New York Toyfair - 2013 Lego SW sets

Toyfair was over the course of last weekend in New York, below are some of the images from the upcoming sets that Lego are bringing out in the second half of 2013.

New Star Wars Lego set pics from New York Toyfair 2013 (sourced from toyark.com)

75016: Homing Spider Droid

Minifigs: Stass Allie, Clone Trooper & 2 Super Battle Droids

Pieces 295

Price: $29.99 (US)

There was a version of this a couple of years ago as an exclusive set shown here, this time the it appears a little more round and comes with a spider droid.  Apart from the rounding of the droid little else has changed.

This version comes with Stass Allie as a minifigure which will please a lot of people, lego are slowly building the Jedi council piece by piece.

This set like many others seems to be released purely based upon the proposed release of both Episodes 2 and 3 in 3D this year which has been delayed

75022: Mandalorian Speeder 
Minifigs: Darth Maul (Cyborg legs), 2 x Mando Commando's
Pieces: 211 
$24.99 

This set is from the Season 5 episode The Lawless, a good episode.  I am glad that we have a couple of different paint schemed Mandalorians, between the battle pack and Pre Vizsla's starfighter over the last 2 years there has been enough death watch so new Mando's is a nice change.

The speeder itself is nothing special although its pretty representative of the episode, which is good looks like a solid build.

The minifig of the set and pretty much the purpose of the set is Darth Maul, he comes with Cyborg legs, however his legs are different in this arc to previously when they were created as such.  Its a great to have him with his legs however tempered by the fact that they don't represent what is going on with the show at this time.

75015: Corporate Alliance Tank Droid 

Minfigs: Battle Droid, Jango Fett and Clone Trooper

Pieces 271

Price $19.99 (US)  

75017: Duel on Geonosis 

Minifigs: Count Dooku, Yoda, Poggle the Lesser 

Pieces 391

Price: $39.99 (US)  

This set is an expansion/update on the AOTC set from 2002 that included Count Dooku and Yoda.  This set has been expanded to include the hangar where the battle between Anakin, Obi-Wan, Yoda and Dooku takes place.  The set introduces the 2 character being Poggle the Lesser and Dooku's droid for the solar sailor.  adding the structure is a good way to expand on another scene set which are slowly creeping in to more Star Wars sets.

75018: Jek-14's Stealth Starfighter 

Minifigs: Imperial Bounty Hunter, JEK-14, R4-G0, Special Forces Clone Trooper (blue stealth trooper)

Pieces: 550

Price: $69.99 (US) 

This set is from the Yoda Chronicles series, cannot say too much about it except that its a completely new set, interestingly enough they have a minifigure with a translucent arm, perhaps we will star getting Jedi spirit figures?

I like the shape of this craft, it looks like an E-wing, I'm sure its not put it has that appearance.

75019: AT-TE  

Minifigs: Mace Windu, Coleman Trebor, 2 x Battle Droids, Clone Trooper

Pieces: 794 

Another AOTC set (see where this is going, shame SW delayed the release of these movies (Ep 2 & 3) to work on Ep 7) this set comes with mace windu, appears to be sans the cloak from Palpatine's arrest and Coleman Trebor, a jedi who is on screen in the Geonosian Arena for 30 seconds before he is killed.

I like the look of this set, a shame that it only comes with one clone....

75020: Jabba's Sail Barge 

Minifigs: Slave Leia, Ree Yees, Max Rebo, Jabba, R2-D2, Weequay

Pieces: 850

Price $119.99 (US)

A ROTJ set here, one that has been long overdue for a remake.  This set takes perfect advantage of new Jabba's sculpt from the Jabba's palace while giving us 3 new minifgs in Max Rebo, Ree Yees and an angry Weequay.

The design doesn't seem to have the nose of the older set, however it looks quite nice, the sails and teh cannon on the top look very good, and if you combine this with the Rancor, the Palace, the Skiff you could pretty much recreate the first 30 minutes of the ROTJ, which is quite an achievement in the last 18 months from Lego.

