
Judging from quite a few LEGO Star Wars fan’s reactions there’s notable amount of concern that those sets released first might not have the consequence that we had come to expect. So where do the sets fit in?
75176 Resistance Transport Pod
75177 First Order Heavy Scout Walker
75179 Kylo Ren’s TIE Fighter
75187 BB-8
75188 Resistance Bomber
75189 First Order Heavy Assault Walker
75190 First Order Star Destroyer
75526 Elite TIE Fighter Pilot
75528 Rey
75529 Elite Praetorian Guard
75530 Chewbacca
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It’s clear that, for the main, the sets made available in the first wave aren’t that significant – but who is to blame for placing too much importance in them?
It is fair to say that the hype begins on the web – and in most cases long before LEGO intends for its start. Rebelscum’s own participation in promoting LEGO Star Wars starts as soon as we can share substantiated news, rather than just rumours or waiting until the official memo gets published, is certainly a factor in this. And while doing so does LEGO no favours and – judging from the number of requests we have received to remove content – generally gets their back up, it does perform an important role in preparing the budgets of Star Wars collectors. The downside of this is that LEGO and Star Wars news sites that report on leaked sets are guilty of over-egging the pudding and inflating expectations.
While this does serves as a valid counterpoint for curtailing our reporting of leaked set news, an information gap in our LEGO coverage serves no purpose unless it can be filled by approved content that is informative and exclusive.
Now that we (or at least most of us) have seen The Last Jedi we know what to expect from the second wave of sets, which have just been added to LEGOshop.com, and can make an informed choice on which sets will have the most impact on our (and our children’s) collections. Personally, I can’t wait for January 1st when I can put 75200 Ahch-To Island Training on a shelf with my 75183 Darth Vader Transformation, 75137 Carbon Freeze Chamber and 75169 Duel on Naboo playsets.
One can only hope that there will be a third selection of The Last Jedi sets – I’d love to see a battering ram cannon armed with a giant rubber-tipped dart, and no doubt LEGO will add a cockpit to their second-wave AT-ST to represent the ones on Crait.
This post originally appeared on Rebelscum.com on the 16th of December, 2017.
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Having enjoyed playing with LEGO from his earliest years, Jeremy started collecting LEGO Star Wars in 1999 when the theme was first released. He has shared his thoughts and opinions on LEGO via a number of websites – including starwars.com, rebelscum.com and brickset.com – contributed to the LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary series and served the LEGO Ambassador Network as a Recognised LEGO Fan Media representative.
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