Greeble-tastic

Not for me, but I'm sure lots will love it.

Looks ok, but I’m so glad I built JKBrickworks edition. Love the fact that it’s a simple movement incorporated and better ships.

Evokes the model at Legoland. Always liked looking at it and pushing the laser sound effect buttons.

They've gotten microscale X-Wings perfect before, why the change here? Rest looks great.

I love these things, I have a shelf dedicated to the other four above the TVs in the LEGO room. A lot of gray or not, I’ll have this one and Yoda’s hut too.

I love vignettes but for this price I prefer a minifigure scale starship. I admire the number of details from the Death Star trench, though.

Does feel a little overpriced, but I still love this. Part of it is the fact that I just adore minimodels, and these are very interesting to me. The regular TIEs are okay, but I just adore the Advanced. The X-Wing is also very weird- I don't think I love it, and something more in line with 4484 or 30051 would have been better, but an interesting iteration, nonetheless. I'm really looking forward to getting and building this. Seems much better for $60 than the N-1.

I actually quite like the trench run except for the TIE Fighters. I feel like they need a new piece to make these work - basically what the wings are shaped like now, but with no studs on top so they can be printed.

Yoda’s hut is cute but we got a decent Yoda’s hut not long ago. I’m not sure a piece of an X-wing and some swampy trees are really striking enough to warrant this display.

Looks similar to the last few GWP sets.
I didn't like those either.

I hope the Dagobah set has unique figures, but from the blurry image I think they are the same as 75208 Yoda's Hut.

This is reminiscent of 40407 Death Star II Battle and we already have a Yoda's Hut (75208)!

Minifigure scale would be cool, but im not big on microscale stuff. For what it is i'd say it's not bad

Is that light bley square weblike part in the trench run set a new piece?

These look great, but not on my alley.

$60 and $80 USD for these 2 sets total is an absolute joke. Whoever is paying those prices is a sucker, pure and simple. Just bricklink the parts for a MOC for that price.

Interesting they didn't just wait three extra days and release it on May 4th. That said, I do like it and will pick it up eventually.

As someone who collects SW, I really like this set and vignettes in general, however $100 AUD for 665 pieces seems very pricey.

I do find the balance of display v play interesting/weird so far this year in the SW theme.

@BCHaut said:
" @Dotanuki said:
" @BCHaut said:
"To those criticizing these sets and the SW theme in general: I'm curious what specific changes you would augment to meet your expectations? How would you design them differently, and why?

The LEGO Group has many direct outlets for constructive feedback on their products. Perhaps we need an article outlining those means?"

Are you implying that criticism of the set is only valid if it is addressed to LEGO? Or is your comment in good faith and you actually care? Your tone is a little vague.

"

You're right, my tone was vague. My intention was sincere: there are ways to express criticism directly to the company, and they genuinely want to hear it. Criticism should be valid on any platform, but is perhaps *most* effective when properly directed. I am very curious about what others might suggest for aesthetic changes, rather than a simple expression of disdain. I hope that helps clarify. "

That totally does and I appreciate the reply. I agree, it would be great if there were a way of understanding how much Lego listens and incorporates consumer’s recommendations into their product.

Poor choice for the trench run quote, I would've gone with "I have you now."

@JasonBall34 said:
"Evokes the model at Legoland. Always liked looking at it and pushing the laser sound effect buttons."
Too bad those are all gone. No more Star Wars at the parks.

There were rumors of this being 666 pieces, they might’ve replaced two pieces with one to avoid that.

This is the first serious redesign of a micro scale X-Wing since they introduced SW minis about 20 years ago. ‘Bout time! The old design was getting stale, and the cannons on this demonstrate that new parts can lead to huge improvements. As much as I like the R2 print, though, I think I’d have preferred it on a different part, like the Dots jewel tile, or the Bionicle Barraki eye.

@MisterBrickster:
They worked in four elements that were introduced with the original X-Wing. I see two R2 domes, a few lightsaber hilts, and at least one 4L lightsaber blade. I believe the only two new pieces from that set that aren’t present are the cockpit canopy and the X-Wing pilot helmet.

@merman:
@HOBBES:
Not a new part. 30094 debuted in 1997 with the Divers subtheme of Town. I remember getting my first one in 6599, as the frame that the submersible uses as “landing gear” on the ocean floor. It’s older than the Star Wars theme!

@brick_me:
They like to do a May 4th weekend event. This year May 4 falls on a Wednesday. I’m guessing they’ll end the May 4th event on May 4 this year.

@BulbaNerd4000:
Feel free to say that when you buy this.

I need to get about 300 of these to start on my Death Star trench that's the same scale as the X-wing and TIE fighers.

@merman said:
"Is that light bley square weblike part in the trench run set a new piece?"

No, that part is 25 years old: https://brickset.com/parts/design-30094

@Lochdent said:
"the hardcore fans just seem to whinge when Lego..."