75021: Republic Gunship 

Minifigs: Padme, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Clone Pilot, Clone Gunner, 2 x Super Battle Droids

Pieces:  1175

Price:  $119.99 (US)

The last of the AOTC set for the midyear release, this Gunship features all of the individuals in their pursuit of Count Dooku as he escapes the Genosian Arena.

The minifgs are a good selection and Padme even comes with her back slashed, courtesy of a pesky nexu in the Genosian Arena, perhaps an arena is in the offing a couple of years from now?

The Gunship looks like it lacks a little red as seen here.  A good looking set with nice minfigure selection here.

The last set for the Year???

75023 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar $39.99 254 pieces

Lego Star Wars 2013 sneak Peak images.

Some sneak pics have surfaced on the Web of the new Lego sets coming out midyear:

Some nice looking sets, shame Max Rebo looks squished in!

Images sourced from Euorbricks

Episode 7 - the JJ Abrahms Years

News out from starwars.com is that JJ Abrahms is the new director of Episode 7 along with his production company Bad Robot, an interesting time for the franchise as a whole.

Just yesterday Lucasfilm also announced that they were cancelling the release of both Ep 2 and Ep 3 from 3D releases for the foreseeable future to focus on the Episode 7 release...

I don't have too many feelings on the matter personally, I know some people in other forums aren't too happy with the result, however I thought his work on both the last Star Trek and Super 8 give me optimism that the new Star Wars may be in safe hands.

Lego Toyfair UK Star Wars Sets 2013.

This weekend past was the UK toyfair and present was Lego.

Lego had previews of all their upcoming sets for 2013 (2nd half of the year).

As this blog is concerned with Star Wars I will only talk about the Star Wars sets based upon the information that has already been published.

75015 Corporate Alliance Tank Droid  

This set comes with a new Jango, finally from descriptions it is based upon the 7748 set from 09 (shown below).

This set will also include a battle droid and a clone trooper.  Being an AOTC set hopefully we get the reddish battle droid and a phase one clone.

75016 Homing Spider Droid

Another set that is similar to one previously created being the 7681 spider droid from 2008 packaging line (shown below).

This set is supposed to come with a clone trooper, 2SBD's (Super Battle Droids) and Adi Galia, although this may be Stass Allie.  Depending on which way Lego goes with the last figure it could either be an AOTC or a CW set?

750017 Duel On Geonosis 

This set features Dooku and Yoda (both reported to have new sculpts) from the end sequence whereby the two fight against one another.  There is apparently some scenery from the hangar and a new pilot droid (possibly for the Solar Sailor) along with a Poggle the Lesser:

75018 Jeks-14 Stealth Starfighter 

This is from the new Yoda's Chronicles short, not too much info apart from it looks a little like a Z-95 is reported to be Red and Black and comes with Jek-14, Separatist Bounty Hunter, Special Forces Clone Trooper and a droid called R4-G0.

75019 AT-TE 

Another PT set straight out of AOTC, this AT-TE doesn't sound to be too much different from the 2008 7675 (shown below) 

This set is purported to contain, Mace Windu, Clone Trooper Gunner, a few Battle droids and Coleman Trebor (a jedi who dies at the Genosion arena in AOTC, shown below)

75020 Jabba’s Sailbarge

Quite possibly the most anticipated set for 2013, judging by the preliminary pictures that have been shown on the net (seen in a post below) it will be filled with a few new minifigures.

Contaiend within this set are: Jabba, Max Rebo, Leia in the slave costume, a new Weequay, and R2 with the drinks tray.  This set also includes Ree-Yees, so for OT fans a little bitt more love has been shown to Jabba and his minions.

The ship is reported to open out revealing Max Rebo's keyboard. 

75021 Republic Gunship

Another ship that apparently has little change from the 2008 model except its swapped from Clone Wars theme to PT theme.  This set is supposed to include a new Obi Wan, Anakin and Padme in her white outfit (according to fbtb ) it also shows the midriff after the nexu had a swipe.

75022 Mandalorian Speeder 

This set remains an unknown quantity to me as I am not too sure what the speeder will look like, hopefully New York , this set is described as having Maul with his Cyborg legs and 2 new Mandalorian Super Commando's.  Not too sure how this will work but I'm guessing its been comprised from the current Clone Wars  as seen on StarWars.com

75023 Star Wars Advent Calendar

This year will feature both a young Boba and a Santa Jango, not too shabby in my opinion.

