New Diorama Collection sets revealed!
Posted by CapnRex101,
LEGO has officially unveiled two new additions to the Diorama Collection, introduced last year.
75352 Emperor's Throne Room and 75353 Endor Speeder Chase celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Return of the Jedi and they will be available on the 1st of May.
View pricing information and images below...
75352 Emperor's Throne Room
- 807 pieces
- £89.99, $99.99, €99.99
- Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine
75353 Endor Speeder Chase
- 608 pieces
- £69.99, $79.99, €79.99
- Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Scout Trooper
What do you think of these dioramas? Let us know in the comments.
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Seem familiar, almost as if I have already seen the pictures weeks ago
That Endor set is soooo overpriced....
And from the full in-depth reviews before this set was announced the figs are quite lackluster in it too.
I have 1700 sealed sets. And another 800 completed and open sets. But I only have like 3 or 4 star wars sets.
They are too grey. Too overdone. And too monotone.
The worst lego theme by a mile.
I appreciate the concept of these dioramas if not the pricing.
@bnic99 said:
"Seem familiar, almost as if I have already seen the pictures weeks ago"
Same! Do we possess Jedi powers or something?
That said, the hairpiece on Luke is darn special.
These aren't the prices you're looking for...
Not bad, not great. That throne room inspired me to buy the Death Star Final Duel from 2020 instead. The speeder chase is okay, but I don’t like how finicky the speeder bikes look. They also look a bit too short and too wide.
Seems familiar but, what is LEGO hesitant to work on any set with Jabba and his throne room?
I like the Endor one a lot, but the quote seems so random, like they picked a line from that scene out of a hat.
I much prefer the micro scale dioramas.
I don't know what I dislike more, the helmets or those dioramas. Both types of sets are so explicitly made to grab money from Star Wars fans who are willing to buy overpriced stuff just because it has a "collectors' piece" feel to it. That Endor set is the peak of this. 24 years ago this set was just a regular one in the shelves... it was the 7128. What a joke.
I think I was right with my comments the other day: I pretty much have all the parts required for the Death Star duel, and the Endor chase really needs 2 copies to give an appropriate sense of scale (plus have the 2 Imperial bikers).
While they look great, based on the USA price, they are going to be very expensive in Australia compared to previous ones, guess I will have to wait till they are 40% off on Amazon like Dagobah to pick up!
What, no stickers?
Both of these are, like, $40 overpriced. Way to go, LEGO Star Wars.
Both of these feel small, lacklustre, unimaginative and seriously overpriced.
Oh wow what a surprise!
I love them both and can't wait to get my hands on them. These vignettes are exactly the kind of sets I want these days as they are the kind of thing I want to build with my own pieces. I don't understand all the cynicism in the comment sections of these reveal posts. Lego is doing great work this year.
Why highlight the back of the throne room set? It looks fugly and unfinished. Nice sets, I’ll get them in discount, like the ones before it
I like the older Luke hairpiece. This one feels un-lego.
Good looking, but as with the other dioramas, outrageously expensive for what you get.
These, as always, seem ridiculously pricy. Especially Endor... 2 trees and a 2 speeder bikes for €80 lol?! Thankfully the discounts are always good on these sets. (Dagobah is like always 33% off)
I love these, but way overpriced.
Still going to buy them because I have no self control.
I'm pretty happy with how these turned out! I'm also glad they made one that's slightly cheaper. It's nice to have options.
Honestly, if I had the money, that Endor one would be very tempting. Would be a good way to get ahold of the Endor minifigures if you missed out the first time-around.
@Mr__Thrawn said:
"I like the Endor one a lot, but the quote seems so random, like they picked a line from that scene out of a hat."
When I think of this speeder chase, that is the most iconic line for me. But of course there isn't much dialog from this scene to choose from.
I want those two speeder bikes and the minifigs and a small tree in a $40 set. I do not want them with two big trees and a black quotes base in an $80 set.
They look nice, but I already have the death star with that scene and also the battle of Endor big set, so no need of these new sets
I won't buy them but I think the duel set has some seriously cool depth to it, I like how they have done that backdrop with windowframes and printed round dish. The endor set will look cool if you put it in front of some greenery (some house plants for example, nit necessarybrickbuilt), because without that it's just too hollow. But the prices are off-putting.
