I’m seeing excellent parts packs all around!

Though that BD-1 would look nice next to R2 and BB-8.

The speeder bike is a unique design and I like it, but honestly I’m speeder-biked out. Especially after the Bad Batch shuttle set. I’d prefer another minifigure or even better a lower price!

These sets look pretty good if not a little overpriced! I have no interest in buying either, but I really like BD1 and the gunship. I especially love that it can sit 5 minifigs in such a small ship. Is the gunship empire related? If so, I wonder if we will get a Stormtrooper battle pack to fill it out. It would fit with Kenobi and Andor, and we haven't had regs since 2015. Although since it would have the new stormtrooper mold, it would be a battle pack I would skip.

Nice to see the chunky blaster piece back!

Never seen or heard of that BD-1 before, but it looks cool! And will probably display pretty well with my BB-8 and D-O, two other droids from movies I still haven't seen....

Both of these are good! I think the Andor ship is really good for what it is, and the speeder looks great. Still, feels a little high, and a sale would make it feel a lot nicer. It is funny, though, that the ramp on the back opens to absolutely nothing at all.

BD-1 looks excellent! Gonna wait for a sale too, but this will be the first of these character builds I've gotten. Here's hoping we get some proper Fallen Order sets! Few characters on my want list more than Trilla Suduri.

I was hoping for a bigger reveal, but it was still cool to be there when they did at Star Wars Celebration. The Darth Vader minifig that will have flippers on in an advent calendar was probably my favorite.

Both of these sets are absolutely perfect. (Especially the speeder-bike!)
I can definitely understand people’s frustrations about the prices though, especially in regards to the Andor set. But they both look amazing, I’m super excited.

PS: I am a little bit confused too, actually, about where most of those maybe 450-550 pieces or something (assuming that the speeder-bike is about 100-150-ish pieces) in the shuttle went lol, considering how (relatively) “hollow” it looked on the inside, once opened up.
But I don’t know, maybe it’s just one of those sets that look way bigger (and bulkier/“beefier”) in hand, once it’s built – compared to just looking at it in pictures. We’ll see!

I dig the lil ship, very nice design. I would rather they ditched the speeder for less cost. I'll put it on my "buy at a discount" list

@GrizBe said:
" Given its a Fallen Order set, this mean we're getting a hint that FO2 is on its way soon enough? "

And typically the trailer crops up less then an hour after my post. lol.

I'm not a SW fan at all, but the turret machine gun on that spaceship would make an excellent Great War machine gun like a Vickers or MG08.

That droid reminds me of the old Mindstorms set. Looks good but won’t be getting due to space. The other I want for the minifigs mainly (at a discount)

Is that a new 1x3 rounded plate in the BD-1 set?

Edit: could just be a thin Technic beam.

BD-1 is an easy purchase for me, but although I’m excited for Andor, I just can’t see the value in the builds.

Okay, the Andor set is just cute. I love the design and shaping of it. And the speeder isn't bad either for something that just takes up space. Could those pieces have gone to the ships or another figure or two, or both? Sure, but at least it's a new design, and it can sit two figures on it, which admittedly, not many speeders I know of can do that. I suppose it could also probably be maybe $5-10 cheaper, but it'll probably go on sale at some point. Of course, there is a question of whether I end up getting that set since I am running low on space to display my sets. Will have to see what the interior of the set looks like during reviews, but my first impression is pretty good, even though the price probably isn't the greatest. Don't personally care much for the figure models but I'm happy it exists for the people who like it and I'm certain Fallen Order fans are hyped since it's the first set from the game (I think). Hopefully it will sell well and maybe they'll make some ships or locations from the game in the future

The gunship is impressively spacious and detailed given the size and shape! I'd like more color variety, but that's more on the traditional Star Wars aesthetic.

Those prices are RIDICULOUS. 75338 will be like $100 here in Canada.

@GoldenNinja3000 said:
"I get that modern LEGO builds are denser and packed full of detail, but where on earth did those 600+ pieces go in the Andor set?? It doesn't look like a good value for $70 at all. After the well-priced Obi-Wan sets that's a major letdown."

That is the one I am concerned about and hopefully we get a LEGO The Mantis set soon.

I saw someone say BD better have alt parts for all the skins…. Bruh.

But I love the set and will certainly get it.

For the off-brand razor crest, it’s a pass. Although all I’ve seen is people complain about the price. There are some good aspects, like a giant interior

@Harmonious_Building said:
"For $70 that set had better cure both monkeypox and coronavirus. "

XDXDXD

That speeder gives me Shadows of the Empire vibes. Specifically from the N64 game.

Definitely feels like a $30, maybe $35 set.

The droid looks amazing and the vehicle doesn't look bad (something awfully cute about it), but the price is nuts.

For some reason my first thought was a baby Razor Crest

I think the Andor set is great. Loving the speeder bike build and the craft. Certainly pricey, tho; disappointed about the price tag.

I have a feeling that Andor ship will be quite chunky considering the piece count, price and the fact it can hold 5 mini figs

seriously my favorite new droid design since the ot, its beautiful, will def get it (on sale) the Andor set, meh, way too expensive as well.

BD is by far the best set in this UCS-ish character building line so far IMO

@Vindicare said:
"Rael looks a whole lot like Beckett. "

That's who I thought it was when I seen the pictures!

Both sets look excellent.

The little robot even looks like he is a real one instead of one made of lego bricks.

The gunship and speeder bike look great too. I don’t know anything about the figs as of yet, however it feels like it needed an alien race minifig to make it even more star warsy

@GrizBe said:
"Knew these would show up officially with the amount of leaks over the last few days.

Sad to see the Disney tax is in full effect again though, both sets feel about £10 - 20 over priced.

That said however. I do really love they've done a DB droid set, he's quickly become my favorite SW droid type. Given its a Fallen Order set, this mean we're getting a hint that FO2 is on its way soon enough?

The Andor set looks interesting with alot of playability. "

Have you seen the trailer at the end of the article?

BD-1 is a day one purchase to give Wall-E some company on my shelf, the little cuties!!!

YASSSS BD doesn’t have a black 18+ box!! Rejoice my box art fans!

Both sets look pretty good IMO, but they also seem a little small for their respective prices, especially the Andor set.

Wow, the price for that Andor set is just ridiculous. It looks really good though, a sale price might be OK. Reminds me of a Kenner Star Wars mini rig.

You almost had me, LEGO. I'd rather pick the Inquisitors' ship over the Andor set. Looks loke a lot bettter value.

75335 This is the first time I've been so hyped for a Star Wars set as someone who generally never collects it and STILL hasn't gotten around to seeing any of the shows. Wish a working scomp link was included but the stim canister compartment is cool!

@XMancs said:
"Have you seen the trailer at the end of the article?"

Trailer wasn't up when the article was originally posted. Guess you missed my second post mentioning it.

Both sets look really great but the pricing is sadly comical.

I thought it was a Chibi Razorcrest at first.

For $70 I would want at least another guard on the blue uniform and a pilot for the dropship...

Props for actually including a BD minifigure in that set. They didn't have to do that, but it's apricated!

@MegaCoreMagnetizer said:
"Is that a new 1x3 rounded plate in the BD-1 set?

Edit: could just be a thin Technic beam."
And now I have a nitpick with the BD-1 set... all the healing stims are tied together by that one piece and it's not possible to dispense just one. That's a miss in my book.

Jedi: Fallen Order was a fantastic game. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
BD-1 was an interesting and loveable sidekick. Mine didn't look like this Lego rendition though, after applying a different skin to him.

I know nothing of either of these series or games or whatever they are, but these look really neat. I have the other droids, so will likely get this one (hopefully on a sale). The ship looks really nice, but definitely doesn't look like almost 700 pieces, but very clever shaping up front.

The figures do look like Beckett and Sirius Black, but hey whatever works.

"they're proud of themselves. So fat and satisfied."
I can't help but think of the current British Government when I watch the Andor trailer. If only a reckoning was coming for them.

@Ephseb said:
" @brickset I hope you guys will be as harsh concerning the prices in your reviews as Lego deserves. At some point, there needs to be pushback from influential voices in the community. That Andor flyer is a €50 set at most and even that is pushing it.

inb4 "dOnT bUy iT" - I won't, and I never buy Lego Star Wars at full price."

Please do! This is getting awful!

this is just obscene

@Videofronta:
That does seem weird. Inflation is hitting the US harder than Europe, so I wasn’t shocked to start seeing bigger numbers after the $ than the €, but by that logic this is 20 low for the US, or 30 high for Europe.

@MegaCoreMagnetizer:
Took me forever to find what you were referring to. It looks too thick to be a plate, plus the stims are built studs out in both directions. The rightmost parts clearly have hollow studs, as would the round bricks. It’s rare (but not unheard of) for them to use both hollow and solid stud versions of the same color of round plate, so if the gold ones are hollow as well, you have just enough room to feed 3L bars through the entire thing. There’s a hint of a light colored bar (light-bley or some shade of silver) that can be seen in the TNG bricks.

Yes the price is insane but the design and interior space in that Andor set is seriously impressive, one of the best I’ve seen in a while.

That piece count has to be a mistake.
I took a really good look at the pictures and counted as realistically as I could.
From what I gathered the speeder was about 60 to 70 pieces and the main craft about 250, 300 if one is being generous. That still leaves about 250 pieces unaccounted for. Is that thing filled with several hundred 1x1 round plates as ammunition for those stud shooters?

Hard to imagine the ship as a €80 set.

The detail is there for sure, even the interior, but to see like 600 pieces there ?

Value of 75336 just seems a lot better even while it's obviously €20 more.

@AustinPowers:
The ship has a large hold, and it probably uses a lot more pieces than you’d expect to keep it sturdy enough for kids to play with. The front has angled panels, and may have required a deceptively complex frame to get the exterior hull panels in just the right position. The last time I found myself seriously wondering where all the parts were hidden was 21326. I almost dropped it when I picked it up because the box was so much heavier than I expected. It felt like someone had slipped an actual brick in with all the LEGO parts. Since then, I’ve just taken the piece counts in stride, like with 21330. I couldn’t see where all the parts were, but accepted that they were there, and took seriously how much I had to focus on construction to get the whole thing built in one day.

@PurpleDave : the two sets you mentioned immediately look like they contain loads of pieces. The roof of the Winnie Pooh shack alone must contain around 130 pieces just by counting what can be seen, and the tree also clearly is built with loads of small and tiny pieces. The Home Alone house is larger in volume than a Modular and also apparently highly detailed, so no question about the piece count there either.

With this spacecraft, whichever way I look at it, I really can't fathom where those pieces went. Once it's available at the inevitable deep discount I might get it, just out of curiosity to see where I might have miscalculated. Really, I have built over a thousand official LEGO sets by now, but with none the piece count looked as off as on this one.

@AustinPowers said:
" @PurpleDave :
With this spacecraft, whichever way I look at it, I really can't fathom where those pieces went. Once it's available at the inevitable deep discount I might get it, just out of curiosity to see where I might have miscalculated. Really, I have built over a thousand official LEGO sets by now, but with none the piece count looked as off as on this one. "

Cheaper to wait for it to come up on the Instructions plus app, and Check that way.

@AustinPowers : I have no trouble believing the piece count for 75338. It's a lot of overlapping plates. Look at the seats in the cabin: 8 pieces each, that's 32 pieces.

@Paternoster_Lift said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @PurpleDave :
With this spacecraft, whichever way I look at it, I really can't fathom where those pieces went. Once it's available at the inevitable deep discount I might get it, just out of curiosity to see where I might have miscalculated. Really, I have built over a thousand official LEGO sets by now, but with none the piece count looked as off as on this one. "

Cheaper to wait for it to come up on the Instructions plus app, and Check that way.
"
You're right. Didn't think of that. D'oh.

@AustinPowers:
Home Alone isn’t as voluminous as it first appears. It’s barely three stories tall (the attic is pretty cramped, and only the kitchen extension in back has a basement level). It’s also a lot thinner than you’d expect. And this comparison is meaningless to anyone who doesn’t build Modulars.

Most importantly, these claims have yet to be proven, no matter how many times people complain that the piece count must be inaccurate. You’ve got the digital instructions, set inventories sourced directly from LEGO servers, and set inventories that you can go check at any time, if you seriously believe this will finally be the one instance where they assigned tallying the piece count to someone who can’t do math. And the reason I singled out Winnie the Pooh and Home Alone is because I remember both having complaints about piece counts:

https://brickset.com/article/58190/winnie-the-pooh-ideas-set-revealed!
^ Three people expressed disbelief at the piece count.

https://brickset.com/article/58093/review-21326-winnie-the-pooh
^ The original comment has been deleted, but is preserved in a reply, expressing disbelief at the piece count and saying it looks roughly the same size as 79003.

I can’t find any “where’s the pieces” comments for Home Alone, and may have just been misremembering the “too big/little” and “too much/little detail” arguments, combined with just general comments about the set being priced too high for many people to afford or justify buying. Some of these are just so commonly accompanied by “where’s the pieces” comments these days that I may have mentally tacked them on.

Both looks way smaller than their piece counts. And agree with most comments, overpriced.

What if a Republic Gunship and the Razor Crest had a baby?

Is that 600 pieces? Looks way too small for something that's supposed to be "big".

@AustinPowers said:
" @Paternoster_Lift said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @PurpleDave :
With this spacecraft, whichever way I look at it, I really can't fathom where those pieces went. Once it's available at the inevitable deep discount I might get it, just out of curiosity to see where I might have miscalculated. Really, I have built over a thousand official LEGO sets by now, but with none the piece count looked as off as on this one. "

Cheaper to wait for it to come up on the Instructions plus app, and Check that way.
"
You're right. Didn't think of that. D'oh. "

Yep. That ship is undoubtedly a chunky monkey.