Information was compiled from: fbtb, brickfanatics and Eurobricks.

Forcecast no more...

I thought I'd post a quick blog on one of the changes to the Pod casting Environment that exists within the Star Wars fraternity.

Forcecast has been a mainstay of the Star Wars Universe for numerous years, appearing in iTunes stores worldwide for some years.  Its success has spawned numerous spin offs including Jedi Journals a show about upcoming literature for Star Wars.  Over the Christmas break Jason and Jimmy (the two presenters) of the Forcecast have decided to move out on their own and start up Rebelforces Radio.

As a long time Forcecast listener I wish them all the best on their new venture which can be found at:

http://twitter.com/RebelForceRadio or http://rebelforceradio.com/

  

More Lego 2013 Set Rumors

Its that time of year in the after christmas buzz when the news/rumors of what sets may be coming out for the year.

Currently on the Australian Lego Shop @ Home section they have the following sets for purchase:

Set Name	Cost	Pieces	PPD
Clone Troopers Vs Droidekas	$22.99	124	5.4
Republic Troopers Vs Sith Troopers	$22.99	63	2.75
AT-RT	$39.99	222	5.55
A-Wing Starfighter	$39.99	177	4.43
Z-95 Headhunter	$69.99	373	5.33
Rancor Pit	$89.99	380	4.25
Jedi Starfighter & Kamino	$15.99	61	3.8
Republic Assault Ship & Coruscant	$15.99	74	4.65
Tie Bomber & Asteroid Field	$15.99	60	3.75
Snowspeeder & Hoth	$15.99	69	4.3
B-Wing Starfighter & Endor	$15.99	83	5.2
Tantive IV & Alderan	$15.99	102	6.38
BARC Speeder with Sidecar	$39.99	226	5.65
Umbaran MHC (Mobile Heavy Cannon)	$89.99	493	5.5
Battle of Hoth	$69.99	426	6.1

PPD - equates to the number of pieces per dollar.

The rumor list for midyear has been discussed on Eurobricks forums with a couple of sets being seen as images:

The rumor list is:

75015 Corporate alliance tank droid: I'm not sure but I thought I could see the name "Jango Fett" on the box, it also include 2 other figs but they were normal clones or like that.

75016 Homing Spider Droid: 

75017 Yoda v.s. Dooku battle 

75018 Yoda's chronicles, Jek-14 St. St. Fighter; 3 clones and a droid

75019 AT-TE; Mace Windu, Coleman Trebor a clone and a battle droid

75020 Jabba's Sail Barge :  unknown Nikto, Max Rebo, three-eyes guy, R2D2, Slave Leia,  Jabba

75021 Republic Gunship: Obi-wan, Anakin, Padme, 2 clones, battle droid

75022 Mandolorian speeder; Darth Maul, 2 Mandolorians?

75023 Advent calender:  Young Boba on the front, I hope there will be one in it.

also apparently there will be 2 other sets being an Old Republic Corvette and a HH-87 Starhopper

This was compiled from the forum atEurobricks.com 

Hasbro & Lego Star Wars 2013.

With Christmas upon us, there have been some images that are starting to appear of both Hasbro and Lego's offering for 2013.

Hasbro:

Currently in Australia we can purchase the new Class 2 vehicles for around $50 from Toys R Us.

In the last week the class 1 vehicles images have started to appear on the internet and one of the things instantly recognisable is the inclusion of 2 figures differing from the traditional 1:

I like the small fighter and a non CW Yoda is always nice, this set seems to have the EP 2 release in mind.

Not a fan of this set perhaps its the fact that I could never envisage a set like this existing in the SW landscape after episode 1.

I like both of these sets and for collectors this year the Dropship was incredibly hard to find, so another set that brings the vehicle back is welcome.  I think the AT-RT has been used frequently, however, it is still a great set and a new paint scheme always helps.  The addition of the TK tactical droid is a good addition also.

