Review: 75334 Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Darth Vader
Posted by CapnRex101,
Ruthless criticism has followed 75334 Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Darth Vader, principally because this model seems remarkably mundane. Lightsaber conflicts have consistently provided interesting inspiration for LEGO, so the weaknesses of this example are surprising.
Certainly, the expensive price of £44.99, $49.99 or €49.99 has contributed to the negative reaction, although I consider the lacklustre setting more concerning. However, this set includes desirable minifigures and warrants examination.
Summary
75334 Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Darth Vader, 408 pieces.
£44.99 / $49.99 / €49.99 | 11.0p/12.3c/12.3c per piece.
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Great functions and minifigures cannot redeem a fundamentally boring model
- Excellent minifigures
- Some clever functions
- Unremarkable subject
- Needlessly big and expensive
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
Minifigures
Those desirable minifigures include an exclusive version of Obi-Wan Kenobi, wearing his now-shabby Jedi robes. The tattered edges look superb and I think dark brown was the best colour choice. Unfortunately, there is a noticeable printing error on Obi-Wan's hips, but this seems to be an issue isolated to the batch of sets distributed for review.
Obi-Wan's new hair component is impressive though, capturing great texture and matching his printed beard. I like the expressions chosen for this minifigure too, as one side displays a slight smile, while the other seems angry. The same double-sided head and dark orange hair element are available in 75336 Inquisitor Transport Scythe.
As usual, Obi-Wan carries a blue lightsaber, including the cloudy lightsaber blade introduced with another Obi-Wan Kenobi minifigure during 2019.
Tala Durith presents another use of the warm tan skin tone introduced earlier this year, which suits her perfectly. Of course, the minifigure closely resembles other Imperial officers, although features a unique captain's rank indicator that reflects Tala's onscreen rank. Dual-moulded legs would have enhanced this figure further, but are omitted.
Probably most interesting of these four minifigures is NED-B, a loader droid. This character's huge frame is accurately formed using a combined head and chest element, which fits over a standard minifigure torso with flame yellowish orange and medium azure arms. Medium azure details continue on the chest and NED-B's printed backpack, including Aurebesh letters which read 'NED'.
The droid's proportions look good, although he is actually slightly shorter than other minifigures, when he should be taller. Nevertheless, consistent scaling between characters has never been paramount for LEGO and I like NED-B's bulky brick-built hammer, while Tala includes a blaster pistol.
Darth Vader completes the minifigure quartet, including his decorated arms which have only appeared three times before. Hopefully this signals their continued availability in smaller sets, after 75202 Imperial Shuttle suggested the best Darth Vader minifigure would be reserved for adult-oriented sets. The metallic silver sheen of his shoulder armour looks fantastic.
The colourful buttons on Darth Vader's life-support control unit and belt are accurate and they are particularly important here, announcing Vader's arrival through the murk during the series. The two-piece helmet also looks excellent, although the packaging for these Obi-Wan Kenobi sets displays a Darth Vader minifigure with red lenses, so their absence is disappointing.
Removing the helmet does reveal something to differentiate this version of Darth Vader from others though, as the head is unique. The scarring looks suitably gruesome, as always, while Vader's hateful expression is preferable to his usual smile. Intricate detail continues across the reverse and this minifigure wields a red lightsaber.
The Completed Model
Lightsaber duels commonly occur in dynamic locations, often providing inspiration for exciting sets. The environment for Obi-Wan's encounter with Darth Vader on Mapuzo lacks that drama, yielding an incredibly bland model. The structure is dominated by a featureless light bluish grey platform, interrupted only by scattered trans-orange embers and a yellow cargo sled.
While decidedly unappealing for display, this model presents some enjoyable functions. They include two rotating platforms where the duelling minifigures can stand, which are seamlessly integrated among studded plates. However, there is no mechanism for turning these platforms remotely, despite the available space underneath the platform.
Instead, the platform contains another function, as a band of flames is hidden inside. Opening the platform creates space to raise these trans-orange pieces using a switch beside the cargo sled, approximating the flames which eventually separate Darth Vader and Obi-Wan onscreen. Once again, I like how this function is integrated, but 75326 Duel on Starkiller Base achieved a similar effect with far fewer pieces.
Furthermore, pressing a lever behind the cargo sled causes this vehicle to tip, releasing even more trans-orange 1x1 slopes onto the battlefield! They improve the appearance of the model, breaking up the monochrome base, while the cargo sled features unexpected detail. The visual similarities between this sled and NED-B seem appropriate.
Tala protects Obi-Wan during his encounter with Darth Vader, shooting at Stormtroopers from afar. Despite lacking the cliffs where Tala positions herself onscreen, this model does include some rocks, with a stud to place a minifigure located strategically behind them. The exposed rubber band looks awkward below, but is hidden when viewing the vignette from the front.
Two trans-clear 1x1 round bricks are supplied, so you can recreate Darth Vader's grabbing of Obi-Wan with the Force. Another container of trans-orange embers is situated behind the Jedi and this structure is surprisingly complex, even though its only function is an opening lid. While perhaps unnecessary, items like this one feature surprising detail.
Overall
The temptation to recreate Obi-Wan Kenobi's first encounter with Darth Vader since leaving his former friend to perish on Mustafar is completely understandable. Unfortunately, the mundane location for their encounter is reflected in this underwhelming model. The grey colour scheme seems drab and the whole setting is needlessly large, particularly when compared with 75326 Duel on Starkiller Base.
Unlike its inexpensive equivalent, this set costs £44.99, $49.99 or €49.99 and represents poor value. The minifigures are certainly desirable and I do think the functions have been integrated nicely. However, simplifying the design and reducing the price would have yielded a much more interesting set, in my opinion.
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“The following is a discussion of a luxury toy brand. We understand that LEGO Collecting is not more important than real world issues and that adult collectors, while an important demographic, trail children as the most important demographic for sets aimed at children.” Lol
There is unfortunately no level of discount that really makes this set worth it in my opinion. As such, I’ll need to make peace with not getting these figures as I imagine their secondary prices will also be prohibitive.
"Oh yeah? You think Star Wars sets are grey blobs, do you? Well enjoy this literal grey blob then!"
The only interesting thing about that set is NED-B, which I bought already on BL.
Why is Obi Wan's hair so orange?! Maybe it was... slightly orange in the prequels, but he's clearly graying now.
Definitely should have used a light nougat for his hair. Or orange with gray printed highlights.
This could have been a slam dunk set, but what a failure it turned out to be. Kids won't be playing with this because of the price and the design is too bland to consider this a collectible. Consistently disappointed by Lego Star Wars this year.
Set designer: makes a 100 piece prototype
Powers that be: we need this worth $40 more!
Set designer: adds bricks under model
@SolidState said:
"This could have been a slam dunk set, but what a failure it turned out to be. Kids won't be playing with this because of the price and the design is too bland to consider this a collectible. Consistently disappointed by Lego Star Wars this year."
It's true that most SW sets have been disappointing this year. I used to buy almost every SW sets. I bought less than half this year. And some, like 75326 were extremely disappointing.
LEGO makes it easy for me since I really dont like display sets and SW is plagued with them (helmets, diaoramas, etc.)
For the first time in years, I will not get any USC this year. Neither the speeder nor the rumored Razor Crest interest me.
Neat idea, iffy execution and too spendy for what it is IMHO. I'll look for the minifigures separately and be content with that.
The price is unacceptable but the play features are ok. With some tweaks and adjustments either in size or features it’s not too far off from being decent.
The "container of trans-orange embers" looks like the pencil sharpeners we had when I was in grade school.
That's... really all there is to say about this set. But the scene it was based on is pretty infamous, I'm not sure how well this would do at any price.
@yellowcastle said:
"trail children as the most important demographic for sets aimed at children."
What are "trail children"? I would imagine there's huge potential for losing pieces while hiking.
€25 and I take a risk.
I think there's a difference between "ruthless" and just calling out a low-effort greedy cash grab. That should always be called out wherever it's encountered, and considering LEGO's recent shenanigans all the more so.
i got this for neb-b and parts, and to get the forestmen's outpost GWP. it's not great but the mechanism for the fire is fun. way too expensive for what it is, but I fear that's going to be a common complaint for lego going forward. One of my kids just finished building the new andor dropship set, and that one is actually great (if a little small) but also too expensive and not enough minifigs, should have had more of the blue security guys.
@sjr60 said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"trail children as the most important demographic for sets aimed at children."
What are "trail children"? I would imagine there's huge potential for losing pieces while hiking."
