Random set of the day: Duel on Geonosis
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Today's random set is 75017 Duel on Geonosis, released during 2013. It's one of 44 Star Wars sets produced that year. It contains 391 pieces and 4 minifigs, and its retail price was US$39.99/£39.99.
It's owned by 8,333 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $189.00, or eBay.
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If only we got a solar sailer later on, I didn't like the 2008 version personally.
Still on the wanted list, although at this point, it doesn't really matter since I already have 7103 which contains a lot less, but some more interesting colors. The reason in wanting this would have really been for Poggle the Lesser and the better pilot droid for the Solar Sailor, but like, when am I ever actually going to need any of those for anything anyway?
Been another 10 years though... Time for a rehash, or can we finally get a Droid Factory for once?
Still unbelievable that we never got a Geonosis set with Anakin, Obi-Wan, Yoda and Dooku. It only confirms Lego team hates Episode II.
Fun Fact: This is one of the only sets that uses a repeating head design for major characters across two different intellectual property Lego themes:Star Wars and Lord of the Rings
Man I remember being so pumped that Poggle was finally getting a minifig back in the day
Recently found this one at a thrift store without figs for $5. Makes a great backdrop, so can't complain.
@Somnium said:
"Still unbelievable that we never got a Geonosis set with Anakin, Obi-Wan, Yoda and Dooku. It only confirms Lego team hates Episode II."
I think the intent with the 2013 wave was you could have a complete battle if you got all the sets, no duplicate figs across the wave aside from clones and battle droids.
@Iguanaboy said:
"Fun Fact: This is one of the only sets that uses a repeating head design for major characters across two different intellectual property Lego themes:Star Wars and Lord of the Rings"
One of the first maybe but there have been plenty of examples since.
@MCLegoboy:
Wow, that's worse than even Hoth Han's parka. What color is Dooku's speederbike? Something that starts with "B". I dunno, pick something.
For years I regretted not getting this back in the day for the minifigs. But looking at it now, the set just looks so uninteresting to me, I'm kind of proud of my past self for not spending $40 just to get the two desirable figures of the set, despite the fact that they're worth far more than that now.
10 years since the last Dooku. Hopefully we see a new set for him.
Episode II: 2 Star, 2 Warious!!
Geonosis is a pretty gross land that would be considered a wasteland by Earther standards, which is probably why it's populated by gross flying bug creatures. That one gross bug creature in this set (Poggle) is basically their leader, and they were working with Dooku to produce battle droids and stuff. Obi-Wan found out, but was captured. Anakin and Padmé went to save Obi-Wan, fought a bit, then got sentenced to arena death! They escaped, clones attacked, and Dooku tried to escape. Kenobi and Skywalker said no, and Dooku wounded them, but then Yoda came. They jumped around with lightsabers for a bit, but Dooku distracted Yoda so he could escape and bring the Death Star plans to Palpatine!
But they didn't know that then.
And most of that doesn't matter for this set.
So expensive on the aftermarket, we need a new Dooku fig :(
@MCLegoboy said:
"Still on the wanted list, although at this point, it doesn't really matter since I already have 7103 which contains a lot less, but some more interesting colors. The reason in wanting this would have really been for Poggle the Lesser and the better pilot droid for the Solar Sailor, but like, when am I ever actually going to need any of those for anything anyway?
Been another 10 years though... Time for a rehash, or can we finally get a Droid Factory for once?"
The old droid was a bonehead
When seeing this I thought the speeder was the wrong color because I grew up with my sister's https://brickset.com/sets/7103-1/Jedi-Duel
I definitely prefer the sand blue even though it's not as accurate.
It’s been ten years since a wave of Episode II sets, I hope we can get some in the future. Jango’s Slave I, the Petranaki Arena are things I’d love to have.
I missed out on the 2013 Episode II wave and the 2014 Episode III wave, because I was more into other themes at the time, but I regret not picking up more sets from the time. There’s a massive drought of smaller sets, in my opinion, and throwing out a Vulture Droid, a Droid Tri-Fighter, a Hailfire Droid, a V-Wing, and the like would be a good way to diversify the price range of a given wave. It’s absurd we haven’t had a Vulture droid in nearly ten years!
@MrBob said:
"For years I regretted not getting this back in the day for the minifigs. But looking at it now, the set just looks so uninteresting to me, I'm kind of proud of my past self for not spending $40 just to get the two desirable figures of the set, despite the fact that they're worth far more than that now."