Lego:  

Recently Lego also showed an upcoming set for 2013 being the Battle of Hoth.  This has the appearance of a giant battle pack with some nice inclusions:

•  General Riekan.
•  Snowspeeder.
•  Snowtroopers with another E-Web.
•  Trenches.
• Imperial Probe Droid.

 Perhaps one day we can get a set that includes an Ion Cannon as previous sets have not included any...

Star Wars Lego 2013 Set Pics

After Months of waiting to see the 2013 sets after the list was revealed a European Website has pictures of the box art available to see, the images below are from their website (wog.ch).

In no particular order the images are:

AT-RT:

This set seems a little disproportional to me, a newly updated CW style Yoda is long overdue and a 501st Trooper will be a welcome addition to most.  The AT-RT seems a great update on the CW one from 2008 or the one as shown in Episode 3, however, it is still too big in my eyes.

A-Wing:

The A-Wing is a nice looking craft although there is little of it seen in the Return of the Jedi, making it a somewhat unusual choice, the more so seeing as it was included in the Fan's choice Home One set a few years back.  A puzzling component of this set is the minifigures, Admiral Ackbar and Han Solo, sure they are in ROTJ do they need to be in this set? I am pretty sure that Lego could've chosen other characters to go in this set that would make more sense.  

I do like the fact that the helmet for the A-Wing Pilot has printing on it, Han's vest seems an update with pockets and the shirt a little more tan,

Barc Speeder:

A Clone Wars styled set which provides and update of Obi-Wan and Rex, see below.  This set seems to be nothing more than the addition of a side car pod, visually there does not appear to be any improvement on the Barc itself. 

Rex looks good with the coloured neck piece, while Obi-Wan appears to have lost the White armoured look and has what appears to be a new hair piece as well, more Commando droids (x2) are handy, especially for those army builders.

Clone Troopers & Droidakeas:

I like this set as it gives us a few Phase 1 Clones and is a movie based set from a movie that gets very little Lego love 'Attack of the Clones'.  

First Impressions, the Droidakeas look pretty ordinary while the clones are nice, not too sure on the vehicle, it looks like a mini command centre and not something that would hover in my opinion, clearly another battle pack aimed at the army builder.  

Rancor Pit:

This set was previewed back in July at San Diego Comic Con, this set is supposed to fit underneath Jabba's Palace set released mid year.  Aside from the Rancor there isn't too much that excites me about this set although the scene build with the throne over the top will be interesting to see how it works.

What does have me pleased is Lego have given us another set and not a ship, these are few and far between, however lately we are seeing more present typified by Jabba's palace and Palpatine's arrest from mid year.

Republic Troopers vs Sith Troopers:

I should probably declare my bias right from the start, I am a huge fan of Expanded Universe so anything said in the lines below is probably tinged with a small amount of bias, although I will try to remain objective.

I like this set for numerous reasons, firstly it corrects the mistake Lego made in the Republic Striker Class Starfighter by not including a clone trooper helmet.  this set does this in spades, there are 2 clones with helmets and distinct weapons, although I'm not a fan of the two handled built weapon when compared to the  3 moulded weapons you get in this set.

The hover vehicle makes little sense possibly just for pieces stacking? it has flick missles it reminds me of the Green Goblin's craft from Spiderman.

Umbaran Mobile Heavy Cannon (MHC):

I quite like this set, although there is some conjecture as to whether this set will be an exclusive set or part of the main line.  I am not sold on the helmets for the Umbaran's although I shall wait until I have a set to see, its good to get another clone (212th) trooper but I have to say that I am impressed with the MHC itself.

The cannon looks quite good, it looks as if it belongs in a CW episode.  Flick missiles seem to be creeping back into SW sets, sometimes unnecessarily although completely understandable in this set. 

Z-95 Headhunter:

I like this ship, which is also part of the Umbaran Arc in CW season 4, not only does it come with General Krell (with 4 arms) I also like the cockpit arrangement where both components open out from the centre.  

A criticism that I have is that the ship itself looks a little bland, too clean (like the dagger squadron B-wing that hasbro released in the legacy collection (2008)), a feww more decals or some battle damage may have given it a fight ready appeal.

Possibly the least liked set in the wave for me. 

Planets:

Some good some bad, some weird pretty much sums up the 6 below: