Rex has done for most of these ideas, except maybe the scale of the Sail Barge. BUT I would still much rather see so many vehicles or scenes in UCS/MBS form from the Prequels too. I hope enough Prequel supporters like myself were able to buy the Gunship to show we back them.

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By in Canada,

I honestly dont want any of these, Id much prefer some Prequel UCS sets. but if there were any UCS sets Id like based on the OT they would be the second Death Star and a SSD.

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By in United States,

I put Base One only because, while I’d love pretty much anything, I’d be fascinated to see what color bricks would get used here.

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By in Australia,

FWIW, a new Jabba's Palace (well, Boba's Palace) set is getting released as a Book of Boba Fett set, so TLG are clearly willing to revisit it

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By in Australia,

@MeisterDad said:
"No MBS Dagobah? All we’ve had is the 4502 so far. I can see a great play function with lifting the X-wing from the swamp, Luke fighting “Vader” in a cave, Yoda’s hut and some basic training obstacle course. Also only need 4 figs (5 if you have a force ghost Obi) and some sort of brick-built swamp monster to spew (launch) R2 out the water. And an abundance of foliage is not the problem given the Ewok Village.

It could be like Cloud City, but dirtier."


That’s coming in May next year. About 1000pcs.

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By in United States,

I really think a minifig-scale sand barge with sarlacc would be unusual and a lot of fun!

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By in Turkey,

Although not an UCS set, I think 75532 did a good job in recreating the 74-Z Speeder Bike. I wish we had X-34 Landspeeder to go with it. It woud have been both affordable and playable. But from looks of things "Buildable Figure " days are over. We didn't even get a C3-PO or R2-D2... Sad...

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By in Netherlands,

First off, I am only interested in UCS. Not MBS, while I do recognize their appeal for some builders.

Secondly, since UCS models are so big, I only get the ones that really are cool. To me, from your list, that would be Speeder Bike, Land Cruiser and Sail Barge. The latter has my preference.

Most of all though, I would love to get my hands on the Darth Vader’s Tie Fighter.

I am really excited about getting the AT AT been wanting a UCS of that ever since I got out of my dark years in 2009!

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By in United States,

@CapnRex101 said:
" @iwybs said:
"How about a 74-Z speeder bike at the $100 price point, like the Creator Expert Harley-Davidson?

How about an X-34 landspeeder at the $100 price point, like a Creator Expert car without steering?

I don't think everything needs to be forced into the $200 price point to be built at a satisfying large scale."


I agree that the 74-Z Speeder Bike could suit a reduced price point, although the LEGO Star Wars designers have mentioned that $199.99 is essentially the minimum price for Ultimate Collector Series sets, apparently to maintain excitement surrounding them.

Of course, this could change because the Helmet Collection does target the same audience and those products are obviously less expensive."


There are also the 'mini ucs' sets like, Yoda, BB-8, Probe Droid, etc. There's potential for that line to branch out into vehicles as well I think.

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By in United States,

@Johnny__Thunder97 said:
" @HBBGDFJMOUQUDUY said:
"Maybe it's time for something from the sequels though"

I almost doubt it will ever happen tbh, the sequel trilogy figures with the UCS Falcon are potentially as much as you'll ever get.

For the price range of UCS/MBS sets it's obviously an adult audience who are targeted.

This is why there have been so few prequel UCS sets- The Naboo Starfighter barely counts, and they tested the water with Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter, which did not sell well. This is because most prequel fans are those who grew up with the prequels, so were still not adults with expendable income at the time of that set's release. Only now will we maybe see the odd prequel UCS / MBS trickle through, because fans are old enough.

This means it's probably ~15yrs until they'd consider making a sequel UCS set, and by then there'll be far more Star Wars movies out (and TV shows), hopefully including some that aren't close to as bad as the sequels, and actually have a substantial following in the fanbase (e.g. The Mandolorian). So many people will be calling for a UCS Razorcrest before they will a UCS Crait Skiff, or a UCS Sith Star Destroyer etc. Heck, I'm struggling to think of any really memorable (original) sequel ships that could get UCS status... Rey's Speeder?"