@Blazenhozen said:
"I have 1700 sealed sets. And another 800 completed and open sets. But I only have like 3 or 4 star wars sets.
They are too grey. Too overdone. And too monotone.
The worst lego theme by a mile.
"
Um....good for you, I guess??
I like them both very much. I might cave in, and will buy dagobah and death star dioramas as well then :-/
@Zink said:
"Lego has long seized to be a toy company, and now is only a producer of brick build memoriablia and collectors items. The 9th throne room set? The 20th Endor speeder chase? I'm sure these sell like crazy at the airport."
Your first sentence is ridiculous. Have you seen any of the hundreds of other sets Lego makes in a year?
These are cool, but they're both $20.00 overpriced. Easy pass for me.
Oh no. I like the look of both of them. Those prices, though...
You: "This is a great set for the value."
Me: "No it's not."
You: "Look at it."
Me: "I am."
You: "Eight cents per piece. EIGHT."
Me: "No."
I'm noting that the Dagobah Swamp diorama was ten dollars less and a hundred pieces more, approximately. Which again tells me that PPP is a mess of a metric.
"But...."
No. Sorry. Eyeballs test.
I have an office space at work that these film vignette style sets are perfect for. I am excited to build them and use them to decorate.
@Blazenhozen said:
"I have 1700 sealed sets. And another 800 completed and open sets. But I only have like 3 or 4 star wars sets.
They are too grey. Too overdone. And too monotone.
The worst lego theme by a mile.
"
Yet it seems to have done quite well outside of your non-Star Wars Lego filled warehouse.
I really like the Endor one, it's pretty cool and it looks dynamic. It's too rich for me, though, 600pc for £70 is far too much.
Factoring in how the real world is working now, I think these are still $10 overpriced. It's not as bad as 75355 and 75431 which are both about $30 overpriced. I really like them though and will most likely get them on some kind of discount, likely at Target combined with their $10 gift card on a $50+ Lego purchase deal.
Although as with any new set release nowadays, I'm utterly convinced these could be $30 and most of the comments would be that they're 'way overpriced'.
@560heliport said:
" @Zink said:
"Lego has long seized to be a toy company, and now is only a producer of brick build memoriablia and collectors items. The 9th throne room set? The 20th Endor speeder chase? I'm sure these sell like crazy at the airport."
Your first sentence is ridiculous. Have you seen any of the hundreds of other sets Lego makes in a year?"
Now actually thinking before posting it not how you are supposed to react to sets like this, which clearly occupy around 98% of Lego's output.
Speederbike set is meh, but that throne room is magnificent.
So expensive! Have to wait until they are discounted.
@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"You: "This is a great set for the value."
Me: "No it's not."
You: "Look at it."
Me: "I am."
You: "Eight cents per piece. EIGHT."
Me: "No.""
Once again showing that PPP is flawed and probably the worst way to judge a set
@TheBrickBulbasaur said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"You: "This is a great set for the value."
Me: "No it's not."
You: "Look at it."
Me: "I am."
You: "Eight cents per piece. EIGHT."
Me: "No.""
Once again showing that PPP is flawed and probably the worst way to judge a set"
It's *a* metric and okay as maybe an average metric. I probably wouldn't complain about the PPP metric applied to the Classic line. (I've never seen a Classic set that failed the eyeballs test.)
I'm noting that "eyeballs test" is an exceedingly subjective metric that's entirely up to you, the consumer. But anyone who says "Nope, this fails my eyeball test" should be completely respected for their individualized choice in deciding that the cost doesn't measure their personal spending threshold.
It's been a while since I last watched Return of the Jedi, but I don't recall a lightsaber battle between Darth Vader and Shaggy from Scooby Doo.
I must be odd, but I really like the star wars diaramas, these are the only Star Wars sets I own (apart from R2-D2). A nice discount somewhere and they’ll be added to the collection.
@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"You: "This is a great set for the value."
Me: "No it's not."
You: "Look at it."
Me: "I am."
You: "Eight cents per piece. EIGHT."
Me: "No.""
I'm confused. Which set are you calculating that statistic for?
At least for USD, the Throne Room is 12.4 cents per piece and the Speeder Bikes are 13.2 cents per piece. Even by the golden 10-cent metric that some AFOLs live by, these are poor.