I thought the same. Then, picked up a crushed box and then another without box for around $20 each at a thrift store.
Can't believe what they're worth today! Some of the least popular sets end up being worth the most- like 75158 and 75106.
Absolutely wild that this set is a) 10 years old now, and b) the most recent set to include Count Dooku
Anyway this set seemed ludicrously overpriced at the time and it still does frankly.
It seems weird having the collapsing pillar without having an Obi-Wan and Anakin for it to threaten to squash
@PhantomBricks said:
"10 years since the last Dooku. Hopefully we see a new set for him."
He is one of the least interesting dark Force wielders, visually speaking. No horns or tattoos, not an alien, no evil yellow eyes and/or hideously deformed face. No armor, life-sustaining or otherwise. Just an old man in a brown cape and a black outfit that doesn’t even have the folds that make Maul’s or Sidious’ even somewhat intriguing.
The current prices are crazy. I remember buying 10 copies of this on clearance at £9 each. All parted out years ago though.
For how much is this set going for?
I got this set while in the USA, either:
- while visiting New York in 2012, i.e. at the end of my Dark Age, which is therefore the beginning of my Enlightenment, as I visited a Lego Store for the first time and was impressed by all the sets I had never heard about (including the SpongeBob range, of which I also bought a set to get the main characters).
- while touring around Florida in 2013
In any case I really liked the Dooku figure and I wanted that better-looking Yoda.
However, for some reason I never built this set, and I'm surprised to see that a new copy is worth so much — although it is understandable given the rarity of the figures. The box is dented (probably due to the fact I had to squeeze it into my luggage), so it's probably worth less than $190… I'll eventually build it, maybe when/if a newer version is released.
Ah, the 2013 wave. The second time Lego released a wave for Ep II since 2002 (and a bit in 2003). I believe it was because of the theatre re-releases of the prequels in '12, '13 and '14 at the time.
It gave me hope the film would stop being neglected. How wrong I was. Zam Wessel and the Speeder Pursuit, the Slave I (Jango Fett's Starship?), the Droid Factory, the Petranaki Arena... RIP.
Atleast we got a Jedi Starfighter again, now with Taun We last year. It's something.
For what it was this was a fun set I guess. I like the NPU of the Reddish Brown cars F1 nose part on the back of the speeder. And this Dooku is the best so far (also: the 2nd one).
Waiting so long for an afordable new version of Count Dooku !!!
I used to have this! I remember I made a brickfilm with this as the main set piece.
Glad to have this one, though I don't think I'll ever sell it. It was a fun set to play with back in the day, with the lightsaber duelling function. And it was the first time I got the sith lightning piece.
We definitely need more Episode II sets soon, horribly neglected! Stuff like the speeder chase and a Jango Fett's Starship should be no brainers!
Brought this off a friend a while back. Really fun playset, and a great rendition of the scene. Plus, some really awesome minifigures.
I had a look back at past BL sales. I was selling new Dooku minifigs for £4.00 in 2014, then for a while at £5.40 and then £6.25 in 2015, then my last one went for £10 in 2016. The Yoda from this set was actually going for more at the time. The curved hilt was also selling for £3 back in 2015, and still a similar price today.
I would have gone for more of that set, but there was also a Dooku watch out at about the same time with a Dooku figure (but Clone Wars style) and that was at clearance at I think £3 each. Those minifigs were not selling at all well. I assumed he just wasn't a very popular character, but I guess the lack of repeats of him makes him valuable now.
They need to remake Dooku. It’s also been a long time since we’ve had a set with Nute Gunray.
We still have barely any Separatist Council members as minifigures...
@SearchlightRG said:
"He is one of the least interesting dark Force wielders, visually speaking. No horns or tattoos, not an alien, no evil yellow eyes and/or hideously deformed face. No armor, life-sustaining or otherwise. Just an old man in a brown cape and a black outfit that doesn’t even have the folds that make Maul’s or Sidious’ even somewhat intriguing."
But he's played by Christopher Lee!
The problem with Star Wars releases is not enough location sets, but the other problem is that vehicle sets sell better at retail. Star Wars sets for locations are either small and lackluster or huge and prohibitively expensive. Lego market strategy at the time was to release many sets supportive of each other, but ones like this always felt incomplete as result and did not sell as well.
@Graupensuppe said:
"We still have barely any Separatist Council members as minifigures...
@SearchlightRG said:
"He is one of the least interesting dark Force wielders, visually speaking. No horns or tattoos, not an alien, no evil yellow eyes and/or hideously deformed face. No armor, life-sustaining or otherwise. Just an old man in a brown cape and a black outfit that doesn’t even have the folds that make Maul’s or Sidious’ even somewhat intriguing."
But he's played by Christopher Lee!"
Yeah, it would be nice if Wat Tambor and some of the others could get figures at last.
Doesn't change the fact that he's not VISUALLY interesting, or at least not as visually interesting as many of the other dark side of the Force characters. Character wise, he's more interesting than all six Knights of Ren combined, though admittedly that's not saying much.
@Brickodillo said:
"For how much is this set going for?"
Current U.S. prices are $300 new/$125 used.
My personal experience watching auctions is this set tends to go for around $200 new/$75 used. But, I haven't seen one up for auction in about 8 months.
Man, I remember wanting this set so badly at the time.
Not only is this the last time we got Dooku, it's the only non-yellow, non-cartoon version of the character! That's kind of stunning.
No, we will not be buying that Geonosis-set, this is strictly a Neontendo-household.
@SearchlightRG said:
" @PhantomBricks said:
"10 years since the last Dooku. Hopefully we see a new set for him."
He is one of the least interesting dark Force wielders, visually speaking. No horns or tattoos, not an alien, no evil yellow eyes and/or hideously deformed face. No armor, life-sustaining or otherwise. Just an old man in a brown cape and a black outfit that doesn’t even have the folds that make Maul’s or Sidious’ even somewhat intriguing."
Least interesting?!? You'd better watch you back: Saruman, Dracula, Count Dooku, Francisco Scaramanga, the Jabberwock, and a certain SAS operative are going to come find you! NOBODY messes with Christopher Lee!!
I know that the next set rendition of this scene will be just the entrance arch, not even the speeder will be included (or maybe a smaller version), with one fig less, but the set will have the same number of pieces and will be $15 more expensive.
@MCLegoboy said:
"Still on the wanted list, although at this point, it doesn't really matter since I already have 7103 which contains a lot less, but some more interesting colors. The reason in wanting this would have really been for Poggle the Lesser and the better pilot droid for the Solar Sailor, but like, when am I ever actually going to need any of those for anything anyway?
Been another 10 years though... Time for a rehash, or can we finally get a Droid Factory for once?"
I'm amazed the droid factory hasn't been touched. Battle droids are super cheap figures to produce and for once, fans wouldn't complain about their inclusion!
$39.99 in 2013 for 391 pieces, most of them insubstantial. As much as we feel like 2023 prices are gouging us, this proves that prices have remained amazingly steady. (That said, this set would probably only contain Dooku and Yoda if it was made today.)
How was this not already on my wanted list? To the people wanting a Droid Factory playset, ideally it would have a C3PO with battle droid head, and battle droid with C3PO head. They'd need to create a new piece for the latter, but wouldn't it be cool?
@Murdoch17 said:
"NOBODY messes with Christopher Lee!!"
After all, this is the guy who told Peter Jackson, "I know the sound a man makes when he's stabbed in the back."
@Bagelwolf said:
"$39.99 in 2013 for 391 pieces, most of them insubstantial. As much as we feel like 2023 prices are gouging us, this proves that prices have remained amazingly steady. (That said, this set would probably only contain Dooku and Yoda if it was made today.)"
How do you define insubstantial? Most people would say that when a set contains too many 1x1s or 1x2s. This set contains an 8x16 tile, two burps, numerous large arches and slope bricks, as well as lacking a large quantity of 1x1s and 1x2s.
@PhantomBricks said:
"10 years since the last Dooku. Hopefully we see a new set for him."
My only theory is that they just haven't been willing to justify a new mould for Dooku's lightsaber. IIRC they needed special moulds for the chrome-painted pieces that were ever so slightly thinner in plastic so that they'd be the right size after the paint application. Now that the only chrome-painted piece is the LOTR ring, they'd have to make a brand new single-use mould for Dooku's bent hilt, and they just don't think it's worth the money with all the new Star Wars stuff coming out they have to keep up with.
@Graupensuppe said:
"We still have barely any Separatist Council members as minifigures...