Trail Children are smaller versions of human adults who subsist mostly on nuts, raisins and sparse M&M's.
It's down there with the Scarif set for me.
I'm extremely poor builder due many reason. Mainly due not having a skill like other designers and also not having so many brick variants at my disposal. However this a pure master piece. Yes I'm sarcastic but I can hardly understand how this could go through quality control (design wise). Children at elementary school would most likely create something more interesting when capturing OW vs DV fight.
I miss real Battle Packs.
The minifigs all look great and it does look better than I thought it would (but not good enough as, yeah, it is rather bland). I think it would be good to integrate into some sort of MOC for Mapuzo if one was so inclined vs display on it's own, but it's definitely the price. I think if this goes on a steep discount I might pick it up. But only if it gets at least a $10 or more drop.
Being able to remotely rotate the turntables would have redeemed it slightly, and given the height of the base it's surpsing that they didn't add a few splat gears underneath to facilitate it.
I have to respect the fact the designer has done absolutely everything they can to make this set worth the price - the turntables are incredibly neatly integrated (although remote activation would have been nice), there's a very cool action feature, there's four unique figures, one with a new head mould, there's even clear bricks to simulate force choking Ben.
Unfortunately, it's a big grey slab and a ridiculous price. 75269 had a weak build and really looked dreadful, but it was fairly priced for what we actually wanted, namely the two figures. If this set had been just Obi-wan, Vader and a tiny bit of terrain on fire for £18. I would have probably bought it (albeit quietly wincing).
It's not so much gilding the lily as gilding the dandelion.
Yeah, I won't get this one. Net-B is cute but if you want or need only this specific figure, get him separately.
@Padmewan: Now I can't unsee the resemblance.
@AHYL88: Even 7257 had a neat two-person play feature, even if the light-up lightsabers meant the figures could only be modified so much.
@omnius said:
"It's down there with the Scarif set for me."
Scarif was just on the right side of the tracks for me, mostly based on the bunker.
75269 : Duel on Mustafar was already overpriced in Euro countries at €25-27 .
That said, I hope the NED-B parts get re-used or re-colored to use in some generic sci-fi unlicensed set.
However, the big offender of 2022 Star Wars overpricing is definately 75332 : AT-ST for $35/€35, not even the 4+ tag justifies that.
I liked the part in the show where Darth Vader said, “Flame On!” and roasted Obi-Wan into a well-done steak. Truly an experience to watch and definitely one of the shows of all time.
@yellowcastle said:
"Scarif was just on the right side of the tracks for me, mostly based on the bunker."
Plus it's the perfect setting for a Scarif Beach Party.
At first I thought this set might be worth buying as lunar terrain to go with 10497, but now that I’ve built the Galaxy Explorer I can see that it’s way too small to visually balance the 928-style A-model. Maybe it could still be lunar terrain to go with the 924-style or 918-style B or C models. But it’s overpriced for a lunar terrain parts pack, and I agree with other commenters that it should have been a $20 duel set with two minifigs.
This is the worst Star Wars set in years, I can't believe this is releasing along side the excellent Inquisitor Scythe. Easy decision for fans of the Obi Wan show I suppose though.
If it had remote knobs and sliders for the rotating feature and dragging Obi Wan In the fire (see Darktrooper attack), this could work. But not this.
I’d rather see the finale duel, with Vader’s severed helmet/mask. THAT minifigure would sell stacks of these.
Given the fact that the designer was probably working with a fixed price point and topic, I think the set turned out pretty decent.
However, I can't imagine this one is going to sell all that well--despite the great minifigure selection. $50 USD is just too much for a playset that offers so little.
@MisterBrickster said:
"I have to respect the fact the designer has done absolutely everything they can to make this set worth the price - the turntables are incredibly neatly integrated (although remote activation would have been nice), there's a very cool action feature, there's four unique figures, one with a new head mould, there's even clear bricks to simulate force choking Ben.
Unfortunately, it's a big grey slab and a ridiculous price. 75269 had a weak build and really looked dreadful, but it was fairly priced for what we actually wanted, namely the two figures. If this set had been just Obi-wan, Vader and a tiny bit of terrain on fire for £18. I would have probably bought it (albeit quietly wincing).
It's not so much gilding the lily as gilding the dandelion. "
More like shining a turd.