Just like last years diorama sets, I do like what I see....but I just don't like these prices. These will need quite the discount to become interesting...
Holy hell those prices are unfathomable, what a ****ing joke.
Lego might as well just release them as soon as possible after a leak. It's just so...sad when they do it after we've all seen it 100x over. Sorry Lego, you just need to adapt!
Throne room does look good. But I'll wait for a sale or something!
I like these sets quite a bit. I also think they're overpriced. There's definitely some "premium" tax being added because these are aimed at adults.
Friendly reminder that the 2020 Palpatine Throne Room was also $100.
@Mr__Thrawn:Agreed, the Throne Rooms quote is much more iconic. Although @SinKiller_Nick has a point about there not being much dialogue to choose from.
I need diorama sets like this of Jabbas throneroom and the Mos Eisley Cantina
Will probably be cheaper to just part these out on Bricklink. They seem to be mostly comprised of common pieces.
@Bricky_Dee_Williams said:
"I'm confused. Which set are you calculating that statistic for?
At least for USD, the Throne Room is 12.4 cents per piece and the Speeder Bikes are 13.2 cents per piece. Even by the golden 10-cent metric that some AFOLs live by, these are poor."
Oh, I was doing bad math and dividing 800 pieces by $100 and not $100 by 807 pieces. Your number makes more sense.
@ao_ka said:
"I don't know what I dislike more, the helmets or those dioramas. Both types of sets are so explicitly made to grab money from Star Wars fans who are willing to buy overpriced stuff just because it has a "collectors' piece" feel to it. That Endor set is the peak of this. 24 years ago this set was just a regular one in the shelves... it was the 7128. What a joke."
Personally i can excuse the helmets, i don't like the star wars theme but i really like the character designs.
If I were to buy and build 75352 I’d have to make some changes. I’d have to use Palpatine from 75185 and use Vader from 75340, having him build his castle in sand (bucket and all) from the same set. Ooo! And Palpatine could be roasting weenies with force lightning! Oh, how glorious!
I’m gonna say one thing I don’t think has been said thus far in the comments, though admittedly I glazed over a little.
I wish the trees were a wee bit bigger in circumference. Other than that I dig these. I’ll get them. Maybe. My purchasing has been WAY down. But I like them and want them.
These comments make me wonder why anyone buys LEGO at all.
Some people are just starting out.
Anyway, LOVING Vader's dual-molded boots.
Look fine imho and I'm not SW fan but price is ridiculous even for expensive LEGO theme.
Piece count doesn't matter. Considering license and minifigs those sets should be 80€ and 60€. Set 75291 had price 100€ (and it was much) over year ago but look at amount of display.
Also nobody noticed that those printed plates "LEGO Star Wars"? It looks very weird with print ending on the end of plate.
The pieces count is wrong. There's no way these are 807 pieces and 608 pieces sets.
It does occur to me that when Revenge of the Sith anniversary sets are made, we need one that exactly mirrors 75352, but it's Anakin vs. Dooku with Palpatine in a central chair again. (And stick an unconscious Obi-Wan somewhere.)
Dioramas are doing for licensed themes what Architecture has done for buildings. The formula seems simple enough: start with a plain black box, include a paragraph or two in the instructions saying just how thrilled we all are with the finished model, add in a unique printed brick, and then increase the price by N% where N is large and positive. Personally I’m looking forward to seeing this done with LEGO Friends. I’m laughing now at the thought. But not all the way to the bank.
Casual Lego fan: "You've failed, your highness. I'm a old SW Lego fan, like my father before me."
TLG: "So be it, AFOL." *unleashes torrent of bad fig designs and mediocre modern Lego SW sets*
(You wouldn't believe how hard it was to rewrite that scene! I went through at least three variations to arrive at what I got, and it isn't' very good anyway)
IDK, I just feel like this guy somehow went on to become an executive at LEGO once he told them adults were willing to overpay for dioramas and "collector" sets. :P https://www.sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline696.GIF
On a 20% sale maaaaaybe. I do like them though
I just wanted some generic Endor rebel soldiers on some cool speederbikes…
@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
" @TheBrickBulbasaur said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"You: "This is a great set for the value."
Me: "No it's not."
You: "Look at it."
Me: "I am."
You: "Eight cents per piece. EIGHT."
Me: "No.""
Once again showing that PPP is flawed and probably the worst way to judge a set"
It's *a* metric and okay as maybe an average metric. I probably wouldn't complain about the PPP metric applied to the Classic line. (I've never seen a Classic set that failed the eyeballs test.)
I'm noting that "eyeballs test" is an exceedingly subjective metric that's entirely up to you, the consumer. But anyone who says "Nope, this fails my eyeball test" should be completely respected for their individualized choice in deciding that the cost doesn't measure their personal spending threshold."
This is far too mature and reasonable for a fansite discussion. Can't you see everyone is trying to be argumentative and miserable? Read the room!
@CCC said:
" @dylanwho said:
"These comments make me wonder why anyone buys LEGO at all.
Some people are just starting out.
Anyway, LOVING Vader's dual-molded boots."
Vader's legs are just black aren't they, with a bit of print."
Just making a joke.
Pheww...I'll give these a pass and save my wallet.
I wanted Endor but for that price you’ll be able to get 2 77013
I like the throne room - it inspires me to modify the 2015 one I have. That’s the beauty of Lego!
Here we go again with the Brickset user critics…
But why ??
I think these are great. The new diorama series, including the three we already got all look superb. And isn’t this what we as Lego fans really wants, a cool display piece?
Can’t wait to get these
@Lordmoral said:
"Seems familiar but, what is LEGO hesitant to work on any set with Jabba and his throne room?"
Right? I’m still hoping for a Boushh minifig that doesn’t cost $100+ on Bricklink to go with the new entry in the helmet series (and maybe a Captain Rex, too!)
@Brickodillo said:
"I need diorama sets like this of Jabbas throneroom and the Mos Eisley Cantina"
There was a Jabba's throne room set rumoured, but I guess the April fools cancelation program has begun...
Such a shame. We really could do with another Jabba.
As for Emperor's throne room: Impressive. Most impressive.
@bnic99 said:
"Seem familiar, almost as if I have already seen the pictures weeks ago"
Yeah certain sites will not mention them until official despite pictures in Canada store so not a leak because if they do the free supply of Lego may stop....
anyone else noticed the Emperors weird eyes?
Also I feel like Star Wars is going to flop like last year :/
The Endor Speeder Chase is fabulous, really gives a sense of the, flying through the trees.
Those sure are bargains, I was expecting them to go 4 digits at least
The throne room is actually a perfect setting for a diorama. If that gets a decent sale I’ll go ahead and get it.
They really need to stop using 3D renders to promote their premium products, it feels very cheap
Ah yes, back to highly overpriced STAR WARS sets. Put a black base on it and charge $30-40 more. The Endor set is laughable! Two trees, two speeder bikes, and 3 figs for $80, WTF!
So much love for Jabba. But what of Graballa the Hutt? Hmm? Where's the love for Graballa!? He's totes as cool as his uncle.
@CCC said:
" @DoctorDumbledore said:
"anyone else noticed the Emperors weird eyes?
Also I feel like Star Wars is going to flop like last year :/ "
In what sense did it flop? "
Don't you know the favorite activity of LEGO fans? To discuss nebulous ideas of success without actual hard numbers from TLG, based on some YouTuber saying "my friend at the LEGO Store said these sets DID NOT SELL and that this line is about to be CANCELLED."
Because nothing impresses a LEGO Star Wars fan more than some YouTuber pulling stuff from their rear end.
@Blazenhozen said:
"I have 1700 sealed sets. And another 800 completed and open sets. But I only have like 3 or 4 star wars sets.
They are too grey. Too overdone. And too monotone.
The worst lego theme by a mile.
"
Stop making shit up
I’d rather save up the for the Indiana Jones one thanks! Endor doesn’t look too bad if you don’t factor in the price, but the Death Star is probably the blandest, most boring one in the series so far. Pass.
Lego: How can we make more money on this $30 speeder set?
Lego: ...
Lego: Add 2 random trees and call it a diorama
oh wow, I've never seen those before
I'll be hunting for the Endor set on eBay down the road.
In the words of Shania Twain……”That Don’t Impress Me Much. wah, wah waaah waaaaah”
@Murdoch17 said:
"Casual Lego fan: "You've failed, your highness. I'm a old SW Lego fan, like my father before me."