Yep.

@BulbaNerd4000 said:
"Poor choice for the trench run quote, I would've gone with "I have you now." "

Personally I would have preferred it to say:
“Now this is podracing”

One of my greatest desires in life is for a film edit of this scene with Vader saying the podracing line instead of “I have you now.”

@PurpleDave

Thanks for the precision. Part 30094: Production time: 1997-2020 (now 2022 with this set) Appeared in 35(36) sets of various themes but mostly divers or divers-related. Exists in 7 (somewhat muted) colours.

Here's hoping that R2 print shows up in a cheaper set.

R2 looks...wrong, like he got put through a 'Flatland' filter...Kinda' makes me wonder: how hard would it be to print on 'top' of a plate or brick? I mean, yeah; the 'target area' is a little smaller. And you'd run the risk of marring the "Lego" logo, but still...

@brick_r:
“Herding cats” hard. Any print on the top of the stud would be entirely dependent on getting the stud aligned with the print, and you’d almost need a computer with a camera feed to make that happen without grinding the line to a halt.

@brick_r said:
"R2 looks...wrong, like he got put through a 'Flatland' filter...Kinda' makes me wonder: how hard would it be to print on 'top' of a plate or brick? I mean, yeah; the 'target area' is a little smaller. And you'd run the risk of marring the "Lego" logo, but still... "
Not to mention it'd look even worse. Why would you attempt to print something on such a small and noisy surface and not as large and smooth as possible? Maybe if they made a 1x1 dome and printed that, though I don't know if even that is feasible to print on.

@chrisaw said:
" @Lochdent said:
"the hardcore fans just seem to whinge when Lego..."

Yep. "

How is criticising or calling out very high prices "whinging"? Honestly, high horses and all that.

I'm very impressed with the trench run set. Lego usually don't go to these lengths with greebling. Yet, I'm more interested in minifigure scale playable sets. Not that I don't like the collectible and display sets, I have a couple, but a couple is enough for me. I admire the artsy sets and sets like these from afar.

This set should be $40 USD. The pieces are tiny, so the usual price per piece math to calculate value doesn't work here.

Unfortunately our "gotta have it now" culture means people don't wait for sales to send Lego the message that there is a line they shouldn't cross with prices.

One thing I like about the Trench Run set is there's that piece which was often used as blasters on early SW sets, and we had clear ones (IIRC) for the first version of Anakin's Podracer. That feels like a nice nod to the original SW sets.

Trench is a pass, but Yoda looks good.

I'm so interested as to how expensive it would be to bricklink the trench run given the large number of relatively small parts... £54.99, if it does turn out to cost that, is absolutely balmy. It looks good otherwise, but I don't quite see where the money's gone here- aside from the fact that LEGO believes that they can charge whatever they like for collectibles. Unfortunately, Star Wars fans prove them right pretty consistently.

Doesn't really do it for me but it looks good.

As a fan of the Architecture line (in which sets always come in the form of micro scale builds) I really like the trench run set, and I will definitely put this on my wanted list. This will be my first Star Wars set. I really like the greebling details of the trench. The pieces will also be very useful for my own micro scale builds.

Actually, I am not that much of a SW fan. In fact, I don't think I have ever watched a SW movie in its entirety. (Yeah I know, burn me...) Most of what I know about SW comes through the LEGO community. But I do know the iconic trench run scene, and I think this set captures it very well (especially when taking the number of pieces into account).

@MorkMan said:
" @JasonBall34 said:
"Evokes the model at Legoland. Always liked looking at it and pushing the laser sound effect buttons."
Too bad those are all gone. No more Star Wars at the parks.
"

Yo what??

Love how they’ve moved away from Architecture being “only” non play series, and giving so many options for people to have a bit of Lego fun in their life; flowers, art, sketches, brick heads and animals

I bet when people said they would have bought the mini GWPs they still thought of the sets being in the 20 dollar range with a better price per piece ratio than 10 cents. There are no especially big parts in this set, and nothing special except for 3 prints which honestly is nothing special and wasn't necessary for mini details when the X-Wing behind the cockpit is so strangely designed compared to other mini X-Wings.
I am plain irritated that this is an official product, it looks strange, like a half-baked idea. Like most Rebrickable mocs, it is missing something that tells me that the people behind the model wanted to do this and didn't just do it because it was required.

The good news is that we get new Mini vehicles. They look great and are improved well despite the decades of seeing them before.
The bad news is that it's part of a gratuitous display and costs about 60 euro.

Ah well, I'm sure we'll get something actually affordable again next year...

Personally I associate "Use the Force, Luke" way more with this scene than the quote they used, but that's just nitpicking

Price isn't very good also

Think I'm in the same mind as alot of people on this. While I love the set and the design, at the scale of it it feels about £20 overpriced for me to want to buy it.