"Dual-moulded legs would have enhanced this figure further, but are omitted."
All the more pathetic as they are currently stocked at the in store BaM. I bought a bunch to give boots to all my Imperial officers.
NED-B would have been awesome with the longer legs and arms like in the upcoming Avatar sets!
@yellowcastle said:
" @omnius said:
"It's down there with the Scarif set for me."
Scarif was just on the right side of the tracks for me, mostly based on the bunker."
Agreed, I grew to like the Scarif set a bit once I looked it over and gave it a bit more thought. Having said that I did get mine at $24 at TRU as they had SW sets on sale for a Make n' Take events and then I had a coupon. They let me use both (this was towards the end of TRU). $40 for the Scarif set would have been a bit harder to justify.
Remarkably mundane because the SHOW and this SCENE were remarkably mundane. It looked like it was filmed in a back lot of an industrial park, by some film students. Out of convenience and not any art direction. It was terrible. The show was a waste. So it stands to reason it was not easy to come up with anything interesting in LEGO form. The only thing worth having from this is the cool droid head and minifigure. But the Kenobi show was an abject failure of a project.
It's a figure pack, with the terrain as a side build.
When the company has used the phrase "only the best is good enough" as their motto for years, mediocrity comes across as anathema. One of the older Obi-Wan vs. Darth Vader sets ( 7257 ) took a somewhat dull structure and added cool fighting/dueling functions, a remarkable piece selection for the early 2000's, and even light-up lightsabers! Just that little bit of extra made that set cool, dare I say even ... the best?
Anyways, I'm reminiscing. This set looks pretty lame, and considering I didn't enjoy the Obi-Wan show, I'll pass. In time, I'm sure the fans will create far more interesting MOCs based on this scene, and I'll be curious to see what they come up with.
They need to redeem themselves and make a $20 set of the real showdown, with damaged Vader and Obi in gray.
What, the turntables don't even have remote activation? There's plenty of room under there! What would it add to have the ground go back and forth if you're using your hand to turn the figures already anyway? You might as well... idk... move the figures directly?
I have to give it to the designers that the scene wasn't very visually exciting. But at that point I would personally advise that you might as well add some stuff that isn't canonically there. Right? There were conveyer belts and other industrial equipment in the background. Why not include those? To make budget ditch the raised plate and just make the raising fire thing more like the old studios moviemaker set: a plate that slides over a plate that looks like a fire pit.
I'm not a designer and I'm not saying it should be like that. But out of personal experience I can say that as a kid I always liked the unusual additions to licensed sets that weren't necessarily accurate but more fun. The first Republic Gunship could split into a base and a flyer. The first X-Wing had lots of storage places. The first MTT could turn into a weird base thing. The Tusken encounter set had access to the water storage. Stuff like that.
What I'm saying is: sets don't have to be 100% accurate vignettes to be fun and memorable to people. I can't speak for everyone, but personally I like licensed sets mostly for their builds and only slightly for the figs. If it's a cool factory area it might have appealed even without the figures.
It definitely should have a way to manipulate the rotating platforms remotely, and the absence of such a feature hurts the set.
That said, it still is remarkably heavy on play features for a set I think most AFOLs conceive as a static display diorama-type thing, and I think that’s where the disconnect between us and TLG lies. The set isn’t particularly cheap, but it’s also not exactly insubstantial; the two rotating plates and two separate functions to put “flames” on the dueling arena are kind of a lot, and I think this is a set that benefits from seeing it in action, or actually playing with it oneself. But a lot of AFOLSWs tend to treat these as purely display pieces to build and then put on a shelf, and for that it's just overpriced ugliness.
I don’t fault the set for being ugly, as it accurately reflects the barren gray industrialized facility presented in the scene in the show (which I think worked wonderfully for the show), or for being “overbuilt”, since the chunkiness of the platform is necessary to accommodate the mechanical functions. It’s just that those functions and the volume of brick required to accommodate it are where the set’s value is supposed to lie, but they’re just not what a lot of us care about; a lot of us here would be content with a set recreating the scene atop a static base a single plate thick, devoid of functions but costing half what this does or less.
But this, I suspect, is probably more interesting to a great many of the kids that make up LEGO’s core audience, and I’m sure that’s who TLG was targeting with it. That’s still not to say it isn’t pricey for what one gets, and I’m not sure it’s not overpriced, but I do think the price makes a lot more sense when one takes into account the play features that so many of us just ignore because we don’t care about them.
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@CapnRex101, you didn’t mention anything about decorated elements beyond the minifigures. Am I correct in assuming there are none (either stickers or printed bricks)?
@StyleCounselor said:
""Dual-moulded legs would have enhanced this figure further, but are omitted."
All the more pathetic as they are currently stocked at the in store BaM. I bought a bunch to give boots to all my Imperial officers. "
If you’ll forgive a question to which the answer may seem obvious… just to be clear, you mean the store BAM kiosks currently have gray hip/leg assemblies dual-molded with black boots? If so, I may have to drop by and pick up a bunch, for Imperial officers from a whole bunch of sets.
@Binnekamp said:
"What, the turntables don't even have remote activation? There's plenty of room under there! What would it add to have the ground go back and forth if you're using your hand to turn the figures already anyway? You might as well... idk... move the figures directly?"
@Huw said:
"Being able to remotely rotate the turntables would have redeemed it slightly, and given the height of the base it's surpsing that they didn't add a few splat gears underneath to facilitate it."
Yes to both of what you said! At least make this playset like a rock 'em sock 'em robots or something! Making the turntables a manual thing just makes it completely pointless, IMO. You might as well just take the minifigures and throw them at each other.
I think LEGO did their best with a mundane scene in the TV show - Whilst it may appear dull, it’s certainly more exciting than the on-screen scene
This set is not your failure, CapnRex. You didn’t kill 75334…Lego did!
I've said my fair share about this in the past, and so I'll make this quick. I think this fails as a LEGO set. Collectors will avoid it, because it's frankly ugly and unappealing, and kids?
When I was a kid, I remember saving my money (49.99) up for 8095: General Grievous' Starfighter, which not only provided perhaps the most complex minifig at that point, and one of my two favorite Star Wars characters (the other which is in this set here!), but more importantly a solid fighter with fun play features, as well as some "bonus content" like a lightsaber rack and posable chair. I would not have saved up for this, even if back then it would be 29.99 or something.
This is the same price. I understand inflation, but generally kids are still given the same amount of money for allowances, at least in my experience. My grandmother started giving me $50 every year for my birthday, and as I became an adult and the real value of 50$ from the 2000's became more like $75, the check never changed. If I was a kid, I would not waste my money on this, especially when within the same range, I can get the cool AT-ST mech, or Mando's fighter, the latter for ten bucks more. If I wanted Vader, I'd probably save up $20 for his meditation chamber. At least that looks cool and Vader themed; plus, it includes a slide of Vader about to choke someone out, and kids love that kinda stuff.
I bought this set (with some discount) and I like it.
Its too expensive but lego just is expensive. I enjoyed building it, it was more complex than I thought and I find the set very good for playing.
The minifigures are great and its an affordable way to get Vader. (In my case my first Vader figure)
The Vader minifig is outstanding. They missed the opportunity to make NED a great minifig by not using the tall Toy Story legs like they are in the Avatar sets. As it is, he’s lacking. The other two are just standard.
So, not even the minifigs can be called lipstick on this pig.
@Bison_Bricks said:
"NED-B would have been awesome with the longer legs and arms like in the upcoming Avatar sets! "
There's always minidoll legs! (Which would've fit Space Elves better than Space Robots)
This set is dumb because the source material makes no sense.
No amount of Disney fanboi argumentation can explain away what we all saw.
“WHAT did we just watch?!? That was STUPID! This show sucks!” - Mrs. Morris, after this episode
We don’t blame LEGO. We blame KK. KK has to go, or Star Wars will die.
This is one set that makes you wonder of Lego even cares what they are releasing. Would there have been *anyone* that thought was a good idea? Yes, the minifigs are fine, and those pop-up flames are a decent feature. But just a single look at this should have been enough to make everyone conclude you can't sell this for anything more than €25? This is just a bad joke. Or maybe this is just a test how far they can go before people stop buying this shit....
@peterlmorris said:
"This set is dumb because the source material makes no sense.
No amount of Disney fanboi argumentation can explain away what we all saw.
“WHAT did we just watch?!? That was STUPID! This show sucks!” - Mrs. Morris, after this episode
We don’t blame LEGO. We blame KK. KK has to go, or Star Wars will die. "
Sorry, but it’s hard to really hard take to heart when you use the word fanboi.