@SearchlightRG said:
"He is one of the least interesting dark Force wielders, visually speaking. No horns or tattoos, not an alien, no evil yellow eyes and/or hideously deformed face. No armor, life-sustaining or otherwise. Just an old man in a brown cape and a black outfit that doesn’t even have the folds that make Maul’s or Sidious’ even somewhat intriguing."
But he's played by Christopher Lee!"
That alone makes him one of the most interesting characters in Star Wars, even if he is the least visually interesting. He's got a gentleman's evil thing going on, like he would gladly invite you to sit down for tea with him before starting a lightsaber duel to the death.
"Before I kill you, would you like some lunch?" type of guy.
That episode in Clone Wars where he has to work alongside Anakin and Obi-Wan to escape Hondo is a fine example of that; he is still an evil son of a gun; but he's smart enough to know when to play polite and work alongside his enemies for a moment (even if he will snark about it the whole time).
If the rumored LAAT/i turns out to be true, it definitely could be the latest Episode II set. Though, if it's based off the battle of Geonosis, then what figures would be included? Clones and droids definitely, but what Jedi and Separatists?
I got this one on clearance, probably in 2014, and I recently sold that Dooku, probably for more than I got the set for.
It's a work of art.
...I need to sell mine!
@Murdoch17 said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
" @PhantomBricks said:
"10 years since the last Dooku. Hopefully we see a new set for him."
He is one of the least interesting dark Force wielders, visually speaking. No horns or tattoos, not an alien, no evil yellow eyes and/or hideously deformed face. No armor, life-sustaining or otherwise. Just an old man in a brown cape and a black outfit that doesn’t even have the folds that make Maul’s or Sidious’ even somewhat intriguing."
Least interesting?!? You'd better watch you back: Saruman, Dracula, Count Dooku, Francisco Scaramanga, the Jabberwock, and a certain SAS operative are going to come find you! NOBODY messes with Christopher Lee!!"
I feel like people are purposefully ignoring the part where I said he’s the LEAST VISUALLY INTERESTING. Great character, but appearance-wise he clearly loses out to Maul, Vader, Grievous, and even Sidious.
@BricksAhoy: Your theory sounds valid to me.
@ItisNoe said: "Clones and droids definitely, but what Jedi and Separatists?"
Jedi Bob! Jedi Bob!
I got Dooku without hair or sabre from a small, $60 bulk bin. Also had a Coruscant Shock Trooper in there as well as a dozen other (more common) SW figs. No set pieces for either set to go with them, but I think I got my money's worth.
@Rumble_Strike said:
"We definitely need more Episode II sets soon, horribly neglected! Stuff like the speeder chase and a Jango Fett's Starship should be no brainers!"
Would that be Jango Fett's Boba Fett's Starship? I kid, I kid. Although I actually did see a toy from another brand today that was just called "Firespray".
@TheOtherMike said:
"How was this not already on my wanted list? To the people wanting a Droid Factory playset, ideally it would have a C3PO with battle droid head, and battle droid with C3PO head. They'd need to create a new piece for the latter, but wouldn't it be cool?"
They'd need to make a new Battle Droid head to go on C-3PO's neck, for sure. It's possible they could fake something to put C-3PO's head on the Battle Droid body, though. I can think of one 2pc solution, but it would add quite a bit of extra height.
"After all, this is the guy who told Peter Jackson, "I know the sound a man makes when he's stabbed in the back.""
That's...not quite how that conversation went, but I'm not about to dig out the extended cuts of LotR and listen for the specific point where Lee tells that story in the cast commentary track. I do remember that it involved Jackson trying to give him directions on how to react when stabbed in the back by Wormtongue, and that the backstory to him brushing off this attempt at directing is that he served in a precursor to the British SAS and absolutely did know what it should sound like. And also that he couldn't say why, because precisely what he did during the war was still classified at the time.
@ItisNoe said:
"If the rumored LAAT/i turns out to be true, it definitely could be the latest Episode II set. Though, if it's based off the battle of Geonosis, then what figures would be included? Clones and droids definitely, but what Jedi and Separatists?"
It's supposed to be Clone Wars based with two shock troopers, P2 Fox, Palpatine, and Padme. The Gunship is going to be the coruscant guard style with dark red and white as the color scheme. It might be a while before we see another Episode 2 version.