Comments on: Mid-year 2010 LEGO Star Wars sets now available [News]

By: A Cliche Name

A Cliche Name — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:02:28 +0000

That At-AT is practically the same. Only difference is a lack of printed elements, a slightly more exaggerated profile and different guns. The only real difference is the lack of a speeder bike. The new AT-AT contains 250 fewer pieces and costs $10 more. What’s up with all these rehashes? I think after the fourth incarnation, it needs to be retired. Hell, after the second one we didn’t need a motorized one. We already had one.

By: Erdbeereis

Erdbeereis — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:18:49 +0000

I totally agree with you Morgan19. I used to buy a lot of Star Wars sets, but the number I buy has dramatically decreased in the last year or so because of the price, and the overall design of the sets. Especially for MOCing parts, I just can’t justify buying a set like the Turbo Tank for $120 when I could get a modular building with over a thousand more pieces for $30 more. The only one I might buy here is the Slave I.

By: Morgan19

Morgan19 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:52:11 +0000

This season might very well be the kicker that eliminates my desire for SW sets in the future. While new figures are nice, LEGO’s seemingly tunnel-visioned focus on them as the draw paired with ridiculous prices just isn’t making it worth it any more.

By: Grand Admiral

Grand Admiral — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:15:47 +0000

Whoa… $50 for the Cad Bane speeder set? Really?

By: Nannan

Nannan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:24:21 +0000

I wish I’m in Canada right now so I can get some Cad Bane’s Speeders for $40 while the pricing mistake is still active.

By: Rens

Rens — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:58:02 +0000

I’m angry now…. I checked the lego site and saw that for example, the palpatine shuttle is 60$. In the Netherlands, it’s for sale for about 75 euros. For 1 euro is worth about 1.30 dollar, the prices difference are worse than ever before. We pay about (75X1.3) 98$ to get the same set.. that’s a 38 dollar difference!!!!

Besides, I agree with ThereBpie, most of the sets look worse than the originals. The only set I’m running for is cad bane’s speeder, because it’s the first transport vehicle that TLG didn’t screw up.

TLG, I’m very dissapointed, nothing else I can say.

By: ThereBpie

ThereBpie — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:36:47 +0000

This is exaclty what I hate about all the new Star Wars sets they are coming out with. They are ALOT more expensive than the originals, like the AT-AT, Clone Turbo Tank, etc. And they look worse than the originals. So I just think it isn’t very smart to remove quality and raise prices on a Lego set already created, which WAS alot better than the new sets. Lego Company is running out of ideas. Before we know it Star Trek will be created, along with Gilligans Island, and other nonsense.

Nuff’ said.