@Blondie_Wan said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
""Dual-moulded legs would have enhanced this figure further, but are omitted."
All the more pathetic as they are currently stocked at the in store BaM. I bought a bunch to give boots to all my Imperial officers. "
If you’ll forgive a question to which the answer may seem obvious… just to be clear, you mean the store BAM kiosks currently have gray hip/leg assemblies dual-molded with black boots? If so, I may have to drop by and pick up a bunch, for Imperial officers from a whole bunch of sets."
Yep. They also had the light grey and black dual molded legs in the on-line PaB. Those are useful for some Imperial officers, but mainly to upgrade your rebel troopers. BrickFanatics even wrote a bit about that.
https://www.brickfanatics.com/build-better-lego-star-wars-rebel-troopers/
There’s a lot of overpriced sets that feel like you’re not getting such a bad value, because of the build/model. This, sadly, is not one of those sets. If they threw in a couple of Stormtroopers in addition, I think people would’ve been accepting of the price.
@peterlmorris said:
" @monkyby87 said:
" @peterlmorris said:
"This set is dumb because the source material makes no sense.
No amount of Disney fanboi argumentation can explain away what we all saw.
“WHAT did we just watch?!? That was STUPID! This show sucks!” - Mrs. Morris, after this episode
We don’t blame LEGO. We blame KK. KK has to go, or Star Wars will die. "
Sorry, but it’s hard to really hard take to heart when you use the word fanboi. "
There’s no denying what they are. It’s a perfectly cromulent word. If you’re one, stop making excuses so Feloni and Favreau can fix it once KK is hit by a bus/plane/comet. "
Nope. Your redemptive use of 'cromulent' notwithstanding, can't abide any form of '...boi.'
To quote Darth Tyrannus:
"You disappoint me. Yoda holds you in such high esteem. Surely, you can do better!"
Mrs. Morris silently shaking her head behind your back wearing a disgusted expression.
I'll wait for the set to hit the clearance shelf at Walmart or Target.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @peterlmorris said:
" @monkyby87 said:
" @peterlmorris said:
"This set is dumb because the source material makes no sense.
No amount of Disney fanboi argumentation can explain away what we all saw.
“WHAT did we just watch?!? That was STUPID! This show sucks!” - Mrs. Morris, after this episode
We don’t blame LEGO. We blame KK. KK has to go, or Star Wars will die. "
Sorry, but it’s hard to really hard take to heart when you use the word fanboi. "
There’s no denying what they are. It’s a perfectly cromulent word. If you’re one, stop making excuses so Feloni and Favreau can fix it once KK is hit by a bus/plane/comet. "
Nope. Your redemptive use of 'cromulent' notwithstanding, can't abide any form of '...boi.'
To quote Darth Tyrannus:
"You disappoint me. Yoda holds you in such high esteem. Surely, you can do better!"
Mrs. Morris silently shaking her head behind your back wearing a disgusted expression. "
I'd say the bigger issue than "boi" is @peterlmorris calling for someone to be hit by a bus because he doesn't like the entertainment product she's putting out.
Son, you have every right not to like current Star Wars, but it's a got-dang piece of fiction, and you can take your dollars elsewhere. Also, I'm always amazed at how people who love fiction about heroes and good vs. evil stories can get some blasted disdainful towards other people over a luxury good. Would Luke Skywalker hit someone with a bus? Would the Jedi? Would Yoda?
No? Ok, you're being a dang Sith or Imperial here, son. Calm the **** down, go get a glass of water, and come back to this hobby when you can show an ounce of maturity.
It's a ****ing movie.
Yeah this could easily be a 100-200 pieces set for $20-30.
@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @peterlmorris said:
" @monkyby87 said:
" @peterlmorris said:
"This set is dumb because the source material makes no sense.
No amount of Disney fanboi argumentation can explain away what we all saw.
“WHAT did we just watch?!? That was STUPID! This show sucks!” - Mrs. Morris, after this episode
We don’t blame LEGO. We blame KK. KK has to go, or Star Wars will die. "
Sorry, but it’s hard to really hard take to heart when you use the word fanboi. "
There’s no denying what they are. It’s a perfectly cromulent word. If you’re one, stop making excuses so Feloni and Favreau can fix it once KK is hit by a bus/plane/comet. "
Nope. Your redemptive use of 'cromulent' notwithstanding, can't abide any form of '...boi.'