TLG: "So be it, AFOL." *unleashes torrent of bad fig designs and mediocre modern Lego SW sets*"
Exactly! Mediocre figs, pathetic amount of figs, insane prices. The design is nice.
Someone needs to inform the graphics design team that one fig from each of these dioramas is the SAME character from the SAME part in the SAME movie, and he didn't have time to run back to the ship for a costume change. C'mon! Does Lego even TRY with SW anymore?! They just pump out the crap and expect everyone to buy it anyway.
Sad that Lego preys on ol' AFOLs who got hooked through SW. Well, dems the breaks! Gotta wait for sales. Have too much anyway.
The Emperor's Throne Room has finally captured the look of the massive window backdrop, that I have wanted for so long. I think it looks great! I have 75093, but 75352 just speaks to me.
I also like the Endor speeder scene and the size. 75238 & 75532 are the only Endor speeders in my collection. So these are both going on my May SW wanted list.
I don't look at ppp to determine if a set is "worth buying" besides the .10 ppp is sooo old, it's been used for waaaayy too long.
Okay, there was some discussion about the legs on Endor Luke and Leia. I think Leia works, if you consider that there's printing on the legs to represent what you can see of her pants beneath the poncho and above the boots. Luke...no. Arms and legs should be black. The Death Star Luke should have the hair from the CMF computer nerd. I do love the new speederbike design, especially the steering vanes.
@SinKiller_Nick:
Did any portion of the speederbike chase include a use of the Wilhelm? I would love to see them use that on a quote plaque.
""AaaAAAaah!"
- Wilhelm"
@ResIpsaLoquitur:
My eyeballs tell me they look awesome.
@yellowcastle:
I'm pretty sure that lightsaber battle happened in one of the Tag & Bink comics.
@Collector_Nonas:
Generic Endor rebels never rode speederbikes, though. Scout Troopers, Luke, Leia, and, um...Paploo?
@DoctorDumbledore:
Palpatine's irises are yellow. Apparently it's a thing that happens if you tap too deeply into the Dark Side. I don't really remember ever noticing them as a kid, but the Ep3 scene when the Jedi Masters gang up on him sets up his Ep6 appearance at the point where he unleashes the Force lightning.
@xboxtravis7992:
That pasttime actually predates the invention of YouTube by several years. YouTube just made it flashier, with bigger audiences.
@kwickbrick:
$0.10/pc has been used for that long because it was possible to do so for that long. The winds are shifting. With the recent inflation bump for many sets, all these people who have been complaining about prices being too high for the last 2.5 decades are in for a rough ride.
@Blazenhozen said:
"I have 1700 sealed sets. And another 800 completed and open sets. But I only have like 3 or 4 star wars sets.
They are too grey. Too overdone. And too monotone.
The worst lego theme by a mile.
"
When you realize you're commenting on a LEGO Star Wars article... “Amazing, every word of what you just said... was wrong.”. DON'T MESS WITH THE LEGO STAR WARS COMMUNITY!!!
These must sell well. But I find the bases a waste of pieces and these diorama sets very overpriced. It's like they exists to rip off "adult" collectors.
Again, @Huw or someone, is there a way to block a user? I asked PurpleDave to stop replying to me as I'm at the point where I consider his replies harassment. He's replied to me regardless in here. That's his right, but frankly his method of distort-and-smartaleck replies are ruining my Brickset discussion experience and I'd rather just leave if he won't stop and can't adhere to my request not to engage.
He may complain about this and try to turn tables. No, it's not harassment when I lied about how you argued for price per weight, I swear. Fine. I don't *need* Brickset comments in my life if this pissy kind of social atmosphere is the standard. He's allowed to post how he wants.
*I'd just like to be able to turn him off on my end.*
@Lordmoral said:
"Seems familiar but, what is LEGO hesitant to work on any set with Jabba and his throne room?"
I was really hoping for the rumored Jabbas Throne Room diorama set, but it was just a rumor unfortunately. Instead we get these 2 sets, so dissapointed.
Lego Star Wars prices have transitioned from absurd to ludicrous! It's official!
The throne room should cost $60 max. The minifigs look good, but we only get 3? The set is OK but looks pretty small to me. No way I would ever pay $100 for it. For $100 they couldn't even throw in the 2 Emperors Royal Guard Minifigs? I've got the 2 final dual sets 75093 from 2015 and 75291 from 2020, both are more substantial than this and both include the 2 Royal Guard minifigs, still have to put 75291 together. Also have the Final Duel room in the 10188 Death Star set, and that also comes with the 2 Royal Guard minifigs. This set is a very easy pass at least for me.
The Endor Diorama just doesn't look that good to me, they couldn't even give Luke and Leia cloth ponchos and the minfigs just look poorly executed. For $80 they couldn't even throw in a second Scout Trooper minfig and Speeder Bike? The quote from the movie is just really out of place here since there is only 1 scout trooper included, guess they should have changed it to "Jam HIS comlink, center switch". I wish they just released a smaller playset version of this set instead, with 2 scout troopers and their speeder bikes and Luke/Leia and a third speeder bike. On the positive side I like Luke/Leias new helmets, and the color of these speeder bikes more closely matches their color in the film. In the end though, there is no way I would ever pay $80 for this. Lego just doesn't want to give you very much value for the exorbitant prices they charge.
2023 Lego Star Wars sets have once again inspired me to keep my money in my wallet.
@classic_space17:
Change the quote? Then it wouldn't be a quote.
I don't see the Emperor's throne room.
I just see a Stargate.
@ElephantKnight:
It that is a Stargate, that’s not the best place to put a chair.
I don't collect helmets or dioramas, so easy pass for me...
@Mr__Thrawn said:
"I like the Endor one a lot, but the quote seems so random, like they picked a line from that scene out of a hat."
The only other options are "Move closer." and "Get along side that one."... unless you want a bunch of random grunts and groans.
That throne room looks great, but it also looks like a $40 set. Sure, I’ll pay a bit of a premium for it, but there better be a really amazing GWP for me to pay full price for it.
Endor on the other hand looks incomplete. You get the bottom half of two trees and a couple of speeder bikes! At least they chose a line from the movie that I have no recollection of.
Oh well, I guess I’ll have more money for the Indiana Jones sets.
I'm struggling to articulate why I think these sets are perfect symbolism for why I mostly don't buy LEGO Star Wars any more.
Here they are though, very simple ideas for vignettes that are really no more than highly upgraded versions of 7200/7201 & 7128.
I applaud the level of detail and creating appealing looking sets. However, these are 90% window dressing and I think the way they look and how they're marketed has more to do with making adults feel more comfortable about spending stupid amounts of money on toys than it does with making LEGO sets that people really want or are willing to buy.
I won't be wasting my money on these sets.
@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"Again, @Huw or someone, is there a way to block a user? I asked PurpleDave to stop replying to me as I'm at the point where I consider his replies harassment. He's replied to me regardless in here. That's his right, but frankly his method of distort-and-smartaleck replies are ruining my Brickset discussion experience and I'd rather just leave if he won't stop and can't adhere to my request not to engage.
He may complain about this and try to turn tables. No, it's not harassment when I lied about how you argued for price per weight, I swear. Fine. I don't *need* Brickset comments in my life if this pissy kind of social atmosphere is the standard. He's allowed to post how he wants.
*I'd just like to be able to turn him off on my end.*"
There's nothing coded at the moment but I'll see what I can do. I could give him a 'hell ban' so nobody can read his posts but that it currently unwarranted.
@Amik said:
" @Blazenhozen said:
"I have 1700 sealed sets. And another 800 completed and open sets. But I only have like 3 or 4 star wars sets.
They are too grey. Too overdone. And too monotone.
The worst lego theme by a mile.
"
Stop making shit up"
It's as if LEGO can choose the colours they can use when making sets from a film that's decades old...
By now I have over 1,500 LEGO sets, and over half a million pieces, plus thousands of extra ones ordered from Bricklink over the years.
With current price levels I think from now on I will stop buying new sets and simply try to build the ones I like using my stockpile of pieces. And if one or two pieces are missing I might just swap them for similar ones, or mod the construction a little, or order the missing ones from BL or B&P.
How's that for a novel idea. Using one's collection of pieces the way they were originally meant to be. Creatively and without bounds to the imagination.
Far better than constantly buying new more and more overpriced sets.
@Huw said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"*I'd just like to be able to turn him off on my end.*"
There's nothing coded at the moment but I'll see what I can do."
That would be a fantastic feature! And for getting rid of the repetitive 'It shouldn't be a GWP' posters every time a GWP is announced.
The only good or unique figure here is Sheev, I hope his update will turn up in a lot of upcoming sets or I will just decal some copies myself out of three fiddy dollars worth of figure parts since an official one would apparently be worth 15 to 25$. I hope Lukes hair confirms the long rumored Scooby-Doo 2002 movie Icons set. If I build myself an Emperors Throne Room I need all the stairs and a chasm for Sheev to fall down. For a mere supplemental parts pack it is far too expensive. I might get the window dish from Bricklink if sellers aren't going mental charging more than three fiddy for it and all other parts from Webrick if Lego can't offer more truly exclusive parts (i.e. definitely never appearing in a future set anymore). At least sets like Bobas throne room while overpriced offer 4 exclusive figures plus 3 new figures that otherwise only appear in very basic and unexciting sets (like this throne room). I don't care that these have to be figures specifically, it could also be other license related new part molds or prints but at least it's exclusive and necessary, not a Creator parts pack with one hair piece for 140% of its actual worth.
The Endor bikes, trees and poncho figures are a disgrace to the medium, this set is less quality than literally every previous rendition of the scene including 7128. can't even get 2 scouts even though the quote speaks of the imperials in plural.
The issue of the legs on Luke and Leia is very annoying. This is an expensive set, ostensibly aimed at collectors so the choices here are decidedly odd.
The two photographs in the back of the box showing the minifigures from the set and the still from the movie illustrate just how badly they are off here. Given that these are meant to be minifigs depicting one specific moment I can accept printed torsos to represent the camouflage ponchos (although the proper costumes beneath with fabric ponchos on top would have been far better).
Without fabric ponchos, I guess something like dual moulded arms with dark tan upper half and black forearms would have been ideal for Luke — and an equivalent in appropriate colours for Leia.
What is really bizarre, however, is the choice of arms and legs. Luke clearly needs black legs and Leia should probably have had something like dual moulded sand blue with black boots.
Missed opportunity, sadly.
@Huw said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"*I'd just like to be able to turn him off on my end.*"
There's nothing coded at the moment but I'll see what I can do. I could give him a 'hell ban' so nobody can read his posts but that it currently unwarranted."
It looks like it may already be working as this turned me off.
80 dollars for 600 bricks? If that isn't inflation I don't know what is.
I like the Throne Room set but these prices are a joke.
Endor Speeder Chase - 3 minifigs, 608 pieces - £70
77013 Escape From The Lost Tomb - 4 minifigs, 600 pieces - £35
How can they justify that kind of price hike?
@CCC : of course it's not a novel idea.
My comment about this being a "novel idea" was meant ironically. Because many commenters seem to be under the impression that they have to buy everything LEGO throws at them no matter what. Instead of simply trying to build something very similar (or even identical) using what's already available to them.
Suddenly the Jurassic Park sets look that much more affordable.
@Rare_White_Ape said:
[[ @bnic99 said:
[[....the hairpiece on Luke is darn special. ]]
A $100 hairpiece.
"Quick jam their comlink"? Was there nothing more interesting said in all those scenes?
Why does palpatine have no pupils (the dots in the eyes). Never liked the tan color for him, but changing him into an orc just makes this worse.
RIP Norman Reynolds, movie set designer of the Emperor's throne room
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65200513
@yellowcastle said:
" @Huw said:
" @ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"*I'd just like to be able to turn him off on my end.*"
There's nothing coded at the moment but I'll see what I can do. I could give him a 'hell ban' so nobody can read his posts but that it currently unwarranted."
It looks like it may already be working as this turned me off."
It's all fallin' apart!!
Interesting concepts, but overpriced. Both look quite nice though, especially the throne room.
@560heliport said:
" @classic_space17:
Change the quote? Then it wouldn't be a quote. ]
Yeah was making a point that Lego is so cheap that they won't even throw in a second scout trooper for 80 bucks."
@classic_space17 said:
[[ @560heliport said:
[[ @classic_space17:
Change the quote? Then it wouldn't be a quote. ]
Yeah was making a point that Lego is so cheap that they won't even throw in a second scout trooper for 80 bucks.]]]]
Or, arm printing.
Will be $130 and $100 for these two sets over here, crazy.
I am so glad I didn't start collecting these diorama sets. I love Star Wars and I love Lego but they are far too expensive.