@PurpleDave said:
" @MisterBrickster:
They worked in four elements that were introduced with the original X-Wing. I see two R2 domes, a few lightsaber hilts, and at least one 4L lightsaber blade. I believe the only two new pieces from that set that aren’t present are the cockpit canopy and the X-Wing pilot helmet."
Good point - the wing and engine elements are missing too though, I think. And the 1x2 brick click hinges. There were a *lot* of new parts in that set, although I guess you could say they were for the overall theme rather than one set.

Wow, apart from the X-Wing poking out of the water, that Yoda's Hut set looks a lot like my modification of 75208 that I posted on the Bricklink gallery a couple of years ago.

@RaiderOfTheLostBrick said:
"Not bad, a very nice rendition of the Death Star. But I’d take Yoda’s Hut over it."

Need any cheese with that whine?

The new pictures of the Dagobah set that have surfaced on other Lego blogs look really, really good

I'd buy it, for $19.99.

I'll probably just get the instructions and build it with parts I already have.

Looks great but I'll wait for a discount. Yoda's Hut is boring and the compactor set is extremely underwhelming. Pass on both, which...my wallet likes.

Oh yeah!!! Sold all my SW-UCS sets a couple of years ago. But started collecting the helmets, the XL UCS sets en now these sets. It's gonna be SW all over again. Love it!

@Loerwyn:
Yeah, there were clear ones, but they were in 7121 to hood up the STAPs. The two podracer sets used trans-neon-orange for the energy couplings (later podracers used trans-dark-pink, which is a more accurate color). The early SW sets used an older version of this part, with an axle connection being molded into the “point towards enemy” end starting in 2001.

@MisterBrickster:
Oh, wow, yeah. I didn’t actually look up the set inventory, but there are three click-hinge bricks from 1999. One of them was clearly designed to work with the cockpit canopy, which also debuted in the Y-Wing. Late 2001/early 2002, I actually determined that both SW (in three years) and Bionicle (in one year) had introduced over 100 new molds, and I’m not sure I was catching stuff like the click-hinge bricks.

I think it looks pretty solid. I don't love the new X-Wing design, but I'm assuming they changed it because of scale. It doesn't look bad, but I've seen better at smaller scales.

I always gave thought to building this scene, just never got around to it. But per the usual, LEGO usually releases the "MOC" idea anyway, so I never have to worry about creating anything original on my own.

The price is a bit much and I highly doubt I'll see it on sale, so I'll have to consider getting it or bricklinking it and seeing how that price changes things. I don't need the tile that says the quote.

@Dotanuki said:
" @BCHaut said:
" @Dotanuki said:
" @BCHaut said:
"To those criticizing these sets and the SW theme in general: I'm curious what specific changes you would augment to meet your expectations? How would you design them differently, and why?

The LEGO Group has many direct outlets for constructive feedback on their products. Perhaps we need an article outlining those means?"

Are you implying that criticism of the set is only valid if it is addressed to LEGO? Or is your comment in good faith and you actually care? Your tone is a little vague.

"

You're right, my tone was vague. My intention was sincere: there are ways to express criticism directly to the company, and they genuinely want to hear it. Criticism should be valid on any platform, but is perhaps *most* effective when properly directed. I am very curious about what others might suggest for aesthetic changes, rather than a simple expression of disdain. I hope that helps clarify. "

That totally does and I appreciate the reply. I agree, it would be great if there were a way of understanding how much Lego listens and incorporates consumer’s recommendations into their product."

SW Lego collector since 2009 here. I like what you are saying about feedback directly to Lego but there seems to be a disconnect when it comes to the SW theme. He may be controversial but MandR Productions (youtube) has made a few videos about the difference between what the fanbase gives as feedback or suggestions on SW lego and what Lego actually gives us.

I'm not referring to general feedback, more to the pointed questions they ask and then don't implement ANY of the wants or corrections or when they show complete ignorance of the source material from the designer of a given set. I don't know how many designer videos I've seen where they refer to the model they built by a name it never had or in some general sense.

I love Lego, I love building Lego, I love giving my kids Lego...I stopped buying lego SW sets last year because I was tired of the unjustified (in my mind) price increases and the lack of respect for the SW fanbase as a whole.

EDIT: The Lego SW designers should take a note from the Speed Champions designers. Regardless of your feelings on the theme, the fact the designers listen to the fans is clearly evident in almost every model.

@Sledgeb1: How is indicating a preference between two sets a "whine?" They even said the Trench Run was "very nice."

@Rimefang said:
"Seems a bit like a gift with purchase set, rather than a direct purchase set."

Lots of people keep asking to be able to purchase gwps, so i guess it works out?

You know, and this kinda' "the flip side" of what I wrote about R2; I really like those TIE front prints...I'm thinking: somekinda' Imperial Drone/Droid, some kinda' "disk" for a computer ('anti-CD'?:))...even a 'drain'/vent...