@sir_vasco said:
"I know a lot of people have been waiting for this one! Curious as to the function of the floor mechanism."

It could be a "Force Pull" mechanism

So many stickers :( I guess most people love this for the minifigs?

The people in Britain need to wait till morning to see this set...

Yay dark troopers in quantity!

Also I like this Luke. He looks awesome.

@HandPositions said:
" @sir_vasco said:
"I know a lot of people have been waiting for this one! Curious as to the function of the floor mechanism."

It looks similar to the function in 75216 Snoke’s Throne Room that simulates a force pull / push."

Looks to me like the elevator spins around, the floor plate near it catapults a trooper to the side, and the thing that slides back pulls the floor out from under them??

Can we officially celebrate now? YES!!!

I love it! It would be cool if LEGO made a control room set to go with it.

@NatureBricks said:
"A nice $20 set that is needlessly $30."

I think NickonAquaMagna said that the extra to pay the license? Either way, it's a cool setpiece, like New Asgard.

Cool set!!
Box art looks great!
Pity the Dark Troopers aren’t a little taller, like they are in the show.
Definitely will wait for a discount, but I fear these will be sold out constantly like the 501st Battle packs :(

I wonder what the odds are of getting a Dark Trooper in the 2022 Advent Calendar.

Awesome!!

goin back to bed...

Awesome!!

@ShilohCyan said:
" @HandPositions said:
" @sir_vasco said:
"I know a lot of people have been waiting for this one! Curious as to the function of the floor mechanism."

It looks similar to the function in 75216 Snoke’s Throne Room that simulates a force pull / push."

Looks to me like the elevator spins around, the floor plate near it catapults a trooper to the side, and the thing that slides back pulls the floor out from under them??"

It looks as though the plate near the elevator rotates using the circle plate under the floor, and the slide (as has already been mentioned) simulates a force pull or push. I can imagine Luke force pulling a Dark Trooper and then spinning around to slice the trooper in half.

This set is wizard!

The $30 501st set has been generally available at Walmart for $24, so that would be cool if we get the same result for this one.

Uh, spoilers?

Jokes aside, I love this! Both Luke and the Dark Troopers are good value, even if the build isn’t.

So I need two if I want to have the other side of the hallway?

Star Wars fans will buy anything ?? Wow a corridor! Aha this was a cool scene but not for me

I really appreciate that trend from Lego to put new and unique minifigs in cheaper sets. This one is a good one to get the new dark troopers.

Looks pretty close to a 1:1 ratio of stickers and pieces…

More dioramas!!!!

Very nice.

@PoeDameronDude said:
"The people in Britain need to wait till morning to see this set..."

Good morning!

I ... did not care for this scene. I seem to be in the minority in that, but I still I'll likely get the set, although somehow i have the feeling it'll be hard to come by, thanks to bulk buyers.

Gosh. I can see at least 10-15 stickers in this set. This is going to be a tedious build.

Who cares about stickers? Can always leave them off - wouldn't reallly detract from the scene.
Dark Troopers, yea!

Love the set, but I threw up a little in my mouth seeing that RRP.

Given how Lego are normally so hot on leaked sets how do this German retailer appear to get away with doing it time and time again?

If you look at the video review, you'll see when you browse through the instruction, excerpts Boba Fett's Jabba's Palace from Book of Boba Fett!

It's a grey corridor covered with stickers.

Steep price for four minifigs and a pointless bit of corridor.

Yes too many stickers and a lame corridor, but still love it and TLG delivered what many fans asked for. So v happy. It do feel like they are milking us with a Eur30 price tag but sadly I will fall for it and get a few of these.

I’ll end up buying it at some point but it’s not very inspiring is it? Half a corridor with a rotating door.

Obviously there’ll be those that have to have a 100 base plates covered in dark troopers but that kind of thing does nothing for me other than empty my bank account.

No doubt there’ll be a white male with red eyes trooper, a black male with red eyes trooper and a brown female dark trooper with red eyes :-D

People say the price is good at 30 usd, but for someone who lives in Australia, this, for me, is going to land around 45-50 Aud for 166 pieces and a rather small corrider, which does not really feel right (the fact that this is kind of a dark trooper battle pack does make me fell a bit better). I will probably have to wait for it when it goes on sale.??

Oh I need to get this to complement that one Dark Trooper that came in the Cruiser.

For people complaining that it is just a grey corridor filled with stickers, I would argue that it is in fact only a quarter of a corridor...

... but Lego knows we will all buy it for the dark troopers. They do have a history of producing hallway battle scenes (7203 and 7204) at least this location is more developed. Mostly. I keep looking at that big open hole where the dark trooper chamber should be. Can we expect something to complete that?

Pretty steep price, but I wouldn't mind a more modern Luke and some dark troopers for my collection.

@starwars4ever2 said:
" @enzommx said:
"Wow, that is STICKER topia!! Cool set but man, gonna be lots of stickers...."

I count 14 stickers, in total, might be a new record for a set (excluding speed champions) under 200 pieces lol "

15* - appears to me as if the lift is two pieces, and thus has two stickers instead of one

Been years since a jedi robes luke minifigure has been in a set. Probably the best version I have seen! Definitely a must buy for me!

Its a shame this version of luke wont make it into the lego skywalker saga game. Way more accurate than the version being used for levels like jabba sail barge

Added to my wanted list, will wait until Walmart marks it down 20% after 4-6 months. :-)

I must be completely retarded right now but what scene even is this? seeing Luke Skywalker i would assume it's from one of the movies, or is he in the series all of a sudden? and i've never heard of dark troopers :s

I'm not into SW, but as a sci-fi corridor part pack, it's rather cool - a bit pricey, maybe.

@lORDoFtHEbOARD said:
"I must be completely retarded right now but what scene even is this? seeing Luke Skywalker i would assume it's from one of the movies, or is he in the series all of a sudden? and i've never heard of dark troopers :s"

He was a deus ex machina at the end of Season 2 of The Mandalorian.

I don't mind only having one wall like a movie set, but why is part of the wall missing as will need to fill in before filming can begin!

@starwars4ever2 said:
" @enzommx said:
"Wow, that is STICKER topia!! Cool set but man, gonna be lots of stickers...."

I count 14 stickers, in total, might be a new record for a set (excluding speed champions) under 200 pieces lol "
Not even close. A lot of Exo-Force sets surpass this one's sticker count by a huge margin! For example, sets 7701 and 7702 each came with 31 stickers.

Same with Racers, of course — 8125 is a particular standout, with 56 stickers total (13 for each car and 26 for the racetrack). But I figure if you're excluding Speed Champions in your comparison, it's only fair to exclude Racers sets as well.

For my part, I haven't seen The Mandalorian, so I don't have much context for this set, but it is certainly a phenomenal rendition of the sort of Imperial fleet interiors that are such a familiar sight from other Star Wars media. It really showcases how much the Star Wars theme has improved in its portrayals of actual scenery from the series (as opposed to vehicles, characters, and props).

Scenery in Star Wars sets from my own childhood like 4480, 4501, 7186, and 10123 were often little more than an insubstantial backdrop for minifigures and vehicles, and rarely even came close to truly evoking the mood or aesthetic of the on-screen settings, let alone the more specific details.

In that regard, sets like 75270, 75236, 75229, 75208, 75203, and 75169 are a vast improvement, and this one appears to continue that trend quite nicely. That said, I do hope we'll see some more prequel-inspired vignettes along these lines in the future, since the prequels were a big part of my own childhood, and I still have a lot of nostalgia for them.

75203: Hoth Medical Chamber still holds the crown as one of the most overpriced SW sets, regionally at least it was €50, while $30 in US.

@starwars4ever2 said:
" @enzommx said:
"Wow, that is STICKER topia!! Cool set but man, gonna be lots of stickers...."

I count 14 stickers, in total, might be a new record for a set (excluding speed champions) under 200 pieces lol "

Looks like 17 stickers to me. Ludicrous amount for what will probably be a very popular set.

I'm gonna buy 3 or 4 sets!
The corridor is pretty well made and can be reused in a diorama picturing a star-base.

I’m a U.S. guy…um… sorry.

Having said that…

If it’s 20, I’ll buy 5 sets.

If it’s 25, I’ll buy 3 sets

If it’s 30, I’ll get 2.

Do you see, LEGO, how pricing sets affordably actually gets you more money in the long run on these BPs!?!?!

@blogzilly said:
"I’m a U.S. guy…um… sorry.

Having said that…

If it’s 20, I’ll buy 5 sets.

If it’s 25, I’ll buy 3 sets

If it’s 30, I’ll get 2.

Do you see, LEGO, how pricing sets affordably actually gets you more money in the long run on these BPs!?!?!"

That's cool and all, but let's be real - it will (sadly) sell out no matter how many you'd be willing to buy. And selling out a $30 set gets them more money than selling out a $20 set.

$50 in Australia.... that's pretty steep IMO... c'mon Lego you're pricing normal people out of the market!

The use of the Alien Conquest gun+binoculars combo always warms my heart!

@blogzilly said:
"I’m a U.S. guy…um… sorry.

Having said that…

If it’s 20, I’ll buy 5 sets.
If it’s 25, I’ll buy 3 sets
If it’s 30, I’ll get 2.

Do you see, LEGO, how pricing sets affordably actually gets you more money in the long run on these BPs!?!?!"

But the profit for Lego will be the same or even a lot more ...

Just think if the real price is 18 (just guessing, maybe is less) and then the profit is ... :
If it’s 20, I’ll buy 5 sets // profit 2 * 5 = 10
If it’s 25, I’ll buy 3 sets // profit 7 * 3 = 21
If it’s 30, I’ll get 2 sets // profit 12 * 2 = 24

So you see, they always win.

@ShadowBlue93 said:
"Been years since a jedi robes luke minifigure has been in a set. Probably the best version I have seen! Definitely a must buy for me!

Its a shame this version of luke wont make it into the lego skywalker saga game. Way more accurate than the version being used for levels like jabba sail barge"

A Tatooine ROTJ Luke would need to have a black sash instead of a belt and the cloth hanging down from his waist is longer in Mando than any other depiction of this costume.
Also the smaller cape which appears to be a black copy of Mandalorians cape is a weird choice when Luke had this huge and expressive cape in the scene.

I like that Lego apparently switches to the smaller capes as a standard as they are a better fit for most characters. But if realism is a priority I hope they will come up with a better solution for Jedi robes. Either make another style of cape that also covers the shoulders a bit and doesn'T flare out too much at the bottom or what I would rather suggest: Just make the figure a dark brown body or whatever color the robes have. 2014s Ben Kenobi had the right idea, they just ruined it by giving him tan pants, but the exact same printing on dark brown pants would have been a great representation. The new Ben on the other hand is nostalgic for Lego fans but not a good representation of the character as seen in the movie (we really need a new hairpiece for him or at least a switch to white).

This is cool to finally see!

Though I agree, this would work best as a $25 set at most. But we have even seen worse pricing if you can believe it. I will never forget how the 2011 Geonosian Starfighter was priced at $30 for 155 pieces, and only THREE figures. I never bought it out of protest and still don't have Cody.

This set I will buy because it doesn't quite reach that level, and I'm also looking at that hallway as a good diorama piece for custom SW Rebels vignettes, too, since it's the interior of an Imperial light cruiser. I believe they first appear in Rebels.

That won't stop me from also staging Clone Wars battles in that hallway though, since it is just good all around detailed (with the stickers) starship interior if nothing else.

@Bags said:
"Sweet little hallway vignette. Count me in."

Love the hallway pieces!! I'll be paying the 30 for this battle pack many times over.

@GoldenNinja3000 said:
"It's cool to get Dark Troopers at such a low price point, but $30 is way too much for this set. I hate how overpriced Star Wars sets are. This would be a great $20 set and a decent $25 set, but for $30 all of those pieces should be printed at the very least. I'll buy a couple, but only when the price is down to $24 or less. "

It is actually listed on Lego.com for $39.99 CAD. A little over priced for sure.

@durge74 said:
" @GoldenNinja3000 said:
"It's cool to get Dark Troopers at such a low price point, but $30 is way too much for this set. I hate how overpriced Star Wars sets are. This would be a great $20 set and a decent $25 set, but for $30 all of those pieces should be printed at the very least. I'll buy a couple, but only when the price is down to $24 or less. "

It is actually listed on Lego.com for $39.99 CAD. A little over priced for sure."

Sorry lol, I was thinking in US prices. $40 CAD is insane.

I want it it but at $30 this is the same awful pricing we got for the 501st and Ahsoka AAT set. Luckily both of those were heavily discounted leading up to Black Friday, I expect this one will be the same.

Box picture is better representation then just bricks picture

It looks great and it's making me want more hallway scenes. Tantive IV from A New Hope, please.

@ShilohCyan:
The elevator is controlled by a Technic gear up top. The 2x2 round plate lines up with the slider, and is probably tied into it with a rack and pinion system.

@R1_Drift:
But people have been saying that about SW since 1999, even when the average price of World City was $0.11/pc to SW’s $0.09/pc. I’ve heard more recently that they charge what the market will bear. If people are lining up to buy it, the price goes up (note how CMFs cost 3x what they started at in 2010). I think they’re using Disney’s theme park pricing model, which is that you decide up front how many tickets you want to sell, and you set the pricing to drive market demand towards that number. Sell too many, you raise prices. Not enough, and you lower them. And how many people are going to look at this and decide to buy just one copy at $30, but who might look at scooping up dozens at $20?

@PDelahanty:
Why stop there? You’ve got enough parts to add a ceiling, you can put another elevator at the other end of the hall, and if you buy a third copy you can even close in those pesky doorways.

@mickywrx:
Consensus is 15 stickers. Where are you seeing 17? I see five across the upper section of wall (5), five more across the lower section of wall (10), one control panel by the elevator (11), two up above the elevator (13), two quarter panels behind Luke (15), with a possibility of one or two stickers on the exterior of the elevator “doors”.

@blogzilly:
If they make $5 on a $20 set, they profit $25 on 5 copies.
If they make $10 on a $25 set, they profit $30 on 3 copies.
If they make $15 on a $30 set, they profit $30 on 2 copies.

You can’t just go by straight MSRP. In reality, retailers generally take about half of the sale price, and manufacturer profits are probably a lot lower than the numbers I used. But at $1/$3.50/$$6, their final profit on your purchases would end up being $5/$10.50/$12, which is even worse. Driving down demand on sets like this also frees up production capacity to make other high-demand sets that people would buy, if they could ever find copies for sale.

A set that could be renamed to "kick ass and chew bubble gum"