Photographs have been sourced from the Eurobricks forum.
This European Summer (winter here...) we will get the following:
- Jabba's Palace.
- Desert Skiff.
- Gungan Sub.
- Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter.
- Pre Vizsla's Starfighter.
- The Malevolence.
- Republic Striker - Class Starfighter
- Sith Fury - Class Starfighter.
We also get an additional 3 planet sets as well, all 3 are from the Original Trilogy being:
- X-Wing Starfighter and Yavin 4.
- Twin-Pod Cloud Car and Bespin.
- AT-ST and Endor.
From first inspection I'd say there is a healthy blend between EU, CW and the 6 movies.
From the EU we have two sets being the Republic Striker and the Sith Fury both from Bioware's 'The Old Republic' (TOR) game.
We have 2 Sets from the Return of the Jedi, Desert Skiff and Jabba's Palace while 1 more set appears from The Phantom Menace being the Gungan Sub.
The Clone Wars animated series receives 3 sets being Saesee Tiin's JSF, Pre Vizsla's Starfighter and The Malevolence.
First Impressions 'The Old Republic' sets:
Republic Striker
Pieces: 376
Minifigures: Satele Shan, T7-O1 & Republic Trooper.
Price: $80 AUD
Initially I liked the look of this set, I think its a fair representation of the craft from the game and should have mass market appeal with the children even if they do not know much about the game.
The 3 minifigures are a fine selection as the trooper and Jedi Shan are featured in the following clip
The droid is a standard style from that era as portrayed in TOR and features heavily in Bioware's original release of the Kinghts of the Old Republic I and II.
The design from first inspection seems to reflect the style of this ship quite well, it features flick missiles which are always a hit with the kids and the canopy looks like it would sufficiently hold Satele or the trooper quite comfortably.
My only concern is the fact that the republic trooper appears with no helmet in any of the pics nor preliminaries. It would've been nice if you opened up the set and received one inside for a different appearance, more generic trooper as opposed to the trooper shown above, as iconic as he is.
The next set is the Sith Fury, also from TOR.
Sith Fury
Being Sith it features only Sith along with the more iconic figure in the game Darth Malgus (features in all of the trailers and appears as the Sith lord in the clip above).
The deficiencies in the first where more cosmetic than anything else as it was more movie accurate than some of the others released back then. One of the few issues back then was the fact that the set couldn't accomodate all 3 of Qui-Gon, Jar Jar and Obi-Wan. The 2012 version has fixed this and I think its a nicer set because of it.
The Desert Skiff:
We have 2 Sets from the Return of the Jedi, Desert Skiff and Jabba's Palace while 1 more set appears from The Phantom Menace being the Gungan Sub.
The Clone Wars animated series receives 3 sets being Saesee Tiin's JSF, Pre Vizsla's Starfighter and The Malevolence.
First Impressions 'The Old Republic' sets:
Republic Striker
Pieces: 376
Minifigures: Satele Shan, T7-O1 & Republic Trooper.
Price: $80 AUD
Initially I liked the look of this set, I think its a fair representation of the craft from the game and should have mass market appeal with the children even if they do not know much about the game.
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The 3 minifigures are a fine selection as the trooper and Jedi Shan are featured in the following clip
The droid is a standard style from that era as portrayed in TOR and features heavily in Bioware's original release of the Kinghts of the Old Republic I and II.
The design from first inspection seems to reflect the style of this ship quite well, it features flick missiles which are always a hit with the kids and the canopy looks like it would sufficiently hold Satele or the trooper quite comfortably.
My only concern is the fact that the republic trooper appears with no helmet in any of the pics nor preliminaries. It would've been nice if you opened up the set and received one inside for a different appearance, more generic trooper as opposed to the trooper shown above, as iconic as he is.
The next set is the Sith Fury, also from TOR.
Sith Fury
Being Sith it features only Sith along with the more iconic figure in the game Darth Malgus (features in all of the trailers and appears as the Sith lord in the clip above).
Pieces: 748
Minifgures: Darth Malgus & 2 Sith
Price: $139 AUD
My first impression of this set is the size of the Fury, it looks significantly bigger than the Republic Striker shown above. I like that the fins can fan out at the back, giving it a cross between the tie look and the sith infiltrator that we have come to know in the movies.
The 2 types of minifigures are good, one Sith Lord (Malgus) and 2 troopers, these troopers look like they would in the game and as have been shown on various comics and associated texts relating to the Old Republic game.
Personally looking forward to this set to see what surprises or details that Lego have designed with this set.
I would say two strong debut sets from 'The Old Republic' hopefully we can get a few more of these in the future.
Clone Wars sets:
Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter:
We have had a few of these over the last few years, there has been Plo Koon's, Mace Windu's Anakin Skywalker's and Obi-Wan Kenobi's (featuring the Hyperspace booster ring) and not that much has changed apart from the colour or character.
Pieces: 244
Minifigures: Saesee Tiin, R4-C9 & Even Piell.
Price: $60
The minifigure contained in this set look good firstly, however the seem an odd assortment. Piell was in the Citadel trilogy of the Clone Wars Season 3 and as he was killed within that story arc it makes no sense to include him in this set. Lego being Lego they tend to do that (similar scenario for the Gungan Sub).
Saesee Tinn appears to be the same minifigure from the T-6 Jedi Shuttle from 2010, with R4 being a new colour droid and Even Piell being an all new minifigure.
Flick missiles on the front seem to be one of the few subtle changes that have been made to this set.
Overall, not too impressed with this set, not saying its a bad set, just doesn't make me want to rush out and add it to my collection straight away either.
The Malevolence:
An unusual selection this set, being its inclusion was part of a 3 story arc early in season 1. The ship itself looks great in the cartoon show not too sure here though...
Pieces: 1094
Minifigures: Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala, Count Dooku, General Grevious & 2 Battle Droids.
Price: $179 AUD
I'm not sure why, but this Seperatist ship doesn't grab me, perhaps we could've seen Grevious' flagship the 'Invisible Hand' may have been a more appropriate choice.
The scale of the ship looks impressive and the Ion electronic weapon is reasonable created using the lego diodes.
Minifgures in this set are what you would expect from the story arc, Dooku, being the leader of the Seperatists, Padme and Anakin who has to rescue the former and Grevious as he was in command of the ship throughout its brief tenure on the show.
It is good to see another Count Dooku minifigure included, I cannot remember the last set that he was in...
Perhaps a more iconic ship from this canon could've been selected? there are a number out there as the Clone Wars is continually pushing the realms of the Star Wars EU.
The last addition to the Clone Wars sets for this mid year release is Pre Vizsla's Starfighter.
Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Starfighter:
Pieces: TBC
Minifigures: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Pre Vizsla & Mandalorian.
Price: TBC
I'm excited for this set, I don't think that there is enough Mandalorian influence in Lego as a generalisation. The inclusion of Pre Vizsla is a good idea and an additional Mandalorian trooper to accompany the 4 in last years battle pack gives a healthy number of Mandalorians.
The ship takes its origins from the Season 2 Death Watch arc whereby these ships have featured, also re-emerged in season 4.
The minifigs accompanying this set deal with the confrontation between Pre Vizsla and Obi-Wan and make sense to include them both.
I am disappointed with the weapon given to Vizsla, the sword looks cheap and nasty, perhaps a ninjago sword could've been used?
I can see that it has the same rotational element as the T-6 Jedi Shuttle however, I wonder if the wings will invert as they do in the show? if they do I would be completely sold on this set being the pick of the bunch for the Clone Wars sets.
The movie sets from are only 3 however we get an update on all 3 previous releases:
- Gungan Sub.
- Jabba's Palace.
- Desert Skiff.
The Gungan Sub is another set updated from the original release in 1999 when the movie came out.
Pieces: TBC
Minifigures: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Pre Vizsla & Mandalorian.
Price: $100 AUD
It holds the shape of the Gungan sub rather well and the inclusion of flick missiles gives it an added level of playability although they resemble no relevance to the movie.
the minifigures are great, a more orange haired Obi-Wan than the original and the updated Qui-Gon and Jar Jar from last year.
The shining light in this set is the new Queen Amidala and her red flowing gown which seems iconic for very little reason but is. When this minfigure was unveiled at SDCCC last year I was excited to see how they would add her to the line, putting her in this set makes no real sense, but I couldn't think of another way to include her with any of the vehicles save from creating the Naboo Royal Starship...
A solid set, made the more so by the Queen's inclusion.
The last 2 sets that have been included in the mid year release are the Desert Skiff and Jabba's Palace.
The Desert Skiff:
Pieces: 213
Minifigures: Kithaba, Land (Skiff Disguise), Luke Skywalker & Boba Fett.
Price: $50 AUD
I like this set as it is an update on the original we received almost 10 years ago. although the original wasn't a bad set, probably more detailed than most of that era, this set is an upgrade that brings the ship closer to the movie.
The minifigures aren't bad, Luke has a a greyer tunic than before and adding Kithaba was a nice touch considering he has just featured in Hasbro's Vintage collection for action figures. Boba Fett is the modern version with an upgrade and the Lando figure looks quite nice too.
The Sarlac actually looks more
All in all not a bad mid sized set.
The last set to be brought out this year is Jabba's Palace... and what a might set it is.
Jabba's Palace:
Pieces: 717
Minifigures: 9 (see below)
Price: $200 AUD
The minifigures are solid, we get a new Jabba (with painted eyes and body), a Salacious Crumb, painted Gammorean Guard, Han Solo in Carbonite, Boussh with the Leia Hair piece as an option, Oola, an updated Bib Fortuna, Chewie and a B'Omar Monk.
I like play sets from Lego for Star Wars, we have had a few more of them in the last couple of years with last year's Echo base, the Battle of Endor 2 years before that, the Death Star and now we get a better version of the original release of Jabba's Palace.
I don't want to build this set up too much but I think this set has me most excited as I missed out on the original release back in 2002...
Palpatine's arrest has a few pictures up now but no confirmation as to who will ship this and if in 2012
I like this set as it is an update on the original we received almost 10 years ago. although the original wasn't a bad set, probably more detailed than most of that era, this set is an upgrade that brings the ship closer to the movie.
The minifigures aren't bad, Luke has a a greyer tunic than before and adding Kithaba was a nice touch considering he has just featured in Hasbro's Vintage collection for action figures. Boba Fett is the modern version with an upgrade and the Lando figure looks quite nice too.
The Sarlac actually looks more
All in all not a bad mid sized set.
The last set to be brought out this year is Jabba's Palace... and what a might set it is.
Jabba's Palace:
Pieces: 717
Minifigures: 9 (see below)
Price: $200 AUD
The minifigures are solid, we get a new Jabba (with painted eyes and body), a Salacious Crumb, painted Gammorean Guard, Han Solo in Carbonite, Boussh with the Leia Hair piece as an option, Oola, an updated Bib Fortuna, Chewie and a B'Omar Monk.
I like play sets from Lego for Star Wars, we have had a few more of them in the last couple of years with last year's Echo base, the Battle of Endor 2 years before that, the Death Star and now we get a better version of the original release of Jabba's Palace.
I don't want to build this set up too much but I think this set has me most excited as I missed out on the original release back in 2002...
Palpatine's arrest has a few pictures up now but no confirmation as to who will ship this and if in 2012
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