I mean yes I know it's true that the biggest fans of any trilogy are those who grew up with them even if I happen to be in the minority who actually likes 2 of the Disney SW films. Won't say which because I've been in enough arguments.

Point is, being in the prequel generation I'm kind of sick of getting snubbed. The UCS gunship is a good sin of things to come, but that's after a dozen or so UCS sets have already been remade.

Crait Skiff maybe, TIE Whisper, TIE Dagger if they can make it look slightly better than it does in the film, the rebel bombers...

yeah the sequels did lack memorable designs that weren't heavily inspired by the OT. You aren't wrong. Or locations besides Crait. There's another desert, another jungle, yet another jungle, another snow planet/another death star, rocky island that while nice still looks very normal, casino town that was just croatia, jungle 5, desert 4, subterranean desert, I guess kijimi was cool, boring grassland.. man. The Order 66 montage had better worldbuilding than the entire sequel trilogy

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By in United Kingdom,

The ship I’d love a UCS version of is the Razorcrest. Please Lego?

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By in Australia,

I 100% agree that the rebel capital ships deserve to be done.

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By in Germany,

None of these remaining options excites me as much as the average PT ship or vehicle.

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By in Belgium,


@lORDoFtHEbOARD:
Oola’s outfit make Leia’s bikini look like overalls and a thick sweatshirt?

So? I loved that minifig. It was made back in 2012 and the character was created in 1983 for the movie, so LEGO should still depict it as long as they release Star Wars products. My opinion. I don't think the actress would mind either :) She played Oola more than once, so she's gotta love the character...

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By in South Korea,

Honestly? I just want a new Super Star Destroyer. 10221 was great for its time but now it's showing its age, a newly designed version with modern techniques would be awesome!

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By in United States,

@MeisterDad:
I think you forgot 75208. Also, for the lucky few, there’s 4002019.

@lORDoFtHEbOARD:
If Disney ever takes a closer look at her scenes, particularly the new stuff from the SE, they’ll probably cut her scenes out completely, CGI in a new character, or add a shirt to her costume. Femi Taylor is (was?) a professional dancer, who was still in great shape in 1997, and clearly didn’t have a problem wearing exactly what she wore in the original cut, but once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And Disney clearly hasn’t seen it yet, or they’re keeping quiet so as to not draw attention to something they can’t remove from every physical copy of the movie that has ever been sold.

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By in Hong Kong,

Why not Rebel Transport GR-75?? It is a cool ship with great detail.

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By in United Kingdom,

@sniffbird said:
"Why not Rebel Transport GR-75?? It is a cool ship with great detail. "

I would certainly like that, but I doubt the GR-75 is sufficiently popular to warrant an Ultimate Collector Series design. However, something like 77904 Nebulon-B Frigate would be perfect.

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By in France,

nebulon b frigate will likely be lacking in details at this price point.
you could probably have a decent jabba's sail barge for less than 300 considering the price of PoBB.
we already have a large scale speeder bike and you can actually put a figure on this one.

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By in United States,

a Sand People mammoth thing or a taun-taun could be fun :)

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By in United Kingdom,

What could follow 75313 AT-AT?
The rumour mill has it as UCS Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder.
Also in the near future a medium sized Boba Fett’s Palace so a Master Builder Jabba Palace seems very unlikely. Just rumours though.

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By in United States,

@magmafrost said:
"FWIW, a new Jabba's Palace (well, Boba's Palace) set is getting released as a Book of Boba Fett set, so TLG are clearly willing to revisit it"

I've seen this rumor listed as "confirmed" on other sites, but I haven't seen any details about it. Do we know for certain that the build includes the building exterior a la 9516?

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By in United States,

What about a UCS Starship Leia?

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By in France,

For me the Super Star Destroyer deserves the most a return (more than 10 years old already...)

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By in Australia,

I always keep an eye out for articles like this because I have a feeling the LEGO Group uses them for market research. Not to spoil the results, but I for one really, really want a Master Builder Series set based on Jabba's Palace and it seems I'm not the only one. 9516 Jabba's Palace is very expensive on the secondary market and so to is 75005 Rancor Pit. While the design of both sets still hold up to this day it would be very interesting to see what the LEGO Group can design with a bigger budget. The only real question on everyone's minds is whether they will shy away from making an updated Oola minifigure and Leia (Prisoner) minifigure. In my opinion, if the LEGO Group are marketing a set as 18+ surely they can request permission from Lucasfilm to include them.

Besides that, I can't believe the Endor Shield Bunker scored lower than the TIE/sa Bomber. I may be in the wrong here, but I believe their is a vocal minority for that particular set to return and like the Republic Gunship I would argue that we need a playset of that model rather than a UCS set. Regardless, I'm fairly certain the next Master Builder Series set will be the Endor Shield Bunker next year. While Boba Fett's Palace is on the market I think it's safe to assume a Jabba's Palace set will be belated to 2024 considering Master Builder Series sets come every two years.

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By in United States,

Of course, knowing our luck the TIE Bomber would be made into a UCS set before a minifig-scale one is remade. I really hope that Lego doesn't just solely start producing everything at UCS scale, or else they might start to lose a lot of customers.

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By in Australia,

IMO, Jabba's palace would be a good playset, not just for collectors plus there is potential to include new minifigs/storylines/play features with the upcoming Book of Boba Fett. As much i enjoyed building the UCS, it more appealing have the kids be involves in the Lego interest by having a more interactive set rather than just a static display model.
That said, the UCS ATAT pairs well with the Assault on Hoth set from a few years ago.

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By in Australia,

@BJNemeth said:
"Keep in mind the larger market for these sets beyond hard-core Lego collectors. Which of these set ideas would elicit a strong emotional reaction from casual Star Wars fans?

Even though hard-core fans might love a Mon Calamari Star Cruiser, they're less likely to display it if all of their friends would just look at it and say, "What's that?"

Some of these "missing" set ideas seem to be targeted primarily to Lego Star Wars fans who want to collect ALL of the UCS sets, which is an exceptionally small market. Even though we've already had a couple of UCS X-Wings, another one would likely outsell most of these choices. (Lego is still a business after all.)

Having said all that, I'd prefer one of the Jabba sets (Palace or Sail Barge), because they'd both be large minifig-scale playsets with lots of iconic minifigs that would appeal to a larger market (and me!)."


I think LEGO making lesser known ships and vehicles into sets actually helps creates more popularity for them. For example if Lego hadn't of made 4 B-wings, a ship which barely appeared in episode 6, would it still be as recognisable today?
So if Lego did create a lesser known Star Wars ship into a set (like the Mont Calamari cruiser) would it not gain the same attention?

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By in United Kingdom,

Would love to see both Jabba's Palace and his Sailbarge to be honest. Personally I can't see the Death Star II getting re-made. I remember picking a second one up at Half price on Lego Shop @home a the end of it's sale period.

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By in United States,

@TylerMaaaaarshall:
You mean besides the fact that Kenner, Galoob, and Hasbro have each released toys based on the B-Wing, some model company (probably Ertl?) has made plastic model kits based on it, West End Games statted it out for their RPG, and that it’s appeared on school folders, book covers, posters, t-shirts, bed sheets, pillowcases, curtains, and probably anything short of toilet paper?

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By in United Kingdom,

I'd love to see a new UCS version of the B-Wing, it would look great next to the Y-Wing and A-Wing UCS sets. And that leads me on to the next ship... Personally, I'd like a new UCS X-Wing (T-65 of course).
Yes, I know there have been versions of both of these in the past but I missed getting them and I believe the opportunity is there now to make higher detail, higher quality versions that would sell very well.

I think the B-Wing has plenty of fans out there. Those of us who were playing PC games in the early 90s will remember the excellent X-Wing game with the B-Wing expansion pack. Between that game and the production photos that ILM produced for Return of the Jedi showing B-Wings taking out a Star Destroyer I fell in love with that ship. (It's a shame that the technology of the day meant that the B-Wing miniatures were too difficult to capture on film and that whole sequence was cut.)

I would really like to complete the X-Wing, Y-Wing, A-Wing, B-Wing set on my shelves.

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