To quote Darth Tyrannus:
"You disappoint me. Yoda holds you in such high esteem. Surely, you can do better!"
Mrs. Morris silently shaking her head behind your back wearing a disgusted expression. "
I'd say the bigger issue than "boi" is @peterlmorris calling for someone to be hit by a bus because he doesn't like the entertainment product she's putting out.
Son, you have every right not to like current Star Wars, but it's a got-dang piece of fiction, and you can take your dollars elsewhere. Also, I'm always amazed at how people who love fiction about heroes and good vs. evil stories can get some blasted disdainful towards other people over a luxury good. Would Luke Skywalker hit someone with a bus? Would the Jedi? Would Yoda?
No? Ok, you're being a dang Sith or Imperial here, son. Calm the **** down, go get a glass of water, and come back to this hobby when you can show an ounce of maturity.
It's a ****ing movie."
Besides, you have to give Dame KK some credit. She knows how to pump films out, and not get bogged down in failure. For every Cape Fear and Fandango, she has a Temple of Doom and Arachnophobia. For every Back to the Future and ET, there's Hook and
Joe Versus the Volcano. Yet, there will be Schindler's List and Sixth Sense. And then, we'll try to ignore Flintstones and War of the Worlds.
That said, Feloni should absolutely have her job.
I also liked most of Kenobi. I particularly enjoyed the finale. The cutting voices in and out between Hayden and James Earl Jones was inspired and gave me goosebumps!
Who hasn't hated their father on occasion? Some of us have lived long enough to inspire our son's hatred. Hell, sometimes, I want the little smart-ass to hate me! Such is life. I guess I'm starting to identify more and more with ol' Ben's 'point of view' idea.
Review and others mentioned it but yeah... the Imperial Officers main feature besides their hat is those shiny black boots. How many sets now has LEGO just refused to give them the obvious dual molded legs to save a few cents?! As soon they appeared on Batman in 2016 (I think), they should've been a must!
@yellowcastle said:
"“The following is a discussion of a luxury toy brand. We understand that LEGO Collecting is not more important than real world issues and that adult collectors, while an important demographic, trail children as the most important demographic for sets aimed at children.” Lol
There is unfortunately no level of discount that really makes this set worth it in my opinion. As such, I’ll need to make peace with not getting these figures as I imagine their secondary prices will also be prohibitive."
This is right up there with the Andor and Justifier sets although at least Cad Bane ship feels substantial.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @Blondie_Wan said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
""Dual-moulded legs would have enhanced this figure further, but are omitted."
All the more pathetic as they are currently stocked at the in store BaM. I bought a bunch to give boots to all my Imperial officers. "
If you’ll forgive a question to which the answer may seem obvious… just to be clear, you mean the store BAM kiosks currently have gray hip/leg assemblies dual-molded with black boots? If so, I may have to drop by and pick up a bunch, for Imperial officers from a whole bunch of sets."
Yep. They also had the light grey and black dual molded legs in the on-line PaB. Those are useful for some Imperial officers, but mainly to upgrade your rebel troopers. BrickFanatics even wrote a bit about that.
https://www.brickfanatics.com/build-better-lego-star-wars-rebel-troopers/ "
Specifically, here are the minifig parts currently available in store BaM.
https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-build-a-minifigure-bam-exclusives-q2-2022/
@CCC said:
"The online BAM only had DARK bluish grey, didn't they?"
Online PaB, I only saw the light grey and black (the legs that go with the raccoon CMF). But, that could easily have changed and/or I missed it.
In store BaM, they have the dark grey and black.
That's where I scored mine, respectively (light = online, dark = in-store). Now, all of my troopers and Imperials have boots except for those with exclusive printed legs.
When looking in-store, I asked my great store employee friends for help. Many of them love to look for stuff for you, if you're nice and ask. Sometimes, they can get more from the 'back.'
The Minifigures are honestly the best thing about this set. The only real upside for this set is arm printed Vader. Still not worth $50 though by a long shot.
Most I would spend on this set? $20. If I don’t find it for $20 or less, I will never get it and that’s fine by me. If I’m spending $50, I’m going to put it towards that BD-1!